knightsoflegend | andres ♔ lining up for the grand illusion

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andres ♔ lining up for the grand illusion

♬ we are - ana johansson

WHO || Colin Banks, Emma Frost, Lissa Dragomir, Alex Karamazov, Cordelia Chase, Zoe Weiss, Adam Weiss, Leia Organa, Nessa Harvey, Alisha Daniels
WHAT || A team of Knights is tasked to rally the human populace of the Isle, gather them in a safe place, and keep Dimitris' supporters from causing trouble.
WHERE || Andres Isle
WHEN || September 19th, 2014
HOW || Actionspam

[ Meanwhile, a group of ten lands on... the roof of a building in the upscale sector of town. The half-moon lights the sky around them enough for any of them to get a good glance at what surrounds them. In the distance, moonlight plays across the river dividing the city, and the roofs of the Shadow village homes can be barely made out. But here, there are opulent old-money homes scattered here and there, and a number of commercial buildings coursing up and down the main thoroughfare. Colin doublechecks the location on the phone, which lights up his face eerily as he checks the screen, and then he slides it into his pocket, turning to nod the others. ]

We find ourselves on scenic Andres Isle, atop the historic Grand Hotel. The very heart of the Island, ladies and gentlemen. Advising caution seems unnecessary.

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[ Her diplomatic efforts seem enough for almost everyone, and even Lara's mother finally relents, nodding and touching her hand to her forehead, waving for them to proceed. Lara's father, however, squares his shoulders and looks at Lissa firmly.

"I'll go along. My wife should stay here, however."

The Countess looks hopeful, eyes widening. "Oh, would you, Jaron?"

Another nervous-looking man comes up, wiping his face with a handkerchief and peers at the countess.

"You said Lara's missing? I can't find Dana either. And has anyone seen the Collins boy?" he asks.

The Tamons look around, clearly failing to sight the named young people in the crowd. Dana's father looks particularly fretful.

"Oh dear, oh dear," he stammers. "Denton?" John C. Reilly, who must be Denton, shakes his head as well, apologetically.

Slinn can't seem to help himself from piping up. ] Oh my. Children are such slippery things, are they not? Always so easily misplaced. [ This draws a chuckle from another man and woman nearby, who exchange amused glances at the joke, not seeming overly concerned about those reported missing.

"They're not children," says Denton, who puts a hand on the Countess' arm and says quietly: "I'm sure they're all alright. They're probably together somewhere. She'll be safe with Michael." ]

Perhaps you might start with where you last recall seeing them, and we can contact the police force about insuring that they've made it into an indisputably safe area.

[ Emma steps in, calm and cold as ice. ] Lara, Michael, and ... Dana, was it? And if we find more reason for concern, you're welcome to accompany one of our team members to search for them. [ She nods to Lara's father. ]

[ "That... seems reasonable, of course," he relents, with a nod. but slinn watches the exchange with a canny look in his eyes. he murmurs something in his wife's ear, and then crooks a finger to call over another gentlemen - this one dressed as an officer. ] Sergeant Stone, this sounds like your department, yes? Good thing we have the police right on hand.

[ he smirks slightly as Stone saunters over, looking between the nobles.

"If citizens are missing, we can send out a squad. They weren't at home at this hour?" he asks.

"A friend had come by, asking to speak to Lara," her mother confesses. "But it wasn't a name or voice I recognized at all. Strange - I thought I knew all of Lara's little friends."

"I thought Dana was in his bed," his father adds. "I don't know how he would have left without any of the servants noticing, but they all claim they didn't hear a thing." ]

Excellent timing, Sergeant.

[ Though she sounds perfectly honest, her smile is just a little tight. ]

If you'd allow me, I would accompany you in the search personally. Perhaps we can track down this friend, as well.

[ And maybe stab you in the back when you're not looking in case you get too close to interference #yolo. ]

[ sergeant stone looks at her doubtfully, and cordelia takes note of the tension, looking between them awkwardly before turning around on her heel, and clapping her hands together as she addresses the rest of the nobles. ] So! In the meantime... how do we feel about Pictionary?

