CLOSED ♔ guilty by association

[behindcloseddoors]

♬ i gave you all - mumford & sons

WHO || Buffy, Spike, Kat, Jaka.
WHAT || The Knights bust into the morgue to recover microchips that they saw on the bodies of the beings who attacked them backstage at the concert...
WHERE || Chicago, IL
WHEN || July 17th, backdated
HOW || Actionspam

[ the team's almost getting kind of good at this.

almost.

kat's finally got the police hq blueprints on lock and tapped into all the security protocols, so it should be a simple in and out tonight. of course, they are breaking into a police station of all places, but kat's confident they've got this shit on lock.



buuuut then there's that whole thing where she slams the trunk closed on all their weapons and gear, dressed head to toe in black like the other two, only to find Jaka standing on the opposite side of their car, one eyebrow raised behind the sunglasses he's sporting even at night. he smirks and says: ]

Isn't this a familiar sight.

Comments

[bigbad]

[Spike eyes Kat, then moves to stand next to Buffy.]

Let's get this over with.

[slay]

[ she looks up at spike, grim by all measures, and then looks over at jaka on her other side. this should ... work out well. she nods to kat. ]

Do it.

[shootfirst]

[ kat digs something out of her jacket: a roll of Scotch tape. She pulls off a long piece and walks up to Spike, reaching out and yanking out one of his eyelashes without pausing to ask. :) ]

[bigbad]

Ow! Watch it! [That was his favorite eyelash!]

[slay]

Oh, don't be a baby.

[shootfirst]

Everybody's gotta pay the toll, hombre. [ she moves over to Buffy next ]

[bigbad]

See how you like it. [Though at least Buffy's going to be prepared...]

[slay]

Are we sure it has to be an eyelash? I mean, not to advocate hair-pulling or anything here, but I've got a lot more of that to spare.

[bigbad]

Don't be a baby, Slayer.

[shootfirst]

If you want the spell to work right, gotta follow to the letter. Otherwise, I can't be held for responsible for any permanent invisible body parts you might wind up with.

[slay]

[ giving a very put-upon sigh, buffy makes a show of shutting her eyes. ]

[shootfirst]

[ kat plucks one of buffy's and turns to the drow, who has already yanked out his own and is holding it out on a finger. she gives him a judgy look but sticks it on the tape too, adding one of her own, and then waves her hand over it, closing her eyes. ] Tai ra nelf compendium! [ she punctuates the last word with a snap. and... suddenly none of them can see each other either. but they do hear kat's voice say: ] Told you so. C'mon, it'll wear off in a few minutes, but it should get us in.

[bigbad]

How are we supposed to know where each other are?

[shootfirst]

Use your ears? I don't know, I'm new at this.

[slay]

Intuition? We'll figure it out. It's not gonna wear off while we're in there, is it?

[shootfirst]

Well, yeah, it only lasts like 4 minutes, ok? But once we're in I can magic the cameras. No big. We just need to get in unseen. [ You can both make listen checks to not run into each other (dc 13, roll a d3 to see who you bang into/accidentally grope if you fail) ]

[bigbad]

[Yeah Spike's doing fine despite his grumbling (listen 26). Must be all that vampire grace. He starts walking towards the police station.]

[slay]

[ with buffy's listen of 27, she's doing fine dodging everyone, and she begins to make her way toward the station. ]

[shootfirst]

[ Kat easily opens the side door with a knock spell, and they slip into the dimly lit station. It's not entirely abandoned: an officer is at a cubicle across the room, face lit by the screen he's absorbed in. One set of footsteps breaks silently to the right (move silently 32) And it will take an equivalent listen check to follow. Another set takes a few fumbling steps that seem to echo loudly (move silently 12) GUESS WHO IS WHO. ]

[bigbad]

[Spike wasted his good listen check outside so he follows the loud one (listen 15). Who is probably Kat. Jaka seems less worthy of the failboat team. At least he's pretty quiet himself (move silently 20).]

[slay]

[ with a move silently of 24, buffy's footsteps are all but dead silent as she follows the lead of the others. her listen of 17 means she has to be following kat, however. ]

[shootfirst]

[ the officer looks up at kat's clunky movements, craning his neck around.

"Someone there?" he asks, though with an only mildly concerned air, as if he expects it to be a co-worker before a troublemaker. kat freezes, the steps stopping entirely. a moment later, he turns around and goes back to his screen. kat's voice echoes in spike and buffy's ears, as if it's being whispered right to them: ] I'm gonna dataread the computers out here. You guys go find the evidence lockers. We've got probably three minutes before this wears off.

[bigbad]

[This is so weird.]

Right.

[Spike whispers back. He looks around (search 17) and starts walking off in a useful looking direction.]

[slay]

[ with a search of 18 buffy is doing just as well as spike at finding the evidence locker and slipping inside to dig through it. ]

[lawofsurvival]

[ it's easy enough to figure out where the evidence locker is: and apparent that jaka is here, as some file cabinet doors are opening themselves. each miniature locker has a key hanging out of it, all labeled in shorthand, but it's easy enough for buffy to figure out which one applies to rafael's case.

opening it reveals a number of items: on top of which, enclosed in a bag, are rafael's guns, a familiar sight to buffy. a colt m1911a1 with silencer lies below that, as well as a number of dvds in jewel cases, each labeled with numbers, although a few also denote that they are, in fact, various camera angles from the concert. a copy of rafael's contract from nova is enclosed in a folder. archer's flask is in here. bullets in separate bags. the torn bottom strip of buffy's dress. a suit folded neatly in a bag. archer's shotgun. ]