#thread: francisco vidal

[ayda--demir]

Where: Laz @ Camden Where: June 14, 2023 Who: @franciscovidal​

Ayda spent her morning at the bakery, helping Mrs. Aksoy like she always did. It was a habit now and with the little sleep she was getting, it at least gave her an excuse to be up. She was excited to see Vidal, get out of the borough for a little, and pretend there was some part of her life that was normal. Nothing felt normal since the after party. 

She dresses more casual, but still nice, taking the extra effort to do her make-up and hair before catching the metro into Camden. It had been some time since she sold her car to help pay some of her debt. 

Arriving five minutes to spare, the Turk steps inside, chocolate hues glancing around the room, seeing that she arrived first, picking a table by the window. She orders a glass of water, glancing down at her phone, reading over some emails she had, waiting for him. 

[jordana-velasquez]

"I need a night where we don't talk about any idiots." Exhaustion laced in her words. What Vidal felt, she felt. That was how it went. He was her family, and she protected what was hers. She already felt like a failure having one missing.

"If I was going to put myself in any danger, you would know." Jordana tried to keep Mateo out of certain business the best she could. There were always three who would be at her side, besides her boyfriend, who she trusted with her life. One beside her.

"Not tonight what?" Vidal asked, rubbing his eyes. He was visibly tired, not getting much sleep these days, even when he tried. Even if he did manage to get a wink, he had nightmares, nightmares which felt like the utter reality which Gianna was facing. Neither was worse than the other.

He took a sip of scotch before placing the cup down and looking at his friend. "You not planning to do anything that would jeopardise you and Matty?"

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UPDATES.

OPHÉLIE REDGRAVE:

SELF PARA | Ophélie gets dark and her hands dirty, setting into motion a plan to slip fentanyl tainted drugs to the Russian B-Girls with the support of Théo. It actually works.

THREAD | featuring Étienne Canet - Ophélie seeks validation and encouragement from dad, it does not go well and she is forced to reckon with the consequences of her actions, however helpful and useful it may have been.

THREAD | featuring Théodore Chaussard - Instead of heading off to be reckless and self destructive as a means to deal (read: avoid) the messy emotions brought up by the conversation with Étienne, Ophélie seeks out support from a friend. We love this character growth for her.

Summary: Ophélie is learning that our actions have consequences! And that as much as she'd like to, its impossible to avoid them. Ophélie wants to be involved and contribute without reckoning with the full scope of what that means, she will be learning how to cope.

ISLA HUNT:

SELF PARA | Isla considers morality and guilt whilst bored out of her fucking mind laying low due to her own actions aka getting stabby. She decides its not for her.

THREAD | featuring Francisco Vidal - Vidal is rightly still mad at Isla for being dumb. She does not like this and shuts down.

Summary: Isla is also facing the consequences of her actions and it is not going well! She is incredibly bored and restless and angry. She will likely start lashing out at her friends (Jess). Also looking to do more with how prison fucked her up, and then hopefully have her start getting back into doing things. Or maybe she will crash and burn.

ZHANNA MEDVEDEVA:

SELF PARA | Zhanna discovers that someone is intentionally targeting and drugging her b-girls, but they are not at all willing or able to share specifically who is doing this. Zhanna is very angry.

THREAD | featuring Anatoly Veselov - Zhanna proposes her idea to try and get a girl inside of vixen. They disagree on the specifics of who but Zhanna is always encouraging of vixen hunting.

THREAD | featuring Bang Ara - Zhanna asks the assassin to play b-girl for the night to help her figure out where the drugs are coming from.

Summary: Zhanna is fucking pissed about the attacks on her girls and the loss of important income for the Russians. Her focus is on figuring out exactly who is doing this and how. She's considering getting rid of all of her current girls and replacing them with newer, hopefully less stupid girls. She's also worried about Vika and Mikhail still missing. She's not sure how many more losses they can take, particularly within the Vorshevsky family.

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[jordana-velasquez]

Jordana stood in the back, giving Vidal the space to allow his frustration and hurt out, in agreeance that the men set out to find information for them were incompetent fools. The job was simple, at least to her, and there should be some information that could be found to lead them in her direction.

She waited until he left, moving from her spot, coming to stand where her friend was moments ago. "Get out there and don't come back until you've found something. Go knocking on all doors in Haringey. I don't care what mess you leave." Her orders stern, watching heads nod at her before she followed after Vidal.

