krozna ♔ our wrongs remain unrectified

[dragonsclaw]

♫ The Fog - Zulya

WHO || Failboat, Mikhail Kalachnik, ?? ??  [closed]
WHAT || The Ex-Knights of Failboat arrive at Krozna
WHERE || Krozna, Russia
WHEN || 2 days after LA
HOW || Actionspam or prose

Sidelined from the mission that has been many of their lives for years, the group who had once stood against Keijen Blade has made a dangerous gambit - they've decided to leave the Knighthood, knowing they may never be allowed to return.  With them, have gone Sam and Dean Winchester, and Faith Lehane.  Their destination?  A distant monastery overlooking the village of Krozna, in the Ural Mountains.   This hidden location was home to many Shadowkind who did not wish to deal with the prejudice that their appearance might force upon them out in the world, particularly in Russia.  Wynn had apparently established a location here for Knights that broke the rules of the Knighthood so extremely to reflect upon their crimes, or for those whose powers made it impossible for them to live out in civilized society.

This monastery of misfits is run by a man named Mikhail Kalachnik, a willing exile who volunteered for the position, a man vouched for as trustworthy by both Jack Chessing and Finnick Odair.  It is here that the former Knights will set up a base of operations from which they intend to rescue Rafael Giovanni, research a way to stop Keijen Blade, and take him down once and for all, along with the evil Mind Master.  

But first, they must get to know the exiled Knights with whom they will be sharing this hideout...

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[graveflowers]

[ vi just plops down next to sam while he's reading, lucia "reading" one of her picture books to her stuffed bunny on the couch in front of the fire. ]

So can I ask you something about Hell?

[ yep, just jumping right in. also hi? ]

[familybusiness]

[He closes the book, setting it down somewhere as he turns toward her. He doesn't know Vi super well, but they're all on the same team.

That doesn't mean this is a super comfortable topic for him, and he should probably be wary about anyone asking him these kinds of things. That said, it's pretty relevant to everyone's situation now, so he isn't going to say no.]

Yeah, sure.

[There's no guarantee he'll even know the answer.]

[graveflowers]

So I'm not human. I mean, I'm half human, but I'm an aasimar. That means I 100% do not go to Hell when I die, right? Same for Lucia? Exnay on the ...I don't know pig Latin, you know what I mean.

[ don't worry, sam, it's not anything heavy. ]

[familybusiness]

[Actually, that question is a shit ton less worrisome than a whole lot of things he can think of. This, at least, is something he's comfortable answering (knowledge 34).]

You would both go back to your natural plane, so wherever your parent is from. The same would be the case for your daughter, yeah.

[graveflowers]

Awesome. [ she looks genuinely releived, looking over at lucia with heart eyes. ] See, I promised my husband he'd be stuck with me for eternity and I didn't want to find out I'd lied to him.

[familybusiness]

[His eyebrows lift. That wasn't what he expected, but he's happy to give her a reason to be relieved either way.]

Did you guys come through the Veil together?

[Nothing about that indicates that her husband is dead. This is fine.]

[graveflowers]

Uh no. I forget not everyone was there or would care, awkward. Luthir was a Knight, an elf from Faerûn. He died, before Lucia was born. He's in elf heaven now, waiting for me at the Gates of the Moon.

[ a beat. ] Actually he was Rose's mentor.

[familybusiness]

Oh, crap. I'm sorry.

[Open mouth, insert foot.]

I had no idea. I didn't come to London until after my brother left on that whole doppelganger hunt.

[graveflowers]

[ he was already dead by then, noted. if it's worth anything, vi doesn't seem to mind that he doesn't know. he wouldn't, obviously, he just said he wasn't around. ]

Were you in the world for the mass attempted suicide in the Hudson?

[familybusiness]

[He shakes his head.]

I fell through the Veil about a month after that happened. People were still talking about it, though, especially in the hunter circles of Chicago. That's where I first found out about where Dean might have gone.

[graveflowers]

Yeah, he was there that night. [ or he was on the plane? sometimes vi forgets they actually properly met because her memories of that night are colored by grief, but.

she pats sam's shoulder. ]

I'm glad you have each other.

