knightsoflegend | chapter five ♔ it'll be a day like this one when the sky falls down

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chapter five ♔ it'll be a day like this one when the sky falls down

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WHO || The Knights
WHAT || Failboat returns from the disaster in LA as the Knighthood goes on lockdown
WHERE || The castle, London
WHEN || Directly after this, Fall 2017
HOW || Actionspam

Hasmed's announcement does not brook any rebuttal: all Knights are recalled to the Castle, where they must remain until the Section Heads and Jack Chessing have spoken about the events in Los Angeles that have left the Knighthood without their usual leader.

The entire Los Angeles area is now covered with a dark miasma that has interfered with any signals that might be sent out from phones, etc., leaving the whole world wondering what exactly is happening down there. Final images showed horrendous monsters, a panic of citizens, looting and violence from humans and Shadowkind alike.

Hasmed has warned of extra magical wards on the castle, and anyone arriving will immediately take notice of one very prominent one: above the entire roof of the excessively large building hovers a black and red sigil in the air, a pentagram in a circle surrounded by runes or words in an unknown language, stretching for miles.

[ This is the social log for post-LA lockdown. Failboat must complete the top log before being allowed to tag outside of it. ]

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[ dean glances at rose, and does the slightest of double takes, but doesn't apparently think too much of it, giving sam a firm nod ] Good. We won't know for sure what's going down until they get out of that meeting.

For tonight, we just keep an ear to the ground.

Actually... [ Pushing those thoughts aside and making herself focus on the here and now. (WS 33).]

I was going to suggest we maybe, pack a bag. If they really believe we've been compromised...

[Her voice trailing off as she allows them a moment to consider where she's going with this.]

I don't want it to come to that, but with Wynn not here... I really don't know how this is going to go.

[His eyes move to Rose; he has to wonder where she stands on all this, the things he's done and his place with them, but there will be time for him to figure that out later.

He nods in agreement.]

It can't hurt. Then, at least we'll be ready if we need to make a quick exit.

Agreed. But we don't actually high-tail it out of here until we know for sure. We need to know what kind of moves they're gonna make around here, and the sooner we cut ourselves off, the less we're gonna hear.

[Nodding her agreement, he'd see no argument from Rose. It's not that she wants to go anywhere, but she was tired of being so thoroughly unprepared. Just like carrying holy water had become a form of reassurance to her, so now was having a go bag. Just in case.]

I'd rather not go anywhere until we know what's happening with Myri... [Worry twisting into something else, a troubled expression.

Telling herself that Myri didn't understand what Elena had told her, had helped Rose push aside that particular revelation for a while, but it wasn't enough to completely quiet her unease.]

And what's the deal with those Hellsing people?

What happened to her?

[Sam's met her a couple times and she's been super nice, do hearing something happened to her is a cause for concern.

He rolled a whole three before mods on a knowledge check about Hellsing so I'm gonna assume he has no idea. He looks at Dean to maybe answer that one.]

We don't know. Something the Mind Master did. She just... won't respond.

[ he glances back at rose ] Hellsing are hunters, technically. Old family, used to be the Vanhelsings. [ he raises his eyebrows ] Yeah. That VanHelsing. They used to focus on vamps, but they've expanded over the years to anything supernatural. Religious fanatics who work for the Crown.

They've got their own mini-army at their beck and call. But the most dangerous thing on their payroll doesn't get a check. It's that vampire they've got on a leash. And he's here too.

[Oh Dean. It's cute how you think Rose even knows who or what a Vanhelsing is, but she's at least not going to get fixated on that part, despite the vacant stare that gives her away.]

Yeah, that freak in the debriefing. [She didn't need her spidey sense to know what he was.] The kind of vamps I'm used to, from the other side of the veil. The really bad kind. They all look like him.

And that's what the brought in to help? Let me guess, he's the one that put that massive pentagram over the castle?

[And then Rose makes it worse. Vampires can be bad, but a really bad one is...worse.

Words.]

Well, that bodes well. What a frickin' mess.

And he ain't your friendly neighborhood Spike. This guy's a killer, with a capital K. And there's a lot of people who speculate he's the most powerful vamp out there.

Strigoi.

[She shakes her head, trying to force images of dark-haired vampires with red eyes from her head, a hand coming up to brush over her neck, as if the marks could still be seen.]

That's what we call them. They do a really good job of seeming normal at first but it's like they don't have a soul or something. Scary strong and fast but just, pure evil.

How'd they get him to work for them anyway? They're not known to play well with others. Assuming that's what he is...

Grandpappy took him down enough to put some hardcore binding spells on him, and then they've doubled down on those over the years. They've also tricked him out with some biological upgrades, same as Iscariot does with their agents.

So he's not necessarily working for them by choice. Not sure if that's better or worse.

[...Probably the latter. You know, since breaking free might be a thing he could do someday. That would probably get ugly.]

Worse. [A beat.] Just because they've got him leashed now, doesn't mean that will last forever. There's always a way.

And them being here... what exactly is that going to mean for the Knights. For us? [And by us she clearly means the three of them, what with all the Hell antics going on in this place now as well.]

They never much liked competition in their territory.

So, then, what? They're just gonna try to take over the place?

[This is fine.]

But they can't just... [But she can hear the naivety of her words before she can finish that sentence.

Of course they can. Without Wynn around, who was really going to stop them. Hasmed?!]

We need to find Wynn.

We can't go near that place 'til we're ready to deal with running into Blade.

There's got a way to at least locate him, right? Can we get someone to scry into that mess?

I just...

[Since this day began, Rose has run the gamut of emotions, every one of them playing across her face and while anger had been the predominant display, as she tries to find the words, she looks something far closer to lost and afraid. (Rolling a 4 for a Will Save at emotionally compromising subjects like a boss)]

I need to know that he's alive. [Because as much as she desperately wants to believe that Wynn being gone is unthinkably impossible. When Jack had given the order to retreat, she had struggled with doing so because she couldn't honestly say that she would ever see him again.]

We'll find a way. [ he sounds surprisingly confident, at least ] Just might take some diggin'.

I can hit the books, but it might be better if we wait until we know nothing crazy's gonna happen in the meantime.

[He exhales a heavy breath before he says:]

I'll pack a bag and then come back so you guys can rest. You've had a hell of a day and you both need some sleep.

[Nothing like feeling you need to rest in shifts inside your own home.]

[She needed that then, his confidence when her own was wavering, not simply Dean's, but Sam's as well. She wasn't good at the sitting around and waiting, and she certainly wasn't good at the books side of things and everything about their situation was a lot of both.]

Yeah... [Running her fingers back through her hair.] Still a few people I'm supposed to talk to but... hopefully, they'll keep until tomorrow.

[She just didn't have it in her to have all of those conversations tonight. The day had been far too long and there was still so much about what happened that she hadn't processed.]

But, that works for me. [Looking back to Dean, as if wanting to know he was cool with it.]

Me too. For now, keep this quiet.

[He nods.]

Alright, hold tight. I'll grab some things and a book to flip through from the library and I'll be back.

[Might as well consult The Lore while he's keeping watch, right?]

Edited 2017-10-08 21:24 (UTC)

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