[Randall shakes his head as he pushes it off (18), before glancing over back at the witch. "Scarlett, can we talk about this?"
Two tries to get past Scarlett to Bonnie (18 vs. 14), and she's fast enough that she succeeds, and manages not to wipe out on the rough terrain (13). She swings a fist towards Bonnie (7), while Randall tries to deal with Scarlett.]
Not unless you are interested in telling me what you want with the Slayers. The Tower made a point to stay off their radar. Why change things now?
["The witches. They said we had an opportunity."
Scarlett swings towards him, but half-heartedly (7 vs. 9), wanting to keep him talking.]
( Bonnie stands her ground (19) intensifying the spell to bring him to his knees.
With her other hand, she enhances Scarlett's chances (a nice +2 to her AC) inspiring her with her words: ) I got this one. You handle Randall.( A beat. ) Ugh, he made me rhyme.
( Then to her vampire, she leans down. )
Tell me. Tell me what witches did this and I'll let you go.
[Two cries out as they grip their head (12) and spits out: "Wallace and Corsair. The Colony."
Randall tries to get the jump on Scarlett (7 vs. 6) as she struggles to get a hold on him, and she swings another punch (10 vs. 16) that he wriggles out of the way of as he flips them so that he was on top.
"Nothing personal, Scarlett. But we don't want this getting out."]
( It's not her favorite form of magic, but - Scarlett needs help, so she closes her fist to break Two's neck and knock him out. (6) makes it hard to concentrate on one and do the other. )
Randall tries to shove his hand in Scarlett's chest, but she wrenches out of the way (8 vs. 16), and returns the favor (17 vs. 10). Blood sputters all over her clothes, but Randall collapses, and she shoves him off before tossing the heart away.]
The Ivory Tower is a vampire organization. Most of them are very old and very ... particular about how they engage with the world. I'm not a member, but they did aid me once when I was in a less than optimal state.
[She glances over the bodies.]
Though this may be finally burning that bridge. Rhett will be pleased to hear it.
( She releases the spell for a slick surface, leaving him in a heap. Giving herself leverage with her foot, she breaks a branch off and tosses it to Scarlett before wiping her sappy hands on her clothes. )
This is about the Inner Circle. Of course it is. I thought the Winchesters were spearheading that. How did they end up so far North?
[Scarlett will do just that, nudging the body onto it's back before shoving the tree branch down into his chest. With that done, she dusts off her hands and scans the landscape.]
Do you want to try and see if we can get back in to the others? Or keep patrolling for lingering vampires?
I don't know. There are probably vampires there, but not inside. But, I like the idea of there being less vampires for them to deal with. Let's see what we can do out here. You knew Randall. Chances are, you'll see another familiar face.
( And maybe more answers will come. And as they start a trek along the tree-line to get a better vantage point and catch anyone else off guard... )
Adopted. He came to us fully grown so I had no hand in raising him in his human life, but over time he's become ours in every way that matters.
[And after the Butlers' run with children, she can't say how she would feel if she hadn't heard his voice on the other end of the line. Now is not the time for her to start disassociating in grief.
Never mind that she has no word of Melly or Rhett.]
The Ivory Tower was actually how we met. The Tower ... favors discretion but also the old ways. They hire people - usually those with no other resource - to be dined on for the evenings of their salons. Wes was one of them.
That's - ( capitalism. gruesome. Actually, hired? Or, they say they hire but what they really mean is, do our bidding, be our blood bags? Something tells me 'the old ways' didn't come with insurance and a 401k.
Actually hired. Paid them quite well, if I remember. And most of the people they were getting didn't really care so much about the benefits. They just wanted the cash.
[Cash is still king after all.
As they make their way through, Bonnie picks up the sound of scuffling nearby. Scarlett picks up on it as well (17), head snapping to the side and reaching out - but dragging over something much warmer than expected.
Clara glances between them, eyes wide. "Bonnie? Is this a good vamp or bad vamp?"]
Apologies, I was not aware that vampires existed in the Wizard of Oz dichotomy.
