Season four preplay: Lay Me Down
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seaoftroubles1. 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."
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."
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-29 07:05 pm (UTC)Turned out she was only one of a handful of troubled people, mostly girls, who were missing or dead -- and not of a dream. They'd found a knife tip in one of them.
And one of Duke's knives, he'd discovered, was missing its tip. Supposedly because Wade had broken it gutting a fish.
So he and Lucifer had come to the marina to do a bit of investigating. See just how far gone Duke's brother was.
"Uh, hey," Duke called as he approached the man running the boat rental dock. "I think my brother might be renting a boat out here. Name's Wade Crocker?"
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-30 08:43 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-31 02:18 pm (UTC)Duke offered an awkward smile. "Yeah, uh, he's been pulling in a bunch of big striped bass." He put his hands in his pockets and rocked a little on his heels. "Any chance that the boat he's been renting has a GPS? Sure would love to find his fishing spot. . . ."
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-31 04:15 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-31 04:19 pm (UTC)"Thanks," Duke's grin widened, but remained mostly empty as he pulled a bill from his pocket. "Hey, uh, you think we could keep this off the books?"
The guy brightened a little as he accepted the bribe. "No problem."
"Thanks."
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-31 04:27 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-31 04:31 pm (UTC)Whatever. It wasn't like he was probably ever going to see the guy again once they got Wade out of here.
"Do you even know how to use a chart plotter?" he asked Lucifer as he climbed into the small boat.
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-31 04:40 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-31 04:42 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-31 04:55 pm (UTC)It purred to life.
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-10-31 05:56 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-02 11:01 pm (UTC)Lucifer. No.
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-02 11:06 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-03 07:34 pm (UTC)The only thing that stopped him from hitting the gas right away was having to maneuver the boat away from the docks, but then-- well, who knew a boat could speed up that fast?
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-03 09:53 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-05 07:46 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-07 06:31 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-08 08:25 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-08 08:57 pm (UTC)"It's just a cove," Duke said. Even as he frowned and peered at the water. ". . . With something floating just under the surface."
That was definitely foreboding.
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-08 10:10 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-08 10:25 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-08 10:40 pm (UTC)Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-08 10:50 pm (UTC)That was definitely looking more and more like a human arm. Wearing a glove. Sticking out of one of three plastic wrapped forms floating just under the water.
And that was definitely a tattoo on the forearm of that human arm.
"Well," he said, swallowing thickly. "I think we just found Jordan."
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-08 11:03 pm (UTC)Well. At this point he knew this was likely the time to shut off the engine and go touch Duke's shoulder, at the very least. So he did.
Re: 6. To the marina
Date: 2022-11-08 11:06 pm (UTC)"Two other bodies," he observed flatly.
What the fuck was he going to do?
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