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...

Comments

[slay]

[ buffy hoists lucia over her shoulder so she can dangle upside down over buffy's back while they walk into the caves. it's the good aunt thing to do. ]

Kat might be able to do it. Or Sam. He's got all that ... psychic stuff going on. Or Alainn ... Ooh! She could keep it in her cool vault!

[uncease]

[And we're walking. We're walking...]

If you guys can get it out, you can do whatever you want with it.

[He has been back to this spot a couple of times over the years. It's something of a mystery for him. And maybe he's hoped that he could train enough to be able to pull the weapon free. But no.

He leads them through the cave, glancing back to make sure Lucia isn't spooked by all of this.

And to save us from spelunking small talk, oh look, here we are. And here it is.]

[slay]

[ the red metal of the scythe glints as it catches the sparse light in the cavern. it seems to draw buffy to it. she steps closer. ]

That's no sword …

[ she picks lucia up off her shoulders and returns her to the ground, carefully, but her eyes stay on it the whole time. it feels familiar. but she knows she's never seen it before in her life. ]

[graveflowers]

Yeah, it's more like an ax thingy. What are you waiting for, Summers? Go King Arthur that shit.

[uncease]

[Charming scoops up Lucia to "give her a better view" but really to keep her from being underfoot while sharp things might be swinging around.]

[slay]

[ she looks over at vi, nods, then steps closer and reaches for the handle. she doesn't yank hard. she just ... lifts.

the scythe comes free. something in it almost seems to hum and speak to her, but without language, without sound. just a feeling. for a moment, turning it over in her grip, she seems to sort of ... zone vi and charming out. ]

[graveflowers]

[ quietly to charming: ] Told you she could do it.

[uncease]

You weren't kidding. [And then to Buffy] Did you even break a sweat?

[slay]

No.

[ she looks up from it finally, at them. ]

I know this sounds crazy, but I think ... I think it was waiting for me. Who else have you shown this to?

[uncease]

I'm sure I told Mik about it at some point. [boyfriends] But no one else.

[graveflowers]

I've only told you.

[slay]

What did Mik say? Did he know where it came from?

[uncease]

I don't think so. [It's been a couple years. He's slept since then...] I don't think many people come back here.

[graveflowers]

Maybe... Sam might know something about it? He's like human google.