Kanan's warehouse- Friday- NFB

[throughaphase]

After last night's mission, Kitty had felt it was smarter to just not go home. If they hadn't found them at the warehouse yet, she was still staying there, while knowing they might need to move or scatter if the "good toys" got too close. She had the nesting doll, and the fact that it was empty was a giant clue, though she didn't know exactly what it meant in the bigger picture.

Well, with an execution date for their friends, they had to figure that out pretty quick now, didn't they?


[Same as usual! Mod an invite if you need one, Team Bad Guy has to work harder.]

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[heroic_jawline]

Steve was not okay today after the little announcement. If his face could show an expression other than steely determination, it would be looking panicked.

"Kitty?" he called, entering cautiously after checking to be absolutely sure he hadn't been watched.

[throughaphase]

At this point, if he was still on the other side and her cover might be blown anyway, she'd just try phasing through the wall and hope her powers didn't fritz.

"Yeah."

[heroic_jawline]

"Tony didn't come home last night," he said baldly. "I know he was heading out on that mission ...so I'm here so I don't take on the Toybox by myself with two weird shields and a spear I found in my closet."

[arboreal_priestess]

"Steve."

Look, neither Steve nor Verity had ever really gotten to know one another well, but Tony had been with Liam down in the sewers and--

Yeah.

For once she was grateful she only had the one expression. It meant she couldn't cry.

[heroic_jawline]

"Verity," Steve replied. "I am so, so sorry. That broadcast this morning? We won't let it be true."

His posture straightened and his shoulders squared. "We're not losing anyone else."

[built_fjord_tough]

Fjord had a ... thingie. An incomplete something-or-other, that needed to find a home. He had no idea what the significance of a nesting doll with no nest could possibly be, but he did know that a representation of Fandom stuck in the lighthouse as it was probably wasn't a good thing.

It was a useful thing, having the ability to ask around and really sell that guileless smile and innocent demeanor. Who would ever suspect the miniature half-orc with the unassuming British accent of doing anything remotely resembling rabble-rousing? Why yes, a few good toys had seen some more activity than usual in the warehouse district! As a matter of fact, someone had spotted that bad, bad Sheriff there just the other day...

A starting point, then. A place for Fjord to begin, making his way from warehouse to warehouse and knocking, ever so politely, on doors.

[throughaphase]

Did.,. Did someone knock?

"Uh, who is it?" Kitty called, making her way to the door.

[built_fjord_tough]

Fjord blew out a breath he hadn't realized he was holding.

... Hadn't realized he could hold, for that matter.

"It's Fjord," he called back, in that accent that he hated so damn much. "Just a good toy doing my duty as a citizen of the island and checking to see if anybody has... misplaced... anything."

[heartinabox]

Regina had spent the night sneaking her way into town, covered in plastic tree leaves. She was tired, cranky, and really ready for this whole curse to end.

It took a bit of reconnaissance, but she eventually managed to find where the "tea party" had been moved. She swiped the leaves off her head once she was safely inside and huffed.

"Right. Someone tell me there's a plan to take out that Junkyard."

[throughaphase]

"You got out!" Kitty said, genuinely happy to see her. "What about everyone else?"

[wtf phone]

[heartinabox]

Regina shook her head. "I'm sorry. I could only get myself out. I had no idea they'd send them to the Junkyard so quickly."

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae came waddling in, her little shirt in a bundle in her little stubby arms. She waved it in the air, trying to get someone's attention.

She found a thing! It might be a clue! It was kind of seriously awkward for her to carry as a toy so someone should come get it and make sure it didn't get lost!

[throughaphase]

"What's up?" Kitty asked, since it didn't look like something was wrong, maybe?

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae hopped in place (squeak, squeak) and held the tshirt bundle out for Kitty -- and then promptly dropped it.

Well. At least she'd managed to hang onto it the whole way across the island.

A nesting doll rolled out through the open collar. Mae pointed at it and hopped a few more times.

A clue! Look at the clue!

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina was a spy.

Of course she managed to find the hideout and… well. It really wasn't surprising that it was Grumpy Bus Driver's warehouse, honestly…

After she'd managed to flee get away from Prompto, Nina had grabbed the weird nesting doll and her pencil crayon and stealthed her way through town to see what other people would know and have an idea about what to do about all of this.

Because if they didn't have any better ideas she was going to start stabbing things with her pencil crayon.

"If there's, like, a code word for this, I don't know it," she muttered, knocking on the door furtively.

[throughaphase]

Kitty made her way over to the door, still cautious.

"Who is it?" she asked from inside.

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae waved at Nina. Rather hard. She'd heard about Nina getting turned in by Prompto on the radio and she was so glad that Nina wasn't locked up or dead or whatever!

Like, glad enough she might willingly be hugged. It'd been a week.

[heartinabox]

"Glad to see you not behind bars," Regina said, giving Nina a hesitant smile. She felt quite bad about leaving her behind when she escaped. "Are you quite alright?"

[in_sidon_we_trust]

"Nina!" Sidon greeted her eagerly, making a few squishy steps her way and opening his water-logged arms to express his excitement. "How good it is to see you! When I heard on the radio about....well....I was so worried! But here you are! Wonderful!"

[died8yearsago]

So, a ballerina and a Zora walk into a warehouse...

...oh, have you heard this one?

"Hey," said Rosa, quirking her chin up in greeting after letting Sidon and his squishy, squishy steps in before her. "Don't worry, Fish Boy's cool, he's just a little behind on stuff because he's been in the ocean since yesterday. But he did find something. And," she held up her little nesting doll, "I found one, too. If I didn't think it was a clue before, I'm definitely sure it's a clue now."

[in_sidon_we_trust]

And Sidon would have given a bright and tentative smile if he'd had a mouth as he held up his own oh-so-small little doll. "I found it at the bottom of the ocean!" he offered helpfully. "So I suppose it was an incredibly good thing that I'd decided to go for a swim after all!"

Although he was rather dripping everywhere. Detective Diaz had made him sort of run around the district a little bit so that he left all sorts of meandering wet paths behind him, so they didn't just lead someone straight to this warehouse.

[arboreal_priestess]

Verity arrived with several plastic mice, the ones who were most broken up by Liam's capture. They needed some extra quality time. And taking care of them meant Verity could avoid thinking about...things. Anything. Things like how Liam had looked on the screen and the glee in that bitch's voice as she promised his execution...

[throughaphase]

"I remember these guys," Kitty said, watching the mice.

[bookbeltof_love]

Nina was generally the Mom Friend of the Diamonds and, oh, those little mice looked like they weren't having the best of times either. She didn't know the woman carrying them but hopefully, like, she wouldn't mind her drifting over to see the mice.

"Oh," she said, softly, "they're sweet."

Mice weren't usually her thing--but, like, they were all in this together.

And checking in on someone made her feel better, though she was still carting her pencil crayon around with her, like a security blanket.

[died8yearsago]

"Verity."

After scoping out the mice a little, Rosa was able to put a few things together and offered her a stiff nod.

One stuck-as-a-ballerina to another.

And, no, she didnt really do emotional support bullshit or stuff like that, but that was....sort of her attempt to at least give it an acknowledgement. Don't go running off and telling anyone, but Rosa did actually care sometimes, too.

A little.