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

[nothingsodivine]

Can't say I did. Look, I'm not here to condemn Burt or Chad. All I know is I've been in Burt's inner circle for awhile now and he hasn't given me the creeps. Chad has. Maybe I'm wrong. They didn't pay me to unearth some conspiracy. They paid me to catch one or the other doing heroin out of an underage hooker's- you know what, lemme just spare you the colorful imagery.

[behindcloseddoors]

Are you aware that Mr. Becksworth was poised to lose control over his company if he couldn't rake in enough funds to protect his shares with this concert?

[nothingsodivine]

Yeah, that was the whole point of the concert. Why? You think a tour's gonna sell better with one of the performers dead and the other potentially being convicted of murder? 'Cause lemme tell you, buddy, even if Giovanni gets out, the guy's a wreck. He ain't performing for shit. The amount of tabloid blow-up money Burt's gonna get isn't going to keep his shareholders at bay forever.

[behindcloseddoors]

I think the Becksworths have always known scandal sells. And there have been some allegations made to the effect that this was all pre-meditated.

[nothingsodivine]

That a fact?

[behindcloseddoors]

Can't say too much at this point. [ shrug ] But it looks like this thing's gonna be a bit of a circus.

[nothingsodivine]

Well, I'm not getting paid to be a ringmaster. That's all I know.