knightsoflegend | andres ♔ but what he told me last night lays on me like lead

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andres ♔ but what he told me last night lays on me like lead

♬ dear ophelia - abney park

WHO || Buffy, Myri, Finnick, Spike, Kat, Gar, Archer, Des, Rafael, Fred Jr., Vi, Rocket, Lara, Dimitris [Closed]
WHAT || A diplomatic mission to Andres Isle goes about as successfully as one would guess
WHERE || Andres Isle
WHEN || August 15th [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

Even the briefing for this mission went well, with Wynn walking in on Dragon's Claw Jack Chessing macking on Sir Gar, in direct violation of his vows of, er, abstinence, both romantically and physically. Following the briefing, and the team's attempts to make Wynn see reason in the face of Jack's resignation, they gathered up a large amount of weapons of all kinds into their private plane and took off for Andres Isle.

Upon arrival, they found the island did not match up to their expectations. Instead of fields of torture, they found themselves in a very upscale part of the city, full of affluent manor houses close to the palace. They spun a cover story upon learning about a party there, using Finnick's celebrity on Andres to get access to the festivities.

Inside, they met Dimitris Sarandis, Prime Minister of Andres Isle, who invited them to stay for the party, which was being thrown in honor of Countess Lara Tamon, who had helped Jack, Spike and Myri escape from their torment on the Isle. They took the opportunity to chat up the local aristocracy, picking up the vibe that most of them had either benefited from Dimitris' rise to power, or were too afraid to stand up to him. Spike talked to the Marquesse de Lyons, and learned that her son, Percy, had been a friend of the late Prince's, and had died shortly after voicing his belief that Sarandis had framed the Andres family in order to seize power. Archer was shocked to find his manservant Woodhouse employed at the palace, and extra annoyed to learn that he didn't remember him. For once, Archer found a reason to care about liberating the Andresians... if not purely for selfish reasons.

The party itself was to announce the breaking of the betrothal that had long stood between Lara and the late Prince, even after his death, a blemish on the reputation of the Tamon family that Sarandis sought to rectify by arranging a new betrothal: between Lara and her childhood friend, Lord Michael de Collines (aka Michael Collins). Neither of them seemed particularly thrilled about the arrangement. Lara managed to sneak a message to Myri to meet her that night under the bridge.

Following the announcement, the gang went to speak to Sarandis in private and find out his demands for the safe return of Sir Thomas Bancroft. He wasted no time in making clear his position - he painted the Knight's vigilante attitude towards policing the world as the ultimate evil, and warned that no more Knights would set foot on Andres, lest they be killed. He also demanded that Wynn himself bring the artifact Excalibur to the island to give to him - so that Dimitris could behead Wynn in exchange for Thomas' life. The demands were met with outrage by the Knights, and in the face of their fear that Thomas was not even still alive, Sarandis agreed to let one of them stay the night to speak with the Dragon's Claw. He specified that Kat be the one to stay, and despite protests, she agreed, and convinced Gar to let her stay.

The other Knights headed back into town, where Gar, Fred Jr., and Vi headed to the nearby hotel to wait to hear from Kat, and be ready in case they should need to reach the palace quickly. The others headed to the bridge across the river, where they met with Lara and her friend Lord Dana Green, another of her childhood friends. They explained the situation on the Isle, and how many of the younger generation wished to see things returned to the way they'd been before, but the challenges they faced in doing so seemed almost insurmountable to them. Lara expressed her fears that toppling Sarandis' rule would only wind up putting Andres in an even worse position. They also related how Dimitris had created programs and taxes that had basically banished Shadowkind to the other side of the river and left them all but destitute, all while pumping more and more money into the coffers of the rich, particularly those serving on his Parliament. She secured the Knights' promise to help in every way they could, and Myri asked her to show the way back into the woods where she'd found them before.

Finnick, Archer, and Rafael crossed the bridge into the Shadow village to do some recon, and spoke with a local tavern owner/dwarf who related that people down here were turning up missing more and more often - likely to feed Dimitris' experiments in the woods. They seemed largely disheartened, but could potentially be talked into fighting if giving the means to do so.

In the woods, the others ran across a strange talking raccoon named Rocket, who was running for his life from a beholder, which the party managed to take down. They discovered that Rocket had escaped from captivity in Dimitris' labs, and he was none too happy at the prospect of going back, even to show them where it was. They argued briefly over the best course of action - whether the break out would be the best or worse time to try to make their way into the lab, particularly given that Dimitris had Kat as well now.

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[ ♬ kill - jimmy eat world

not far from dimitris' palace, a few of the Knights remain at the hotel in case something happens that would require them to reach it quickly. kat has also promised to contact them tonight after speaking with thomas, so they wait anxiously for word from their friend.

gar holes herself up in the hotel room, but fred sits down at the empty hotel bar, hands clasped, staring off into space next to his nearly untouched beer. ]

She'll be fine. [ she is aiming for reassuring as her nails drum against the glass of her shirley temple anxiously, but she misses the mark by a mile. kat has a hair trigger temper and she's being held by an actual torturous psychopath. there is a reason vi wanted to stay close by. ] Sarandis will be charbroiled and ash before he can think about hurting her.

I know she can handle herself. But I don't like that scumbag targeting her, out of everybody, to stay. Why her?

I dunno. She and Mark and Gar are sort of besties. He knows all about us. [ her nose wrinkles because she has noticed some holes in that threat, mostly hayley. who was squired in after kyp was found so stfu evil soul patch dude. ] If Sandaris wants us to know that he's noticed the absence... Or maybe he has a thing for blondes in leather jackets. Maybe she was talking to the wrong person at the party. What did you lot find out?

