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briefing ♔ i will never know myself until i do this on my own
This is War- 30 Seconds to Mars
WHO || Wynn, Jack, Hasmed, Lis'sa, Dovan, Solace, Koraith, Christos, Tia, Nessa, Grant, Buffy, Myri, Finnick, Spike, Gar, Archer, Des, Fred Jr., Dumage, Mark, Alainn, Zero, Colin, Lan, Eric, Val'drin, Risa, Anastacia, Faith O., Max R., Belle, Kadir, Edain, Sydney, Zatanna, Aurelius, Jaina, Erky, Davin, Riddick, Jordan, Henry, Leia, Willow, Kate, Allison, Francesca, Bo, Han, Aedan, Rocket, Drax, Nathan, Maxwell, Sam, Faith L., Cora, Dimitri, Alanna, Jaime, Klaus, Gus, Andrew, Stiles, Lydia, Gold, Jackson, Adam, Miles, Penelope, David, Derek, Andie, Kali, Cara, Nels, Taradiddle, Abigail, Astrid, Bambi, Frankie, Rose, Helen, Alaric, Alice, Lissa, Alex, Emma F., Cordelia, Zoe, Sebastian, Malina, Alcide, Phineas, Fiona, Arthur, Faye, Mars, Kate, Lila, Jameson, Felicity, Thoster, Adi, Brantley, Hook, Emma, Eleven, Alisha, Will, Dean, Grimrot [Closed]
WHAT || Andres War Briefing
WHERE || Knights HQ, Round Table Room
WHEN || September 19th [forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, please call dibs in the dibs plurk!
On the eve of battle, an impressive array of Knights gathers in the Round Table room of the castle. The usually cavernous room seems tightly packed with this many bodies, and places at the Table are reserved for Wynn, the Section Heads, all those who have had any hand in the Talisman mission, including New York, and Christos, but who's going to argue with him, really. The air buzzes with a mixture of impending dread and on some fronts, excitement. It's hard to deny that there are those in the room who have wanted to make a move on Andres for years.
Wynn waits for the appointed hour, before nodding for the doors to be sealed and calling the meeting to order.
"Before we begin, I'd like to thank each and every one of you, many who have traveled an extensive distance at a moment's notice to join us here today. I understand that many of you have little idea what you have agreed to, but I hope that before the end of this meeting, you will come to understand what we are doing, and why it must be done.
Andres' Isle has been held under the sway of the man who calls himself their "Prime Minister" for nearly a decade. In these ten years, he has turned what was once an idyllic country steeped in tradition into a tightly controlled fascist nation disguised as representative of its people.
Andres is far from the only country to fall to such a fate over the course of history, and it has never been the prerogative of this Knighthood to enforce our own personal vision of some sort of world order onto any nation. We are protectors of justice, and our enemy has always been both that which comes from the darkest depths of Shadow, and intolerance and prejudice that stems from this world.
But Dimitris Sarandis has proven to be an exception, an embodiment of all the ideals we stand against, who has aspired to systematize the kind of violence and hatred that threatens the welfare of countless innocents under his rule. He has used his position to exploit Shadowkind on the island to the point of conducting torturous experiments on them, designed to help him accomplish his goal of forcibly enslaving non-humans, so that they may serve what he sees as the superior race of homo sapiens.
As if this were not enough, Dimitris knows of our existence, and wishes to tear down our organization, understanding that we pose a threat to all he seeks to accomplish. To this end, he has conspired against us, kidnapped members of our organization and subjected them to brutal and vile torture, and attempted to blackmail us through detaining Sir Thomas Bancroft and now Sir Samcelot, into complying with his whims - to leave his regime alone entirely, to turn over our most ancient, powerful artifact, and for me to submit to death at his hand.
Killing Dimitris alone will not stop the system he has created, and will not help free the people of Andres. Most citizens of the country remain innocent, terrified into compliance, or completely ignorant of what Sarandis does behind closed doors. These people deserve our help, and the only way to do so is to show them the evil that lurks at the heart of their government, gain their support in uprooting that evil, and assist them in stabilizing their country thereafter.
To do this, we will need to go beyond the usual parameters of our missions, with a militant, strategic push into the island designed to seize the castle, and take down Sarandis' rule." He pauses there, letting that sink in. "What I will not stand for is a callous attitude towards the innocents who we seek to protect on the Island, during this insurgency. Their safety will be paramount to our operation, and as such, speed is important to what we will be accomplishing. Dimitris expects retaliation, but he also underestimates our tactics. As such, rather than attacking the castle with an army, you will be deployed about the Island in a number of small teams, each with an objective that will help us cut off Dimitris from contact with his supporters, secure Sir Bancroft and Sir Samcelot's safety, free those who are imprisoned, and confront Sarandis, taking the castle in the process.