( And maybe opportunistic, but putting a price on that. They weren't going to get aspiring people. People with futures. They were going to be people who had no other choice. Runaways.
A familiar face! )
This is Scarlett. She's a Glinda. ( Of course, Scarlett. There are good and bad vampires. ) And an old friend of Stefan's. Are you two okay?
[Scarlett releases the young Slayer as she relaxes and Lee catches up with them. "We just got off the phone with Mia, in Star City. She's going to coordinate with the other cells to make sure that no one else was attacked and that they're on guard. Stefan and Faith went that way - " She turns back and points. " - back into the castle. Stefan said he heard Dawn."
"There are vampires around. A group of them attacked us after everything went boom."
Scarlett nods.]
Yes, we ran into some of those as well. Does this Mia mean anything to you?
[All she knows about Mia is that's the name of Wes's boyfriend's roommate.]
["Faith told us to get out of here, but ... can we stick with you guys?" Lee hesitates to ask, but she and Clara are both fairly new to the Slayer gig, so sticking with the vampire and the powerful witch seems like the best play. "Just in case more vampires show up?"
Scarlett raises an eyebrow back at Bonnie. She's much more of a mother hen than Scarlett will ever be, but she's willing to keep the Slayers with them if they pull their weight.]
Scarlett nods, moving ahead of the girls and further into the trees. She doesn't intend to go far - one ear is trained on the castle to make sure that if Stefan or Faith give a sign of trouble they can swoop back in.
[Scarlett is also staying sharp (15), and so does Clara (14), but Lee is busy managing the Slayer group chat as people are texting in for updates and has her eyes down (9).
It's really rather fortunate that Bonnie is paying attention when a vampire's hand reaches out to snatch her (8 vs. 3), and she starts to get dragged into the shadows with a scream.
( Bonnie looks back, the scream taking her out of paying very close attention in the opposite direction. )
Lee!
( She doesn't know if she can, but, something grabbed her and maybe that something wants an aneurysm (16) as she hopefully tries to take down a vampire and not popping brain blood vessels in a human... )
[The vampire screams (1), letting Lee go, but it summons the rest of her vampire team. Two more scramble into frame and the one that seems like the leader eyes the vampire at the head of the group with a sneer.
"Scarlett."]
Belinda. What a delightful surprise.
[Her tone says it's not delightful. Belinda ignores her, tipping her hand towards One and Two. "Kill them all. We want no survivors."]
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Two tries to get past Scarlett to Bonnie (18 vs. 14), and she's fast enough that she succeeds, and manages not to wipe out on the rough terrain (13). She swings a fist towards Bonnie (7), while Randall tries to deal with Scarlett.]
Not unless you are interested in telling me what you want with the Slayers. The Tower made a point to stay off their radar. Why change things now?
["The witches. They said we had an opportunity."
Scarlett swings towards him, but half-heartedly (7 vs. 9), wanting to keep him talking.]
Did they now?
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The tower?
( Bonnie tries her same spell again, but on Two who's right in front of her. (11) because he's in such close proximity. )
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Randall realizing that he's being pried for information swipes at Scarlett (9 vs. 11) and she dips back to stay out of the way.]
Hold on, Bonnie, will explain when we're done here.
[To Randall:]
And what did these witches want?
["I think I've said enough."]
Then that's very unfortunate for you, Randall.
[And she will speed forward, trying to get a hold of him (10 vs. 2), grappling him to the ground beneath her.]
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With her other hand, she enhances Scarlett's chances (a nice +2 to her AC) inspiring her with her words: ) I got this one. You handle Randall. ( A beat. ) Ugh, he made me rhyme.
( Then to her vampire, she leans down. )
Tell me. Tell me what witches did this and I'll let you go.
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Randall tries to get the jump on Scarlett (7 vs. 6) as she struggles to get a hold on him, and she swings another punch (10 vs. 16) that he wriggles out of the way of as he flips them so that he was on top.
"Nothing personal, Scarlett. But we don't want this getting out."]
