Behind Closed Doors | KoL

♬ the good and the bad guy - my brightest diamond

WHO || Kyplena
WHAT || Kyp & Elena head to Andres to try to rescue Thomas.
WHERE || Andres Isle
WHEN || September 19th, 2014
HOW || Actionspam

[ It's been a long road.

Months of being on the run from people who suspect the worst of them, all as Elena gears up for exactly this moment, might make it a little surreal once they actually get here.   But as she pointed out to Kyp, she's never going to be more ready.    It's his idea to keep an eye on outbound travel from Andres, and to usurp the identity of two Andresian nobles traveling to France on their private yacht for a weekend.  While he insists they should simply kill the couple to ensure that they won't be discovered and find a way to alert Dimitris, Elena readily talks him into simply leaving them under a sleeping potion procured in England, in a closet of their penthouse, where someone is bound to find them in the next few days.  Enough time for them to get to the island, and do whatever it is they need to do.  

Kyp pilots the yacht all by himself, wearing Aldus Laurent's fancy captain's hat as he does so, sporting the man's face even at sea.   ]

Land ho.

♬ Out of My Mind - James Blunt

WHO || Elena, Kyp
WHAT || Elena busts Kyp out of the dungeon
WHERE || Knights HQ > ??
WHEN || June 7th, 2014, evening.
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

[Her visit with Helen had at least calmed one of the worries on her mind, and Elena couldn't lie and say she didn't feel bad about speaking to her, dumping her thoughts on her, only to turn around and go forward with what she was about to do next.

At least she wouldn't be dragging anyone else down with her.

She went back to her room, wrote up a note, and stuck it in an envelope, writing Myri's name on the front. If all went well, she'd be walking out the front door, leaving it for her at the front desk. If not, they'd be locking her up in a cell next, or worse.

But no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't let him die, and she couldn't leave Thomas to continued horrors. If she died, it would be for a good cause, and almost no one would miss her.

The world would simply be rid of one more creature that it hated.

She assumed the relief guard's form, in a moment when she was alone, copying his face, body and clothes (disguise 41), Myri's letter and two smoke grenades tucked away in her pockets. She arrived for the switch in shifts a little early, only about ten minutes or so, just enough that she hoped it wouldn't seem strange, but would give her enough time to get the keys and get them out. With luck, she could be Elena, he could be anyone else in the Castle, and they could leave before anyone knew otherwise.

Well, until the real Edain showed up.

Elena opened up her mind as she headed down the hall toward where the guard was posted, trying to calm the thumping in her chest. If she could read the man she was replacing, that would make this easier. At the same time, she reaches out to Kyp, the doppelganger that she had once considered a friend.

Now she didn't know what he was. It didn't change the fact that she didn't want him to die.

Awake?]

WHO || Elena, Kyp, Spike
WHAT || Elena takes some lessons from the doppelganger
WHERE || Chicago, the Waldorf hotel
WHEN || July 13th, onwards, evening
HOW || Actionspam

[ With a surprising amount of overall support from the team, Elena gets the opportunity to return to the Waldorf without having to sneak around her teammates, to continue her 'doppel-lessons' from Kyp.

Of course, she doesn't get to go alone, and Spike has volunteered to play guard dog. The hotel is relatively quiet as they arrive this fine evening. ]