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[romanticidal]

♬ Opera Singer - Cake

WHO || Rafael, Buffy, Spike, Des, Jack, Thomas, Myri, Finnick, Elena, Gar, Kat, Burt [closed]
WHAT || The Knights infiltrate NOVA to try to locate the experiments and relics mentioned by Chad & company. Shenanigans ensue.
WHERE || NOVA HQ, New Orleans
WHEN || Sunday, Nov 18th, 2012
HOW || Actionspam, don't sweat tag order! Keep it a rollin'.

Months ago, Finnick learned from Burt Becksworth about a number of construction projects Chad had contracted on the building. At the time of discovering the occult room, it was assumed the construction was to create the secret areas behind the auditorium, however, Kat's finally managed to hack into NOVA financial records and trace the contracts down.

It seems there was another, much more expensive, project, adding restructuring to the locked off basement level, to which there is no access through the public elevators. Schematics show that there is one accessible elevator shaft that goes to the lobby, which requires a key to activate the lower floor. Thomas considers it a better bet, however, to use the nearby quarry underground entrance through which construction trucks used to reach the site. Thomas will be leading a team through the underground tunnel in hopes of finding a space large enough to host the 'experiments' that Chad and company were afraid of the Knights discovering while nosing around the building.

Meanwhile, Jack wishes to discover if there are any remaining 'relics' in the building, and if so, to confiscate or document them. The heightened security within the building has made access much more problematic, and its taken awhile for him to acquire the security protocols necessary to be able to create a looped camera feed. Now that's everything's in place, he'll be infiltrating the building to override the cams, allowing Buffy, Elena, and Rafael to join him on the fourteenth floor for one last sweep of the occult room.

The situation has also grown more complicated in other ways since eavesdropping on Chad's cabal. In a gutsy move, Burt Becksworth has created an inescapable situation for Rafael and Finnick, forcing them to comply in preparing for an album and tour, lest they destroy their own reputations and become infamous in the business for backing out of their 'contracts' and letting down legion of NOVA fans. Finnick is an ideal situation to try and discover more about Burt's plans, however, and perhaps to find out incidental information concerning Chad's "Back the Fans" tour.

Comments

[notaroundme]

[Buffy seems to do just fine, so she steps over to the edge, takes a deep breath, and follows after her.

Hopefully it's not too far. (Climb...5)]

[romanticidal]

[ she starts slipping, actually, and rafael reaches down to grab her (reflex save 24), but can't hold onto her hand for long (str 9). ] Hold on!

[notaroundme]

[Rafael's save gives her the time and help she needs to hang on (str 15). She looks up at him with wide but incredibly grateful eyes and she gives herself a second to calm herself down before she begins the climb down again (climb 13).]

Thanks...

[Holy shit that was close.]

[slay]

You guys okay? [ she calls it back. when she's convinced that, yes, they are, she goes on to sass and continues her climb. ] Let's try and make our worst case scenario dying after we make it to the others.

[romanticidal]

That is ideal, si. [ raf hops down to the cement for at the bottom of the shaft and starts examining the doors. He looks back at Buffy. ]

Do you believe you can pry these doors open?

[slay]

Did Marie Antoinette like cake? [ she drops down alongside him, and steps up to the doors. she rubs her hands together, then works to fight her fingertips into the doorjam, and pulls outward (str 28). ]

[romanticidal]

[ with a groan, the doors barely resist, as she peels them backwards like so much tinfoil. rafael's eyebrows shoot up slightly. damn gurl.

they find themselves facing the same lab as the others, excepting where people are drawn on there. they're at the furthest south point of that room, against the left wall. all of their frands are standing in the middle of a disgusting soup of bodies and body parts that seem to be steaming and melting into each other. gar and kat are half clothed in hazmat suits.

you may relocate your cute little butts here! ]