knightsoflegend | andres ♔ but life is for living

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andres ♔ but life is for living

WHO || Everyone
WHAT || With Andres Isle reclaimed, the Knights deal with the aftermath of their battle to save its people
WHERE || Andres Isle, and various
WHEN || September 20th, 2014 - October 20th, 2014 [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

When the sun rises on Andres Isle the next morning, and the smoke and rubble clears, it is impossible to call the battle anything less than a victory, in terms of freeing the people from Sarandis' hateful regime.

But all victories come with their costs.

Sir Zatara's team easily accomplished their goal, shutting down the power station that allowed Sir Trinall's team to wrest control of Isle communications, although Emma Swan was grievously injured in the process and Faye Chamberlain found herself facing an unexpected temptation when she got her hands on Jordan Reeves' genie bottle. Sir Wellington and Carpenter led an assault on the prison base, that succeeded in freeing all of the captured Shadowkind and putting a halt to the hideous experimentation going on there - at the cost of Sir Maxwell Briggard's life. (And Nathan Young's... but he got better. Twice.) Even Myrilandel's familiar, Amaranth, was found, but when Lan turned violent on a bank of computers in a fit of hatred for the machines and all they represented, a targeting system was activated that released all the mind-controlled Shadowkind hybrids from the facility, on a dread path of destruction for the castle, ready to kill anything in their path.

Meanwhile, Sir O'Rourke's team had managed to locate the love potion that Dimitris Sarandis was using to control Kat Samcelot's behavior, and made it impossible for the next dose to be administered on time. Sir Hathaway's team likewise made it into the castle, after following a set of clues that indicated Sir Elena Gilbert and the doppelganger Kyp had killed a guard and stolen their identity, heading into the palace proper. Eavesdropping within its walls, they learned that the Prime Minister had been shot, and that the woman responsible was being held in a tower. This, however, proved to be a cruel trick of Dimitris' ally, the powerful psion known as the Mind Master. Forcing Elena to shapeshift into Dimitris, she mentally dominated Elena, and made her sit outside the empty tower cell, where Rose, Will, and Dean found her. Having been approached by Kyp, who had been separated from Elena and feared for her life, a grudging alliance was formed, and the doppelganger approached "Dimitris" alone. Despite her attempt to drop hints to her real identity, the situation escalated - until the Mind Master made Elena wrest Kyp's gun from him, and shoot him right between the eyes.

In the meantime, Sir Yassin's team had blown an entrance for Prince Marcus Andres to lead his group into the castle through the tunnels below it. Dimitris had, however, expected something like this, and filled the tunnels with all manner of monster and creation designed to stop them. With exceptional teamwork, they bypassed all threats and made it within, where they were shocked to discover the real Chad Becksworth was in fact a prisoner here, and that Draken Crombe, leader of the Church of the Lord's Humanity had been impersonating him with the aid of the Mind Master, for access to NOVA Records' resources, for years. They also discovered the bones of former Dragon's Claw Sir Ellison, Tia's father, and helped lay his spirit to final rest.

Knights around the Island struggled to halt the hybrid creatures from charging into the palace and ruining the internal team's chance to save Kat and Thomas and stop Dimitris. Wynn led his own team to hold the line between the forest and the castle, but the brutal creatures they faced were overwhelming, and even with back-up arriving, creatures broke through. Wynn sent Sir La Krail and Francesca, whose team had secured the guardhouse, to stop several driders who had passed, while he chased down a chemical golem that crashed right through the palace doors.

Dimitris had already sprung his trap, however, sealing Marcus and friends in a room below the palace pumped with poisonous gas, while he asked Kat Samcelot for her hand in marriage on a screen for them to watch. At that moment, however, the love potion wore off, and she stabbed him in the dick, and helped free the others below. Myri teleported several of the Knights up to the main floor to save Kat, who faced the guards alone and weaponless, but the arrival of the chemical golem provided enough of a distraction for Dimitris to make a break for the throne room.