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( It's not her favorite form of magic, but - Scarlett needs help, so she closes her fist to break Two's neck and knock him out. (6) makes it hard to concentrate on one and do the other. )
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Randall tries to shove his hand in Scarlett's chest, but she wrenches out of the way (8 vs. 16), and returns the favor (17 vs. 10). Blood sputters all over her clothes, but Randall collapses, and she shoves him off before tossing the heart away.]
The Ivory Tower is a vampire organization. Most of them are very old and very ... particular about how they engage with the world. I'm not a member, but they did aid me once when I was in a less than optimal state.
[She glances over the bodies.]
Though this may be finally burning that bridge. Rhett will be pleased to hear it.
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( She looks down at the vampire, having an idea. )
He's still alive. Would anything he say help us?
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I would put him out of his misery. I think revealing that the Colony is involved is the best we're going to get.
[More to the point:]
They don't. Explode castles that is. But if I remember Wallace and Corsair, that seems very much up their alley.
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This is about the Inner Circle. Of course it is. I thought the Winchesters were spearheading that. How did they end up so far North?
( Stabbity, Scarlett. )
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Do you want to try and see if we can get back in to the others? Or keep patrolling for lingering vampires?
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( And maybe more answers will come. And as they start a trek along the tree-line to get a better vantage point and catch anyone else off guard... )
Wesley's your son?
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[And after the Butlers' run with children, she can't say how she would feel if she hadn't heard his voice on the other end of the line. Now is not the time for her to start disassociating in grief.
Never mind that she has no word of Melly or Rhett.]
The Ivory Tower was actually how we met. The Tower ... favors discretion but also the old ways. They hire people - usually those with no other resource - to be dined on for the evenings of their salons. Wes was one of them.
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( (Perception 13 while she walks and talks )
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[Cash is still king after all.
As they make their way through, Bonnie picks up the sound of scuffling nearby. Scarlett picks up on it as well (17), head snapping to the side and reaching out - but dragging over something much warmer than expected.
Clara glances between them, eyes wide. "Bonnie? Is this a good vamp or bad vamp?"]
Apologies, I was not aware that vampires existed in the Wizard of Oz dichotomy.
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( And maybe opportunistic, but putting a price on that. They weren't going to get aspiring people. People with futures. They were going to be people who had no other choice. Runaways.
A familiar face! )
This is Scarlett. She's a Glinda. ( Of course, Scarlett. There are good and bad vampires. ) And an old friend of Stefan's. Are you two okay?
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"There are vampires around. A group of them attacked us after everything went boom."
Scarlett nods.]
Yes, we ran into some of those as well. Does this Mia mean anything to you?
[All she knows about Mia is that's the name of Wes's boyfriend's roommate.]
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( She's heavy on Mystic Falls gossip, light on Slayer. But, Buffy has been added to the group chat and the facetime brunches. )
She was in Europe, ended up in Mystic Falls -- and I guess she's in Star City, now. Her brother's from there, too. She's actually pretty famous.
( Sorry, she asked. To the slayers. )
We took out two vampires. We think there are more.
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Scarlett raises an eyebrow back at Bonnie. She's much more of a mother hen than Scarlett will ever be, but she's willing to keep the Slayers with them if they pull their weight.]
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( Scarlett can lead the pack with Bonnie behind and the slayers can flank. She doesn't know them, but she couldn't say they're more than sixteen. )
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Scarlett nods, moving ahead of the girls and further into the trees. She doesn't intend to go far - one ear is trained on the castle to make sure that if Stefan or Faith give a sign of trouble they can swoop back in.
Perception checks, everybody.]
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It's really rather fortunate that Bonnie is paying attention when a vampire's hand reaches out to snatch her (8 vs. 3), and she starts to get dragged into the shadows with a scream.
Whoops.]
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Lee!
( She doesn't know if she can, but, something grabbed her and maybe that something wants an aneurysm (16) as she hopefully tries to take down a vampire and not popping brain blood vessels in a human... )
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"Scarlett."]
Belinda. What a delightful surprise.
[Her tone says it's not delightful. Belinda ignores her, tipping her hand towards One and Two. "Kill them all. We want no survivors."]
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