marengo ♔ but you gave away the things you loved & one of them was me

[starfucker]

♬ you're so vain - carly simon ft. mick jagger

WHO || Des, Finnick, Myri, Karen Taylor, Laura Jones.
WHAT || The Knights travel to the hometown of the Becksworth Brothers, to try to learn more about Chad and what may have happened to him.
WHERE || Marengo, IL
WHEN || July 16th, backdated
HOW || Actionspam

[ The mystery surrounding cult leader Chad Becksworth has only deepened with the discovery of a lockbox in his office containing surveillance of his own life along with a detailed history. While the Knights theorize about whether this means he's been replaced by the villain's resident doppelganger, or something else entirely, Burt makes good on his word to contact his first wife, Laura Jones, to find out whether Chad's ex-wife still lives in their small town of Marengo, Illinois.

He calls Finnick a few days after the lockbox is discovered to say that, yes, Karen's still living there, and that Laura's told them they can come to Marengo and swing by her place so she can direct them where to go. The possibility of gaining some insight into the background of the Becksworths is too good to pass up, so Myri, Finnick, and Des drove out there to the small-town America midwestern city, where they now coast down the tiny Main Street, a few blocks from Laura's home. It's about as far a cry from the big city ostentatious lifestyle Burt leads now as one can imagine. ]

Comments

[behindcloseddoors]

[ she looks entirely surprised by the question. ] Against Shadowkind? I guess a little, but to be fair, everyone who leaves a small town like this where you rarely see so much as an elf carries a little bit of that around when you hit the big city. He mostly bitched about the monsters - you know, the subway's closed because there's a dragon on the tracks, or whatever.

[witchwoman]

Did he have any friends that had any stronger opinions about it? Back then?

[behindcloseddoors]

[ karen shakes her head ] Those weren't really the circles he ran in. I find it hard to imagine that changing. I wouldn't call him a spiteful person, except where people personally offended him. It wasn't really his way to target a bunch of strangers for no good reason.

[nothingsodivine]

[Des nods and leans forward.] That's all we needed to hear. If things start looking bad, we'll call you. And I'm just saying, you and your kid might wanna take a vacation and not tell anyone after we do, all right?

[behindcloseddoors]

Then I hope you won't be offended when I say I hope I never hear from any of you again.

[witchwoman]

Of course not. We wouldn't be here if we didn't think it might help. The last thing we want is to see you or your daughter in harm's way.

[behindcloseddoors]

If that's all then, I'd like to get back to my life.