Sins of the Fathers preplay
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seaoftroublesDanny arrives, maybe just in time for Audrey to realize that Duke is gone. She fills him in on the strange marks, the probable missing persons, and the ghost trouble. Nathan arrives to give them a ride to the gravedigger's house to interrogate him, perhaps Danny notices the paint on the gravedigger's wife's hand instead of Audrey, and he and Audrey play confused tourists together while Nathan waits in the car? They tail her into the woods, where the Rev's people have gathered with the kidnapped troubled people.
The Rev's people are heavily armed, with rifles and pistols. A group of people make molotov cocktails by a collection of gas cans. Two men with rifles guard the doors to a shed, while another set pull an unconscious young man out of the back of a van, keeping him quiet with chloroform. They put him into the shed with several other bound, unconscious people. They're troubled. The Xs marked the homes of the kidnapping victims. They're clearly planning to burn the shed down.
Before the cops can decide to take action, the Rev walks out of the woods, with Duke on his tail. Audrey can't see the Rev, but Danny and Nathan can. All Audrey sees is Duke arguing with empty air.
The Rev's men manage to get the drop on the cops, disarming them, and forcing them into the open.
Duke sees the troubled people in the shed and accuses the Rev of being insane, declares that he's going to stop them. The Rev says that he's here to "save" them. One of his men forces a knife into Duke's hands, which he brandishes at anyone who comes near him, including Audrey when she's led right up behind him. Audrey's shocked. Nathan accuses him of working with the Rev. Duke denies it and drops the knife.
The troubled gravedigger is the one holding the gun to Audrey. Nathan tries to tell him not to listen to the Rev, and Audrey tells him that he's troubled. Kyle tries to deny it, and Duke's dad appears, telling Duke that this is the way it always goes when people realize they're cursed. The gravedigger's pregnant wife is clearly horrified. The Rev points to Duke as the person who can save the gravedigger and his family.
Duke tries to refuse. Someone shoves a knife into his hands again. Duke clearly struggles with the decision as both the Rev and his father urge him to use his trouble to "save" the gravedigger's unborn child, and the gravedigger begs him to help. Audrey tells him not to do it, and the Rev calls her a liar.
That's the last straw. Duke shakes his head. She's his friend!
Duke's father tells him that Audrey's previous incarnations killed his grandfather, killed him. That Audrey will kill Duke. Duke turns away, still in denial, and the gravedigger takes the chance to run up and grab Duke's hand, forcing him to stab him in the stomach.
Duke can't do anything but stare as the gravedigger collapses to the ground. And THANKS HIM.
With the kill complete, the Crocker trouble doesn't come with the same side-effects. His eyes go silver, but he doesn't need super strength. There's not adrenaline rush or high. He's just shocked. He meets Nathan's eyes as Nathan stares back at him, clearly distrustful.
The ghosts get in some last enigmatic lines as they fade out with the dying gravedigger's trouble. Lots of comments about how Nathan and Duke are on opposite sides and will have to kill each other, all while Nathan and Duke stare at each other trying not to have feelings. It's super deep, yo. And extremely weird.
The gravedigger dies. The ghosts vanish. Audrey grabs her gun and shouts that EVERYONE THERE IS UNDER ARREST DAMMIT!
Nathan and Audrey have a bunch of paperwork to process, but also a date to prepare for! Yay! Duke goes back to his boat, Danny following along yelling, probably, and gets out a big ass bottle of booze to try and drink his feelings. He and Danny maybe have a heart to heart about killing in the line of duty? The ways it fucks with your head. How to avoid it as best as possible. Duke starts to calm down, says that he just wants to get back to Fandom, but Haven behind him again. Danny gets up to use the bathroom? I feel like he should be out of the way a little when Nathan barges in. Nathan barges in, demanding to know what Duke's done with Audrey. Duke's all "WTF WHAT DO YOU MEAN AUDREY'S GONE??" and they fight. Danny hears the ruckus, comes rushing back out to find Duke prone on the floor with Nathan standing above him, pointing his gun in Duke's face. Duke's reaching for the gun he keeps taped under the galley table, but is too busy staring at the fresh new tattoo on the inside of Nathan's arm to actually grab it.
And the season ends with an exterior shot of the boat along with a gun shot, because this show is the woooooooorst!
The Rev's people are heavily armed, with rifles and pistols. A group of people make molotov cocktails by a collection of gas cans. Two men with rifles guard the doors to a shed, while another set pull an unconscious young man out of the back of a van, keeping him quiet with chloroform. They put him into the shed with several other bound, unconscious people. They're troubled. The Xs marked the homes of the kidnapping victims. They're clearly planning to burn the shed down.
Before the cops can decide to take action, the Rev walks out of the woods, with Duke on his tail. Audrey can't see the Rev, but Danny and Nathan can. All Audrey sees is Duke arguing with empty air.
The Rev's men manage to get the drop on the cops, disarming them, and forcing them into the open.
Duke sees the troubled people in the shed and accuses the Rev of being insane, declares that he's going to stop them. The Rev says that he's here to "save" them. One of his men forces a knife into Duke's hands, which he brandishes at anyone who comes near him, including Audrey when she's led right up behind him. Audrey's shocked. Nathan accuses him of working with the Rev. Duke denies it and drops the knife.
The troubled gravedigger is the one holding the gun to Audrey. Nathan tries to tell him not to listen to the Rev, and Audrey tells him that he's troubled. Kyle tries to deny it, and Duke's dad appears, telling Duke that this is the way it always goes when people realize they're cursed. The gravedigger's pregnant wife is clearly horrified. The Rev points to Duke as the person who can save the gravedigger and his family.
