knightsoflegend | nyc ♔ took what i hated

Entry tags:

nyc ♔ took what i hated | and made it a part of me

WHO || Keijen Blade, Nadia Reichenov, Tia Ellison, Rose Hathaway, Sterling Archer, Spike, Klaus Mikaelson
WHAT || The Knights attend a Keijen Blade concert to try to learn more about the villain's plan
WHERE || NYC, New York
WHEN || June 7th, 2014, evening.
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

Whatever purpose the Church of the Lord's Humanity has in turning out a string of divinely Shadowkind musical artists, one thing can be said for certain: it's been an effective plan. Nothing proves this more than the gigantic crowd funneling into the outdoor arena where Heatless Passion is performing in NYC tonight. Goths and metalheads of both the human and non-human variety stream in, and it's difficult to tell whose strange red eyes or horns are costume and whose are natural.

The Knights' tickets are provided for, and tia leads the way inside, in a black leather dress and tall boots with numerous buckles on. it's a little clear that this is far from her element (maybe because she used to teach kindergarten), but she does her best to look confident as they're shoved through the crowd. She's established a rudimentary mindlink between them, that allows to communicate telepathically with one another, and as they move she reminds them:

Keep close. Stay sharp.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ tia has gone wholly pale, and her voice goes somewhat frantic as she says in a panicked rush: ] She's terrified. I've never felt anyone so gripped with fear... I--

[ she suddenly lets out a pained, horrified shriek, clutching her head and all but clawing at her temples with her fingers as if she's trying to scratch something out of her skull. in the frantic screaming crowd, no one even really looks twice as she shouts: ] He sees me! He can see me!

[ nadia finishes her number above and waves to the screaming, adoring crowd as the band starts to sink into the stage. tia doubles over, still gripping her head as nadia vanishes from sight. ]

[Yeah. There just... When Rose Hathaway thinks that maybe you need to chill the hell out?! You have to seriously look at your life choices and though she has half a mind to let them punch each other until one of them is unconscious? Dragging the body away was going to be kind of difficult in this crowd.

So much for laying low.

In a frighteningly familiar scene, it's now Rose who will provoke an attack of opportunity if Archer is paying attention. If not, she tries a 25 Touch attack to start the grapple, and a 24 Grapple check to try and hold him.

(... Mun is pretty sure that's right but mun is so noob at this it hurts sometimes.)]

Give it a rest before you get us crushed by an angry mob!

[He's not fighting back, but I did get a Nat 20 on the opposed grapple check, so he twists loose pretty easily... Archer backs away and looks at Rose;]

What's the plan then? Let the drooling fanboy get us all spotted?

[As if causing a huge scene... wouldn't do that anyway... Archer.....]

[Does she really need to state the obvious?]

And beating the crap out of each other will get us what exactly? Backstage passes?

[ ♬ freak on a leash (dante ross remix) - korn

the cheering and screeching of the crowd for nadia is abruptly overshadowed by a slowly building instrumental that brings with it a feeling of anticipation... crested with the sudden vocals of keijen blade himself echoing all around them as smoke billows up on the stage. ]

Something takes a part of me.
Something lost and never seen.
Everytime I start to believe,
Something's raped and taken from me... from me.

[ an explosion of fireworks erupts off the edge of the stage, almost blinding, showering sparks down over the cheering crowd as suddenly heatless passion appears on the stage through the smoke, blade at the forefront leaning provocatively into his mic as he sings (perform 54). and hey, remember how you had to make a will save when listening to nadia sing? you need a new one for keijen, who is all but impossible to look away from.

the dc, however, kicks up to a 20. ]

Life's gotta always be messing with me. (You wanna see the light)
Can't they chill and let me be free? (So do I)
Can't I take away all this pain? (You wanna see the light)
I try to every night, all in vain... in vain.

[ he props one foot up on a speaker, leaning his head back and holding the mic aloft as he growls to the cheering crowd: ]

Sometimes I cannot take this place.
Sometimes it's my life I can't taste.
Sometimes I cannot feel my face.
You'll never see me fall from grace
Something takes a part of me.
You and I were meant to be.
A cheap fuck for me to lay
Something takes a part of me.
Feeling like a freak on a leash. (You wanna see the light)
Feeling like I have no release. (So do I)
How many times have I felt diseased? (You wanna see the light)
Nothing in my life is free... is free...

[Remember how it wasn't that long ago that Rose was the Queen of Nat 20s? Yeah not so much now, she's too busy ignoring Archer because Oh my god Keijen Blade! (Will Save 14...)

Fight all you want boys, Rose is now screaming loudly and excitedly as the lyrical stylings of Keijen practically melts her underwear off.]

