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

[witchwoman]

So it's possible that he could have said that he felt the same. [She says it carefully, like she's trying not to scare a wounded animal.]

[shootfirst]

[ her face scrunches up again, as if she's actively rejecting the idea ] He could have said a lot of things. Guys'll say anything to get what they want.

[witchwoman]

That's not just men, Kat. People will say anything to get what they want. But that doesn't mean they always want the worst.

[shootfirst]

It doesn't mean they don't, either.

[witchwoman]

Well, no. But if you went on thinking that about everything, you might not even be a Knight, because what if Wynn's intentions were less than honorable? He's powerful enough that he could be doing things for any sort of reason and we would have no idea. But you trust him. And I bet you that he earned it. Just as I had to learn to trust you when we first met.

[Myri had been wary, not certain if her squiring to Kat would work out at all. They were so different, really. But they had found something between them, and it was a bond worth sticking out a few rough patches for. Myri just doesn't want Kat to miss out on another bond that she might otherwise overlook because of her own hesitations.]

[shootfirst]

[ she shifts uncomfortably in place a little bit, not responding at first. ]

... He texted me. A couple weeks ago. Out of the blue.

[witchwoman]

Oh? Did he want anything? [Or just to talk. Because he likes you. She's just going to gently guide Kat towards hopefully realizing that on her own. Maybe.]

[shootfirst]

I dunno.

I didn't answer.

[witchwoman]

Kat! [She half laughs, because... well, she should have expected that.] You're still friends at least, aren't you?

[shootfirst]

Friend is a strong and highly inappropriate word for it.

[witchwoman]

Well, he obviously still thinks of you as something to have texted you out of the blue like that. Can't very well have expected anything inappropriate with all this distance between you, after all.

[shootfirst]

Maybe.


[ a beat ] I just don't get why he'd be holding onto it after so long when I've just been a bitch about it. He hasn't seen me in like a year.

[witchwoman]

You're hardly easy to forget. [teeny tiny smile bc she speaks the truth okay.] But maybe the best way to find out would be to talk to him?

[shootfirst]

That sounds like a problem for Future Kat.

[witchwoman]

Perhaps. Or you could give me your phone and we could find out together? [Diplomacy 19? She just wants to help youuuu.]

[shootfirst]

Excuse me? [ oh god no ]

[witchwoman]

You'll feel better if you know for certain whether you should hate him or not. At least you might get an actual reason this way.

[shootfirst]

I can't ask him about that. Not over the phone!

[witchwoman]

Text! I meant text. It's just words on the screen, isn't it? And you could let me write it. That way you could always say it was me and you had nothing to do with it. And you wouldn't really be lying.

[wtf matchmaker myri over here.]

[shootfirst]

That's not really how I wanna have this conversation. Assuming I want to have it at all. Ever.

[witchwoman]

Well, I think you should. At some point, at least. Better to know than to wonder.

[shootfirst]

[ s-so sullen ] We'll see.

[witchwoman]

Hey. [She reaches over to put a hand on Kat's] I know you're not much for talking- not about things like this. But I'm here, and I'm not going anywhere. So if you want to just...shout at someone about it, I'm your girl.

[shootfirst]

[ kat stares at the hand skeptically, before shrugging a little bit ] Yeah, sure. [ there's a beat, and she pulls her hand away slowly, but then mumbles: ] Thanks. I think.

[witchwoman]

[She gives a small nod before pulling her hand back as well.]

If not, I'll understand. You know I've got your back, no matter what.