venice/chicago ♔ i need a summer like a winter in my heart

[romanticidal]

♬ Winter In My Heart - VAST

WHO || Rafael Giovanni, Buffy, Myri, Dumage, Kat, Gar [closed]
WHAT || The Knights regroup and then go their separate ways
WHERE || Knight's hotel room in Venice > Flight to Chicago
WHEN || July 7th
HOW || Actionspam

And back to the hotel go the ladies, ready to say their goodbyes, with Myri & Buffy heading to Chicago to reunite Rafael with Jade, and Kat & Gar meeting the rest of the team back at the castle to try to convince Wynn to let them remain on their mission...

[ooc; see subthreads!]

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at the hotel!

[postergirl]

[ yeah, guess who's waiting when y'all get back ]

Well, well. Look who finally stumbled in.

Flight to Chicago

[romanticidal]

[ The flight time is approx 11 hours. Feel free to make your own threads below, or sit and chat with Rafael! Who looks... pretty darn lost in thought as he stares out the window. ]

[slay]

[ the look buffy gives her is withering because SHE WAS GETTING SHOT WHILE YOU WERE SITTING ON YOUR ASS. DO NOT GIVE THEM HELL FOR ACTUALLY DOING THEIR JOBS. ]

Long night.

[slay]

[ buffy settles into the seat beside rafael, quiet at first, because she doesn't want to interrupt, but eventually she breaks the silence. ]

Can I ask you something?

[romanticidal]

[ if he's offended at being interrupted, he's really good at hiding it. he smiles slightly as he shifts in his seat to look over at her. ]

Si, of course.

[slay]

What did you think happened to Jade? I mean, when I first saw her photo, I thought maybe you'd just gotten separated coming through the Veil. But if you were born here ... [ she shakes her head, brow furrowing. ] I guess I just -- I want to understand. What your manager meant by "dead."

[romanticidal]

[ ♬ Remember When It Rained - Josh Groban

oh, there goes the smile. :(

his eyes dart back to the window and he seems a zillion miles away as he considers his response. finally, he looks back down at the seat in front of him. ]

Isabella did not believe she would ever return. Could ever return, from where she had gone. [ there's clear hesitancy to say much more ] In that way, she was as good as dead.

[slay]

Where she had gone. [ buffy says it slowly, shaking her head. ] I don't understand. Where'd she go?

[romanticidal]

[ he glances over at her, as if trying to decide something, and then just says: ] Out of this world.

[slay]

Out of this ... [ buffy shakes her head again, still not understanding, lips pursing as she tries to work through it. ] You don't mean ... back to the Shadow World, do you?

[romanticidal]

[ he glances at her again, and then says, almost apologetically ] No.

[slay]

Then, where ... ? [ she stops, her lips pursing into a line and she holds her hands up in placating surrender. ] I'm sorry. I know, it's a touchy subject, I just -- Jade's connected to something that we're trying really hard to find. The more we know about her, the more we might be able to understand about how it involves her.

[romanticidal]

[ he looks back at her sharply ] Connected to what?

[slay]

Oh! It's um ... [ she stops short again, straightening up. she battles with herself for a moment over it, then reluctantly admits; ] I'm not ... not really sure I should say. [ a pause. okay, maybe not mentioning the talisman, but the jade -- since it apparently is her -- should be safe regardless, right? ] The Eternal Jade. Now, I don't know a lot about it, but apparently it's ... something to do with your ex-honey, insane kinds of magical, and a lot of anti-Shadowkind types are interested in it.

[romanticidal]

Where did you get this information?

[witchwoman]

[Mryi looks just as perturbed, which is strange because around Dumage she mostly seems jumpy.]

Perhaps we would have been back sooner if we were not short handed for the entirety of the trip. [She's not able to make eye contact though- but hey, baby steps.]

1/-

[postergirl]

Oooo, someone grew teeth did she?

2/-

[shootfirst]

Can it, Dumage. We've actually got a lead. So make with the packing.

[slay]

... I think the better question is why are you so interested? Did you already know about this? [ her expression sharpens, because this is exactly the reason she was debating even saying that much. ] The deal was we help you find Jade, and you be info-guy. Not the other way around.

3/3

[rationalizes]

Well, actually you'll be returning with Kat and I to the castle.

[slay]

And we'll be following the lead. [ buffy gives a tight smile. ] Something to be said for actually contributing on the mission we're all about to get fired from.

[romanticidal]

I am interested because I care about her, and what she might have found herself in the middle of. [ he sounds rather irritated by buffy's implications, as well ] And I still do not know who you are working for.

You call yourself... Knights, no?

[witchwoman]

[Myri has learned a great deal about planes since leaving the castle, but she still finds herself glued to a window for half the time. She's glad to be on a private plane again, as it means that Amaranth can join her in the seat beside her- which is precisely where the oversized cat-like creature is laying. He's currently curled up and snoring. Having wings means that you aren't as excited about flight, perhaps.]

[witchwoman]

[It's really only just now that Myri realizes that she and Buffy are being entrusted with a mission without supervision of the knighted veterans.]

I have faith that Sir Kat and Sir Gar will be able to explain to Wynn all that we've learned. [She's ignoring Dumage, by the way, and going to her room to check on her familiar.]

[postergirl]

Fired What do you mean, fired?