briefing ♔ a lion still has claws | and mine are long and sharp

[wynn]

WHO || Wynn, Buffy, Des, Myri, Astrid, Elena, Spike, Vi, Archer, Felicity, Rose, Steve, Kat, Gar, Dumage  [Closed]
WHAT || Wedding Crashers Mission Briefing
WHERE || Knights HQ, the briefing room
WHEN || Vague February date, shortly before 5pm [forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

The Knights might have known better than to expect their unseating of Dimitris Sarandis from his position as dictator would go without reprisal.  The sudden attack staged by Sarandis killed several Knights and leveled part of their home, shaking their confidence, but not their resolve.  It's hardly surprising, then, that the moment a lead has arisen as to Dimitris' whereabouts, the Knights are prepared to spring into action.

That lead has come in a surprising form - as Sir Dumage Moulet returns with the news that her sister, Amanda, is engaged to wed Sarandis, and that she's willing to do whatever it takes to prevent that from occurring, even at the risk of potentially compromising the cover she has established with the villains.  

Comments

[littledhampir]

[Maybe it was Gar's srs bsns face rubbing off on Rose but she doesn't look all that playful as she moves into the room. No trademark swagger in her step as she casts an eye over the faces, new and old before slipping into a chair opposite the door with little more than a nod by way of greeting.]

[postergirl]

[ dumage sashays in behind her, ignores literally everyone, and makes her way to an empty seat near astrid, where she leans back and pulls out a cigarette immediately, lighting it up and taking a slow drag ]

[bigbad]

[Spike comes in smelling like cigarettes, but at least he... isn't lighting up right at the table nice one Dumage. He slides into the seat next to her and gives her a nod. Then he glances at the new faces.]

Fresh meat?

[nothingsodivine]

[At Elena's words, Des's head comes up and he straightens himself up, moving away without waiting for so much as a would-you-kindly from the moms he was leaning over.] By all means.

[he takes the empty seat on Astrid's other side, and gives her a slight nod and a tight grin.]

[graveflowers]

I mean, one of our team members is busy being king and wooing another team member to be queen, so it's not like we didn't have the openings.

[ also finnick, but vi just isn't going to mention that. let's focus on mark being king. she doesn't want felicity to have to defend being there though. ]

Besides, me and Archer were the fresh meat once and that worked out great. [ a beat while lucia makes heart eyes at gar. ] Varying degrees of greatish.

[doubletake]

[Elena grins at Vi's words, looking amused.]

We have superstars, their main squeezes, and royalty on our team. How are we supposed to top that?

[Though, again, it doesn't look like they're all here. Buffy is probably plastered all over gossip magazines, though, so she's still pretty high profile.]

Besides, I think I'll just consider them additions instead of replacements.

[Just because everyone might not be present doesn't mean they're not there in spirit okay 8(

Elena is just happy that she knows all these new people at least a little bit.]

[pathology]

[while she doesn't seem super thrilled to have dumage lighting up next to her, astrid doesn't say anything. truly she has grown as a person. as everyone comes in, she assesses that she at least has met most of these people? vi, elena, felicity, des, myri ... maybe she'll pretend kat and spike aren't real.]

I feel so welcomed. [deadpan as fuck with a face to match]

[recruited]

[ Steve doesn't really seem phased by the odd welcome. If anything he just looks serious. Then again Steve takes most stuff serious. Especially something like this. If they have an issue with his presence he figures they can take it up with whoever assigned him. He throws Astrid and Felicity a small smile. Newbies unite. ]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity just takes all of this in and is ... already slightly on edge. Usually people are grateful for help, rather than the other way around, but okay.

But she's not going to be sullen about it. She's just going to shrug it off.]

Extra muscle can't hurt, right?

[She means more Steve than herself.]

[littledhampir]

I think what everyone means to say is, Welcome. [Actually it's pretty clear Rose doesn't GAF what everyone means to say. She's been the new person in this group and she knows that shit ain't easy.]

[slay]

[ Drumming up a smile, Buffy nods enthusiastically in concert with Rose's assessment, even if it looks like that's still not really the full story for her. ]

The more the merrier. [ Then, to Vi and Elena. ] Actually, speaking of topping that, I'm betting it's no coincidence that Rafael and Mark both got passed over for an invite.

[rationalizes]

They're both a bit high profile for this sort of thing. But we are certainly grateful for all of you for being here. This is potentially quite a dangerous assignment. [ she can't stop herself from glancing around, thinking about those who've died or worse in the name of their mission ]

[bigbad]

And here I thought we were just trying to reduce the chances of friendly fire. [He glances around.] Hey, Archer's not here either. Maybe Wynn's wising up.

[isisagent]

[As if on cue...] Yeah or maybe go fuck yourself, Spike.

[Archer saunters past, martini in hand, which promptly cascades to the ground when he catches sight of Steve.]

Bahahahaha! Ho... holy shit. [He doubles over, and grabs hold of a chair, laughing so hard he's out of breath.] nobody told me we were doing costumes! Since when are we doing costumes?!

[recruited]

[ Steve's only in this until he can find clothes for whatever this mission is. He plans to put them over it. Or attempt to. He squirms a bit and looks at Archer. He doesn't know what to say really. ] It's not really a costume. It's a bulletproof tac suit. [ No, Steven, it's basically a costume. ]

[nothingsodivine]

[des leans back in his chair and folds his arms over his chest.]

Is the star part of the brand name or just a personal touch? No judgment. If your aesthetic convinces Archer to wear a cape, I'm all for it.

[witchwoman]

I think it suits him. [Myri says, piping up in defense of Steve's outfit. She gives Archer a disapproving shake of her head before looking over at Steve.]

You look... heroic. [There's really no other word for it.]

[recruited]

[ Steve looks over to Des when he asks. Then to Myri when she says it suits him. He gives her a soft smile and a thankful nod. His attention goes back to Des. ]

Yeah it's kinda old fashioned, but during World War 2 it was important to keep moral up. The design wasn't done by me. I was kind of a well known figure during that time. The suit helped me stand out. I guess I sorta like it now.

[doubletake]

If only bulletproof bodysuits stood up to what some of our enemies are capable of, I'd happily wear one too.

[She crosses her arms over her chest and leans back in her seat.]

Unfortunately, bullets are the least of our worries.

[pathology]

[astrid just looks around with a baffled expression like why is no one going to talk about how mr. hottie mchotterson is from wwii???? did everyone else know this??? since when has this been a thing?????]

[nothingsodivine]

[they've had Des on this team for so long that it's probably just not weird anymore. old people who look hot just happen sometimes.]

World War II. [he clicks his tongue] But these are very different trenches, soldier boy. Elena's right. I would highly recommend seeing about tinfoil hats. It's about the only thing we haven't tried on these psion bitches.

[isisagent]

[Still wiping tears from his eyes, Archer fumbles his way to a seat.]

I think I'll stick to my Tactylneck. Though capes are totally making a comeback, and I can totally rock one, if necessary.

[allmydreams]

I would just be careful not to do both at the same time. Depending on the color cape + turtleneck could start edging you into dramatic vampire territory.

[And no one wants that, clearly. It is a very poor fashion choice.]

[bigbad]

Hey, as the resident vampire here, I'm offended. [Spike gestures to Archer.] Don't compare his fashion choices to me! I'd never wear a turtleneck or a cape!

[recruited]

I've been around the block. Not just World War Two. [ He'll have to adjust. He knows things are different and weirder here. ] Thanks for the warning.[ He nods to Des. ] I wasn't aware people wore turtlenecks and capes together.