Season one catchup preplay
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seaoftroublesThere'll be more detail in the OCD, but the basic shape is this:
As You Were: Duke and Octavia head back to Haven for Audrey's surprise birthday party (braced for troubles). They head out to a remote island off the coast where everyone's gathered at an old, closed down hotel. The proprietor turns out to be a shapeshifter that kills the people it turns into. Everyone wonders who the baddie really is. The ME dies, Lucifer sends up a demon to possess her body and yell at Duke for dragging Octavia back into his world's bullshit. Audrey is revealed to be the shapeshifter, but didn't die because She's Different. They all go back to the mainland, where Duke reveals that he's the kid in the Colorado Kid murder picture, and Audrey emotionally blackmails him into sticking around longer to answer some questions.
The Hand You're Dealt: Duke and Audrey hunt down and question a couple of the other people in the Colorado Kid photo. Meanwhile, Nathan and Audrey try to track down someone with a fire trouble. Duke's old babysitter turns out to have death visions when she touches people, and after getting blown up by the fire trouble, tells Duke how he's going to die right before she dies herself.
The Trial of Audrey Parker:Audrey talks Duke into hosting a poker game before leaving. Two of the other guests hijack the boat to try and get something Duke's smuggling for a client. Honestly there are a lot of holes in this thanks to the way things are shaping up with Fandom in the mix. Why would Octavia let Duke stick around when now they KNOW someone in Haven is going to kill him? Octavia isn't a good replacement for Julia, Julia's a ninny. Octavia would just beat the shit out of the baddies for being mean to Duke. And getting the boat cracked delays them too much in going back to Fandom. Maybe we should skip this one. It doesn't really add much to Duke's character development that hasn't kinda been covered by Fandom anyway.
As You Were: Duke and Octavia head back to Haven for Audrey's surprise birthday party (braced for troubles). They head out to a remote island off the coast where everyone's gathered at an old, closed down hotel. The proprietor turns out to be a shapeshifter that kills the people it turns into. Everyone wonders who the baddie really is. The ME dies, Lucifer sends up a demon to possess her body and yell at Duke for dragging Octavia back into his world's bullshit. Audrey is revealed to be the shapeshifter, but didn't die because She's Different. They all go back to the mainland, where Duke reveals that he's the kid in the Colorado Kid murder picture, and Audrey emotionally blackmails him into sticking around longer to answer some questions.
The Hand You're Dealt: Duke and Audrey hunt down and question a couple of the other people in the Colorado Kid photo. Meanwhile, Nathan and Audrey try to track down someone with a fire trouble. Duke's old babysitter turns out to have death visions when she touches people, and after getting blown up by the fire trouble, tells Duke how he's going to die right before she dies herself.
The Trial of Audrey Parker:
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 03:18 pm (UTC)And then her voice lost all its fleeting softness again as she looked at everyone else, ending up looking at Nathan's tied-up form. "So now what?"
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 04:59 pm (UTC)"That was manly," he grumbled.
"What are we going to do with him?" Eleanor asked.
Nathan shut his eyes with a sigh. "I am not the damn chameleon."
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 05:16 pm (UTC)(But, also, look. She didn't want Nathan to be the chameleon, because that would mean the real Nathan was dead, and that... She didn't want that for Duke.)
"You did get the gift wrong, Nathan."
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 05:28 pm (UTC)"What about the boat?" Duke asked. "And the gun?"
"I'm not armed. Can search me."
"The Chief is the one who shot the boat!" Dave realized, aiming an accusing finger.
Cue more accusations and bickering.
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 05:54 pm (UTC)Octavia suppressed a sigh and let her gaze flick from person to person. If Nathan was telling the truth, they were back to square one.
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 06:07 pm (UTC)"That proves I'm not the chameleon!" the Chief said, shouting everyone down. "The chameleon would want to go to the mainland!"
"Any chance I could get untied before everyone goes crazy again?" Nathan asked.
"How do we know you're not the chameleon?" Julia demanded.
"And how do we know that you're not?" Audrey asked, as she untied Nathan's hands. "If we start turning on each other now, we're just as likely to kill an innocent person as we are a chameleon. Now, I don't know any of you very well, but I would like to. And I would like to think that we're better than that."
Nathan's arms fell to his sides once they were free, and he slowly stood.
"We, uh. Maybe shoulda given you a chance to say something," the Chief said, almost apologetically. "Before we, you know, took you out." He looked Nathan over with a practiced gaze. It wasn't as though Nathan could tell for himself how badly he might be injured.
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 06:36 pm (UTC)Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 06:58 pm (UTC)"Yeah. I like being armed," Duke said, spreading his arms and taking a swig from his bottle. "I'm real funny like that when there's someone around who wants to kill me."
They glared at each other from across the room, until Vince hesitantly broke the uneasy silence.
"What now?" he asked. "Do we just --"
Thunder cracked and the power gave out completely, plunging the whole room into darkness.
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 07:33 pm (UTC)Octavia immediately, instinctively moved towards where she knew Duke was.
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 07:39 pm (UTC)Most everyone else screamed and split, scattering throughout the hotel in a panic. All but Audrey, who was still trying to regain control of the situation, and Nathan, who despite not feeling pain, was still not entirely up to running basically anywhere.
Audrey found the lantern the Chief had brought back from the boathouse and switched it on. Duke cursed.
"The gun's gone."
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 08:07 pm (UTC)"Great," she said. "Either it's on the chameleon, or a panicked regular person. Can't decide which is worse."
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 08:22 pm (UTC)Duke scowled back, but before he could respond, Audrey held up her hand.
"We need to get the lights back on. And stick together. Okay? Now. There should be a breaker box in the basement. I vote we all go down there -- calmly -- and check it out."
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 08:34 pm (UTC)Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 08:37 pm (UTC)Duke nodded, but she slapped his hand away when he reached for the axe handle.
"What, you'll let her get the knife, but I can't have my axe?"
"I'm smart enough to know I can't order Octavia around," Audrey said.
"But you can order me?!"
Audrey gave him a smug smile. "Yep."
Re: As You Were - accusations part one
Date: 2020-09-18 09:01 pm (UTC)It went without saying that the sooner she could get off this island, the better, but seriously.