CHAPTER FINALE ♔ as i went down in the river to pray

[telekinection]

♬ dead bodies everywhere - korn

WHO || Tia Ellison, Rose Hathaway, Sterling Archer, Spike, Klaus Mikaelson, Violet Reedhym, Finnick Odair, Myrilandel de Tanos, Anastacia O'Keefe, Faith O'Keefe, Nick Starkweather, various others
WHAT || The night following Luthir's death and the concert
WHERE || NYC, New York
WHEN || June 7th to 8th, 2014, middle of the night.
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

The night has not gone as planned.

With the help of the unicorn Nick Starkweater, Faith O'Keefe used her dreamwalking powers to take Violet and her new husband Luthir into Vi's dreams to face down the shadow remnant of Malaak'a that had consumed her nightmares and prevented her spirit from returning to full strength with the return of spring. Keijen Blade's warning, however, that such an attempt would end in blood, proved true: Luthir gave his life to allow Vi to do what must be done.

Meanwhile, the 'reconnaissance' mission meant to gather intel on what Keijen Blade was doing at his concerts went south when several of the team members fell prey to Blade's compulsion. After almost prompting Archer and Rose to commit suicide onstage in front of an eager crowd, Blade let the team walk out with their lives, which was almost as unsettling as the power he'd displayed in controlling such a large mass of people.

No one is really in the mood or shape to take a flight that night, so it's crashing at a hotel for the Knights tonight.

Some people might need the sleep, while others may be less than able to get any. Feel free to single-thread tag what your character is up to at 4AM or so.

Comments

[witchwoman]

[With Vi drawing her attention away from spike and Tia, myri starts to go into mama bear mode and has her senses at high alert apparently. She catches the conversation in the other room (listen 26) and while she doesn't know Rose at all, she gets up to go check on her.]

Everything alright..? [She stands outside the door, knowing that the question is incredibly stupid, considering. But what else do you say?]

[telekinect]

Somehow I get the feeling if you tried, Blade will leave you wearing a tutu and singing the Hokey Pokey for him. Trust me. You don't want to piss off a telepath unless you have a way ready to shut them down. [ and NONE OF MY NPCS MADE THAT LISTEN CHECK for rose in the hall, they are amazeballs ]

[asuma]

Either way, it sounds as though it would be worth watching. [Because he still doesn't like Archer enough not to throw his ass under the bus when the first opportunity presents itself. Sorry, bro.]

[littledhampir]

[Trying to juggle two conversations happening at once, Rose can only manage a somewhat curt sorry Myri ;; I'm Fine before she's tuning back into what Dimitri is saying.

Okay. So maybe not fine. (Still with a Listen of 17).]

[witchwoman]

[Gurl she gets like +13 on listen checks. She can hear you (listen 23). She also remembers her name! (Int 18)]

Rose...

[bigbad]

[Spike's listen check of 31 means he sure heard that shit. Really, he wishes she would keep it down cause he's trying to figure out something for Nadia's situation.]

It's definitely not good, and she clearly wants out...

[He trails off and stands up, walking over towards Rose.]

What's going on?

[littledhampir]

[Silence stretches on for what feels like a solid minute, Rose making no attempt to respond to Myri as she calls her name, she's completely absorbed in whatever is being said to her.

Without warning, a loud, guttural scream rips from Rose's lungs and nothing short of a crit fail on a listen check would make that one missable, a crash then clatter coming on the back of it. In the space of two seconds, the door to the bedroom is ripped open (Str 14) and a terrifying Rose (Intimidation Nat 20) comes face to face with Myri Sorry ;; and Spike.

It takes her a moment, hands shaking with her rage before Rose can even find the words she needs.]

I need a phone. Now.

[witchwoman]

[Myri jumps back when Rose comes out, cowering back towards Spike.]

I thought you were just..?

[WERENT YOU JUST ON THE PHONE???? She points with a shaky hand toward the table where her phone is sitting.]

