london ♔ the monster i have hidden in my mouth | it has to scream

[untethered]

♬ She Wolf - Shakira

WHO || Cora Hale, Belle, Kate Bishop, Faith Lehane, Gus Harrison [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a monster tearing up a tenement building on the night of the full moon...
WHERE || Knights HQ, the briefing room
WHEN || July 12th, evening [forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam. 

While most missions are assigned with a few days or weeks of leeway for preparation, naturally some situations call for a much more immediate response.  Such is the case on the night of this month's full moon, when Wynn is forced to call on Knights who are already out and about in London for whatever reasons, delivering their instructions via video message on Drakenet.    It seems that some kind of creature has been spotted in a low-income neighborhood of London, destroyed some property, and appears to have retreated into a tenement building where screams have been heard.  Wynn suspects it to be some kind of Shadow creature, and considering that it's a full moon, well--  

He advises caution, but also reminds the Knights that it is their duty to investigate the matter and decide how best to proceed - not to charge in hunting something without understanding what it is or what is motivating it.  

So together they gather, from whatever brought them into London tonight, in front of the rundown brick building, which is... for the moment... rather quiet.  

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[untethered]

[ her blow is enough to send him spiraling to the ground, eyes rolled back in his head.

belle looks around wildly, searching for some way to distract the soldier still on the ground, but failed her check to pull a Trick, so she... doesn't find anything. :( womp womp. ]

[msattentionspan]

[Alright, so there's one guy that's left for Faith to deal with (unless I am confusing these two guys without names) and she's fine with those odds. She'll just make sure she's still between Cora and the guy as she crouches down to the guy on the floor and sends a fist of Faith-sized fury to him in an attempt to knock him out.

( attack = 3+9+11 ~ 23! | damage = {brawl 5+9 streetfighting 1} = 15! )]

Try and stay down.

[untethered]

[ that's enough to knock out this guy too! he also slumps to the floor, and they both look unconscious, but not like they're bleeding out.

/init, now back to your regularly scheduled lack of tag order

belle turns towards cora, holding up both hands as she casts a worried glance in gus' direction. ] It's alright. We aren't here to hurt you. We wanted to stop those men.

[druidisms]

[ gus is fine. fine. no, his puppy ass is laying down with a whimper before he changes back into a real boy. the +6 hp boost he get for changing out of wild shape is enough to get him to his feet as the adrenaline fades into pain, so much pain. getting shot, twice, is a bitch. so he is going to delicately kick their guns away because hell no is he willing to get shot again. ]

Are you okay, kiddo?

[impetere]

[Okay? No Cora is not okay, but articulating that right now is difficult. Because as much as the wolf wants to surge forward and tear them apart there's still a teenage girl under there and she's trying to rationalize her way out of this. It's not really getting very far, but it's getting ... somewhere (will save 13).

But really the wolf's not a wolf anymore and they're trying to reason with her and she's just going to back up a few feet. The actual threat is gone, with the guns but now they're trying to talk to her and Cora just feels like a cornered animal.

She's just really confused and if anyone tries to get any closer they may get some claws to the face. She'll even give a warning snarl to that effect. Back up.]

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate provides cover, less and less necessary as the Hellsing soldiers quickly manage to attack each other and get easily dispatched afterward. Even once it's clear they won't need shooting she keeps an arrow at the ready, aimed up the stairs in case there's any chance of reinforcements. That's how it looks, anyway; mostly she's concerned about Cora, but pointing a weapon at her seems like a good way to escalate a situation that needs the opposite. ]

We know you don't want to hurt anyone, [ she says over her shoulder, tone confident despite very little evidence to support that idea. ] We're here to help.

[druidisms]

[ gus is going to let the others handle this because he knows he doesn't have the best bedside manner, healing himself for a whole +6 hp with cure light wounds before crouching to rifle throught the pockets of the hellsing guys. maybe they brought tranqs. also he's curious as to what hellsing carries around, so sue him. ]

[untethered]

[ gus pulls up a radio in one hand, and guess what: someone starts talking on it the moment he grabs it. it's a brusque female voice, a very british tone.

"Jenkins, report. Have you eliminated the target?"

belle's eyes widen, hoping that doesn't set cora off, and she quickly adds (diplomacy 20): ] We won't let anyone touch you. This... transformation won't last. We can bring you somewhere safe, if you'd like.

[impetere]

[No, this transformation won't last. She knows that when the sun comes up, she'll be back to normal again, but she doesn't have that kind of time. Because she hears that call on the radio and all she can think is hunters, but she hasn't hurt anyone.

She hasn't broken the rules. She knows what "eliminate" means and she hasn't done anything wrong.

She backs away from them, pushing her back against the wall and with the giant force of will, she manages to hold her wolf back, if only for a little bit (will save nat 20). She exhales shakily, before shaking her head.]

I can't ... I didn't hurt anyone.

[Except for the guys with the guns but they don't count.]

