CHAPTER FINALE ♔ cause it's always raining in my head

[narcosynthesis]

♬ oceano - josh groban

WHO || Keijen Blade, Nadia Reichenov, Rafael Giovanni, Buffy Summers, Alainn O'Rourke, Myrilandel Odair, Finnick Odair, Desmond Descant, Elena Gilbert, Rose Hathaway, Fredrick Jr., Jack Chessing, Kat Samcelot, Jeanne Gar, Spike, Sterling Archer, Violet Reedhym, Burt Becksworth, Isabella Alessandro
WHAT || Failboat does the Grammy's, tries to stop Keijen Blade's performance from reaching the masses, and aspires to save Nadia
WHERE || Staples Center, Los Angeles
WHEN || Feb 8th, 2015
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

The day has finally arrived: the 2015 Grammy's gather together musical talent at the top of the food chain, which means that NOVA Records will be well represented at this year's ceremony. Unfortunately, this includes performances from Keijen Blade's band, Heatless Passion, and Nadia Reichenov's, Derere, both of whom are working for "Chad Becksworth", aka Draken Crombe, head of the Shadowkind-hating cult, the Church of the Lord's Humanity.  Equipped with some sort of ability to hypnotize large crowds with subliminal messages, Wynn fears what lies beneath Keijen's intended performance, and is sending his Knights to shut down the broadcast, to prevent that message from being spread to millions of viewers worldwide.

Meanwhile, the gang finally has a chance to see Rafael Giovanni again - but what he's been up to in the months since they last saw him, and how his reunion with Buffy will go, remains to be seen.

Several of the Knights have decided that this is their last chance as well to try and break Nadia free from Keijen's influence, now that they've learned the truth about him - that Keijen is in fact Kel'in'hrae, sadistic son of the Nightmare God Malaak'a, likely working to free his father from the prison Sehanine had created for him.  The prison sealed by the relic that the team has been chasing for years, believing it to be an immortality-granting talisman of great power.

The truth, it seems, was worse than they could have imagined.  

One step at a time, however, and stopping the signal is first priority on Failboat's to do list for now.  With an actual plan under their belts this time, maybe this is the turning point they've been waiting for...    

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[attollores]

[Her eyes widen just a bit at that, brows crawling up a bit on her forehead. She had heard about some of Rose's last encounter with Keijen, but it was still surprising to hear about it, especially laid out like that. Her expression grows more somber as she cradles her bottles in her lap.]

Rose, I want ye to know that I will do everything in me power to make sure nothin' like that happens again. I promise ye. I don't want ye to think ye have to go into this alone. [It's perhaps a tad strange to hear such sober words coming from the normally cheerful half-elf, but her sincerity in her tone is unmistakable. After a moment another smile crawls up her lips, tiny but still there.] Besides, we've got our special-made earpieces from the Hoard that should stopper out any noise that Keijen will make.

[littledhampir]

[Short of her conversation with Sam, this is probably the closest Rose has come to admitting that she's concerned about how tonight will go. She wouldn't call it fear exactly; she's not afraid of Keijen and she's not afraid of dying, the latter a possibility she has always accepted, probably better than most. She was more concerned that Keijen could do something to use her as a weapon against her friends, that she could be turned into a liability rather than an aid and she knew that was at least possible because he'd done it once already.

Alainn's words, though unexpected, push down some of that concern, a slow smile touching her lips as she meets her gaze.] I know. [Said simply, as if Rose had absolute faith in Alainn's willingness and ability to have her back.]

And, yeah those, should definitely help. [Grin widening though there's perhaps just a flash of doubt in her eyes, Rose not entirely convinced they'll work until she's seen for herself that they work.] I mean it'll probably end up being a non-event I know. [But... The concert in New York was supposed to be that too.] Just, hope for the best, plan for the worst ya know?

[attollores]

[That simple acknowledgement of Rose's faith and trust in her has a very visible effect on the half-elf. It's as though a wall comes down, one that was so well hidden, so well maintained it's startling to see it there in the first place. Replacing the usual mischievousness normally seen in her expression is an openness that is more candid than any before, and a tightness she'd been carrying in her shoulders seems to disappear.

Her expression is more down to earth than normal and she nods, answering-] Aye, I think that's best, in this situation. Also, the second bottle of wine is for after the show.

[littledhampir]

[That tension is something she'd never noticed until it was gone, Rose's own expression mildly curious for just a moment before a smile settles easily on her lips. There's people she'll fight alongside and have faith that they'll do what needs to be done but that's not the same as trusting somebody to have your back. She can count those people on one hand and honestly couldn't say when, in her mind, Alainn had become one of them, only that the reply had come so easily that she knew it was true.

The wine for after comments brings a warmth to her smile, Rose bobbing her head.] That's something Dean and I did, bought a bottle to share after Andres. [After they'd finished things with Kyp.] I'm liking this tradition.

[attollores]

Well, if it's one ye don't mind sharing, I think it'd be a tradition worth carrying on. [With another chuckle she adds] And once things settle down a wee bit, that girls night needs to happen.