kansas ♔ you have too much fun breaking all the rules

[cigam]

WHO || Gus, Zatanna, Adam, Dawn, Dimitri [closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a multiple homicide that seems linked to ritualistic magic use, in backwater Kansas
WHERE || Black Bottom Ridge, Kansas
WHEN || April 8th [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam or prose

Know what's even worse than Kansas? Kansas after a long winter that just won't die. Everything is creepy and flat and the grass is struggle-bussing its way back to life, and the trees are still skeletal, which just lends an eerie semblance to everything as they drive by. Drive by with a U-Haul attached to the back of her their rented vehicle, because they're bringing a fucking bear along. Luckily Gus was able to coax her into this arrangement, but man, I would not to be the one to draw the short straw opening the doors to that trailer when they arrive.

It only took a single stop at a crappy diner for Zatanna to get someone to spill the whereabouts of the survivor of the night they're looking into: she's being kept at a hospital in the nearest actual city. Zee drops off Adam, Dimitri, and Gus near the crime scene, and takes Dawn with her to go see what they can learn from the girl (after telling Gus to behave).

 

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shawnee kansas hospital ♔ dawn & zatanna

[cigam]

[ zatanna parks at the hospital and yanks her rearview mirror down to check her hair, glancing over at dawn in the passenger seat. ]

Have you done anything like this yet?

[watcherjunior]

You mean, questioning people? [ Dawn fidgets in her seat, tugging on her shirt to smooth out the non-existent wrinkles. ] Sorta?

[cigam]

I wasn't sure what they had you doing on your last mission. The girl's probably been through a lot, so we wanna not push so hard that she's going to be worse off for it. How's your bedside manner?

[watcherjunior]

Pretty chill? I mean, hospitals make me a little uneasy for, like, I guess before reasons? Before I got here. [ She shrugs. ] I can definitely be a light touch.

[cigam]

[ zee pops her door open, nodding ] We're going to have to pretend to be family to get in. Who should do the talking?

[watcherjunior]

[ Cue Dawn gaping a moment. Really, do you want her to do the talking? ] It would probably be better for you to totally do it.

[cigam]

Can do. Your job will be to stand there and look suitably distraught. [ and she starts towards the entrance doors ]

crime scene ♔ gus, adam, dimitri

[behindcloseddoors]

[ they're dropped off by the road, and it's easy to see the old barn in the distance. whatever farmhouse it once belonged to appears to be long gone. there are only about 3 cop cars over there, and just a few hometown police strolling about the scene, although it is surrounded by the familiar yellow tape. ]

[druidisms]

[ mellie the bear has peaced out somewhere. she will come when needed, much like the kings and queens of narnia. regardless, gus fixes his tie and tries to unwrinkle his shirt. car rides. X-( ]

Okay kids. [ shut up, you're both kids. ] Who wants to talk us into the crime scene?

[likeagod]

[Wow, he is the furthest thing from a kid, r u srs.]

We will need an adequate cover story.

[ex_psionic439]

I vote we send the bear in. [Yes, this would be your crack team, Gus. Enjoy.]

[druidisms]

[ HE PICKED YOU, ADAM, FFS. he has made a huge mistake. ] I would prefer she not be shot to death by hick cops, if it's all the same. I was thinking more that you use your abilities to get us in there. [ and dimitri can glower. gus can just supervise. ]

[ex_psionic439]

Yeah. I sorta figured. [Read: No shit, Sherlock. Basically. It didn't take a rocket scientist to realize he was here to mind rape some cops the instant Gus attempted to push that particular job onto someone else.]

dawn, constantine, zee 1/--

[cigam]

[ as the three head up the steps towards jim's room, zee glances back at constantine ] This is all a bit backwards, you know. I've been over in England, and here you've been on my turf all this time?

2/2

[rituals]

Got it all wrong, love. Only here for a bit, had some business in the city. Got a whiff of trouble that led me out here, and well, you know the rest. [ he nods at the door at the end of the hall, hung with a biohazard sign on the door. zee moves to push it open gently, and they'd see that the lights are off and no one visible at first. she takes a few steps in, constantine letting dawn go ahead of him so he can linger in the doorway, and they'd find jim huddled on the floor on the other side of the bed, arms wrapped around his knees. he looks about fourteen or fifteen, brown-haired with hipster jeans and a flannel shirt. he looks up at them with tear streaked cheeks and haunted eyes.

"Are they gone?" ]

[druidisms]

[ hahahahahahhha gus isn't listening to zee, SURPRISE, so after a short while (dramatic blood loss makes him impatient), he follows the trio up the stairs to see what's what, passing constantine at the door like hello, how do you do, before continuing into the room.

contrary to popular belief, he does actually have a compassionate bone in his body so he answers jimbo's question quietly and without sounding like a giant asshole.

SURPRISE. ] They're gone.

[cigam]

[ his eyes widen as he takes that in, and he doesn't seem to know how to respond at first. he lowers his head and it's possible to see that he's clutching a large tome of some sort.

zee takes a half-step forward. ] Is that how you-- [ she lets that hang there gently, and after a moment jim nods. zee casts a look back at gus and constantine. ] Jim, I think we should take that with us.

[druidisms]

[ gus nods, slowly moving forward to crouch down next to jim. he keeps his hands dangling between his knees and in plain sight. he's not going to reach out and grab it. ] We know you weren't trying to do anything... crazy. Don't worry, we get that. But this book? It's too dangerous to keep here.

[ diplomacy 18, SEE ZEE HE CAN BE NICE. ]

[rituals]

[ constantine sort of hangs back, moving along the opposite side of the room with his back to them, as he idly looks through the top few drawers of the boy's dresser. he glances over his shoulder slightly, as if interested in his reply.

"I... I get that," Jim agrees, obviously shaken. "I didn't-- I never thought it would be anything like this." ]

after-hours with constantine

[rituals]

[ the group delivers constantine back to kansas, where he invites those 'friends of zee' who want to join them to come up to his hotel room to toke up. those who are uninterested or uncomfortable with the idea can wander the city for the evening, while everyone else gets high with john constantine. yep. this is happening. ]

[druidisms]

[ yeah gus is down tbh. like, really, were we imagining he wouldn't be. mellie is off roaming the cornfields, eating winchester cousins probably, whoops, that au rule!63 "deanna" just got mauled. but gus is free to be you and me and rolls up a joint with practiced ease.

like... real ease.

nat 20 ease.

:D ]

[cigam]

[ meanwhile, zee is struggle bussin' over here. much to constantine's amusement. ] You know, believe it or not, I don't have a spell for this one.

[druidisms]

[ already lighting up, he scoffs at zee. ] Have I taught you nothing in our years together, Sparky? [ no, gus, you probably haven't. ]

[rituals]

[ dsfjkal;fja constantine also got

a nat 20

ahahhahaa ] Don't try and tell me you're not good with your hands, love. [ a beat, just as she cuts him a Look ] Stage magicians have to be, don't they?

[druidisms]

[ gus just mimes vomiting. ur innuendo, stahp. ]