chicago mission ♔ the people under your feet are shooting stars in the night

[rationalizes]

♬ Dreamworld - Rilo Kiley

WHO || Gar, Kat, Mark, Dumage, Martha, Myri, Buffy, Sven, Spike, Desmond Descant, ??, ?? [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights infiltrate Nightscape to intercept a deal for the Eternal Jade. And... so does Des. At the same time. Hilarity ensues???
WHERE || Chicago. Nightscape.
WHEN || Friday, March 9th, various tiemes.
HOW || Actionspam; Don't sweat tagging order.

It's been a busy day. Following Gar's discovery of a message that seems to imply a trade for the artifact known as the Eternal Jade will take place at a location called "Nightscape" the next evening, several of the Knights headed out to the area outlined in Hoffman Institute files, only to discover the place was an office building that sold pharmaceuticals. However, as Myrilandel stared at a strange canopied fruit stand attached to the front of the building, she began to notice something, well, quite odd about it. A long line of people waited against the edifice to enter the stand, but none of them looked as if they fit into the commercial sector whatsoever, with their leather, vinyl, spiked hair, glitter, colored hair, etc. In fact, only by staring at the image presented and concentrating could the others recognize there was something wrong with the whole picture - something that caused theirs eyes to rebound off from it and find the entire scene innocuous otherwise. The line of people disappeared into the canopy - but none of the crowd ever came out again, defying any logic about how many people could humanly fit inside the tiny stand at a time.

It was clear that it wasn't just any fruit stand.

It was an entrance. They quickly surmised just what it had to be an entrance to. Myrilandel managed to note a number of guards emerging from the club after hours, dressed in some kind of futuristic looking armor that... looks a lot like Halo armor. She spotted the symbol on the side of the van they climbed into, and the surveillance team took note of it before heading back to the hotel.

Meanwhile, the research team back home (Kat, Buffy, and Sven mostly, since Gar passed out asleep in her chair) threw themselves into finding out what they could about Nightscape: and found rumors about an invite-only underground club, whose location was protected by magic, which seemed to mesh with what the other Knights had seen. The most interesting aspect of the club, however, wasn't just the fact that invitations to it come in the form of pills that implant directions into the subject's unconscious mind, but that supposedly it played havoc with the memories of those who frequent it. Every visit fades from the patron's mind when they leave, in the same way a dream does - they could remember a vague feeling of what it was like, but not any details about what actually occurred - and the more they attempted to remember, the more the memories would elude them.

Today, they've managed to look up that symbol Myri noticed on the side of the van and identify it as belonging to a private security firm that hires out to wealthy patrons in often underhanded deals. Which has allowed a plan of action to be hatched. :O

The Knights will coordinate efforts to plant a fake detour between the security firm and the club, derailing a van full of guards to lead to a stop light that will be controlled by Kat. And allow them to come up through a conveniently placed manhole to plant a device on the underbelly of the truck that will cripple its battery temporarily. At this point, the Knights will assume control of the vehicle, and Kat, Gar, Buffy, and Spike will don the armor of the guards and take their weapons, proceeding to the club as security personnel. Mark and Myrilandel will transport the captured guards to somewhere safe to keep them out of the way and possibly interrogate them. Dumage and Martha will drop off Sven at the club - he'll be attempting to bluff his way through the front door as a patron so that they can have an eye in the crowd as well, and then the ladies will park on the street to sit and wait as a getaway car / backup if necessary.

Obviously, nothing could possibly go wrong. :)

[ooc; subthreads to come!]

Comments

[nosdacaraid]

[Annnd Mark pulls the Knight's van right up behind the other in traffic, pulling it to a stop almost... right on top of Buffy, whoops. Brakes, Mark. Brakes. Either way, he slams it into park and someone else can pop up open the back and help him to drag the body inside for a Strength check of 13 or above.

Meanwhile, after a minute, the back of that van opens up and two more guards glance out to see what's taking so long...]

[slays]

[ Well, it's not like Spike is going to be hitting anyone (big fat idiot, why did he even come along???), so Buffy doesn't hesitate to spin around and catch them (spot check 20) as they get out of the van. She leaves the first guard for the others to drag around and heads around to the back of the guards' van to sneak up on them. She lets herself lose the element of surprise by shutting one of the doors to get behind them, slamming it. ]

Gee, you know, I'm not an expert on this stuff or anything, but it kinda looks like there might be a security breach. [ Without leaving them time to react, she grabs their skulls and slams them together with str 17 dmg 15, then dusts off her hands and glances around. One, two and three, ... they're short one last guard. ]

[shootfirst]

[One last guard who swings open the driver's side door after not much longer, ready to clamber out, when he finds Kat right in front of him, yanking her Excalibur out from beneath her jacket to level it at him. She offers a bright, sarcastic smile]

Those city crime rates will get you every time. [She gestures with the gun for him to get out.] Niiice and slow. Let's go, Cheetah. [He growls and climbs down, shooting her a death glare and marching past her towards the back of the van.]

[bigbad]

[Spike's made his way out of the sewer by now, and he looks at all the fallen guards without much interest. He missed the fighting. :-( Though considering the way his head acted up last time... probably for the best.] Well, that went well. These really are the henchmen, aren't they? Honestly, you'd think they'd hire people with at least a little more fight in them.

[rationalizes]

[And Gar moves past him to reach under the truck and yank off Kat's device, heading for the driver's door.]

Let's talk about that inside, shall we?

[slays]

[ There's a snide look from Buffy, eyebrows raised in a 'ha ha you got in trouble with mom' kind of childish expression, and she crouches to grab the guard in front of her's wrists. ] Yeah, let's make with less yapping, more getting these guys into the van already.

[bigbad]

[He makes a face back at her and grabs one of the others, hoisting the guard carelessly over his shoulder.] Fine. I'm helping.