seaoftroubles: (Wade)
seaoftroubles ([personal profile] seaoftroubles) wrote2022-09-07 01:49 pm

Season four preplay: Lay Me Down

1. Duke gets a call from Nathan to say "Duke get your ass back here Wade's activated." -- Also feat. Lucifer and Octavia

2. Duke, Octavia, and Lucifer arrive in Haven, find out only [wild handwaving because Haven is terrible at timelines] number of days has passed even though it's been months for them. Jennifer says she's settling in okay on the Sanguine Moon and is applying for a job at the Haven Herald. Duke is all "uhhhhh. . . . 'kay, that's a choice that I support I guess". Jennifer is adorkably awkward about being nervous for the interview. Wade arrives at the Gull to grab cleaning products and is cagey about the reasons. "Soda spilled in my car." He claims that he understand the trouble is terrible and isn't going to let it take over. Duke tries to talk him through it, but Wade just shoves him off and promises to head out of town. Duke tries to pretend he believes that this trip might be an easy one. Also there is a day-time drunk sleeping on the bench outside the Gull. FOR PLOT REASONS.

3. Later that day, Dwight comes by the marina to tell Duke that the drunk died mysteriously at the police station. Duke remembers Freddie, the drunk, was into watching bear documentaries at the Gull. Dwight asks about Jordan, wonders aloud if Wade's involved. Duke says no way. -- Lucifer and Octavia are welcome to join in or not

4. Duke dreams about trying to talk to Wade about their trouble and getting attacked when he gets a papercut. Wakes up when dream!Wade slashes him with a knife to discover GIANT KNIFE WOUND ON HIS ARM! Octavia has her own injurious dream. Lucifer freaks out/fusses over them.

5. Lucifer tries to insure Duke and Octavia stay awake. Audrey decides to compare Nathan and Duke's activities the day before since they both got hit by the trouble and survived. They make the connection to the Herald and call Dwight -- too late, he gets shot in a dream. We can also have Nathan fill the OT3 in on the non-dream murders at the same time.

6. Duke takes advantage of Dwight being sedated in the hospital to check what he's looking into, finds info on the murder with the broken knife. Puts two and two together and figures out it's Wade. This can happen off screen. He and Lucifer (and maybe Octavia?) head to the local boat rental he knows Wade used and gets access to the boat he used. He follows the GPS along the coast and finds Wade's dumping grounds, including Jordan's remains.

7. While Audrey and Nathan defuse the trouble, Duke, Lucifer, and Octavia go after Wade, stop him from offing a guy at a local bar. Wade goes all high and mighty, Duke yells at him. Wade tries to pull the "brothers" card to keep from being turned in. "You killed all those people, Wade. That's on me now, too." Wade threatens to expose Lexie's secret so the Guard tries to make Audrey kill Nathan. Lucifer knocks Wade out so they can lock him up on the Sanguine Moon.

8. Octavia guards Wade on the Moon while Lucifer and Duke try to figure out where to stick him and arrange their travel back to Fandom. Wade escapes and he and Octavia fight. Octavia is winning until Wade manages to draw blood and gets the upper hand. Enter Duke and Lucifer. Lucifer goes to Octavia to try to staunch her bleeding while Duke takes on Wade? (Since Duke can't interact with Octavia's blood and all. Maybe Wade managed to open her dream wound and it's worse than just a little cut.) Wade throws himself on Duke's knife and dies. The Crocker trouble dies too.

9. Duke wraps Wade's body in a tarp. When Duke reaches for Octavia's wound, she flinches back. Duke internalizes the SHIT out of that even though it's a natural move if they've been used to trying to keep their blood off him. Lucifer suggests they clear out, Duke agrees, so long as he can bury Wade first. He asks them not to tell anyone about the murder. Luce and Tavi are probably like "whatever, we don't want to talk to any of these people anyway."
betterthanaplan: (on the phone)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2022-09-07 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Frankly, when Duke's phone actually rang instead of going to voicemail, it was never good. So he could maybe be forgiven for digging it out of his pocket and squinting at it sideways like it might attack him.