[65]

[he hadn't been eavesdropping on rose, choosing instead to listen to everyone talking about ... blade putting archer in a tutu and dancing the hokey pokey. but she catches his attention when she bursts out of the door like the koolaid man wtf. and is ... unmoved. will save nat 20 bitchezzzz. THAT WOULD'VE BEEN A NICE ROLL EARLIER STUPID PIECE OF SHIT DICE. anyway, he's gulping down the rest of his drink and pouring another one. fuq this shit.]

[littledhampir]

[The phone in question, the one that Rose had been on could be found rather easily. It was in several pieces on the floor. That crash and clatter that you may have heard would have been Rose hurling said phone against the wall with great strength (Str 23).

She doesn't waste time with thank yous or apologies Sorry Myri, stalking over to the table where the phone is, hands shaking so much that she has trouble even swiping the screen to unlock it.

She knows what she wants to do but for a long moment Rose stares dumbly at the phone, unable to remember the number she needs to dial. (Knowledge 6)]

What number do I call to get Wynn?

[bigbad]

How about you bloody explain what's got you in a tizzy?

[asuma]

[Klaus ain't saying shit but he sure as fuck plans to enjoy the show.]

[littledhampir]

[That snaps her out of her state of confusion, Rose turning the full force of her glare on Spike.]

I don't. Have time. To explain. [Through gritted teeth.] Do you know his number or not?! ANYONE!

[Thankfully managing to resist the urge to break this phone too. (Will Save 23.)]

[65]

[casually from his drinking corner:] Just search Wynn on her phone.

[isisagent]

867-5309. Now chill the hell out. [Archer sips his drink.]

[moonheart]

[ archer stop that :| faith pulls out her own phone and dials wynn, handing it over to rose. ] Here.

[littledhampir]

[It's brief, but Rose actually manages to dial back her rage long enough to offer Faith a look that somewhat resembles gratitude, nothing however will stopsher hand from shaking as she holds the phone to her ear.

She doesn't even offer a greeting or tell him who it is when he picks up, just blurts the most important part out.]

You need to check the dungeons. Now.

[isisagent]

Yeah [Archer crows sarcastically;] Check the dragons, too!

[Archer nudges Klaus.] Get it? Heh...

[asuma]

[Klaus is distracted long enough to look down at the spot where Archer's elbow came into contact with his person, then back up to him like peasant boyyy, now is not the time. He can only assume at this point, given he's heard one end of a conversation. But it's likely that shit is going to hit the fan.

Why does he always befriend the special needs kids tho.]

[littledhampir]

[Eavesdropping is going to be pretty easy from here on out as Rose paces back and forth in the middle of the room, expression tight as she keeps her ear glued to the phone and successfully ignores Archer's existence.

(IDEK what I'd roll for that but Pshh. Wynn trumps Archer. It's like a rule or something.)

She nods.] I spoke with Dim - Sir. Belikov to tell him about - [Nope. Not going there.] He thought I was in London, that the Mission was pushed back. He said I told him.

[bigbad]

[Spike freezes. Dungeons. Rose being somewhere she couldn't possibly be. And Buffy still wasn't picking up her calls. He'd wanted so badly to think he was just being paranoid.]

Bloody hell. We've got to get back to the castle now. And somebody call Elena.

[telekinect]

What the hell is going on? [ tia looks between the gathered ] Does someone want to give the non-impressionist rundown of what's happening?

[littledhampir]

[Rose is just going to keep up with her conversation and generally infuriating all of you by talking to Wynn and not you guys. Sorry.

She stiffens at something she hears, her pacing almost coming to a halt as tension radiates through her body but she needs to keep moving just to keep from exploding.]

This was about ten minutes ago, fifteen maybe I guess. [She's about to say something else but stops herself (Will Save 18) and goes in a different direction.] I don't know where just, a Hallway in the Castle I... [Smashed a perfectly good phone in a fit of rage.] Called you before I could really get much else...

[But.]

But...

[Because there's always a but.]

[65]

Sounds like the doppelganger's on the loose again. [he sounds fucking thrilled. and, with equally as few fucks in his voice:] I don't know what us catching the next plane back would help.

[moonheart]

Wait, the same doppelganger? How'd it get out of the dungeon?