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]

It ain't gonna matter if they get Rafael off the hook- which they will. They oughta have some faith.

[graveflowers]

Faith is hard. And they're grieving and you just gave them something else to worry about. Er, not to be mean. I... babble when I'm upset. You can totally tell me to shut up and I won't mind, which I offer a lot and no one has ever called me on it.

[nothingsodivine]

I'm not gonna tell you to shut up. [He shrugs, which is really hard to do properly when speedwalking.] They'll get over it. Even if hypothetically Raf goes to jail- guy like me? What religious order's gonna want me that badly. I mean sure, I can heal and I don't die, but my personality doesn't go with anything. They got a shit deal.

[graveflowers]

Des, seriously? Freaky ass religious cult? They're gonna just bleed you dry over and over again and use your blood like it's... the last supper. You can't die. [In case you forgot.] They're gonna try and fucking... do tests and shit and see if your blood is magic. [She exhales roughly.] We just met, um, so I can't say much. We're gonna have words later when I can produce coherent thought and... stuff.

[nothingsodivine]

I've had worse done to me. [He doesn't correct her, because hearing Anderson can regenerate too has pretty much slapped him in the face with the truth of it all. They might not even try to kill him. They'll just break him until he becomes a Scripture-reciting maniac like the rest of them. He'd not only lose his freedom, he'd lose himself.] Guys like me, we ain't exactly common. It freaks people out. And when people get freaked out, they get the pitchforks. And the crosses. The big kind with nails- not the little necklace ones.

[Also look the door. They sure took awhile to get that.] I swear if that fluffy-haired son of a bitch broke into my 'vette, I'm gonna punch 'em again.

[graveflowers]

Words, later, we're having them. And if either of you punch each other, I'm kicking you both in the balls.

[Car ride of silence? Yay!]