12125/the Postman cometh... or actually the Fed-Ex dude...

the Postman cometh... or actually the Fed-Ex dude...
Date of Scene:	04 September 2020
Location:	The Blue Lady, Fort Joseph
Synopsis:	The Scooby Gang talks about monsters.
Cast of Characters:	Thomas Raith, Phantasm (Drago), Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg

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Thomas Raith has posed:
It's about 6 pm. The Club, while doing decent trade is far from being as crowded as it will be in just a few short hours. So while Axe's position at the door is mostly just opening it for people and telling them to "Have a good time," he can't leave his post. So he sticks his head in and calls over to the bar. "'Ey Nick, jou t'ink dat jou could be runnin' a package up to de boss? Fed-Ex guy just have me sign and leave it here. Gilipollas." The package itself is small, as such things go. More like an Envelope, though bursting with it's contents.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
A rule of thumb when using public transportation is that if you want to get somewhere on time, you leave REALLY early to accomodate for the most likely event that the mode of transportation you are relying on is running late or, for some forms, gets stuck in traffic. Being that Nick does not drive he practices this rule on a very frequent basis. But he has also noticed that SOMETIMES everything actually runs on time.

Which is why Nick is at the club extremely early having soda at the bar, and pondering about- things.

Soda?

Yes. Soda. Rules are rules.

Nick blinks, glancing over as he's spoken too. He looks to the item Axe has and shrugs "Yeah sure." Sliding off the stool, he walks over to take the offered item, looking to it for a moment before turning to head to the office.

Thomas Raith has posed:
"Thanks man, jou a life saver." The Hispanic man says with a smile. The Envelope is heavy, and feels like it contains allot of awkwardly shaped objects. The Return address, should Nick snoop is from one Darby Crane. At the knock on his office Thomas calls out, "Who is it?" then as long as there are no wizards out there adds "Come in,"

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick waits outside, doors are closed for reasons and there's no point barging in. After Thomas responds to the knock, Nick glances down to the envelope before opening the door to come into the office, "It's Nick. FedEx dropped off a package for you from a..." He glances to the envelope again, "Darby Crane."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers hasn't had a lot of shifts at the club lately, and with last semester of college starting up again she's been keeping busy. Fortunately she ran into Willow on her way to the Blue Lady and managed to convince her to join her there for a drink, and to meet Thomas, "I still can't believe you haven't met him yet, Cmon!"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith's face goes from that easy smile to a little dark at the name. "Darby Crane?" he takes the envelope from Nick and opens it with a letter opener the size, shape and sharpness of a stiletto... Okay he opens it with a stiletto. He dumps the contents out and makes a face. Ten bits of blood red plastic on lanyards and five DVD's spill out onto his otherwise pristine desk. Each of the lanyards are identical with the words VIP in large grey letters and emblazoned over it the word SPLATTERCON!!!

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Willow laughs, "Okay, okay! I'll meet him. Geez!" But she's really happy to be finally meeting him.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick glances down to the items that get dumped on to the desk, making note of the heap of plastic and lanyard. "Hmm. I did not have you pegged as a convention goer."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers glances around and frowns. "Huh..Don't see him in today..Wonder if he's upstairs?" she peers upstairs towards his office and frowns. Buffy doesn't want to interrupt an important meeting, but she hasn't seen him in a long time. Besides, she did want to introduce him to her bestie. "Cmon Willow, lets go upstairs." and she leads her up to his office..

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"Sure? You're sure that he's here?" Willow follows along with Buffy. She pretty much certain Thomas is in his office. Or back at their home. One or the other.

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith is indeed sitting at his desk and glowering at what looks like a heep of plastic and a pile of DVD's. "I'm not, believe me." He says sounding a little annoyed, and his eyes going just a shade lighter with his temper. He picks up the DVDs, "So what have we got here. The Mosswater Murader, directed by Darby Crane.." he shuffles the first DVD to the back of the pile and continues "Buzz directed by Darby Crane... Axe Crazy by Darby Crane... and that cinimatic master piece "What's in a name by none other then Darby Crane... Empty Night.." he sighs and throws the videos in his otherwise empty waste paper basket. Only then does he look up and see Buffy. "Hello lover, who's your friend?"

