#1 | safety first

[kiljoy]

[EVENING, HOUSE 7 - 21ST JANUARY - CLOSED TO FAITH]
[Death hurts like a bitch. After days of confusion and nights haunted by dreams of a woman's blazing eyes and cruel hands wrapped around his neck, he finally puts the pieces together. Jessica. He remembers what she did. He remembers this place, the strange musty room, the silence.

He takes back his device and scans through the messages. He sees Jessica's public service announcement – Jesus Christ. She told the entire fucking community everything, even his real name. The only thing she neglected to do was provide a picture. How did he ever think he was in love with this woman? He's going to have to hide and he's going to have to change his name. How many people has he introduced himself to? A few: some will remember and recognise him. But a lot won't, and that gives him some breathing space to figure out how to deal with this.

First, he needs a bodyguard, preferably someone who can match Jessica and someone he can control. Someone he knows how to find.

Well, then. A name does come to mind. He goes to House 7, looking around for a familiar face, a girl with dark hair and eyes, a girl who told him that she had super strength. The moment he sees her, he doesn't wait: he has to risk it. He speaks a single, quiet word:]

Stop.


[DAY, HOUSE 9, HOUSE 10 AND OUT AND ABOUT - 23RD/24TH JANUARY - SEMI-OPEN]
[He lies low for a couple of days but he can't hide forever. Eventually Jessica is going to learn that he's back and he'd rather do that on his terms. Be prepared. So he takes Faith out with him and heads first to House 9 where he's looking for Kara, the one other person whose location he knows who is both susceptible to his control and has the ability to protect him.

Then he goes back to House 10, but warily, making Faith check first that Jessica isn't there before going in, and keeping his visit as short as possible. He's here to pick up a couple of things from his room, that's all.

While he's going from house to house, he can be approached – but note that Faith is with him at all times and she is under orders to protect him from any threat or attack. He's sticking to the busiest areas so there will always be NPCs around. Safety in a crowd.]


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Evening, House 7

[rockypath]

[Faith's seen Jessica's message. Even offered the suggestion that they'd be better off crushing his vocal chords than killing him- so Kilgrave is certainly on Faith's mind. And she's been trying to keep an eye out. But there's only so much she can do when he shows up in the middle of the night while she's wandering out of her room to the kitchen for a late night snack.

Seeing him step in the kitchen, she reacts suddenly, intent on preventing him saying anything. But it's too far a distance to close before his mouth is open and words are spoken. And she can't do anything at all. She's frozen in place, eyes wide at her inability to move just because he'd ordered her.

Well, shit. ]

[kiljoy]

[There she is. And she freezes, just as he should. Kilgrave knows that she saw Jessica's PSA, because he read it. So he knows that she suggested crushing his vocal chords too, all of which makes him even less sorry that he's doing this. Not that he would ever be sorry in the first place, but. You know. She deserves it.

He approaches her and speaks quickly and quietly, aware that they're in a public room of the house and that any noise is dangerous. He's sweating under his jumpsuit. This is the riskiest part of his plan because as yet he's on his own. But not for long.]

Faith, I'm going to give you instructions using this. [He points to his device.] You will obey every message from me. Take me to your room.

[They need privacy and he needs a place to stay. Two birds, one stone.]

[rockypath]

[She's glaring daggers at him. Maybe she couldn't hurt him and she had to do everything he said, but that didn't mean she had to pretend she's in anyway okay with this unless he told her to. There had to be a way out of this. She just hadn't thought of it yet. Right? ...right?

Her feet are moving again, but not to attack him as much as she wants it. Instead she's taking him to her room. It's not far, her's is the room right off the kitchen. The door opens and she steps inside. There's only a bed with some rumpled blankets, an empty dresser, and a small end table. There's not very many belongings to speak of. A small red quartz rock on a string lay on top of the dresser and a few books next to it, but that's it.