"I know you will." A pause. "We will find her. Even if we have to go do it ourselves." Jordana came to stand beside him. "But, we need to do it with a clear head and a plan that will go completely out the window." That is what usually happened with them, plans not working how they should. She would burn the city down if anything happened to Mateo.

@jordana-velasquez

"That's not good enough!" They called these things plans? No, Vidal knew what plans looked like and these were a bunch of shitty little children's games. "Do I look like a bloody fool?" His voice was raised, and the people around him took a step back. They hadn't really seen him like that, not ever. But Vidal was losing his patience. Kathleen had been missing, and he was no closer to finding her than the day she'd gone missing. How was that an answer to any of his questions?

There were none, not until he could lay his eyes on her.

"Fucking do it." He shouted again, this time kicking the door though as he stormed out of the room.

"What is the fucking use of them if they can't do shit?" He asked Jordana, knowing that she followed him out. "I swear to fucking God, I will do anything to get her back." And he meant it.

[ayda--demir]

@franciscovidal​ Time: After Party

Ayda could feel that sweat drip down the small of her back. She had lost count of how many songs the three of them had danced to. “I’ll be right back. I need some air.” She shouted to Nevra and Leyla before weaving out of the crowd of people. It had been a long time since she felt the high of dancing and having fun with her friends.

The Turk makes her way up one of the staircases, looking both ways before she spots a door that leads out to a small deck. She sighs the second the cool air hits her skin, a smile creeping on her features. Her heels click against the cement, coming around a small corner she finds someone standing there. “Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t realise someone was here. I can find somewhere else if you want to be alone.”

[ayda--demir]

Text | Ayda & Vidal

Vidal: Sure, lass. See you there.  Ayda: See you tomorrow.

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UPDATES.

ALEXIS LARSSON:

THREAD | featuring Spencer Berkeley - After recent events and seeing how the violence had affected those she knows, Alexis recalls how her past brushes with it had and continue to hold her back, and she decides to take matters into her own hands, starting with the person most important to her.

THREAD | featuring Leyla Yilmaz - Two besties supporting each other over possibly losing/having possibly lost someone they loved.

THREAD | featuring Ophélie Redgrave - Alexis tries to talk Fee out of a potentially dangerous situation without knowing the gravity of what Fee is planning.

Summary: No spoilers, but Alexis will be more hands on in keeping those she knows safe, which may constitute either building connections or ending them.

HENRY GARCIA:

THREAD | featuring Ara Bang - Henry makes an unlikely connection with the Russian assassin without realizing who she actually works for.

THREAD | featuring Francisco Vidal - After spending time away from London, Henry reconnects with one of the closest friends he has there. Hijinks ensue.

THREAD | featuring Adriana Amaro - Henry deals with the guilt of his perceived selfish choice of visiting Lara in Launceston, when much of her family was unable to do the same. He attempts to fix things with Adriana.

Summary: Henry has been keeping his head down, making sure Adriana remains safe now that they’re back in London. Though he knows Lara is alive, he’s keeping up appearances that he isn’t, which also includes his daughter (future self para).

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UPDATES.

ADRIANA AMARO: 

THREAD | featuring Aviv Kasyanenko - Potentially, the beginning of the end for their ‘relationship.’ This thread is a dive into Adriana’s early feelings regarding what happened to her sister, as well as showing her internal thoughts about having to knowingly deceive the people she cares about. 

THREAD | featuring Spencer Berkeley - Giving some weight to their established connection, the thread provides further insight into not only their comfortable relationship, but the lengths Adriana will go to when it comes to protecting her sister. Even if it means lying to one of her best friends. Adriana visits him for some much needed support. The only shoulder she will cry on. 

THREAD | featuring Lyudmila Korshunova - Coming back to London after her time away, despite the fact she wasn’t supposed to, to visit a friend in trouble. 

Summary: Overall, Adriana has been jumping around from Tel Aviv and New York, but has finally returned to London, despite the fact she wasn’t supposed to. But in spite of it all, as she’s home, she’s back to taking care of the businesses that Lara left in her care, apart from when she briefly left London to attend some fashion shows. 

LEYLA YILMAZ: 

SELF PARA | Sorry Baby, The Villain Needs You - Svetlana Vorshevsky takes Leyla to make sure that her twins are delivered safely. 