Just what I told you guys at the party. [ which was... some part of the information y'all got. #amazingmemory #transcriptionfailure ] He didn't even look at me twice the whole time. I'm not sure he noticed at all that Mark was gone - or Elena, although for all we know, he already knows about her breaking Kyp out.

He strikes me as the kind of guy who's too full of himself to pay that much attention to the lesser people.

I think if he knew about Elena he would be taunting us with how it looks, our doppelganger defectors. [ which is nice because vi is 100% on team elena and doesn't feel like defending the girl today. her eyes narrow slightly like she's warning fred not to comment on it. and then she stabs her cherry with her straw. ] I wish there was a spell to just spy on Kat through her phone. [ you mean surveillance, kiddo. ]

If there was, she wouldn't be here to cast it. And that sounds like her wheelhouse more than anyone else's here.

Can't people do that remotely? [ it's magic, it's supposed to be magical. but she's just frustrated and she makes an aggregated noise before moving the fuck on. ]

Okay. [ turning in her seat, she nudges fred's leg so he will stop staring dismally at his drink and look at her. ] We're hoping for the best, which is that Kat is chilling in front of an xBox playing Call of Duty and eating Chinese food. But we need to plan for the worst. We are the only people here right now, if Kat needs our help she's stuck with is so we better do it some justice, right? [ so complimentary to... the three of them. sorry gar. ] Personally, I am all for the plan of slow, painful castration, but I'm open to other options. Which... I'd like you to provide. We're brainstorming here.

[ he doesn't get a chance to answer before gar appears at the entrance to the empty bar, holding her phone against her chest. ] It's-- it's Kat. [ she looks around, and seeing no one else, moves inside to set the phone down. ] I thought you would both want to--

[ oh praise jesus. probably the baby version, not the rebellious teenage one. ] Yes! We do. [ she reaches up to put her hand over fred's mouth, there is only one answer and she said it, he doesn't need to talk. ] Kat? Are you okay?

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Uh, hello? I'm me. [ kat waves out from the little screen ] Should I be insulted that you sound so worried?

Oh shut up. If I am not needlessly worrying then I'm a pod person and y'all should just kill me. [ she grumbles something like "hormones" as she pulls her hand back from fred's mouth. he is allowed to talk now. ] Now, deets. Give 'em.

Well, starting with the important one, Thomas is definitely very much alive.

[ gar lets out an audible exhalation of 'oh thank God' at that ]

Does he know Sarandis' terms? [ because clearly he gets a say in them, okay, since his life is the one of the line here. ]

He has to. He said not to let Wynn go through with it. Maybe we should just... leave that part out.

It might be ... too late for that. Telling him, that is. [ fred's head snaps up to look at her and she rushes to add: ] I wasn't about to betray our mission objective, despite what everyone else on this team seems willing to... to compromise now.

[ she shakes her head ] But there's nothing he said to indicate that he has any intention of doing as Dimitris says. He demanded we return home first thing in the morning so that we could 'regroup' with the other Knights.

I... [ she glances at vi ] I fear I know what that might mean.

An all out war. [ breathing out a heavy sigh, she pushes her hair back from her face, anxiously starting to twist it into a braid. ] I haven't been in one of those in a few years. Could be fun.

[ much sarcasm, she pushes onward. ] It's Thomas' choice. Did anyone really think he was going to say "no, send Wynn in my stead". He's a Dragon's Claw, he was never going to let Wynn make that trade. Nor should he. Sarandis knows that without Wynn the Knights will crumble. He barely holds us together as is, but he does. He brought this fucked up family together. The bunch of us without a leader? Sarandis could take over all of Europe in twenty minutes and who could even fight back. There is a reason he hates us particularly and it's because we're the only ones that can take him out and he knows it. Of course Thomas would sacrifice himself for that -- especially if it means we have a chance to free these people.

Excalibur... it's just a sword, yeah, but it's a symbol. Handing it over is like burning the flag or... throwing tea in Boston Harbor. This was always going to end in a war, but Sarandis wants to destroy us personally while he is at it.

[ so that was super uplifting. ]

I can tell you that he likes to hear himself talk. I'm hoping I can get him to monologue his whole evil villain plan before I leave. Maybe I can get a confirmation on just how much world-taking-over he's got on the docket.

Try to keep the maiming and slaughtering to a minimum, if you can. The tea in the harbor analogy... metaphor? Simile. Whatever. Tea in the harbor goes both ways. No giving him a reason to blow up the plane when there is already a bomb on it.

And maybe ask him about how he gets his mustache so perfectly coiffed. [ ...priorities? ]

We'll be there first thing in the morning to pick you up. The sooner we all get off this island, the happier I'm gonna be.

I'll try to save you some hors d'ouerves. And I'll try to keep the burning him alive to a minimum. For now.

After all, it'll be more satisfying after Wynn sounds the war drums or whatever. We come back a hundred Knights strong or whatever? Can't wait to see the look on his face.

[ she decides not to mention that coming in a hundred knights strong = dead thomas. and probably a bunch of dead knights.

lots of death. more ptsd. ]

Just be safe. Don't eat the pomegranate seeds.

Pome-what now? [ yeah she failed that roll, that's for sure. ]

Nothing you need worry about, there at least. [ gar knows everything, on the other hand ] Just be careful. We'll all breathe a bit easier when we know you're out of there.

Thank you, for letting us know you're safe. [ she nods at vi and fred ] We've all been worried sick. We'll let the others know you're alright as well. [ with that, she reaches out to hang up, as kat waves goodbye ]

[ snort, kat, that is her mother! once gar hangs up, vi drops her head against the bar. ] I hate everything.

hotel ♔ (fred jr., gar, vi.)

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