briefing ♔ we'll be the broken lovers with the poison cup

[wynn]

Vampire Smile - Kyla La Grange

WHO || Wynn, Rose, Dean, Ashley, Gus, Elijah [Closed]
WHAT || Carmilla Mission Briefing
WHERE || Round Table Room
WHEN || April 2016 (before Gar's kidnapping)
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.

Comments

[druidisms]

[ boredly, as he fucks with his phone, ] It's not possible. Vampires can't reproduce.

[ofmyword]

Not all of them, no.

[That's how you get tribrids, kids.]

[littledhampir]

[From the look on Rose's face? She's... not used to agreeing with somebody on this subject so she... gapes a second before uselessly adding;]

What he said.

[likedillinger]

[ dean gives elijah a look for a moment at that last comment. ] You're not from this world either?

[ofmyword]

[You're welcome, Rose?? Elijah shakes his head.]

No. It's something of a miracle where I'm from, but it isn't unheard of.

[likedillinger]

[ with a crit fail, his racist ass can't help but snort

world's best boyfriend ] Interesting choice of words.

[littledhampir]

[Even a Nat 20 Will Save isn't going to stop Rose from giving Dean a harsh look like. Please. Stop the words that are coming out of your mouth right now.]

It's fairly common where I'm from. [Still staring at the boyfriend for a long moment before she forces her attention on Elijah.] We have more than one race of Vampire.

[ofmyword]

[A matching Nat 20 is more than enough for Elijah to just quirk his lips at Dean.]

It is what it is. [He turns his attention back to Rose because he's done with you, little boy.] We just have the one, with a few... minor variations.

[littledhampir]

[Rose for her part, at least appears to let it go.]

Variations? [Her own curiosity piqued.] What does that mean?

[likedillinger]

[ dean's all ears too tbh but keeps his smart mouth shut for now ]

[ofmyword]

The original vampires, the lesser vampires they created and the occasional hybrid.

[littledhampir]

[She can reason out what she thinks the first two mean at least.]

Hybrid... [Rose stiffens a little, eyes narrowing.]

And would a Dhampir fall into the Hybrid category?

[bagsthem]

Sounds like there's a whole lot of vampire weirdness going on in this room.

[A beat.]

Just saying.

[littledhampir]

[There appears to be some reply on the tip of her tongue but in the end she simply presses her lips together and sinks back into her chair with her arms folded across her chest, letting the subject alone before she gets herself worked up before the briefing even starts (WS 25).]

[wynn]

Considering I'm sending you off to parley with vampires, it did seem appropriate. [ just sayin'. oh look it's the boss man ]

[druidisms]

Vampires. [ :| gus looks super pleased. jk. ]

[bagsthem]

As in like...have a chat with them?

[...she does not sound like that's likely to go well. <.<]

[ofmyword]

I do hope they're not territorial.

[mostly just amused tbh.]

[littledhampir]

[Fixing her attention on Wynn as he walks in the room, Rose just nods in his direction and keeps her mouth shut for now.]

[wynn]

I'm sending you to seek an address with the Carmilla, head of all the vampire clans in France. We're hoping that she may be able to offer us some insight into who was behind the attack on Sir Dragomir and Sir Rast, who were killed by vampires in Paris last year, a matter never satisfactorily concluded.

[druidisms]

[ if it were possible for gus to look even more done with life, he would. but alas, he already looks like his last fuck went away to war in 1952 and never returned. ]

[littledhampir]

[Rose tenses, her hand curling into a fist but when she opens her mouth to speak, she at least sounds for the most part, unaffected by Wynn's words.]

According to the ones we spoke to, Carmilla is involved with some group of Elders who keep the rest of them in check. They shouldn't be too happy about a couple of rogue Vampires killing for... [Eyes darkening.] Sport, like that.

[wynn]

What we know about the Carmilla is very little, but I have reason to believe that it has become more of a title than a name - passed from one vampire Queen to the next, as a way of preserving an image of untouchability, consistency, something these Elders seem to value. We know that these Elders prefer to live in the most civil manner possible - drinking only from willing victims, avoiding drawing attention to themselves to keep hunters at bay, and that they set the rules by which all the clans of the area agree to live.

Our team in Paris tangled with a group of rogue vampires who refused to follow the Elders' code, were murdering with abandon on the streets of the city. While these were the likeliest suspects for the murder of our Knights, all the vampires who belonged to that group were accounted for, it seems, at the time of their deaths.

There's something we missed. [ he pauses, and looks to ashley ] And I am not the only one concerned about Sir Magnus' abrupt leave of absence. If there's a connection between all of this, I need to know it.

[bagsthem]

So we are officially looking for her too while we're there? Good.

[Her priorities are pretty obvious. Oops. Also she managed to keep the 'finally' from slipping out, somehow. Everyone should be proud.]

[littledhampir]

[Rose's lips press into a grim line at the mere mention of Helen, eyes falling to stare pointedly at a scorch mark on the round table. A reminder of Archer's alcohol fueled - literally - tantrum. Her whole body radiates with tension, as if in response to it.]