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Tito wasn't planning on stopping, no. Tito had seen the worse of the world and so when he choose people. He was willing to kill people.

This man wouldn't be walking away.

His own hand sparked, the others heart stopping. It wasn't really all that satisfying, but rarely were these things, the anger was still there. But they had done something and that was better than most.

"Well that's that I guess. I think we can mess with his place a bit show off just how anti-magick he was."

@the-talented-tink

A Little Payback {Tink & Tito}

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Tito loved pain, he loved watching people suffer. It's why his magic was great, the spasms as electricity coursed through their body.

Skilled enough none of it reached Tink, nah he liked the girl well enough to not let any of that touch her.

Anyone else and he might just let it spark them once or twice.

And spasm he did, scream he tried. He cried and yet Tito didn't stop. Not until he could tell the spasms was completely involuntary.

"Well I almost wished that would be fun for a little longer."

@the-talented-tink

A Little Payback {Tink & Tito}

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The List {Tito, Camilo, Banzai, Audrey, Tink}

Tito advises his team there are some people in Swynlake to keep an eye on...

@camilo-makesyousmile @audrey-automotive @the-talented-tink @banzai-bungu

TITO:The RAS was getting closer, the recruits were getting bolder. Some of them at least.

Others were faltering. (Which to Tito could look like the slightest bit of hesitancy.) But he still was responsible for them. 

Sadly.

But what he did know was people were poking around and he wouldn't have his team the weak link.

Calling a meeting Tito grabbed a cup of coffee off a little set up because apparently he was too mean and grumpy to hold a meeting without some sort of benefit to his team and so someone prepared snacks.

“As you know the RAS has a presence in Swynlake and we're trying to suss them out before they can find us. We have a list of people for you to watch out for if they are poking around. I'm not gonna read it to you but it's been texted to you.”

List included:

James Hawkins

Belle Acheron

Judy Moon

Mallory McHale Amelia Gabble Mary Gibbs

AUDREY: Audrey, of course, knew this was coming. She’d been culling through the data and names of everyone in town. She knew pretty much everyone’s business at this rate, but remembering it all was another thing.

As the text came through she saw names that had come up countless times. “So, what’s the deal? Report back if someone’s getting too close or something? Lay a trap? Wait for them to come to us? Haven’t heard much about what we’re supposed to do with this info.”

Really, Audrey was fine with any option, she’d done her job in finding possible names, the others were more of the boots on the ground operatives. 

Banzai:Banzai scrolled through the names, thumb tapping the side of his phone in an absent rhythm as he skimmed the list. His jaw twitched once. James Hawkins. That one stood out. The rest he’d look into later. He’d memorize them, actually — wouldn’t be the first time he studied a hit list between grading essays.

He glanced up at Tito and Audrey, then leaned back in his chair, stretching an arm across the back of the seat next to him like he owned the whole damn room. Which, in some ways, he did. At least in vibe.

“Some of these names? I’ve seen them around campus,” he said finally, voice low and easy, with that familiar undercurrent of confidence that made people either trust him or want to punch him. Sometimes both. “RAS likes to play the long game — plant themselves quiet, act normal. Blend in. Professors. Researchers. Maybe even students. But I’m there most days. I can keep eyes on them. Eavesdrop. Nudge things around.”

He gave a little shrug, the kind of casual movement that said he didn’t mind doing the dirty work — in fact, he preferred it.

“I’m not saying we burn down a building over a hunch,” he added, with a flicker of a smirk, “but we should be ready. Set some bait. See who bites. People get sloppy when they think no one’s watching.”

CAMILO:

Camilo knew names on this list. Of course they did. The Madrigals had lived in Swynlake for nearly ten years now. They’d gotten to know the people there. 

Mal was Maddy’s roommate. Ameila was friends with Isabela. Judy was cousins with Dolores’ boyfriend. Belle was the mayor’s wife. And a mum. 

Looking at this list made him feel sick. And not for the reasons it might make the other people here feel sick. What was MAFIA planning to do to them? And how complicit was Camilo, sitting here with the information in the palm of his hand and too cowardly to do anything with it? 

“I–uh, know some of these people,” Camilo volunteered. He was hoping by saying he was sussing them out that, well, he could protect them instead. “I can look into Mal and Judy, maybe Amelia…at least.” 

TINK:

Tink was happy to know she already had a good way in with one of the people on the list. It meant she had an advantage on the others for figuring out if the guy was a RAS agent. It would be satisfying to get ahead of him. Guy was lurking around her bar enough anyway. It would be better if she could catch him before he could catch onto what she was doing. Right? 

It seemed like the best option. “I can keep an eye on James to some degree. We’re both fairies for one thing, and he’s been hanging out a bit around the bar.” She really didn’t care much about the rest of the list. As long as she had one she could handle, she was happy.

