briefing ♔ watch the fires rise under my skin | scorching my soul

[wynn]

♬ Dark Doo Wop - MS MR

WHO || Wynn, Failboat [Closed]
WHAT || Talisman Mission Briefing
WHERE || Knights HQ, the briefing room
WHEN || Feb 6th, shortly before 5pm [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

Andres has been quite the distraction from the looming problem of what's to be done about Dimitris' compatriots in the cult of the Church of the Lord's Humanity. Having learned during the retaking of the Isle that the Church leader, Draken Crombe, has been impersonating NOVA Records mogul Chad Becksworth for years in order to gain access to the company's resources, keeping tabs on his movements has become even more pressing.

His next scheduled appearance? At the upcoming 2015 Grammy's. And considering that the Church was behind the disaster in New York last year, where hundreds of Shadowkind were brainwashed into committing suicide in the Hudson River, it's only logical that Wynn intends to send his own forces to attempt to avert any other large scale catastrophes.

But that's not all. There have been some further twists in the story, and it may be time for them all to come to light. To that end, Wynn has asked many of those involved with the mission to gather, whether they'll be sent to the awards show with the team or not.

He's asked Myrilandel and Violet to come before the others.* 

*Everyone will be plurk alerted when it's time for the larger meeting.  Please stand by for now.

Comments

[doubletake]

[Elena comes in just behind Jack and Gar, seating herself in the chair beside Myri. Hey gurl.]

[bigbad]

[Spike wanders in and slumps down in one of the chairs, glancing around the table at the group.]

If we're men, we don't have to dress up, right? No one cares who men are wearing.

[shootfirst]

Please don't bring up the whole dressing up thing already. [ oh sup, it's kat and fred. hey hey. ] I want to put off thinking about that.

[littledhampir]

[And you know what, if it weren't for that Nat 20 Will Save, Rose might have offered up anything from a 'wtf'' to an 'am I in the right briefing' as she enters behind a few others and sees who is here.

Instead she grabs a seat and glances at Wynn. So un s u r e.]

[moonheart]

[ faith and her mom come in next, and the blonde goes to sit next to rose, elbowing her with a little smile. ] Hey!

[doubletake]

[hahahahaha the will save i just rolled is so real.

Elena has the most fucking obvious "seriously???" expression written all over her face right now.

hi rose.]

[nothingsodivine]

[des walks in, ruffles faith's hair as he passes her, squeezes ana's shoulder and takes a seat near elena.]

Looks like we gained some members.

[65]

[finnick comes in with ... two boxes of munchkins from dunkin donuts bc they exist in london i looked that shit up. he places one box in front of vi because he's a preggo lady delivery service, then the other box in the middle of the table for everyone else.] Seems more like a party than a briefing.

[graveflowers]

[ vi grabs that box and cradles it in her lap like it's her baby. all for her! best bestie. ]

My hero. [ and then she indelicately shoves a munchkin in her mouth yay. this is so much better than focusing on the upcoming briefing. ]

[littledhampir]

Heeeeey... [She still looks so unsure as she whispers to Faith.] Am I... in the right briefing?

[Look it had to be said.]

[nosdacariad]

[ mark hasn't really made many appearances at the castle lately at all, so this might be the first time some people have seen him in a little bit. ] Hope I'm not late.

[bigbad]

[Spike glances over at Mark and sneers.]

What, you don't have important kingly duties to attend to? Getting your crown polished and the like?

[nosdacariad]

Wynn said it was important that I at least came to the meeting.

[moonheart]

[ to rose: ] Uh, clearly. I don't think there's another one today.

[slay]

Oooh, donuts!

[ As Buffy swans in, she has obvious priorities, dropping into a seat and leaning across the table to get at the box Finnick set there. She can't really be surprised by the number of people bc she had to send Rafael the list so she must know this was gonna happen. ]

[attollores]

[The sound of running feet precedes Alainn's appearance, slowing once she's a few feet from the door. She had been studying her daily spells and hadn't seen the message for this briefing until just a few minutes ago. It was going to suck if she was the last one to arrive... whoops.

She enters the room at a quick clip, eyes wandering around at those gathered. Her smile is quick as she sees Rose, Kat and Gar, before her eyes land on Mark, turning it quickly into a grin as she walks to take a seat next to him.] Am I the last one?

[graveflowers]

[ muffled from a mouthful of donuts: ] Archer. Can't do Grammy's without Archer.

[isisagent]

[DID SOMEBODY SAY, ARCHER?!. Also, whatever Spike. Archer strides in already dressed great... But I actually rolled a crit fail, so it's still got the fucking tags on it., so feel free to give him shit about that.

Bitchin, Donuts! [Archer scoops a few up, and moves towards a seat, he seems to be in a pretty good mood this morning. I'm sure that'll change in the near future... He takes a swig from his flask.] Anyone need a drink before this gets rolling? Ladies? [He points the flask towards Vi and Myri. You're drinking for two, now.

1/2

[rationalizes]

[ moments when gar is like plz god don't let me be mission leader again. under her breath: ] Some things never change.

[wynn]

Thank you all for coming. While not all of you will be going into the field for this mission, you're each here because I feel you should know the information that will be imparted here today.

[doubletake]

[Well, that sure smells like someone has secrets.]

...That doesn't sound ominous at all...

[Yes it does.]

[slay]

If everything were fine, we wouldn't be going. [ To be fair. Well. Buffy and Des probably still would because their boyfriend. But. ] Did we learn more about what they have planned to go down?

[wynn]

We've confirmed that Keijen Blade will be performing at the Grammy Awards in two days. Considering that we have seen proof that exposure to his ... performances can implant dangerous suggestions into the minds of those listening, one thing is clear: they'll likely be attempting to broadcast some sort of suggestion to all twenty five million viewers or so who will be tuning in.

[littledhampir]

[And Rose's happiness at seeing Alainn join the briefing evaporates at the mention of Keijen, eyes darkening.]

So what's the plan? Stop the performance or stop the broadcast?

[wynn]

Considering how our attempts at direct intervention have gone in the past, it seems wisest to simply ensure that the broadcast cuts out for the length of his performance. To do that, Sir Gar and Sir Samcelot will need to be taken backstage, to get direct access to the communications room where the broadcast is controlled. We'll need a way to temporarily disable or distract everyone working within that station, [ his gaze skates to elena ] likely through asking Sir Gilbert to infiltrate their staff. We have to assume that Crombe will have his own guards roaming around to prevent any such intervention. I'm sending enough of you to keep posted at various locations around the Staples Center. Some of you will need to keep an eye on things in the crowd - since we can't risk shutting down Blade's performance, it's likely that those in attendance will at least remain affected. What that means--- we have no way of knowing.