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WHO || Thomas, Jack, Gar, Kat, Dumage, Mark, Myri, Buffy, Finnick, Spike, Rafael, Des, Elena [Closed]
WHAT || Various downtime shenanigans
WHERE || Various locations, New Orleans
WHEN || Tuesday Oct 16th - Oct 28th [Backdated]
HOW || Actionspam, don't sweat tag order!!

[[ Several of the Knights discovered a secret room hidden in Nova Headquarters, full of strange occultish paraphernalia and guarded by monstrous warriors. Amid this was direct evidence of an interest in the Talisman. They also took captive Chad Becksworth's personal assistant, Olean Gilbert, who has information about the location of the mysterious woman that Burt told Finnick about - the one whose presence has had a major effect on Chad's personality. Olean doesn't even know the woman's name, calling her the "Mind Master", and identifying her as Chad's 'advisor'.

The Knights also discovered that the other Dragon's Claw, Sir Jack Chessing, had followed his own secret mission to Nova Headquarters, and he'll be meeting back at the hotel with them to explain what brought him there...

This log covers any non-work related shenanigans the Knights have while staying in New Orleans, immediately following the last log and extending over the next two weeks.

Make your own threads, don't fuss about tag order, feel free to threadjack multiple people into one thread for hang-outs, ask me if you want a certain scene with an NPC, etc. forever whatever.]

Comments

[dragonsclaw]

[ something seems to click from her explanation, as if all this makes much more sense to him ] ... I certainly never expected you to defer to me anymore than anyone else when I arrived. I apologize if that's the impression that was made.

[slay]

I'm not? [ she says it in a tone of BUT THEN WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO. ]

[chessing]

My role is as a guide and adviser, not an employer. I'm not here to issue you orders. You already have your orders -- and you are already operating under a team leader.

[slay]

Well, yeah, but, I mean there's the team leader, and then there's my leader. And that's kinda you. Like - Like Kat always told Myri where she wanted her to be working.

[chessing]

I can offer advice -- as I attempted to do in the briefing -- but do you feel you require someone to tell you what to be working on? [ he raises one eyebrow, as if skeptical of the idea ]

[slay]

I. Well. ... No. Not really.

[dragonsclaw]

Then for me to appear and attempt to assert sudden authority would be to try to strip you of what agency you already possess. Our goal is to create Knights who have the strength to operate beyond simply following orders. And I know that one of the reasons Wynn chose to assign you to me was that he felt assured from meeting with you that you had the ability to make those important calls already, a part of your very nature, perhaps. He thinks of you as someone with leadership potential, and what I've heard of your fieldwork speaks to that.

And now I hope for a chance to see some of it for myself.

[slay]

So, what you're saying is ... I don't really have to change anything. You're here to - well, to help - but as observe-o-guy too. A-And I just ... keep doing what I was already doing? Unless I need you. Spontaneously.

[chessing]

Or even under less spontaneous circumstances.

[slay]

[ there's a long beat as she considers this because it seems, well, a lot less complicated and confusing and basically she overthought this epically and it's sinking in. oops. ]

Okay. I can do that.

[dragonsclaw]

That applies to now, as well, if you had anything else you wished to discuss.

[slay]

Well there is one thing ... [ she shifts, uncomfortable, then starts to unwrap her hands, settling in and taking a seat on a workout bench to get comfortable because this is gonna take a while. ] Do you know a lot about demons? Like ... crawly, sometimes-invisible ...

[chessing]

I can't say I've had much experience, first hand, although I've heard... accounts. Not everyone believes them, in this world, but I always have.

[slay]

Prepare your "I told you so"s, because there's something you need to know about this Brotherhood and NOVA business. [ she levels her gaze on his, somber. ] There have been demons around - and plenty of them. At first I thought it was ... I mean, I didn't think it was related. Just one in this ... alley, feeding on the homeless. But, they were there at NOVA today. Two of them, trying to get into the room where we ran into Gilbert.

[chessing]

[ jack considers her words very seriously, looking cautious to jump to conclusions. ]

The occult room. [ a small frown ] Do you think they may have summoned the creatures?

[slay]

I think that if I were going to try and stir up some big conspiracy against Shadowkind using magic, making an army would be my first order of business. Demons make a hell of one. They're not exactly smart, makes 'em easy to use.

[chessing]

You sound as if you know quite a bit about them. [ it's not an accusation, more of a question ] Is this in your experience, since you've started seeing them?

[slay]

[ she stops to think about that, considering it for a moment to long before just nodding. it doesn't entirely feel like it is - some of it, she realizes, might be her dreams bleeding through. some of it might be instinct. but on the whole ... ]

I've fought enough. They're not bright - most of them are like ... like giant bugs.

[dragonsclaw]

And you've defeated them in unarmed combat? Or with the assistance of blessed weapons?

[slay]

Uh ... yeah? [ the cluelessness painted in buffy's expression makes it clear that she's not entirely sure why that's laudable. ] I mean, Spike helped. Once.

[chessing]

Sir Spike sees them as well?

[slay]

Apparently. I didn't know until today. [ she worries at her lip a moment. ] There's something else.

There was a man. W-When I saw the first one, there was this guy in an alley. He ... He knew stuff. About me, and demons. He told me to call him Mr. Gray. [ this is something she's spent a lot of time considering - he'd told her to call him that. it didn't mean that was his name. ]

[dragonsclaw]

Knew things about you? [ he raises an eyebrow ] Such as?

[slay]

About my name, about my - what I can do. And ... [ she hesitated. ] I've been having these ... dreams. I've always had them - that I can remember, anyway. About - About vampires. I didn't tell anybody, Jack, and this guy - he - he just knew.

He called me a demon slayer.

[dragonsclaw]

Hmm. [ he mulls this information over for a moment, remembering what she'd already mentioned to him about dreams ] It's possible that the man was a telepath, and was using your own fears and thoughts against you, but why he would bother with that sort of fiction is difficult to fathom.

Unfortunately, from what I know of the Knights' expertise, we don't have many members who can attest to knowing much in the way of demon slaying to aid you in interpreting all this. [ hesitantly: ] But there are others out there, that we do know of.