CHAPTER THREE ♔ what's done in the dark will be brought to the light

[wynn]

♬ god's gonna cut you down - johnny cash

WHO || The Knights
WHAT || The aftermath of Chapter 2
WHERE || London, England and variou
WHEN || Evening of June 7th --> onwards
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

In less than twenty-four hours, everything has turned on its head.

A Knight and her allies were kidnapped by Iscariot agents for execution in Rome, barely escaping with their lives.

A mission meant to free one Knight from the influence of a dark god succeeded - at the price of another's life.

A simple recon mission at a Keijen Blade concert nearly led to two Knights committing mind-controlled suicide in front of an eager crowd.

Several Knights went to see Draken Crombe, leader of the Church of the Lord's Humanity, speak in person, and learned just how sinister his religion's dogma is.

A call from Sir Hathaway alerted Wynn to the escape of the doppelganger from the Knight's dungeons, an escape perhaps aided by Elena Gilbert.

A demigod interrupted what might have been a simple smash and grab retrieval of an artifact.

And most horrific of all, in the middle of the night, hundreds of Shadowkind in New York City awoke, and walked in a mindless trance down to the Hudson River to drown themselves. Only the quick thinking and combined efforts of the Knights present and their allies prevented all of them from succeeding.

Beset on all sides, a dark time awaits for the Knighthood - who were already suffering from the capture of Dragon's Claw Sir Thomas Bancroft at the hands of their long time enemy Dimitris Sarandis of Andres Isle.

In times such as these, the light can be difficult to find. Hope itself seems somewhere just out of reach.

Comments

Flight Threads NYC -> Chicago -> London

[likedillinger]

[ the new york team will be heading out in the morning to chicago to pick up one dean winchester, monster hunter, and then to london's private airpad for the nights.

total flight time is ten hours, enjoy that.

make threads here for convos that take place during that time! ]

dean winchester ♔ (ota).

[likedillinger]

[ rose's flannel clad pal climbs aboard in chicago with a skeptical, uncomfortable look around the cabin, before settling in grumpily with what he can steal from the in-flight liquor cabinet. he's clutching at the arm of his seat through most of the flight, or listening to loud metallica on headphones, or otherwise trying to distract himself. but he looks a little green.

big bad monster hunter, yes. ]

[littledhampir]

[Given that she'd strong armed him into taking this flight, it would be pretty poor form for Rose to give Dean shit about his obvious discomfort.

But it's Rose and Dean so when she slides into the seat next to his she's barely trying to mask her amusement (Bluff 13 - The lowest I could get w/o Crit Failing.)]

So when you were arguing with me about the difference between 'scared' and 'not big on'... What would scared have looked like exactly?

[bigbad]

[Big bad vampire has noticed a distinct lack of liquor in the cabinet and follows the smell. X( ]

Did you take all the liquor?

[He can't help his fortitude save of a gajillion it takes him a lot to get drunk ok.]

[witchwoman]

[hi have a bb cleric.]

Are you alright?

[The look on her face sort of spells out that she is worried he might blow chunks.]

vi ♔ open

[graveflowers]

[ vi will just be in the back with a laptop, planning a funeral and mainlining grape juice like it's going out of style. it's not helping. she just wants wine, man, she wants wine so bad. sadly though, she doesn't exactly bleed approachable vibes. (unsure) ]

[likedillinger]

[ it's a long flight, eventually dean has to get more booze go to the bathroom. he glances at the laptop as he passes, but it's enough for him to read vi's demeanor and connect some dots with what rose said (sense motive nat 20??), so on the way back, he... puts a mini bottle of alcohol down next to her. ]

You look like you could use that more than I could. And that's sayin' something.

[65]

[finnick just drops down in the seat next to her, eventually. like best friends do.] Hey.

[witchwoman]

[hi have a sister sitting next to you and leaning her head on your shoulder. no words. just silent comfort for now.]

Rose Hathaway ♘ (ota)

[littledhampir]

[Like pretty much everyone on this flight, Rose is a member of the I haven't slept and it shows, club, the Dhampir taking a seat within earshot of most but not trying to be in the middle of things.

With her recently acquired, hotel notepad and pen, Rose is distracting herself from the long flight by trying to think of anything potentially important Elena or Kyp said to her this last week. As that generally leads her to rage, she has to stop from time to time just to stare out the window and stew in her own thoughts.

Basically, she's restless, tired but not entirely unapproachable.]