Elsewhere on the Isle, Sir Koraith's team had been gathering allies among the Shadow Village, to face an attack that they had been warned about, by soldiers seeking the location of Rocket, who had escaped the Shadow prison after attempting to assassinate the Prime Minister. Koraith led those who could not fight towards the boats, while the others remained to hold the line and take out not only the soldiers, but also the clockwork creations called nimblewrights, robots whose construction Failboat had learned was based on some kind of demonic creature held in Dimitris' basement. The battle was brutal, and Sir Riddick fell to the clockwork soldiers' assault. The fate of Sir Jaina Solo and a Shadowkind villager named Indra Crestrage remains unknown, as they were also grievously injured in the assault.

Sir Edain's team had secured various boats to transport villagers off the Isle, but also discovered a sinister shack where body parts were created up for export to Japan. In the battle that followed to hold the docks, Hook lost his entire arm, but managed to hold onto his life.

Back in the palace, several Knights joined Wynn in taking down the chemical golem, as Marcus and company moved to confront Dimitris and the Mind Master in the throne room. The Prime Minister was unrepentant for his crimes, and revealed that after capturing Kat, he had had the Dragon's Claw Thomas Bancroft killed, dumping his body off a balcony for them to see. Enraged, Kat ran to attack Dimitris, and was nearly killed by his bodyguard, Asha, but Fred Jr. intervened, sacrificing himself to save her. Des murdered Asha instantly, while the Mind Master teleported herself and Dimitris away, leaving the guards willing to surrender, and the Knights frustrated by the hollow victory.

A search of the Isle revealed no trace of where the two had gone, but it also meant that Andres was free of Sarandis' influence. Sir Banks' team had managed to gather all the wealthy human elite of the Island together inside a country club under the guise of a gas leak, and when Emma Frost appealed to the humanity of Sergeant Alastair Stone, a local police officer, he assisted them in routing out potential supporters of Dimitris, and separating them from the others, so that they might be shown the truth about what had been happening on the Island, right underneath their noses, in the form of a video of the prison laboratory provided by Logan and Nathan.

Most of the natives were shocked by what they saw, but had already been distrustful of Sarandis' true motives. Hearing that the true heir to the throne had returned has given the people of Andres a real sense of hope that things can change, but the road will not be an easy one.

Rather than pull out and head home the next day, Wynn has asked as many Knights as possible to remain and help with reconstruction. There are families to reunite, injured to tend to, homes to rebuild, a palace to remodel, and much more. This post is for things following directly in the aftermath of the Battle for Andres, especially for things happening on the Island itself. More posts will go up in the near future to backdate less immediate events. Characters are free to go back and forth to the castle as they please, but also have accommodations provided in the city or palace on Andres Isle.

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[Probably in the same place as Bo? Try definitely. Hey, hubby.]

Look at you all in one piece. I'm so proud.

[Turning towards her, Andrew drops what he's doing and moves to sweep her up in a hug. He likely texted her so he knew she was alive but seeing her is something else entirely. He attempts to pick her up, like some big show of romance but.... rolls a 3 on a str check so he just gives a slight straining noise before giving up that idea.]

[She gives zero fucks that he can't pick her up and twirl her like a blushing bride, okay.

Bo ends up just cupping his face in her hands and giving him a passionate kiss instead.]

[Remember when Andrew nearly had a breakdown when she kissed him? How he would freak out and flail and not know what to do with his hands. Well, he's....

Not much smoother now. Because he got a 3 on a cha check, jesus fucking christ.

She's just got an effect on him and he's never going to be all that sexy without time to prep. So instead his hands sort of flap around and he makes a whimpering little noise because wow. Wow. He's married to this beautiful woman. How even.]

[She chuckles against his mouth, pulling away to get a good look at him.]

Don't pass out on me, handsome.

M'okay. I'm... yeah. Hi.

[he gives her a big dopey smile.]

Just-- I love you. And I guess part of me thought I wouldn't have the chance to-

[He thought he didn't have a chance in hell of surviving this mess.]

[She puts a finger to his lips to stop that line of thought right there.]

There wasn't a chance in hell of that happening.

[She pulls her hand back, pressing her lips against his briefly again.]

It's going to take more than a couple of Dictator lackeys to rip us apart.

[She's just going to leave out the part where she briefly had a gun to head. Probably a safe bet.]

