closed ♔ and when we collide | we'll see what gets left over

[dragonsclaw]

WHO || Failboat [closed]
WHAT || After the announcement, Jack calls a meeting
WHERE || Thomas Bancroft's room, the Castle
WHEN || 8am, the day after LA
HOW || Actionspam or prose

Solace's announcement makes the situation unfortunately plain - those who have worked to stop Blade and company for the last five years have been side-lined, and will be until this ends, one way or another.  Jack has sent out a secret communication to all members of the team, asking them to gather in Thomas Bancroft's old room, which has stood empty since his death, and is usually locked.

When they make their way there before 8am, however, they will find the door unlatched.  Jack is already inside, with Gar seated near him, one hand on his arm.  Kat leans against the wall behind Fred, who is seated in a chair.  Her arms are folded, and she's grinding her teeth back and forth.

Comments

[klep]

I also brought burners for everyone, and spare credit cards if you don't have a separate identity to activate them under.

[She holds up the duffle bag in her hand that has all of her criminal tools.]

It's criminal Christmas?

[bigbad]

[Spike glances at Felicity and smirks.] Oh, I like you.

[He looks back at Jack.] What do you mean, well beyond the reaches of cell service? Where the bugger are we going?

[chessing]

It's best I wait to disclose that until we're on board the plane. [ he pulls out a bag of his own and passes it around ] Any trackable devices in here, please. Sir La Krail will be picking them up within the hour.

I suggest we board quickly.

[bigbad]

Hold up, mate. [Spike pulls out his phone, but doesn't hand it over just yet.] Will we be able to leave this place if we want? Cause I'm still mad at you lot for all the secrets.

[dragonsclaw]

[ frankly, jack just looks kind of annoyed at spike's line of questioning ] The location is remote. It won't be easy to get in or out - that's the value of it as a headquarters. No one will be holding you there, however. But if you find a way to leave and return and are followed, you risk the lives of not just us, but innocents as well.

I suggest you place grudges aside for now.

[graveflowers]

[ vi pats buffy's arm because she feels u. but she tosses her phone in without hesitation. for, like, 98% of them, all their friends are here anyway. WHO ARE YOU TEXTING SPIKE, GOSH.

but vi looks at mark. ]

Can you... You have an entire country to run, Mark, can you even do this?

[nosdacariad]

I have to. If I don't, I might not have a country left to run. I've left people in charge that I trust. Most people think I'm off on a diplomatic mission.

It won't last forever, but it should buy some time.

[bigbad]

[Spike gives Jack an incredulous look.]

You think I'm mad because I wasn't invited to the bloody clubhouse? Yeah, that hurts, but this isn't about grudges. It's about the fact that right now? I don't bloody trust most of you to show all your cards until it's too late. It's about the fact that every bloody time something's gone wrong it's been because people hold things back and no one ever bloody learns.

I wouldn't care about all your whisperings except I know it'll get people hurt.

[witchwoman]

[Myri puts her phone in with Vi's.]

Spike, you don't have to come if it makes you uncomfortable. I don't feel great about this either, but for me and my daughter, it seems like the best choice. You are a valuable member of this team, but if you're going to hold onto this distrust, it will only get someone hurt. So if you can't put it behind you, perhaps it's best that you stay here and stay safe.

[dragonsclaw]

[ jack looks mighty confused, if only because he said nothing about spike being invited to anything....? ]

Myrilandel is right. There will be no room for distrust on this team from now on. We're going to be relying on each other entirely - we don't have the organization to fall back on anymore.

[bigbad]

Yeah, that's what I'm saying. [He gestures at the rest of the team, eyes lingering on Rose.] No one's been trusting anyone on this team for a long time. If we're going to be trusting each other, that's on everyone here.

[littledhampir]

And maybe if you'd stop being so damn defensive, you'd grasp that everyone and their secrets has nothing to do with you, and everything to do with the fact that the Queen of Hell can read our fucking minds!

[All patience lost at this point, to be honest.]

Come or don't come. Lets just get moving. [Not even waiting for a response before she's moving to board the plane.]

[likedillinger]

You heard her. [ dean's just gonna leave it at that and follow her on board. ]

[witchwoman]

You can only control yourself. Even if we all said we trusted everyone here, there's no way to prove it and know that things would be different. Boarding that plane is a sign of faith in this group. That's the only way we succeed. So you either do or you don't trust us. And that goes for everyone, not just you. This group has suffered too many losses from splintering.

[Myri takes Shayla's hand and heads to board the plane as well.]

[klep]

[Felicity is going to dump her old phone and then take her bag of new phones and turns to board the plane herself. She doesn't really have a comment here, she just wants to get this show on the road.

Standing on the tar mac debating this has her feeling like a sitting duck.]

[65]

[finnick didn't bring his phone; he knows the drill tbh. and he was just waiting for myri and shayla to start moving before moving himself. the second there was bickering about ~oh no what will we do without our phones~ he was tapping his foot, though. y'all. really.]

[bigbad]

Fine. Bugger this.

[And he turns and walks back to his car.]

[graveflowers]

[ vi huffs a sigh, briefly watching spike walk away before she turns back to the small group left in front of the plane. ]

Can't say the lack of faith isn't a little demoralizing, but. [ oh well. they don't have time to convince spike to go with them. if he can't put aside himself to save the world, then he is a liability, end of story. ] Come on, Lu.

[ vi will follow finnick and myri and felicity to the plane. 'cause she's gonna need help with all her junk. :) ]

[shootfirst]

[ kat looks BETRAYED!! at spike's words, and while she doesn't follow him, she does wait and say: ] Spike! [ in her most incredulous voice ]

[bigbad]

[He stops and turns his head back to look at her, though he doesn't make any move to return.]

[familybusiness]

[Sam looks like he has a bunch of things he wants to say to Spike and not enough time to do so, so in the end he just furrows his brows, tosses in his phone, and heads after Rose and Dean.]

[shootfirst]

Are you seriously going to give up now? We need everyone. We're fighting a god.

[bigbad]

If you need me, you'll be able to contact me and I'll be there. But I can't go with you now, love. Not like this.

[slay]

If you already knew you weren't going to come, why meet us here at all?

[bigbad]

[Spike turns to look at Buffy.] You're my family. I was hoping I was wrong.