england ♔ you'll only have to blur the lines on a few occasions

[likedillinger]

♬ Freaks - The Hawk in Paris

WHO || Dean Winchester, Rose, Damon, Archer, Helen, Wynn
WHAT || Doppelhunt 2014
WHERE || On the trail of Kyplena
WHEN || June 9th, onwards  [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

The first twenty-four hours of searching yielded no results, in the hunt for Elena and the escaped doppelganger Kyp.  Most consider it not worth keeping up the search when both of them are capable of vanishing into literally any crowd, but Wynn isn't so quick to give up.  To that end, he's hired monster hunter Dean Winchester to work with a special team in trying to track them down.  A few other Knights familiar with Elena are invited along to the mini briefing, where Wynn and Dean already wait.

Comments

[likedillinger]

[ "Huh? Naw, she was blonde, if I remember. Tall blonde." ]

[daredtobelieve]

[Damon, what part of doppelganger is hard to understand??? Helen gives him a quick, slightly judgmental look before nodding at the clerk.]

And the others? Are any of them still checked in?

[Making a mental note about room 113, though.]

[unforgivably]

[ Their picture was taken together looking like themselves when they checked in. Wasn't it? Or... was it just a traffic camera. Because his 1 INT check means he's completely fucking forgotten if that happened. And there are zero mental notes here. ]

[likedillinger]

[ "All of the last 3 rooms haven't checked out yet." ]

[daredtobelieve]

[Helen nods, looking at the names again. Only one pair among them, but perhaps Kyp is smarter than they think.]

I know it isn't orthodox, but if we could speak to them, perhaps we could find her- or at least some idea if anyone else here has seen her. Would it be alright if we had those room numbers?

[likedillinger]

[ "I'll write 'em down but no promises that they're in their rooms right now." he obliges and pushes the list over. ]

[littledhampir]

[Rose lingers in the car a moment longer, letting out a frustrated huff before pulling out and all but slamming the door shut.]

They're not going to be here are they. [Rhetorical much.] They'll have ditched this car and moved on before we even got here. That's what I would have done.

[likedillinger]

And you think they what? Walked to the next hotel? What do you think we're here to find out?

[daredtobelieve]

Thank you so much. [Helen says, taking the list and lightly grabbing Damon by the arm to guide him out as well.

Coming back out to the parking lot, she holds out the list for Dean and Rose.]

The names and room numbers of guests who arrived roughly when Elena and Kyp would have checked in. These are the only ones still checked in. There was another couple who checked out already- room 113. They were registered under the same last name. Kyp seems obsessed with Elena. I thought it might be some sick game of house, playing the married couple.

[littledhampir]

[Have Rose's Bitch, please face.] And they couldn't have possibly stolen another car or anything.

[Good timing Helen!

Rose scans the list that Helen passes over, eyes darkening but nodding along in agreement.]

He's the one who checked them in so I wouldn't be surprised.

[likedillinger]

[ dean cuts rose a scathing look but they're interrupted, so he waits until that's all to reply. ] Did you get a list of who checked out recently? Odds are, they're already gone, but there might be a clue in their room worth seeing. And what I was tryin' to tell Rose here, is that if they are gone, they obviously left this ride, so somebody's gonna be freaking out about their car missing, which gets us a description of what we're looking for.

[daredtobelieve]

Not all the room numbers beyond room 113. The names are here though. [At least I imagine he just used the same list..?]

[unforgivably]

Names and numbers. [ To make clear. ] So, what, we wait here patiently until someone freaks out because their car's been stolen?

[daredtobelieve]

No, I was thinking we could speak to a few of the guests, see if they've heard anything. If we're very lucky, Elena may still be in one of the remaining rooms. But if not, someone might have heard or seen something that could lead us to their next location.

[Helen's a little tired of Damon's existence. But can she trust the boys to go it alone? Eh, they'll survive.]

We can split up and cover more ground. Less obvious that way too. Rose and I can speak to some of the guests if you three would like to look around the property and see what else you might find. [hurry and say yes to being on team awesome, Rose.]

[likedillinger]

[ dean takes one look at archer and damon and DOESNT LIKE THIS PLAN A BIT ] I'll go with Rose. [ omg rose, make ur choice]

[unforgivably]

I'll take Baretta.

[ That's you, Archer. If it matters. ]

[littledhampir]

[Rose wants to know when she became the one people actually want to team up with?!]

Uh - [Wisdom of 18 tells Rose that leaving Dean with Damon will probably result in some attempted staking so...] Dean can get us into unoccupied room and if we do happen across Elena and Kyp when questioning the other guests I'd rather have the numbers on our side.

[Back to Damon (and Archer if he's come over from the car.)] If you strike out around the lot, try checking with the Motel clerk again, see if any guests have reported a car being stolen. [There. Everyone happy!]

[isisagent]

[Archer's just standing with his back to the group, seemingly deep in thought, until he turns around holding his index finger in the air like "Just a second," as he's chugging away at what's left in his flask.]

Mmmm. Minty. [He then points at Damon.] Nice reference. Why don't we hang outside the room while you all scope the inside out? We can keep other people away, and we'll be close in case there's a surprise waiting.

[A beat, as I assume at least one person gives him a "What kind of surprise would be in a vacant hotel room?" look.]

You know. Because Elena's kind of the Pelé of explosives, and it's actually shockingly simple to rig one of these shitty motel rooms up to blow. [Speaking confidently from experience.]

[unforgivably]

Elena Gilbert is an expert in explosives?

[littledhampir]

[Yep. One of those looks right here, Archer.]

Told you she's not the Elena you thought you knew. [Straight-faced because she knows Archer isn't actually joking. That said... Back to Archer] But Elena wouldn't do that.

[One day Rose will learn that people don't always do what she thinks they will. Elena breaking Kyp out of the dungeons case in point. ANYWAY!]

Just, pay close attention to anyone coming out of their rooms, especially if it's two people, regardless of whether they're male or female and if somebody starts yelling about a missing car, get as much info as you can.

[It's faster than arguing over who is doing what.]

[isisagent]

[Archer rolls his eyes at Damon.] Thanks for the cliffnotes, buddy.

Then he smirks at Rose.] Well I hope you're right, for your sake. You're the ones going in there. Keep an eye out for trip wires, I don't want to have to bring you back to HQ in pieces. [He's disturbingly nonchalant about this whole thing.]

[likedillinger]

Yeah, sure. Just try not to draw attention and we should be fine. [ and he'll look at helen ] Who's got the empty rooms?

[unforgivably]

[ He. Might. Hate. You all. ]

[daredtobelieve]

[Turning away so that Damon and Archer can search the lot on their own, she addresses Dean and Rose, looking more than a little exasperated.]

The only room number I got for sure was 113. If you want to know the others, we can go back and ask. Or I can try to get him away from the desk and let you two have a look at his book on your own.

[littledhampir]

No it's alright. [Shooting Dean a look that was meant to code for 'don't push'.] We'll search that room and talk to the people in neighboring rooms. One of them must have seen something.