pembrokeshire ♔ the day has come where i have died

[immuno]

WHO || Lydia Martin, Alaric Saltzman, Helen Magnus, Rose Hathaway, Sydney Bristow
WHAT || A couple of knights take a short trip west to investigate reports of Shadowkind deaths.
WHERE || Police Station, Pembrokeshire, Wales
WHEN || May 20th
HOW || Actionspam

The briefing was simple and direct: a string of disappearing Shadowkind centered around a small farming town in Wales. The Karthur Institute wasn't called in until the local authorities got reports of incessant, blood-curdling screams coming from a barn just past the edge of town. They found a girl curled in the corner there, screaming her lungs out, shaking, and looking like she'd been running around the forest alone for days.

They also found the five bodies of their missing townspeople in the barn.

They tell the knights (and thus, Wynn tells them) that the girl is in police custody, but they don't tell them that she's pinned in a cell. They've fed her and given her a coat by now, but the deputy is quick to alert Helen, Rose, Sydney, and Alaric as they arrive of the bad news.

"She hasn't shut up since we put her in there." He glances back over his shoulder, toward the lock-up. "Not screamin', just wanting to know who they were." He looks back at the knights, grim. "Don't think she's got any idea how she got out there. I don't have it in me to tell her I don't either; wherever she's rom, it inn't Pembrokeshire."

Comments

[immuno]

[ Disarmed and grappled, Granny is having a bad time. ]

The hell makes you think we're working for anybody?! We're doin this town a service getting rid of your kind.

[ Lydia stops at the bottom of the stairs, rolling her eyes and dropping the shears to her sides. ]

... It's really just you. All of those people. You let him kill them.

[ Granny looks very offended!! ]

Let him? He didn't have the stomach for it when this all started.

[littledhampir]

Our kind?! You know I'm getting sick of all the racist crap from people like you.

[No but really. First in canon now tenfold here.]

He doesn't have a stomach for much of anything anymore... [Things Rose probably shouldn't have said.]

There's no way you and Grandpa have been doing this by yourselves. Who else is involved? [(Intimidate 29.)]

[superswank]

[ sydney will glare over her shoulder to assist her intimidation (intimidate 20, so she should get the +2 to her aid another) ]

Your family. How many.

[immuno]

We know there are others. We saw the kitchen.

[ The lady struggles a moment longer, but eventually gives up and glowers at them. She might be intimidated into cooperating, but she's also a hateful bitch. So. There's that. ]

We got kids like anybody.

[ She makes no mention of whether they're involved, addressing Sydney instead of Rose. ]

gfdi I didnt realize I was up ;;

[littledhampir]

[Blink. Blink.]

Your kids still live at home?!

[Now would in fact NOT be a good time to judge the inbred welsh murderers living arrangements Rose.]

<333

[disguised]

Where are they now?

[immuno]

[ At that moment, the front door bursts open and Eddie and Amy both arrive through it. Eddie looks in pretty bad shape all around, and immediately spills to the floor of the living room. Amy notices that no one's hanging out in the living room or the kitchen, though, and pulls her gun, thump thump thumping towards the stairs. ]

Mom? Dad?

[littledhampir]

[Rose somehow manages to look more irritated than concerned, the here we go again written all over her face as she shoots a warning look at granny (intimidate 37... apparently her looks can damn near kill) and moves to conceal herself around the corner in the hopes of surprising who she figures is one of the kids in question as she comes up the stairs. (hide 19)]

[superswank]

[ syd casts a look to lydia, obviously concerned about her being in the middle of this, speaking in a hushed voice. ] We're going to need to disable them. Can you watch her? [ she nods to granny shotgun, as she pushes open the nearest door for which to direct them into ]

[immuno]

Oh, yeah, sure.

[ She doesn't look pleased about it, but Rose is already retreating, so Lydia just throws up her hands. ]

Leave me with the gun-toting psychopath.

[ Still, she follows into the door that Sydney indicates, forcing Granny Duke to walk ahead of her (move silently 21). ]

If she boils me into stew while you're gone? I'm suing.

[ On the bright side, Rose's intimidate has totally spooked Granny into silent obedience. ]

[littledhampir]

[The moment Rose sees the woman's shadow draw near (spot 29) she steps out in front of her in attempt to disarm her, provoking an attack of opportunity that sees Rose try to dodge the attack (AC 27). Should the attack fail she'll attempt to disarm with her stake in hand (Atck 34).]

