debriefing ♔ in the emptiness there's a solution | just look within yourself for absolution

[nepotism]

♬ locking up the sun- poets of the fall

WHO || Wynn, Buffy, Myri, Finnick, Spike, Gar, Archer, Des, Vi, Rafael, Fred Jr., Dumage, Mark, Rocket, open! [Closed]
WHAT || Andres Mission Debrief & Aftermath
WHERE || Knights HQ, lobby etc.
WHEN || September 18th [forward dated*]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

There are plenty of missions that return to the castle a success - most of them, even. The defeated air of the solemn group that returns from their diplomatic mission to Andres Isle to hear the demands of dictator Dimitris Sarandis makes it quite clear that this wasn't one of those.

Starting with Sarandis' actual demands - for all Knights to withdraw from Andres under penalty of death, or for Wynn to offer his own head in return for Thomas' safe return - and ending with the unexpected, disturbing confession from Kat that she intended to stay behind on the island because she had "fallen in love with" the dictator, the events of the island made it very clear that Sarandis was cannily playing his hand to get the Knights where he wanted them.

Fred Jr. shoves open the doors with his unnatural strength, stalking in ahead of the group into the lobby. Whoever's on desk duty isn't going to have to roll a high wisdom check to see that these people are pissed... and distraught... and a myriad of other emotions on the bad end of the scale.

*I am changing the date of the briefing log and Andres log/live session to have taken place in September, to avoid us being in backdated hell forever, and to allow for a September squiring ceremony before apps are closed. Carry on... in the future!

Comments

[bigbad]

[Spike's had a few drinks, but not nearly enough that he can ignore the sight of an upset Myri. He catches up with her, then slows down, walking next to her quietly.]

We'll get him, love. We'll make him bleed.

[witchwoman]

Good. [She responds, voice dull and hollow. She's all cried out at this point, continuing to walk to try to sort out what to do next, where to go.]

I want to feel it.

[bigbad]

[That's.. a little disturbing. But Spike can't blame her. He can't blame her for anything.]

I was hoping for slow and painful, so you probably will.

[witchwoman]

[Look sometimes Myri is just a little creepy now.]

We have to get back into that facility too, Spike. Kat and Thomas are the main concern, I know. [And Amaranth but she feels weirdly guilty putting him on the same level as their teammates.] But we can't leave it untouched again.

[bigbad]

And Amaranth. I know. [He'll put her familiar up there too, though he's far from confident the animal's even alive.] We'll free them all. We'll take that bastard down, and we'll get everyone out of that hellhole.

[witchwoman]

[She doesn't know if she believes him, but it's nice to pretend that she has confidence in this plan. Actually, she doesn't even know the plan. And once Wynn starts talking, she'll probably feel better. It's just a bad night of adjusting to the idea of going back to Andres and maybe dying there.]