[Also joining the Will save of 14 club. :l Archer is suddenly more more mellowed out, than when he was ready to kick Spike's face in... He nods dumbly at whatever Rose was just saying. When did this new-agey music get good? He starts to sing along, though he's still Archer, so it's probably 95% wrong words.]

[Klaus isn't generally one to worry about other people, so the fact that Nadia is frightened hardly registers as something he gives a shit about. It isn't until Tia begins contending for the best actress in the throes of death award and doubles over in pain that he actually shows any signs of worry, and by then it's all he can do to try and help her back to her feet so that she isn't trampled beneath the increasingly aggressive crowd.

But then the set changes and he glances up as the newest song begins, though unlike most of his companions he isn't any more swayed by the male singer (will save 23). You basic-ass bitches. At least one person here was competent.

Whereas he might normally attempt to murder the root problem and hope for the best (in this case, hope that it helps to ease Tia's migraine headache), doing so might prove rather difficult given the crowd of who knows how many currently focused entirely on getting closer to Keijen Blade--and creating an effective barrier in the process. Not to mentions the bouncers lying in wait just beyond said great wall of fans.]

I believe that's our cue to exit. [They were dumb enough to split the party, and their telepath was in no shape to be of any use at the moment. Shit was looking like a no-brainer right now. Time to get the hell out of Dodge basically.]

Are you able to walk? [Not that it mattered because he was legit already prepared to carry her if he needed to (strength 28).]

[ the crowd roars after his first number, and he shoots them a wicked grin, as if reveling in something they don't know. He launches right into the second song with no preamble, sounding every bit the tortured, angry soul as he sings.

figure 09 - linkin park ]

Nothing ever stops all these thoughts and the pain attached to them
Sometimes I wonder why this is happening
It's like nothing I can do would distract me when
I think of how I shot myself in the back again
'Cause from the infinite words I could say I
Put all pain you gave to me on display
But didn't realize instead of setting it free I
Took what I hated and made it a part of me

Never goes away
Never goes away

(And now)
You've become a part of me
You'll always be right here
You've become a part of me
You'll always be my fear
I can't separate
Myself from what I've done
Giving up a part of me
I've let myself become you

Hearing your name the memories come back again
I remember when it started happening
I see you in every thought I had and then
The thoughts slowly found words attached to them
And I knew as they escaped away
I was committing myself to them and everyday
I regret saying those things cuz now I see that I
Took what I hated and made it a part of me

(Get away from me)
Give me my space back you gotta just
(Go)
Everything comes down the memories of
(You)
I've kept it in but now I'm letting you
(Know)
I let you go so get away from
(Me)
Give me my space back you gotta just
(Go)
Everything comes down the memories of
(You)
I've kept it but now I'm letting you
(Know)
I let you go

I've let myself become you
I've let myself become lost inside these thoughts of you
Giving up a part of me, I've let myself become you

Edited 2014-06-16 12:45 (UTC)

[ in optimist theater, at least tias psychic agony keeps her from failing her will save? Still, she can barely lift her head to respond to klaus,a haunted look in her eyes as if she's not even seeing anything around her at all, but rather looking upon a nightmarish vision of some kind. ]

There's no escape. I can't get away from him. He can see everything. He's inside!

[Meh. Blade's ok, but Nadia was a million times better. At least, Spike doesn't think so (will save 27 I shit you not), so he's gonna look for the backstage exit (spot 22) and shove his way through the screaming crowd to try and get there (str 19). Sorry, everyone else, he's a man in magically-induced obsession.]

[omg, gurl. this right here would mark that point where klaus might usually say this is why i told your dumb ass. instead, he regards her for another lingering moment, jaw set like you brought this upon yourself, gurl.]

Well then, allow me.

[leaving her behind to be trampled by the crowd while he pursues an alternate course of action probably wouldn't benefit him at all, so she's getting escorted in the opposite direction of the stage whether she's able to walk or not.

she had needed to move closer to do her thing, after all. it only made sense that the same would apply in reverse (wisdom nat 20). get her far enough away, and hopefully whatever mind-fuckery keijen was doing in her head would subside so that they could regroup and find the others. who were hopefully having better luck than they were.

w e l p.]

Edited (noticed a typo six hours later) 2014-06-16 21:39 (UTC)

[ tia does her best to hold onto him as he pulls her out, shoving past the violently seething crowd. only his supernatural strength gets him through the tide, because these fuckers have lost their minds. tia at least stops muttering and just holds one hand to her forehead, trying to get herself together. but it's gonna take them a little while to get past the crowd.

meanwhile, spike notices where the backstage entrance is, although it's blocked by two beefy bouncers. he breaks through the crowd in front of them. ]

[Spike smiles at the bouncers, looking a little creepy as usual, but not... overtly attempting to intimidate them for the moment.] Pardon me, mates. Got business on the other side of those doors.

[Archer's... Still just standing gawking at Keijen.]

