nyc --> london ♔ and as the vision fades | i'll say i was blinded by your eyes

[postergirl]

♬ It Happens All the Time - Depeche Mode

WHO || Failboat, Des, Rafael, Isabella, Burt, and more~ [closed]
WHAT || The Knights finally say their goodbyes and head back to the castle
WHERE || NYC hotel; flight to London; London, England
WHEN || March 16th
HOW || Actionspam or prose

What was supposed to be a night to unwind wound up with a confrontation between Failboat and Keijen Blade that didn't exactly go the way the team was hoping for. However, in the process, they at least managed to get Isabella back and extract Dumage from her long term undercover assignment.

The remainder of the night is spent back at the hotel, recuperating, in order to catch the flight back to London the next morning. This also means saying goodbye to those who will be going back to Chicago: Isabella, Burt, and Rafael.

Comments

[notaroundme]

[Elena can see Archer outside her window, trying to get her door open, so she throws her entire body against, shoulder first.

(Strength...nat 20.)]

[65]

[finnick maneuvers towards the backseat like the sexy dolphin he is to help elena and — oh nope she's got it. except she's still buckled in like a fool child, so he reaches in to try and unbuckle the seat belt AND SUCCEEDS. (dex 11) saving elena from drowning in a puddle for the second time, son.]

[isisagent]

[Now that everyone has done the hard work, Archer will grab Elena with a Str check of 21, and pull her up with a swim of 17.]

Elena - You alright?

I mean... considering the crash, and the water, and... everything.

[shootfirst]

[ buffy drags kat up where she takes in big gasps of air before looking around wildly. she sees elena... but... ] Vi? [ COUGH COUGH river water ] Where's Vi?

[nothingsodivine]

[Des flops against the open door of the rapidly sinking car to catch his breath and keep from being yanked under again.] I dunno. I think her boyfriend's got her.

[bigbad]

[Man this water sure is difficult. Maybe it's because Spike is the idiot that jumped in with a full length leather duster. Everyone seems to be rescued so he'll just pull himself back up on shore. (Str 21)]

[luthir]

[ luthir only barely manages to pull vi out of the car, but there's no way he's gonna drag her to the surface like this (str 12) so she can either make a swim check to assist herself or ... HALP FINNICK. ]

[graveflowers]

[ idk if her swim check of 8 is going to do it. look this is why she didn't go swimming with finnick when they first met! SHE DOESNT KNOW HOW TO SWIM! she's probably just dragging luthir down at this point. ]

[65]

[with kat safe with buffy, elena safe with archer (or as safe as one can be in the hands of archer) and vi SUPPOSEDLY safe with luthir, he was considering heading back for shore ... but nope, the struggle continues. he goes back over to luthir and vi, grabbing vi like it ain't no thing. (str 21) he too remembers their meeting at the swimming pool, which means he makes this gay ass comment once they both surface:] I told you I'd rescue you if you started to drown.

[notaroundme]

[The water is just starting to clear from Elena's eyes when Vi finally pops up with Finnick and Luthir in tow, and the relief she feels is overwhelming and almost painful.

She clings to Archer, arms around his neck. She turns her face toward him as he asks if she's okay, and instead of saying anything, she just acts on instince and...kisses him.

It's intense, but over quickly, seeing as they're still trying to stay afloat, and she finally answers as she buries her face in his shoulder.]

Just get me out of here.

[graveflowers]

[ between fits of coughing up herpes water, vi manages to squeak out: ] This is why you're my best friend, Fish.

[shootfirst]

[ kat's relief turns into a judgmental 8/ face as she watches... that happen. and then looks askance at buffy and her would-be rescuer, des. ] Yeah, I hope neither of you are banking on that, cuz no dice.

[slay]

I think, somehow, we'll survive without. [ oh yeah and swimming and stuff i guess. buffy keeps hold of kat and begins to move towards the shore. ]

[nothingsodivine]

[Des gives Kat a look as Buffy swims her away.] You're not my type!

[And since he stopped treading water and was clinging to the car, I rolled a new swim check which is a 19... He's just feeling the water today.

...Really feeling it, because he crit failed his strength check to get OUT.]

[65]

I thought it was because I'm so pretty. [swimming towards the shore with vi now. magic dolphin swimming. i guess it's harder when you're carrying another person but w/e he does it. (swim 17)]

[isisagent]

[Will save of 19 to keep it together.]

Lets save the making out for after the horrible potentially-crocodile filled water.

[NAT 20 SWIM CHECK - DUCHESSGANGER ALWAYS WINS.]

[shootfirst]

[ kat is already climbing up the handholds on the wall out of there when des flops onto his back with a big splash into the water again. she looks down in irritation. ] Oh my god, really?

[bigbad]

Oh, bloody hell. [Spike shrugs off his jacket this time before sliding back into the water. He swims (swim 14) down and grabs Des, hauling him upwards with a str check that is... also 14.]

[nothingsodivine]

[all my characters are embarrassing themselves tonight. Des looks like he wishes he'd just drowned as he gasps for air once he hits the surface and coughs and sputters.

he is miserable and also apparently weighed down by his misery. sorry, spike.]

[luthir]

[ luthir saved all his strength checks for gracefully climbing out of the water i guess, but he'll put a hand down for vi to help her up. (str 18) ]

[graveflowers]

[ handy because she's feeling like a limp noodle right now, so she needs all the help she can get. (strength 6) she is struggling here. lucky she has such a sweet boyfriend and best friend, they've got her covered. ] For the record, that totally wasn't some kind of skeevy suicide attempt. I wouldn't do that with Elena in the car.

[luthir]

[ sopping wet hugs when they're on land? yes, at least for a sec. ] No one thought it was. [ or he'll cut you. and over her shoulder to finnick whenever he makes it up: ] Thank you.

[slay]

Am I the only one concerned that only Elena gets the mention? No? Ooookay, moving on.

[ let's not keep talking about suicide that'd be fun. she starts to wring out long blonde hair as soon as she's out of the water with kat. ] Guess we'll ... call for a ride. There's no way I'm climbing back into one of those.

[notaroundme]

[She gives Archer a shaky nod before they swim through the water like it ain't no thang, and she manages to pull herself out with no issues (str 15), then turns to help him out too (Str...11?).]

[nothingsodivine]

[Des is still coughing up herpes-infested water as he strugglebusses his way to dry land.]

I hate Europe.