switzerland ♔ the words tightening around my throat

[silverguardian]

WHO || Nyna, Cara, Felicity, Stiles
WHAT || The Knights are sent to hear about a prospective job from an art collector
WHERE || Bern, Switzerland
WHEN || April 13th, 2015
HOW || Actionspam

The streets of Bern swell with the myriad sights and scents of its industry: the wood and polish of carpenters' shops, tantalizing aromas wafting from dozens of bakeries, and the heavy oil scent of artists.  Meanwhile, hundreds of rich colors give the district an appearance of a holiday festival.  The townhouse of Asheron Coyl comes into view, perched on a small rise that overlooks the street.  A low fence covered in vines abuts the street.  A gate opens onto a flagstone path that wends past frozen flower beds, fountains, and sculpted shrubs to the front doors.  A bell hangs next to the gate, reading "Please ring bell" in several languages.  With an 11 disguise check, Nyna didn't really bother to dress all fancy, opting instead for her paladin armor, sorry guys.   She can be the sexy bodyguard.  

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[allmydreams]

[Felicity catches up with them and follows Alanna's lead, bringing up the rear with her gun drawn and her eyes peeled (spot 19, listen 18).]

[druidisms]

[ follows along with them!! bringing up the rear with the bear as he do. also idk he's probs still wiping blood off his face because he crit failed his looking around check. so useful. ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ there are two doors in this hallway, on the left hand side, and two hallways that branch off from it on the right. ]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity goes to the doors on the left first, reaching to try the door knobs to see if they're locked. If they're not, she'll push them open to check what's inside, and if they are she'll try and see if there's a lock to pick.]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ the first door is open, and she pushes it forward to reveal some kind of studio. stretched canvas, picture frames, a worktable with neat rows of covered jars of paint and an assortment of brushes laid out carefully on it, and several easels holding works in progress occupy most of the space in the art studio. a few finished paintings stand propped against one of the walls. some look quite beautiful, while others are unsettling and repugnant. it's kept neat and tidy, and the most recently finished portrait, that sits on an easel yet has a note beside it that labels it "Justice and Vindication". it depicts a dark haired man lying on a bed of black and red wasps and screaming in utter agony. the thousands of vermin are biting, stinging, and chewing their way into his flesh. some of them crawl beneath his skin. others crawl in and out of his gaping mouth, nose, and ears. ]

[trebond]

He has poor taste. We know that at least.

[ Alanna looks unimpressed with this room and tries the second door tbh. ]

[druidisms]

[ gus is gonna peer more closely at the painting in question. and poke it. just in case. ]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity is unsure about the poking because they really don't need a swarm of wasps to come and attack them, but at the same time, she's thinking of the guy they were supposed to be trying to save.]

Do you think someone could survive something like that?

[killingtodeath]

God, I don't want to find out. [Stiles is gonna go hang with Alanna and door #2 tbh]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ the paint is... a little wet. ]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity just wrinkles her nose, and if this is the main working area where he paints, she's willing to bet that whatever he has to make his paintings dangerous is in this room, so she's going to look for it (search 16).]

[druidisms]

Still wet. [ but like gus doesn't know how long paint takes to dry so ???? he's going to look around with felicity. (search 6) he's "helping". ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ /makes you wait 4 days to tell you that this search yields nothing. womp womp. ]

[allmydreams]

[Alas alack. but that leads them back to the conundrum of the painting again.]

Part of me says burn it - I don't think you can save someone from something like that. But the other part of me is going "maybe" ...

[It's the maybe that got Nyna killed yesterday. Sure, they managed to save Archerus, but they lost a knight. She studies it for a moment, before glancing to Gus.]

Your hand didn't dip in at all, or anything like that?

[druidisms]

Just the paint. [ and then gus makes the executive decision to torch the painting. :) (produce flame, 10 dmg) the flames leap from his palm to lick at the canvas. hope no one was trapped in there. oops, too bad, so sad. ] Ugly ass shit.

[behindcloseddoors]

[ as the painting burns to nothingness... abruptly a body comes tumbling out of it onto the floor. the dark haired man is chewed and stung half to a pulp - and definitely not anywhere in the vicinity of alive.

meanwhile stiles opens the door to... another guest room that looks like the ones downstairs. ]

[killingtodeath]

[Search 17, anything interesting in there???]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ nope :( ]

[trebond]

[ With a heal check of 20 total, Alanna inspects the body for ... anything??? ? ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ DEATH BY HELL WASP not by gus burninating the painting at least ]

[trebond]

He was dead before we touched the painting.

[ She shakes her head and, looking up, notices Stiles has moved on and goes after him. ]

[killingtodeath]

[Closing the door just as Alanna heads back his way.]

Nothing in this one.

[allmydreams]

Then let's leave him here and head back down the other hallway until we find Creeperangelo. We need to make sure this ends here.

[And she will start to head that way - hopefully everyone is with her?]

[trebond]

[ definitely with her! ]

[killingtodeath]

[Yep stiles is also going]