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[silvermaid]

♬ The Storm - Boy & Bear

WHO || Anastacia, Christos, Faye, Aedan, Felicity, Taenya Farstorm
WHAT || The Knights travel to Paris, get some sight seeing in, and meet with the councilwoman.
WHERE || Paris, France
WHEN || August 26th IGNORE WHAT WYNN SAID ABOUT A COUPLE OF WEEKS, I DO WHAT I WANT
HOW || Actionspam

[ this post covers all events from the flight to paris through the initial meeting to get things rolling on the mission. there will be three relevant threads below, please wait for them to be posted to comment ♥ ]

Comments

[reallywicked]

[For the record, Felicity is so smooth that Faye doesn't even notice that the cup is out of her hand (spot 10). She's a little distracted by Lila's state and if everyone is just going to go ahead and talk about it...]

Forget the tea. You said you've got clerics on call? Pretty sure now would be a great time to get one of them down here.

[Anger is totally how you show that you are worried about someone when you don't want to show that you are worried about them.]

[silvermaid]

[ taenya doesn't seem to notice felicity pocket the cup at all, as her expression and she looks back at the tea tray.

"It's... I have it delivered special, from an elven colony outside the city--" she shakes her head, indicating that's not what matters, now as she moves to her phone. "I'll get someone up here immediately." she waves to the couch. "Have her lie down, by gods."

anastacia moves to lila's other side to help guide her that way as taenya makes the call. ]

[bittersweeter]

[Lila doesn't fight being ushered to the couch, which is probably the most telling sign that she is not okay. Of course, she still protests. Because it's Lila.]

I'm fine, it's just a little roofie.

[uncurse]

[ sense motive 20, emma looks at taenya and realizes she's as alarmed as any of them. quickly, emma moves to lila's side at the couch, putting a hand against her forehead to confirm that it really is just a roofie and not some sort of poison that's doing a lot worse while the clerics get up here. there's nothing she can do about it if it is poison, but she's not thinking about that right now, she's thinking about her concern over lila. ]

Get her some water.

[ it's not directed at anyone in particular, because emma's eyes never leave lila from the moment she crouches beside the couch. ]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity takes that order, moving towards the bathroom to get water fresh from the tap. She pours some water into one of the plastic cups before making her way back out to the group, handing the cup off to Emma.]

[reallywicked]

[Faye doesn't really have much to do- which is exactly the worst thing for her when she's fired up. Emma has Lila. Felicity's got the water. The elf chick is off getting a cleric. She turns in a slow circle, glancing back at the girls just as Felicity passes off the cup to Emma. The cup is good, but the drink was spilled when Lila dropped it. The last she wants is for them not to have enough to find out what it was that did this. Without a word to anyone, she walks over to the tea tray and pours another cup. Snatching up a cloth napkin, Faye presses the fabric into the cup to soak up the tea. Once she's satisfied with that, she uses a second napkin to wrap the soaked one and slips it into her purse.]

How is she? [She says as she finally turns back to face them. Then, realizing how much she doesn't care what anyone else has to say, she just looks at Lila instead, ignoring everyone.] How are you?

[bittersweeter]

Fine. [She can't even lie. (Crit fail bluff.) Lila Zacharov can't even lie. God, this is a tragic fucking moment in her life. But she is dizzy still and she feels weak like she's had the flu for six years and she knows she won't be able to hold that water so she has to depend on Emma to let her sip it and she kind of hates everything at the moment.

And she spilled tea on her brand new shoes.]

[silvermaid]

We shouldn't make her talk. I imagine Taenya's enemies knew their way around a-- a poison.

[reallywicked]

What do you suggest we do then? And don't say just wait around, because that is not going to happen. [Faye is having a hard time pretending to be patient and an even harder time pretending to not be worried.]

[allmydreams]

[As soon as the cup of water is to Lila, Felicity glances back to Anastacia. Getting Faye out of here seems to be the better idea for the moment, especially if they can start getting the ball rolling on something.]

We have samples. Is there somewhere private we can go to get it tested?

[bittersweeter]

Hey. [She's got one more thing to say before she goes radio silent, closing her eyes.] If I die don't tell Eric I spent the whole day buying shoes.

[uncurse]

You are not going to die.

[ she looks up in a panic at anastacia, for affirmation, then to taenya across the room. ]

Where the hell is that cleric?!

[silvermaid]

[ as the cleric comes in, and taenya moves to explain the situation to her as she comes to lila's side, anastacia moves over next to felicity and faye and lowers her voice. ] Go contact Sir La Krail. He'll know what to do with it.

[reallywicked]

[For once, Faye doesn't protest- which likely says a great deal. She looks briefly to Felicity before turning on her heels and letting those long limbs work for her to hurry out of the room.]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity nods, before turning and following's Faye's lead.]

Let us know if anything changes.

[uncurse]

[ emma doesn't move, because right now all the bones in her body are maternal ones, and she's not leaving lila's side. she has to assume anastacia realizes it doesn't take three people to get christos, and that emma's picked her spot. she begins gently trying to offer lila the water. ]

[bittersweeter]

[Lila tries to sip the water, but like anyone with an experience drinking while laying down, she chokes on it a little and coughs. Because dying from poison isn't pathetic and undignified enough.] What if the cleric poisoned the tea? They could kill me. And blame it on the poison. No one would suspect.

[She wrinkles her nose, realizing belatedly that if Emma didn't like her last request she probably won't appreciate that either. She mouths "I'm sorry" but she doesn't say it, Lila isn't an apology kind of girl.]

[uncurse]

I seem to recall a mention of you not needing to talk right now.

[ in other words HUSH GURL you will be more likely to live for it. ]

the other group can make a thread below for finding christos!

[silvermaid]

[ anastacia shakes her head at lila, her brows pulled together in concern. ]

If there's poison left after they finish with you, I can detect it. I just don't know if I could do more than delay its effects... I'd rather we let an expert tend to it. [ the cleric moves across from anastacia, looking lila over with a deep frown.

"It will be easy to drain the poison." her fingertips brush over lila's forehead and she'd feel the strange spark of magic spreading through her veins as the cleric's magic seeks to neutralize all of it. ]

[bittersweeter]

[Lila stiffens, nose wrinkling in discomfort. She doesn't like people touching her unless she initiates it for one, but she really hates the idea of magic being used on her. Even if its for her benefit, even if she knows the person doing it. If she couldn't let Tia in, is it any wonder she shies away from the cleric?

She tries to keep her breathing slow and steady, but it speeds up slightly from instinctive panic. She is the worst patient. Sorry. Still she manages to direct a shaky question at Anastacia.] You're magic?

[uncurse]

[ emma takes a step back as the cleric moves in, worry coloring her expression. ]

[silvermaid]

[ as the cleric begins intoning a restoration spell, anastacia smiles shakily down at lila ] My goddess - my grandmother - has granted me some power to help further her cause in this world, yes. It's still somewhat new for me.

[bittersweeter]

Your grandmother is a goddess. [Hmm. Yeah, if anyone thought Lila was actually going to shut up during this, they were wrong.] Thats nice. Pretty sure mine was a mean old Russian lady that got pissed I wouldn't learn Russian, but that's sorta the same thing.

[uncurse]

Lila.

[ her voice is soft but chiding, a gentle reminder that there will be time to talk about this after she's recovered, and quieting down is the best thing she can do for herself right now. ]

[bittersweeter]

I know. [Which comes out in a fairly stressed hiss.] But I'm trying really hard not to freak out, in public, for freakin' joy, so you gotta gimme this.