CHAPTER TWO ♔ a sigh escapes from heaven and worlds end

[savemyself]

♬ The Dream Within - Lara Fabian

WHO || Rafael Giovanni, Burt Becksworth, Isabella Alessandro, Finnick Odair, Myrilandel de Tanos, Buffy Summers, Spike, Elena Gilbert, Dawn Summers, Desmond Descant, Jeanne Gar, Kat Samcelot, Mark Sandazhard, Violet Fiore, Sterling Archer
WHAT || CHAPTER TWO: Following the traumatic and tragic events of Finnick and Rafael's concert, our heroes are taken to be interrogated at the police station
WHERE || Concert Hall > Chicago Police Department, Chicago, IL
WHEN || July 3rd, 2013 [ forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam

Nothing is okay.

What was meant to be the Knights' triumphant collaborative effort to cut off Chad Becksworth's bid for total control of NOVA Records, allowing them to follow the trail elsewhere, has descended into chaos. Rafael's songs triggered some kind of reaction in Jade that allowed her to regain her lost memories, only to have their reunion cut tragically short by the actions of a hitman who took her hostage on stage, demanding her necklace. While Myri and Violet attempted to convince him that the necklace did not lie with her, Jade signaled to Rafael that she meant to utilize the distraction to break free - but things went out of control and Rafael's bullets struck Jade instead. The Knights felled the hitman, as the world watched, and Rafael begged a distraught and enraged Des to end his life. Meanwhile, a mysterious figure that only Buffy & Spike could see assisted Myrilandel in healing Jade enough to hang on for a little time more...

Time for people to say goodbye.

In the meantime, the police have arrived, arresting Rafael, Archer, and Des (or attempting to), and preparing Jade to be taken to the hospital. Everyone else is being ordered to head outside to be taken down to the station for questioning. It's a hectic scene, but people can finally snatch a few moments amid the chaos to try to make sense of what just happened...

Comments

[watcherjunior]

Dawn Summers. [ There's a pause. From the moment she sits down, she seems nervous. She keeps thinking about what she was told earlier Simple. Half-truths. Just here for the concert. She's overdoing it. ] Wait, do you need middle names? [ She doesn't even wait for him to answer. ] Dawn Elizabeth Summers. [ And of course, she blanks. ] Um.. what else did you say? I'm sorry, it's been a long night.

[behindcloseddoors]

It's alright. [ he passes over a cup of water ] Take your time. Just recount for me the evening. Why you were there, what you saw occur. What you did.

[watcherjunior]

[ There's a half-hearted grateful smile as she takes the water. ] Thank you. Uh, a friend gave me the ticket. She's got, like, these crazy good connections and it was this really awesome seat. The show was amazing, and that girl joining him on stage was neat. But then the lights went out and there was all this smoke and stuff onstage. When it cleared, there were guns and shooting and-- [ She trails off, staring down into the cup. ] It was just supposed to be a concert. A fun night, y'know?

[behindcloseddoors]

It certainly wasn't that.

Did you see what happened, on stage? Can you describe the incident?

[watcherjunior]

I didn't really see a lot of it. I mean, I saw some of it cause you can't really ignore that. But when it all started, there was that really awful screechy feedback and I couldn't really hear anything and my head--I got kinda dizzy. [ She takes a drink of water. ] That crazy guy was holding onto that girl and then someone shot her and then someone shot him. And then a girl sitting near me got sick and I held her hair so I didn't have to look at the stage. [ Bluff check 19 for exaggerating the deafness and what she may or may not have seen. ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ he nods and seems content with her explanation, moving on~ ]