knightsoflegend | slovechnia ♔ hey little sister what have you done

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slovechnia ♔ hey little sister what have you done

WHO || Failboat, Dimitris Sarandis, Amanda Moulet, invited wedding guests, and more [closed]
WHAT || The Knights head to Slovechnia to interrupt Dimitris' wedding to Dumage's sister
WHERE || Flight from London to Slovechnia; Slovechnia
WHEN || Sometime in February
HOW || Actionspam or prose

The morning after, the Knights board a plane at their private airfield, and begin the couple hour flight to the country of Slovechnia. Wynn has laid out a plan for them as such, leaving Sir Gar in charge of seeing it executed: they are to send in a few Knights to infiltrate the wedding, while others steal an ambulance from a local hospital. Using magic to make Sarandis think he's having a heart attack during the ceremony, they will intercept the outgoing call to the paramedics, and pose as them to take him out of there and straight to a private airfield to meet with Wynn. They're all aware, however, of just how smoothly their plans tend to go where these villains are involved - especially if the Mind Master shows up.

Either way, it promises to be an interesting day...

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[She doesn't respond immediately, body still radiating with tension, the grip on her glass so tight that her knuckles are turning white and she has to force herself to breathe like a normal person. To make her shoulders relax even though she doesn't feel it. Like each muscle that appears to release the tension is done so with meticulous effort.]

He's not. [Well. To be fair?] He didn't ask who told me and I didn't offer up your name.

[She knows she should let the subject drop. Needs to even but she does need to at least make one thing clear.]

He was going to tell me. [She's pretty sure that makes her sound like some stupid little girl who believes whatever she's told but, there's an earnestness in her words and it's clear that Rose does believe that much.] Just, so you know.

[ He breathes a little easier. He likes Rose. She's his friend. He wouldn't want to mess up potentially being friends with the person she loves. Not that he presumes to know, but what he saw in Dean that day led him to believe that it wasn't just a way to pass time for him. ]

Thank you. [ He doesn't expect her to say that. He looks a little confused, but he nods. Not sure why she felt the need to reassure Steve that Dean was going to tell her. ] I never said he didn't. [ He smiles. ] I'm happy it worked out.

[That is at least what sees her relax, Rose's belief that Steve isn't judging Dean but she's still going to be very tight-lipped on the whole subject, simply nodding in reply.]

Yeah. Me too. [The smile she offers tight at best, Rose still worried he might say more than she wants him to.] Anyway....

[The least subtle at changing a subject. Even worse when she's at a loss to what to change it to.]

[ He's quiet for a moment. He takes another sip of his drink and lets himself enjoy it for the moment. He tilts his head as he studies her. ] Ya know. [ He says suddenly. For a moment Rose might think he's about to go serious again. Instead he veers off suddenly. ] I've been on top of an exploding giant tank before. So--we have something in common.

[Rose too uses the moment to drink, probably a little more deeply than Steve. She doesn't need alcohol to mute the bond anymore but it's now a habit more than a necessity. Still. Right now? She feels like she needs this drink.

His words make her eyes narrow infinitesimally, Rose's head cocking to one side.]

I'm guessing that worked out a whole lot better for you than it did for me? [The slightest hint of a grin there.]

People have said I'm way too hard-headed to die. [ He shrugs his shoulders. He remembers hearing it from someone, but Steve can't remember their name. It's like a foggy memory with no real definition. He hates that. ] I mean if we were keeping score I'd probably be winning, yeah.

[She relaxes a little more at least, taking another sip of he drink.]

I've never spent a few decades on ice so, I guess it evens out in the end.

[ He just snaps his fingers and points at her. ]

Hey! There was a purpose to that. Technically I did think I was going to die when I crashed that plane. The ice was just an unfortunate event coupled with the weird unknown side effects of the serum in my veins.

And here I thought its purpose was to make sure there was at least one person I know who knows less about TV and Music than I do. [Grin widening.]

I'm learning fast.

[ He puts his glass on his arm rest and crosses his arms over his chest. Looking properly offended. ]

I can text pretty fast now. I've listened to the whole Trouble Man album.

[Rose just. Looks at Steve like. Who the what is that?! (Know: PC 6)]

Yeah... I can tell you the name of every song off AC/DC's Back In Black album - [Know PC: Nat 20. Dean is so proud right now.] - but I have... no idea who or what... Trouble Man is.

[ To be honest Steve didn't know Marvin Gaye until Sam so you shouldn't feel bad, Rose. He didn't even know the Beatles for a while. Which is apparently what makes you public enemy number one if you ever tell another living soul. ]

I'll add AC/DC to my list. [ He doesn't have it with him. ] Marvin Gaye. My friend Sam introduced me to it when I was recovering in the hospital after a pretty bad run in with multiple bullets and passing out under water.