[witchwoman]

[It's a long flight. Staying still for that many hours is damn near impossible. So It's not surprising that Myri gets up at some point and moves down the aisle. She's stretching her legs- or maybe making her way to the bathroom. On the way, she accidentally bumps Rose's shoulder.]

Oh-! I'm so sorry. [She looks a bit like she's not sure if Rose might freak out on her again.]

[bigbad]

[Spike shows up with his Bloody Mary (emphasis on bloody cause that sure isn't tomato juice) and slumps into the seat next to her.]

I don't like your friend. He hoards alcohol.

klaus | ota

[asuma]

[What a lively bunch. Unlike most of his somber comrades, Klaus isn't exactly putting out a "do not disturb" vibe. Bored? Certainly, but otherwise entirely approachable. He won't be turning down the little baby airplane cocktails, and occasionally he can be seen sketching Nick a unicorn on a napkin or something. Feel free to come and interrupt. He might even let you keep the little napkin sketch. :')]

[likedillinger]

[ it's a long trek back from the booze stand i guess, so he passes klaus and regrettably doesn't make a good spot check to see the unicorn but he does notice that klaus doesn't seem as traumatized as everyone else here (sense motive 26). ]

I take it you and the dead guy weren't exactly bosom buddies.

[bigbad]

[Spike's spot check of 35 means he sure sees that napkin sketch.] Did you ask for his number before you left? I mean... long distance, it'd be hard, but I'll bet you two kids could make it work.

[witchwoman]

[While walking by, myri sees the drawing he's working on and pauses.]

You're very good at that. [It's really only now that she realizes she's never actually spoken to this guy. But she'll wait to do any introductions after she determines if he actually wants to talk.]

Spike } ota

[bigbad]

[Spike spends the flight watching soap operas, reading poetry, or.... Sleeping. Look, he's nocturnal but lives with humans. It ends in him not getting much sleep and he's pretty wiped by now.

At some point, he finds the alcohol and makes himself a Bloody Mary. Btw that's not tomato juice in his cocktail.....]

[telekinect]

[ tia comes back to... also make herself a drink and frowns at the largely empty shelf. ] That helping?

[witchwoman]

[Much like with Vi, myri sits next to spike and leans her head on his shoulder.]

Going back to Andres could mean more death. It likely will mean that.

kate bishop | ota

[alsohawkeye]

[ She was already on the plane when they boarded in New York, curled up with denim-clad legs folded to her chest in the back-most window seat, dark sunglasses covering closed eyes. It's all pretty inconspicuous, but maybe they're on high alert and come poke her awake suspiciously.

Or maybe they got the memo about a new recruit shipping over to meet Wynn, or maybe after the trip they've had they just don't care and she isn't noticed until she finally wakes up later, slowly uncurling and pushing shades up into dark hair, adjusting her ponytail and doing a surprisingly sharp-eyed survey of the plane's new occupants. ]

[bigbad]

[Spike definitely was out smoking when that memo came in, so when she wakes up, she'll find a vampire staring at her suspiciously from across the aisle.]

Who the bugger are you?

[likedillinger]

[ hey there, sexy lady. mr. priorities over here looks up from his car magazine to take a good look at her. ]

So who are you?

[witchwoman]

[Myri probably was around for the memo about a new person. And considering how terrible the group is so far at welcoming people, she makes an effort to stop by and at least say hello.]

Kate? [Did they give her name? I GUESS SO.]

Myri and Finnick (closed)

[witchwoman]

[Around halfway through the flight, things seem to settle. People may not be sleeping, but they've at least gotten more situated and are in for the long stretch of the flight. Myri has her head on Finnick's shoulder, resting her eyes and wrestling with too many difficult thoughts.]

Can I ask you something? [She says quietly, tilting her head a bit but not lifting off of his shoulder.] Do you believe in divine warnings? Signs from the gods about what we should do. Or not do?

Archer Hungover on da plane | OTA

[isisagent]

[Better late than mind controlled, or something. Archer has been pretty much comatose drunk since the street fight. Fortunately, he's a pretty high-functioning alcoholic, so he's managed to get to this point dazedly and groggily on auto-pilot.
He is out cold for most of the flight, but begins to rouse near the end; painfully groaning out some half-intelligible words with his severely dehydrated throat...]

Woodhouse?... Woodhouse?
[He leans forward, and gets his bearings - Somehow still not used to the lack of a manservant.]
Flying, huh? [He says, bemusedly.] Ugh, my head.... I need a Bloody Mary, or Morphine... or both. Like a... Bloody Morphine.