(Loyalty Is,) Diner Destination

[Sonnie Wu]

The feral anger Sonnie had been displaying earlier was gone, replaced by a mixture of curiosity and caution. She looked to Titania and gave the Bright One a wan smile. "Thanks, Starlight, but I'm okay. We outnumber him by a lot. I'm not worried about that. Just trying to figure this stuff out, you know?"

Her eyes shifted back to Robert as Titania turned her own attention back to him.

"And that's how the fire started..." she muttered.

Then she blinked her eyes at the last sentence the Fireheart spoke.

There it was.

Her face darkened as she looked down at the staff laying across her thighs. When she spoke again, her voice was tight with painful memories... ones that had nothing to do with Abraham.

"So... you're a privateer?"

[James Turner]

He was not the warm heat of summer, the rage of the burning sun. He was the calm, cool of night as he needed to be. This was not done yet, they didn't have the full story and they needed the full story. Who and Why was just as important as what and How. John's eyes just bore into the other ling, not harsh but observing every twitch, he was a potential enemy now and if he was guilty? He just wished there were other Winters here capable of dealing with this threat. Circe probably had her ways though, and Sonnie wouldn't be hard to convince.


"Was he mistaken? Are you innocent of these charges? If not, why? Why would you do that? The truth please, I just want to get to the bottom of this for everyone's sake."


He honestly can only think of one reason why and it was a song he'd heard before. Others captivity for their own freedom. It was selfish and short sighted, inevitably doing more harm then good. It weakened the freehold, it exposed every other changeling around you to the dangers of the Others and in the end do you really think you were safe?

  7 successes

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-03-29 11:26:32		Reading Robert rolls 9 to Wits + empathy + Adroitness + Speicialty (9 Again)		3, 10, 2, 5, 10, 10, 9, 1, 4, 1, 10, 10, 7, 10, 3, 7		7 successes

[Bugul]

Bugul heard the posh, controlled words of Titania hit his ears, soothing his irritance away with a single breadth.

He'd look to the Bright One, his face expressing silent gratitude for her taking charge. He was not the best at these things, but this man had his sympathies. The Goatman knew his pain, but others would be better at lifting the truth from his throat.

Bugul would say nothing, but he wouldn't move from his spot. Instead he leveled his gaze on Robert, awaiting his answer to the questions that had been asked.

[Titania]

She listens in religious silence. She didn't know the Spring Knight too well, and admittedely, his exploit in the throne room did led credence to the stranger's story. Nevertheless, he didn't strike her to be one to wantonly wage violence upon an unsuspecting couple.
She had the means to confirm or deny this tale, and she would do so. "I will verify your tale now. Let Fate be our witness", she announces, courtesy demands it.

But... nothing. The Wyrd forsakes her, her calls lie unanswered. She stomps her feet on the ground. Why it must always be like this?

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-03-29 14:24:48		Titania rolls 3 to Omen 1 - Vision of Strife (Wyrd + Emp) (10 Again)		4, 4, 3		failure

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-03-29 14:25:08		Titania rolls 2 to Omen 1 - Vision of Strife (Wyrd + Emp - 1 Repeated) (10 Again)		5, 6		failure

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-03-29 14:25:44		Titania rolls 1 to Omen 1 - Vision of Strife (Wyrd + Emp - 2 Repeated twice) (10 Again)		1		failure

Vision of Strike. Attempted 3 times with the appropriate penalties. Still failed. Glam cost is waived since he was talking about his past

[Saber Sloth]

The Wyrd refuses Titania's call, no matter her verve to invoke the Clause, some strife, the Wyrd must mean, is not for the Bright One's eyes.

For the Darkling, he is entirely in tune with the Elemental. Every shifted, abortive twitch of his face. The way his flameless coals, roam between each of them in turn. The way he slants his shoulders, the way his fingers clench and crease his pants. How his feet point, then move. Tell a story.

Rage, grief, desperation. Then as he moves to answer the question, again just as he had when he revealed to be Abe's murderer, a hint of triumph.

"Yeah. I'm a Privateer." he says, he lies.

[James Turner]

"I told you not to lie and the first thing you do is lie. You're hurt, I get it. Since you are NOT a Privateer WHAT are you and WHY were you doing what you were. Lying is useless here and is just a waste of both of our time. Now, can I get the WHOLE truth please."

He pinched the bridge of his nose feeling frustration worm its way into him, first what had happened in the Diner and now this. He looked over at Titania, though still trying to not look her in the eyes. Too many bad memories there. Bugul was the bad cop, Titania was the good cop and he was there to make sure they got the truth. He could force him to tell the truth as he believed it but he wasn't like them and didn't want to take away his choice if he didn't have to. He was on thin ice now though.

He nodded as Titania tried to call upon Fate to divine the truth of his statement, he thought he understood what she was doing having made that some agreement with the skeins of fate but assumed he'd likely just get the mans kidnapping or Durance. It was so often what filled most of their beings. He'd wait for the next opportunity to follow it up himself.

[Sonnie Wu]

She could still remember it. The night she was taken. The three strangers accosting her outside the bus station. Friendly, at first, trying to lure her away. Then forcibly taking her when that didn't work. Dragging her through the weird doorway that inexplicably had a briar-filled wilderness on the far side. Her abductors, their appearances changing as they passed into the other world, become bizarre monsters.

It wasn't until she had returned on her own, years later, that she came to understand who and what those people were.

Privateers. Changelings who captured fresh meat for the True Fae, in exchange for various rewards. Some of the worst scum of Lost society.

And yet, her rising outrage was stymied by James' pronouncement. The Elemental was lying. He... wasn't a privateer?

Sonnie's anger shifted in its nature, going from violent fury to sullen disdain, as a possible reason for the deception struck her.

She hopped off the dumpster, landing lightly on her feet, and shouldered her staff.

"You just want us to kill you, is that it?" the simian Beast asked of Robert. "You want to join your wife. You can't go on without her. I get it. But you can't work up the nerve to off yourself. So you lie and claim to be a privateer, thinking we'll do it for you. Am I close?"

It was a guess, but it felt accurate.

[Bugul]

Bugul says nothing, though a look of disappointment collects upon the Goatman's face when John reveals Bobby's statement of being a privateer are a farce.

He would allow the others to deal with still, for this Beast was considering all that had been said and sometimes the best thing to say was to say nothing at all.

[Titania]

She had to admit, the Residents of this Freehold severly lacked in the etiquette department. Not only they had just been informed of the murder of an innocent at the behest of one of them, but they were going out their way to antagonize the victim.
It was rude.

Her eyes narrow on the Monkey and on the menacing weapon hanging from her back.
Did it come down to this? Were they trying to press the number advantage and surround the stranger? Had she misjudged them? To be fair, she couldn't say she knew any of them, they could be real villains for all she knew.

[Saber Sloth]

The Dakling's loud claims to the Elemental's lies ring through the air at the back of the diner. It quiet, and even the din from the diner can't seem to penetrate this moment.

Robert scowls an ugly thing at James. The flames quickly reigniting before, sputtering back to nothing as he gives a full body flinch when Sonnie speaks.


"It doesn't mater! None of it matters! I killed your friend! That should matter!" he shouts. "I-I killed other people's friends too!" he says searching for something else to say, desperation crawl up and up and out. "I've done terrible things. Don't listen to the Darkling! I'm calling myself a Privateer! Do what you're supposed to do when you find one!"

It seems Sonnie had hit the nail on the head with her words.

  failure

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2020-04-01 12:05:25		Robert Coal Eyes rolls 4 to Make them Mad (10 Again)		2, 2, 6, 6		failure