andres ♔ you gotta bring me to life

[lissatrinall]

♬ good 4 it - wallpaper

WHO || Lis'sa Trinall, Zero, Andrew Gatewood, Jordan Reeves, Emma Swan, Faye Chamberlain, Lila Zacharov, Aurelius Greyfire, Mars Dacey, Kate Bishop
WHAT || A team of Knights is tasked to take control of the Communications tower on the island.
WHERE || Andres Isle
WHEN || September 19th, 2014
HOW || Actionspam

[  The communications tower team is two-fold, but they'll be traveling together to the Isle via a greater teleport scroll as well.  The larger group arrives at the outskirts of the wood, and it's easy enough to spot the giant tower, not far off down the road.  Night is falling, and they're shaded from the empty road at the moment by the tree line they're close to.   Lis'sa looks irritated by the method of travel, checking over her supplies before confirming for them that they've landed on target.  Zero hoists his laptop case onto his shoulder, as Aurelius pats himself down, obviously afraid of missing body parts from the jaunt. ]

Comments

[wishuponadjinn]

[his face contorts, falling at her words, her seething want. he can feel it, feel her desperation as she wars with the greed that takes all who possess the bottle of the Djinn. but he is forced to answer, a feeling he has never known, not with this intensity, this dominating force.]

Three. Three wishes. [the words are forced out before he can stop them, eyes falling closed briefly. with a deep breath he opens them once more, blue eyes sincere, pleading.] Please Faye, don't do this. Please, put it down. You don't know what these... wishes do to people. I do. I've seen it my entire life. It never leads to anything but misery. Now is not the time for this. [Diplomacy: 22??]

[reallywicked]

[He's so sincere, so intense in his pleading that it nearly breaks through the vision of her life that she can so plainly see. Nearly. (will save 23) Absently, she wets her lips, eyes adjusting to the darkness and finding his gaze.]

Shut up. [She tells him in a sharp, hushed tone as she gets up to find her fallen bag. Lila had packed it for her, essentials for the mission. And now she was adding a souvenir.] Not a word about this. I think you should be able to manage that. You can be a good boy for your master, can't you?

[She doesn't know the rules. She's certainly not going to wish him to be silent. But the term 'master' held a weight that extended beyond wishes, didn't it? She was hoping- or rather, depending on it.]

[wishuponadjinn]

[he gets silent on command, not answering her rhetorical question, eyes glued to his bottle as faye places it in her bag. he doesn't look mad, on the contrary he rather looks sad about the turn of events, eyes focusing once more upon emma's prone form. his eyes are still sparking, a glow emanating from them that hadn't been there before.

his body language seems almost deferential when he looks up to faye again, mouth drawn down into sad lines.]

[reallywicked]

Don't give me that puppy dog eye bullshit. [Even if he's not going to say anything, if he looks distraught, people will know in a hurry.] Just... act normal.

[Pretend like she isn't making you her slave, gosh.]

Where the fuck is Solace anyway?

[Still expecting the big dog and not a lackey cleric to show up. gonna be so mad when she finds out...]

[wishuponadjinn]

[he...tries to make is face not look like a kicked puppy, but doesn't really seem to know what to do with his features because her command to "act normal" in context with the situation they are in results in him looking...even more like a wounded puppy.

how do u act normal when holding a bleeding gut wound?? look sad? look moar sad??? y/y. ]

I think looking saddened while holding a bleeding teammate seems appropriate in this situation. [but hell if he knows where solace is, though he is sure hoping he hurries up for some faye-tervention.]

[reallywicked]

[She thinks that over.]

Alright, fair point. [She takes a breath and focuses on Emma again.]

How is she?

[Just... casually switching back to talk about Emma. Nothing to see here.]

[wishuponadjinn]

[he looks back down to emma, brow creasing for obvious reasons.] I think she is stable, at least. But I'm not sure.

[just as casually changes topics, no biggie.]

[reallywicked]

[Faye nods, and then her phone buzzes and she sees Lila's text. She's only slightly relieved, because Emma is still... not okay.]

Still no cleric

[She texts back to just Lila because group messages are annoying. Oh and she glances up at Jordan.]

They got the com tower.

[wishuponadjinn]

Oh. That's good. [ his voice is subdued, muted as he answers her statement. Just a few moments ago that would have elicited more excitement from him, but now he felt little cause to celebrate. /mopey Joe over here. ]

[reallywicked]

[She hesitates briefly as she looks at him, a small crack in the shell that she had wrapped around her.]

Look. We'll talk about it when we get home, okay? I just... That's not the kind of thing you let go of without thinking it over.

[Good people might, Faye.]

[wishuponadjinn]

[ (Will save:Nat 20) at her words his eyes come back to her face, blue eyes blazing eerily as he says nothing for the space of a few moments. Now that she is no longer holding his bottle the odd ringing sound that had been coming from the bands around his wrists has quieted, leaving in the air a heavy silence between the two of them.

