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Post by Krakenbox on Jan 20, 2021 21:20:52 GMT -8
Lancelot's eyebrow slowly went up at Kai's request, before leading her to the balcony. The glass door was exceptionally polished to be crystal-clear, offering no reflection, but the table where Icarus and Buck had sat at Mabon was a glass mosaic that doubled as a chess board. Unfortunately, she only gained the view of the sky.
The Chatelaine's eyes track her movement with interest, "I'm curious," he said, after a moment, "What vested interest you have in assisting him."
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Post by Kai Rose on Jan 20, 2021 23:13:33 GMT -8
Well, shit. Since when was glass so polished it didn't reflect? That was crazy handiwork - the kind of thing that seemed deliberate.
Lancelot's question made her shrug. "He's a murder victim in a timeline I stopped. I've seen him killed. As far as I'm concerned, my intervention doesn't make the person who put his death into motion any less guilty for the near-miss. Why? You not used to Summer doing police work?"
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Post by Krakenbox on Jan 20, 2021 23:35:39 GMT -8
From Kai's understanding, Lancelot was from LA's Freehold. The fellow Domovoi seems to consider her question,
"Vegas is a little more organized with their militia, but I also had the impression that their focus is internal policing. You seem quite comfortable with the fact that neither your superiors have requested action, nor has mister Chasseur been open with basic questions. None of you have detected this venture isn't welcome? Truly? Or are you hoping to gain favour with royalty?"
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Post by Kai Rose on Jan 21, 2021 15:48:09 GMT -8
"I am," Kai agreed, flashing the butler a smile even as she tried to glean clues from his cues. She took a long breath in through her nose, thoughtful as she considered her answer and his hate. "Ultimately, Summer doesn't have a mandate where I need to ask permission to go look into something. However, I put the case to Sir Solomon, got his nod, and that was that. But even so, even without me flashing a badge, you let me in the door... which tells me you want to know who tried to kill your friend, too. It isn't about favor or any bullshit like that. It's about the fact that people are trying to gather information on and kill a paragon who just got here, and that doesn't bode well for anybody. I don't think it ends with Mabon, Lancelot. Buck's got a haunting problem and an assassin problem. That's a lot of problem for a short period of time."
She shrugged, running a finger along the pristine glass.
"Is it normal that this glass is so perfectly buffed that an investigator can't use it?"
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Post by Krakenbox on Jan 21, 2021 16:08:27 GMT -8
Lancelot tilted his head towards the glass, "Well, if it's dark outside, you see your reflection from the inside. I suppose the same would happen out here if the patio was lit and the lights were off indoors. There is staff that mind these sorts of things."
He offered a slow blink, "My question was more for political assessment. He hasn't bought into a local power structure yet, and thus his value has declined with the interests Freehold until he decides to play ball. I'm not judging you on doing this altruistically, just musing on the bigger picture. What I would rather ask is the motivation, to have caused 'a lot of problem for a short period of time.'" The Chatelaine chuckled silently to himself, watching the group in the garden.
"Your Helldiver is fading back."
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Post by Kai Rose on Jan 26, 2021 18:49:09 GMT -8
Right. That made sense, from a physics standpoint. She was surprised she hadn't thought of it to begin with. "Fair enough," she shrugged. It was going to be a little more complicated than a bit of reflective work. That was okay. There were other options. "Do you folks still have the firearm used in the shooting? I might be able to pull some useful information off it." Lancelot was a Domovoi as well, so perhaps he had already done that, but Mirror was not just any Wizened's thing. Time nonsense wasn't all that common among them.
With respect to the political musings, she replied, "Sure. People want to put him into a camp. I'd be willing to bet the starting point can be found in the complicated mire of Spring politics." The Polychromatic glanced about to ensure they were alone and lowered her voice. "How much do you know about their internal workings here in Las Vegas, Lancelot?"
Agrippa was returning. That was good. Hopefully, he had some information that could cross out a variable or give an explanation.
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Post by Krakenbox on Jan 28, 2021 19:15:45 GMT -8
The question was an obvious one, in hindsight. Lancelot blinked, pausing as he considered something,
"I'll retrieve it. As for your question, I would assume below average for the expectations of one of my reputation." He tilted his head, waiting for her input.
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Post by Ivory on Jan 29, 2021 20:35:14 GMT -8
Small steps sounded Ivory's approach, her form easily being seen through the clear glass of the door. She'd enter quietly enough, entering at pause in their conversation.
"Pardon the intrusion," she said, announcing her arrival, "I have spoken to Noir and he's agreed to assist. He and I have come to an arrangement, so neither you nor Mr. Chasseur have any need to bear in mind such requests."
A glance to Lancelot.
"Noir's price has nothing to do with Mr. Chasseur's affairs," she continued, "So neither of you need to worry about the details. I will handle it."
