nyc ♔ i hope this isn't my last night

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WHO || Davin, Alice, Matt, Sawyer
WHAT || The Knights trace inexplicable messages being played on the radio
WHERE || NYC
WHEN || April 18th, 2015
HOW || Actionspam

Strange transmissions cutting into radio stations with no recognizable source. Mysterious messages in Shadowkind languages that no one's been able to decipher. And very few leads on where to go with all of this, except for a couple names of some of the random citizens who seem to have received the messages. It's hardly much to go on, but definitely an interesting mystery, that takes the small team into the heart of NYC. They arrange their flight to arrive after sundown, for Davin's sake, and he's pretty openly scornful about being assigned to what's likely a wild goose chase.

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[incantatio]

[Her eyes narrow at the reference to Hoard, confusion wrinkling the corners for her eyes before she can refocus on the subject at hand.]

Not mine either. [Unless there is a spell that can do that but I sure couldn't find one.]

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So we call HQ. I mean, what else are we gonna do? Round them all up from around New York? If they are ticking time bombs somehow, or even just spy devices, our best bet's gotta be in finding a way to block the signal. I can't do that with my fists.

[icouldbe_bess]

It'd be funny to watch you try though. [ which she says shoving the bunbun at him so she can pull out her phone and do just that. ring ring ring. idk if the dragon's hoard has a direct number, if so she would call that, otherwise she's just gonna call wynn. poor wynn. never a moment of peace. ]

[lissatrinall]

[ oh they have a direct line alright :') ]

Hello?

[icouldbe_bess]

[ SCREAMS

jk, she doesn't. but she hates making phone calls and it's super noticeable the way her demeanor changes from the firm take charge attitude she has with davin and just melts into a kid with anxiety they can't hide.

WHICH I AM SURE GOES OVER GREAT WITH LIS'SA, of all people. ]

Um, hi. [ she turns and strides away from the group so she doesn't have to be viscerally uncomfortable right in front of them. ] This is uh, Alice, Sir Lincoln, whatever. Um, we're in New York, looking into the situation with the weird radio transmissions? If you, uh, know about that? Anyway we found the thing the transmissions were asking for and there's this sort of spy device in it? It's a stuffed rabbit like a Furby, BunBun, and it's got a little video camera in the eye. Would you be able to remotely stop the transmission... somehow? Or lead us to where it's coming from so we can stop it ourselves, I guess?

[ she thinks that's all the pertinent info the hoard might need right off the bat. ]

[lissatrinall]

[ there's a long (irritated) silence on the other end. ] I don't know what you're talking about. [ said s-so flatly. ]

[icouldbe_bess]

[ GOD ALICE, PULL YOURSELF TOGETHER. she gives herself a brief, albeit silent, peptalk and starts over, now with added backbone. ]

We're in New York on a mission. It was to find and translate a series of transmissions coming through radios in some kind of subliminal messaging, the translation which led us to the BunBun, a hot children's toy that I discovered has a, uh, fiber optic camera in the eye. None of us know how to trace the signal back to whomever is watching through the camera.

[ she only said uh once, gold star for alice lincoln. ]

[lissatrinall]

I may be able to do that. Send me the name of your hotel and I'll meet you there.

[icouldbe_bess]

Okay. [ does that, she puts the phone on speaker so she can text lis'sa the name and address of their lodgings. if they don't have a hotel yet, she freakin' picks one. ] Got it?

[incantatio]

[As Alice speaks to whoever is on the other line, something flashes in her eyes, recognition, curiosity, (Wis 19) and as the conversation continues, she turns to look at Davin, voice low.]

Who did you say you guys were with again?

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[ as lis'sa confirms by repeating it back, davin glances over at sawyer, hesitating for only a moment. ] We didn't.

We're... Knights.

[icouldbe_bess]

[ after assuring lis'sa, perhaps for naught, that they'll make sure they have all information available for her, alice hangs up and turns back to the group, making a face. ]

Enthusiasm, hon, you really should work on the enthusiasm on that one.

[incantatio]

[Rather than laugh or appear even remotely surprised by this revelation, the cock of her head marks her as more intrigued than anything else.]

Knights. Like a, secret organisation kind of deal?

[icouldbe_bess]

Emphasis on the secret part, yes. How about we talk about it back at the hotel over tiny minibar snacks? [ she glances at davin, ] Lis'sa'll meet us there.

[ and she's just gonna step over to the edge of the sidewalk and whistle for a cab, holding her other hand out like SOMEONE PULL OVER! idk if there is a check for that, but if so, she has a 19 whistle. it's one of those obnoxious basketball game whistles, tbh.

she probably attracted some stray dogs. ]

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[ davin snaps her a sharp look because VAMPIRE HEARING OW ] ... Yes, let's save it for a private location.

[incantatio]

[Her expression appears caught between amusement and disbelief, Sawyer letting out a low chuckle until she finally nods her understanding.]

Private, yeah got it. It'll keep.

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[ davin lapses into silence in the car ride, like some kind of broody brooder, turning the bunbun over and over in his hands like 8| ]

[icouldbe_bess]

[ alice just dicks around on her phone tbh. such a grown up with social skills. /unsure EVEN THOUGH SHE'S ANTI-NEW YORK ON PRINCIPLE ALONE... she still snaps a picture of the empire state building when they pass it. ]

[incantatio]

[Slides in a trash tag because Sawyer probably wouldn't say much in a cab with the whole, secret squirrel business. She's probably just.... thinking about how much it costs to get her car out of the impound when it gets towed.]

[lissatrinall]

[ what's creepy is that lis'sa is ALREADY THERE INSIDE THEIR HOTEL ROOM WHEN THEY WALK IN AND TURN THE LIGHTS ON. creepy because a) wasn't she just in england and b) why didn't she turn the lights on.

she looks at sawyer immediately when they walk in. ] Who's this.

[icouldbe_bess]

[ oh lis'sa you.... you. when alice sees lis'sa, she makes a surprised little bleating gasp, before muttering: ] Why do I always forget teleport scrolls are a thing.

[ ANYWAY! ] Her name is Sawyer, she's been helping us out. Davin invited her. [ neatly throws him under the bus. :) ]

[incantatio]

[Sawyer looks between Alice, Davin and finally the new chick, looking like she wants to say something more substantial but really only manages a;]

What... she said. [Offering a small, tight smile.]

1/2

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She offered to help. That's kind of how I got here, isn't it? Who am I to say no?

[lissatrinall]

That's not quite how I heard it. [ but w/e w/e ] Show me the toy.

[incantatio]

Well that and the whole ominous... get the toy or else thing meant I go where it goes. [Trailing off like did I just get everyone here in trouble? Maybe? Oh well. How about those Knicks, huh?]