[druidisms]

We got it. [ whoops lying to hellsing. he drops the radio like its dirty and steps away from the guy. he looks at cora, firm and calm. ] They're not taking you. Nothing is going to happen to you. [ he glances between the women. ] We need to go, now.

[msattentionspan]

[Faith has been keeping an eye on the guys that are down, but listening to the discussions, as well. She's glad that the girl has wrangled herself down to a decent baseline and she's pro getting out of there.]

I'm all for finding the nearest exit and ... maybe stealing their ride. [Because, let's be honest, she really thinks that faster is better and since they were all called here... there wasn't any car pool lane action.

So if it's cool, she's gonna go pull a Search 13 and try to find those keys with a quick frisking of the dude that's closest to her, probably the one she knocked out herself. Because, this girl is a criminal after all.

Though, legit if this isn't cool... then she just gets told the real way they are gonna handle this and there is no searching going on, except for the nearest door.]

[untethered]

[ faiths search is successful, yielding a set of keys with a hellsing logo keychain. Belle moves up the steps, glancing down the hall and then motions back down to the others. ] It's clear.

[impetere]

[Cora is definitely unsure-facing about this because while she's happy to have managed to keep it under control, she isn't sure how long it will last.]

I don't know how long this - [Meaning her current human-ness] - is going to last. I'm not safe until the sun comes up.

[msattentionspan]

[Faith spins the keys on her finger and palms them.]

Then, we should just get going. [Faith will head whichever direction everyone goes...]

[alsohawkeye]

And go where? [ Kate looks even less sure of this idea than Cora. ] Getting all the way back to the castle before she loses control doesn't seem likely and I don't think all stuck in a car together is where we want to be for that. We need somewhere closer and secure.

[msattentionspan]

How about anywhere that's not here where two soldiers will probably be missing their check-in, since that's always a thing that happens on TV? [You can always rely on Faith to draw life lessons from an odd episode of a police drama.]

I mean, we can stand around and discuss where to go -- waiting for their backup or helicopters or whatever to show up -- or we can go and discuss it on the way. Away from the last known location of our werewolf girl here.

[Which, by the way.] Does the girl have a name?

[impetere]

Cora.

[That's about all she has to contribute to the conversation at the moment, beyond trying to keep her wolf down. She doesn't know London, she doesn't know where it would be safe to hide.]

Cora Hale.

[druidisms]

We can take her to the London Headquarters. She'll be fine. [ he looks firmly at cora. YOU WILL BE FINE, CHILD. he has sympathy for her, but it's outweighed in favor of looking out for her safety and well-being. ] Come on.

[untethered]

[ belle nods ] They'll know what to do with her there. [ and out they go back into the street, making a beeline for that vehicle parked around the corner. no sooner have they all but reached it, then a limo comes screeching around the corner. a spot check of 15+ is enough to notice that the hood ornament is a tiny hellsing symbol. it screeches to a stop at the sidewalk beside them, the dark windows too tinted to see through. ]

[impetere]

[Oh yeah, Cora sees it (spot 26). And she's trying not to panic. She hangs back from the rest of the group, willing herself to remain human as much as she can (will save 20 total). If she can keep it together, maybe they'll just let them go.]

[druidisms]

[ (spot 21) gus' expression tightens. he looks to belle and frowns, before turning to faith and kate. ] Make sure no one touches her. Get her in the car and do not stop until you get to the office. [ cora is the priority, no offense, hellsing. (unsure.) he reaches over to squeeze cora's arm, muttering a spell under his breath. (resistance = +1 to all saving throws.) ] Go now.

[alsohawkeye]

We have a London headquarters? [ Kate's not exactly surprised, because it makes sense that they'd have a place in London, but it's clearly news to her. Someone's been neglecting their Knights research. She doesn't notice the symbol on the hood ornament, but they were already in a hurry. Into the car she goes, up in front, bow still out. Not that shooting from inside even a car of this size is easy.

She looks to Gus with some concern, and to Cora, and then back to Faith: ]

You know where we're going?

[masterofmonster]

[ kate doesn't make it all the way into the armored vehicle before the window of the limo rolls down. a blonde woman glares out at them humorlessly from behind a pair of spectacles, dressed in an olive green power suit. she speaks with an icy commanding tone, recognizable as the voice that came over the hellsing guards' radio earlier. ] What do you think you're doing?

[druidisms]

Taking my drunk sister home. Teenagers, you know. [ he's so dead pan because ITS OBVIOUSLY A LIE??? none of those girls are korean. ]

[msattentionspan]

[Faith has a spot of 21 and she catches the oncoming threat, but she's not even going to give it the time of day. She knows she has to get them moving and fast. She'll glance to Kate and reply in the affirmative about knowing where they're going.]

Yeah, I got it. [She hasn't been to the HQ, but she does know where it is... vaguely. She can handle it! (aka if I need to roll for this someone will need to tell me if/when we get to that part what skill to look up other than drive...)

Faith moves to unlock the Hellsing car... yep. Just going to boldly do that with the Hellsing chick right there.]

Get in before she gets out. [Said to the group, not the entire downtown area.]