new orleans ♔ for they have shed the blood of saints and prophets

[bancroft]

WHO || Thomas, Jack, Gar, Kat, Dumage, Mark, Myri, Buffy, Finnick, Spike, Rafael, Des, Elena, Chad Becksworth, The Mind Master, Decker Greenwall, Kitty Bonquas, Raoul Jacobson, Rynn, Devereaux, Keijen Blade [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights spy on an important meeting between Chad Becksworth and his compatriots... various downtime shenanigans ensue
WHERE || Various locations, New Orleans
WHEN || Friday, Oct 19th - November 12th [Backdated]
HOW || Actionspam, don't sweat tag order!!

[ Yesterday, members of team failboat went to the bayou hideout of the mysterious woman known only as "the Mind Master", on some intel from the captured Olean Gilbert. What they discovered was a very bizarre woman, who played mind games with them, and seemed to evince little concern for their interference. Another man, whom may have been Chad Becksworth entered, and told her that "Decker" was finished stalling and all was in readiness... The two of them fled before the Knights could get much information from either of them, and set a hideous creature to attack them: which appeared to be the result of a Frankenstein-like scientific process that sewed a human woman together with a giant snake.

The next day, another team of Knights infiltrated NOVA HQ to hack into appointment records and discover the names of those intended to meet with Chad Becksworth. Just as they downloaded the list, the scheduled meeting attendees arrived: it seemed they were meeting today, and the Dragon's Claws insisted that the younger Knights retire to the hotel, where all will be able to monitor the meeting onscreen as they spy on it and broadcast video. Knights' allies (Des, Rafael, Elena) are invited to watch as well. ]

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[ This log also covers any shenanigans the Knights have while staying in New Orleans, immediately following the last logs and extending over the next three weeks, when the next exciting shit go down.

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

[romanticidal]

[ rafael looks fully ready to make a comment on that when his cell phone rings. he picks it up instantly, frowning: ] Hello? [ there's muffled female noises from the phone and he gestures to kat for the remote as the news broadcast moves to something else. she hands it over and he flips it to MTW news, where another announcement is being made. rafael stares at the screen, apparently shocked by what he's been told is being discussed.

"... today that Rafael Giovanni has signed to complete his album, The Celestial Song by next spring, to correspond with a full touring schedule, along with up and coming pop sensation, Finnick. This unlikely combination is no doubt in response to Burt Becksworth's brother Chad releasing his own information about NOVA's 'Back to the Fans' tour, which will feature a variety of new artists traveling together and offering back to back performance dates that cover a variety of genres, from R&B to hard rock. It seems a risky gamble for NOVA, but both Becksworths appear confident that all this fresh blood will thrive in the market, and expect record sales from both the tours and albums to be released."

rafael lets out an italian expletive under his breath and says something rapidly into the phone in said language, before adding: ]

I cannot believe he would do this behind my back.

[shootfirst]

I thought your signing was, like, a temporary deal just to get in and investigate. Did you really sign for an album and a tour? That seems sort of... point of no return.

[romanticidal]

[ he clicks the phone closed, brow furrowed ] I did no such thing. But now, just as Burt wants, the entire world believes I did. And if I should back out now...

[slay]

Oh, we are so in trouble with Isabella. [ buffy's here to have her priorities straight. LOOK SHE'S A LOT SCARIER THAN BURT AND CHAD BECKSWORTH. ]

[bigbad]

[Spike looks towards Finnick.] Did you sign for it?

fdkgjslk SORRY I HADN'T TRACKED THIS YET /sobs in a heap

[65]

[finnick purses his lips at spike like "ugh no r u srs" for a moment, but upon second thought ...]

Probably. I've signed a lot of things. [and then, at rafael:] We've truly lucked out.

[his face is not the one of someone who is feeling particularly lucky.]

how dare you take less than twelve hours to respond bc you didn't track the thread

[slay]

This is bad. Really bad. [ she looks between them, trying to grapple for an option. ] What if you just ... did a really bad show. He'd totally drop you from the label, right?

UGH WHATEVER I FELT BAD OK

[65]

He might kill us to make the bad look better in retrospect. Then he could sell "last concert" footage and concoct a story about how our bad performances were due to a tragic drug addiction.

[^ may spend too much time thinking about this shit ..........]

you are ridic bb

[romanticidal]

[ rafael is still frowning at his phone ] That was Isabella now. You are right, she was... not happy with this.

[slay]

But it says by spring, right? I mean that's plenty of time for something to fall through, or - or get delayed.

[dragonsclaw]

For now, it serves our cause to keep a foot in the door here. I'm sorry that it had to progress this far for either of you, however. Your commitment to the cause has been above and beyond.

[65]

I may have been thrust into the situation, but I don't have any regrets. I'll do what it takes.

[nothingsodivine]

Ain't he a trooper? [DES IS SO PROUD OF HIS BOY.]