knightsoflegend | nevada ♔ tie your own rope

WHO || Faye, Tybalt, Miles, Jaina, Solace, and Christos
WHAT || The Knights investigate the neighborhood where the disappearances have been occurring
WHERE || Nevada
WHEN || April 17th [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

There's nothing sinister whatsoever about Oak Street, as Christos steers the rented van onto the street and parks against a curb. Well watered and neatly trimmed lawns frame cheerful suburban houses, a paper boy rides past on a bike, a couple strolls by hand in hand eating dripping ice cream cones. Down the block, children are visible hooting and whooping as they swing from monkey bars on a small playground while mothers wait on benches and chat politely, happy to soak up the sun and get off their feet for a moment.

Christos frowns heavily through the window, as if the sight of all this contentedness is more unwelcome than an army of invading monsters would have been.

Solace speaks up first, from his place in the front passenger seat. "It may be prudent to split our group to cover more ground. At least one of the homes should be re-examined, and we ought to ask some of the locals for their take on the situation." He unbuckles his belt. "I mean to investigate the area for evil auras."

Christos nods, turning off the engine. "The sun will be down in an hour. I'll scout around the houses for access points. No point in breaking in before then."

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[He debates on running, doing what she tells him to, to go along with whoever throws an order at him, but his nat 20 will save tells him to go with his gut, and he grits his teeth as he moves toward her instead of away, swiping at the disgusting creature, and dragging it off of her (atk 21, dmg 9)]

I'm not leaving without you.

[ his powerful grip is enough to snuff the un-life out of the creature finally, but the one from near the door follows him, leaping towards miles with claws extended - and careens into another of them which was trying to do the same (crit fail...) they fall into a gnashing, clawing pile, as jaina shoots miles a look that manages to walk the line between grateful and chastising. ] Not so good with directions, are you? [ but she grabs him by the elbow and makes a break for the door ] Try this one on: let's go!

[Whoa, totally lucky.

Somehow, Miles still manages a half smile.]

Usually I am. This seemed a little more important.

[Then he's racing after her as she pulls on his elbow. He certainly doesn't need to be asked twice.]

[ as they break out into the night air, she gives him a tired sort of smile ] Yeah, well... thanks for that.

[ a spot of 11+ and miles can make out the form of solace, heading quickly up the sidewalk that way. ]

[His spot of 6 means that clearly he's got Jaina blinders on mixed with the fact that he's checking the door over his shoulder to see if they're being pursued.]

Well that was...messed up. You okay?

[ well she only got a 9, so she casts a glance back as well, and then stares at him too. ] Fine. What about you? For a second there, I thought--

[ it's ok, solace announces himself, with a very gruff: ] Step back from there! [ it's stern and commanding, and he's looking at the house like he's gonna have to fight it. ] Such waves of evil... I couldn't sense them at all before night fell.

[Miles practically jumps at the noise, head turning around before he simply obeys, grabbing Jaina's arm and pulling her away from the door and down toward Solace.]

Yeah, I wouldn't go in there if I were you. Unless you have flamethrowers. Maybe we should just burn the place down.

[They're looking a bit worse for the wear. Those bites freaking hurt!]

[ he looks them over and a deep frown cuts across his features ] You went in already. [ it definitely sounds like he's calling you both out on being naughty children ] You didn't think to ask for either of the senior knights to accompany you?

There was only supposed to be kids in there. I didn't think they'd be...whatever the heck those were.

[There were just going to look. Really. It didn't seem like a bad idea at the time.]

Lesson learned the hard way?

I certainly hope so. [ he looks askance at jaina too, still clearly judgmental of both their actions. ] Tell me what you saw.

At first we thought the house was empty, but then there were kids everywhere. Or at least, that's what we thought they were, until the sun went down.

[He glances at Jaina, as if waiting for her to confirm the story.]

If they were kids, they were dead ones. Reanimated dead ones, maybe, with fangs. Turns out their bite is worse than their bark, so we got out of there.

[ jaina meets his gaze, and adds: ] We could see their skulls, as if all the skin peeled back. There were flames where their eyes should have been... Pretty nasty pieces of work.

I'm calling the others. I can sense now that they are undead: and as such, they must be exterminated. [ he takes out his phone ]

[Miles just nods, lets him make the call, as he turns to Jaina, looking down toward her wound.]

How is it? Is it bad?

[Just...making sure. Because what else is he supposed to do right this second?]

You're the one who took a real beating. Shouldn't I be mothering you?

[Hey, they both got bit.]

They're not even deep, promise. But if you insist...

[Smirk, smirk.]

They're on their way. [ he snaps the phone shut. ] Now line up, both of you, and I'll heal you. We're going back in there.

[Miles hopes this guy is packing some serious firepower if they're going back in there.

He glances at Jaina again as he moves to stand beside her, doing as he's told.]

nevada ♔ tie your own rope

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