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

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

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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[ ♬ 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.

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

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

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?

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

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.

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

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.

Where did you get this information?

... 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.

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?

I -- Well. Yeah. Yeah, we're knights. [ or, in her and myri's case -- no, wait, just her case. myri's a knight in all but name now -- squires. squire singular. she feels woefully underprepared suddenly, without the safety net of gar and kat around. ] Had the ... fancy armor, and the ceremony, and everything.

Knights who fight for Shadowkind.

So you are...?

Still Buffy. But, from ... another world, yeah. [ she gives a nod. ] And not actually from New Orleans. I ... got to this world in California. And ... aside from that? [ she shakes her head. ]

I remember ... energy. Coming through. A-And, that's it. [ she slows her speech, glancing down at her hands fidgeting in her lap. ] I haven't really talked about it. At first I thought maybe it'd come back, but ... it's been months. [ she looks back up at him, a grim smile in place. ]

So, Shadowkind. Yeah. Not just Shadowkind, I mean, we sort of fight for everyone. Peace, I guess, between Shadowkind and humans.

A noble goal. To some people's eyes, one that will never be achieved, but I like to imagine it is not so...

[ he watches her for a moment ] Hiro is the same, you know. He arrived from the Shadow World several years ago, with no idea who he was.

Do you know if he could ... ? I mean, all the fancy kung-fu. You, and Isabella, and Hiro, you all handled yourselves pretty well. Wicked well, actually. Did you guys train him, or could he already do it? [ it's a cautious sort of prying, seeking out some kind of solidarity. ]

He already knew how, though he had to train himself to remember. He does not know why he learned the skills, or what he used them for in the other world. [ his life is the bourne identity ]

[ omg soulbonding to hiro bourne twins. ]

Me too. I mean, I -- [ she takes a breath. ] I can do things that I ... shouldn't be able to do. Remember how I told you about someone getting hurt during job-training? [ she nods. ] Knight-training, but ... You get the gist.

[ he seems to mull something over a moment, then says: ] I meant to ask you ...

Why you came back. You could have made it safely to the cellar.

Those guys came to your house looking for you. Not us. You were the ones in danger. I wasn't gonna just ... hide in some cellar while you were in danger. [ she looks sheepish as she admits; ] Not that you needed the help.

[ the tiniest little smile at the last bit ] Ah yes, well... it is always good to have someone at your back.

I don't know what to say, beyond... grazie.

Don't mention it. [ she smiles, settling back. ] Have you heard of the, um. The Brotherhood of Enlightenment? They're being funded by NOVA, the record company that's getting a hold of Shadowkind DNA. They're some anti-Shadowkind organization -- I figure if anybody knows more about them ...

[ he shakes his head ] I have not. But there are so many such organizations, everywhere in the world, that it is not surprising.

Not all of them connected to Jade. [ she says it grimly. ] I just ... I don't get it. I mean, Jade turns out to be a person, we follow the breadcrumbs to NOVA, which sends us looking for Angelo who just happens to be at your show? [ she deflates, cheeks puffing out. ] I don't like thinking the bad guys understand this running in circles thing better than we do.

This is why I must speak to Eterna. There may be things she did not wish to share with someone she did not know.

... She has her reasons for being distrustful.

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