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]

[ gus doesn't care so he's outtie, mellie trundling after him. gonna go find his wife. ]

[ofmyword]

[Elijah's out too. See you youngins in a couple days.]

[likedillinger]

[ he honestly looks like that's the last thing he expected to hear, as if he didn't think that would ever happen at this point, or at least not while helen is gone. and it seems to take him off guard even though he's waited for it so long, like now that it's here, he's not sure what to say. ]

... Seriously? [ wynn looks pretty srs dean ] Uh. Sure. [ he glances at rose, before he looks back at him ] I'll... let you know.

[littledhampir]

[Rose knows better than to expect an immediate answer from Dean okay. She does however, flash Wynn a small smile of gratitude before moving to stand up.]

Thank you. [Not entirely meant in relation to promoting Dean but ya know. That's there, too.

She of course has... things to say but she also knows better than to do so within earshot of anyone else so she'll just start moving towards the exit before finally speaking up.]

Managed to pick your jaw up off the floor yet? [Throwing a wry grin in his direction. Rose, for her part? The least surprised by this turn of events to be honest. Helen or no Helen.]

I LOST THIS TOO

[likedillinger]

I was startin' to think this day was never gonna come.

<3 Sokay bb

[littledhampir]

Does that mean you're happy about the offer?

[likedillinger]

[ awk...ward ] Guess it's nice to know somebody thinks I'm Knight material.

[ a beat ] Somebody else. I always knew you had my back.

[littledhampir]

[Nice save Winchester, though she understood that much already.]

Did you really think they were going to say, thanks but no thanks?

[There's no trace of teasing in her voice. Just a sincere desire to know what he's thinking. The sad part is that she wouldn't be surprised if he said yes. Sad, but not surprised.]

[likedillinger]

[ ... maybe ] It's not like everybody here's fond of the way I do things.

[littledhampir]

They're probably the same people who don't actually know you. [And from her tone, she doesn't put match stock in their opinion.]

[likedillinger]

Alright correction: I wasn't sure Helen was fond of the way I do things.

[littledhampir]

[She looks at Dean for a long moment. Struggling to keep the tension from her voice as she points out;]

Not sure Helen is really in a position to be judging anyone. [But it's not about Helen and that thought sees Rose back up a little.]

You deserve this... It's just a question of whether you want it or not.

[likedillinger]

Feels a lot different than signing on to be a squire and being able to keep one foot out the door.

I've never really been a part of anything like this before. [ it's a great metaphor. for how he's also never been with anyone this long, rose. weird. ]

[littledhampir]

[Hahahha haha ahhh. Crit Fails can be awful okay.

Rose pulls up, footsteps faltering as the smile she'd worn on her features drops away. Replaced by an uneasy mask that does little to conceal the worry that stirs in her eyes.]

One foot out the door... [Caution making her words sound strained.] I can see how you might... prefer that.

[likedillinger]

Maybe.

Maybe it's more... I wasn't sure I was wired for anything else.

[littledhampir]

[Rose nods slowly, picking at some invisible thread on the hem of her hoodie before chancing a look in Dean's direction.]

And now? [Nobody here actually thinks they're talking about the Knights, do they?]

[likedillinger]

[ well... he does. with his amazing crit fail. ] It's different.

[ he glances at her, although it's impossible not to see the conflict in his eyes ] Being grounded somewhere. Can't say I don't like it, either, because it sure as hell beats crappy hotels and microwave dinners.

It's just every time I try to think ahead to getting old and going gray here... [ he shakes his head ] I still can't wrap my head around it.

[littledhampir]

[She holds her breath, as if that will help her to keep her face schooled to neutral but there's still a tension in her features and shoulders as she tries and... mostly fails not to read too much into his words.]

Do you ever... think about the future at all?

[likedillinger]

Sometimes.

Usually though, it's more thinking about what might go wrong.

[littledhampir]

[Her will saves continue to suck pretty hard as something like guilt twists her features.]

Guess I can't really blame you there...

[likedillinger]

I didn't mean-- [ he sees that guilt and frowns, finally realizing that they might not be on the same wavelength here ]

It just feels like I've spent my whole life runnin', even more so since everything that happened back then. [ the way his features darken makes it clear what part of his life he's referring to ] Like if I stop, the darkness is gonna catch up and swallow everything I happen to be standing next to.

But I'm tired of it. Living that way, it wears you down, makes it so there's not a lot that feels real.

[littledhampir]

[Uncertainty settles across her features, Rose unsure of his words as much as her own but she takes the time to consider them. To give weight to their meaning before finding her voice again.]

Then stop. [She makes it sound so simple, as if he could just make that decision here and now and it would all work out.] Not for me, not for Sam or the Knights. Stop because it's what you want... If it is what you want? But you can't make choices based on what might go wrong... you do that and you might as well throw the towel in right now cause they win, and they don't even have to lift a finger to do it.

[likedillinger]

[ he just studies her for a second, before smirking a bit ] You're pretty damn smart, you know that?

[littledhampir]

[It takes a second for the smile to tease its way onto her lips, her shoulder brushing against his as she briefly leans into him.]

Don't know if I'd go that far. [A low chuckle escaping.]

[likedillinger]

I won't tell, don't worry.