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

[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?

[littledhampir]

[Rose's brow furrowed as she curled her free hand into a fist, fingernails biting into her skin as confusion, hurt and anger all made their way across her features.]

She - [Scowling.] It. [A sharp breath.] It had Elena with it.

[witchwoman]

No. [myris voice is small.]

Elena wouldn't- No something's happened.

[telekinect]

Except it sounds like that's exactly what she did. She's one too, isn't she? They knew each other?

[asuma]

[Lol, guuuuuurl. This is not the group in front of which to be throwing Elena under the bus. He's just going to ... hope that Tia picks up on this while he tries to fucking preempt any possible conflict that may arise over loyalties. When did Klaus go from popcorn.gifing to cockblocking his own entertainment tho.]

I doubt throwing around accusations will help matters any, all things considered. [This group might make Keijen's rabid fanbase look like the lollipop guild, and Tia has proven to be the most competent person here so he doesn't want her to get the shit end of the stick from a bunch of fuck ups.]

[witchwoman]

This is ridiculous. [Myri goes to grab her phone from wherever Rose abandoned it for Faiths and dials up Elena.]

[silvermaid]

[ the phone just rings and rings through to voicemail D: ]

I don't know if there's much any of us can do from here.

[bigbad]

Maybe he's with Elena because he's bloody obsessed with her and makes a habit of getting close to her while wearing other people's faces.

[Yeah, Spike's still pissed. He shoots Tia a glare for the implications.]

[asuma]

[Predictable as fuck. Just sayin'. Klaus is taking the bottle of scotch from Archer to pour himself another glass.]