knightsoflegend | nyc ♔ the devil has my ear today

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nyc ♔ the devil has my ear today

WHO || Failboat and more... [closed]
WHAT || The Knights move on a warehouse in NYC to try and save Jeanne Gar & Rafael Giovanni
WHERE || New York City, New York
WHEN || Summer 2016
HOW || Actionspam or prose

The plan has been set, and the Knights are on their way to New York City once again - this time with the desperate hope fueling them that they can save two of their own, instead of simply endangering them further. Jack and Buffy have greater stakes in this than anyone - as it is Jack's fiancee, Gar and the love of Buffy's life, Rafael, who are currently in the grip of the vile villains that have plagued them for the last four years. Knowing fully well the risks that are inherent in potentially facing down the dangerous Mind Master, who shattered Myri's life in an instant by breaking Finnick Odair's psyche, their plan is to divide and search the warehouse as quickly as possible - knowing that every second counts, when an alerted team of bad guys could take the lives of their captured friends.

It's an unparalleled gamble, but may be their only opportunity before Rafael and/or Gar are moved from the facility. To that end, they converge at a nearby hotel...

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Hope important also means interesting and useful.

[Spike strides towards it, keeping an eye open for further surprises (spot 33).]

[ dumage stays close behind him, and nods at him to open the door, where he can make out a few silhouettes moving around behind the frosted glass pane. the door clicks open quietly, and opens into a large executive office, which is lit fully, and strangely well kept. far across the room, two figures stand, both turning to look as the two enter. dumage freezes behind spike, her arm reaching across the frame behind him as though to steady herself, as she peers over his shoulder. ]

[ the first to speak is none other than crombe himself, one gloved hand gripping the head of his cane as he fixes his gaze on spike. ] Ah. I thought it wouldn't be long now.

I imagine the others are here as well, to recover their precious little scientist. But you ventured up here alone, did you? How... interesting.

[ beside him, blade turns much more leisurely, a wide grin splitting his features as he weighs the vampire over. ] Oh, he isn't alone, Draken.

Is he, my dear? [ there's a hint of delight in his words, his gaze slipping right past spike to where dumage stands, invisible. ]

[ ♬ so - static-x

out of the corner of his eye, spike can see dumage's hand manifest against the door jam, and he can feel her press against him as she steps the both of them forward slightly, drawing the door closed behind them. her words sound carefully chosen as she addresses keijen. ] You know why I'm here.

I know precisely why. [ his focus seems to shift solely to her, as he watches her reactions with marked interest. ] But the time has come to strip aside pretense, don't you think?

We no longer require such a spy within the Knighthood. It is time to move ahead with our plans. [ he lifts a heavily ringed hand, gently crooking a finger towards her ]

It is time to join us once and for all, and put them behind you. I imagine it will be a relief, no longer needing to pretend to tolerate their insipid company, hm?

[Spike turns to look at Dumage, also trying to get a read on her reactions (sense motive 23). But whatever he sees, it's not going to change his reaction.]

Oh, bloody hell, really? [He rolls his eyes.] Gonna have to put another tally on the what-sort-of-agent Dumage is chart again. Is there even a word for... [He starts counting on his fingers.] What, quadruple agent? Quintuple? Work with me here.

[ she steps past him and turns around to face him with her back to blade. the look she fixes on him carries the usual level of smugness, but there's something about it that feels unreadable to him, leaving him completely uncertain where the bluff is here. ] It's called being on the winning side, darling. You should try it sometime.

But seeing as how you're determined to lie down on the tracks, do yourself the slightest of favors so that you might buy yourself a few more months of unlife. Don't follow me.

[Dammit, Dumage. He's not sure what her play is, except that whichever side does end up on top, he's pretty sure she'll be pretty fast to tell them she was always on their side no matter what. Bloody hell, why does he always have to fall for the complicated ones?]

Could I, even?

[He shakes his head, taking a step in.]

We're really never gonna get that drink, are we?

[ crushingly close - garbage + nine inch nails

it's keijen who speaks up first at his words, disgust and contempt curling his lip as he says: ] Were you really such a fool to believe she could want you, after knowing she had been with me? [ he gives a derisive laugh ] She is too much for any weakling like you.

Ruthless. Merciless. Truly out for only herself. [ blade actually manages... to sound... impressed???? slightly. or something like it. ] If I asked her to kill you now, she would. Perhaps I shall.

[ at that point, a blue line of magic cracks through the air, and the mind master steps out into place beside draken. she looks over at spike and dumage, taking in the scene, but addresses crombe. ] Time to go.

This isn't the time for your petty nonsense, Blade. [ draken sounds 100% done with all of this tbh ] Bring her. We're leaving.

Maybe not, after all. [ dumage looks over her shoulder for half a moment at the sound of the mind master's voice, but then she drags her gaze back to meet spike's. there's an intensity in her eyes, as she seems to hover between drawing closer to him and stopping herself. her voice drops just barely, the words pretty deliberate. ] I told you.

Don't throw it away for just anyone.

[ the air behind the mind master splits open again, the portal hanging there as draken ducks through, not bothering to wait for this drama to end. dumage takes a single step backwards, holding spike's gaze as keijen watches very carefully. finally, he says her name once, firmly, and she moves towards them, heading through the portal. blade spares spike one large grin before ducking in himself, leaving spike alone for a moment with the mind master, who stands beside the portal smirking at him.

she tosses him a chilling wink, before stepping one foot back into it herself as it starts to seal around her. ]

[Spike takes another step forward, then stops himself (will 15). A part of him wants to rashly dive in after them. A bigger part of him isn't quite that big an idiot. He knows he can't take all of them, even if Dumage chose to be uncharacteristically selfless and sides with him. He'd be dead, and worse, trapped with mind readers. He doesn't particularly want to let them into his mind.

So he settles for balling his hands into fists and staring after them. And, of course, yelling uselessly after the portal because he thought of a comeback and he can't just not say it.]

Yeah, well! Didn't think she was your bloody type! Thought you preferred them a little more related to you!

[Yeah, that'll show him. They probably still have some sort of surveillance. He kicks a chair across the room angrily (atk 31, dmg 11) and turns to go.

Then... pauses. The bad guys are gone and Dumage wasn't wrong about this room looking promising (wis 22). He's gonna bloody search the room (search 23).]

[ the chair all but splinters against a far wall with a loud clattering sound. his initial search of the room doesn't yield much, but he discovers a false bottom in one of the desk drawers... inside of which is a switch. flipping it rotates a section of wall around, in which is a filing cabinet full of documents.

the documents are full of schematics, although it's all a bit too technical for him to make out what it's supposed to be of. there's definitely some robot nonsense in there though. ]

[At least something useful can come from this mess. Spike might not get most of this past "robot stuff", but he knows there will be people at the castle who do so he's gonna take the documents and leave the room.]

[ WHICH WAY YOU GOING SPIKE, down or back up to the roof ]

[DOWN because this mission's gone seriously south and he wants to catch his teammates if any of them need help. Or if he needs help since he lost his only back-up.]

[ spike can join the party! ]

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