briefing ♔ you once seemed to love the oddments of destruction

[wynn]

♬ Deathmental - Soap&Skin

WHO || Wynn, Jaina, Lydia, Astrid, Adam, Mars[Closed]
WHAT || Los Angeles Mission Briefing
WHERE || Knights HQ, the briefing room
WHEN || April 8th, shortly before 5pm [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

Just as before, accessing the secret room where the Round Table is housed requires using the Knight's keycard to open the glass case beside the mural of the War in Heaven, located across from the ballroom entrance. Using the fire extinguisher as a lever to activate the "door" mechanism reveals the long torch-lit hall plastered in artwork depicting the Knight's history. The tenants of the Knighthood hang large and foreboding over the doors at the end of the hall, which stand open to reveal the brightly lit Round Table, and the majestic crystalline dragon statue presiding over it.

Come in, find a seat, meet your teammates if you haven't already. Jaina is already here when you arrive.

Comments

[immuno]

[ Halloween was a veritable nightmare, so the notion of another mission isn't exactly thrilling to Lydia. But she's here, and she's ready, and she's trying to tell herself that things will go over better this time. She drops her purse on the table, glancing over at Jaina like who dat who dat who dat bitch. No really it's more a look of marked unfamiliarity than any animosity, and she settles neutrally into one of the chairs without a word, pulling out her phone to play Trivia Crack. ]

[flyingsolo]

[ for her part, jaina is sitting upright with her arms folded, mostly watching the big doors that wynn comes out of, clearly used to this mission rigamarole by now. she sizes lydia up in a glance, but that's about it ]

[pathology]

[annnd here's astrid, slurping on a frappuccino in one hand and texting on her phone with the other. truly the essence of #youths.]

[charismapotion]

[ Mars made his way in and was checking over his texts, but not answering them. Trotting behind him is Venus with a cute litle flower collar on.

The cat makes a b-line for Astrid, sorry.]

[pathology]

[astrid is SO PLEASED, placing her phone and her drink on the table so she can pet the kitty.] Venus!! Hi, sweetie! Look at you, so pretty!

[charismapotion]

[ Kitty mews happily and tries to get up in Astrid's lap too. She's just a ham for affection.

Mars took a seat not too far from Astrid, still poking at his phone. As he spoke without looking up.] I figured I'd bring her as long as this isn't too bad. She comes in handy. How have you been, Astrid?

[pathology]

Okay! [so pleased to have a kitty. yay for small furry things that are more affectionate than her small furry squire.] I don't know how to say I'm finishing my degree without sounding like one of those moms with five kids or whatever, but I am. Those are the haps.

[charismapotion]

Hell no, that isn't soccer mom quality. that's pretty awesome. Remind me when we get back and I'll get you a graduation present.

[ He likes buying presents if that's not already clear. Venus is giving her all the love, cause she can.]

I went to Chicago a week around Christmas, that's about it for me too. Family stuff. [ Yep, that's where hes from.]

[pathology]

I ditched my senior spring, so it's legit just a couple online classes. It's not even hard. [she keeps petting venus while talking. yessss kitties.] Yeah? Cool. I thought about going back to Philly for the holidays, but then my parents were like no, it's okay, we're going to Switzerland, do you want anything, and I was like whatever. Switzerland.

[flyingsolo]

[ jaina just side-eyes them like is this how real people my age behave idek ]

[immuno]

What school are you finishing at?

[ Because this is actually relevant to Lydia's educational pursuits and dreams of Oxford in fall. ]

[pathology]

Oh, just Penn. It's where I was going before. Like I said, I'm doing it all online, so.

[charismapotion]

Online or not, it's still cool.

[ Someone doesn't have a degree, he never tried to go back and sadly doesn't plan too.]

[immuno]

He's got a point. [ Lydia points over at Mars matter-of-factly. ] What's your field of study?

[pathology]

[like she's going to turn down the chance to preen about herself??? not even once.] Biology. Pre-med, specifically. But I already have all those classes out of the way, so it's basically just a couple electives I have to knock out.

[charismapotion]

You're gonna be a doctor? That's awesome, no you need a party for that.

[ Venus purrs louder nuzzling her head at Astrid's neck.]

[pathology]

Excuse you, I already am. I've saved like, a million lives. [just keeps petting venus tbh.] You can ask Fred or Sebastian-whatever.

[immuno]

I don't think the Knights are in the business of processing medical licenses. You may have a bit further to go.

[charismapotion]

[ He just stays quiet this time, watching Venus being a ham with Astrid.]

[wynn]

[ after adam joins them, wynn makes his way out. ] Thank you all for coming. Your mission will be sending you to investigate a matter in Los Angeles, California.

[pathology]

[astrid looks around the table like OMG SPRING BREAK Y'ALL!!!!!!!!!!! LA!!!!! ]

[charismapotion]

[ Mars looks a little somber at the mention of murder but nods. He really should be excited but that hasn't clicked yet.]

[immuno]

[ Plebes, all of you. Lydia's tempering her excitement until she finds out— ] What matter?

[wynn]

For the past few weeks, the police there have been investigating a string of apparently ritualistic murders. So far, the detectives have deduced that there are no connections among the victims, except that all were males in excellent health. The murders took place in back alleys as well as private residences, indicating that the perpetrator spent considerable time stalking the victims in order to discover the best time and place to strike. Each victim was missing both hands, and many were missing other body parts as well. All of the amputations had been performed with extreme skill.

Now there are two more bodies. Though neither of them are missing body parts, the officers on the scene still suspect some tie-in with the previous murders - something about a knife, they say. Because of the apparent ritual nature of the murders, the police are concerned that there is some magic at the heart of it, and have decided to turn the investigation over to us.

[immuno]

You know, just because it's a new calendar year doesn't mean my dead body quota gets reset.

[ Despite her snide attitude, she doesn't seem in any way genuinely opposed to investigating: after all, it needs to be done, or more people are going to die. ]

[charismapotion]

[ He shakes his head a bit, still listening.]

[pathology]

[she has to know. HAS TO. also she has the blessing-curse of no brain to mouth filter.]

Were penises taken?

[wynn]

You're free to check the reports for specifics.

[immuno]

Not all of us need to know.

[ disgusting. scoff. ]

Do the police have any suspects? DNA samples or connections between the victims' lifestyles? They have to be narrowing the playing field further than just men.

[wynn]

Nothing that they've been willing to share. Different occupations, different families, income brackets, histories, acquaintances, medical histories...

[immuno]

Right.

[ Point made. ]

We'll handle it.

[charismapotion]

[ He realllly didnt wanna know either, so he stayed quiet and listened. Venus is just not pleased because she doesn't have ALL of the attention.]

[wynn]

Very good. Sir Solo will operate as field leader for this assignment. [ man, she looks... overjoyed about that. but nods. ] If that's all, you'll be shipping out immediately. I've asked for them to preserve the scene until you arrive.