Preplay, ep 4x01 Fall Out

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Duke already did the very first scene, so the trick here will be to connect him -- and Luce and Tavi -- to Jennifer. I'm thinking that maybe, the same way I relocated Duke's mom to Baltimore, Jennifer could be in Baltimore for handwavy reasons, too? And she could go see this new therapist in town. Who listens to her story about hearing voices, recognizes the same things Duke has told her about the meteor storm and the barn, and goes "uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so here's a thing you probably don't want to hear and I might lose my license but can I put you in contact with someone?" and clues Duke in?

Duke talks to Jennifer, figures she must be troubled, and tries to contact Haven again -- this time getting through only to be told that Duke Crocker's been dead for six months. He calls Dave, who he finally gets to listen, and finds out that Nathan is on the run. He talks Lucifer and Octavia into coming with him and Jennifer up to Maine to see if they can find Nathan and Audrey and find out what's going on

They find Nathan outside a biker bar, letting people punch him for money. Jennifer is apalled. Octavia is, I'm guessing, unimpressed. Maybe Lucifer makes the first move to say "hi" instead of Duke? I can totally see Duke getting ready to go over and Lucifer being all like "NAH LET ME GET A SHOT IN, THEN" and getting Nathan's attention

Arrival in Haven. Jennifer has caught Nathan up on what she heard from the barn bout how to end the troubles forever. There's a welcoming committee in town made up of Guardsmen with guns, led by Jordan. Duke catches Jennifer up on who's who in the crowd as the Teagues and Dwight show up to try to defuse the situation. Nathan tells the Guard that he's going to get Audrey to kill him to end the troubles forever. Enter a MFING TORNADO. Everyone takes cover, Vince convinces the Guard to clear out and let Nathan help defuse the weather trouble, Dwight offers to take folks back to the station to clue them in

I'm picturing the group splitting up here. Duke gets Jennifer to head to the Gull to get something to eat while he and Nathan work on the trouble. Octavia could go with her, show her the way to the Gull, maybe meet Wade? Or would she be unwilling to leave Duke with Nathan and Dwight? I'm guessing Lucifer will go to the station to find it deeply country and lacking in comparison to the LAPD. Anyway, either way, Dwight gives Nathan and Duke (and anyone who tagged along) a rundown on the weather events happening in town. Nathan remembers about Marion and her weather trouble. They decide to go check it out.

At Marion's house. There's a GIANT FUCKING STORM overhead, so it's hard to miss. Nathan, Duke, and Dwight go in to try to talk to Marion, but it's like the inside of an over-clocked meat locker. Ice and frost coat every surface. Dwight and Duke are immediately shivering. Nathan can't feel it though and sends them out so he can talk Marion down. This might be a fun place for Lucifer to step in and help out? I kind of like the idea of freshly capable of saying ILU Lucifer seeing a woman completely freezing up over her loved one's death. Nathan tells her that she has to learn to let go, uses his own example of not being willing to let Audrey go and thus ruining the end of the troubles as an example for this. Lucifer . . . responds like Lucifer? Anyway, Marion is eventually talked down (though not before trying to freeze Nathan solid). Meanwhile, outside, Dwight, Duke, Vince, and Dave watch the storm head towards town and lightning blow up Dave's old camper van

At the Gull: Duke expected it to be closed down since he wasn't around to run things even over the phone for six months (also they think the owner is dead), but the place is hopping. If Octavia has come with Jennifer, then maybe she texted? Maybe the text got lost/delayed due to Marion or maybe Duke is less nonplussed on arrival, either way. Anyway. Wade shows up all "OMG DUKE YOU'RE ALIVE" and Duke is all "oh fuck my brother is here, we have a killer trouble and he's a total nincompoop, he's doomed"

At some point during/after all this, Duke tells Lucifer and Octavia he needs to stick around at least until they find out what happened to Audrey. Nathan is a self-destructive wreck, Haven has lost its collective goddamned mind and appointed DWIGHT as chief of police, it's a shitshow! He brings them to his in-Haven boat (Lucifer is unimpressed with its tininess I'm guessing), and they talk about being stuck in yet another shit situation in someone's homeworld.

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In Baltimore: Duke and Linda

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Linda contacts Duke after (handwavily? Or would you like to play it out?) talking to Jennifer, to tell him "uhhhh, so hey, I might have met one of your fellow troubled people?"

And I may preplay my own thread between Duke and Jennifer here. Or prewrite it and then stick Jennifer icons into it when I code it all up, IDK.

Re: In Baltimore: Duke and Linda

[exasperangel]

Well.

Linda watched the young woman leave her office, and blew out a breath the second the door was closed. This was… well, unexpected, she wanted to say, but when was anything expected in her life? Nothing since Lucifer, that was for sure.

She had to call Duke. She knew that.

Lucifer wasn’t going to thank her for it. She knew that too.

Ring… ring…

Re: In Baltimore: Duke and Linda

[betterthanaplan]

"Linda!" Duke greeted. "I didn't forget an appointment, did I?"

In Fandom, Duke, Octavia, and Lucifer

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Duke tells his partners that he needs to go back to Haven. THERE IS MUCH OF THE SAD

Re: In Fandom, Duke, Octavia, and Lucifer

[betterthanaplan]

Duke hung up his phone, biting back a curse.

This -- well, it wasn't the worst way that Haven had decided to fuck with him. But it still wasn't going to go over at all well, was it.

"Luce? Tavi? I, um. I need to tell you something."

Re: In Fandom, Duke, Octavia, and Lucifer

[okteiviakom]

Nothing good started like that.

Octavia looked concerned as she came into the room.

