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

[eldritchweaver]

the blues - switchfoot

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. ]

Comments

[forcevisions]

Let's start with why you joined them.

[throughvictory]

I was not given a choice. I was raised by a Sith, who took me from my family and trained me to the life.

[forcevisions]

But some people do have a choice. Darth Vader, he did. What happens to someone to make them like that?

[militarized]

[Finn realizes belatedly that maybe this was not something Rey wanted him around for when he has the self-awareness to understand that he stopped walking a decent distance from the conversation taking place, and has neither continued closer or backed up just yet.

He should probably...say something, right? Or walk away and pretend this didn't happen?

Instead, he's struck with complete indecision, seemingly rooted in place as they talk a distance away.]

[throughvictory]

I do not know a Darth Vader.

[forcevisions]

What?

[ her sense motive was exactly 8 so she's not doing great at telling if vane is legit or not here. ]

[throughvictory]

I was raised in isolation, far from most of the other Sith. I'm certain there are tales of many of them that I am not familiar with.

[forcevisions]

Raised by who?

[throughvictory]

Lord Daedalus.

[forcevisions]

[ well she doesn't know him, so that doesn't help much. ]

Does Lord Daedalus still live?

[throughvictory]

I can't sense him in this world, so I have no way of knowing.

[forcevisions]

[ this is as good a segue as ever. ]

You can do that. Reach out and sense things through the Force. There's something ... I need you to tell me if you can feel where the holocron is.

[throughvictory]

I thought your leader took it. Why are you asking me and not him?

[forcevisions]

He's gone. I need to find out where he kept it.

[throughvictory]

He was no fool. It is in his private vault.

[forcevisions]

So you can sense it.

[ good. ]

Can you tell me how to get in?

[throughvictory]

I'd have to see it myself.

[forcevisions]

[ sketchy. She's not sure whether or not to believe that (sense motive 20). ]

Do you? Or do you just think I'll set you free if you say so?

[throughvictory]

[ wow that sounds like a garbage excuse for the bad guy(?) to escape this cell, honestly ]

I thought it was worth a try.

[forcevisions]

[ it almost worked, but rey isn't going to be the one to tell her that. ]

Tell me how to do it. Teach me. And if there's something in that holocron that can save you from what you've become, I'll share it.

[militarized]

[Okay, this seems to be just getting worse and he's not sure what's going on here but surely Rey has a good reason???

Either way, he's decided to stop being a chicken (thanks will save) and quit hiding in the darkness like a tool. He steps out into the hallway, his eyebrows drawn together in concern.]

Rey?

[Pls explain. Please don't kill him Sith lady.]

[forcevisions]

Finn?

[ she loses her cool as she whips around. ]

What are you doing here?

[ sense motive of 12 brings her to the obvious conclusion, ]

... Were you following me?

[militarized]

What? No!

[...]

I mean, yes, but not like THAT. I thought you were heading to the training room or something.

[Clearly, that didn't happen somewhere along the way.]

[throughvictory]

This doesn't involve you. [ her voice is a low warning to finn, as she watches them ]

[forcevisions]

Well obviously I wasn't. Were you just lurking there, listening?

[ privacy, finn! ]