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...    

Comments

[doubletake]

And you're bitching about it to the person who made sure it wasn't a problem. I'm not his babysitter, Spike.

[And then she pushes out of her seat.]

Just leave me alone.

[bigbad]

If you’re not his babysitter, why are you always cleaning up his messes?

[He’s not saying she shouldn’t have kept the plane from crashing. But the fact is, that’s kind of a babysitting thing to do.]

Maybe you should figure out what you two are. And it wouldn’t kill you to wait til we land next time. Though it might kill all of us if you don't.

[doubletake]

Because someone has to. Either way, it sure looks like no one died while I was gone.

[Just saying.]

Maybe I don't care what we are. Not everything needs a freaking label.

[bigbad]

Just… don’t be bloody stupid. I don’t know what you see in him, but don’t let it make you as moronic as he is. [Stupidity might be an STD, he doesn’t know.]

[doubletake]

Maybe some of us are just better at seeing what's beyond the surface.

[She leans back in her seat.]

I'm not stupid, Spike. I let myself get screwed over once. I'm not about to do it again.

[bigbad]

[He squints at her (wis 23) hahaha..... ] Have you been mind-reading us?

[Cause "below the surface" and "not getting screwed over" sounds a lot like double checking to make sure it's not doppelarcher......]

Did you mind-read him?

[doubletake]

Seriously, Spike? If anyone else said that, is that the first thing you'd jump to?

[But she sighs.]

Look, I don't do it unless I have a really good reason. And sometimes if I get nervous, it just...happens. Those kinds of situations make me nervous.

[For good reason.]

So yes, I peeked inside Archer's head before things got too...you know. And he wasn't thinking anything nefarious.

[She looks over at him, meeting his gaze.]

But no, I don't just go around mind reading you guys. The only time I ever scanned everyone was a long time ago, and it's because we thought Kyp might be hiding in our group. Back at Des' apartment after we rescued Isabella, remember?

[bigbad]

No one else has the capability. [So no. He doesn't assume the people who aren't capable of reading minds are reading minds.

But he does grimace sympathetically at her words. After all, he knows what Kyp did under the guise of being Spike. He supposes he can't blame her for that.]

Fine, I suppose that'd make sense. Though I really don't want to know what you saw in there.

[doubletake]

[The corner of her mouth perks up, and she shakes her head.]

No. You probably don't. It's probably nothing and everything you'd expect, though.