knightsoflegend | 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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I'm glad. [ She squeezes Vi's hand because she can't imagine coming through this to the other side and not having her be there anymore. It's a strange feeling, given her misgivings and difficulty accepting Vi into their tight little circle, but now it is impossible for Buffy to imagine it without her. ] ... Speaking of people I'm worried about. Have you talked to Elena much since she got back?

Nope. I mean, she checks in from time to time to FaceTime with Lucia, but they aren't especially long conversations. I did hear roughly half of your conversation with her on the plane though. [ vi has good hearing, but the plane is only so big tbh so she doesn't waste time pretending. ] What's bothering you, B?

I think she's into something bad and hiding it to protect us from whatever it is that she got up to while she was hidden from scrying.

[ whomp there it is. ]

[ well that was straight to the point. ]

I think you're right. And I think secrets are going to fuck us all over like they always do. [ she shrugs helplessly, knowing her answer isn't exactly helpful. ] Maybe she thinks it doesn't matter to the mission or that she's protecting us, but I also think she's not going to tell us until she's good and ready. Especially with how quick to the defensive she is. Even if she doesn't trust us, we're just going to have to trust her.

You make it sound like that's easy to do. [ It's not that she doesn't want to trust Elena: she does. More than anything. But that doesn't make it any easier for her to just swallow whatever weirdness prompted Des to hover around her like he had after the wedding, and it doesn't make it any easier for her to put off the fact that she knows—somehow—Elena is suffering for whatever secrets she's keeping. They're her friends. She doesn't stand by and let things happen to friends well. ]

I know. But I also know that if we push her, we're going to push her right away. When she left I made her promise to be with somebody, anybody, so that she'd at least have backup if she needed it. [ she gives buffy a meaningful look, eyebrows lifted as she seemingly reads buffy's mind re: des. nope, not the only one who was surprised, tbh, but vi has realized there might have been some missing context that she can offer. ] That's all I could ask. Do I want her to stick around more, especially since she was kidnapped by Bad Guy #3 and shielded by Hell? Yeah, it would be great for my stress levels. Is she going to even if I ask? No. Trust me, I spent a week straight just trying to find Elena, I was nice to someone who had fake plants in her office. [ broad description of nice, there. ] I would love to find a way to convince Elena that she can learn and grow and be here at the same time, but it's her life and trying to butt in isn't going to go well for any relationship I want to keep with her.

[ Buffy only grimaces, as though Vi has given shape and form to some nebulous suspicion. She briefly shuts her eyes against it, willing away some image, and then addresses the fair argument she makes. ]

I don't know if I can just accept that—that there's no way to hold onto the relationship I have with her and protect her from whatever she's been dragged into.

I know. But we don't even know what she needs to be protected from. Which I'm sure won't blow up in our faces down the line. [ vi has been done with secrets from day one, she's still done with them. ]

[ reluctant chagrin characterizes Buffy's nod to Vi, which aims for empathy and agreement but comes just shy and looks like despondent unease. She turns her attention forward on the plane, up towards Wynn. ]

I'll head back over in a little while. [ She props her hand on the chair in front of her and stands. ] Let me know if there's anything I can get you for the arm.

Yeah. [ she offers a weak smile, but before buffy can fully leave, she reaches over to grab her hand. ] Don't be too hard on yourself -- you're human.

I can remember a time you would've said I could stand to be harder on myself.

[ she shrugs, accepting buffy's easy call out. ] After almost a year of being tortured by my own guilt? I'm human, too.

[ Buffy nods, seemingly grateful for the perspective Vi offers. ]

I'll keep it in mind.

[ And slips her hand free, turning to make her way up to where Wynn sits ... ]

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