They're in the room now. What did he want? Faith's heart racing so hard she's sure it's making far too much noise. But maybe only see can hear it pounding in her ears.]

house 9

[353]

[ Mike has just been to the kitchen for a glass of water, Eleven fast asleep in his room, which he intends on going back to - until he bumps into Kilgrave and Faith in the hallway leading to his bedroom, startled enough by their appearance to spill water on himself. He hasn't met all his housemates yet, but he's pretty sure Faith - who he spoke to at the meeting - would have said hello to him by now if they were living under the same roof. As for the other guy, Mike has never seen him before.

He looks suspiciously between the two of them. It was late. He knew there was no curfew but why weren't they in bed? He silently puts his water on the floor to type them a message. ]

Can I help you? [ If he spoke those words aloud, they'd be able to hear the sass behind them. A frown from Mike will have to do instead. ]

[kiljoy]

[Kids, ugh. What he wouldn't give to live in a world without kids. Nuisances, all of them. This one looks like he's just hit puberty which is even worse. He also clearly got the 'stranger danger' talk given the pouty little frown on his face. Still, he can help them. Kilgrave keeps all those thoughts to himself and instead gives the kid a friendly smile.]

Sure. We're looking for Kara, do you know which room she's in?

[Totally normal request, right? And there shouldn't be any giveaway signs from Faith, she's been told to act as if everything is normal.]

[rockypath]

[Panic sweeps through Faith at the sight of Mike. She wants to warn him. Tell him to run. But she can't do any of those things. Kilgrave's orders prevented her from saying anything of the sort or even acting like something's amiss.

She has to follow Kilgrave's lead. Nothing to see here, just two adults wandering around a house that isn't theirs in the middle of the night. She smiles at him and waves, 'hi mike' she seems to say, even though her brain is screaming.]

house 9: Shenanigate

[iisupergirlii]

[the advantage of super hearing in a city as quiet as Reims is that Kara picks up on everything. In her room, through the solidly soundproofed doors and walls, she still hears the too-quiet wisps of fabric, the dulled taps of fingers on screens, every slight sound that she wonders if the Sound Eaters can also pick up outside of their walls.

It makes her curious enough to investigate, which she's been avoiding since reading Jessica's message. She can't stay in her room forever, though. At least she hadn't hurt anyone. She's just coming out of her room, easing her door closed behind her, when she runs right into the man himself. And... a woman she doesn't know.

Crap. It's him. Guess it didn't stick after all.]

[kiljoy]

[Hello there, Kara! Nice to see you again. All things he won't be saying. Instead he stops abruptly to avoid hitting her, and jabs a finger at the door she just came from.]

Go back in there. Quickly.

[The last thing he wants is to do this in the corridor. They need the space for a nice long chat. And once they're in Kara's room:]

Don't move, don't try to harm me. I need your help. Will you hear me out?

[iisupergirlii]

[Kara grapples for the knob behind her as soon as he speaks, a finger to her lips in panic. He heard what they said about the Sound Eaters! Granted, he's done a lot of really bad things apparently, but obviously he doesn't want to die!

As soon as they're in her room and the door swings silently closed behind them, Kara's frozen, standing in front of the door and watching him. Her heart races.

She knows... she knows what he can do, clearly, it's working on her for whatever reason. And Jessica's message had said he'd done so many awful things. Why does he need her?

Unless it's not true. How can one person be capable of that many bad things? She doesn't want to believe it, and besides, it's not like she's going anywhere. So, she whispers-]

Yes. Fine.

around house 10

[twoaffirmations]

[Mrs. Jones' post had come as quite the shock to 9S. He never realized humans were capable of such cruelty.

Well, that's not entirely true... He'd just never encountered it like this. He'd never been privy to the gruesome details, and he never had to have someone he'd spoken turn out to be so cruel. Not that Kilgrave had been exactly pleasant to talk to, but he was still a human.

When he sees Kilgrave enter the house with another woman, he tenses instinctively. He's both relieved to see the man alive, and anxious. He said it would be best to detain him, didn't he...? But he can't risk causing a commotion, and he doesn't really know if that's the best solution.]

