[ ACTIVE/ OPEN ] Southwark Claim

[knightscode]

Date: 28th of May
Plot: Southwark Territory Claim by Daybreak
Areas: Lambeth and surrounding areas!



The month has been one of chaos, following the Night Council results. The surprise loss by Norrell felt like a small victory to those who opposed his rather heavy handed tactics, but of course Millicent had still won -- and what followed... Street hunts, murders, robberies, arson, open hunting of werewolves during the full moon. 'Gang violence', they called it, but everyone in the know understood what was really going on. Such actions cannot go unanswered, and someone has to do something about it soon.

On May the 28th a group of Daybreak members and its allies begin to move in to Southwark, and some of them may notice it's a little easier than they might have first expected...

[ ooc; log for the Daybreak territory claim! This is the Daybreak faction reward claim, and being used as plot distract Millicent! It is being run by Lance in response to the general bullshittery Millicent has pulled, via persuasion by Jean-Claude. Once he realises he has been used he will most likely be reasonably upset, as he has no idea he is in fact a distraction! ]

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[catphishing]

Oliver had wanted more excitement in his life and he's certainly got it now. Just not exactly in the ways he wanted. He has nothing against Daybreak witches, but his recent alliances with Islington mean they definitely have it in for him. Something there's very little he can do about if he comes into contact with them, so he's trying not to.

Maybe if he comes across across one of the Islington vampires he'll be safer. Maybe he'll even be able to do a little to help.

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Lancelot may not be a witch, but he's definitely taking part in the claim. The vampires can smell him coming, but the funny thing about Lancelot is not only is he not a witch -- he's a meta human doused in fae magic.

Something Daybreak doesn't normally approve of, fae things.

It's enough to give some of them pause right until he throw them across the way, and the vampire who goes sailing past Oliver is definitely surprised.

Lancelot himself doesn't even notice Oliver as he jogs through to follow the vampire, intently watching it as it picks itself up and glowers at him.

[catphishing]

Lacelot may not notice Oliver, but he notices him. It's kind of hard to miss him when the vampire he'd just thrown had come so close to knocking him down too. Maybe it would be better for him to stay invisible. It's not like he's capable of standing up to someone who can throw a vampire down like that. Except of course he can't resist opening his stupid mouth and getting himself involved.

"Hey, come on. Lay off. He didn't even do anything."

Not that the vampire wouldn't have if he'd been given the chance before being tossed aside like that. If not then, it definitely looks like it's about to attempt to inflict some damage now.

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He looks over sharply at Oliver, blinking in surprise, and at a glance Oliver is not somebody who belongs in this fight. He may be hiding it, of course, but right off Lancelot can sense no magic from him. Nothing that marks him as a witch or a fae, and if he was a vampire -- well, wouldn't be be involved a little more than... asking Lancelot to be nice?

"You should get somewhere safe," Lancelot begins, "please, it's dangerous here and --"

And before he can finish the warning the vampire is making a leap for Lancelot, supernaturally fast. He turns just in time to stop its fangs reaching his neck, grits his teeth in frustration.

"I'd run if I were you!" he warns.

It's possible he wouldn't be so charitable if he realised Oliver was not exactly an innocent bystander.

[catphishing]

If there's one thing Oliver hates it's being told he shouldn't be where he is. The unnecessary warnings of danger, as if he's some idiot who has no idea what he's involved in. Maybe he doesn't have magic, or anything really, but the vampire must have advantages.

He has no idea exactly how competent this one is. He doesn't know him. Still. Two against one. It can't be completely unrealistic for him to at least provide a little help for the vampire here, even if it's just by getting in the way of the other man whatever he might be. Presumably he's a witch. Maybe his strength comes from some kind of magic. He looks at the vampire, still trying to embed his teeth in Lancelot's neck.

"You can take him, right?"

Then he tries to grab Lancelot's arm. He's not strong enough to stop him, but maybe it'll confuse him enough to allow the vampire to actually bite him.

[knightscode]

What?

There's a lesson somewhere in this for Lancelot, but he's too busy trying to work out the best way out of this problem to really learn it. Is this kid a vampire? He doesn't seem to be baring fangs, doesn't feel very strong -- not from the way he's grabbing Lancelot at least.

Unfortunately, Lancelot is. He flings the vampire clear of himself again and turns quickly to try and grab hold of Oliver. The advantage Oliver has here is that Lancelot really doesn't want to hurt him, despite this...

[catphishing]

Oliver's eyes widen, clawing at his hands as he grabs hold of him. This guy could do him some pretty serious damage if he can flatten a vampire that easily. He knows full well he doesn't stand a chance without his vampire ally.

He wants to be brave, to prove his worth here, but the trouble is when it comes down to it he's just not that kind of guy much as he would like to be. The words spill from his lips before he can stop them.

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry. Please don't hurt me."