briefing ♔ i'm so far ahead of the lines you've be drawing in the sand

[wynn]

WHO || Wynn, Lila, Astrid, Faye, Topher, Zero [Closed]
WHAT || One Mission Briefing
WHERE || Round Table Room
WHEN || Mid-March, 2016
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

Just as before, accessing the secret room where the Round Table is housed requires using the Knight's keycard to open the glass case beside the mural of the War in Heaven, located across from the ballroom entrance. Using the fire extinguisher as a lever to activate the "door" mechanism reveals the long torch-lit hall plastered in artwork depicting the Knight's history. The tenants of the Knighthood hang large and foreboding over the doors at the end of the hall, which stand open to reveal the brightly lit Round Table, and the majestic crystalline dragon statue presiding over it.

Come in, find a seat, meet your teammates if you haven't already somehow... But most of these people know each other.  Wynn is already here with Zero, who is hunched over a laptop, when the others arrive.

Comments

[reallywicked]

Don't sound so grateful. You might hurt yourself.

[andblockbuster]

Different kinds of geniuses, Astrid. [Meanwhile, Topher looks pained, and doesn't seem to be that concerned that Zero doesn't want his help.]

[bittersweeter]

[ lila makes a hrmph noise. she loves astrid, but she's not sure she wants to be on a mission with her considering how astrid feels about her curse work. topher's just... she can put him to sleep if he annoys her. he doesn't matter. ]

I would have dragged Faye along anyway. I think Wynn's figured that out by now. [ especially if it was another unsanctioned mission, which lila is so good at. :) ] Although I'm a little concerned with the idea of sending my part-robot best friend against someone who can effectively control technology.

[ her eyes lift. LOOKING AT U, WYNN. just sayin'. ]

[pathology]

You think someone is going to hack into Faye's nervous system? [like srsly?]

[andblockbuster]

Pretty sure I can prevent that. [Casually, as he glances over at Wynn like he expects him to dole out some Adelle DeWitt harshness because of Lila's MOUTH. Jesus Christ.] Might be why I'm here. Just gonna trust the boss man on this one.

[wynn]

It's been considered, but Sir Hughes is certain that we can not only protect her, but that she may prove particularly useful in this endeavor.

It seems we might have nailed down his location. Problematically, we expect him to have GLaDOS with him.

[pathology]

[ugh not that fuckin bitch again.]

I'm going to go on record as saying that we only brought GLaDOS home because we needed help carrying home our petrified teammate.

[yes astrid. thank you. that was very important.]

[andblockbuster]

[stewie griffin headtilt.gif]

...Does that happen often?

[bittersweeter]

Where is his location?

[spellfile]

He never left London. I'm not surprised.

He's expecting me.

[andblockbuster]

[blink] He could maybe try to be less of a clingy stereotype.

[bittersweeter]

[ lila rolls her eyes, lips pursed. ] Of course he didn't. What's the plan?

[spellfile]

We give him what he thinks he wants. I show up.

[ he glances at faye ] But I've got an idea in mind that I'd need you on board for. It's risky, but ... anything's gonna be.

[bittersweeter]

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[reallywicked]

[Faye's eyebrows lift as Zero addresses her directly. For the most part, her weird run in with a spell gone wrong hasn't impacted her day to day life. She has flashlight eyes, but...she forgets about it 95% of the time.]

I may not be a genius, but I'm not agreeing to anything until you tell me what it actually is.

[spellfile]

Lila's right, that if we bring you along, he's gonna try to take advantage of it.

He hacks into you... we can have a virus waiting for him, something that'll shut him down so we can move in.

[reallywicked]

You want to use me as bait..

[It's not a question. And she doesn't look thrilled at all.]

[spellfile]

I want to use you to screw the guy over.

No one's gonna make you agree to it. We brought you here to ask you. It's your call.

Otherwise, we'll go without her.

[andblockbuster]

[Topher, for all his negative wisdom, ACTUALLY KEEPS HIS MOUTH SHUT, but he has the wide eyed look of someone who is probably way too excited about putting a latent computer virus into someone's brain.]

[bittersweeter]

You don't have to do this. He's ridiculously skilled -- he's put Zero over here into a trance twice, shut down most of the castle defenses when it was attacked, and he almost sent the entire London Eye and everyone riding it into the Thames where, if they'd survived the G forces he was sending it to, they would have drowned in their little pods. It took Zero and Skye to kick him out of Drakenet. [ she doesn't really mean to throw zero under the bus, but this is her best friend, she's going to give faye all the information before she makes a decision. ]

[spellfile]

And he's got no scruples, and thinks that makes him better than everybody else.

That's part of what I'm banking on here, actually. He thinks I won't play dirty, won't risk somebody else to take him down.

But the way I hear it, you've got balls of brass, so I figured it's worth asking.

[reallywicked]

[Faye is quiet, letting Lila and Zero fill her in on the rest. Her eyes shift from one of them to the other. She's one of the most impulsive people in the whole castle, but this? This she's thinking about.

Maybe that's part of growing up.]

Alright. [She says the word quieter, a nod following.] Alright, yeah- I'll do it.

[spellfile]

Great. Then the kid here and I will cook it up and map whatever programming is swimming around in there before we head out.

[andblockbuster]

[with awestruck glee] This is the greatest day of my life.

[ALL THOSE YEARS OF MOCKERY AND NOW HE'S IN A ROOM WITH A GUY WHO'S LIKE

WHY NOT JUST PUT A COMPUTER VIRUS IN HER BRAIN.]

[bittersweeter]

What's the rest of the plan? [ she's ignoring topher like he's trash. ] Assuming this gambit actually works.