Hey... [Somehow, that's all he musters.] I heard about what happened.

[kiljoy]

[Oh, hey, it's the android kid. Kilgrave is just here to collect that toothpaste you failed to get. He stops short, annoyed; he'd been hoping to go in and out without being disturbed.]

You heard a pack of lies. I'm here to get my stuff before Jessica gets me again. Please don't tell her I'm here.

[The message is accompanied by an intense stare. Don't let him down now. He and Faith have other things to do.]

[rockypath]

[Faith's meant to protect him from any threats. And whomever this is, she's sure he could be a problem. She pulls out her device to text him, hoping it's convincing. Don't make her have to try to hurt you, weird kid.] We'll be in and out quickly. I'm protecting him from Jessica, just in case. [See her convincing face? Nothing to see here.]

[xochipilli_cursed]

[One thing this town doesn't have a lot of is animals that like to make noise. There's a dog though so why not a coyote?

In this case Aaron's unsure about Kilgrave. If JJones was telling the truth, Kilgrave sounds like a Fomorai. Which means the Wyrm. Which means Aaron's not supposed to just ignore that. Add to this that Faith is with him and now Aaron's just unsure in general.

So on one of his trips between houses, Kilgrave is going to get stalked openly by a coyote. Just a typical coyote. Following two people in a populated place along sand paths. Coyotes obviously do that right?]

[kiljoy]

[What the fuck, world. As if this place wasn't bizarre and horrible enough. The coyote isn't even hiding. It's following them openly. The nervous locals are giving it a wide berth, but it doesn't take long to realise that the creature isn't interested in them.

So what the hell is it doing? Will it attack? Or is it a spy? He's met enough crazy people here that even that seems possible. Kilgrave stops before he reaches House 9 and nudges Faith, indicating the coyote.]

What do you think of that? Have you seen it before?

[rockypath]

[Faith wants so badly to be able to lie. To skirt the truth. Technically she hasn't seen Aaron as a coyote. But all the same, she knows that is probably him. Taking out her device, she can't even show the apprehension she's feeling. Damn him.]

I think it's Aaron. He's a were-coyote. I met him at the party. I dared him to drink a jarful of pickle brine. [Maybe that's not relevant, but she includes it anyway. Take from that what you will, Kilgrave.]

23rd

[priwen]

[ Alex had come to the house to look for Jan. However, she doesn't seem to be in, so he would exit the house politely. That is, he would have if he did not catch sight of two other people in the foyer. His lingering is due to idle curiosity at first, but deepens into a pensive silence.

The Elezen attracts a lot of attention by virtue of his appearance - seven feet tall, with pointed ears and a scar across his left cheek. The scar traces upwards and ends near his left eye, cloudy grey in a contrast to the gold of his right. Both eyes are firmly fixed on Kilgrave and his escort - no sign of hostility in his body language, but still piercing.

Tensions are high, that much he can sense. ]

[kiljoy]

[Kilgrave has tried to keep out of sight even of House 7's denizens. But he can't stay holed up in Faith's room forever. This time they've just come back from an excursion to another house, and he's typing a message to Faith:]

Kitchen. Let's get some food.

[Then a new visitor walks in. A very tall visitor. A very tall visitor with pointy ears. Kilgrave stares at him for a moment, taken aback by his sheer height. He's... not human, is he? That realisation makes him a little nervous, the hairs on the back of his neck standing up. Fear of the unknown. But mostly he's aware that they've been seen by another person and Kilgrave is trying to minimise the number of people who see him.

Still, he smiles and nods, a fairly standard silent greeting. Acknowledging the other's presence. Then he turns back to Faith. The stranger is here for someone else, he presumes, or else he would have approached them. So they can head off to the kitchen.]

house 9

[waffler]

[When Mike slips out to get some water and takes a little too long, Eleven makes her way out of his room to look around for him. Her heart's racing because he should've been there when she woke up, and she jumps straight to worst case scenarios in her head. So she's a little on edge as she creeps through the house, rounding one of the hallway corners right at the same time as he's headed that way looking for Kara's room.