See, then you'll have something to talk to Dean about. [Nobody is shocked that Rose's Pop Culture knowledge has been heavily influenced by Dean.

Rose squints at him during that explanation.] And people think I'm a magnet for trouble. [A beat.] You should really start avoiding places that have water of any kind.

Almost dying is kind of my job title back home I think. [ He pauses. ] Most days.

[ He smiles suddenly. ]

I've jumped out of a window twenty floors up. My shield absorbed the damage, but it definitely did smart.

Well now you're just bragging. [Grin widening to show she's teasing.] I still say that shield will only slow you down.

[Yes but not everyone is like you Rose. Not everybody has a ridonculous armor class and can barely get hit by the average enemy.]

It didn't slow me down out there. Came in handy. It acts as a projectile if I can't close the distance fast enough.

[ Hey. Feel free to brag too, Rose. This is an open bragging friendly conversation right here. ]

If you say so. [Eyebrows raised. Sorry Bro. You are never going to convince her that a shield is a good idea. Mostly because she's had Eighteen years of learning that speed is your best weapon against an enemy.

Slayer life.]

But I don't make a habit of jumping from twenty story buildings, so.

[She just. Stabbed a man so hard that her stake went through his chest. Rose isn't feeling the bragging today.]

I don't do it every day. It was a specific jump. My organization I was working for sorta--turned on me. [ HYDRA the cockroach that'll never die. ] So, I wasn't just jumping out of the window for the hell of it.

Sure you weren't. Admit it. You're a thrill seeker. You're not happy unless you're doing death-defying stunts.

[ He's quiet for a moment. Lost in a hazy memory. One centered around a man that he can never place. Never truly glimpse. ]

Ya know a long time ago I would have disagreed. I wanted nothing more than to serve my country, do my part and then settle down. I wanted a family and a life. [ He shrugs. ] I don't know what I'd do now if I couldn't help people.

[Rose considers his words, her drink poised at her lips. As somebody who never imagined a life beyond the one she was living now? She's not sure how to relate to Steve on this. Having a family and settling down had never been part of the equation. That wasn't what you did when you were a Guardian.

She wasn't a Guardian anymore, though.]

Why can't you do both?

It's hard to find someone that accepts that you put yourself on the line every day because it's the right thing to do. Not a lot of people understand that.

[ That and Steve just didn't date. He'd had a few, but it's hard. Not what he knows. Or remembers from Bucky's many dates. ]

There was a part of me that worried that being with me would make them a target. My reputation proceeds me back home.

[There's a wry grin that touches Rose lips, though she holds herself back from saying 'not as hard as you think'.

His words do make her realize just how lucky she is in having Dean though. Not because he's a Hunter, a Knight or whatever label you want to give him. It's because he accepts her for who she is. She'd died and he hadn't tried to talk her out of going on this mission. He hadn't insisted on coming with her. For all she knew he'd been out of his mind with worry and yet he still accepted her choices. She'd never really considered the fact that in doing so, he was rare.

In just the same way? She hadn't been angry at him for making a deal with Lucifer because she accepted him and his choices as well. Maybe not so much the keeping it from her part, but even that she understood now. They were who they were and she didn't want to change him anymore than she liked to think, he didn't want to change her.]

Okay, first of all? You need to get over that, like now. [She might know a thing or two about somebody worrying they'd make you a target.] In my experience? Trouble will come no matter what but having somebody in your life, it doesn't make you weak or them a target. It makes you both better. It's keeping people at arms length that puts them at risk and there are people out there who understand this life. More than that, there's somebody out there who wants to have that life with you. Not just, because, you're doing the right thing but... because they accept who you are, the good, the bad, the scary and they can't imagine any kind of life without you. Even with all that stuff.

[ He doesn't tell her that the part of him that worried about that has long since given up the fight. Because Steve knows this is life now. Fighting the bad things. Doing what needs to be done. He's accepted it. It's just how he's going to live. People are always going to be in danger knowing him. It doesn't really matter. Still he feels a smile grace his lips as Rose reads him the riot act. ]

You're a romantic. [ In a way. Not the traditional one that most people claim, but in her own way he believes she is. Which just makes him smile more because he's pretty sure that Rose's personality is genetically programmed to knee jerk when the word romantic is used. ] It's a nice look on you.

No I'm not. [Shifting in her seat, sounding borderline defensive as he says that.]

I'm just... [A little flustered now apparently because she's going to take another gulp of her drink, draining the glass.]

Today I have been shot. Stabbed. Surrounded by death and the best part of this whole day is going home to somebody who gets it. I live this life because it's the right thing to do but he's the one who makes it worth living.

[She lifts one shoulder in a shrug, still pretending that she's not a romantic when her words kind of suggest otherwise.]

We all need a reason beyond right and wrong.

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