CHAPTER FOUR ♔ does it run in your blood to betray the ones you love

[coldheritage]

♬ The Truth - Nonpoint

WHO || Failboat, Rafael, Isabella, Nadia  [Closed]
WHAT || After an exciting Grammy night, the Knights meet up with Nadia to hear what she has to say
WHERE || Staples Center, LA -->  Warehouse
WHEN || Feb 8th, 2015  [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam

[  The Knights' mission to stop the signal and prevent Draken's cult from spreading whatever subliminal message  was lurking beneath Keijen Blade's performance was a success.  It didn't come without its bumps in the road, however:  Alexander Anderson showed up, and the Knights ran afoul of the Mind Master.    Buffy nearly died fighting Anderson, but in the end, he was defeated, beheaded, and hopefully put to death forever.   Finnick, though, found himself thrust into a mental illusion that convinced him he might still be in the Hunger Games, and left him uncertain about whether any of his life here was real.  

Another surprise came in the form of an announcement by Nadia Reichenov, an artist working with Crombe and company, that she was changing her band name and taking things in a 'new direction'.   This direction was perhaps revealed when after her performance, she approached the Knights in Rafael's dressing room - and handed them the necklace that connects her to the Nightmare God Malaak'a, saying she was willing to tell them everything.  ]

Comments

[slay]

New plan, where we all get in the car and leave now.

[ She starts directing traffic into the car like she's bringing planes in at Heathrow. Moving right along. ]

[isisagent]

About damn time, anyway. [Mandatory Archer comment.]

[witchwoman]

[Myri barely registers that Rose has returned. She's laser focused on saving Nadia and then saving Finnick. She doesn't have time to fuss with anything else at all.]

[chessing]

[ jack sits up front with spike, while everyone else can hop in the back after kat casts clown car again. ] Keep a sharp eye out.

[bigbad]

[Spike barely waits for the last door to shut before he zooms out of there (drive 27).]

Hope you've all got your seat belts on.

[But he's definitely not waiting around to make sure. And he got a nat 20 navigate check so he's just following his heart to where Nadia's gonna be. Probably takes a few semi-to-definitely-illegal shortcuts that shouldn't save him time but somehow really do. Apparently he really knows the LA area well.]

[shootfirst]

[ as they drive along, kat glances over at rose, trying to see what she stole. ] So what was so important?

[ rose never, however, gets a chance to answer. as spike careens the car around a corner, there's suddenly the distinctive snap of bullets hitting the car. ] -- Motherfucker! [ she turns to look out the closed windows - anyone who does the same can make a spot check, and anyone who makes a 25 will think to look up enough to see the helicopter cutting through the buildings and following them above. ]

[nothingsodivine]

[Des couldn't make that spot check without a nat 20, because he is terrible at this game, but HE KNOWS WHAT BULLETS ARE.]

Are you kidding me? Who is it this time?

[doubletake]

[Elena sure did though, as she ducks her head on instinct because WTF (spot 29).]

Well, who do we know that can fly a fucking helicopter!?

[As she points towards the roof of the car.

...For the love of god Spike, don't crash please. At least Elena manages not to look totally terrified (will save 25). Cars hate her.]

[romanticidal]

The Mind Master had one. It might have belonged to Chad. [ lol so out of the loop so precious. he pulls out the guns he's borrowed from multiple sources, however. ]

[nothingsodivine]

Remind us to tell you a few things when we're not presently being shot down.

[TIME FOR THE RANGED FIGHTERS TO SHINE. He pulls out his gun.] Spike, you better get real fancy with your maneuvers. Don't let 'em hit the tires or the engine. [a beat] And does this thing have a sunroof?

[savemyself]

[ isabella reaches over to push the button and wind the sunroof open testily. ] Why am I not surprised that it is only five minutes after you all show up again that someone is trying to kill us once more?

[nothingsodivine]

I'm sure if you look into your heart, you'll find that we... don't really have a good answer for that.

[And Des climbs up so he can get out of the sun roof so he can get a good look at the helicopter. Yeah. Shooting that is not happening.] If anyone packed a fucking bazooka, now would be a great time to bring it out.

