paris ♔ tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away

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♬ 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.

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[msattentionspan]

[Faith eyes the fringe and tries really hard not to make a face. Her will save is a fancy 13 though and she can't hide the smirk. Or the commentary.]

You guys aren't planning on making me listen to your demo, right? Because, I can already tell that whatever music you think you're amazing at... you probably just need more honest friends. [She glances to not-Tristan. He really is unlucky, because the odds are pretty strong that Faith wouldn't have even ventured off into the night with any of these guys. Just look at their clothing. Fringe ... and Carmen Sandiego.]

So, we should probably get this over with. I'm looking for a friend. Brunette, long hair, feisty - was with my other friends that some of you guys killed tonight. I'm hoping, you'll just give me the info I need and then we'll see how nice I feel about your life expectancy. [(intimidate 23)]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ the spanish vamp glances at his friends, chuckling, showing no signs of being afraid. lmao. his mistake. he saunters closer, as "tristan" shifts uncomfortably beside her, and the young vampire leans practically nose to nose with her. ] And if we don't?

[msattentionspan]

[Clearly, Tristan knows what sort of risk this guy is chancing with his close proximity to her face. Faith smirks, not leaning away from his face.]

Well, I'm gonna guess that Tristan is gonna be upset when I have to kill him and all of you guys, too. But hey, I am still willing to play nice if you want to give me some information.

[behindcloseddoors]

[ there's a snicker that runs through the others, and he just grins at her. ] I don't really do nice. [ and he's going to reach out to try and grab her under the chin with a grapple check... but he crit failed ahahaha and so she gets a free attack. ]

[msattentionspan]

[These vampires are so cute. They need to brush up on Vamp Tactics 101. She just jams the heel of her hand up to his nose. (atk 29 | dmg 17). It's a love tap. As in she loves to beat up vampires.]

Yeah, I guess I don't have to now.

[AND... while she has you here. She'll send a punch to his stomach (atk 24 | dmg 20) and another just for luck (atk 28 | dmg 17).]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ while the heel of her hand connects with his face, he manages to tuck his torso back just in time to avoid her first punch... and isn't so lucky with the next one.

tristan backs away, not wanting to get involved in the fight, positioned behind faith in the hall, as the spanish vamp tries to lash out in retaliation (atk 14 womp womp), but is too stunned by her heavy hitting to fare well.

the woman with the purple streak in her hair hisses, baring her fangs, and moves to faith's left side, trying to grab her (touch atk 25, which i don't think hits her defense? correct me if i'm wrong in the plurk). fringe moves to her right side, to do the same, but he also fails to get a grip on her, as she dodges away from them all.

the vamp in the back with the red coat just stands there, smiling, like he thinks this is all pretty hilarious for now. ]

[msattentionspan]

[She doesn't get her hands on Faith, that's okay, Faith has a hand for her. She'll quick punch her in the face (atk 29 | dmg 17) and then she'll go back to the guy that started this with another punch to his throat (atk 31 | dmg 15).]

You wanna keep going or are you waiting for happy over there to try and give an assist?

[behindcloseddoors]

[ all this seems to do is enrage all of them further. the woman tries furiously to smack her behind the head (atk 23 idt that hits either, can i have you give me her defense so i know?). the spanish vamp shrieks in rage, trying to slam his head against hers (atk 19). fringe also... miserably fails wtf vampires why can't you roll above 10 ]

[msattentionspan]

[It doesn't hit (28) and Faith just opts to try and hedge her bets with her two attacks here and goes another for the guy that started this (atk 37 | dmg 15) with a knee to the groin and another for the girl with another punch to the face (atk 26 | dmg 20).]

I shouldn't have said anything... [Don't worry fringe, she'll get to you too.]

[roams]

[ the girl dodges the blow, while the spanish vamp takes another sock to the jaw. she wheels away, and then her arm comes for faith's head, but the slayer manages to block it easily, while the vamp in front of her is too dizzied from taking all these hits to the face to get anywhere near her. FINALLY fringe gets a nat 20 touch attack on her, so they'll have to make opposed grapple checks as he tries to pull her head aside so that he can sink his fangs in her neck (its a d20+bab+str mod, and she has to beat a 17).

at that precise moment, however, the door busts open and... there's quinn standing behind the red-coated vampire. he takes all this in with raised eyebrows for half a second, and then raises a hand, flame rising up in his palm and dancing there as he eyes up the vampires. ] Glad I didn't miss the whole party.

[msattentionspan]

[Faith gives Fringe a look as he tries to reach for her. EXCUSE. YOU. Whatever, these vamps are so adorable. She's sort of amused that Quinn burst onto the scene like he's got amazing timing, but really - these guys haven't gotten a single hit to land. It's like she's just knocking them around trying to get them to sit down and shut up.]

Nah, it's kind of a lame party anyway. [Another punch to the face for you Mr. Trouble-Maker (atk 35 | dmg 15) and an elbow to the gut for you Miss Mouthy Vampire (atk 30 | dmg 14).]

