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

[slay]

Gesundheit.

[ Deadpan af. Though she's eyeing Des like lmao are you serious of all the people to want a one-on-one with the Mind Master I feel like 500 other people have first dibs. Not that she isn't ... thinking about doing it too. ]

[graveflowers]

That's not a real word. [ #american ]

[rationalizes]

Slovechnia is a nation that we've actually given quite a bit of direct aid to. Their economy collapsed years ago - some sort of ... cyberterrorism, I believe, but whatever it was, it threw the government into upheaval, as well as their black market for Shadowkind slavery. If I'm correct, we actually... helped seat their current monarch, King Valentin Milosovici. [ she looks to Wynn for confirmation ] Under the condition that he help bring an end to that slave trade once and for all. Apparently, he's had... difficulties in keeping in his word. But it isn't entirely surprising that Sarandis would feel comfortable there.

[allmydreams]

That and he and Sarandis used to bro it up back when Sarandis actually still had power.

[Felicity lives on gossip, no one should be surprised (knowledge nat 20). Or maybe it's just her pirate boyfriend going on the slave trade mission a ways back.]

I wouldn't be surprised if Slovechnia is where he's been hiding from us.

[littledhampir]

So what's stopping - [She's not even going to try and say that name: Wis 4.] The King from giving Sarandis the heads up?

[slay]

Well, he doesn't know. [ she looks around. ] Right? I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but "struggling to be an ex-slaver" doesn't sound like the resumé for an award-winning ally. I didn't think we were that desperate, and I don't see why he'd need a heads up.

[wynn]

As she says - I have no intention of informing the King of our presence.

[doubletake]

That doesn't mean he won't notice if a large group of people arrives in his country unexpectedly on a private plane. Unless, of course, we aren't taking one.

[wynn]

As I said, we have access to a private airfield, protected from monitoring.

[nothingsodivine]

[with good-natured humor.] C'mon, people. Don't nitpick the poor man. This ain't his first rodeo.

[he drums his fingers on the table and stands up.] So if that's all we need to cover...

[wynn]

Then you're dismissed for the evening. If there is any equipment you feel the need to requisition, please make certain to do so before you catch your flight.