[familybusiness]

[They almost didn't. He almost lost him.

They're not just getting a second chance, but a third. Better not screw this one up.]

Yeah, me too.

[graveflowers]

So which level is fraud hell?

[ asking for a friend. ]

[familybusiness]

[And just when he thought he'd avoided questions delving into this kind of stuff...

...he only seems slightly uncomfortable as he answers.]

Cania. [A beat.] The Eighth.

[graveflowers]

And you're positive I won't ever go there?

[familybusiness]

Not if you're really an aasimar.

[There's always the chance that she just thinks she is, or something, and he doesn't know her well enough to know that's definitely not the case.]

You don't seem like the kind of person who would end up in fraud hell anyway.

[graveflowers]

[ she makes a face at the first bit, wry. ]

Thanks, I do try to not lie. But, like, if I was gonna spend and eternity with that fuck... [ mock gagging ] I just wouldn't die, ever.

[familybusiness]

[His mouth twists wryly, like he's trying not to laugh, knowing it would be fucking inappropriate right now.

But he gets it.]

I think you're safe from that. [There's a heavy beat of silence before he admits:] I wonder about where I'll end up sometimes, too.

[graveflowers]

Is it like, is there only the one afterlife no matter what you believe because that's fucked up. And I've been to elf heaven so that is different from, well, regular heaven, I guess.

[familybusiness]

I don't know for sure, I guess. I'm pretty sure I know where I'm going in a general sense, but it's hard not to think that given what I've seen and what I know.

[He shrugs his shoulders.]

I think, at the end of the day, it's less about religion and more about where your soul fundamentally belongs, where it was originally from, what it's tied to the strongest. In your case, as a direct descendant, it's drawn back home. But I don't really believe most lesser deities have their own plane that they can just drag their followers to when they die. There has to be some sort of catch-all, and since Heaven and Hell definitely exist? I'm guessing that's where most people end up around here.

[He looks at her before looking away again. It also depends on how much he believes the things Glasya told him, and he's not sure what was real anymore, if any of it was at the time.]

[graveflowers]

So elves go to Arvandor because that is where they belong, presumably orcs and dwarves go to their respective afterlives, humans get Heaven and Hell? Roughly, in the most generalized, broad explanation?

[familybusiness]

I can't be sure that the Veil doesn't play a part in it, too. There's elves and dwarves and orcs that were born on this side, so who's to say they wouldn't go the same place as humans?

[He shoves a hand through his hair.]

But if all the so-called afterlives are different planes, maybe the Veil doesn't matter? Maybe it's one Hell and a crap ton of 'Heavens.'

[He looks over at her, his expression frustrated, as if he wish he has the answers too.]

I can read all the lore in the world and I don't think I'd have those answers without going to the powers that be, so to speak, and they don't always give straight answers. And that's if they answer at all.

[graveflowers]

Yeah. [ she puffs out a sigh, pushing her hair back from her face, offering him an apologetic smile. ] I know this is a lot of questions, but there aren't a lot of people who know anything about Hell since no one told us. 90% of the team is playing catch up and, honestly, you're the most approachable right now so you might be fielding these questions a lot.

[familybusiness]

It's alright. Believe me, I get it.

[He sighs.]

But you gotta understand, they weren't keeping secrets because they wanted to. I'm basically the shining example of why they couldn't, as much as I hate to admit it.

[He just assumes she's talking about his brother and Rose.]

[graveflowers]

Yes, I will give them that, but they have to understand that everyone else just learned all of this. Everyone needs to be allowed time to accept it without anyone jumping down their throats for daring to have a differing opinion while they're working through it. Not everyone even understands hell itself, they can't be expected to understand what the fuck is happening with barely an explanation. Like this shit is literally fucking bananas and telling people they have to blindly trust anyone that has been keeping secrets from them isn't fair.

[ vi doesn't sound accusatory or like she is trying to make sam be her owl, she sounds endlessly patient but she 1000% understands why spike was so frustrated and she doesn't think he is wrong, even if she does think he was being dramatic lumping everyone together. ]