See, [She'll address Mr. Trouble-Maker directly.] you might want to re-think your current aggressive behavior. Cuz' I can go all night.

[roams]

[ the spanish guy snarls: "Get him!" to the man in the red coat, as his fist actually gets a little closer to faith (atk 23). purple bitch yells something in french at not-tristan, finally backing away, but he stares at her like AHAHAA no. fringe tries to swing at her again, but her arm comes up to knock him aside once more, and his frustration grows. ]

Nice friends you've got. [ quinn takes the time to quip, before the vamp in red turns and lunges at him, with a hiss of fangs. he grabs hold of him, but quinn's eyes widen further and with a nat 20 strength check of OH SHIT NO, he shoves him off into the wall and sends an electric charge into his chest (9 dmg) ]

[msattentionspan]

[See, proof that females are superior. The girl backed away. Too bad for this guy, though. (atk 34 | dmg 17) comes at him with a punch to his nose and (atk 31 | dmg 16) as repeats that same hit.]

That's a bit of a stretch. I mean, Tristan didn't even tell me his real name. [And then Faith will watch as that happens.] That's new.

[roams]

I like to keep a trick or two up my sleeve. Apparently, you do too. [ he raises an eyebrow as she CASUALLY DODGES A MILLION VAMPIRE BLOWS.

spanish vamp finally connects (14 dmg), and in frustration, the woman starts running down the hall, and tristan hesitates but moves to go with her further into the building. ] Just for the record, are we letting them get away? [ quinn manages to just dodge the onslaught of the vampire in the red coat, and abruptly a blade of energy manifests out of his knuckles and he swings it around, cutting the vamp across the face (dmg 11) ]

[msattentionspan]

[Darnit. He actually hit her. That's okay, she has SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE so he's just going to add to her attack and damage now. Sucks to be him.]

I was trying to get them to talk, but they decided they liked this way better. [She watches "Tristan" and the girl dart off into the building and decides to try and just bring this guy with her and drag him down the hall (atk 32 | grapple 26) to follow them.]

I should probably try to keep track of everyone, though.

[roams]

[ he fails his opposed grapple and as such gets dragged away with her down the hall, cursing and trying to sink his fangs into her arm, unsuccessfully. the purple haired girl glances back over her shoulder, sees them coming, and curses, jumping right out the window, a crashing sound accompanying the splintering glass.

behind, quinn stays locked in combat with the red-coated vampire, barely escaping his grip again with another nat 20 strength check on his opposed grapple, where are these coming from??? he's been eating his wheaties. he rams the blade home into the vamp (16 dmg) ] I'll be along in a moment.

[msattentionspan]

[Faith sighs at the sound of glass (listen 26) and glares at Tristan to STAY THE FUCK PUT. (intimidate 20)

Once more, she tries to reason with the vampire that she's just dragging around.]

I'm gonna give you one more chance, because that guy over there is kinda banking on you guys at least telling me something. So I'll give you three options. Speak - Stake or I see how good I am at finding that Elder group you guys are so keen on going against and let them decide what to do with you. [Diplomacy 24]

[roams]

[ he'll be a good little vamp and do as he's told tbh.

the other speaks up as the sounds of quinn and the other vampire fighting continue down the hall.

"Fine, fine! I don't know who the hell you are, but I haven't seen anybody like who you're talking about. I don't know where your friend is, alright?!" ]

[msattentionspan]

[Faith cants her head, trying to see if the guy is lying or not (sense motive 22).]

They were killed by vamps - and unless you think there's another wild n'crazy gang just trolling that bar you were at and killing people...

[a beat]

Was it the threat of death or that Elder group that really got you talking?

[roams]

[ "They're the ones worth being afraid of," he scowls. "I told you I don't know what happened to her. But one of our friends didn't show up here either, so maybe it has something to do with that. She didn't answer her phone either, so hell if I know where she wound up." ]

[msattentionspan]

[Aww, you wound her so, LAME ASS VAMPIRE.]

Yeah? You want to tell me about them?

[roams]

[ "What's to tell exactly? I've got no idea where she's at." ]

[msattentionspan]

[Faith frowns.]

No. The Elders you think are the 'ones worth being afraid of'. What's the 'sitch with them?

[roams]

[ he grimaces. "They're the vampires who've been around too long to know how to enjoy the gift that's been given them anymore, that's what. We take what we want off the streets, while they hide their nature and shun the hunt." ]

[msattentionspan]

Right. [She isn't really impressed.]

Because, frame-jobs are totally being true to your nature. I mean, I'm sure you think that it's making it all under the radar - but guess what. I'm the radar and I spotted you.

Hell, I got led here by one of your own. Kicked his ass, ditched him, then came back, lured the rest of you here and promptly kicked your ass too. I think you should reclassify being afraid of someone. If all they do is hide and not kill people? [She sighs. She thought maybe they were a secret cult that had been sacrificing babies or something. Nope. Apparently, they're living by Angel's code of life.]