(semi-closed) let me tell you about a little situation

[hackles]

Who: Hallelujah & a bunch of people.
When: April 01 - 04, before the rescue.
Where: Around Capablanca's entertainment ring.
What: Sniffing out the traitors! This clue is happening.
Rating: PG-13 for mentions of sex, stalking, and the torture of a Noir vampire for info.

(ooc. i will be doing personalized starters! most active plot-relevant stuff is spoken for, but if you'd like a thread to swap clues or generally slink around with a rude guard dog, leave a comment or pm me! hallelujah is icly sharing his clues - that alessandra rambaldi is fraternizing with noir vampires, who have been helping with the smuggling effort in capablanca - here.)

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[endoftherepublic]

[Hux keeps crouched as Hallelujah goes past him, listening to the sounds of what is perhaps a quick and effective silencing. He pushes to stand, the flame on the end of his finger regaining some of its strength as he takes in a slow breath through his nose; an attempt to calm the racing of his heart. Even now, being in such proximity to this sort of fighting makes him twitch. It is irritating.

Despite this, he effects a calm cover, moving down the stairs to join Hallelujah just as he drives the dagger further into his captive's shoulder.]

Ah, good. You've kept one.

[It's said idly, looking at the man. Hux tilts his head just slightly, taking a step closer.] Good evening. We would very much appreciate it if you would show us around your, ah...charming den. [as expected, the response he gets is less than kind; a snarled retort with some...rather colorful language. Hux's expression of mild disinterest doesn't change through it. At the end of an almost impressive and imaginative description of what they could shove and where, he simply just hums a little.]

Well. That's rather disappointing. [he turns to walk a couple steps down the corridor, then, but doesn't go too far] Hallelujah, perhaps you can...convince him. I am going to check these walls for any possible passages we might otherwise miss.

[a pretense, mostly--he's more interested in seeing what Hallelujah can do.]

[hackles]

[ Interesting, interesting. Despite the fact that Hallelujah laughed raucously through their enemy's tirade, and Hux's lofty demeanor, that his delightful little follow-up comes as a suggestion and rather than an order makes a world of difference. Hallelujah's grin is nearly tangible in the dark, and from his kneeling position, poised like a beast over prey, he drives his knee into the man's ribcage. ]

Hahah! I'm very persuasive. [ He reaches to take hold of the dagger from where it's embedded in flesh and bone. ] Educational, too. Humans are great...

[ He gives the hilt a borderline playful tap, watching the ripple of shock it sends through the body. ]

Two of mostly everything! Ears, eyes, nostrils, hands, kneecaps. They learn real quick what's possible to live with.

[ Hux's footsteps still register in his ears when he rips the dagger out sideways, tearing the flesh ragged and making him scream. ]

...and what they just can't do without. What'll be first?