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick looks to the pile once more. "Okay then, at least tell me that's a friend of yours to be sending all that stuff unsolicited." He looks to the VIP lettering. "I'm no expert on conventions but if the badge pricing is anything like music festivals, that's a lot of money sitting there."

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers beams at the sight of Thomas, stepping in since the door is open and it's only Nick...Well not *only* but at least she's not interrupting an important business. meeting. She leans over to give him a quick peck on the cheek, "Hey gorgeous, what you up to?" she nods to Nick as well, "Hey Nick, what's all this stuff?" she gestures towards the DVDs on the desk. "Oh hey, have you met my friend Willow before? She's the talented witch I've mentioned a few times, works at the Magic Box too.."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
There's something about him..Think, Willow, think.

"He looks familiar." Peers. "But I'm finally getting to meet him." He's so familiar. "You didn't come out.. no. That would be wrong. I'm Willow, by the way. Nice to put a face to the name."

Thomas Raith has posed:
At the word Witch, Thomas casually reaches over and flips a toggle switch on his desk. Immediately his computer, the six monitors, his desk lamp, frankly every bit of electronics in the room except the over head lights, immediately dies. "Well it's nice to put a face to the name as well." He says smiling at Willow and almost casually pulling on Buffy's arm to pull her into his lap. He sighs leaning back. "Darby is not a friend. Worse. He's family."

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick turns his head as Buffy enters the office, giving a slight smile, "Hey Buffy. Looks like someone's trying to get Thomas to go to a convention." Seeing Willow enter in, the smile strengthens a bit more, "Hey Willow. Haven't seen you in awhile."

Hearing Thomas's explanation, Nick turns to look back to the club owner, "Ah. Family drama?"

He pauses, looking to the lamp and computers. "Why is everything switched off now?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers laughs a bit as Thomas pulls her into his lap, but doesn't resist, nestling up against him as she peers at the documents, badges and DVDs on the table. "Ooooh, horror convention? Sounds fun..And he got you free passes too?" But when he mentions 'family', Buffy frowns, "Sooo we talking the Raiths? The ones who want you dead? Sounds like a trap." yep, definitely a trap.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"I'll say." Willow quickly figures it out by a measly 1.5 grands for each one, as she shudders. "Holy cow, that's a lot of money!"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith nods slightly, scowling. "Technically. Darby Crane is Madrigal Raith but..." he shakes his head slightly, "Last I heard he was aligning himself, at least politically with House Malvora. He's certainly not in favor of my father at the moment. "If it's a trap it's a rather obvious one, and that would be rather...gauche. The White Court prides itself on subtlety. "I have to go of course.

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick glances back towards Buffy as she mentions family members who want Thomas dead. "Ok. So Soap Opera level of family drama." He gathers, "I'm guessing family reunions are a hard pass for you." He looks to the passes, not getting an explanation to everything being shut off but the whole familial homicide topic is probably more interesting anyways. "So, why do you HAVE to go?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks slowly. "Malvora..You mentioned them before I think. They..They feed on fear, don't they? At a horror convention, that could be disastrous." she frowns some more as he says he has to go. "Not alone you won't. We're coming with you, and Willow's magic could come in real handy."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
This goes from bad the worse very quickly, and given that Willow has nothing to say, she listens. Maybe she'll have something to say, but probably not. Still.. "You should take someone with you." Like Buffy won't go, ha!

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith glances at Nick. "Magic and electronics don't mix. I've got over $12 grand of equipment in here, thus I have a switch to turn it all off if someone like my brother shows up. As for why I can't just skip it, it's..politics. I blow him off after he presents me with such an extravagant gift? It would be considered...rude." He shakes his head slightly, "Well it looks like he's expecting me to bring several someones with me." he says lifting one of the lanyards and draping it over Buffy's head.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks, peering down at the lanyards, "Well...That's weird. Does he know about us?" she dips her head, accepting one of them. "Hmm, do you like Horror movies? Might be fun..Although I just hate walking into a trap like this. We need to be prepared. What else can you tell us about Madrigal Raith that might help?"