Driving to Maine, Duke, Jennifer, Octavia, Lucifer

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For any conversation/introductions/boggling with Jennifer on the long drive north

Re: Driving to Maine, Duke, Jennifer, Octavia, Lucifer

[my_own_advocate]

"Right, well, this is the best thing I could find on such short notice," Lucifer said, eyeing the car critically.

If there had only been three of them, he would've been tempted to just shove everyone into the Corvette and sort it out later. Instead, he gestured at the new... troubled... person, whatever her name was, with his keys. "Newbie, you take the back seat."

Re: Driving to Maine, Duke, Jennifer, Octavia, Lucifer

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"Um." Jennifer raised her hand, eyeing the two extra new people dubiously. (One new person was bad enough. How the hell had she let her new therapist talk her into this? Or the existing embodiment of one of the voices in her head for that matter?) "Or . . . we could just take my SUV?"

Seedy bar, Duke, Nathan, Lucifer, Octavia, Jennifer

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AKA Lucifer gets a lick in on Nathan!

Re: Seedy bar, Duke, Nathan, Lucifer, Octavia, Jennifer

[seaoftroubles]

Nathan Wuornos had had better days. Better weeks. Better months than the last six had been. He was on the run, hunted by the Guard in general and Jordan McKee in particular, in revenge for wooing her and breaking her heart.

And for killing Howard, destroying the Barn, getting Audrey and Duke both killed and ruining all hope of the troubles ever ending again. That too.

Nathan was not well suited to living on the run. He was a homebody at heart, and had never held down a job other than the one at Haven PD. Luckily, he had another skill to fall back on. One that made for an excellent method of self-punishment while he was at it.

The burly biker slammed his fist full force into Nathan's jaw, and Nathan didn't even flinch. Why should he? It wasn't like he could feel it.

He would never feel anything again.

"Man, you're one crazy dude" the biker said, slapping money into Nathan's outstretched hand, "but yeah, that felt great!"

"Cheaper than a shrink," Nathan muttered, counting the cash and spitting a bit of blood on the ground. "Alright, who's next?"

Re: Seedy bar, Duke, Nathan, Lucifer, Octavia, Jennifer

[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer pulled the Rolls Royce into the parking lot with a too-fast turn and a frown.

"Isn't that your moronic ex taking a beating over there?"

He hit the brakes.

Haven streets, the whole gang plus Dwight, Jordan, Vince, and the Guard

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SHOW DOWN AT HAVEN CORRAL! Also omgwtf tornado and WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOUR PLAN IS FOR AUDREY TO MURDER YOU, NATHAN???

Re: Haven streets, the whole gang plus Dwight, Jordan, Vince, and the Guard

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"What a cute little town!" Jennifer said as they caravanned up into downtown from the beachside highway. And she meant it!

You know, until they turned a corner and saw the armed militia blocking the road, a very angry looking goth chick with a shot gun leading the way.

Re: Haven streets, the whole gang plus Dwight, Jordan, Vince, and the Guard

[betterthanaplan]

Duke leaned forward in the passenger seat of the Rolls Royce, ignoring the Guard member aiming a gun at him through the window in favor of Jordan, aiming hers at Nathan in the car in front of them.

"I really didn't miss this place."

"Hello, Nathan," Jordan said, loud enough to be heard from both cars. "Get out of the car."

Grey Gull, Jennifer, Octavia, Gloria

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Jennifer gets talked into a margarita by the mysteeeeerious bartender while Octavia realizes SHE CAN FINALLY TALK TO GLORIA and they have a deep heart to heart or some such

Re: Grey Gull, Jennifer, Octavia, Gloria

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The Grey Gull was hopping, the lot filled with cars of various makes in various states of repair. Music could be heard from the end of the driveway, and the little outdoor seating area was bustling.

"Huh," Jennifer said. "I thought Duke said this place would be closed."

Re: Grey Gull, Jennifer, Octavia, Gloria

[okteiviakom]

"He's got employees," Octavia replied, eying the Gull. "Probably kept the place up and running."

Look, she had a Fandomite's understanding of business. And anyway, she sounded distracted. Because it was weird, being back here. As if, with all the drama, it hadn't even fully sank in until now that she was here, and that aside from the usual drama, all the places she'd visited before were all still here, too.

... And the people.

Her hand went to pat her pockets, until she found her phone.

The police station/Marion's house, Duke, Nathan, Lucifer, Marion, etc

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Lucifer kicks Nathan right out of his big scene hahahahahahaha

Re: The police station/Marion's house, Duke, Nathan, Lucifer, Marion, etc

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As Dwight led the way into the police station, Duke pulled Nathan in close for a quick, sotto voice conversation.

"Show's over, buddy. You're not really planning to let Audrey kill you, are you?"

Nathan shook his head, stonefaced. "No, that's the plan."

Grey Gull, Whole cast so far? And Wade

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"DUKE YOU'RE ALIVE!"
"WADE! YOU'RE FUCKED!"

DUN DUN DUN

Re: Grey Gull, Whole cast so far? And Wade

[betterthanaplan]

They had been in Haven for less than six hours and had already defused a killer trouble. Once Lucifer came back from Hell -- and explained why he'd felt the need to rush off without even taking a moment to tell Duke he was going, rather than pass a vague message along through a traumatized, grieving widow -- he and Duke left Dwight and Nathan to deal with the paperwork and headed for the Grey Gull.

Duke was very surprised to see the place open, much less packed, since as far as any of his staff would've known, he was dead.

". . . The hell?"

Aftermath on the Sanguine Moon, Duke, Lucifer, Octavia

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For all the "fuck, guess we're in Haven for awhile" feels.

OOC

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I'm always so excited to do a canon catchup and then I look at canon and go ". . . fuck, now I gotta write it all."

*cries*

Re: OOC

[my_own_advocate]

*hands you the leftover booze from my own canon catchup*