chicago ♔ can't deny the enemy's taken over

[lawofsurvival]

WHO || Des, Buffy, Spike, Myri, Finnick, Archer, Dawn, Vi, Elena, Jaka [closed]
WHAT || Bonding time with Rafael's lawyer by breaking into Chad Beckworth's office
WHERE || NOVA Records HQ, Chicago, IL
WHEN || July 11th, 2013 [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam, single thread

Never a dull moment.

The night of the funeral was certainly eventful: as expected, some of Chad's goons appeared at the cemetery, apparently in search of the buried necklace, and the Knights barely managed to escape with their lives thanks to the appearance of a giant dune-winder worm at the beck and call of a necromancer. Yep. The other team had their own share of adventure at the hotel, and though they couldn't get Nadia to leave with them, they did establish contact, and swiped Decker Greenwall's mysterious hourglass artifact from his room at Dumage's prompting. They also ran afoul of a doppelganger in the employ of the other side, who prompted Elena to begin questioning exactly who or what she might be...

And of course, they finally met with Rafael's lawyer, a last minute replacement for Burt's usual guy, who had met with an unfortunate skiing accident or... something. Jeggred 'Jaka' Teken'Duis, and his brother Nym, garnered a great deal of suspicion from the team from the start, although Jaka seems entirely confident that he can get Rafael off on a temporary insanity plea. Either way, he's agreed to help them look for clues to try to illustrate Chad's role in events at the upcoming trial, and suggested, to that end, breaking into his Chicago office, one of many not-quite-legal suggestions he hinted at during their pow-wow.

All those Knights who are looking to assist him are meeting up with Jaka in a parking garage a few blocks away from the NOVA building, at his invitation.  In fact, he's already there, leaning against his car, when they arrive.

Comments

[bigbad]

[This is why Spike does the punching things part usually.]

Probably off shagging Mental Case or something. Could put more effort into looking like he actually uses the place, though. Shouldn't there be more... [He waves a hand vaguely.] Music stuff?

[nothingsodivine]

I think someone is gettin' screwed here, but it ain't Chad. Too much of this doesn't smell right. [he walks back to Finnick and picks up a photo of Burt and Chad.] Maybe it's about time we got to know our enemy a little better.

[and if he's right... man he's gonna need a new person to direct his rage at. he votes blade.]

[65]

[OH RIGHT. he didn't tell anyone his plan bc they were too busy being dumb ass bitches. that's what happens when you're failboat.]

I was thinking that it might be worthwhile if we contacted Chad's ex-wife. You know, to learn a bit more about him. She could offer some insight regarding his behavior.

[bigbad]

Someone married that blighter? [Spike shakes his head.] Suppose she may have some insight. Worth a try, anyway.

[nothingsodivine]

Maybe shed some light on whether we're dealing with the real Chad or if the Mind Master and the Brotherhood needed to keep their hands on the entertainment industry's pulse and pulled a switch.

[But none of that really helps the case any and Des winces.] Either way, it's not exactly gonna give us anything that'll let Rafael walk. Keep looking.

[But he's pretty sure that's all there is in the office. Still, he's desperate enough to put up a good fight trying to search. (search 22)]

[65]

I'm in the process of arranging it. [meaning .... burt is in the process of arranging it. w/e. with a shrug, finnick tries to help search but has worn out his usefulness apparently (search 8).]

[bigbad]

You do realize you're not actually in charge, right? [AKA HOW ABOUT ASKING NICELY INSTEAD OF BARKING ORDERS. But he was going to keep looking anyway, so he glances around for anything that might stand out as unusual (spot 25) as he rummages about pretty uselessly (search.... 3).]

[nothingsodivine]

Yeah, you call me when you start doing this for a living, all right, big guy? [even though spike... kinda does do it for a living, since the knights are all about breaking and entering and searching for shit. shhhh. HE'S A PROFESSIONAL. and all you other slim shadys are just imitating.]

[65]

Ladies, please. We can do the bantering later. [YOU SEE WHAT HE DID THERE, DES???? while spike and des take the time to measure their dicks, he resorts to ... simply looking around. (spot 17)]

[nothingsodivine]

[

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[behindcloseddoors]

[ yeah there is nada in the way of incriminating evidence in here 8| but there is a strange snake shaped ring in one of the desk drawers... ]

[nothingsodivine]

[DAMMIT. FOILED AGAIN. But Des pockets the ring as soon as he gets his greasy hands on it. If nothing else, maybe Gar the Walking Google has some information on it.

That done, he emerges from behind the desk and rubs his face.]

Well, this was a bust.

[bigbad]

What, were you expecting him to have a folder marked "Evil Plans?"

[65]

Any folder marked "Evil Plans" is bound to be a red herring, anyway.

[nothingsodivine]

[HE CAN'T WORK UNDER THESE CONDITIONS.]

Nobody's this pristine. The fact that we found a lockbox full of stalker photographs of the guy, himself, pretty much proves that. If there's nothing here, it means that Chad's not the one calling the shots- if it is Chad.

[He walks towards the door.] We've got that to go on anyway, even if it ain't gonna be worth biscuits to Jaka.

[bigbad]

Maybe the others have had more luck. [Spike starts towards the door as well.]

[65]

More luck playing lookout? I should hope so.

[nothingsodivine]

Jaka's probably borin' 'em to death with lawyer bullshit. [Des pokes his head out, but his magnificent spot of six sees nothing.]

[bigbad]

[Spike's not even looking tbh he's just shoving his way out the door.]

Maybe Buffy's stabbed him.

[He probably shouldn't sound so happy about the possibility.]

[65]

Yes, please. Let's stab the person designated to help us. [ finnick is so over spike's life. it's like he's fonzie and spike is the shark. he peers out at the same time as des, and somehow ... manages to see even less. (spot 4) ]

[bigbad]

[Well fine since all the cool kids are doing it Spike'll glance around with his super awesome vampire vision and get a spot 28. You all wish your eyes were as badass as Spike's.]

[nothingsodivine]

[TOO BAD THERE'S NOTHING THERE...

Des sees this as a victory and heads out, whispering as he goes:]

What the hell was spiders-for-brains hoping we'd even find in here? All joking about files labeled EVIL PLANS, aside, he had to have had some idea of what they'd just have on hand.

[behindcloseddoors]

[ as des starts to step out, spike sees the shadow of a figure starting to round the bend at the end of the hall... woopsie, security guard... ]

[bigbad]

[Spike catches Des and pushes him back into the room. He pulls the door shut as quietly as he can (move silently 26). He doesn't think he needs to... actively say someone's coming.]

[nothingsodivine]

[WELL MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE, because as soon as Des is back in the room, he looks like he's about to start swinging. His wis check was a... five. Sue him.]

The hell d'you think you're doing?