nyc ♔ everybody knows the rock leans over the town

[behindcloseddoors]

The Rock - Harry Chapin

WHO ||Deryn, Alice, Sara, Frankie [closed]
WHAT ||The Knights investigate a mysterious transmission...
WHERE || New York
WHEN || Late March 2016
HOW || Actionspam

[A garbled, static-filled transmission, encoded in a Shadow language, has made its way to the Knights attention, seemingly linked to a series of similar transmissions last year.  Equipped with a decoding program by the Dragon's Hoard, the Knights head to a set of railroad tracks that were mentioned, to try to see what this is all about... ]

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[icouldbe_bess]

[ alice raises her hand and struggles back to her feet, wincing tremendously. ]

Hi, yeah. There was an accident. The train thingy -- [ she gestures to the guard rail ] -- wasn't going down and the car was still coming but the train was also coming and I couldn't get it to stop so I, um, shot the tires out.[ yep, gonna take all the blame, gesturing back to jamie and daryl's car as she adds, ] They stopped after to see if everything was okay. I think the woman in the car might need medical attention, she might have had a panic attack? Reasonably.

[ maybe the cop is really gullible because alice is not a liar. (bluff 13) ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ yeah no ]

You were armed? [ he at least gestures another guy over to go check out the girl ]

[icouldbe_bess]

Yeah. [ her holds her arms up to reveal the excalibur on her hip. the one she didn't actually use but ukw. whatever. ] I have a permit.

[behindcloseddoors]

Let's see it, please.

[icouldbe_bess]

[ she hands it over without hesitation. at least the excalibur is the same as frankie's so she has that going for her. ]

I panicked, you know?

[behindcloseddoors]

[ he looks it over, clearly surprised by what he sees ] Interesting handgun. Where'd you purchase this?

[icouldbe_bess]

[ she's curious if he's surprised because he... recognizes it??? so she studies him carefully as he looks it over. (sense motive 20 total) ]

It was a gift, actually. From a guy I worked with overseas.

[behindcloseddoors]

[ there's no sign of recognition beyond perhaps of the fact that it's based off a glock ]

I suppose this young lady was lucky then, that you had it with you.

[icouldbe_bess]

Yeah, I guess. Hopefully I won't have to use it again, like, ever.

[behindcloseddoors]

[ at that point, make a listen check! ]

[icouldbe_bess]

[ listen 19 ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ there seems to be static coming out of the police car radio............ he doesn't notice because that's all it sounds like right now, but it is a familiar sound to her ]

[icouldbe_bess]

[ sighs NOT AGAIN ]

Uh, do you mind if I grab my phone? [ in case he thinks idk that she has another gun that she's reaching for or something. ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ he waves a hand: ] Go ahead.

[icouldbe_bess]

[ she struggles to her feet, oh god it hurts, and pulls her phone free from her pocket, bringing up that decryption program again. ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ the translation runs across the screen, mid-message: ]

--saved a life that might otherwise have been lost. you should be proud of the work you've done. i apologize that i can tell you no more than this, or reveal little else about myself, but i have chosen the knights as my hands, and hope i have proven to you that i can be trusted.

you have certainly done the same. thank you.

[icouldbe_bess]

[ quietly: ] You're... welcome?

[ that was not what she expected at all, so she just sort of stares at the screen blankly for a while. ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ the cop comes back at that moment to ask: ] Find it?

[icouldbe_bess]

Yes, phone, right here. [ she gives it a little wave. ] So do I have to give a statement or surrender my weapon or, like, have a court date, because I'll do all that, but I think I should maybe swing by not super urgent care.

[behindcloseddoors]

I think you're good to go, ma'am. Thank you for your cooperation.

[icouldbe_bess]

Anytime, thank you.

[ she's going to stop by to check on?? jamie and his boss for a second and then bounce. bye felicias. ]