TITO:“A few of you have direct connections. Tink with James. Camilo with Judy. Banzai with Mary. Audrey you have a little bit of an indirect with working your way through Flynn and coworkers to that uppity friend group with gabble.” Because yes Tito knew this town. He watched and he figured out the friends. 

Fairies. To who's dating who. Who was on campus. Who was in little brunch groups and full of themselves.

“We will need some more directly contacts with Mallory and Belle. But there's talks of Someone in Voyd's group getting very close to her. Otherwise if you can integrate with those in your circles we want to know everything. Anything that makes them tick. Anything that makes them weak. This is where the RAS fails. They Integrate so tightly and rely on a broken system to protect their people. Unlike us who will do whatever it takes to protect ours. We can lean on them as soon as we know what makes them tick.”

AUDREY: 

Ah. The ‘uppity’ friend group. Still odd that any of them would be capable of doing anything covert, but Gabble did fuck with sticking her nose in places it shouldn’t be. It would take a little bit of work, sure. But, the obvious route would be through Flynn to his tight laced girlfriend, and then by just being around, Gabble would well, ‘gab’.

“Isn’t McHale a pretty easy mark?” Audrey mused, of course, she only picked things up from nights out and the rumor mill, “Although she’s been a little less out and about. But plenty have seen the inside of her apartment. Shouldn’t be exactly hard if anyone wants to try their hand at another round of hook up espionage.” Audrey didn’t say this judgmentally, she was tossing ideas out as they came to her. She thought everyone involved had done a pretty great job at gathering pertinent information so far. Of course, if no one else was able, she could take one for the team and deal with her easily.

She shifted in her seat, thinking outloud again as she pulled her hair over to one side, “Belle’s definitely the bigger challenge from what I’ve heard, then again if my kids got kidnapped a few times and my life threatened a few more, I’d be pretty fuckin’ untrusting too. So if their group has any leads, that’d be the easier route than someone brand new.”

BANZAI:Banzai finally spoke up again. “Joanna’s already in play. Voyd tasked her to infiltrate RAS. She’s aiming to get placed as a ward. If she lands it, we’ve got someone behind the curtain. And if she doesn’t?” He gave a small shrug. “Tells us something….”

Joanna was the perfect mark. Banzai was half convinced she wouldn’t even know half of the information she would be bringing back to the operation which makes it safe. 

The rest of the list though…hell it was half the town but Banzai has been curious of Belle and her husband but who wouldn’t. Maybe it was the political side and he knew what his family was hiding.

“Belle’s doesn’t seem loud but her husband’s the damn mayor. Yeah the town isn’t at the major city level but politics are still politics. There’s layers there. Could be RAS. Could be worse. But we’d be stupid not to look.”

CAMILO:

Camilo hated this. 

The thing was: Camilo loved gossip. They loved it! They grew up in a tiny town. They lived in a tiny town now. Their family came from a small town. It was in their blood to be a gossip. There was no harm in it, really, on the day to day. Maybe you’d hurt someone’s feelings or spread something untrue, but that was pretty low stakes, all things considered. 

And the tea was usually piping. 

But this little gossip sesh?

People’s lives were at stake. If any of these people they were discussing–Amy, James, Mal, Belle–were discovered as RAS…Camilo had no idea what MAFIA was gonna do to them.

He didn’t say anything. There was nothing else, really, for him to add to the conversation. They’d offered their services, tried to protect who they could…

TITO

Some voices got quiet with thoughts. Some loud with solutions. Ideas of grandeur but as long as they didn't make a move on Tito he was happy to let them continue.

Those that would fail would fail and Tito wouldn't care. And those that succeed. Yay for them.

To him this was low enough stakes not to bring the fear down on anyone.

They could all just continue as is, the rest chattering about the information they had amassed.

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"Wait- wait you wouldn't? You can't?" It turned out the man was finally starting to realize the trouble that he was in, the trouble he had caused as he started to scream.

Everyone usually did- in the face of death or pain they always realized how fragile their life was, their ego.

"I don't think it's smart to tell me what I can and can not do." Tito said simply clasping his hand over the others mouth to stop the screaming.

"I don't know about you, but I don't do well with people telling me what I can or can not do."

@the-talented-tink

A Little Payback {Tink & Tito}

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Stupid.

But Tito couldn't look at his Mother's face without thinking that, it didn't matter how well Camilo did, to him it was all horrible- it was all stupid.

"Perfect. Just like I remember her." Subtract a few lines and it would have been the last time he saw her. Afterall none of them visited him in prison.

"Alright, if, save the magicks that don't realize they are being taken advantage of and I'll deal with the rest." His hand sparked ready to send this place to the ground.