Eleven's eyes go wide and she reacts with surprise and panic, dropping the stuffed animal in her hands. Her hand reaches out and she's quick to use her telekinesis to send it flying right back up into her hold. An eyebrow arches as she creepily stares over at the strangers. Who in the hell are you guys?]

[rockypath]

[It's hard not to notice what just happened. She's used some kind of powers to pull that stuffed animal back to her. Well, shit. Faith eyes Kilgrave, wondering what he might do. Pulling our her device, she takes lead- hoping that he won't take offense to this. She is doing as he ordered, they're 'BEING A TEAM'.]

[The girl's fear is palpable and so she smiles back at her, hands held out to show she meant no harm, then she slowly reaches for her device. No weapon, they're no here the hurt her or anyone. Probably.

Hi, I'm Faith. This is Robin. We're just looking for Kara? She's a friend and we needed her help. Do you know her?

22nd, house 7

[gimmesometassel]

[There's someone new in the house, someone Carpet doesn't recognize. Who is he, and why is he helping himself to the food in the kitchen? Do they have a new roommate? He hadn't heard of anyone new showing up, hadn't seen anyone moving more furniture in, but he's pretty sure he's met everyone in the house before this.....

Carpet is feeling shy enough for the moment to not introduce himself just yet. And yet..... Kilgrave may notice there's a rug on the floor that wasn't there before. More to the point, he may notice that it gets closer while he isn't looking.]

[kiljoy]

[It so happens that Kilgrave does pay attention to interior decorating. He notices that the rug is new when they head into the kitchen, but doesn't comment on it. That is, until he turns around and the rug has gotten closer. Kilgrave blinks. What?

He glances over at Faith, his constant companion, and jabs a finger at the rug. Did she see that?]

House 7, 22nd

[gotyourselfapilot]

[ Poe hadn't seen Faith around in a couple of days. Plus he noticed that there was a new housemate too. Faith would normally be doing her own things but he noticed that she really hasn't been. Out of curiosity or just doing what he does best, he's going to scope it out. He's been through worse things before, this won't be any different. Unless she told him to get lost. He'll probably do so. Maybe he was missing some information? He couldn't quite figure it out.

There was a bit of pacing in the foyer before he finally grew determined enough to walk to her bedroom. He knew that sound can be used in the house, just minimal, nothing too loud or noisy. When he got to the door, he does a quick two knocks with one of his knuckles, that wouldn't be necessarily loud. It would be meant to get attention. He didn't really care who answered. If it was the new housemate he would be a bit surprised. But at least then he'll be able to find out who he is. ]

[kiljoy]

[Someone is knocking at the door. Kilgrave flinches, tensing up, his mind already racing through possibilities. Who is it? Why didn't they bother to send a message instead of making a noise? If they're here to get him, why bother knocking at all?

He doesn't like it and so he jerks his head at Faith, indicating for her to get up and answer the door. Meanwhile Kilgrave will stay where he is, with his feet up on the bed and a book on his lap.]

tags late, and this is after hes met Kara lmk if this isn't good for you :>

[a2brutus]

[A2 likes to stick around as close as she can to her assigned house. Guard duty, for the most part, prevents that. It's important, and A2 would never shirk the work, but it does make her feel restless. Especially when there's a threat around.

So when she opens the door to the house (quietly), and there's a human she's never seen standing there, she's quick to firmly plant herself in the way, signing:]

Who are you?

[kiljoy]

[They're on their way out of the house when some white-haired chick blocks their way. What's with all the suspicion? Did Jessica make everyone paranoid that fast? Still, Kilgrave forces a smile.]

I'm Robin, this is Faith. Who are you?

[More delays. Great. But he can't see an alternative; he doesn't want to raise her hackles.]