Search Party Log

[putuporshutup]

Who: Whichever idiots want to go out into the woods and figure out what killed April
What: Search Party!
When: Thursday
Where: The Lobby/The Grounds/The Forest
Rating: PG-13 otherwise tag your threads

She wouldn't normally care, but with the castle shifting to resemble anything remotely like her world, Meg was on edge. When she found April - or what was left of her - decorating the castle halls, that concern switched to full blown alert mode. The demon spent the night and half the morning poking around the castle, looking for whatever had done it on her own to no avail. By noon, she had circled back around to the lobby and stood there glaring at the pile of weapons, wondering what the hell the catch was.

Finally, she cracked open her journal. By now, more people surely would have seen the carnage.

"All right," she sighed heavily. "Anyone wants to go out and find what did it, meet me in the lobby."

Comments

Lobby

[putuporshutup]

Re: Lobby

[deductiongeek]

Do you know who did it?

[Conan had examined the scene himself, and to his frustration had come up with more questions than answers. There didn't seem to be any clues that pointed to anyone in the castle. And so he was very curious if Meg had found something to make her so certain she could find the culprit.]

[putuporshutup]

[This kid again... she turns and gives Conan a flat look.]

Do I sound like I know?

[Action]

[schrodingersghost]

[Danny phases through the ceiling of the lobby, and floats down to land in a crouch. He salutes.]

Phantom reporting for duty!

...You do know where we're going, right?

Re: [Action]

[putuporshutup]

[Meg looked over at Danny and arched a brow.]

The woods?

[Duh?]

[dontpatr0nizeme]

[Washington was more than ready to help out. They needed answers, after all. And the world change was very worrying already.] Washington reporting.

[putuporshutup]

[Meg looks Washington up and down incredulously.]

So official. Relax, soldier.

[You know, as much as anyone can relax after someone's been ripped to shreds and left to paint the castle walls.]

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine had stumbled across the carnage herself, which was enough to make her want to throw up. She didn't somehow (maybe all those giant space leaps had hardened her stomach), but the knowledge that someone or something dangerous was loose didn't make her feel better.

Someone had to stop it, and who better than a wizard? So after telling Neets where she was going, she drops by the lobby.]

Any chance you know what did it?

[ofthursday]

[Did you ring for your boyfriend, Meg?

Castiel is one of the most powerful beings here, as far as he knows--or would be if he were at full power, which he's pretending he is--and so he feels he probably should help. He should definitely be looking after Meg, at least, and so here he is.]

What are you planning to do?

[He signs to her when he finds her, head tilted slightly to the side.]

[putuporshutup]

[She most certainly did, and gives him a wry smile when he shows up, grateful for the backup but not amused at the situation in the least. Where the hell were the Winchesters when they were actually, for once in their entire existence, needed by anyone?

She shrugs and sighs.]

Well, whatever it is isn't in the castle anymore. That means it's out there [She nods out the window sideways] or gone, but I sincerely doubt the latter.] So I guess we're gonna go look.

[Clearly, this is an airtight plan.]

[gottaknockhard]

[Spike isn't usually one to jump into search parties, but this time it's different. At least in the sense that he knew April and could have prevented this if he'd tried, although that difference could be argued.

He doesn't do much to introduce himself into the gathering group, he just hovers close enough to get a sense of what they're planning. If they're even prepared.

It's probably for the best that they don't hear what he's thinking.]

[putuporshutup]

[Hell, Meg isn't usually one to start them, but she's got a hugely bad feeling about this and in the past, the only way she's seen things like this come to a mercifully abrupt end was for this random, dwindling group of assholes to help each other out. So there she is, organizing a damn hunting party.

Suddenly, she feels as though she should be wearing plaid.

She notices Spike and gives him a wry smile. She knows that look... she's trying very hard not to wear one just like it.]

Just another day in Paradise, huh?

Grounds

[putuporshutup]

[clever_girl]

[Serin made a circuit on the grounds. She'd brought a tidy arsenal with her, but no more than she could carry without seriously hindering her movement; this was about time. The sooner they caught this bastard, the sooner they could prevent anything else from happening.]