THREAD, THREAD, THREAD | featuring various - Leyla struggles to navigate returning to every day life, knowing she’s unable to tell anybody close to her the real reasons behind her disappearance. Good display of internal monologue.

THREAD | featuring Laurent St. Pierre (and family) - Though she attempts to visit Laurent to break the news that she’s pregnant, she instead finds herself meeting his family, in the process. This thread will be where he eventually finds out.

Summary: Leyla is currently eighteen weeks pregnant, aka almost four months, which means she now knows the gender of the baby! The focus now will be on fixing her relationship with friends and seeing how Laurent and Leyla will work through everything now that he technically knows. Also - very hungry pregnant woman is here.

ANATOLY VESELOV:

THREAD | featuring Yana Kurylenko - Causing problems for the Hathaway. Yana and Tolya have taking to getting a hold of Vixens, and then either selling them off in parts to the black market, or selling them as prostitutes to places outside of the UK.

THREAD | featuring Viktoriya Kurylenko - Where he is about to find out Emilia’s place in what happened to Viktoriya, and the starting point for them to hatch a plan together on how to deal with her. 

Summary: He’s working hard against the French, but not as hard. At this point, there are very few Russians that Tolya is okay with, and he is drifting simply around because he likes what he does. Focus to be possibly on the Russian mob, trying to see what is the best situation that he could place himself in.

ÉTIENNE CANET: 

SELF PARA | Bienvenue à Londres - The taking of Mikhail Vorshevsky. This is an important one, so please, if you haven’t read it, do so. 

THREAD | featuring Delphine St. Clair - Étienne discusses his return to Commandant status after being promoted by Aurélie when she was back in London. 

Summary: He is holding Mikhail hostage in a secret location that few know the details of. Ideally, he would want to get information out of the boy, but even if he is unable to do so, keeping him is doing wonders after everything that’s happened. The focus is still on Mikhail, but he will soon move forward with some extra plans to make Russians lose more power.

FRANCISCO VIDAL: 

THREAD | featuring Kathleen Zhao - A couple of besties. A big progression in their friendship comes as Vidal finally meets her son. A fairly big deal, when he knows she doesn’t share that part of her life with most. 

THREAD | featuring Nevra Erdogan - Though she has had her attention on Adrian for the most part, Vidal is planning to take her under his own wing. Potentially the start of her becoming his right-hand. 

Summary: Vidal has had to shift focus, and the wheels are in motion for him to soon meet with Delphine to discuss the possibility of a tentative alliance. Only time will tell what it will come of this. In the meantime, he is keeping Nevra close in hopes of mould her into something more than an assassin for the organisation.

ELAINA HALÉVY: 

SELF PARA | Heartbreak - Learning that her sister, the other half of her heart, is amongst the French dead. 

THREAD | featuring Lyudmila Korshunova - A taste of revenge, perhaps. Fucking up the wife of Konstantin Vorshevsky just because she can. Elaina left her alive for the sake of future opportunities, and as a clear message to the Russians that she can take their people just as easily as they take hers. 

Summary: Elaina is a fucking mess who probably needs to be put on watch. This time is different than how it was with Tahir because it feels so targeted and her death is all around her. As well, without Noa, she can’t even look at her own face in the mirror without seeing her sister, she can’t sleep, she can’t eat. She is so not okay, but she won’t say it and is drinking, killing, and just trying to fuck shit up.

MIKHAIL VORSHEVSKY:

SELF PARA | Étienne’s Chamber of Secrets - The poor man is in captivity, trying to make the best of a bad situation. There’s not a whole lot he can do right now.

Summary: Not a very fun time for him, as he understands the situation he is in. But he is biding his time, he is staying still until he knows what it is he wants to do. It hurts, it ain't great, but he isn’t stupid, he’s always got something up his sleeve, so just...watch this space.

BANG ARA: 

SELF PARA | Say Cheese - Murder on the dancefloor. Ara successfully takes out Elaina’s right hand man. Creepy, ginger Sébastien (same person, as it turns out) and not Sébastien Pécresse. Nobody panic. 

Summary: Generally, she is now working under the command of Arkady. She is carrying out specific hits in order to get closer to information regarding Mikhail and thus, at the same time, trying to get closer to those who might know something. As always, she is ruthless when it comes to kills, but it’s worth it for information on the golden boy.