london ♔ the turning tides are coming from you

[allaboutme]

♬ empty threat - CHVRCHES

WHO || Cordelia, Alec, Val'drin, The Doctor, Kate, Phineas [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a man named Estavan, whose Trade Consortium is linked to a series of mysterious attacks
WHERE || Estavan's Estate, London suburbs
WHEN || April 12th [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

The Knights have spent a couple of years now attempting to trace the source of a series of mysterious deliveries of crates to local businesses that contained monsters, marked 'PTC'.  They learned last year that PTC is a Trade Consortium, run by a man named Estavan, but that there was some kind of internal conflict between the Executive Officer and other partners, who were attempting to wrest control of the Consortium from him and might be sending the crates to customer who were remaining loyal to him.  Estavan has refused to meet with the Knights, and so Wynn has decided the Knights must take this into their own hands, and is sending a force to infiltrate his Estate while he is out of it.  Hopefully, they can find some paperwork that will help get to the root of the problem.  The isolated home is surrounded by a 12 foot high iron fence, which they know to be electrified, and the area is quiet as they approach.

Comments

[killmypatience]

[To Alec:]

Sounds good.

[She glances back to the rest of the group:]

We go slow, room by room. Stay together.

[And with that she'll take the lead, gun up, and head towards the first door she sees (investigate 27).]

[allaboutme]

[ phineas is going to hang back to keep an eye out on the outside in case anyone else comes along. the others make their way down the hallway, cordelia wrapping her hand around the gun in her purse again. ] Officially putting it on record that I hate using this thing.

[ the hallway is tastefully and expensively decorated, and at the end of it, two double doors lead into what must be the library. kate opens the first door along the hall's length first, checking within and finding it to be a small, empty, untouched parlor. cordelia checks the next one, pointing the gun inside wildly, but it too is empty. ]

[killmypatience]

[Kate smirks in Cordelia's direction before she continues to make her way forward, checking each of the doors until she reaches the end of the hallway (investigate 16), and if all of those are clear, she's going to stop at the doors to the library and wait for the rest of the group to join her.]

[valdrin]

[ val'drin follows as well, as they check a series of empty rooms, making their way to the library entrance. as they do so, alec would catch note of one of those large rats climbing up the wall, and crouching on the overhang. as soon as it's up there, it begins to morph, until it takes the step of a human woman - who pulls a gun out of the back of her pants ]

[monticora]

[ Oh. Shit. This can't be good. This is definitely not good. He's pretty sure he can't get through this window quickly and quietly enough to disarm her. ] Don't move. The big rats are people. They're people. And they got weapons. She's up top. If I take her I blow my perch to anyone else.

[killmypatience]

[Kate freezes just outside the door and tightens her grip on her gun, before studying the door for a moment.]

What do you mean by up top?

[monticora]

Like she climbed up a wall as a rat, hung out on an overhang and turned into a human being. She's up. Look I might be able to come through the window and take her if we time it right, but there is more than just her to worry about. She's just who I can see.

[ Alec shifts to get a better look at the situation (investigate 18; spot 25; listen 26). He is not about to let his hot teammates get shot. Maybe Val'drin too. ]

[allaboutme]

Maybe we can just lure them out with cheese. [ s-so helpful. either way, alec doesn't see any further movement within - there just seem to be two of them, and the other remains hidden out of sight. ]

[monticora]

I'm gonna take her. When you hear the crash you better come in guns hot because her partner is probably gonna be on my ass in no time. Be ready.

[ With Alec readies himself and sighs. Kali is so gonna kill him if he gets himself killed with this.

He moves and jumps (jump 22) to go through the glass. Once he connects with Rat Woman (grapple 21) and lands he tries to pin her. Her legs come under him and push him off which flings him off her. He grunts. ] This is why cats don't like you guys.

[killmypatience]

[Kate picks up on the sound of cracking glass (listen 22), and while she was going to tell him to wait, it's clearly too late for her to stop it now. She's then immediately going to go for the door, gun up and ready to shoot. I can't remember if she needs to pick the lock or break it down, but (disable device 22 or strength 18) if needed?

Once the door swings open, she makes her way inside, assessing the room for a moment to see if she can find the girl's partner, since Alec seems to have her focus on him (spot nat 20), and once it's in sight, raises her gun to fire (OH MY GOD attack nat 20, damage 14 KATE SIT DOWN).]

