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

♬ 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.

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Easily. I could download some programs on a laptop for you as well. But you could always ask Luthir or Francesca to practice once you have the basics down. Or Rafael, for that matter.

Awesome.

[Having access to both is great. She's from the technological age, but she likes books too.]

So, learning their languages isn't some kind of taboo, then? They won't mind if I ask?

Of course not! They'd be pleased you took an interest.

[She smiles, relaxes.]

Even if my interest is mildly related to espionage?

[She's joking. Mostly.]

That is Francesca's job.

[She laughs a bit.]

Point taken.

It's nice to have tasks that take my mind off all this... trial preparation anyway.

I imagine that's pretty stressful.

I'm a scientist, not a lawyer.

Which is...not even close to the same thing I'm guessing?

Not at all. But everyone expects that because I'm the one who's Oxford educated, I should be the one to already know all this...

They don't seem to remember that I only completed a couple years of study before Wynn withdrew me.

And because you're easily the smartest one here. You may not be a lawyer, but none of us could even hope to do as well as you could.

[Because seriously, this group.]

That said, is there anything I can help with?

How do you feel about thumbing through legalese?

I can definitely try?

[It's more a matter of if Gar is comfortable with it.]

We just want to make certain we're as prepared as possible.

If you think I can help, then I'll do whatever I can.

I know you can. You've more than proven yourself.

Then hit me with all your...legalese.

[She grins.]

I don't know that I'd call it 'mine' but I won't quibble semantics.

Let me grab a snack and some caffeine and I can get started?

Before you do, there's something... something I wanted to talk to someone about.

[Elena is just surprised that Gar picked her. She nods.]

Sure, of course. What's up?

Finding out about... who you are... I imagine that's changed the way you view your place on the team. Your value to the Knights, the strengths you have to offer?

What I am. Not who. It didn't change me, just what I'm physically capable of.

But maybe it did a little, if only because there's more I can do to help. But you all always made me feel like I had a place here regardless, so that didn't change.

[She's still a worried sometimes that people might think she's kind of a freak, but they all are in certain ways. That's something she's accepting as time goes on.

She tilts her head.]

Why?

Honestly?

I feel as if I've learned some things about what I am and am not on this mission as well, over the last year or two.

I thought I ... I thought I had it all worked out, you see.

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