massachusetts ♔ a little partial for beautiful girls | even if their blood runs blue

[moonheart]

♬ She Just Killing Me - ZZ Top

WHO || Solace, Thoster, Faith, Phineas, Sydney, Lissa
WHAT || The Knights act as bodyguards for a celebrity with a very unusual stalker...
WHERE || Massachusetts, USA
WHEN || August 16th, evening [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

[ the pendergast manor is a sprawling sight, impressive even to those who live in the world's most ridiculously sized castle. the whole place has a sort of country club air, and white gloved butlers escort the little troupe of knights through the halls, past expensive paintings and all the other old money trappings. ]

Comments

[bluffcheck]

Didn't this it was, lass. But we need to stick together now. Bring Phineas and hurry.

[thesleeper]

[Phineas is distracted by the disembodied voice... He conjures his Dove, just in case he needs it, but then he overhears - ]

Vam... pire... ?

[moonheart]

[ no sooner have those words gotten out of phineas' mouth then lissa is grabbed from behind... by a figure who is forming out of gas behind her. she has to make a str check to keep from dropping her phone. ]



"In the flesh. Shouldn't have stuck your nose into things here. This could have stayed between me and Callista." [ his fangs pop out as he draws lissa's hair aside, completely unaware of the irony of this situation, i guess ]

[lastdragomir]

[ yeah, she crit failed so the phone goes flying away. and she sure whimpers when he brushes her hair back, tears filling her eyes, BECAUSE SHE KNOWS WHAT U R DOIN BRO and its scary as hell because all she can think of is the red eyes and pale skin of a strigoi and who the hell can fight that? ]

[bluffcheck]

Lissa? ...Lissa?? [Thoster looks at his phone, then turns to Faith.] Something's wrong. She said something about someone being invisible? Is Solace coming? [Because he is sure about to bolt to find the girl.]

[moonheart]

He said he was. What are you going to do?

[bluffcheck]

Well, I can't just leave them there, can I? [He backs up and glances down the hall.] I'll be quick. You won't even know I'm gone. And the others will be here soon, I'm sure of it.

[thesleeper]

[Phineas blinks, curses his poor choice in magics for the day, and conjures his bird - which can't actually fight, but maybe will scare this creep.]

Uh... BIRD! [And the white dove appears in his hand and dives toward the man.]

[moonheart]

[ the vampire hisses in nothing but mild annoyance, reaching up to bat at the bird (atk 24...), which at least distracts him from sticking his fangs in lissa for a moment... ]

[lastdragomir]

[ she crit failed trying to get out of his grasp while he's distracted. useless, useless vampire girl. but she manages to bite out, no pun intended: ] Phineas, go get the others!

[thesleeper]

[Clearly torn, Phineas swallows, and chokes out,] Sure, love... [And he uses his magic to go invisible... (Two can play that way Mr. Vampire!) Then sends his bird to find the others, and moves to circle around the Vampire. No way he could leave her alone, but maybe that will be enough to trick this creep.]

WOW i got zero notifs wtf

[celerystick]

[Sydney waits impatiently while Solace is on the phone, watching him with wide somewhat nervous eyes.]

[sirsolace]

[ he hangs up, eyes narrowed as he looks around, and then starts off in the direction of thoster and faith. ] Vampire.

[moonheart]

Just hurry. And don't get bit. [ she looks a little green around the gills at the idea, but shoves thoster off. as he makes his way down the hall, he runs smack into phineas' frantically flying dove coming his way. ]

[bluffcheck]

[As Thoster spits out of some feathers (since I'm imagining it colliding with his face, tbh), he looks really confused.]

Who let you in here? [BUT THAT IS NOT IMPORTANT. He is on a mission and is continuing on to try to find Lissa, moving as fast as he can to do so.]

[thesleeper]

[Phineas can see through the Dove's eyes... so... Does that mean they just, like... Never mind - Either way; the dove will swing about, and tap him on the head as it flies past, and attempt to direct all of them to Lissa and the vampire.]

[bluffcheck]

[This is something they will NEVER SPEAK OF. Ahem. But he does notice the bird acting strange, but hell if he knows why (wis 6). He's a bit distracted by the idea of trying to find Lissa. Oops.]

Get off! [He takes a half hearted swing at the bird with the back of his hand (attack 8)]

[moonheart]

[ angry at lissa's shout and phineas' sudden invisibility, the vampire is going to use that crit failed grapple check of hers to slam her against the wall, rendering her unconscious but stable (since emma cannot tag). he whirls around and then turns into gas himself, following phineas down the hall. ]

"I can smell you, fool."

[celerystick]

[Sydney's eyes widen in fear, though she manages not to...run the other way (will save 11). Because vampires. Of course. After a slight hesitation, she follows after Solace down the hallway.]

[thesleeper]

[Enraged at seeing Lissa hurt;] Smell this, creep! [And he'll charge at him and punch, for a total Atk of 20... But he's not trained in unarmed... and I think vampires/undead are immune to subdual damage... so, it's mostly just for show.]

[moonheart]

[ solace and sydney make it to faith and the body and she launches into an explanation: ] Thoster went to go try to find the thing on his own. I have no idea if Phineas and Sydney are out there with it.

[ solace leans down to examine it, frowning.

MEANWHILE phineas' blow strikes... air, and the vampire slams him from behind, manifesting to loom over him (atk 27, dmg 9).

"Where is she?" he demands. ]

[celerystick]

[Meanwhile, Sydney follows Solace to the others, drawing her gun and holding it at her side in case the enemy appears, looking over her shoulder over and over as if it's going to appear behind her at any moment.]

Which way?

[Maybe she should...go after him.]

[bluffcheck]

[Thoster still has no freaking clue what that bird was trying to tell him so he will just.... head down a random hall and hope he finds them??? (adding in search 21)]

Lissa! [He may also be shouting. He's not the sneaky sort of bard okay. He's loud and dramatic and fucking protective.]

[lastdragomir]

[ oh hay, with her listen 17, that might be enough to wake her unconscious butt up. ]

[thesleeper]

[Phineas stumbles back a bit, looking over his shoulder... If he were smarter, he might try to escape - but not with a damsel in distress.]

[He tries to think quickly... Knowledge Religion of 19] Smile, bastard! [Computer Use Nat 20 to pull his phone out, and spam photos, hoping the camera flash buys them some more time, and calls out;]

Guys, over here!