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[everyredcent]

WHO || Christos, Amy, Sebastian, The Doctor [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights assist the FBI in investigating some mysterious creatures
WHERE ||Tennessee
WHEN || April 2nd [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

While scams about genetically modified corn wouldn't normally fall under the purview of the Knights, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation has called in assistance from Wynn because of reports of the two agents investigating the matter running into some sort of Shadowkind that attacked them at the silos containing the corn in question.

The Knights fly out to Tennessee to check out the situation, and Christos drives them directly towards the silos in question, which are three lonely, old looking structures set in the middle of a field far away from any other civilization.

Comments

[everyredcent]

[ "Targeted," he says, scratching his head. "I don't know why she'd get that idea. I"m not-- the FBI need my assistance with a certain matter, that I don't believe I can speak about to you, I'm sorry. But it isn't anything like that." ]

[keptbiting]

Mr Quail. [ amy fidgets, uncertain if she's making the right call, but she goes for it regardless. no one came back from the future to stop her, it's clearly okay. she drops her voice at least. ] Is Cindi a psion?

[everyredcent]

[ the man goes pale, for just a second, his eyes darting between each of them in turn. christos zeroes in on his reaction, folding his arms. "Wha-- what do you mean? Why would you think that?" ]

Your child may be unwittingly putting others in danger, Mr. Quail. I suggest you cooperate.

[ his mouth drops open like a fish for a second, before he stammers: "I -- I thought this was an IRS matter." ]

[keptbiting]

It's not. [ just going balls to the walls, what is there to lose? ] We were brought here by the agents you spoke with. We've experience with -- [ she doesn't want to say paranormal or supernatural because psions are natural. hmm. ] The extramundane. They thought we might be able to tell what the creatures that attacked them were.

[everyredcent]

[ "C-creatures," he says, looking more and more concerned as she speaks. "What does this have to do with my daughter? Is she in danger?" ] We're trying to ensure that no one is. But we need the truth about the girl.

[ he hesitates further, but finally relents, looking very distressed about doing so, running a hand down his face with a groan. "We... we've tried to keep it secret. There's so much prejudice against those born with-- with these powers. She's just a little girl!" ]

[opprobrium]

[ Sebastian was still idly listening, seeming to take more interest. He's got a soft spot for kids.]

[keptbiting]

Mr Quail. [ her hands lift in surrender, trying to calm him. (diplomacy 25) ] We're not here to out her or to get you lot in trouble, but she's hurting people and we need to sort out how to stop that. She's your little girl, I know you'd do anything to protect her.

[ it's obvious once she starts talking that there is nothing disparaging in her opinion of psions, she genuinely wants to help him and his daughter. ]

The FBI came out here originally about your boss, yeah? If we can stop whatever he's up to, all this will go away and maybe you could get a tutor for Cindi, to help her with her powers. But we need your help.

[everyredcent]

The girl may need to be monitored, at all times, until then. I don't know that this is the safest place for her. [ undermining ur diplomacy checks since two-thousand-whenever-this-game-started. quail looks between them, christos' words setting him at further unease. "I'm doing everything I can to aid their investigation. I just don't think that locking cindi up somewhere or setting government watchdogs to babysit her is going to... yield good results with her. I want to help," he adds, looking at amy. "But I'm not sure what the best way to do that is." ]

[keptbiting]

[ gently force chokes christos tbh.

she doesn't even bother hiding the disgruntled look on her face either. ]

I don't think locking her up is going to help either. But the FBI agent we've been working with, Mulder, he seems to specialize in this sort of thing. He might be able to help Cindi and keep her here with you.

Do you know what your boss is doing?

[everyredcent]

[ "They're fixing prices, that's what I've given the FBI information about. I told them where to find the falsely labeled corn - they claimed they were going to go investigate the silos," he says. ]

[keptbiting]

They did, yeah. That's where they were attacked the first time. That's when they called us in.

[ she sighs, frustrated, because she knows she is missing something but she can't figure out what it is for the life of her. cindi is obviously trying to protect her dad and her small little home, whether consciously or not, but amy can't get a handle on what the bloody corn is all about.

not knowing isn't exciting this time, it's only defeating. ]

[bowtimeandspace]

[ So given I lost the tracking to this thread somehow, we're going to assume the Doctor found a book or a particularly interesting rock and got distracted. But the distraction is apparently over, and he appears back at Amy's side. ]

What did I miss?

[ He looks over, oh right cover yeah. ]Hello!

[everyredcent]

[ that sounds exactly like the doctor tbh. christos shoots him a not-at-all-disguised look of annoyance when he comes in.

"I'm... going to go get her out of room, if that's alright," the man says, and christos nods, keeping an eye on him as he heads for the stairs. when he's out of ear shot, he turns back to the others. ] That girl has no control over her abilities. She needs to put in contact with a teacher.

[keptbiting]

But you don't need to act like she needs to be taken away from him!

[ she doesn't have her own parents, the idea of taking cindi from what seems to be her only surviving parent is horrifying to amy. ]

[everyredcent]

Not permanently. But this man is clearly unable to keep her from harming others. He's endangering everyone out of his sense of parental entitlement.

[keptbiting]

[ everything in amy is screaming for her to be like "she was fine until people started asking questions", but she doesn't know if that's true or not. ] He's a single dad, how's he s'pposed to afford a special school for her? We can't come in here to help people and end up puttin' a burden on them, that's not fair.

[opprobrium]

She needs to go.

[ Sebastian finally spoke up.]

It'll hurt at first sure, but better to have her powers under control rather than accidently killing anyone. No kid needs that on them.

[bowtimeandspace]

Ah well this is working isn't it? All of this. Great yes, great. Insult her father because that'll work wonders.

Has anybody thought about asking what she wants? No?

[opprobrium]

I didn't blame him, I just said she could use the training. How do you think that kid's gonna feel if he gets killed protecting her? Or her powers take him out? Just my thoughts here. [ He added as he crossed his arms again.]

[bowtimeandspace]

Not you, him. [ He waves vaguely in the direction of Christos ]

But yes, lets keep talking about her like her input doesn't matter.

[ He glances to Pond, like plz come on. ]

[everyredcent]

[ christos looks ready to retort, when abruptly said father comes back in, looking panicked.

"She's gone," he says, and the fear in his voice is very real. "Her window was open... She must have climbed out." he immediately grabs his coat off from the back of a chair. "I have to find her." ]

[keptbiting]

[ amy immediately abandons the discussion, following robert. ] Has she got anywhere she's likely to go? Hideouts, places you took her when she was small? [ her fingers snap back to the other men. ] Call the local bus and train stations. She can't have gotten far.

[opprobrium]

I'll go check around and see what I can see.

[ He doesn't wait to for permission, he just pushes off the wall and heads for and out the door. (search; 18 )]

[everyredcent]

Call and alert the agents. They can help canvass the area. [ he follows as well, as they all spill out the front door. robert is shaking his head, clearly trying to think straight.

"I-- I mean we used to go to the park... the zoo... there's a playground. I don't know where she would go."

sebastian, looking around in the yard, notices a pair of footprints in the mud below the girl's window... and a dropped stuffed animal not far from it - a ratty little kobold laying on top of the azaleas. ]

[keptbiting]

[ nodding, amy offers robert a reassuring smile, reaching out to squeeze his arm. they'll find her.

and then she pulls out her mobile to phone mulder. ]