[immuno]

[ Amy's attack of opportunity misses, but only barely (atk 25). Startled by Rose's sudden appearance, she does a poor job resisting the attack (atk 12), and Rose successfully disarms her of her weapon.

From across the floor, Eddie pulls his gun and tries to fire at Rose to no avail (atk 15). Amy, unfazed by the disarm, simply tries to deck her. :') Her fist sails wide, straight past Rose's face (atk 13). ]

[superswank]

[ syd darts out, running across the floor to deliver an axe kick disarm attempt as well. opposed attack roll 22 to knock the gun from his hand. ]

[immuno]

[ definitely beats his 16. the gun goes skidding across the floor, and eddie slumps over, useless and exhausted by his injuries. ]

[daredtobelieve]

[Oh, look. What a perfect time for Helen to come busting in, gun in hand. All the enemy weapons on the floor and her two bad ass teammates ready to kick ass? Yes, good.]

On the floor. Both of you. Now!

[She keeps her gun trained on Amy, but she's talking to both of them, clearly (intimidate 32)]

[immuno]

[ Lydia is already hidden in a room with granny psychopath, so she's not doing anything as Helen bursts in. Mostly she just hopes that Sydney and Rose don't die rn. Similarly, Granny's failure vs. intimidate is still going.

Officer Incompetent comes in behind Helen, panting and wheezing like he ran up the stairs behind her with much less skill from the car. ]

Jesus, lady, just— [ He looks around like da fuck ??? ] ... Amy? Eddie?

[littledhampir]

[And Rose has absolutely no idea who Officer Incompetent is so like a good Knight who has been kidnapped, shot at repeatedly and generally given the worst welcome to Wales ever... she's going to pull her gun and turn it on him as she looks past Helen - Hi Helen.]

Who the hell are you and why shouldn't I shoot you?! [Rose Hathaway. Making friends wherever she goes.]

[immuno]

[ Amy puts her hands up, steadily crouching to her knees on the floor. It's not hard to see that she's outnumbered. Eddie is useless on the ground, and neither has anything to say for themselves.

But the officer will take a free action to answer Rose. ]

Local police. Your friend here had the idea Officer Casey might be involved in this. I didn't want to believe it, but ...

[ Amy scowls. ]

We were doin' what we had to do.

[daredtobelieve]

Yes, kidnapping was just on your to do list this morning. No harm, no foul.

[Helen spits the words out with a sneer.]

[immuno]

[ /init for convenience bc nobody gonna be fighting anymore. ]

If you'd kept your nose outta what wasn't your business—

[ grandma wrestles away from lydia and slams the door open, stepping outside and shouting: ] You keep yer damn mouth shut before I put a needle through it.

[littledhampir]

[Rose at least has the decency to lower her gun from the one who showed up with Helen but when Grandma Manson comes back shooting her mouth off again, Rose appears to have well and truly had enough.]

Anyone in this room who happens to be Welsh?! Shut up!! [(Intimidate 36 D: )] Except you - [To the one who Granny just tried to silence.] You start explaining or I might just shoot you in the leg.

[immuno]

It was them.

[ Lydia steps out of the room behind Grandma Duke, looking frazzled. Turning to the police officer, she catches his gaze with a searching, frightened one of her own. Swallowing, she points back into the room. ]

It was just them. Like some kind of game.

[ Her voice shakes, tightens, and Granny jumps in. ]

You think this is a game, child? We were doing the work of the Lord, putting this world back to rights, the way it was 'fore those monsters came through from their other world. [ To the officer, she adds: ] You oughtta be thankin' us.

[littledhampir]

Bzzzt! [Yep. Just like that dude in the Fifth Element.] Have gun - will shoot. Nobody wants to hear the insane rantings of a racist old bat.

[Looking at Lydia now.]

Game? [Cause she seems to have an idea of what's been going on.]

[immuno]

[ The cop heads into the room since Rose has the gun pointed. Lydia moves closer to Rose, lingering at her side without ever technically clinging on. ]

There are pictures.

[littledhampir]

[Rose straightens at Lydia's approach, like it's her job to be the strong, calm, in control one, puffing herself up as if to show her she had nothing to worry about cause she totally had this.

Except that she nearly doesn't. Not when Lydia mentions pictures because Rose's finger tenses on the trigger of the gun she now aims at Granny Voorhees, somehow managing to stop herself before firing off a round (WS 15).]

Pictures? [Sneering.] You talk about God and you took pictures?! [Any guilt she might have felt for killing Grandpa flies right out the window.]