[ diplomacy 25???

denton shrugs, and nods in her direction, telling lara's mom. "Hey, might keep our mind off things for awhile, right?"

the countess frowns, but nods uncertainly, and cordy turns to lissa's friend, wringing her hands together as she improvises. ] We're going to need a big pad of paper and some markers. Chop, chop.

[ meanwhile, sergeant stone tells emma: "Given the situation out there, I think it's best this matter be left to the police, don't you?"

slinn smirks to himself, listening in, and looking a bit triumphant. ]

Of course. [ A fluttering smile. ] I only thought given the dangers associated with an escaped convict, the more hands on deck the better. We wouldn't want these lovely citizens' children out and about any longer than strictly necessary whilst some brute is wreaking havoc.

[ She's just going to gently weave psionic charm into that. Save DC is 20 bc spending extra power points to raise it. After all, Wynn said no mind control to make them do things—not to make them more amicable. ]

[ with a 15 will save, she'd feel his mind bend to her influence, and there's a shift in the unwavering expression on his face, as he softens a bit.

"Of course, good point. I suppose the sooner we get moving, the better," he says. "Don't worry, Countess. We'll find them."

he nods to emma to follow him out the door~ and they can have their own thread if you want to drop one on this post.

as emma passes, nessa gives her a nod of approval for getting him to take her along, indicating that the rest of them will field things here. ]

[Meanwhile, Adam is going to attempt to read the thoughts of some of the people who are staying behind in order to root out anyone who might be too suspicious and potentially screw their little operation, or loyal to Evil Dictator-sama or whatever they were supposed to be figuring out (Concentration 29, will save to negate is 18 ... sorry, it's going to affect teammates in the area too even tho he no1curr what y'all are thinking.)

A game of Pictionary or whatever means erryone should be nice and contained to one area too, so he will just hang back and eavesdrop if he's able. I guess let me know if anyone here has an intelligence score of 29 or more because he's going to be getting a fucking migraine and the power will end real quick if they do.]

[ while whatshisface fetches supplies, lissa claps her hands together to get attention and proceeds to count off the fancy folk into teams. she tries to separate slinn from cruella de vil but also the tamons and dana's father and denton so there won't be any unnecessary excessive competitiveness on either team. she hopes.

her will save was a 30, though, so her mind is a little steel trap so she won't screw up adam's mind reading.

as she attempts to escort denten and dana's father to the appropriate side, she gives them both a charming, reassuring smile. (cha 25) it'll be okay messrs bean and cellophane. ]

[ everyone is quite willing to go along with the pictionary plan, even if none of them seem particularly into it. it's clear that preserving a polite social atmosphere is important to these people, and they're happy to grasp at whatever opportunities for making this an organized gathering present themselves.

also most people are incredibly easy to read, except for slinn's wife, and lara's father. and cordy and nessa, who both made their will saves. although canon tells us that cordelia's thoughts are exactly what she's saying out loud anyway.

most of the andresians are thinking absolutely nothing suspicious whatsoever - it's clear that they've fallen for the ruse, and while some are worried about the missing parties, or put out by the inconvenience of this pedestrian situation, none of them suspect foul play.

slinn, however, is another case entirely. his surface thoughts indicate a very sharp mind, that's picked up one clear fact:

something is amiss here, and since he isn't in on it, it spells trouble for the status quo, and the prime minister.

he's congratulating himself over saddling one of them with an armed officer to conduct the search, but he's not content to leave it at that. if he plants enough little seeds in the other nobles' minds, they'll revolt for him, demand answers that he seeks without his ever having to dirty his own hands. and if these... people are up to something sinister, he'll take particular delight in watching them cut down by the authorities. ]

Someone will have to explain this game, I am not familiar with the rules.

[Touche, bitch. But Adam is going to take a second to pat his own ass for taking the initiative here and weeding out your scandalous self by staying one step ahead of you /ego.

Meanwhile all of his teammates still in the area (I counted seven--Alex, Alisha, Colin, Cordelia, Leia, Lissa, and Nessa--let me know if I'm wrong so I can adjust his power points accordingly) are going to be added to the conference call that is Adam's brain unless they ... resist for whatever reason and make a will save of 15 against it.

Heads up. Slick over there is going to be a problem for us.