Phantasm (Drago) has posed:
Nick tilts his head, curiously at the explanation. "I think it varies by the magic user on what they end up giving up for magic. Strange and I don't have that issue. Although I don't really bother with-"

" Nick? NICK!"

Nick turns his head, looking out of the office as he hears a familiar feminine voice calling. "I'm guessing Sasha wants to go over the set list." He gives a nod to the trio, "Until later, guys."

Farewell kind of given, he turns and heads out, looking for the featured singer.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
*blink* *blink* He has never heard of Willow then! She combines magic with technology all the time! "Yes you can. Or at least *I* can." That was probably the right thing to say, after all, she didn't know anyone who could do the things she is has done with scrying.

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith raises an eyebrow to Willow. "I see, hu." He tries to process that new information and fit it into his own world view before filing it for later. "Well what about you Willow, do you like scary movies?" he asks with a bit of... it's like a dark amusement. "Just about everything you could ever want to know about MAdrigal, or Darby, or whatever you want to call him is right here on these movies. As Nick moves to leave, Thomas plucks one of the lanyards up and tosses it to him. He knows who he wants to have his back, and if Mad is letting him pick a team...

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smiles, "Yeah, Willow is a pretty unique witch, she combines magic with technology all the time.." although, she's not so sure that Willow will like scary movies. Glancing up at Nick, she waves to him, "see you later."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"You do know how they make those things, don't you. They're laughable." She thinks for a minute. "You're joking, right? You do know what Buffy fights in her off time." For that much, Willow did too. These 'horror' shows were hilarious for the most part. "But I like them."

In other words: yes.

"But I'm serious, using magic and technology is kinda my thing."

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith shrugs a bit, glancing at Buffy and then flipping the switch back on. Piece by piece the high tech stuff all reboots. One of the first things to do so is the 72" TV and Thomas picks up one of the disks and pops it into the DVD player. He takes a seat in the office's small conversation area and gestures for the girl's to join him.

On the screen the scene opens with a man... a gorgeous man... Like top 0.01%. Someone in league with Thomas with the same dark hair and blue eyes. He's wearing a red suit that makes him look just a bit malevolent and sitting in a read leather chair. He pauses a moment, then looks directly into the camera and says "Hello there. My name is Darby Crane. And I'm going to scare the fuck out of you." Then a hard cut to black before the title sequence for "BUZZ!!"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers peers at the screen and smirks, "Woow, he's definitely family, mmm.." she's staring at him a bit too long before breaking her gaze, smirking. "Gotta say, there's not a lot of stuff that scares me, but I'm game." she grins.

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
Willow begins to giggle when the show begins. "O-kay? But when do they scare me?"

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith rolls his eyes. "Emotion sucking monster don't forget." He says playfully to Buffy, giving her a very playful nudge. He's not the jelious type, as she well knows but still. As the movie starts it shows a young girl, perhaps in her early twenties running for her life through the woods. A low pitched buzzing sound vibrates as she runs by. A cut now behind and slightly above the girl, chasing her... she screams and it cuts away again. A slow pan up the girl's body, recogniseable now only by the purple streak in her hair as she appears to have been almost mummified.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers sighs, maybe just a bit bothered that he doesn't seem to get jealous, even when he should, but..She's used to it..With a shrug, she leans back in her seat to watch. "Ohh, this is sooo cliche. How co e the girl is always the helpless one?" she makes a face.

Thomas Raith has posed:
Thomas Raith shrugs. "You have to consider the demographic. She's probibly lucky that she got to keep her top on the entire scene." He says shaking his head slightly. Don't get /too/ excited about that intro, Mad's movies are basically just that. Blood and boobs. Like 80's Slasher flicks."

Willow Rosenberg has posed:
"You know what? We should have popcorn." Willow frowns. "He's making this stuff up, right? Afterall, then we'd have a bigger thing on our hands."