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

[65]

I would love to. [for the spending time with her part, ok. not just the booze part.]

[graveflowers]

Come on. [ she drifts off, assuming he will follow, because there is no tv nearby, i guess. ] I promise I won't make you watch Harry Potter. [ a beat. ] Again.

[65]

[yep, he's following now.] Then what ever are we going to watch?

[graveflowers]

The Lorax? Two Towers? Fern Gully! [ is there a pattern here, nature kicks ass and nature rules don't even front. ] Oh, The Fox and the Hound! They're pretty much our spirit animals.

[65]

[yeeeaaaah crit fail pop culture check on the fox and the hound so ... ] How are they our spirit animals?

[graveflowers]

They're kind of different, Copper is all adorable and useful and Tod is kind of a weird little misfit, but they're best friends. And when someone tries to hurt Tod, Copper is all, fuck you, not my friend, you bitch. [ okay, so vi is tod even though finnick is the foxy one, but go with it. ] Except in Disney style, so without the expletives.

[65]

[her ... creative interpretation of the story makes him laugh.] Do they sing?

[graveflowers]

I don't think so? I haven't watched it in... a while.

[65]

I just know that they sing in a lot of those movies. [idr what his knowlege check was when i originally rolled for that, but it was high enough, ok.]

[graveflowers]

Yeah, but in the Lorax it's Danny DeVito singing.

[ yeah, that is her entire argument. IT'S GD DANNY DEVITO, FINNICK. now shut your mustache and pick a movie! ]

[65]

[and his knowledge check for that was too hella low for him to truly appreciate the idea of a musical featuring danny devito. :'[ but he'll use the context clues to just ... move on.] Well. I'd like to watch The Fox and the Hound, since you feel so strongly about it.

[graveflowers]

[ sob, finnick. your childhood. luckily even though his childhood was clearly tragic, vi gives him such a bright smile at his answer. tbf he could have said anything and she would be happy just to hang out with him and forget that their lives are such complete buckets of shit. ]

Good choice.

[65]

[AND THEN THEY WATCHED IT?????]

[graveflowers]

[ movie, booze, snacks. pm the only thing they do. /FINI. ]