chicago ♔ but close my eyes for a while | and force from the world a patient smile

[shootfirst]

♬ Evil - Interpol

WHO || Spike, Francesca, Archer, Myri, Finnick, Elena, Buffy, Des, Gar, Mark, Kat, Rafael, Isabella, Jaka, Burt, Violet, Luthir, Val'drin, ??[Closed]
WHAT || The Knights prepare for the trial of Rafael Giovanni and face a few revelations along the way
WHERE || Various locations, Chicago
WHEN || July 17th - November 21st  [Back AND Forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam, don't sweat tag order!!


The trial of Rafael Giovanni looms on the horizon, as summer gives way to fall, the chill in the air creating a definite atmosphere of foreboding as the date grows closer. It's not merely Rafael's freedom on the line after all - but also Des', thanks to the deal he struck with Iscariot. While Francesca and Val'drin work to uncover the secret of the mysterious hourglass artifact, lawyer Jaka Teken'Duis uses his ... unique legal powers to work towards a "Temporary Insanity" case for Rafael. The Knights, unhappy about the potential ramifications of such a plea, continue to seek any evidence they can to show Rafael was actually innocent, and place conspiracy charges back on Chad Becksworth and his ilk for what transpired. Not everything they learn, however, is what they were hoping to find...

Others wage more personal battles, as the coming autumn signals the encroaching winter, and Luthir and Violet's time draws shorter to find a way to stop her nightmares, lest they kill her. Elena plays a dangerous game, working to uncover more of her nature by training her doppelganger powers - with the enemy.

This log covers any work and non-work related shenanigans the Knights have while staying in Chicago, immediately following the three mission logs and continuing for four months. This will be the Knight's last time in Chicago before the trial: after which they plan to return to the castle to fully Knight Violet and Dawn and decide where to head next.

Make your own threads, don't fuss about tag order, feel free to threadjack multiple people into one thread for hang-outs, ask me if you want a certain scene with an NPC, etc. forever whatever. There will be a few group scenes, which I'll alert everyone to on Plurk. They may not all be posted immediately, so keep an eye on this post for new threads as time goes by. Please wait to post social threads here until we reach a certain point in the top group thread. I will alert you all when you are free to post.

Comments

[romanticidal]

If you are certain you do not mind.

[graveflowers]

No, totally don't mind!

[romanticidal]

[ i'm sure too lazy to rp board games ahahaha so they can make int checks to see who... wins...

AND RAFAEL GOT A 17 HA HA HA he is way better than he gives himself credit for, yo ]

[graveflowers]

[ ahahahah 4. so accurate. and she is a horrible loser so she pouts at the board in disdain. ] Told you you'd win. Ooh, maybe I'm psychic now too.

[romanticidal]

[ well, he looks mighty proud of himself tbh ] Perhaps you can tell me, then, how this trial will turn out, eh?

[graveflowers]

Your cute face is gonna win because you didn't do anything wrong and that is super obvious. Duh. [ she is very determined to believe this. ]

[romanticidal]

'Did not do anything wrong' seems a stretch of the truth.

[graveflowers]

The truth is subjective. I am on Team Italia, always have been. And I'm the psychic, remember? I know things.

[romanticidal]

It does mean much that you are at my back. But you must not look at me as only a victim, either.

[graveflowers]

I don't. [ she looks slightly confused like please don't mistake my having your back as victimizing you because as far as vi is concerned the only victim in all of this is jade because she was the only one continually used like she wasn't a person. raf is a big boy, he made his life choices. she just really doesn't believe that what he did at the concert (i.e. what he's on trial for) was wrong. ]

[romanticidal]

Good. The last thing I need is for anyone to think of me as a hero.

[graveflowers]

One doesn't preclude the other. You can be both, you know, a hero and a villain, for lack of a better word.

[romanticidal]

I would prefer to remain just a man.

[graveflowers]

[ she laughs a little, but the humor in it isn't all there. ] I know that feel. But, not everyone is gonna see you that way. [ which she has no doubt he knows by now. ]

[romanticidal]

I am just grateful that you all still can.

[graveflowers]

Yeah, well, we're all freaks. It's pretty easy to accept another weirdo with a dubious background. It's our niche. I'd welcome you to the club, but you were here first.

[romanticidal]

You are still more a member than I am.

[graveflowers]

Up for debate.

[romanticidal]

That may depend on who you ask.

[graveflowers]

Hence the debate.

[romanticidal]

A good point, I suppose.

[graveflowers]

Occasionally I have them, like surprises!

[romanticidal]

More than just occasionally, I have found.

[graveflowers]

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Yeah, well.

[romanticidal]

You need not be so modest.