Duke tries to refuse. Someone shoves a knife into his hands again. Duke clearly struggles with the decision as both the Rev and his father urge him to use his trouble to "save" the gravedigger's unborn child, and the gravedigger begs him to help. Audrey tells him not to do it, and the Rev calls her a liar.
That's the last straw. Duke shakes his head. She's his friend!
Duke's father tells him that Audrey's previous incarnations killed his grandfather, killed him. That Audrey will kill Duke. Duke turns away, still in denial, and the gravedigger takes the chance to run up and grab Duke's hand, forcing him to stab him in the stomach.
Duke can't do anything but stare as the gravedigger collapses to the ground. And THANKS HIM.
With the kill complete, the Crocker trouble doesn't come with the same side-effects. His eyes go silver, but he doesn't need super strength. There's not adrenaline rush or high. He's just shocked. He meets Nathan's eyes as Nathan stares back at him, clearly distrustful.
The ghosts get in some last enigmatic lines as they fade out with the dying gravedigger's trouble. Lots of comments about how Nathan and Duke are on opposite sides and will have to kill each other, all while Nathan and Duke stare at each other trying not to have feelings. It's super deep, yo. And extremely weird.
The gravedigger dies. The ghosts vanish. Audrey grabs her gun and shouts that EVERYONE THERE IS UNDER ARREST DAMMIT!
Nathan and Audrey have a bunch of paperwork to process, but also a date to prepare for! Yay! Duke goes back to his boat, Danny following along yelling, probably, and gets out a big ass bottle of booze to try and drink his feelings. He and Danny maybe have a heart to heart about killing in the line of duty? The ways it fucks with your head. How to avoid it as best as possible. Duke starts to calm down, says that he just wants to get back to Fandom, but Haven behind him again. Danny gets up to use the bathroom? I feel like he should be out of the way a little when Nathan barges in. Nathan barges in, demanding to know what Duke's done with Audrey. Duke's all "WTF WHAT DO YOU MEAN AUDREY'S GONE??" and they fight. Danny hears the ruckus, comes rushing back out to find Duke prone on the floor with Nathan standing above him, pointing his gun in Duke's face. Duke's reaching for the gun he keeps taped under the galley table, but is too busy staring at the fresh new tattoo on the inside of Nathan's arm to actually grab it.
And the season ends with an exterior shot of the boat along with a gun shot, because this show is the woooooooorst!
Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 02:15 am (UTC)Audrey shook her head, climbing into the passenger seat. "Give him a break, Nathan. He's been through a lot."
Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 02:22 pm (UTC)Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 02:28 pm (UTC)"Looking for Kyle Hopkins, actually. He's the one making the ghosts."
Audrey eyed him. The revelation from Duke that they used to be lovers had cast a whole new light on Nathan's animosity. And his story about how his trouble was activated. Now she found herself wondering if maybe some of his coldness towards Danny wasn't a little bit of jealousy.
"We can do both," she said lightly. "And maybe even figure out those orange Xs while we're at it. You know, with detective work."
Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 02:39 pm (UTC)Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 03:02 pm (UTC)"Started out as just a shooting. A woman was shot by her neighbor, who claimed he was in her house with a gun because the ghost of her dead husband told him she was in danger. Which sounds like it could be standard perp babble --"
"Until you factor in the neighbors seeing the husband, too," Nathan added.
"Turns out, the woman and the neighbor were having an affair when the husband died. Little while later, we had a kid taking revenge on his sister's rapist, saying his sister's ghost told him to. Both the husband and the sister were buried at the same cemetery by the same man."
"Kyle Hopkins," Nathan said.
"Who it turns out moved Duke's father's grave when the cemetery he was originally buried in started eroding."
"Still not sure how my dad fits into it," Nathan said. "Buried him myself."
Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 03:08 pm (UTC)Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 03:18 pm (UTC)"I've seen it a few times around town today," Audrey said. "Always at the end of people's driveways. And at that last house, there was a clear sign of struggle. People don't just leave their front door open, their wallet and keys on the ground. Even in Haven."
"You think there's a ghost behind it?" Nathan asked.
Audrey nodded. "Someone who felt wronged by a lot of people, maybe."
"Duke's father was a serial killer."
Audrey hummed, frowning harder. "There's Kyle's house," she said, pointing off to the right.
Nathan pulled up to the curb a little ways down the road. Audrey stayed his hand when he reached for the ignition.
"Keep the engine running, Nathan, in case something happens." She opened her door. "Dan, you're with me."
Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 03:24 pm (UTC)Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 03:30 pm (UTC)She was terrible at names, unless you were troubled. He was lucky she hadn't called him Don. Or Roger.
A woman stepped out the front door of the house as they were walking up. Marissa Hopkins, Kyle's visibly pregnant wife, looking like she was in a rush.
There was orange paint on her hand, the same color as the suspicious graffiti popping up around town.
Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 03:32 pm (UTC)"Her hand," Danny whispered, nodding up at her in a greeting to cover it up.
Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 04:05 pm (UTC)Marissa frowned at them. "Can I help you?"
"Hi!" Audrey smiled. "We're looking for, uh. 134 Draper Place? The Gundersons?"
"Don't know them," Marissa said, narrowing her eyes a little. "And this is Park Street."
"Oh, wow." Audrey shook her head sheepishly. "I am so sorry." She backhanded Danny. "I told you to ask for directions!"
Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 04:13 pm (UTC)He projected a vibe of not at all knowing that.
Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 04:26 pm (UTC)Marissa just pushed past them, heading for her car.
Once Audrey was sure she was no longer paying attention, she started back for the Bronco. "Good eye on the hands," she muttered. "Looks like the graffiti and the ghosts are definitely connected."
Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 04:38 pm (UTC)Re: Meeting Audrey at the house
Date: 2020-10-15 04:46 pm (UTC)