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♬ Baby, You're a Rich Man - Beatles

WHO || Thomas, Gar, Kat, Dumage, Mark, Myri, Buffy, Finnick, Spike, Rafael, Des, Elena Gilbert, Burt, ??, ??, ?? [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights begin a three-prong recon mission to push forward their intelligence operations on NOVA Records
WHERE || NOVA Records HQ, New Orleans
WHEN || Monday, Oct 15th [Forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam, don't sweat tag order!!

[[ Towering above our heroes is the fifteen-story NOVA Record Headquarters, an L-shaped structure tipped with a winged roof, covered in reflective window linings that paint a portrait of the New Orleans skyline across its panels. Foot traffic streams in and out, a parade of Bluetooth wearing suits, women in nine-inch heels, and extravagantly dressed stars surrounded by guards and entourage members.

But the lavish exterior hides a dark secret or two, and the Knights have sworn to shine a light on all of them.

Why is a record company funding a church that supports Shadowkind slavery? What are the 'experiments' for which they're buying up Shadowkind DNA, and how does it relate to the mysterious behavioral-control chip found in the displacer beast released in the museum? And, of course, what do they want with Jade, and what do they know about the Lazarus Talisman's current location?

Answers are rarely straightforward on their journey, and it looks like another complication or two are on the way.... ]

Comments

[bigbad]

[Actually, Spike's assuming it's that whole Mark-sucks thing. He rolls his eyes.] Right up there. [He points, then starts towards it.] I think I can squash it...

[bancroft]

I was referring, actually, to the human prints and hair. [ he nods in the direction of the monster, although he can't see past spike. meanwhile, the thing skitters around a corner and disappears. ] But, certainly, that too.

[bigbad]

Yeah, right. Humans. [Spike's moving after the monster, barely paying attention because he is ready to FIGHT. Even if it turns out tweed does not make excellent fighting clothes. Too scratchy.] You deal with that. I want to kill this thing before it gets away.

[nosdacariad]

I'll come with you. [ :') ] We'll be back. [ do a dex check to move through the ducts! Mark's only got a 7 back there so he's definitely lagging. ]

[bigbad]

[Maybe it's the tweed inhibiting him, but Spike only got a 7 as well. Not his day. If anyone asks, he'll claim he was deliberately being slow for Mark's sake. Really, that's it.] Great.

[nosdacariad]

[ as they round the corner, spike barely sees it sliding down a side duct that goes to the next level down. mark slowly climbs along behind on hands and knees, stopping to give a skeptical glance over spike's shoulder ]

Are you sure you weren't just ... you know... having a hallucinatory fit... of some kind?

[bigbad]

Of course not. [Spike shoots him an annoyed look as he follows the thing down the side duct. Maybe he should just let it go and go back to Thomas, but he's pretty sure he can find his way back, and he really wants to kill this thing now.] Just ahead, I think we've nearly caught it.

[nosdacariad]

If you say so. [ annnnd spike climbs down the side duct which opens at the ceiling of a large, dark room.... this room actually... ]