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Post by Kai Rose on Feb 1, 2021 16:05:18 GMT -8
"You're dealing with an ecosystem of competing gangsters," Kai said in low tones to avoid being overheard. "Chugunkin, Stheno, the Magpie, Zhi -- a bunch of those guys have dangerous agendas. It's a conversation better had in private, but an avatar of Spring showing up into that ecosystem has the potential to be... disruptive." Eyebrows raised meaningfully. "Like, the kind of thing you might want to bring to heel if you were looking to maintain control. Just... be careful, okay?"She paused a moment to give Lancelot a chance to reply. The footsteps came, and Kai stepped back a pace. Ivory's arrival was met with a smile. "You rock. Hopefully it didn't cost you an arm and a leg. If we might be dealing with a haunting, then we're going to need it. Where's Agrippa and Linden ?"
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Post by Krakenbox on Feb 2, 2021 23:19:53 GMT -8
Lancelot paused for a long moment, stone-faced. "...I appreciate this insight. I will have to pass this on to Mister Chasseur as soon as possible."
He goes quiet as Ivory arrives, offering an affirmative nod, "Curious to what he will find in terms of the haunting. I shall retrieve the weapon, then."
With that, the Wizened began his departure.
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Post by Ivory on Feb 3, 2021 16:56:46 GMT -8
Ivory had not heard what the pair had been discussing prior to her arrival. As Kai thanked her, there was a pause in the Pale Dragon, but, in time, she offered a shrug.
"I have to rub shoulders with figures I had hoped to avoid," she admitted, "but there is another whose goals align with the same action. And she is quiet dear to me. In either case, the path leads there, though I wish it wasn't so."
Kai had been trustworthy and familiar enough for Ivory to feel comfortable offering her misgivings. The reality remained that she needed to associate with figures she would much rather only know more... casually. Nonetheless, this is the position in which she was being forced, by circumstance or otherwise. And she would take it in stride either way, albeit begrudgingly.
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Post by Agrippa on Feb 4, 2021 2:38:02 GMT -8
"Ah, and everyone is together again!"Almost on cue, Agrippa stepped up to the small crowd with outstretched arms, an ear-splitting grin, and Linden in tow. "Sorry that took a moment, had a lot of ground to cover. You weren't kidding when you warned me about spirits here-"The unicorn turned the smile to Lancelot, addressing him directly "This place has quite a population of restless dead- there might even be more dead servants here than living! Not very talkative unfortunately, but they didn't stab me! Lovely people by ghost standards!"They spoke brightly at a mile a minute, seemingly genuinely charmed and excited by the spectral infestation they had found "Oh, and there's a gate too, out in the garden! Don't know where it leads yet. I could find out, but I thought I should let you know about it before I go poking around in a potentially lethal void." A hand flung out to gesture towards the garden, like a child pointing their parent's attention towards an icecream truck "You don't know of anything unusual that happened in the garden, do you? Someone setting up a ritual? I suspect the gate was put up from this end. Its faint, but you can see evidence from this side..."
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Post by Kai Rose on Feb 6, 2021 16:58:28 GMT -8
Kai simply nodded to Lancelot, quietly wondering if Buck was going to be smart or act without any sort of discretion. Her insight scanned over him, curious to know if there were any cracks in that facade...
As Lancelot moved on to get the weapon and Ivory explained what she was going to have to do, the Polychromatic put a hand on her shoulder. "Well, I truly appreciate you stepping in to make sure we got what we needed. I know everyone will feel safer once we're no longer dealing with people trying to murder our paragons at parties." Her smile was thankful and sympathetic. Ivory didn't know what Kai knew about her Court's nonsense, but she clearly knew enough about it herself to know it was a dangerous scenario. "If you need any cover or whatever, let me know, okay?"
Agrippa's report was met with both eyebrows hitting the sky and a bit of brown flushing through Kai's curious light blue tone. "Wow. Okay, well, I'm glad there were no stabbings. But... like, ghosts talk, don't they?" She had no clue, frankly, and she was looking to the Spring Courtier who had just been among them to answer the question. A gate, a void, a ritual..
"Man, I've got no clue, but..." She frowned. "Okay. All right, well, where is it? Because that might be of interest to see. I can't see into the ghost world or whatever, but if there was a ritual on this side, we could watch that through a nearby window..."
Was it connected? Maybe? It would be worth a look.
"Nice job, Agrippa. Really nice."
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Post by Krakenbox on Feb 6, 2021 17:39:10 GMT -8
The Gate that Agrippa was referring to was back in the garden area, nestled beyond the immediate notice. Ivory and Linden began to follow suit, when Buck's voice thundered with distressed frustration from within one of the mansion's studies, "Lancelot, what the hell is this?" he called, not realizing the Wizened had ventured away to retrieve the murder weapon. |
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Post by Linden on Feb 7, 2021 13:26:00 GMT -8
Buck's yell drew Linden's attention, but he was already calling to the person most capable of helping him, to the Ogre's mind. Besides, they were there for Kai.
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