chapter finale ♔ maybe one day we can break the distance

[allaboutme]

♬ break the distance - ashton edminster

WHO || Cordelia, Kate, Ashley, Elijah, Topher, Astrid [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a man named Estavan, whose Trade Consortium is linked to a series of mysterious attacks
WHERE || PTC Warehouse, London
WHEN || June 12th [forward dated - changing the date from last log being in 2016 to being in 2017 surprise]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

A several year operation investigating a Consortium known as PTC run by a mysterious man - now revealed to be a ogre - named Estavan has led to the discovery that he made a a business deal with a trio of demons. To no one's surprise, that did not end well, and Estavan has asked the Knights for help in setting things right. Estavan has asked the Knights to head to his warehouse in London and keep the creatures busy while he goes to meet with the Consortium's Ruling Council to find a way to take care of them. While Phineas, the Doctor, Val'drin, and Alec stay behind to clean things up at Estavan's home, Cordelia and Kate phone for back-up to meet them downtown at the warehouse.

They meet up in the warehouse district of the city, outside the large building.  There are several empty trucks parked out in the lot, but otherwise, no visible lights on, and only one door set in the side of it, and a few closed heavy loading doors. 

Comments

[killmypatience]

["E" probably leads to Estavan. Skull doorknob probably is related to the fiends, but without knowing for sure what's behind it she doesn't entirely feel comfortable opening a proverbial doorway to Hell.

She glances up at the floating platform above, and slowly starts to drive up, trying to see if there's a better look if she has some altitude. To the rest of her team:]

Keep an eye out - see if you can spot another on of the fiends heading in our direction.

[andblockbuster]

Pretty sure the confidence high I've been riding since I scared the last one off is gonna fade out any minute, so...

[No more please... And he is so anxious since this has been THE WORST, he's... not being a very good looker. (spot 9...)]

Shouldn't we be going through one of these doors? I know we lost Ashley doing it once, buuuut...

[killmypatience]

I'm pretty sure the one with the E leads to Estavan which we're supposed to be keeping things away from, so I don't want to open that in case one decides to slip through with us. I'm also kind of certain that the evil looking glowing one goes to Hell, which I don't really want to open.

[Kate gives a small shrug.]

I don't know where the other two go, so I'm less inclined to open them until we figure that out.

[andblockbuster]

[Topher just looks so shocked and unhappy by all of that.] WHY WOULD THEY JUST LEAVE A DOOR TO HELL IN A WAREHOUSE?

[His tone is sort of between "that is the dumbest thing I've ever heard" and "oh god but what if she's not wrong"]

[killmypatience]

He was working with fiends. I'd assume they'd want to be allowed easy access.

[She's just saying, it's a possibility.]

[allaboutme]

I'm voting for not taking the damned door, thanks. [ as kate drives them up beyond the edge of the huge floating platform, they can see the stacks of crates and barrels rising and falling like mountain peaks and canyon valleys, forming a hostile terrain. there's a sense of foreboding, as they look across them, and a listen check of 20+ catches a distant sound of chanting from within the crates ]

[andblockbuster]

[Topher's eyes might not be open but his ears are (listen 22)] Uh... So does anyone think Amazon Prime ships cults these days?

[pathology]

[astrid motions at cordy] I'm with her. I'm not ready to go to hell yet if that's cool.

[but also... looking over at topher.]

What?

[killmypatience]

[Kate is distracted by all the talking and doesn't quite pick up on what Topher is referring to either (listen 16).]

I'm going to second that what?

[andblockbuster]

There is an unfortunate amount of eerie chanting coming from those crates over there. [He points.]

[allaboutme]

So let's go make with the stopping it.

[killmypatience]

[Kate nods in agreement and starts steering the forklift up towards the platform (drive 8 action point says 22).]

[allaboutme]

[ the chanting at least seems to be coming from a singular source, not a whole crowd. they come to a halt on the platform, and look ahead to see a narrow canyon of crates that leaves just enough room for them to walk through, but not enough to move the forklift through. ]

[killmypatience]

[That's fine, it'll just give them somewhere to escape to. She'll park the forklift, before nodding towards the path ahead of them.]

Let's go check it out.

[andblockbuster]

[Topher follows with his gun held low, like he's in a first person shooter or something.]

[allaboutme]

[ cordelia goes behind topher, gun held STRAIGHT OUT at his back and she also swings it up above at times, just iN CASE ]

[killmypatience]

[Kate follows as well, doing her best to follow the chanting while still seeing what's going on (spot 18, listen 11).]

[allaboutme]

[ ahead, the crates open into a wider space, where seven large demonic birds circle around, apparently the source of the noise. but she has no more than gotten a glimpse of this before a tunnel of flames comes pouring down between the crates. all of them can make a reflex save DC 16 to halve the damage, otherwise they take 21 fire damage, as the efreeti from earlier materializes at the opening. time for initz! ]

[pathology]

[astrid just BARELY makes the ref save (literally ref 16) and is left just staring like what the hell??? what did we do to deserve this???? fuckin jesus. but she remembers guns actually working on this asshole despite initial apprehension so time to shoot at him ig. (atk 21; 5 dmg...)]

[andblockbuster]

[Time for the first action point of the day since Topher's original roll was not even remotely a 16. Topher teeters on the edge of almost getting hit, but pulls it back at the last minute (RS 20). HE'S STILL VERY MUCH BURNED, WHICH SUCKS.]

Whatever you guys do... Don't let me get turned to stone again. [and he's gonna fire off his own shot (atk 16, dmg 9... if that hits. HE WILL BE RAMBO AGAIN.]

[allaboutme]

[ astrid's shot flies straight through the crates, striking the efreeti and making his shoulder recoil. topher's shot just barely hits the efreeti, who is apparently unprepared for the assault so far.

he's clearly prepared now. he comes floating down between the crates, sparking flecking off from him, starting the wooden crates smoldering here and there.

"I warned you," he says menacingly, slamming downward with a flaming fist right at astrid, that feels a lot like getting hit by a mack truck that's on fire (atk 34, dmg 11 + 2 fire). ]

Won't you just die already?? [ cordelia shouts petulantly, firing her weapon too quickly as she finds the thing right on top of them and missing (atk 13). the vrocks continue weirdly circling and chanting... a dark miasma of energy forming in between them all... but that abruptly fizzles out, leaving the creatures to let out indignant frustrated squawks ]

[ofmyword]

[will everything in this damn warehouse stop burning him? (rs 16) so since he barely made it he gets to spend some time making sure his already ruined suit isn't ruined further. #priorities

No seriously that's literally all he does while he tries to get some space to figure out a plan of attack.]

[killmypatience]

[Kate makes her reflex save, probably by the benefit of being at the back of the line (reflex save 21). She will join in the shooting it though (attack 29, damage 6, attack nat 20, damage 12 if not immune to crits, 6 if it is).]

SORRY

[pathology]

[FUCKING RUDE. astrid is innocent! she has done nothing wrong in her entire life! SHE DID NOT ASK TO BE ON FIRE. she screeches like a dying cat, but she's still standing. if not also slightly singed.

watch her double down on her effort to murder this bitch. she fires again. (atk 26; 19 dmg with penetration. double penetration even ........ )]

[andblockbuster]

[Seeing the efreeti getting beaten up, and also Astrid getting lit on fire a little bit, Topher decides to turn his gun on one of the vrocks (atk 18, dmg 7 if it hits). He played some duck hunt as a kid. How hard can this be??]