chicago ♔ it’s a tragedy to be left only with memories

[savemyself]

WHO || Failboat and friends [Closed]
WHAT || As the trial drags on, the Knights spend their last few months in Chicago and tensions mount
WHERE || Various locations, Chicago
WHEN || November 21st - The end of the trial?? [Back AND Forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam, don't sweat tag order


Everybody loves a media circus and the trial of Rafael Giovanni is no exception. If he was famous before, in the days following the shooting, now he's all people are talking about, and all the tabloids want to focus on. The complications presented at some of the early hearings by Jaka, regarding the identity of the Black Scourge and Rafael's alleged reaction have only made the story more appealing to the millions watching.

They've also caused the trial to drag out for months as facts are checked, evidence is poured over, and the jury becomes only more split on the issue. In the meantime, the holidays fly by, and one of the most terrible winters in years blankets Chicago in blizzards.

This log covers any work and non-work related shenanigans the Knights have while staying in Chicago, immediately following the last log and continuing for the next couple 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 Elena 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.

Comments

[shootfirst]

Some day they will be again. Even if we have to hide in the castle for six months.

[witchwoman]

Hmm... [She just makes a quiet little noise. The fact that she's thought about what it might be like to not be in the thick of this, to be back at the castle... Well, she doesn't want to talk about it really. She feels bad.]

It can't last forever. We just have to wait and see.

[shootfirst]

And in the meantime, there's Flappy Bird.

[witchwoman]

I'm terrible at that game. [The important topics at hand.]

[shootfirst]

That's why you practice. That, and to eventually crush Spike's high score so he cries himself to sleep.

[witchwoman]

[She just smiles and shakes her head.]

I'd be better off trying to find sort of... flapping magic.

[shootfirst]

If it's cheating spells you want, I've got loads of those.

[witchwoman]

Somehow I'm not terribly surprised. [She teases lightly.]

[shootfirst]

It's less fun that way though, I guess. I mean, if you're gonna be awesome at something, don't you wanna really be awesome at it?

[witchwoman]

I doubt I'll ever be much good at those games, but that's alright with me. It's a little strange to remember back ... a year? Nearly two now? I had never seen a phone or laptop before in my life.

[shootfirst]

I can't even imagine. You do pretty good, you know. Some Shadowkind are like... grandmothers with the VCR.

[witchwoman]

I had a good teacher. [She bumps her shoulder against Kat's.] I still have a long way to go, though.

[shootfirst]

[ kat smirks ] What, you mean you're not ready for hacking lessons yet?

[witchwoman]

It could be useful, but... I'd more likely break your computer before I could ever hope to be successful.

[shootfirst]

[ she rolls her eyes with a smile ] It's cute how you think I'd let you use my computer. That's what Gar's is for.

[witchwoman]

I suppose I could get my own... At least then, if it breaks, I wouldn't lose anything important of anyone's.

[shootfirst]

Wynn won't mind. I mean, come on, he has like... infinite money somehow.

[witchwoman]

Somehow? You mean you don't know how he has so much either? I thought I was just too new.

[shootfirst]

Well, I mean, a lot of people - governments and stuff - pay the Knights mondo cash to do what we do. So I guess that has to add up. But there's hundreds of us and we all spend freely on his tab.

[witchwoman]

I suppose it's not really my place to wonder. I'm just grateful to be part of the group.

[shootfirst]

What's this 'not your place' crap? Of course we can wonder. We wouldn't wanna work for a supervillain or something. Not that I think Wynn's a supervillain. Purely in the realm of hypothetical here.

[witchwoman]

I just... I suppose it seems odd to question him when he's been kind enough to give us all this.

[shootfirst]

I don't think he'd want us blindly following him just because he was nice to us.

[witchwoman]

So what do you know about him?

[shootfirst]

About Wynn? Uhhhh, well I know he's got a whole bunch of his spawn throughout the world in the Knights. Like Fred.