Details of these individual operations not withstanding, I imagine there are some questions. I open the floor to you to speak."
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This succubus did, oh yes.]
You picked a hell of a time to come home.
[Best way of showing it, too. What is tact.]
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[Rose. Wynn always pays for the gas okay. Even when it goes on your fancy shmancy credit card. Wynn pays.
Bo does however earn a wry, sort of half grin out of Rose. It's ya know, Rose for 'Yeah I might have missed you too okay.]
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[They can bash skulls and break hearts later :)]
How have you been holding up?
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Well there's less chance of being burned alive, here. [GD charred one, ass-douche.]
Uh... [That question isn't supposed to be a stumper, Rose.] Ask me again tomorrow? [Trying for light with a half grin but there's still a strain there, one that could be explained away as pre-war worry perhaps but is likely something more.
Rose lifts her shoulder in a shrug and opts for the bare minimum truth.] I'm doing okay. It's just been a long few months and it's not over yet, you know?
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Not even close. [To it being over. To her it's really only just starting.] This might be over in a day, but it's going to feel like longer.
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[She and Rose have always agreed on this kind of thing.]
So I say we show up and give 'em hell. It's the least we can do.
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[Unless bickering with Dean counts cause there was plenty of that.]
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[But at the same time, people could get hurt. Andrew could get hurt.
Nope, not going there. They were going to be fine.],/small>
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So good. [Bobbing her head.] Normally I just, hit the training rooms but there's not a whole lot of things to beat up when you're living in crappy motel rooms or a car.
[So very oblivious to her deeper thoughts.]
So did I miss anything good? I tried to... [A barely noticeable hesitation.] Check in, when I could but, I'm sure I missed plenty.
[And by checking in she means she took a trip to Lissa's head but that was often more problematic than useful.]
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[But she has a piece of advice for you.]
Next time, take a dart board with you. They make for good throwing knife practice. Better than nothing.
[There's a hint of humor in her eyes, like she has a secret, but it looks like she'll just let Rose know instead of making her guess.]
Andrew and I may have...gotten married yesterday.
[WHOOPS]
1/ IDEK lets just see how this goes
Ahh, nice one. I just... did a lot of sit-ups and push-ups. Like a lot. [And that clearly was in no way enough to help her burn off that excess... Roseness.]
2/... 3 maybe
(Wisdom Check 18 says not so much).
The laughter fades and is replaced by Rose's impression of a deer in headlights.]
What?
3/3
Uh - sorry. [Blinking.] I think this is the part where I hug you and say congratulations I'm just still stuck on the what, bit. [Blink blink.] You got married?
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We got Wynn's message last night. It came up. We decided not to wait.
[You know, because last night on Earth or whatever.]
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How, how does getting married just come up?!]
And you thought, hey, we've got an hour to kill I wonder if there's an all night chapel in London?
[A slow grin pulls at the corner of her mouth and it at least becomes clear that Rose isn't judging, but rather teasing, a real smile now blooming and brightening her whole face.]
I'm going to hug and congratulate you now. [Because, no matter how friggen unexpected this was? Rose really was happy for Bo and Andrew. They could all use some good news in the face of what was to come.
With her arms out wide, Rose steps closer to Bo and wraps them around her, squeezing a little too tight perhaps but as the shock wears off, she wants her to know that she's genuine when she speaks again.]
Congratulations.
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[She gave Rose a wink, because yep. They sure did get married inside the Castle walls. Welp.
She gives Rose a hug in return, giving her a warm squeeze in return, because she's happy and she's glad that one of her best friends in the castle didn't think she was crazy, or even if she did, she didn't care.
Because she sure was crazy.]
We're totally going to throw one hell of a party after we get back, and you totally have to be my bridesmaid or something. If...receptions have bridesmaids anyway. I don't even know.
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Surprise momentarily touches her features, quickly followed by a warm smile and it's clear that even if there is no bridesmaiding in Rose's future, she's still very touched by the thought.]
I think receptions just have alcohol and food but I'm not exactly experienced with Weddings. [Except for Vi and Luthir's. Which will not be mentioned. For so, so, so many reasons.]
It's your reception though. I'm pretty sure you get to make your own rules for how they work.
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[She shrugs her shoulders.]
It'll be about having fun and getting drunk as far as I'm concerned. Well all need a damn good party to celebrate coming home in one piece anyway.
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Those are two things i think everyone here could use. Feels like its been a while since we had something to celebrate.
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[She smirks.]
Though, so long as there's plenty of booze, I don't think anyone is going to care much about whatever else happens.
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Might wanna see if Wynn will cover the bar tab as a Wedding Present.
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[He blows enough on all the squiring and knighting parties, after all.]
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I never imagined that when I came back here, things were going to b worse, not better...
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[Because it could always get worse from here, okay. Let's not go there.]