hello welcome to the party. hi I've never met you before. I know.

[goodsoldier]

Who: Will! Kaitlyn! Fauxlivia! and Jason!
What: by their powers combined, they are VAGUELY CONSPIRATORIAL AND ANTI-MILITIA
Where: assorted places
When: assorted times
Notes: did I forget anyone help I have a brain like a sieve. ALSO don't feel like pressured to immediately sign them on, this is possibly more like "so this is how Jason meets your characters and takes interest in them" thing. Presumably he'd also stalk them for a bit, to the best of his ability (UNSURE) let me know how you feel about that possibility.
Warnings: captain planet; spinach dip

There are a million things to do, which is really how Jason prefers life to be. He's all over the city talking to people, some of whom he returns to, some of whom he never sees again; he buys things, steals things, stores things, moves things. It's not all carefully planned, either. Some people and things he simply comes across in his travels, and he keeps his schedule flexible enough to accommodate these opportunities.

His funds are limited. Criminal conquest is more fun with more money, but sadly, Talia isn't here and if she were, she wouldn't have the al Ghul resources with her. Of course, she could actually be here and simply declined to contact him. Or she could be here, just a version of herself that never became involved with him, or from before such things happened. He tries not to think much about things like that, primarily because it's pointless and he has so many more important things to be thinking about. Still, there are empty, waiting moments on the train or the streets where his brain revisits these ideas, for reasons beyond his comprehension or capacity to care. But he reaches his stops, he finds something else to observe.

a beginning.

[baedalites]

Who: Candlelighter operatives.
What: The siege begins.
When: Evening, until the following night.

An hour before the broadcast on the Network, groups of focused, quiet, inconspicuously clothed women and men (some of them magically cloaked, so as not to arouse suspicion before their missive has been sent) begin to surround the canton of Mafaton. They situate themselves carefully along the border, in clusters of two and three. When the broadcast goes up, they are notified, and immediately send up magical flares to one another, bright red lights flying high in the air and exploding like supernatural fireworks. In addition to sending a sign to citizens local to them, this act reinforces the border they have established, and allows these foot soldiers of the Candlelighters to stay lurking on the edges.

Anyone who tries to cross their path will almost certainly be captured. They may be held hostage, but it's much more likely that they will be simply killed for their trouble. These individuals may all be flesh and blood humans, but they're still magically powerful, and they're driven by a ruthless fanaticism. Still, they may engage those trapped within Mafaton during the siege, although they are unlikely to have anything good or kind to say.

It's empty in the valley of your heart [OPEN]

[nolimitation]

Who: Olivia Dunham and YOU!!
What: Just a little reconnaissance
Where: On the street, not far from the Valhalla Inn
When: Backdated to this afternoon, because even Olivia isn't going to wander around a strange city unarmed after dark
Notes: Olivia is not wild about the idea of announcing herself on the network before she gets a feel for the place. So, in-person intro! And a weirdly familiar face for anyone who knows Fauxliv!
Warnings: None at the moment!

( The sun, it rises slowly as you walk away from all your fears and all the faults you've left behind... )