new orleans ♔ the man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud | but nobody ever hears him

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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.]

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[notaroundme]

[She frowns, but tries to stay positive.]

Well, let's see what we can do before we worry too much.

[She continues to attempt to dry off some of the areas that were less fortunate.]

[rationalizes]

I suppose this is why I shouldn't eat and do research at the same time.

[notaroundme]

[Once they've gotten the coffee itself cleaned up, Elena starts to wipe off the books she sets aside.]

These seem fine, at least. Maybe if we use one of the hair dryers in our rooms on the wetter pages? So long as we keep the heat low, we might be able to dry these better than just leaving them out.

[rationalizes]

Y-yes, I suppose that might just do the trick! [ she helps gather the rest in her arms and nods towards the stairs ] Shall we?

[notaroundme]

[She nods once they both manage to scoop everything up into their arms. Making sure to be careful not to drop anything, she follows her lead towards the stairs.

She hopes this works, though she doesn't see why it wouldn't.]

[rationalizes]

It's times like these I wish I knew a bit of magic myself. I imagine an archmage never worries about spills.

[notaroundme]

[They start heading up, Elena moving at a quick pace. The sooner they can get to work on these, the better.]

Is magic a common thing in the Knights?

[Somehow the thought of magic isn't all that startling to her. She wonders if she used to be familiar with it.]

[rationalizes]

As common as anything else we specialize in, you might say. The knighthood is divided into sections: and our mages are only one of those sections. Although there are other magic users than just wizards and sorcerers: the Dragon's Light has several clerics who get spells from their deities... and even members of other sects occasionally supplement their skill sets with some powers.

[notaroundme]

[She nods as they exit the stairwell onto Elena's floor.]

How big is the knighthood?

[It sounds bigger than she'd first imagined.]

[rationalizes]

Nearly a thousand members globally: some of them operate out of cells in other countries, and not everyone works full-time on missions. Some have their own lives and merely provide back-up when it's needed in their corner of the world.

But the main force of Knights that resides in London numbers about four hundred now.

[notaroundme]

[Her eyes widen.]

Oh wow. Though I guess that makes sense, if you guys cover the entire world.

[She stops in front of her door, leaning the load in her arm against the door so she can get her key and open the door with the other, and proceeds to let them both in.]

[chessing]

[ just as elena's going to push the door in, it swings open abruptly, so she needs to make a reflex save or either get hit or drop those books (reflex save DC = 14). standing behind it, on his way out, is the dignified sir jack chessing. ] Oh -- pardon me.

[notaroundme]

[and she rolled a 6, so he bumps squarely into her before she has time to react, the items tumbling out of her hands.

Sorry Gar, your books are having a bad day.]

Oh shoot! I'm sorry!

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[rationalizes]

[ gar at least manages to pull herself up short before running into both of them, although she goes suddenly flushed at the sight of him as the books crumple to the floor. ] Oh! J-Jack! [ that seems to only embarrass her further and her face turns a deep crimson as she mumbles: ] Er, Sir... Sir Chessing. [ to mask her discomfort she bends to try and scrabble to pick up the books before they get further ruined. ] We're dreadfully sorry--

[dragonsclaw]

[ he raises an eyebrow at the sudden chaos ] No trouble at all. [ and stoops to pick up a book right as gar reaches for it. she blanches withdrawing her hand awkwardly and he rises as she does, and sets it carefully on top of the stack, before looking between the ladies ] Is everything alright?

[notaroundme]

[Elena smiles, though admittedly a little flustered, after she manages to grab the books within reach and get them back into the crook of her arm as she rights herself. Her free hand tucks hair behind one ear.]

Everything's fine.

[Bluff: 13. She doesn't want to get Gar in trouble if she wasn't supposed to have these or something. They must be important for her to get so frantic about the whole thing.]

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[chessing]

[ jack looks to her with a sympathetic eye that clearly states he knows she's covering ( sense motive nat 20 ), but doesn't argue the point. ] Doing some research?

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[rationalizes]

Er, well yes, I was hoping to uncover more... information about the Talisman itself - its source, in particular, as there's so much we don't yet know, but um, [ she explains all this while staring at the top of the book pile, as if afraid to look up, but now she sneaks a peek and just goes redder, sounding suddenly meeker. ] I can't find anything. Anything at all.

[notaroundme]

[Okay, so he clearly saw right through her, but at least he didn't seem angry. She looks a little sheepish, though their conversation instantly makes her curious.]

The Talisman?

[It's out before she even realizes it. Whoops.]

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[rationalizes]

Oh! Um. [ now she looks straight up miserable as she mumbles: ] It's er, mission... related information. Sensitive. I shouldn't-- I shouldn't have said anything.

[chessing]

This is the girl who arrived through the Veil into the NOVA building? [ he looks from elena to gar for confirmation and she manages a nod. he tips his hat politely. ] Jack Chessing. I've heard that you're considering returning with us to England, is that so?

[notaroundme]

[She frowns slightly, disappointed that she might not get more information than that. She might have to ask around.

She looks over at Jack and nods, smiling.]

I'm Elena Gilbert. It's nice to meet you. And yes, I'd like that a lot, if it's possible.

[She still feels a little odd about having kind of forced her way in, but everyone's been welcoming since she came back to the hotel.]

[dragonsclaw]

How much have the others told you, concerning what we're doing here? [ it sounds like an innocent question, at least, not an accusation towards gar or anything ]

[notaroundme]

Oh, um, not that much, really. I was told that NOVA is into some shady business, and a few things about the Knights themselves and what they do, but that's it.

[Everyone's been secretive, even if kind. And she isn't one of them yet, so she hasn't deliberately pried. Much.]

[chessing]

As a senior ranked knight, I'm authorized to reveal more...at my discretion. And from what I've been told of you, I'm comfortable believing that you aren't some sort of enemy plant, at least.

We came here in search of an artifact of some great power, which may be close to falling into the hands of some very dangerous men. Our hope is to prevent such a fate.