the search for mrs lotus

[thelittlemerman]

It's after careful deliberation that Finnick decides he's going to track down the well-known Seelie fae Mrs. Lotus. He hopes he can find her along with the rest of the kidnapped fae and cut off that source of Daybreak's power before it's too late, but it's going to take some investigation...

APRIL 8//OTA

His first stop is Pins and Needles. When he first arrives he can feel the iron deadbolt on the front door, and he decides to forego trying to get in during the daylight. Instead he pops in to the nearby shops to ask about it, see if they know anything about her sudden departure. There are a few interesting pieces of information but ultimately Finnick knows he'll have to get into the shop, so he finds the nearest place to get coffee and just watches. Stays there for a few hours and then finds somewhere else to loiter around. If witches are coming and going he'll know.

When night falls, Finnick leaves temporarily to prepare himself, and when he comes back it's in the early hours of morning when even the busiest London streets have reached their quietest. He'd cut a very suspicious figure if anyone actually saw him, dressed in black and armed with a trident of all things, and even more so if they saw the way he stalks around the building trying to detect magical traps before he finally smashes a window and slips into the store. He's in there almost an hour, rummaging around and trying to sniff out any magical traces left behind by her kidnappers.

APRIL 9-11//OTA

Mrs. Lotus' friends and colleagues aren't Finnick's standard fare as far as socializing goes, but he knows his way around a conversation well enough so he starts to seek out anyone that had anything to do with her before she disappeared. A quick smile tends to get all the information he can glean from her friends, but it tends to tire him out and anyone who happened to be following him throughout this process would see him locate the nearest semi-private spot and collapse a little in exhaustion. It's usually the quiet corner of a coffee shop or an out-of-the-way park bench; ironically, pretending to be in a good mood takes the actual good mood right out of him.

APRIL 12-15//OTA

The hunt for Daisy Connell is a different sort of beast. He's not a man who knows a lot about reconnaissance, but Finnick's been a paranoid individual long enough that he knows how not to get caught by his mark. He's not likely to be distracted as he watches her movements over the course of a few days, so anyone who comes across him is likely to be met with a cold shoulder.

APRIL 17//FOR EAMES

It takes him a little while to decide to tell Eames. It's only when he's considered all his options and decided they're all very dangerous without help that he determines he should, and he's nervous that even though he has all the puzzle pieces to put together Eames won't be interested at all. The Lord of Autumn has been fighting his own battle, a different one, and even though Finnick thinks that freeing the fae would help he's not sure Eames wants to dedicate any resources to it right now.

Still, he's going to ask, and that's what brings him to Eames' door just a few days before the grand opening of Samantha's Innovation Centre. He knocks hastily and can't help but glance over his shoulder as he waits for Eames to answer the door.

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[bellbound]

"I could," Mogget acknowledges, but exhausted fae might be more likely to let slip an answer they later regret. "You're taking up a perfectly good spot for the homeless. They didn't cast you out, did they?"

He looks just pissed off enough that it might be that, though Mogget supposes his own presence could incite that same reaction.

[thelittlemerman]

"No, I still belong to a court," Finnick says, with a tone in his voice like he wishes he weren't. He does like the safety of the court but sometimes he resents the feeling of obligation to serve. It's not truly an obligation, but he hates the idea that those in his court might be vulnerable, and so he fights.

[bellbound]

"So why are you here? Under orders? Or trying to get away from it all?"

Mogget's eyes are sharp and he can hear the resignation in the other fae's voice. Something is going on.

[thelittlemerman]

"I'm here because I choose to be," Finnick says. "I suspect you cannot say the same."

[bellbound]

Mogget's eyes narrow. No, he can't, and he doesn't much appreciate this Seelie reminding him of that.

"Hmm," is all he says however before settling down to groom himself, apparently ignoring Finnick altogether.

It seems he won't get answers. So he will merely sit and observe.

[thelittlemerman]

Finnick's not going to put up with that for long.

"Don't you have somewhere else your master would like you to be?" he asks, his tone a bit cruel. Maybe he's capable of feeling sympathy for Mogget and the plight of a familiar, but his primary objective is to keep the damn thing away from himself. If Mogget hates the idea of being around him he might exercise whatever little willpower he has to keep it from happening, and Finnick can be at peace without Samantha's eyes and ears wandering about.

[bellbound]

Mogget looks up from licking his shoulder. "No."

He isn't kept on the shortest of leashes, so he does have some freedom to decide how he's going to achieve his set objective for the day. And when his objective is to find fae and there's one right here, he might as well take a break right here too.

[thelittlemerman]

"Oh," Finnick says, like this is a pleasant surprise. "So you ran enough errands to exploit your own kind that she let you have a day off, did you?"

[bellbound]

The cat pauses, regarding Finnick with an even stare. "That's not what you asked."

He doesn't get days off. That would be fair and reasonable.

[thelittlemerman]

Finnick gives him a dry laugh. "I know what I asked," he says.

[bellbound]

Well, then. He'll understand Mogget's answer. The cat resumes licking his shoulder, resting on his side with his paws sprawled out. He intends to stay here as long as Finnick does.