briefing ♔ hope is a dangerous thing

[wynn]

WHO || Wynn, Anastacia, Christos, Felicity, Kyla, Aedan, Faye, Alec [Closed]
WHAT || France Mission Briefing
WHERE || Knights HQ, the Round Table room
WHEN || July 19th, shortly before 10am
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

Just as before, accessing the secret room where the Round Table is housed requires using the Knight's keycard to open the glass case beside the mural of the War in Heaven, located across from the ballroom entrance. Using the fire extinguisher as a lever to activate the "door" mechanism reveals the long torch-lit hall plastered in artwork depicting the Knight's history. The tenants of the Knighthood hang large and foreboding over the doors at the end of the hall, which stand open to reveal the brightly lit Round Table, and the majestic crystalline dragon statue presiding over it.

Come in, find a seat, meet your teammates if you haven't already. No one is here when the first of you arrives.

Comments

[reallywicked]

[by some miracle, Faye is early? She must have been bored or she is starting to learn some responsibility? Either way, she strolls in and finds a seat and starts to play on her phone. Ho hum]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity wanders in not long after, glancing around the room for a moment before going to find a seat. She'll give a brief not do Faye, but after that she's just looking to get comfortable.]

[ex_noble101]

[It's always comforting to know everyone in the room when you walk in. Assuming either of them glance in his direction as he chooses a seat, he'll offer a smile.]

It looks as though I'll be in good company.

[reallywicked]

[At the sight of Aedan, Faye sits a bit straighter, putting her phone on the table and smirking slightly.]

Hello to you, too.

[allmydreams]

[Aedan gets a smile and a nod out of Felicity as he sits.]

Always nice to see a familiar face.

[cadhla]

Well hello everyone.

[ It's a miracle that Kyla isn't the last one to arrive, entering the room with what can only be described as a swagger and making sure that everyone gets a slice of her openly appreciative smile. So many pretty people conveniently bundled up in one place, it's her kind of meeting for sure. ]

[silvermaid]

I hope I'm not too late. [ anastacia scoots in right behind her, happily moving to take a place on the other side of felicity. ]

[ex_noble101]

[Aedan smiles and nods in silent greeting to both new arrivals as they enter.

He definitely had no complaints about the way things were shaping up thus far.]

[allmydreams]

[Nope. Felicity gives Anastacia a small smile as she sits next to her before shaking her head.]

Looks like we're still waiting on the boss, at least.

[everyredcent]

[ AND THIS GUY. the dark elf stalks in, all dramatic black cloak and sharp judgmental glances at you all, out of the corner of his eyes. he moves to the opposite side of the table, sitting far away from all of you to make a point. ]

[reallywicked]

[Oh look, it's Faye's favorite person :| At the sight of Christos, Faye just arches an eyebrow and watches him go to sit completely removed from the group. Joy. She grumbles to herself.]

So much for a fun mission.

[wynn]

[ gonna go ahead and assume alec's entrance if his mun ends up able to return to rp anytime soon, otherwise, the gang's all here, and wynn makes his entrance very shortly thereafter, entering through those big doors at the far end of the room. as always, opening them emits a golden light so strong that it will blind anyone who looks at it directly and fails their fort save (DC 16) for a minute or so. ]

I see we're all met.

[reallywicked]

[Pu-leez. Faye is not falling for that light show trick (fort 18). She actually sits up and looks slightly less bored. Slightly.]

Please tell me this one won't have creepy children.

[wynn]

Not at all. I'm sending you into something of a complex political field.

[allmydreams]

Politics?

[she raises her eyebrows a bit as she straightens.]

What kind?

[wynn]

A new councilwoman has recently been elected to office in Paris, and her ideas since have met with... great disapproval from many opponents. Powerful opponents, who are looking for ways to shut her down, perhaps permanently.

She believes a large part of that has to do with the fact that she's openly elven, although to be fair, it's also likely that it has to do with the conflict of interests her plans for the city have with big business. She's asked us to help discover who her enemies are, and to thwart their attempts at assassination. She's already barely escaped one such effort.

[reallywicked]

[Faye is way more interested now that you've said Paris.]

So we'll be her bodyguards?

[wynn]

That will be one of your duties, yes. I'd also like you to look into some of her claims about actions being taken in the government there, to discover if there's any truth to them. She's made some disturbing claims about prejudicial bills being discussed that she can explain in greater detail.

[allmydreams]

[Felicity nods a bit. It's not her usual area, but research? That she can definitely do.]

When do we leave?

[wynn]

In a couple week's time. She's out of the country right now meeting with other politicians - we'll reconvene with her when she returns.

[reallywicked]

Any chance we could go early to scope out the place? You know... familiarize ourselves with the surroundings. [and go shopping]

[wynn]

Perhaps a day or two before her arrival.

[allmydreams]

Sounds good to me.

[Felicity is pro this "explore Paris" idea.]

[wynn]

Does anyone have any questions, before you're dismissed?

[reallywicked]

Do we have any idea who might be after her? Or is this a 'trust no one' kind of situation?

Or... is it possible that she's just paranoid?

[wynn]

Considering her political stance, I'd say it's very likely that she does have powerful enemies, and elves aren't known for displaying this amount of... paranoia without good cause.

[allmydreams]

Even if it's not, it's better to be safe than sorry. Especially in politics.

[people be crazy - or at least that's what she's gleaned from ... irresponsible news consumption.]

[wynn]

Precisely. Your job will be to appraise the situation, and decide what action - if any - we need take.

[cadhla]

Not that I don't feel terribly honored by this...

[ Spoilers, she doesn't. ]

But what exactly is it that you fine people need me fore in this scenario?

[allmydreams]

[She glances back over at Kyla with a grin.]

Politics is a big giant con. We need people who can talk.

[cadhla]

[ Does Kyla give Felicity a wink for that grin?

You bet. ]

Oh. Well then I think I see my place in this plan a little more clearly.

[reallywicked]

[Faye looks from one woman to the other with mild confusion.

So that happened.]

Guess we'll just catch up once it's closer then.

[Said in a flatter tone like 'can we go now?']

[wynn]

[ wynn nods to felicity, an agreement with her appraisal ] You'll be contacted when it's time to depart, yes.

Until then, if there are no further questions...