@camilo-makesyousmile

A Haunting Past {Tito & Camilo}

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Apparently the training Tink was doing was paying off. That was a decent punch. And while Tito grimaced at the two knees to the groin he could respect it.

"You don't even know what you did to deserve it do you?" Tito questioned walking up to him slowly and slowly squating so he could poke the man's forehead.

"Michael ring a bell? MAFIA? your very loud and wrong opinions."

"Fuck you. You're all terrorists! He deserved to die."

"Nah it's people like you, who speak ill of the dead who can't defend themselves that deserve to die. But don't worry. We're here to speak for him."

@the-talented-tink

A Little Payback {Tink & Tito}

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Yeah see Tito didn't feel like being careful, he wasn't sure if they had ever found out the pattern once he was arrested, but they had never charged him with anything- therefore he assumed they were all still idiots.

"Sure- you can pretend to be one of the big bosses. Everyone else will scatter then. No one talks to them and leaves them be." It was easy to pull up the information, grabbing a picture of his Mother from an article.

"Can you manage?" Because Tito wasn't sure Camilo could.

@camilo-makesyousmile

A Haunting Past {Tito & Camilo}

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Tito winked at the girl.

There were already loud voices, worried about the lack of light. That something might have blown, or curses at the power company.

They didn't need to fret about that for long. Not as Tito kicked in the door with one good kick.

"If you're not Charles I suggest you run!" His voice yelled out echoing.

"If you're Charles. I hope you run, the chase is so much fun."

Turning to Tink he grinned. "You see him. do whatever you need to, to stop him."

@the-talented-tink

A Little Payback {Tink & Tito}

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"Pretend to be someone else, get me in the back door and then we'll see what's going on." Tito only planned on being slightly sneaky at the beginning, if someone found them after-

too bad for them.

"I'm sure it won't be that hard. Places like this never care about who actually work here. They probably forgot all their employees."

@camilo-makesyousmile

A Haunting Past {Tito & Camilo}

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Electricity was running all over his body, he was a walking taser, a deadly taser at this point and thankfully Voyd knew enough to not even try and reach out.

He'd try to stop it but this wasn't the time for him to be making exceptions.

"No need to be quiet huh?" Shockwave stated electrifying the gate. Anyone that tried to get out this would be enough to stun them.

"Let's go-" Taking the portal, Shockwave didn't paused as he walked in and walked straight for the door breaking it open.

"Wakey wakey Warden! Miss me!"

@into-the-voyd

Murder is all he wrote {Voydwave}

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And this is why Tink was quickly becoming his favourite of the new recruits. She wasn't afraid of the dirty work. Of course it was in the name of justice.

But Tito had a feeling if he said the right thing she would jump anyway.

Noted by exactly that. "You're more than welcomed to get a few good hits in. But I love a good physiological moment of torture. When they need to fear every second." Setting his hand on the wall electricity ran from his hand shortting out everything in the house plunging it into darkness.

@the-talented-tink

A Little Payback {Tink & Tito}

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"Well then this could we the perfect way to work on it. There's this asshole who's been badmouthing an old friend of mine. An old dead friend of mine just because he stood up for what he believe in." Tito started with a grin.

"I think it's my job to make sure his legacy is protected. So i'm more than willing to make sure you get some practice like the good leader I am while making sure this guy is paid back 1000 times."

@the-talented-tink

A Little Payback {Tink & Tito}

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It had taken a little time for the dust to settle, As security ramped up at the prison, As people calmed down and went back to their normal lives.

Tito was plotting and planning.

There was still so much damage he wanted to create, so much destruction he was owed.

Afterall his favourite part of the break in was the fact they had left the warden alive. It wasn't on purpose to leave him for Tito but it put a smile on his face.

"Ready to take some payback?"

@into-the-voyd

Murder is all he wrote {Voydwave}

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It hadn't taken Tito a long time before he had done some research on his family once he got out of prison. The benefit of his name being home, he had to just wait for the public to do the research for him.

To bombard them with questions about their shameful son.

It wasn't hard after that to find all the shops they continued to open on the back of Magicks.

So he was going to burn it down.

He didn't need help to do that- but asking Camilo was calculated risk. Sure they were key to the prison break but Tito wanted to see more.

And this would prove to him that Camilo was worthy of MAFIA.

"I only care to see if any Magicks are locked somewhere on premise. After that I'm sure everyone else will get out fine."

@camilo-makesyousmile

A Haunting Past {Tito & Camilo}

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Tito rolled his eyes, he had some good people. Banzai was trust worthy and decent. Tink was ambitious. Camilo seemed a little weak and Audrey, well the tech wiz's weren't really his style but it was good to have someone to handle the back end.

"You recruited two of them. Anything I should know?"

@into-the-voyd

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