paris ♔ tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away

[necessaryevil]

♬ Facade (reprise) - Jekyll & Hyde

WHO || Faith Lehane, Max Rast, Lissa Dragomir, Helen Magnus
WHAT || The Knights investigate a string of vampire attacks in France
WHERE ||Paris, France
WHEN || April 11th, 2015 [backdated].
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

One vampire attack is cause for worry enough, but when bodies are found with telltale puncture wounds and heavy loss of blood become a recurring nightmare across any city, alarm bells are raised.  Such is the case recently in Paris, where Wynn suspects that either a careless clan has moved in, or some lone vamps are stirring up trouble.  With the locations of the bodies marked out in the eight block radius where the deaths have been occurring, the team arrives in the late evening, staring at the rows of apartment blocks, small businesses, and pubs that comprise this section of town.

Comments

[daredtobelieve]

[Helen's glad to see that she was convincing that she planned to shoot Max. It wouldn't be anything she actually planned to do, of course, but if it came down to it, she imagined Max would prefer death over hurting Lissa. While he's distracted by going over Faith with his teeth, Helen will reach out with her free hand to hopefully pull Lissa back with her. I have no idea if this requires a roll. I've lost track of where we are or who's hands are where.]

[msattentionspan]

[Even if she didn't see that coming, she still manages to dodge that pulling away from his snappy jaws and just trying to keep him contained.]

I bet I taste good, but you gotta get a handle on yourself.

[lastdragomir]

Max, please. [ this is bad, yo. ]

[necessaryevil]

[ slipping away - nine inch nails

as helen yanks lissa back, and faith keeps a hold on him, his eyes meet lissa's, flare strangely dark red for a moment, and then the hateful expression on his face begins to slip away, to be replaced by horror mingled with confusion ] ... Lis?

[lastdragomir]

[ OH THANK GOD. lissa rips free from helen in the most romantic nat 20 and rushes forward. one hand drops to catch his in her own while the other lifts to brush her fingertips against his jaw. ]

Are you alright?

[necessaryevil]

[ he involuntarily jerks his face from her touch, holding up one hand as if to ward her back, pressing against faith who's presumably still got him in her grip ] Don't-- [ he looks terrified for a moment, disgusted with himself ] Did I-- What did I--

[lastdragomir]

[ oh. she tries not to take it as rejection because she knows it's not like that, but it still stings a little. ]

You told us what we needed to know. Its a small group of vampires who are bucking the system the other covens have in place. [ ignores the fact that there are probably still red marks from his grip on her pale throat. that wasn't max. ] You gave us names and I think their basic M.O. [ she's unsure about that because she... wasn't paying loads of attention tbh. ]

[daredtobelieve]

You gave us plenty to go on. [Her look might say enough to give away that uh yeah you were taking that one a little too far. But she's not going to scold him right now, though.]

Do you need a moment to recover?

[necessaryevil]

[ instead of looking glad for the news that it wasn't all in vain, the look in his eyes seems to imply that he doesn't really think it was worth it, tbh. he shakes his head vaguely at helen's question, still looking at lissa ] No, I-- I should be-- We shouldn't stay here.

[lastdragomir]

[ lissa is just looking at him imploringly, begging him to not feel responsible. her eyes flicker to faith briefly before moving back to max like she can't bear not looking at him. ] We can look for the cab company they've been using. I can see if my compulsion can break the ones they've had put on them.

[daredtobelieve]

There will be several in the city, I'm sure. But I can make a few calls and see if any have been near the river recently. I'm not sure if they'll give me any details on the driver, but it will be a start.

[She'll take out her phone and see what she can do (gather info 29).]

[necessaryevil]

[ that's gonna take helen a little while, so in the meantime, max sort of shrugs against faith like 'it's ok, you can let go now' ] If they were compelled, they might not remember any details about what these vampires looked like.

[lastdragomir]

[ her mouth twists to the side, a thoughtful frown. ] No, you're right, but if they might know something, it's worth a shot isn't it? And maybe we can establish a pattern of who they pick.

[msattentionspan]

[Faith is sorry, yo! She'll let go now that everything seems five by five.]

Ask if the cabs have cameras - security and all that. We can always run through tapes of the ones that were near the river, like they do on TV. [ you know she had a crush on George Eads in those early days. (pop culture 18 woo) ]

[necessaryevil]

Yeah, might as well. [ he starts gnawing on his thumbnail, glancing over at helen. there are quite a few cab companies that service the area, since it is... paris, but a few of them are willing to give the numbers of cabs that usually run the river area at night. ]

[daredtobelieve]

[With those few numbers, Helen will start calling them and feeding a lie about losing something in the back of a cab that picked her up at roughly the area they're in. She's basically trying to track down that car/driver and asking for their number so she can try to see if her missing items are in the car still. (bluff 15, gather info 21)]

[msattentionspan]

[Faith figures, if all else fails - she's fine being the bait.]

[necessaryevil]

[ she manages to get a couple names and numbers specifically! Lilian Renaudin, Aaron Piaget, and Flora Garreau. ]

[lastdragomir]

[ meanwhile lissa is like AGGRESSIVELY FRETS AND WORRIES ABOUT MAX, hands clasped together in front of her. ]

[daredtobelieve]

[Helen returns some time later, handing Max a paper with the names and numbers written down.]

Do any of these seem familiar?

[necessaryevil]

It doesn't--

It doesn't work like that. [ he shakes his head, looking away from the list ] If I try to hang onto the details, I can't shake the aura.

[lastdragomir]

[ lissa takes the paper swiftly, nothing to see here. her jade eyes sweep across the names, tongue absently running across her teeth. ] Perhaps we should go one by one down the list. I'm not sure we should split up, so it might be the fastest way?

[msattentionspan]

[Faith glances at the list over Lissa's shoulder.]

It's only three names. Even if the first two are a bust, it won't take us that long and hey - maybe we get lucky and the first name is the right one.

[lastdragomir]

[ lissa pulls her phone out to find which one is closest. (computer use 16, navigate er...5) seriously lissa, you have a map right in front of you. SHE IS NOT A SMART HERO, Y'ALL. so that was probably useless. princesses, man. ]

[necessaryevil]

[ max leans over her and helps with his nat 20 navigate ] One's just a few blocks from here.