[Yeah don't tell him about that. Ever.]

Probably too soon to plan a honeymoon, yeah?

[Not that they couldn't have a mini one in one of the rooms in the palace. I'm sure Mark won't mind....]

I think that might have to wait. I never thought I'd say this, but duty comes first.

[They couldn't just stomp in here, much the place up, and then say see you later, now could they?]

Wynn would be so proud of me.

Right. Duty. Honor.

...Boobs. [Sorry, he's distracted.]

Er- no, not that. Actually he might get more recruits if he works that into the creed.

Boobs are good, too.

[She fully appreciates a good set, okay. And hers are flawless, she already knows.]

Then we might end up with too much of a sausage fest. Too many women are not as equal opportunity as I am, and we have to have pretty ladies to look at, too.

The fact that we can have this conversation and you're completely serious about appreciating them is awesome. [He tugs her closer again for another kiss. It's going to be a thing. Keeping his hands off of her was hard before. It might be impossible now.]

You don't have anywhere to be right now, do you? [He might be having ideas of an unofficial honeymoon just starting here in the comm tower. Look what you did, Bo. They can... probably find somewhere where they won't be interrupted?? Maybe??]

I will never understand people who can't appreciate boobs, okay. If they exist, we can't be friends.

[Her lips pull into a bigger grin. Oh Andrew, you're perfect.]

Nope. Not even kind of.

Think I saw a supply closet down the hall. Might need to check that everything's in order there.

[So... romantic? What's most odd is that it sort of is, for them. Andrew's learning to be more adventurous with her. Before she came around, he would have never been able to even make eye contact with a woman like Bo. Now he's trying to fit in a quick shag before the rest of the team comes back.

They grow up so fast.]

Oh yeah, definitely. [She gives him a knowing smile.] We wouldn't want any of the brooms to go missing in the chaotic aftermath.

[He grins and takes her hand and basically drags her off

And does...surprisingly well

Str 7
Dex 15
Fort 16
Wis 17
Cha 15

Aw yeah]

[She'll gladly get dragged away, mmm yes please manhandle her.

Str 9
Dex 20
Fort Nat 20 lol
Wis 5 (clearly this is all about her i guess whoops)
Cha 31 (none of this other shit matters when this is your charisma check after rolling a 4)

And everyone is fucking satisfied, per usual.]

[Wow, Bo. Wow. Just... wow.]

I love you. [He pants with a laugh as he kisses her one last time before trying to start put himself back together so that they can maybe get some work done??? Who does that?] I know I keep saying that, but... No, actually there's no but.

[He's not going to be ashamed about being happy. He's got the life he never thought he could ever come close to.]

Love you, too.

[She lets out a contented sigh before she releases him from her grip, doing the same and collecting herself, fixing her hair.]

I almost think I might have created a monster.

[Looking at you, buttercup.]

Possibly. But at least I'm a monster who actually knows what he's doing sometimes. [He scoffs a laugh.]

And I don't hear you complaining, huh?

You pulled out a few new tricks. I'm impressed.

[Best compliment ever from a succubus, really.]

Nope, not ever. Keep that up and we're not going to get any work done.

[Yeah, compliment him on his abilities in bed and Andrew is just on cloud 9. SHE LIKES ME. AND MY PENIS. HOORAY.]

For once in my life? I think I've found something more important to me than work. And that's pretty crazy but... it's true.

[pause]

I mean you. Not just the sex. But that's pretty great. Probably goes you, sex with you, then work. Yeah, that's the order.

Well, lucky me to be more entertaining than your computers.

[She's just teasing, of course. She knows those computers are important, too.]

Yeah, yeah, I know. Don't worry, big guy.

[he grins at her, running his hand through his hair before grabbing the doorknob to let them both out into the hall.]

Speaking of those computers, I should probably get back to work.

[He doesn't want to, but if he doesn't remind himself about the stuff he still has to do, he's likely to just go sneak off with her for the whole day.]

[She pulls him in for another kiss, knowing they should both go back to work, but not ready to give him up without one more.]

Come find me when you're done. I'm sure I'll be nice and sweaty. We can get cleaned up together.

[Showerssss]

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