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."

[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.

[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]

Aww. She'd go ahead and assume he wasn't lying, which would probably put him in the bad toy category anyway.

"Things went bad," Kitty confirmed. "But we got a clue. And we have time to put something together. So it's good that you came here."

[throughaphase]

Did.,. Did someone knock?

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

[throughaphase]

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

[wtf phone]

[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."

[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!

[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."

[throughaphase]

Kitty frowned, plasticly, and opened the door a little.

"Misplaced, you say."

[throughaphase]

"That's okay, we'll fix it. Glad to have you back," Kitty said. "We know how long we have, which helps."

[throughaphase]

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

[heartinabox]

Regina nodded. "Do we have a plan yet? Other than attacking the junkyard tomorrow, which I'd hope we'll all be doing, regardless."

[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]

"Aside from that, we're working it out," Kitty replied. "They're definitely going to be coming after us now, and then there's the nesting dolls."

[throughaphase]

"Oh! You've got one!" Did Kitty look excited? She was. "This helps!"

[throughaphase]

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

"Who is it?" she asked from inside.

[heartinabox]

". . . What nesting dolls?"

[bookbeltof_love]

Man, if this happened again, they really needed, like, proper super secret code words. As a trained spy and saboteur Nina was a little bemused (despite all the screaming she really wanted to do) to be asked who she was.

"It's Nina???????????????????" she said, since all of her smart-ass answers might get her in trouble. "If, like, Mae is there, she can totally vouch that I'm a bad toy??????????????????"

[thishouseishaunted]

Mae balled one paw into a squeaky little fist and pumped it into the air.

She knew it was a clue!

[built_fjord_tough]

"Perhaps misplaced," Fjord allowed, keeping a good half-step back so as to not seem too terribly aggressive. "You see, I appear to have come into possession of an... item... that seems as though it might be a part of a set?"

[throughaphase]

Kitty paused, and opened the door to let him in. "Let's see."