cape town ♔ heard you moving up now in the city of gold

[withasouvenir]

♫ these streets -- bastille

WHO || Dawn Summers, Indra Crestrage, Sebastian Trevethor, Shawn Spencer, Taradiddle Gezuntheit, Thea Queen
WHAT || Cape Town Mission
WHERE || Cape Town, South Africa
WHEN || Summer 2016
HOW || Actionspam

The Knights fly into the port city of Cape Town in the height of summer, which luckily for them is actually a comfortable Mediterranean climate. They have come in search of Le Chien de l’Onyx to return it to it's former (and rightful) owner, the elf mage Nieulor -- it had been stolen from him in eighteenth century France and once Nieulor was freed from the Bastille, he had tracked its whereabouts across the globe trying to retrieve it. Finally, he has found it in Cape Town and the Knights have been asked to meet him for further information at the Blanched Escargot, a hole in the wall French restaurant on the waterfront.

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flight threads

[withasouvenir]

[ the flight from london to cape town is eleven hours so get comfy. ]

shawn | ota

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Shawn arrives on board the plan with a heavy duffel bag full of totally relevant "supplies" for his first real world mission. What those supplies are? You will have to ask him to find out, and he is more than happy to tell you. Shawn Spencer is incapable of sitting still, even if his life depended on it, and that also extends to keeping his mouth shut.

You guys are in for a mission with this one.

That being said, if you're interested in some of his many, many travel snacks, or simply want to know what exactly it is he's doing with that weird thing you've never seen before, please feel free to drop by his seat and find out.]

[bloodrager]

[ indra, on the other hand, has only a light backpack, but she's definitely interested in what shawn has over there, and looks across the aisle to watch him for awhile. ] What are you doing?

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Shawn glances over at the pretty lady with a wide smile before leaning back so she can see the "crystals" that he's been running a long metal rod over.]

I'm attuning my psychic senses. Making sure they're sharp for when we start the treasure hunt.

[bloodrager]

"Psychic"? What does that mean?

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Someone who doesn't know what psychic means. Innnnnnnnteresting. He shifts to face her more and starts taking her in (spot 26).]

It means that I can commune with spirits. Learn information that may not be otherwise be observed by my more mundane counterparts.

[bloodrager]

Like a medium, of sorts.

[pwnspatrickjane]

Yes! Exactly like that. I was the head psychic for the Santa Barbara Police Department before I came through the Veil.

Taradiddle | ota

[godblessyou]

[Taradiddle has an adult coloring book and by adult I mean pornographic. She's having fun with it, using all sorts of colors in different places with no regards to how likely it is that someone of the race depicted would ever be that color. Anyone can have bright green skin if they're properly motivated!

She's also adding speech bubbles. Mostly only tangentially related to the scene depicted. She's having fun, though, that's what's important.]

the blanched escargot ♔ single thread

[withasouvenir]

[ it's mid-afternoon when the group heads to the blanched escargot, a once fashionable but now run-down diner on the waterfront, to make their prearranged meeting with nieulor. thea looks at the diner with a dubious expression. she was expecting something grander from a centuries old elf. is that racist? oh well. ]

Well, this is definitely the place.

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Shawn slowly let his eyes wander the place, looking for clues already, as is his habit (listen 24, spot 31), and is more than willing to stride ahead of the group, making himself a target, if nothing else.]

Sweet. I'm starving.

[Never mind he was pretty much constantly eating snacks on the plane.]

[bloodrager]

Should we wait for him to order? It seems rude to eat without our guest.

[godblessyou]

Maybe they'll at least give us breadsticks or something, right?

[bloodrager]

Perhaps he's already here.

[withasouvenir]

We can at least sit down, [ thea reasons, gesturing to a booth large enough to fit them all.

if there is a lunch crowd, which seems debatable, they've all gone, leaving only a waiter behind the counter chewing gum and flipping through a magazine and the chef listening to something on headphones in the kitchen and a couple solitary customers who look like they haven't left their stools in... a while.

a group of three burly fellows in khaki and cowboy hats tipped real low enter and shawn's stunning spot check will illuminate to him that they are not just weird americans on a safari holiday, but a trio of bugbears attempting to pass a large, hirsute humans. ignoring the waiter (who also ignores them), they stride purposefully toward a door in the back marked "STAFF ONLY" and lumber through. ]

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Shawn tracks them as they move through the restaurant, presuming they must do that pretty regularly if the waiter doesn't even blink. Or maybe the waiter is just really sucky at his job. Either way, Shawn sits on the outside of the booth and squints for a moment, before leaning in to address the rest of the group.]

Are bugbears a thing in South Africa?

[bloodrager]

Thanks to the Veil, I imagine they could be a "thing", as you say, anywhere.

the meeting

[bloodrager]

[ nieulor sets up the meeting in an open downtown park for 10am. they arrive slightly after nine to take up positions around the park in sight of the bench where the two men are to meet. please describe what your character is doing as their 'cover' and make a relevant bluff/acting/disguise check! ]

[pwnspatrickjane]

[So Shawn has settled on a spot that allows him to see the whole area, has laid out a yoga mat, and is proceeding to stretch ridiculously, because that's what yoga is, right? Really ridiculous stretching with periodic "ohms" said into the ether.

Granted, Shawn has never taken a yoga class a day in his life, but he's faking it pretty well, apparently (bluff 35). Or maybe he's just dramatic enough that people buy him as a super pretentious yoga man.

Still, he's making sure he's paying attention, doing his best to keep an eye and an ear on the men's conversation (spot 29, listen 23).]

[bloodrager]

[ indra is... really bad at this. she is seated on a bench up the path, with a bag of birdfood in her lap, which she is intermittently literally throwing at the birds. the whole time, she just stares straight at the bench with her all too intense stare. ]

[withasouvenir]

[ thea is doing tai chi in the grass and occasionally looking at shawn like he's an alien, but it looks more generically judgmental than specific shade for his acting. she does tai chi on the regular so that requires no acting, but being subtle about looking around needs some finesse (bluff 21). she sees very little. (listen 8, spot 12) ]

[bloodrager]

[ none of them can miss the arrival of a thin man in a suit, accompanied by a large, black dog with a strangely intelligent looking expression on its face.

shawn also notices a couple of bugbear thugs like the ones in the cafe lurking about ]

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Shawn shifts his positioning a bit as he takes in the other man's back up, before speaking in line with is "cover."]

And with that we turn to face the sun, and move into the power bear position.

[Which happens to be a kind of dramatic, "superstar" style lunge, head down, and his arms pointing straight out on the direction of the pair. So subtle.]

And we hold it for two minutes.

[withasouvenir]

[ thea at least is picking up what he is putting down (wis 17), fluidly shifting her stance to get a better look. her eyes are drawn to the dog, that must be the dog. sirius black is here. ]

[bloodrager]

[ the bugbears set up on two separate park benches on either side of the thin man, who sits, the dog heeling beside him. indra's eyes move towards her partners, clearly itching to start a fight already. ]