andres ♔ in the dark of day teach us love again

[silvermaid]

♬ new revolution - gin wigmore

WHO || Anastacia O'Keefe, Bambi Dalton, Frankie Matera, Helen Magnus, Alaric Saltzman, Alice Lincoln, Edain, Thoster Chatwyn, Hook, Adi Laskaris, Max Rast, Brantley River
WHAT || A team of Knights is tasked with providing transport off the Island for local Shadowkind
WHERE || Andres Isle
WHEN || September 19th, 2014
HOW || Actionspam

[ The two groups responsible for evacuation of Shadowkind travel to the island via stealth boat, which puts their arrival a little behind everyone else's.  They run aground not far from both the woods, and the harbor.   Edain grins out at the sleepy island, dressed in full armor, hand on the hilt of his sword.  Anastacia frowns as she watches the woods, however, clearly more on edge about what they have to do. ]

From here, everything looks so peaceful...

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[bluffcheck]

[Thank goodness Andie texted Thoster right before war to remind him that phones are a thing. He's not texting Andie, though. He's not texting anyone. He's calling Alice instead.

ring ring.]

[bluffcheck]

Alice! [He manages a quick smile as she picks up before he gets down to business.] Are any of you good with alarms? Particularly ones on boats?

[Those are very specific alarms, I guess. At least he assumes so.]

Aye- we're all here at the docks. [And he'll give some descriptive landmarks. That are probably mostly boat related. And then he hangs up without saying goodbye because that's what you do in the television.

To he group he's with:]

Someone's coming to help.

[THE PHONE IMMEDIATELY RINGS AGAIN. He stares at it. And stares at it. And then picks it up.]

Hello?

[His brow furrows as if the words are another language.]

Sorry- you want me to do this? [But he's waving Hook over, all the same. Gesturing to the panel, he talks to Hook without pulling the phone away because he's not savvy like that.]

She wants you to pry that off.

[unhand]

Uh, all right... [Except not so much since Hook kind of taps it awkwardly (dex 6).] How?

[bluffcheck]

Here. [With his free hand, Thoster grabs Hook's wrist and does it his damn self (idk if its a str or a dex roll tbh. it would be 17 either way tho).]

[necessaryevil]

[ off comes the panel! meanwhile, max wanders away a few paces, a dark look crossing his face, his eyebrows knitting together as he shakes his head strangely. ]

[bluffcheck]

[With the panel open, Thoster looks even more confused. What is electronics.]

We've got it off. What now? [He nods along.] Green wire, aye.

[Turning to the group.]

Any of you lads have a knife on you?

[cutting one wire with a hook while leaving the others intact?? Seems risky.]

[fixyourproblem]

[Having a bunch of pirates hack an electronic lock, this seems to be a very good idea. Not saying Brantley's savviness on electronics is higher than any of them]

Here.

[He takes out his swiss army knife and hands it to Thoster. He always carry a knife with him. In case he needs to stab someone in the back... or neck.]

[mining]

[ Adi watches for a moment, but with nothing to contribute to the tech side of things he joins Max a few steps off and keeps an eye out (spot 16). He's too busy watching the docks to notice any subtle cues, but the odd headshake gets his attention. ]

You alright?

[bluffcheck]

Good lad. [Thoster gives Brantley and grin and takes the knife to cut the green wire. Then back to Bambi on the phone.]

Wire's cut. Anything else?

[necessaryevil]

[ max gets a nat 20 to shake off... what could be some horrible side effects, thanks to adi's interruption, and he looks over his shoulder, a disturbed look on his face. ] Something happened here. [ the cryptic words are... probably not helpful, so he adds: ] They were unloading slaves. Recently, I would guess.

They killed a man, right on this dock.

[bluffcheck]

Much appreciated, lass. [Thoster says before hanging up again. And waiting a few seconds to make sure the phone doesn't ring immediately after. Okay we're good.]

Should be safe to climb aboard.

[/completely oblivious to Max's issue rn.]

[oftheband]

One down, at least. Going to need one more, at least. Who's gonna captain this one, then?

[mining]

[ Way to be creepy, bro. Adi looks appropriately unsure about this information, sparing Thoster a quick glance at the declaration that the alarm's been dealt with. While they hash out captains, he looks back to Max. ]

How do you figure that?

[ Should he know about what skills the other people on his team have?? Probably?? Oh well. ]

[bluffcheck]

I like the look of his one, myself. [A boat's a boat. But he helped disarm it's defense so he has a connection to it now. I guess.]

[necessaryevil]

[ the first rule of fight club max's powers is max doesn't talk about max's powers.

but sigh. fine. ] Because I... saw it. [ yes, that's... close enough to the truth ] Trust me.

It was brutal.

[unhand]

Sounds fair enough. Next one's mine. [He glances back at Max like wtf is wrong with you bro.] Do you need a minute?

[He sounds annoyed, like it's more of a cue to get your shit together than an actual offer since it's not like they have a ton of time to waste.]

[oftheband]

Suppose this one's all yours then, Chatwyn. Get her sea-worthy, while we snare the next, will you?

[bluffcheck]

Aye. [Thoster heads up to climb aboard the ship to get it sorted. Have fun, pirate bros!]

[unhand]

Smooth sailing, mate. [And off Hook goes to find ship number 2! He's hoping for one just like Thoster's but a little bigger or faster. Just cause. (seach 17).]

[necessaryevil]

[ the ship he finds is a little bigger, but it's hard to say if it'll be faster. meanwhile max is just wandering down the fucking dock in the opposite directions, his steps slow and hesitant, as he looks down in the water and between the boats. he still looks half not-here, and it's a little unnerving. ]

[unhand]

[Hook casts a sidelong look at Max but tbh he does not feel up with dealing with that mess so instead he points to the ship.] Bet this one's got one of those alarm things as well.

[But he'll head up to it anyway and search for them. Not super effectively. Hopefully someone else has better eyes (search 10).]

[oftheband]

[ edain got an 18 ok, he is being useful go him. ] 'Neath that panel there, I'll wager.

[unhand]

[Hook nods and calls the team on the boat again. They should have just brought Bambi along.... Bring bring mother fucker.

After Bambi picks up, there's a brief, startled pause (Knowledge (computer expressions) 6), then:]

...I'm glad you're prepared to shoot trouble, but I'm actually in need of aid of a different sort. How did you get the alarm off again?

[Pause.]

I'm not colorblind. [He latches his hook under the panel and pries, with more success this time (str 14? hopefully?).] Green, right?

sorry for the late reply

[fixyourproblem]

[Brantley is definitely not following Hook. He prefers staying with a sexy and hot friendly pirate rather than seemingly eager to hook pirate. Not saying he is not hot either. Nevertheless, good luck, bro!

Meanwhile, Brantley is keeping his eyes on the disturbed Max. He follows him to the other side of the dock and taps him on the shoulder. (spot 15, sense motive 25, this is enough, right?)]

Hey. Are you okay?

[necessaryevil]

[ Hook successfully yanks the panel free, and Max looks back at Brantley, his expression grim. ] I can... read the history of this place. What's been transported through here, and how. I think-- [ His eyes light on a weird shack up off the pier ] There. There's something-- Something awful there.