[She'd mentally put herself on recon; find it, call for backup, do not engage singularly. She's more used to strategy positions, or manning a post on a ship; this active tracking of a monster she didn't feel she quite understood was better suited to, well. Mal, or Vas, certainly Naomi. Serin found herself greatly missing BB in this moment; his reassuring chatter as much as his timely dispersal of intelligence gathering.]

[wendigoooo]

[It's a bold thing, venturing close to the edge of the forest, but the Wendigo doesn't care. It knows it isn't the thing being hunted at the moment, but that could change at the blink of an eye. It's an intelligent being, and likes to systematically pick off the biggest threats to its own survival.

This one with all the weapons certainly could be an issue, so it makes a run at her - too fast to be perceived by the human eye - aiming to make a grab for any pack or bag she may be carrying.]

Forest

[putuporshutup]

[deductiongeek]

[ Conan was hardly about to allow a search for a murderer to happen without him. But he also knew that there would protests to allowing a child to come along on a possibly dangerous mission.

So obviously the solution was to follow some of the others without telling anyone and without letting anyone know he was there until it was too late to send him back to the castle.

He moves quietly through the forest, keeping a close ear on the sound of footsteps up ahead.]

[toobravehearted]

[ The Doctor's hearing is very good, better than a human's. When there's the sound of rustling and slight movement coming from behind the party, he starts to hang back. What if what they're looking for is actually looking for them instead?

Veering off to the side, the Doctor puts himself behind a tree, quiet and waiting. What he does see makes a spike of frustration in him when things really are fraught enough.

Leaning forward as the boy passes, he reaches out a hand to Conan's shoulder, hopefully getting a good enough grip on his clothing in the process to stop him from running and he whispers quickly and quietly. ]

It's me, don't call out. What are you doing out here? [ The irritation in his voice should be apparent. ]

[wendigoooo]

[Conan perhaps isn't as quiet as he thinks he is, and something that lurks in the woods is drawn to his location. It's fast and it's smart, and for a while it just stalks him. Learning the way he moves, sizing him up and preparing to attack.

He won't provide all that much meat, but he'll do.]

[schrodingersghost]

Danny floats through the forest, above and slightly to the right of the others. Occasionally he phases through a tree when it gets in the way.

"...Did anyone else just hear something?"

[deadlybanker]

Giovanni had not left with the group but it was the sound that drew him to them. Whether it was the group itself crashing through the bushes or something else when the Italian Assassin arrived he saw only those of the castle. Had... the thing some how slipped past him?

"Have you seen any sign of what you have all been tracking?"

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine walks with the rest of the group as she scans the forest for possible signs of disturbance. Some of the group might have a problem with a teenager coming along, but she doesn't care. She's faced plenty of dangerous things in her lifetime. What's one more? Her bow and quiver are visible, and Dairine is carrying a lot more that's less visible.

She just hopes they don't have to go far enough that they reach the Dead Zone. Otherwise she'll be limited to archery alone.]

[im_the_doctor]

[ The eldest Doctor joins the group as they head out to the forest. He seen the trunk of weapons in the lobby, but he'd passed right on by. He didn't believe in weapons. Whatever happened, whatever they were going up against, there was a better way to deal with it than violence.

He'd seen enough violence and he was about to contribute to it. If anything he expects he'll be the voice of reason when they find whatever it is they are looking for.]

[wizard_redfive]

[Dairine had also joined in, feeling as though it was her duty as a wizard. Something killed a person. It might be one of the Lone One's goons but even if it wasn't, killing increased entropy locally. She had to make sure it wasn't too much. Dairine might try talking to whatever they found at first, if only for the Oath's sake. However, the bow in her hand implies she isn't above harming it either.

Noticing the Doctor, she gives him a slight nod.]

[toobravehearted]

[ Whatever was going on between the Doctor's and probably wasn't being spoken about, didn't matter right now to the younger when something more important and immediate was going on right under their noses. It couldn't be allowed to carry on.

Which is why the Doctor stands next to his elder and unsurprisingly - is thinking the exact same thing. Five is unarmed, having passed the trunk in the lobby with naught but a tight lipped scowl. The Doctor's greatest weapon was his wits. ]

We're possibly going to have to split up. It's not just about looking for the thing that caused April's murder. It's watching our friends as well.