[May 20th-30th] Another Cause for Me to Fight (Richmond Territory Claim)

[dirtyredneck]

He'd been sucking it up for months. Holding back waiting to see if Daybreak would get off their ass and do something about the shit that had gone down in their territory since Raymond's rise (which ended promptly with his fall, a thing Daybreak had no hand in). But all they'd done in Richmond was decide to build that eye sore of an insult to all non-witches. 'Center for Magical Innovation'. Bullshit. Center for slavery of non-witches was more accurate. Starting with the fae.

When Faolan had spoken against it, Daryl had hopes that maybe what little loose leadership the clan had might be ready to get up off their ass and do something. But that didn't happen and a month passed while the Center sat there, getting used. It's visitors abusing folks in ways it was hard to get any proof of. Just rumor and small confessions of a few fae who'd been able to slip away. Some of the stray cats in the area talked about it, too. Didn't like how it 'felt'.

Another month had almost passed and Daryl was done with waiting. He'd set up small patrols with others he'd trusted among Hillingdon months ago. Stuff to help protect the residents in the ways that Daybreak had been neglecting to. It wouldn't take much to turn those patrols toward doing something more.

Richmond was basically his territory already. It was time to make it Hillingdon's too.

(Specific prompts in the comments)

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[roddy_reinigen]

He knew, of course. Naturally, he knew. However, he'd let his anger get before his common sense when he heard that sewer quip.

"And let me guess. You're going to take me in, now."

Roddy had no doubt that he could, either, as was evidenced by the way Roddy took a step back. Sure, the feline form wasn't the most imposing, but he knew that fae were never what they seemed, and were never harmless. He shifted back to human, because he figured he'd have to run soon, and it wouldn't do to have a rat creature running through the streets.

"The thing is..." he said, taking a few more steps back, "You're going to have to catch me, first!"

And with that, he turned and ran.

[bellbound]

He should have guessed that a rat's instinct would be to run. And what is Mogget's instinct if not to chase? He pursues the boy to the edge of the property and there he stops, watching the shifter's retreating figure. It's enough to chase him off the site. And a few seconds later, when the security guards come, he tells them where to look. With any luck, they'll find him. And if not, well, they've given him a scare. Perhaps he'll realise that it would be unwise to return.

[roddy_reinigen]

Roddy would manage to get away in the end by turning into a rat and losing himself in the swarms of rats that lived in the underground tunnels of the tube, not the sewers, thank you very much. However, the pursuit of the security guards would do their job, and that would be the last time he'd show up there until the time to meet up and keep the witches out came, and then he would mostly feel secure in showing up because he knew he'd have more of Hillingdon there.