nyc ♔ don't want your hand this time | i'll save myself

[savemyself]

♬ going under - evanescence

WHO || Rafael, Isabella, Kat, Gar, Mark, Buffy, Spike, Elena, Archer, Des, Keijen, Dumage, Nadia [closed]
WHAT || The Knights head to Keijen Blade's NYC club, after Isabella storms off into a trap alone
WHERE || New York City, NY
WHEN || Saturday, March 15th [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam

What has already been a long, eventful night promises to end with a bang. (Maybe a literal one, if Archer has anything to say about it). The Knights' 'night off' at Burt's club was crashed by not only an actual goddess, but also included a visit from Nadia, extending an invitation on Keijen Blade's behalf to come to his club across the city that night.

They smelled an obvious trap, but their debate over how smart it may or may not be to walk into was rendered moot when an emotionally distraught Isabella, having admitted her feelings to a bewildered Rafael to no avail, ran off to the club alone.

Knowing that Blade has a particular interest in Violet, everyone agreed it's for the best she keeps her distance, and she returned to Des' apartment with Finnick and Luthir while the others headed to the address Nadia provided.

Gar, Kat, Mark, and Elena are remaining in the car as back-up, while Rafael, Buffy, Spike, Des, and Archer will be heading inside.

Comments

[shootfirst]

So wait, I'm still totally confused on what's going on. Nadia was at the club... so Notdia is at Des' apartment... because Des is banging the doppelganger?? [ that's what she's taking away from all this ] Or for murdering our friends purposes?

[notaroundme]

He's not going to murder anyone.

[Her retort is intense. Because she spent a lot of time with this guy. For months. She'd like to think she knew him a little better than that.

Except they were never really on the same side...right?

Life sucks.]

I don't know why he's there. Keeping an eye on Vi, probably.

[Unless Vi was already gone or something. Her fort save of 17 is the only thing keep her from hurling. That sure sobered her up quick.]

[nosdacariad]

[ mark drives like a wild man to des' apartment and doesn't get an accident on the way. #charactergrowth they park in front of the shitty craphole and he looks out the window skeptically. ] ... I think the neighborhood we just came from might have been better.

[notaroundme]

[Elena wastes no time climbing out of the car without another word despite the fact that she is dreading everything along with this place looking like a mugger's paradise.]

[slay]

Doesn't matter why he's there. What matters is the roof I'm gonna chuck him off of if he touched Vi.

[ buffy books it for the building. wheee stairs. ]

[shootfirst]

[ kat happily runs after buffy as if the idea of tossing people off roofs has made her whole damn night. WHEEEE, and all the other npcs run up after them. /too lazy to tag everyone separately.

buffy hits the door first and throws it open--


and luthir, finnick, and vi are engaged in a very serious game of

travel guess who. hi. ]

[notaroundme]

[There's a long beat as she stares into the room, blinking.

Ooookay. No Nadia. Um...]

Hey guys.

[slay]

[ none of that acting cool for buffy. ]

Where is she?!

[graveflowers]

Hi.

[ ... ]

There is this thing? Called knocking. Just sayin', it's huge nowadays. Where's who?

[notaroundme]

[Elena looks over at Gar, confused.]

You're sure that it's Vi that texted you?

[65]

[what the fuck y'all.] The only "she" here is Vi. Were you expecting someone else...?

[bigbad]

Nadia. Or the doppelgänger. You told Kat she's here. [A beat.] Or he. Did they leave?

[graveflowers]

Yeah, I totally didn't. And the only people here are us so...

[65]

Nadia was at the club.

[slay]

Vi, where's your phone? [ she hurries in closer, throwing out a demanding hand. ] Give it to me.

[shootfirst]

But she texted me that she was 'here', and you guys were here.

[65]

Does the text have a time stamp?

[notaroundme]

[Meanwhile, Elena is going to take a step back from the door so that everyone nearby is in front of her, and start testing out some brains. Keep talking amongst yourselves, she wants to see if she can ferret out any funny business. From everyone.]

[graveflowers]

[ vi raises her eyebrows like i'm sorry, what? she isn't going to hand over her phone to such a snippy demand. ] I sent that at the club. While she was giving us Blade's invite.

[ she glances over at elena, just gauging to see if she's okay. ]

[notaroundme]

[She's just being extra cautious. Also...she has to assume that it could be anyone, even her. Especially if there's a chance that the real Vi was snagged. She's just worried about you bb.

But she gives Vi a hopefully reassuring partial smile even as she...does this shady thing in her head. Nope she's totally not doing anything weird. (bluff 34)]

[nothingsodivine]

[WHAT WAS THAT ABOUT NOT DOING ANYTHING WEIRD???

Des slams into his own door, gun drawn OUT OF FUCKING NOWHERE.] All right, where is that shifty son of a bitch?

[graveflowers]

[ omigosh vi is beyond done right now and she just turns back to the game and flicks down the people she was not guessing like fuck all y'all you interrupted my question if finnick was REALLY SURE the dude doesn't have a beard. ] No one is here but the three of us and if you point that gun at either of my boys I will personally castrate you. [ a beat, she looks at finnick. ] Seriously though, he doesn't have a beard?

[notaroundme]

[Okay, she can't get everyone, but the people she can get are loud holy shit there's a reason she doesn't do that very often.

She listens for awhile, but doesn't pick anything noteworthy up. She looks at Des, speaking quietly.]

He's not here, as far as I can tell.

[65]

[he just answers vi like ANYWAY.] I thought Levar Burton was an actor on Star Trek. [knowledge: pop culture 13!]

[isisagent]

[Something something, 'not doing anything weird.']
[Archer saunters in after Des, still toting his newly claimed horns.]
Holy shit! You guys missed it! We killed the world's last remaining Minotaur!

[Then he sees the apartment.]
Oh... Oh... my god. [He takes a minute, and looks sickened.] This is how you get ants.