[He's still gonna level his gun at the helicopter and fire off four shots. (atk 22, NAT 20, 16, 18; dmg 13, 34, 12, 8]

[romanticidal]

[ ♬ fool cross over nirvana (grudge prohibited) - yasushi ishii

raf uses his move to roll a window down and lean out, aiming up as the helicopter is barraged by des' bullets, and starts flying a little crazily as it hits various important parts idek, it was a nat 20.

unfortunately, rafael hasn't shot anything in like a year idek. and it shows because he is starting this adventure out with a crit fail. he aims his shot up at the helicopter as they drive rapidly past a sudden building, and his shot pings off the corner of the brownstone, where a woman is hanging half out the window to air out some laundry. she shrieks and ducks back inside, as he grits his teeth together and takes more careful aim, but still... has a hard time over here, missing it once (atk 16 and 5; dmg 12). with his other hand, he does significantly better, hitting twice (atk 27, atk 14; dmg 6 & 9). ]

[littledhampir]

Cheaters. [What?! Rose may or may not have issues with using guns but it won't stop her from rolling down the window closest to her and hanging out the window to fire a few shots off at the helicopter;

Atk 18, Atk 18, Atk 14 - Dmg 9, 6, 8 (23 Total).]

[romanticidal]

[ OK HE IS WORKING ON IT NOW THIS IS HAPPENING. IMPROVEMENT???? (atks 12, 18, 18; dmg 6+9+11) with one hand and (atks 23 and 10; dmg 3+6) with the other, so they all hit dammit. LOOK A NEGATIVE SIX MAKES LIFE HARD. ]

[isisagent]

[Roll down windows?]

Who the fuck invited these fucks!?

[Heroic surge for a bonus shot, firing right out the back window with his pistol.]

[ATTACK: 30 / 25 / Action points can't save the last one, so 17? | DAMAGE: 5 / 7 / 6]

[bigbad]

I'll see if I can lose 'em!

[Spike waits until the very last moment, casually gaining speed as he approaches the next exit before crossing two lanes to swing onto the exit ramp (bluff 26, drive 28).]

[slay]

[ As the gunfire hails down, Buffy doubles over to wrap one arm around Elena, hunching her shoulders to spread into human shield status as Archer shatters the window. She reaches past her to grab her bag off the floor, rifling through for her gun. ]

Stay down! [ She warns. Whipping her head around, she trains her gun out the window and … is equally embarrassing honestly (atk 16, dmg 7). ]

[attollores]

[Alainn isn't even going to try and stick herself out the window with everyone else, mainly because she's not that great of a shot, especially compared to those already firing.

Instead, she reaches out to Rafael and mutters something softly in Latin, casting Enhance Ability on him, which will last for 13 minutes, giving him a +5 to his Dex bonus which will hopefully negatives.]

1/-

[savemyself]

[ isabella leans up between the seats, pointing through traffic to help spike weave into traffic on the highway ] Now! [ 34 drive check to aid another his check lmaooooo ]

2/-

[dragonsclaw]

[ meanwhile jack mumbles a prayer that will grant all y'all a +1 to your attacks, because you need it. and jesus. ]

3/3

[shootfirst]

Check this shit out. [ kat waves a hand out the back window and mutters some latin nonsense, and then intense magical hailstones start pounding down on the helicopter (16 dmg), which has already suffered so much damage that this is the last straw, and as spike careens off onto the ramp, the helicopter starts spinning in place in the air as it heads for the ground. the pilot seems to be doing a good job of keeping them from flying into a building, but it sure has no idea where they went, and isn't gonna be staying up in the air at that rate.

/init already?????????????????????????????? sure why not good job team at least we all know the rules now for next time ]

[nothingsodivine]

[As Des is the idiot in the sunroof, he can see ALL OF THAT SHIT with perfect clarity, so he stares in shock for a moment and then gives a whoop of victory.] Goddamn, we're good.

[and he drops back down into his seat, grinning like he definitely hasn't been grinning since they left for LA.] I've missed you, Fluffy.

[romanticidal]

[ rafael watches the helicopter skid out of sight between two buildings and then slumps back down into his seat, guns in his lap, closing his eyes for a moment and leaning his head against the back of the seat before he seems to register that des is talking to him. he flicks his eyes open and glances at alainn first with an apologetic but grateful little smile like SORRY I DIDN'T NEED YOUR SPELL BUT TH...ANKS???? and then looks back at the guns he's holding with a slight grimace. ] ... It seems I may have some rust from these last months.

[doubletake]

...Does that mean it's gone?

[Despite appearing like she was relatively calm earlier, she was fucking freaked when they started driving like badasses. No thanks. Spike you're amazing but fuck cars, basically.

She also has a white-knuckle grip on the closest object. Hopefully its part of a seat and not someone's leg or arm. Ouch.]