Botching it in Bromley (Territory Claim)

[bellbound]

They've done their research. They know where the fae in Bromley are hiding out, their movements, their numbers. As far as intelligence gathering goes, it's not a bad effort. They have a plan too. This at least is an improvement over some past witches that Mogget could mention, though in his opinion the plan is rather crude. Samantha could get a lot more resistance than she bargained for.

Which, it turns out, is exactly the case. Of course, Mogget is the one on the ground with the other witches, trying to control a situation that swiftly spirals out of control. Samantha is nowhere to be seen; she gets others to do her dirty work.

He's not looking forward to telling her what went wrong.

[ooc: Planning post here, individual threads for each day below! Feel free to make your own subthreads and let me know if you have any questions!]

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[ghoulaid]

Ghoul doesn't plan on coming back, honestly, and he assumes none of them would wait around for him anyhow. But then he gets to thinking that he should maybe go in to the shop. Leave a note in case she comes back, or something. Or make sure it's safe inside whenever she does finally return? It seems like a solid enough idea, and he has no place else he's assigned to be at the moment.

Imagine his surprise when he loops back around and finds Mogget again. "You're still here?"

[bellbound]

"Venomous bites are not so easily cured," the cat answers. The bandage alone was hardly a fix. "Why are you alone?"

He should have brought back his quarry. 'Should' being the operative word here.

[ghoulaid]

"Venom...?" What the actual fuck, he's for sure not going up against her now.

But he can't say that, of course. What he does is stares down at the ground, molding himself in to the very picture of awkwardness. Look, Mogget. Look at how sheepish and very sorry he is about his absolutely-not-intentional failure. "I dunno where she got off to. I can't tail 'em too good by myself." That, at least, isn't a lie. Witches and fae are by far the most difficult groups for him to track.

[bellbound]

"Another one gone and nothing to show for it." It doesn't matter whether it was intentional or not. They still failed. He turns back to the witches who are ready to leave. "May I suggest that we go without the mangy fleabag over here. He'll only sabotage us if he can."

The witch with the bandage on her neck is called Mary, and she looks both scared and confused. "I don't understand. He said you broke the circle and let the fae escape. I thought you were supposed to protect us."

[ghoulaid]

Ghoul makes a sound unnervingly close to an actual growl. "You shut the fuck up," he snaps as he stomps the ground near Mogget. He'd love to just outright stomp him, but attempting to scare him will do for now.

He turns his attention to the injured witch after he vents that little bit of frustration, and scowls at her. It's probably better not to confirm what he did or didn't do with the circle, so he leaves that one alone... "Yeah, I'm gonna try, but you don't need to be around if you can't stomach the idea of gettin' hurt. Shit happens." Sometimes shit he directly causes. Whoops.

"If they start tryin' to shove you in a cage, I'll be on 'em ."

[bellbound]

The cat darts away, retreating behind Mary's feet where Ghoul can't reach him. He has now successfully eroded the witches' trust in Ghoul since both of them look at him with doubtful expressions, but that's as it should be. The East End Pack alpha will hear about this, as will Samantha, and he can't imagine that either will be happy about it.

They move on to their next location and Mogget slips away to report back to Samantha, but not without reminding the witches to keep an eye on Ghoul. He needs it.