Feel free to kill him basically. Or divide and conquer or something. Whatever. Adam is just letting y'all know what to expect so you can prepare yourselves. He should totally be a spy he's like MVP rn. Yeah that is a thought they can pick up on too lmao.]

[alex's will save against adam's mental sweep was 16, so he gets some snippets of general exasperation with this entire situation. it's hella exciting.

if he could mentally slow blink at adam's mvp thoughts, he probably would. maybe he is. we just don't know.]

So what's your plan, 007? We can't exactly take him out back and shank him.

[Relax with the slow blinking before you pull something over there, Jenna Marbles.

Offer him a lapdance in the other room. Fuck if I know.

"Pull your weight" is the unspoken sentiment here. Except that you can currently hear the unspoken sentiments whoops.]

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[ lissa meanwhile snorts in delicate amusement at adam as she continues herding people into teams.

Maybe later. Just keep an eye on him. He's clever, but there is only one of him.

and wait for it.

Someone else will need to explain the game, I don't know the rules.

lmao ur welcome for that pop culture crit fail. ]

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Nose goes, since he has a wife. Then again, that could make him even more receptive. Only one way to find out.

[but he's still not moving ok. he called nose goes. annnnd then lissa thinks her thoughts and he just stares over at her like]

Are you fucking serious?

[ she makes a face as she approaches him from behind and speaks out loud, lifting her hands to his shoulders and smiling sweetly at him as she slides around to his side. ]

You can field the rules. [ :) ]

[ nessa stands back slightly, also monitoring the crowd, and she frowns as she joins in the mental conversation.

Underestimating him might be a dangerous game for us to play. If he turns these people against us, we'll be hard pressed to keep order. Isolating him from the group seems our best strategy. ]

[and now he is staring down at lissa like child. child. no.]

You draw pictures and people guess what they are.

[hashtag helpful. and then he ... mentally responds to nessa:

Fair enough.]

[Adam is just like I told you bitch in his mind. Which is still on speakerphone. Better get to lapdancin'.

That was on speakerphone, too. :') /the most serious ever.

Keep in mind that Tia actually offered to make him a knight after this shit lol, guuuuuuuurl...]

[ okay. lissa's got this. draw pictures and people guess. she is going to channel some straight up rose hathaway bullshit right now. she claps her hands again as she steps away from alex, murmuring a spell (eagle's splendor) under her breath. as she turns to face the nobles, her jade green eyes fall on slinn and her smile widens. ]

Perhaps you would like to go first, Mssr. Slinn? If you'd follow my companion Alexander into the next room, he'll give you your word and a summation of the rules while I explain to the rest of your companions. [ she steps back and motions to alex. she isn't taking no as an answer, frankly. diplomacy 33 as she looks around at the others and encourages the rest of the nobles with her infectious, gentle good humor: ] How about a round of applause for our first, intrepid volunteer?

[ go get ur lap dance. ]

[I don't like this.

just in case anyone thought alex was going to come around to this brilliant plan in the last .5 seconds. no. that did not happen at all. and also she called him alexander. X( but he steps forward like yeah that's me. just in case slinn thought adam was named alexander or smth. his body language and demeanor give pretty much nothing away regarding how fuckin annoyed he actually is. (bluff 30)] Right this way ... unless you object?

[ slinn don't look happy, but heaven forbid he express dissatisfaction in this pleasant social setting, so he forces a smile that doesn't reach his serpentine eyes, as he looks to alex. ] But of course.

[ lissa smiles happily as slinn agrees. not like he really had another choice. don't fuck with a princess among her peoples, yo.

If you need back up, we'll be right here. and then they all get lissa absently wondering what snakeblood tastes like since lissa's backup would probably be biting as that is often silent.

stellar team, they've got here. stellar. ]

[ colin's in the back, keeping an eye on everyone, but that thought prompts him to add:

If we can get through this without bloodshed, we're more likely to keep these people on our side. Attacking one of them - even one who's looking to make trouble for us, is still harming someone who's a member of their community, and, whatever else they are, a civilian. ]

[#reasonsisuggestedalapdance.

That's it, that's his thoughts rn. How was he supposed to know this chick was into bloodplay.]

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