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.]

Comments

[chessing]

I understand that. [ he still sounds very cautious as he chooses his words ] However, the organizations we're aware of whom protest to deal with demon slaying are hardly on good terms with the Knighthood, for a variety of reasons.

Both larger organizations are professed religious fanatics, and both highly value secrecy and privacy, preferring to refrain from letting any outsiders interfere in their 'missions'. There have been... run-ins as such, when their mission paths cross with ours.

[slay]

Do you think this Mr. Gray mighta been one of them? Like ... Like a recruiter or something?

[dragonsclaw]

... Potentially, although from what I understand, only Iscariot recruits members in such a way. Was he wearing anything that might mark him as a religious man? Catholic, particularly.

[slay]

Not really. I mean - Kinda. He talked about stuff like ... "awakening my gift" and "higher purpose." And sin. But, if he were one of those fanat-o-guys, wouldn't it be more like "poo poo, Chosen by God, poo poo"? I thought that was the extremist bag.

[dragonsclaw]

Even they might recognize that such talk scares off some potential candidates.

[slay]

Great. That's what my week needed. Religious psychos trying to recruit me to their final solution.

[chessing]

I should hope a simple "no“ will satisfy them if they decide to ask... but if they become a persistent problem, we'll certainly intercede. Wynn won't stand for Iscariot harassing one of his own. I'll speak with them myself, if need be. Though, historically, they can be difficult to... reason with, we do have our ways.

[slay]

I can see knight training doesn't necessarily entail sensitivity training. Or reassurance training. At this point, I'd be willing to settle for a good lie of "I'm sure it's nothing" or "It'll all be okay."

[dragonsclaw]

It was meant to be reassuring. You won't have to deal with anyone on your own.

[slay]

... I guess. [ she looks down briefly, passively allowing this statement though she's not sure she agrees with it. yes, they'll support her, but she's the only one feeling this cray, she's the only one getting told she's a 'demon slayer.' there's no one else dealing with it. it's only her. it doesn't lessen the attempt to help, it just ... it's different. ]

[chessing]

Just know that you aren't alone in the world with your... ability. And however much we might not know about the threat demons pose to this world, you have the opportunity to offer invaluable information on the subject to the Knights if you continue to run into them. You could be our resident expert some day.

[slay]

I think I'd rather be the expert on something with less slime. [ there's levity in the way she says it, at least. that seems to have cheered her up - even if it's not her career of choice. ]

[chessing]

Perhaps you could find a hobby interest as well.

[slay]

I could knit. People like knitting. That's a nice ... normal hobby.

[chessing]

There you go.

[ he goes to get up ] When we return to England, if you wish it... we'll contact the Hellsing Organization. Between the two fanatics, they're at least English and proud of it - perhaps I can find some common ground to get them to answer your questions.

[slay]

Thank you. [ she gives a small smile to show she does appreciate it, even if she desperately craves to be something other than what she is. ]

[chessing]

You're welcome. But there's no need to thank me. [ he moves to the door ] You deserve to know the truth.

[slay]

Mm. [ she nods, then turns to go back to where she destroyed the punching bag to hang it back up. ]