The name on the caller ID didn't help.

"Nathan," he said, through faintly clenched teeth. "To what do I owe this pleasure?"

The conversation was short, since Nathan was anything but chatty. Duke's expression went from annoyed to distressed, then to sort of a resigned depression.

"Don't do anything," he said, all but biting off the words. "Please. I'm heading up, I'll take care of it."

Another few moments of listening to the other end.

"Thanks."

He hung up and stared at his phone for a long moment, then wound up as though to pitch it into the water before just jamming it back in his pocket with a hissed curse.
okteiviakom: ([neu] i had a dream once)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2022-09-11 06:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia had only caught half of that, but it did not bode well.

"Who was that?"

She had a feeling she already knew.
betterthanaplan: (death glare)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2022-09-14 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nathan," Duke said, biting the name off as fear and guilt wrapped themselves together and came out as anger. "Wade's active."
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - lolly)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2022-09-14 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Nathan's radioactive?" Lucifer called inquisitively from the galley.

He'd only heard snatches, busy as he was cooking up lunch.
okteiviakom: ([neu] wat r u saying)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2022-09-14 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
And there the feeling went, settling into a mix of dread and an odd sliver of hope.

(Not for Nathan, or Wade. But for Jennifer, and Gloria.)

"Haven's getting through again?"
betterthanaplan: (gonna lose it)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2022-09-14 05:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes," Duke said, then shook his head, eyes squeezed shut, and raised his voice to call back to Lucifer. "No! Could -- fuck. Luce, we gotta talk!"

He started towards the door to below decks.

Hope for the people still living back in Haven hadn't quite sunk in yet for him.
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - idek)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2022-09-14 05:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucifer looked up towards the door from the stove with a frown, and-- look, if he'd known they'd be having serious conversations, he wouldn't have worn the Kiss the Devil-apron and a pair of black-and-red oven mitts, but Duke would just have to deal with it. "What?"
okteiviakom: ([neu] new patterns)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2022-09-14 06:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia followed close on Duke's heels.

"It's Haven," she provided, for the quickest explanation.
betterthanaplan: (very serious and three-quarters)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2022-09-14 06:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke gave a little "what she said" shrug and wave as he immediately started pacing.

"Nathan," he said again. "Just called. Wade's active."
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - lolly)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2022-09-14 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"As in murdering people?" Lucifer asked, indicating his mild, disturbed confusion with a wave of the spatula.
betterthanaplan: (oh dear)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2022-09-14 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"I hope not?" Duke said, both hands coming up to shove through his hair. "Nathan said 'active'. Like . . . got blood on him and went silver-eyed. On -- on purpose."
okteiviakom: ([neu] willing to hear you out)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2022-09-14 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"... What?"

How did Haven manage to do the worst things, every time?
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - lolly)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2022-09-14 07:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Lucifer sighed, and dropped the spatula in the sink. "Well, that figures."
betterthanaplan: (oh dear)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] betterthanaplan 2022-09-14 07:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Duke gave him a sharp look. It was a very Lucifer-ian response but it felt . . . underwhelming in light of how he was feeling right now.

"Nathan promised not to go after him. I -- we have to go, right? This is -- he's my brother. I'm the only one who can talk him down."

He was barely managing to say things like "this is my fault" and imply that he needed to do this alone. Be proud of him!
okteiviakom: ([neu] that's a bad plan)

Re: 1. Phone call

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2022-09-14 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Octavia inhaled sharply through her nose, because him saying that did nothing to ease her dread. But this was what Haven did: it reached out and squeezed and dragged Duke back.

She knew better than to try and argue in favor of not going.

Even if that meant she found nothing at all to say, even as her brow pulled together hard.

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