Huh... When did this guy get so awesome anyway? Wasn't he like... Some kind of an asshole? Or something? [He says to Rose, and anyone who happens to be listening in the vicinity.] And like... vaguely extremely attractive. I mean, in a totally heterosexual kind of way. Like, I'd probably bang him. The way two straight dudes bang. In a sort of pseudo-homosexual, but entirely non-gay fashion. Like, "no clothes on, making the penises kiss" male bonding time - like football players, or... whatever. I'm not sure, I played lacrosse.

[Archer just kind of rattles on droningly, unaware of whether anyone is even paying attention to his... whatever the fuck that thought-vomit was.]

...I mean, he's just got such white teeth, right?

Edited 2014-06-17 05:02 (UTC)

[ a steady marching beat trills over archer's gushing, interrupted by a twisted instrumental that segues into a hard metal beat as keijen climbs the steps on the stage to stand atop a higher pedestal while he sings the next number. the crowd pulses up and down in time to the song, a teeming ocean of bodies, whose response is practically worshipful.

♬ beg for me - korn ]

Everyone is looking at me.
I can't get out of bed.
There is evil in my head.
Everyone just let me be.
Because when I hit the stage.
It is gone and I am free.
Goddamn you say you'll get up for me.
You're the crowd, come on give it back to me.
You won't beg for me, beg for me, beg for me.

Goddamn you say you'll get up with me.
You're the crowd, come on give it back to me.
You won't beg for me, be there for me, beg for me.

Tell me, how could this fade?
I am going in shame.
And I could not have my pain.
Everyone please let me be.
Because when I hit the stage
It is gone and I am free.

I feel the shame.
I'm not insane.
The things I feel now.
Arent the same.
Who gives a fuck
If my life sucks?
I just know one day.
I won't give up.

Everyone just let me be.

[ the bouncers look at each other, then at spike, folding their arms in time. the bigger, balder one with a black goatee just shakes his head. the other one points back at the crowd. scram. ]

[Is it screwed up that Klaus is excited about getting to manhandle some mindless fans as he drags Tia to safety like her knight in shining lack of fucks? Because he totally is. This has been my contribution to plot progression--ya welcome.]

[Well, Spike tried asking nicely. He shrugs, and promptly throws two quick punches, first at the right bouncer, than the left. (atk 34 dmg 9 atk 16 dmg 11 if it hits.)] Or we could do it the hard way.

[ spike's fist connects with the side of one bouncer's head, and then the other guy. both of them stagger a bit but neither are taken down by that. they each try to slug him back (atk 10, atk 18), but spike's too fast for both of them. ]

[Spike smirks. This is almost as fun as listening to Nadia sing. Almost.] Come on, then. [He throws another two punches, this time starting with the guy on the right to keep things interesting, (atk 31 dmg 13, atk 29 dmg 14).] Surely this isn't the best you can do...

[ yeah that will

take them both down. .____. shit. no one else seems to notice or care because they're too busy jamming to blade out there. so they both slump wordlessly to the ground, the door open behind them into the backstage hallway.

♬ good god - korn ]

You came into my life without a single thing
I gave into your ways, but you left me with nothing
I've given into smiles, I've dealt with all your games
I wish you're happy now, I had to let you win

Why don't you get the fuck out of my face, now!
Why don't you get the fuck out of my face, now!

In the sea of life, you're just a minnow
You live your life insecure
I feel the pain of your needles
As they shit into my brain

I scream without a sound
How could you take away everything that I was?
Leave me a fuckin slave
Your face that I despise
Your heart inside that's gray
I came today to say, you're fucked in every way

In the sea of life, you're just a minnow
You live your life insecure
I feel the pain of your needles
As they shit into my mind
You stole my life without a sigh
You sucked me dry

[GONNA COME SAVE U NADIA BB. From... your own people. Whatever, don't question his logic. Spike steps delicately over the bad guys then starts hurrying down the hall to go find Nadia.]

[Meanwhile, back at the moshpit...]

Penis what?! [GDI Archer you're distracting her from Keijen!] Uh... yeah but you're so not his type. Unlike me... I' mean I'm, and you're... I'm just sayin. He and I have a connection.

[Back to Keijen.]

He just doesn't know it yet.

[Archer and Rose. Team so not helpful.]

[ klaus breaks through the back of the crowd with tia, who staggers away to grip at her head for a moment, finally looking back up at him. ] I just... need a moment. [ also editing b/c I FORGOT TO SAY make a search check spike ]

Edited 2014-06-18 05:02 (UTC)

[jfc pull yourself together, gurl. :/] Of course.

[meanwhile, he looks back to the crowd they just pushed through and, more specifically, keijen on stage.]

Here's hoping the others are faring a bit better than we are.

no subject

Now with less derp

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

1/2

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject

no subject