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

[undealt]

[Gold is just staring at the carnage like... ykw I tried to be a decent person and this is what happens, but as he can't just make everyone STOP MURDERING EVERYONE and he already put the guards in retreat, he's just gonna stand there with Belle, all dreary sigh.]

[goonsquad]

[ yellow paces out away from the vampire and the psycho on the tank, firing at jaina and her freaky mind powers (atk 19), but missing as the jedi side steps the shot with ease. ]

[cuivre]

Thanks.

[To Penelope before he starts to move again, because he sure feels a hell of a lot better, and Jaina's back out there.

He moves up to where the bridge meets the road, sees where yellow is shooting at her, and says fuck no to that, firing a shot at him (atk 19, dmg 9 if that hits)]

[flyingsolo]

[ purple takes off down the bank of the river to the northwest, while jaina glances over at miles, relieved to see him in one piece, but clearly worried immediately about him being back in the line of fire. miles' shot strikes yellow, but they don't go down, and a frustrated jaina's hand twists abruptly. one hand flies to the soldier's throat at he grapples against some unseen grip (10 dmg). cerulean moves straight back, muttering a litany of curses as he fires at davin (atk 14), the shot bouncing off the tank's bumper. ]

[instinct]

[ belle might not want to take the shot, but derek is bleeding and pissed. he pulls up his excalibur pistol and fires with deadly accuracy at purple's retreating back (atk nat 20, dmg 15). ]

1/2

[ironsides]

[ the shot strikes purple in the back of the shoulder, blood spraying out - but doesn't down them entirely. dovan heads for cerulean, who finds that the vampire is the least of his worries, as the keen greataxe comes swinging at him (atk 46, dmg 19). ]

[recycling]

[ well FINE DOVAN JUST SNAKE HIS KILL W/E

he'll just go after yellow. from behind. :') he leaps at him, hissing, makes his melee attack and tries to grapple the soldier from behind but loses??????? gasp ]

[untethered]

[ permission from christine to run riddick for the moment, who will leap off the truck behind yellow, and attack him once, barely missing. belle casts gold a worried look, but again, it looks like they've got a handle on this down there, and she's more likely to shoot one of their friends in the back if she fires from here. ]

[righteousmight]

[ penelope's attention follows miles and jaina as they make their way out onto the bridge, and she sees derek in the distance looking pretty beat up. keeping her shield up, she runs full force across the bridge in his direction, keeping close to the railing on that far side.

she probably just makes it to him by the end of her turn, but she'll heal him on the next. ]

[undealt]

Take them alive, if you're not going to let them run. [For God's sakes. He takes Belle's hand in his free hand and with an agitated eyeroll begins drawing closer. The fighting is mostly over and he doubts anyone is going to shoot them in the state they're currently in.] They might be worth more to us alive. That is, assuming you can curb your bloodlust.

[sigh.]

[goonsquad]

[ yellow backs away from the vampire, raising both hands. ] We surrender!

[cuivre]

[Miles still has his gun trained on yellow, and yells an order to him, holding his action.]

Then lay down your weapons!

[flyingsolo]

[ jaina, having slackened her force grip, puts her hand back up and glares at yellow, to drive home the point that if he doesn't comply, she'll finish the job. (intimidate 19) he barely seems to worry about her right now though, because he's serious about dropping his weapons and surrendering. cerulean looks terrified however, and swiftly follows suit.

/init! ]

[cuivre]

[Miles starts moving forward, gun still up, so that he can get those weapons away from the surrendering guards before preparing to tie them up. Clearly Jaina can keep them in line while he does that, damn girl.]

[undealt]

Very good. [Yep. Gold's just gonna walk into the club like whaaat. Or, uh, approach the closest one of those guards to him, giving him the most condescending look ever while Miles deals with them.] Will there be more of you coming here?

[flyingsolo]

[ cerulean stammers: "Not more guards. They're-- they're sending in a contingent of clockwork soldiers. They might already be inside - they can leap from tree to tree."

jaina glances at miles, eyes widening the tiniest bit. but then her phone beeps and she yanks it out, eyebrow raising. ] Incoming. [ everyone else gets the same message from wynn at the same time. ]

[undealt]

[Gold checks his phone and makes a face, before turning back to the guard.] Whatever you know about those soldiers, I suggest you tell me.

[And he laces that demand with a bit of suggestion. It makes bile rise in his throat and causes his hand to tighten around his cane, but he doesn't want to leave anything to chance.]

[ironsides]

[ the guard gets a dazed look in his eyes, and says: "I... I don't know much, to be honest. They were a special project of the Prime Minister's. Fastest things I've ever seen. Blades for arms. I've seen them kill men in seconds flat, before they even knew what was coming. They're unstoppable."

dovan scoffs. ] Nothing's unstoppable. But it sounds like we should make it back to the others. If Christos did his job, these lads won't be getting any back up.

[cuivre]

[Miles meets Jaina's gaze, and he doesn't look at all happy because wow that sounds fucking terrible all around.]

Let's get the hell out of here, then.

[undealt]

[Gold looks at Belle much in the same way Miles is looking at Jaina, because #TrueLove.]

If you wanted to escort the town to safety rather than stay and fight, I don't think anyone would blame you.

[untethered]

We said we'd stay together. [ she takes a step closer to gold as if to cement that point ] I don't see how this changes that.

[undealt]

I expected as much.

[YEP THEY'RE GONNA MAKE OUT RIGHT HERE Y'ALL. Or he's gonna kiss her, but lbr rumbelle kisses are never chaste. They are very fierce in their make-outs.]

[cuivre]

[Breaks up this make out party I guess by looking at Jaina and motioning with a quick jerk of his head towards town.]

Shall we?

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[flyingsolo]

Sounds like the party's just getting started. [ she nods, and starts past him, trailing one hand along the side of the tank, and glancing down at the bodies. ]

[untethered]

[ belle has better will saves than gold, which is probably why he is the one who goes mad with power in this relationship. either way, she returns the kiss with warmth, but draws back gently because they are in polite company here ok, and also surrounded by bodies. ] What, um, what about the others? [ you know, those guards y'all left alive ]