[valdrin]

[ alec crashes spectacularly through the ceiling, right onto the girl, who rolls off and away from him on the balcony, hissing through her teeth at him as she scrambles up and brings the barrel of her weapon up to bear on him, firing once erratically (atk 14).

the large rat is half buried under a shelf but kate buries a bullet right between its eyes... and it lets out a hideous screech, before going limp down there. val'drin follows in behind her, seeing that the rat seems down and makes his way further in, lifting the weapon up towards the balcony as he backs up and tries to get a view of alec and the girl. ]

[killmypatience]

[Kate will also turn her attention to the girl, leveling her gun in their direction. While that's covered, she'll glance around the rest of the room to see if there are any other surprises (spot 20 total).]

[monticora]

[ That erratic shot misses Alec thankfully. He's already had a not so special time here and he'd really hate if he went back to the castle with holes in him. Alec moves to attack her (unarmed strike atk 25; dmg 14). The fact that she's a rat just makes the feline DNA in Alec a little more motivated to destroy her ass. ]

/init

[valdrin]

[ kate notices a portion of the wall in the back of the room has been smashed apart, revealing a hidden passage behind it. it leads to a stone staircase which descends into darkness.

with one loud crack to her skull, alec knocks the girl out, and her head whips aside as she passes out.

val'drin keeps his weapon up for a moment, turning it around the room to make sure they are still in the clear ] Well then.

[ when nothing emerges, he slides it away ] Simple as all that.

[killmypatience]

[Kate slowly lowers her weapon as well, but she doesn't put it away quite yet. She's eyeing that secret passage and doesn't want to be caught unawares if something decides to come out of it.]

They were looking for something.

[And she nods towards the smashed wall as she starts to make her way towards it.]

[monticora]

[ Alec comes to the railing for a moment to look down at them. Leaning on it. ] Ya think? [ Because he probably could have guessed that already judging by them scurrying around this place. Not to mention what they heard before. ] I wouldn't go in there alone.

[killmypatience]

[Kate tips her head back to where he's hanging over the balcony and raises her eyebrows at him.]

Good thing I have a team to go with me. Might as well see what Estavan was trying to protect.

[You guys are coming right?]

[allaboutme]

Great, creepy staircases. This just gets better and better. [ still, she'll follow kate's lead, and they head towards the hole in the wall. the passage beyond smells of dirt and old things, not unpleasant. a newer, fresh smell also hangs in the air. it's a smell of brimstone and blood, and cordelia wrinkles her nose, opening her mouth to comment, when suddenly they hear someone shout from below: "Find it! It's got to be here, so find it!" ]

[monticora]

[ That voice isn't good. Means there's more of these rat bastards. ] Shit. I'm coming down. [ Alec vaults over the railing to jump down to them (jump 17). ]

[killmypatience]

[good job team. She's going to keep making her way down slowly, trying to be as quiet as possible (move silently 22). As she gets lower she tries to peer around the corner and see what's happening (spot 34). Just call her eagle eye Beckett, apparently.]

[valdrin]

[ as they descend deep below the estate, everything begins to take on an ancient and otherworldly feel. there are no electric light fixtures down here - merely wall sconces and unlit torches.

the stairs end in a natural stone chamber, with a ceiling 15 feet above the rough-hewn floor. it's completely dark, which means that kate won't be able to see anything until she has a light source. luckily val'drin gives an annoyed sigh behind her, and flicks on a flashlight, looking pointedly away from the beam as his oversensitive drow eyes adjust.

in the light, kate can make out that there are strange shapes strewn across the floor of the chamber. upon closer examination, she realizes that they are, in fact, numerous bones. two passages lead off from the room, both ending in closed doors. ]

[monticora]

[ Alec tries to bring up the rear. His eyes searching behind him every chance he can get to make sure nothing's following them into this place. He's not a fan of this whole situation, but whatever's waiting for them won't be good. Once they come to a stop he looks forward ]

What's the hold up?

[allaboutme]

[ cordelia steps inside, and her shoes immediately crunch on a femur bone, causing her to jerk back in horror and point. ] Uh, ew. That's what.

[killmypatience]

Yeah.

[Kate lets her eyes scan what she can see in the room from Val'drin's flashlight, looking to check for any sign of traps (investigate 23).]

There might be some kind of booby trap rigged in here.

[valdrin]

Or... that. [ b/c guess what is rattling beneath them now? all those bones. which begin to rise up and form into six fucking skeletons. HOORAY. they fix their empty eye sockets on the intruders and raise rusty longswords... ]