SEOUL ♔ NOW THE SUN IS UP AND I'M GOING BLIND

[hacker]

delilah - florence + the machine

WHO || Anastasia, Jeanne, Doyle, Skye, Ward, Abbie
WHAT || The Knights are assigned to protect South Korea's President-Elect from assassination attempts.
WHERE || Seoul, South Korea
WHEN || End of April, 2016
HOW || Actionspam

Four days after the briefing, President Kim sends a plane for the team of Knights dispatched by Wynn, and their flight to Seoul—what could have been a grueling 12-hour affair—is spent in the most comfort that can be afforded by a highly regarded politician. The seats are roomy, the staff is attentive, and no one shouts at them to return to their seats.

They're put up in a hotel near the Blue House, the seat of the executive powers of South Korea, where the President-Elect has asked to meet them to go over the security plans for the inauguration.

Comments

[silvermaid]

Was there a lot of talk about trying to prevent it?

[hacker]

[ While the chef happily orders Abbie onto the next task — one more difficult, as though trying to muster a reason to kick her out of the kitchen — the dishwasher nodded. "There was a huge backlash when she started running. People said a lot of ugly things during the election, and for a while, it looked like it was just going to make things worse for us." ]

[leftenants]

[Abbie sets herself to work immediately, attempting to steal a glance in Ana's direction to see if she's still chatting (Spot 22). If she can keep the chef's attention on her, it could buy Ana a little more time to talk.]

Where did you and your kitchen crew work before you came here?

[silvermaid]

[ she nods, having expected as much, but still hating the thought of how even the promise of progress had to bring a new edge of fear with it. ] Were there any of those voices that were louder than the rest?

[hacker]

[ In response to Ana's question, he nodded. Glanced around and met Abbie's eyes briefly, and thus dropped his voice. "There's this big Anti-Shadowkind group in the conservative party. They thought they were going to win until President Kim started running."

The chef shook her head. "Too many questions." She took the cutting board from Abbie. "Time to go." ]

[leftenants]

[Great. Abbie puts both her hands up, apologetic.]

Didn't mean to offend.

[heavensend]

[ noting the motion from abbie, ana tries to get in one last question: ]

Did they have a name? This group?

[hacker]

[ "People call them the Reservationists because they're purists, people who want shadowkind not to mingle with humans." He shrugged. "I think they just call themselves party members, though. They have lots of power here; they have nothing to fear from saying such things, so everyone becomes willing to say them." ]

[silvermaid]

[ she takes mental note of the name, and nods, glancing over again and then giving him a grateful smile ] Anyway, I don't want to get you in any trouble. Thank you. It was very lovely to meet you.

[hacker]

[ he nods quickly and turns away from her to go back to work. ]

[leftenants]

[Abbie moves to reconvene with Ana by the door, grimacing. What she did learn will hopefully be useful, but she's interested to know if Ana found something more.]

[silvermaid]

[ she falls into step by her, waiting until they're in the hall to talk ] I suppose it's not surprising that there's a movement to oppose the President-Elect within the government itself, a conservative group called the Reservationists.

[leftenants]

[She's right, that doesn't come as much of a surprise.]

We knew she wasn't popular with everyone. Hadn't given much thought about an inside job, though. Apparently, the entire house staff came in with the President-Elect. No leftovers from the last administration.