undergrounds | CHINESE WHISPERS (CATCH-ALL PLOT)

Lillian needs to suppress a scream as she steps out of the portal and into Croydon. She snaps the portal shut behind her with more force than needed, the only thing she could do in the wake of the appointment she had with Quercus, the Oak King, and Merilineth, the Queen of the Green Wood. It was none of their concern their own subjects were being captured and enslaved? It wasn't interesting enough to intervene?

Don't they get how dangerous this is? How this could reach out beyond London if the ambitions were left unchecked? The idea of more witches being encouraged by what's happening here in London and trying to replicate it for themselves in their own lands made her stomach churn in discomfort and anger for the fae. The idea others trying to do this against their enemies in general, trying to justify this under a disguise of 'progress' and 'advancement', almost made her breathless in disgust.

For individuals who insists their goals were to keep things in balance, they-

She stays her thoughts since it wasn't right to doubt her Royals and she reminds herself that it could been much worse. They hadn't said no outright. Merely ordered her to watch over this and maybe they were right in that aspect. She couldn't sit out for too long. Not after what happened to her and the others at that centre. If she could show them London was worth looking after maybe they'll be willing to do something.

How? She isn't sure yet but she's willing to start small. Make allies, stop troubles, gather resources. There's a good place to start too-

Before Gregory left, he warned her of a string of incidents happening over at Redbridge and Waltham Forest. Some people disappearing, some people being assualted or killed in supposed muggings gone wrong. Not enough to gain attention from everyone but enough to have people whispering their concerns to their closest friends and their friends whispering it to their closest friends.

Sounds like something that could be useful. Or not. Either way she had to check it out.

[ backdated during scandal week 2017. the catch-all post for the plot regarding the string of vampire assaults! information about this post can be found here and top-levels for the mentioned events/steps to this plot can be found in here. if you'd like to have a closed thread related to this, let me know! ]

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During her two days of investigation, or attempts at it because this is her first time trying this, Lillian can mostly be found in the territories of East End. It's where she learned about the incidents after all.

Most of the fae may have little love for werewolves for siding with the witches in attempt to grab their territory earlier but Lillian thinks it isn't right to let this continue on. People would get hurt, supernatural or not, and she could not turn a blind eye to that.

Especially when she begins to see a pattern with who is being targeted: East End members, supporters of them. Their deaths were gruesome from what she can gather and she's surprised and disappointed that the media isn't really paying attention to this.

She supposes it makes it easier to gather information. If no one else was willing to hear them then maybe they'll be glad to have an ear to vent and a shoulder to cry on.

During these days she can mostly be found speaking with people. Families who lost their loved ones. Friends wondering where their buddies disappeared too. She's beginning to put the pieces of the puzzles together and she doesn't like where this is heading.

Edited 2017-05-12 17:44 (UTC)

There wasn't a lot of time left. With attention on the scandal winding down, she needs to nip this on the bud before people catch wind of what's going on, before more people get hurt or, worse, recruited into that horrid gang.

To do that then she'll need to get resources, gather allies. That'll take some time and a dash of luck to get half the things she needed for this confrontation. (Not to mention possibly a lot of bribing. She had that covered at the very least.)

She'll be seen around London a lot on this date, moving from place to place with a fellow fae or two at her send for either company or protection. (Lillian can also be found around Hackney during the day but leave it well alone when it starts to get dark. She knows what's lurking there.)

Her shop is closed if anyone tries to drop by during the day But explosions can be heard from it now and then when evening comes. What on earth is she doing there…?

There are three stages to the main event:

Before the ambush, Lillian is nervous as she prepares for what's going down. This will be the first time she would have done anything like this so this needs to go right the first time. She gathers all the items, meets with the allies, and starts her precautions in case… something happened. This is when she can talk to people the most since she's discussing the plans about who will do this and what will go where…

During the ambush, Lillian's plans to separate the newly turned vampires and their leader surprisingly goes out without a hitch. Blood on the streets, some manoeuvring of the newly turned to somewhere else and then suddenly she finds herself all alone with the leader of the gang who is very, very mad with her. Thank goodness she has a shrapnel bomb ready…!

(Thankfully she comes out on top when the pin is pulled and the scuffle has died down between her and the leader. In pain and in need of aid but on top! Looks like all that vampire toxin wasn't needed after all.)

After the ambush, Lillian limps back to her shop when all has been said and done. From handing the vampire back to the Nest to ensure judgement is properly passed to speaking with some people one last time so loose ends are tired up, she's eager to go and sleep her injuries away.

But…

She doesn't know why she's doing this but she flips the sign on her shop to 'OPEN', turns on the lights, and waits at the counter. Will anyone actually come in at this hour? Who knows? This evening has been a strange one. Maybe something even stranger will happen next.

Lillian will end up meeting several people during this time.

Whether on purpose or not, she'll cross paths with the following individuals and, one way or another, find aid from them to advance her mission. She knows she'll find herself indebted to most of them as a result but she'll be willing to take that up if it means getting an extra hand or two with this. Plus some of these meetings are ones that must be held given some circumstances.

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