london ♔ ask me why i have all this blood on my hands

[likedillinger]

♬ blood on my hands - danielle parente

WHO || Dean, Helen, Will, Francesca, Sam
WHAT || The Knights investigate several deaths downtown
WHERE || London, England
WHEN || Feb 20th, 2015
HOW || Actionspam

Two bodies have been found in downtown London, likely the victims of attacks by some sort of Shadow creature. To prevent a panic, the police are investigating the matter as a dog attack and a potential robbery, while slipping the case under the table to Wynn and his Knights to look into further. Whatever did this is big, nasty, and seems to have taken down the victims without their even struggling. For now, the team is splitting up to look into the crime scenes more closely.

Comments

[likedillinger]

Everybody thought he was some kind of whack-job. Alienated his friends, kept a lot of secrets.

[familybusiness]

Sounds like a connection to me.

[He motions with his hands as he explains.]

Our friend Percy here was into some weird stuff, too. Apparently he was drinking the night he was killed, came down here despite the fact he had no reason to, and stood still during the entire murder. They said he had 'strange ideas,' and would talk about Janus, the two-headed Roman god of beginnings and transitions, doorways and time.

[He looks at Helen, who he's guessing might have heard of him as well.]

[daredtobelieve]

[Yep, knowledge (religion) 20 total says she has an idea.]

Likely the same cult Emilio found himself mixed up in. I don't suppose your information gave you any indication where this group might congregate?

[familybusiness]

That's my guess too.

[He shakes his head.]

All we've got is the first name of the guy that saw him at the bar the night he died. Greg.

[likedillinger]

If all he did was see the guy, we might not get much more out of him, but it's worth checkin' into.

[ except just then, helen's phone rings ]

[daredtobelieve]

[/slides to ignore. naw jk she answers it.]

Hello?

[behindcloseddoors]

Helen Magnus? This is Jared O'Keefe, with the London PD.

[daredtobelieve]

[Does she know him through Ana?? Probably, I'm guessing.]

Yes, of course. What can I do for you?

[behindcloseddoors]

[ yeah, sometimes he comes to knights' parties with anastacia, so she could have definitely met him. ] Wynn gave me your contact information. We've had more bodies show up - same M.O. This thing is spreading.

[daredtobelieve]

Oh dear. [She pulls the phone away from her mouth to quietly inform the others:] They've found more.

[Then back to her phone call.] How many and where are they?

[behindcloseddoors]

Three of them, at various locations. Two male, one female: one behind an abandoned factory, another behind a pub, and one on a university campus. I can send you photos of the crime scenes and addresses. We're getting a rush job done on that tox screen.

Don't take it the wrong way if I say I hope you've found something we've missed so far.

[daredtobelieve]

Yes, go ahead and send everything you can. [She takes a breath and then dives into the crazy cult business.]

It seems there's a connection to a religious group. Followers of Janus that call themselves the Children. We believe there's a High Priest involved as well. I don't suppose you have any information on where they might be found?

[behindcloseddoors]

I would need more information than that, but I can look into it.

[daredtobelieve]

[Her wisdom check from plurk makes a little lightbulb go off.]

Cross reference for any mention of the Children of Chaos, if you can.

[mydesigns]

[that makes will raise his eyebrows like werwatey bc unlike sam, he actually remembers that part of their thxgiving mission.]

[familybusiness]

[likedillinger]

[ as jared acknowledges that and hangs up to send the info along, dean looks at sam like WAT IS IT ] You know something about this?

[familybusiness]

Uh, yeah. Kinda.

[He turns toward his brother.]

Remember that mission with the zombies? [Hahaha] They were behind that, too.

[mydesigns]

[will answers like an older, flannel-wearing hermione] The Children of Chaos were behind what happened in New York on Thanksgiving.

[daredtobelieve]

I encountered them at the home of another knight. Grant Peterson. [She gives Will a curious look.]

What happened in New York?

[mydesigns]

An entire homeless shelter was essentially turned into the walking dead. The source of the problem was the idol of Ventyr the Emaciated, which I believe they acquired from the Peterson house?

[daredtobelieve]

Yes, that was one of the artifact taken, I believe. [She's not quite sure just how it's connected, but it's certainly interesting.]

[familybusiness]

Do you think that's what might be the cause here? Another of those artifacts? Or something else?

Do you know what else was taken?

[daredtobelieve]

[Helen shakes her head.] The other artifact that was taken was that of Barrik the Glutton, but I believe that surfaced sometime in October. I received a call from my squire Lydia while she was out on mission. But they very well could have stolen other artifacts from elsewhere and used them here.

[likedillinger]

Except all the other cases were jobs pulled by the Children of Chaos, weren't they? These guys are being targeted this time.