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.  

Comments

[druidisms]

Augustus Theodore Harrison.

[ yep.

this is why he goes by his surname, thank you. ]

[masterofmonster]

And what makes you think you can control her, Augustus?

[druidisms]

She'll learn how to control herself. [ a beat. ] I'm a druid, this is my particular skill set.

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate's draws an arrow when the Hellsing soldier's gun comes up. She considers shooting it out of his hand, but gives it a moment, on the off chance Gus can make this work, and instead keeps the bow fairly low, just out of sight behind the car. ] And he was doing just fine at it until you showed up.

[masterofmonster]

[ integra stares him down for a long moment, before she says icily: ] Very well. But if she sets foot within the city again unsupervised, her fate will be in our hands.

And I'll thank you to use your own vehicle to transport her.

[druidisms]

Sure thing. Once the sun comes up. [ he's not stupid enough to let her out at the moment. they can take the subway back to his car once it's dawn. ] I'm sure you can see the logic in keeping her contained until then.

1/2

[untethered]

[ belle is standing near the door of the van as well, not going in yet as she watches this unfold carefully, clearly worried about the potential outcome. ]

[masterofmonster]

[ the staring continues. SUCH STARE. SO GLARE. but finally she says: ] The vehicle will be returned to this precise location in twenty four hours. Is that clear?

[druidisms]

Crystal. [ don't be an ass, gus. don't do it. such good work so far. such willpower in spite of his gunshot wounds. ] Hellsing. [ he nods. ] It's been a pleasure.

[untethered]

[ belle moves to his side, gently touching his elbow ] Gus... we should-- [ she nods at the van, as integra continues to stare icily. ]

[druidisms]

[ he nods absently, eyes still on hellsing. ] Yeah. [ after a second he looks over at belle and nods. ] Yeah. [ lead the way, lady. ]

[untethered]

[ TO THE HELLSINGMOBILE. belle nods to kate to climb inside the front of the cab, and dares to be the one to open the back where cora is freaking out, because someone's gotta ride back there. ] I'm going to come in if that's alright...

[impetere]

[Cora's head snaps up with a snarl and the inside of the van is ... pretty trashed. Are you sure you want to do this, Belle? It probably won't be fun.

But she doesn't attack on instinct! So ... that's something.]

[druidisms]

[ gus gives her a look like CHILD DONT EVEN. just... in case. ]

[untethered]

[ belle climbs in very slowly, extending one hand in front of her, palm outward ] I-it's alright. I'm here as your friend, we're going to get you away from those men. You don't have to be afraid anymore. [ diplomacy ... crit fail, wow, apparently she decides to TRY TO PET HER???????????????? a+ idea belle ]

[impetere]

[Thankfully for Belle, Cora is still enough of herself to not bite at her hand or maybe it's just Gus's alpha face, but there is no harm done to the industrious librarian (will save nat 20). She will snarl and jerk away from that hand though because WOW BELLE SHE IS NOT A DOG.

But she will move to the side and give them room to sit on the ... very damaged seats. Have fun with that guys.]

[druidisms]

Lets not... pet the werewolf. [ he loves you belle, but girrrrrrrl. ] Lets head out.

[ he shuts the door behind him and belle and looks to faith. ROLL OUT, LADY. ]

[msattentionspan]

[She's just been waiting for everyone to get in and all that.]

Buckle up! [Or you know... whatever, because she's gonna hit the road.

Zoom Zoom.

(drive skill 20!! y'all are in good hands!]

[impetere]

[Cora will be good for the ride, eyeing all of them as they go, but no biting. No clawing. Nothing that would draw any blood.]

[untethered]

Poor thing. [ belle keeps her hands to herself like a smart cookie this time. ] I can't believe they were just going to--

[alsohawkeye]

[ Kate gets in, with some reluctance but Cora seems to've gotten things under control despite the near-petting incident, so. ]

Does anyone want to explain who those people were?

[druidisms]

Hellsing. They're... supernatural hunters. Vampires, werewolves, demons. Except they don't concern themselves with the concept of Shadowkind rights or the idea that supernatural creatures aren't just evil. That woman, I'm pretty sure that's the woman who runs it.

[ which is scary tbh because she's like 25 or some ridiculously young age to be running a paramilitary organization. (knowledge: local 20 total) ]

We run into them sometimes when we wind up on the trail of a vampire. They've been around for... a while.

[alsohawkeye]

[ She was also kind of hot. Just saying. ]

Huh. Hellsing sounds more like the title of a crappy horror movie than an ancient secret order. I take it they're not really fans of the Knights.

[untethered]

Considering half of what we do is protect those same supernatural creatures they're hunting from people who would harm them without cause? It might be easy to see where they wouldn't exactly be very fond of us.

[msattentionspan]

Sounds kinda like the Watcher's Council on an ego trip. [She casually mentions, because she needs to be focused on the road. Her writer assumes that someone will indicate when they've driven long enough...]