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

[postergirl]

[ about an hour after the briefing, dumage comes and tracks him down as promised. despite her earlier flippant attitude at the meeting, she now looks visibly disturbed by the situation. even, dare i say it, a little bit freaked out and scared. she still tries to disguise it as she slips in beside him, and notices him bleeding. ] Just because they don't serve blood on tap, darling, doesn't mean you need to sink to drinking your own.

[bigbad]

[Spike's sense motive of 23 means she ain't fooling anyone. He gives her a smile as she pulls up. The cut's already stopped bleeding.]

No reason to let it go to waste, right?

[postergirl]

If your own blood were actually filling to you, I imagine more vampires would be incredibly masochistic. [ there might be a question in there. ]

[bigbad]

It's not. But it still tastes all right. [He shrugs a shoulder, glancing over at her.] Buy you a drink?

[postergirl]

I could certainly use one.

[bigbad]

I think we all could. [He waves over the bartender and glances over at her.]

You don't have to come, you know. You're not a fighter. You could stay safe.

[postergirl]

What precisely does 'safe' mean these days? As safe as all we all were when an imposter was running about with your face on? [ her eyebrow perks up meaningfully ]

[bigbad]

Believe me, I've seen a bit worse than that imposter on Andres. There was a giant... lava thing. And Beholders with way too many eyeballs. That's unsafe.

[postergirl]

Are you worried about me, then?

[bigbad]

Well, obviously. We're heading into a bloody war. Of course I'm worried.

[postergirl]

I didn't say worried. I said worried about me.

[bigbad]

Well, yeah. [He looks over at her, raising an eyebrow.] Is that really so surprising?

[postergirl]

Considering most of our teammates would probably be more than happy for some hideous fate to befall me on that island... perhaps.

[bigbad]

That's not true. [How sure about that are you, Spike?] Look, you might not be their favorite person, but that doesn't mean they want you to get hurt.

[postergirl]

You don't need to protect my delicate feelings from them. Some of them would tell me as much right to my face without so much as flinching.

[bigbad]

Maybe. You do make it hard on yourself.

[postergirl]

Of course. It's all my fault. Silly me, to forget.

[bigbad]

[He rolls his eyes.] That's not what I said. But the fact remains that you're very charming when you want to be. I've no doubt if you put your mind to it, they'd all be eating out of your palm.

[A beat.]

Which is a weird image. But the point stands.

[postergirl]

I don't see the point in wasting my time winning them over, that's all. After how they've treated me? Well before I did or said anything to them, they had nothing but judgment for me. And none of them know a thing about me.

[bigbad]

Also not something you've made any effort to change.

[postergirl]

They started it.

[bigbad]

I'm sure that argument works brilliantly for five year olds. [Spike rolls his eyes.] What exactly did they do to make you hate them so much?

[postergirl]

Decided they knew everything about me, based on what they saw.

[bigbad]

Really? That's it? Are you gonna pretend you didn't do the exact same thing with them? With me? [He shakes his head.] That's just what people do. They make assumptions.

[postergirl]

You didn't do it to me.