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

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♬ 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

[socialgraces]

Frustratingly nowhere. [ she closes her laptop with a sigh, leaning back into the couch ] How's your training going?

[notaroundme]

[Her expression is sympathetic, because that goes with poor Gar's feelings about trial prep too.]

So far so good.

[Working with one of the bad guys could have gone horribly wrong, after all.]

As far as I can tell, anyway.

[socialgraces]

Do you feel as if you're... making progress? [ not that she would know what that would entail, but it seems a reasonable follow-up question ]

[notaroundme]

[She nods.]

He hasn't given up on me yet, so I must be doing something right.

[Flexing your brain is weird.]

I...read Myri's mind the other day. For practice. She said it was okay.

[Because clearly that's something that needs clarifying.]

[socialgraces]

[ she looks a little uneasy at the mention of mind-reading, but it's not a foreign concept to her. and she's glad to have someone on their team with the ability, if the enemy supposedly has that power. ] So what happens when the trial's over, if your training still isn't completed?

[notaroundme]

[She shrugs her shoulders.]

I'm not sure. I don't think either one of us has thought that far ahead. I'm learning pretty quickly, I think, and I guess we'll cross that bridge if we get to it.

[She fidgets a little nervously, because even though Gar thinks she won't mind, she still worries about offending people.]

On a related note, well kind of. I was wondering if I could ask you for a favor?