brussels ♔ violate the natural order

[silverguardian]

WHO || Matt, Avaleen, Baal, Bubblegum, Nyna
WHAT || The Knights are sent to investigate mysterious deaths that might be gang-related
WHERE || Brussels, Belgium
WHEN || Late March, 2016 [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

With five dead members of a gang whose members are composed of entirely non-human Shadowkind, Belgium police are concerned that a gang war is about to break out, with accusations flying towards an anti-Shadow gang in the same inner-city neighborhood in Brussels.  The Knights are sent to get to the bottom of this, and to that end, they've arrived in the city and made their way towards the section of town where the deaths have been occurring...

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[delicere]

[Avaleen is probably the worst person to have speak to the people in the pews, her face a mask of near horror at the thought of interrupting people while they commune with their gods but aware they have an important purpose here, she moves towards one of the pews and finds a spot near one of the people they spotted.

Rather than interrupt immediately, she takes a moment to offer up her own prayers. Head bowed, eyes closed, Ava not speaking with any god she imagined the person next to her was but it seemed right to take this moment first. Because Ava okay.

After a long, quiet moment she lifts her gaze and turns it towards the person near her, offering a weak smile but not about to interrupt if they appear absorbed in their own prayers. (Spot 20 Total.)]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ the person there is human, and he seems to be praying, but his gaze is drawn to the abnormally beautiful woman beside him once, then twice, then once more, and her soft smile draws one from him as well. he greets her in the local tongue, the intention clear enough. ]

[byyourleave]

[Baal nodded] Yes, that is what I speak of. We believe if we know the moment this distrust started, we could work back to try and heal it for the sake of all of those here.

[behindcloseddoors]

[ he paces away, still looking troubled and resigned.

"Ah, you speak as though there was one catalyzing moment. This anger has simmered beneath the surface since their number first arrived. These recent deaths merely gave them an excuse to act upon them." ]

[monosaccharide]

[Meanwhile, Bubblegum will casually search the room to see if there's any clues lying around that might point them in the right direction (search nat 20, 28 total).]

[byyourleave]

It is always the nature of one not to trust outsiders. But the deaths gave the excuse, and became the event. Would not the solving of one help start the other to heal?

[silverguardian]

[ bubblegum notices something strange - one of the stained glass windows looks to have been cracked heavily, as if hit by something very solid, perhaps a rock on the outside.

"I can only hope you're right..."

by the door, nyna has perked up, looking out of the archway with a troubled expression. ] I think there's something going on out there...

[delicere]

[ Her smile having the desired result, only sees Ava's widen along with her eyes, a hand gently raising in the universal sold for 'hold up buddy' as she interjects.]

Do you, speak English at all?

[byyourleave]

I hope I am too.

[he hears Nyna's voice, turning to look at her a moment before back to the priest]

Do you have any suggestions on what we may be able to do to help these people?

[bubblegolem]

[Bubblegum strides over to examine the window more thoroughly, pulling out a small machine to scan the area for traces of the force people insist on calling magic (detect magic).]

[silverguardian]

[ the man ava addresses blinks a bit, then nods slowly. "Some," he says, his accent quite thick. "For prayer?" he gestures to the pulpit.

bubblegum's machine comes up negative, as nyna takes a few hurried steps towards the door. what she sees there clearly disturbs her, and she turns back to urgently shout: ] We have trouble! [ before running out the door. the priest is distracted from baal's question, double-taking after her ]

[byyourleave]

[yeah, that's not good. Baal is going to stand up and bow his head]

I'm sorry, sir. I have a feeling that trouble outside is not as resolved as we had hoped. Please, for the safety of those in here, urge them to stay inside the sanctuary. I will come back to let you know when things are safe outside.

[and not waiting for his answer, he is going to sprint to join Nyna]

[bubblegolem]

[Bubblegum shoves her machine back into her bag and heads towards the door herself.] What's happening?

[silverguardian]

That. [ annnnnnd they will all get a sight of several stone figures... swooping through the sky outside.

that's right. some of the gargoyles from the top of the church are dive bombing a few fleeing civilians. three of them.

INITZ ]

[silverguardian]

[ the fight is bloody but over quickly - and it doesn't take much detective work to figure out the rest from there. It seems that gargoyles had nested on the cathedral and begun murdering nearby victims, which were being blamed on the local gangs and starting a war between them.

The issue resolved, the gangs extended a shaky truce between them, when shown the bodies of the rocky monsters.

/MISSION ]

[byyourleave]

[and hopefully staying a truce (diplomacy 26)?]

[bubblegolem]

[Bubblegum also got a 26, so apparently they're pretty in tune with how they're diplomacizing. Hooray!]