Whatever he feels about her words, her promise to talk after this was over, nothing shows on his face as he answers. ] Is that a promise?

[reallywicked]

[She's already feeling a little guilty. Just a little. Not enough to actually give up the phenomenal cosmic powers that are possibly at her disposal through him. But she's not trying too hard to see through his poker face.]

Yeah, sure. It's a promise.

[bittersweeter]

What's a--What the fuck, Solace still hasn't shown up? [ oh hey y'all, she's back. and looking thoroughly annoyed that emma is still bleeding through the tampon. apparently she thinks solace can just fly his ass over idk. teenagers, amirite. ]

[sternshield]

Solace? [ a voice speaks up from behind them, and then erky steps up, face falling as he sees emma ] No, it's-- it's me. How is she?

[reallywicked]

How is..? [Faye turns to look at the sorry excuse for a cleric that shows up. Aca-scuse me? This is not the healer she ordered. She would like a refund for store credit.]

Who the fuck are you?

[sternshield]

Her squire. [ and he kneels down at her side, laying one hand against her neck (+18 hp) ]

[reallywicked]

What do you think you're-?! [Oh, he's doing the healing thing. Faye settles down.] Just don't make her worse.

[grumble grumble protective grumble.]

[uncurse]

[ wakey wakey.

At 17 hp, Emma coughs, returning to consciousness. Harsh and jarring, the movement shakes her whole chest, and her shoulders as well. She leans forward, eyes wide, glancing around sharply. Realizing that the battle's over, she relaxes, but only slightly. The bullet wound clearly still racks her body. ]

… Erky? [ She looks between the four of them, baffled. ] What happened?

[bittersweeter]

You got shot. Jordon stopped the bleeding. With a tampon. The flock of nerds took down the island's communications while you were out, so we've got that sorted. [ looking pale and tremulous, she gives emma the ghost of a smile, keeping her tone even and light. no big deal. nope. not at all. emma was just shot right in front of her, it's fine. ] Erky healed you, so if you have flashbacks to Scotland, that's why. You're not allowed to go first around corners anymore.

[uncurse]

[ Her mind catches up—right before she'd gone down. Watching him pull the trigger. Her hand raises and compresses over her wound. Pulling her hand away from her chest, she looks down at it, grimacing at the severity of it now that she can see the blood. ]

Shit.

[ Noting the cotton string, she pulls the tampon free. Erky's spell did enough for the bleeding to be stopped on its own, and she throws what amounted to a bullet wound cork aside. Steadily, she starts trying to get to her feet. ]

Kate and the others are still outside, right? We've gotta find a place to stuff the guards before they come to. Hold the line until it's all over.

[reallywicked]

[Faye's quiet for the whole exchange, forever uncertain with how to deal with her emotions when it comes to Emma being in mortal peril. Maybe stop dying all the time Emma. Jesus.]

This place has to have a janitor closet, right?

sneaks in a phone tag while sitting on a mountain shh

[wishuponadjinn]

[ Jordan has a place to hide the guards, a place they wouldn't be able to get out of by themselves. Unfortunately that place ce was now securely nestled in Fayes bag :/.

He moves the towel from Emma's middle, grimacing at how saturated it was and having no place to hide it, he looks around for a nearby garbage can. Locating one, he moves that way, stuffing the linen as far down as possible. He can feel Faye at his back, feel the pull of his bottle in her bag like a magnet drawn to metal.

He turns back just as Emma stands. At Fayes question he turns blazing eyes to her once more. ] I think I saw one when we came in.

[uncurse]

[ sense motive 44.

She looks between Jordan and Faye and the tension there, confusion furrowing her brow. With no way to tell what it is, she just ascribes it to the tension of the mission and files it away for later. ]

Great. We can drag them that way and head back out to join the others. Did you get the chance to search the building for anyone we hadn't already dealt with?

[bittersweeter]

Drag. [ she scoffs lightly, almost a laugh, as she crouches down to touch the guards one by one, hitting them with her somnambulism. none of the knights need to be dragging anything anywhere, thank you, they can sleepwalk their damn selves to whichever closet lila directs them. she winces the tiniest bit as her headache increases, pallor waxing. (fort saves 14, 16, 10) she says nothing more about the dragging though, choosing to think the sleepwalking guards will make her point. moving on. ]

Someone should stay with the geek squad. They'll be fielding whatever, if any, calls come in, so they can't exactly leave. And you -- [ she points at emma. ] -- should probably rest a little longer.

[ she was tampon plugged. lila does not think she should be up and around and fighting rogue guards. ]

[reallywicked]

[Well look at them go. Faye just gives Lila a quick smirk because yay no dragging. She does notice the wince and the way her complexion isn't quite right (spot 22).]

You don't look so hot yourself.

[real talk]

You and Emma can babysit the nerds while Jordan and I check out the rest of the place.

[She wants a bit more one on one time with her new genie friend. And she trusts that Lila and Emma will keep each other safe. It's win/win.]