andres ♔ are we wrapped in black paranoia

[koraith]

♬ wood - second person

WHO || Koraith, Tia Ellison, Stiles Stilinski, Lydia Martin, Jackson Whittemore, Gold, Belle, Grimrot, Dovan Ironsides, Miles Cuivre, Jaina Solo, Penelope Sariel, David Levin, Davin, Derek Hale, Richard Riddick
WHAT || A team of Knights is tasked to contact the residents of the Shadow Village on Andres Isle, recruit those who are willing to aid them, and protect the others from harm
WHERE || Andres Isle
WHEN || September 19th, 2014
HOW || Actionspam

[ The two groups tasked to deal with the denizens of the Shadow Village arrive on the bank of the river that bisects the capitol city of Andres in half.  The river slopes down from the woods and city around it, meaning that they're afforded a bit of concealment here, unless anyone stood at the top and looked down.  At this hour of the night, however, there's no one around.   Dovan grumbles a bit about 'blasted magic' as they shake off the disorienting sense of vertigo, while Koraith waits for Belle to confirm they've arrived in the right place.  She pats Gold on the arm as she pulls out her phone, and moments later, she nods to the others in confirmation.

The water laps gently nearby against the rocks, and in the distance, a bridge is visible that links the segregated Shadow village with its thatched roof houses, to the city proper, which seems lined with wealthy manor homes.  ]

Comments

[generaldavideus]

[There's a do not test me look for that, before he turns and tries to listen (listen 18), eyes turning in the direction of the bridge to see if he can make out anything in the darkness (spot 15).]

[killingtodeath]

[Stiles was just watching that back and forth with Lydia and David, so maybe he heard it? WHO KNOWS (listen 18).]

[byrned]

[ Matt... really wasn't listening (listen 5), too busy concerning himself with the apparent domestic between Lydia and David. ]

[behindcloseddoors]

[ stiles and david catch the distance sounds of gunfire, and nyna frowns at them. ]

It sounds like the fighting's already underway.

[generaldavideus]

Damnit.

[Okay. They're going to have to start moving. He glances around to the rest of the village, before turning back to the group. He slip into the leader role easily because that's what he does, trying to do this as efficiently as possible (diplomacy 19).]

Start knocking on doors. Get up as many people as you can and get them to the church. It'll give us somewhere defensible if we need it. You two -

[He turns to Lydia and Stiles.]

Contact Gold and Koraith, tell them we have a church that we can use to shelter people if we need to, and it'll give us a place to regroup, then head to help wake people up. Stay in my line of sight.

[Because he's supposed to protect you both and he doesn't intend to fail in that.]

[killingtodeath]

Got it.

[Fuck phone calls. Stiles sets up a group text to koraith and gold. Here's hoping gold knows how to use a cell phone.]

Something's going down. Get people to the church. We're going to defend them there. Wake up as many people as you can.

[Slipping his phone away, he looks to Lydia.]

Should be good. Lets go.

[behindcloseddoors]

[ nyna and anira nod to david. the latter says: ] I'll talk to the priests here, let them know what's going on. Nyna, you should go help raise the others.

[byrned]

[ So this is all real then. Jesus Christ. Matt turns and heads back over to Nyna, putting a hand to her shoulder. ]

I'll come with you. You shouldn't go on your own.

[generaldavideus]

Here.

[He reaches behind his back and pulls out his Excalibur, turning it in his hand so that he's holding the barrel and extending the grip out to Matt and Nyna.]

Just in case.

[behindcloseddoors]

[ she looks at it skeptically for a second, but then takes it with a nod. ] Thanks. Maybe the five of us should stick together.

[immuno]

So we can look more suspicious as a large herd of people moving through the streets in the middle of the night?

[generaldavideus]

Do you think that really matters at this point?

[That's more directed towards Lydia, because Sarandis's men are here. Being covert isn't as important as efficiency and keeping everyone safe, and he already knows that at least she can't be relied on to do that on her own.

Then back to the rest of the group:]

We should still try and fan out though - cover more ground. Just try and keep a member of the group somewhere you can see them at all times. That way if you run into trouble the rest of us don't have to go far.

[killingtodeath]

[Realizing that David and Lydia were likely going to get stuck in this alpha dog loop, Stiles slips his hand through the crook in Lydia's elbow and guides her away towards another row of houses.]

If you need to find me, just follow the girlish scream. Lydia might be yelling too.

[Jokes! He's got them! Lightening the mood? Maybe? Anyway, he's heading off now. GONNA GO KNOCK ON THE FIRST DOOR HE SEES.]

[immuno]

[ She looks sharply over at Stiles and pulls her arm free from his grip, but moves with him towards the row of houses all the same, picking up a purposeful stride quickly and overtaking him. Marching up the walk to a front door, she begins banging on it with a fist.

And if she doesn't look over her shoulder or acknowledge Stiles, it's probably bitterness at his presumed siding with David during all this. ]

[generaldavideus]

[David sighs as he lets them go, before knocking on the door closest to him, ready to try and help move as many people as he can.]