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[behindcloseddoors]

♬ Glory + Gore - Lorde

WHO || David L., Alex K., Andie, The Doctor, Natasha, Alex U., Shulin Desai
WHAT || The Knights hunt the Decanter of Dionysus
WHERE || New Delhi, India
WHEN || June 7th, 2014, evening.
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

Talk about a soiree.  The team has walked into what is clearly legitimately a Gatsby party, but with an Indian flair.  Even upon approach, it's easy to see that this place is without parallel:  people are driving cars right up on the lawn of the fabulous mansion, which looks half-modern and half like a palace out of a Bollywood film.  Men and women in bright colors, fabrics, beads and silks move inside en masse, and as the doors are opened before them, they can see the grandness of the interior, with its diamond garland, draped fabrics, giant jeweled elephant statues, indoor trees that arch to the ceilings, twirling dancers, and a tall dramatic staircase leading up to a balcony above where the host himself reclines surrounded by admirers and friends, smoking a cigar.  

Liquor flows freely, and food is carried around on golden trays through the crowds.  It's an overwhelming buffet for the senses, a dizzying spectacle of color, laughter, dancing, and entertainment.  

Comments

[asap]

[Have a judgy look. Andie bounces on her feet, restless despite her recent sprints.] No, that would be weird and creepy.

[ambitionist]

Yeah, I for one am perfectly fine with our leader trusting us more than dogs.

[divisional]

Be grateful you get a choice.

[ambitionist]

[nat 20 will save to resist sassing her back like THAT WAS WHAT I JUST SAID WOMAN. serenity prayer. it is effective. he just goes back to texting and finishes off his convo with lila before they embark on this journey.]

[generaldavideus]

[ANYWAY. David's just going to glance over to the Doctor because he doesn't really care about Alex's conversation re: Wynn's management skills.]

Are we good to go?

[bowtimeandspace]

[ It's quite possible the Doctor has started writing code. Well, he's easily distracted. ]

What? Oh yes. Ready and waiting. I suppose we have to message someone before we all hold hands and sing kumbaya?

[godoftableflips]

[ wynn provided them a screenname to log on as, which david can provide here, blerp blerp #things i should have said earlier as soon as they message the user, a strange string of numerals appears and then the message: "Commence when ready".

thor looks at the computer with a little bit of skepticism like IS THAT PIECE OF TECHNOLOGICALLY OUTDATED IN ASGARD CRAP REALLY GONNA DELIVER US IN ONE PIECE but ok sure fine, he'll trust in your magic. who wants to hold hands with thor? :3 ] If there a song that must be sung, I regret to say I am not familiar with it.

[asap]

[Andie's fastest Andie can hold hands with Thor. And bluuush a little bit.] I don't... think Kumbaya's part of it. Or any singing. But this is new to me too. [The internet is even faster than her THIS IS EXCITING.]

[ambitionist]

[ALEX DOES. he totally dibsed calling hands with thor. by shoving his phone in his pocket and sliiiiiiding on over. hello beautiful. FUCK YOU ANDIE HE HAS TWO HANDS AND IT HAS TO BE A CIRCLE.] That was sarcasm. ... At least, I sure as fuck hope it was.

[generaldavideus]

[David provides said username as he gets on the other side of Andie, taking her hand and holding his hand out to whoever wants to take it next. Don't be shy. He doesn't have cooties or anything.]

It's a little hard to tell.

[The Doctor's sarcasm is ... dryer than David's, if it even exists.]

[divisional]

[Yeah that pretty much means Alex but she's got no quips to go with it, she's just going to take David's hand so they can get this done.]

[bowtimeandspace]

Yes it was a... [ he sighs and rolls his eyes a bit before instead focusing on logging on with the details David gave him. Really, you people, where did you learn humour?
]
Right, there we are.

[ He steps up from the computer and takes hold of girl Alex' hand ]

We ready then?

[godoftableflips]

[ thor nods, looking between alex and andie for a moment, and then a string of strange character flashes across the im client, and the next thing they know, a blue light flashes out from the computer, and a strange pattern that looks a lot like a motherboard layout mixed with glowing runes spreads rapidly across the floor, and up the bodies of all those standing around in a circle, connected. there's a tingling sensation like an electric shock that runs through them all, and then abruptly white light bursts behind their eyes and suddenly they get the sensation of being pulled physically and mentally taut, every nerve ending in their body on end as data streams around them, glowing numbers and sparks of brightly moving light.

it's over in seconds, and then they find themselves in a small, crowded russian apartment, standing around an overflowing desk, where a young woman with blue hair and a nose ring sits at a laptop. she looks up as they all appear, and then gives them a casual salute with two fingers, eyes riveting back to her laptop screen. "Welcome to Russia, comrades," she says jokingly, accented voice twinged with wry humor at the address. ]

[ambitionist]

[DA FUCK??????? well. ok. that was something. alex takes it in stride, responding with a very dry] Privyet.

[generaldavideus]

[Honestly, must you trigger all of David's PTSD with this stupid mission? Getting sucked into a blinding white light is kind of how this whole mess got started for him in the first place, but whatever. He waits for a moment to make sure he's got all of his parts intact, before releasing his hands and looking around to get lay of the land, searching for a window of some kind (spot 12).]

Thank you.

[For both the spell and the welcome.]

Where exactly are we?

[bowtimeandspace]

[ Well that was new. Could have been worse, he's travelled by vortex manipulator, and that can be really nasty stuff. Still, his instinct is to turn and check everyone is there, and that they're all in one piece. ]

Is everyone okay?

[panaceum]

Looks like nobody lost any limbs. At least, not the kind we can see. [ she casts a dubious look at the doctor's crotch like WHO KNOWS, before spinning in her chair and putting her big black, heavily buckled boots up on the desk as she faces david. ] The Moscow Alchemist's Academy. [ she nods at the wall, where there's an elaborate shelving system full of tiny little bottles that are filled with glowing liquids, all labeled in russian. ]

[asap]

...was losing limbs a risk? [No one warned her of this possibility!!!]

[ambitionist]

We should've been given waivers before agreeing to this shit, I swear to god. [he looks vaguely miffed ... but no, he's still fine. he glances at the various bottles ... then at the doctor.] Can your magic screwdriver or whatever zero in on Natasha now that we're closer?

[bowtimeandspace]

[ The Doctor notices that look (spot 15) and glances down himself as though expecting part of himself not to have made the journey. But no, he's all there thank you very much. And oh good, he's being spoken to to, he can focus on that instead of indignantly putting his hand over his crotch. ]

What? Oh. Yes. Yes it'll be a doddle. Should be able to pin point her exact location. That's the easy part, it's getting to her that might be the tricky bit.

[panaceum]

[ alex swears that one of those bottles is actually labeled 'love elixir' in russian, swear to god. ]

I'm pretty sure the only real risk was catching a digital STD considering what ninety percent of the net's composed of.

[ambitionist]

[squinting at that bottle. da fuck???] Those are a thing?

[generaldavideus]

[ ........ What? David squints at Epiphany as he responds to the Doctor.]

I'm pretty sure I've been in trickier.

[Meaning he doesn't care how tricky it is, he's getting Natasha back.]

[panaceum]

[ meanwhile, she just clucks her tongue at alex, barely suppressing a smile. ] I don't know, do you have any uncomfortable itching you'd like to report to the class?

[ambitionist]

[he rolls his eyes, and, sarcastically] No, but I do have a very strong urge to give all my money to some Nigerian prince.