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 - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-12 10:32 pm (UTC)"Now, from what I hear, there's plenty of troubles when I'm not in town, too," Duke pointed out.
Audrey flashed him a dry smirk. "Are you really trying to tell me you came all the way back up to Maine for a boat ride?"
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-12 10:36 pm (UTC)Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-12 11:01 pm (UTC)Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-12 11:05 pm (UTC)"It's called Carpenter's Knot," he explained. "Been in the Carpenter family since forever. The last of the Carpenters is kind of a hermit. You know, he closed down the hotel and pulled up the red carpet when I was a kid. Now, I hear the grounds and resort are very special."
Audrey crossed her arms, somewhere between amused and annoyed. "You hear? You said you saw something you had to show me."
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-12 11:14 pm (UTC)Well, at least Audrey didn't speak Trig.
Octavia watched them, out of the corner of her eyes. Pretended to keep watching the water, and tried not to think about -- Well. There was more than one thing she was currently trying to keep her mind away from.
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-12 11:27 pm (UTC)deal withthink about everything that had happened lately. The fact that doing so meant he got to spend some time with a new friend (and some old frenemies) was just icing on the cake."I may have embellished about that," Duke admitted with a tilt of his head.
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-12 11:28 pm (UTC)Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 04:29 pm (UTC)Debatable.
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 04:57 pm (UTC)"You know, he told me about you," she told Octavia. "While he was stuck here. Wouldn't shut up about you, really."
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 05:10 pm (UTC)"Is that so?"
The softness in the rasp was subtle.
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 05:16 pm (UTC)"That's because the middle of the night was the only time you were home," Duke pointed out.
"Is it true you throw swords?"
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 05:22 pm (UTC)Her head tilted, just a fraction.
"Not as often as I used to," she said, "but yes." Considered for a beat, then added, "Sometimes that's quicker."
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 05:39 pm (UTC)Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 05:49 pm (UTC)"Not as often as I used to be," she said, again.
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 05:57 pm (UTC)"I can see why you like her. She sounds like a true Mainer. You know . . . monosyllabic."
Duke cleared his throat and pointed at the horizon. "Oh hey, we're almost there."
"To go harass a poor hermit about his spectacular resort." Audrey smirked and shook her head. "What fun."
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 06:16 pm (UTC)She also did something of a mental version of Duke's throat-clearing as she looked towards the horizon. (There were just so many thoughts to avoid, today.) "You don't know," she said. "Maybe he likes distractions, too."
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 06:31 pm (UTC)"Would that make you feel better?" Duke asked.
"It'd make me a little less likely to want to arrest you for trespassing."
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 06:40 pm (UTC)But, you know.
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 06:48 pm (UTC)Audrey snorted and flicked him a broad smirk.
And now they were pulling up to the docks, just as the clouds started to roll in.
"Well," Duke said, offering Octavia a hand up. "Let's go see what we can find."
Re: As You Were - the boat ride out
Date: 2020-09-13 07:01 pm (UTC)And then it was gone, and her hand was in his.
"Sha. Let's go."