open ♔ castle farewell socialization

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WHO || The Knights [ota!]
WHAT || The Knights prepare to depart for America
WHERE || The castle, London
WHEN || Directly after this is announced, Fall 2017
HOW || Actionspam

The acting Heads of the Knighthood - Hasmed and Solace - have made a decision that is not easy for many.  Given the terrible state of everything happening in America, they've decided to relocate operations entirely to the States, and have secured a facility near Las Vegas.  It is certainly possible, with the grim missions that lie before them, that many, or all, of the Knights may never return.  Reactions to the announcement are certain to be strong, but it's time to choose what they will bring with them to their new life - and for some, to decide if it's a journey they can bring themselves to take.

[ This is the social log for anything before the Knights relocate to Las Vegas ]

Comments

[hacker]

[ Oh.




Ouch.

Skye doesn't expect it to hurt as much as it does. She's stricken, feeling hollow and cold for the bluntness of it. Of course he doesn't want to be found. He hadn't left so that she would find him, and she'd betrayed him. How furious had she been when Ward had found her at the castle? ]

Look, I understand if you're angry with me, Alex, with the Knighthood, but this is bigger than all of us. We're talking about gods. What are you gonna do? Just sit back and watch the apocalypse happen?

[ambitionist]

Maybe I am. Maybe I want to go have cocktails in Fiji. [ enjoy a domestic coffee shop au with my internet girlfriend. ] Enjoy the time I have before it all goes to shit. What are you gonna do? You got a god in your back pocket? Because Thor sure as fuck hasn't been taking my calls.

[hacker]

If everyone is going to die, I'd at least like to die knowing I tried to do something about it.

[ She may be a liar and a mole, but at least she has a spine. ]

[ambitionist]

[ alex the nihilist: we're all going to die sooner or later, i will probably die much sooner because of my Tragic Backstory, i really don't care about anything or anyone else
the soft rice grain-sized marshmallow at his center: you can do better and u know it asshole. think of your (actual and found family) sisters. think of piffy. think of the cat you adopted at some point that wanders into the living room because nobody has paid attention to it for at least five minutes. oreo the cat is probably the most important reason to be alive and save the world: fact.

he relents a little. five percent of a relent. ]

I'm hearing a whole lot of "we're gonna do something" from everybody and not a whole lot of what "something" actually is. It's like "we're gonna do something" is the new "thoughts and prayers."

[hacker]

That's why we need all hands on deck. SHIELD, Hellsing, the Knights of the Silver Dragon, everybody. This is everyone's war. Keijen Blade might be some kind of shadowkind hell-god, but he's not the only shadowkind god. We just need to pool our resources and figure out what we really know about what he's doing.

[ That's step one. Rallying the troops is step one. Running away with tail between legs is step zero. ]

[ambitionist]

So we're looking to summon some other shadowkind god to beat him? Sure. Okay. That's the only way you're gonna get anywhere. 'Cause I've been in the middle of that shit before. [ he holds his hand up to share a pale scar through the palm of his hand. just being stabbed by loki things. ] Didn't have a great time.

[hacker]

No, I'm not saying we're looking to anything, I'm saying we have options. It's not hopeless, Alex.

[ambitionist]

Whatever it is, I'm not going back. I didn't sign up for whatever the Knighthood is now.

[ believe it or not, she is making headway. he hasn't shown her the door yet, so that's something. ]

[hacker]

Then don't sign up for the Knighthood. Sign up with SHIELD.

[ He won't be the first criminal in their ranks. ]

[ambitionist]

[ he leans back against the couch. this is his Considering face. when you're a survivalist but you were also kind of sold on having a coffee shop au with your girlfriend if everyone only had a few months left to live anyway. it's gonna take a lot for him to leave his coffee shop au. ]

Gonna need a better sales pitch than that.

[hacker]

SHIELD probably has information on your old mob buddies. We could protect you from whatever hit they probably want to put on you. We could probably even help you take them down, if we live long enough.

[ambitionist]

[ he squints a little. the gears are turning. imagine a world where the mob wasn't after him and he could just go back to new york and live a normal fuckin life?? ? ?

well, that was impossible, probably. normal wasn't a thing within the realm of possibility for him anymore. one doesn't simply retire from weird ass organizations like this. and it was all contingent on staying alive. but still. it would be nice to be able to go home, even if just for a little while. not constantly look over his shoulder. he was so busy looking for witness protection he never considered the idea of not needing protection in the first place. 🐸 ]

Can you actually tell me about SHIELD? I want the mission statement, the whole thing. I'm not signing up for a pyramid scheme.

[ it's teasing — he does not actually think shield is a pyramid scheme. ]

[hacker]

Well, if I recruit you, and you recruit two more agents ...

[ She affixes him with a look. Skye holds up her hands. ]

What do you want to hear? We're an ex-government organization that's dedicated to the protection and preservation of the Earth from Shadowkind and non-terrestrial threats. Just like the Knighthood. It also means, more often than not, intervening on behalf of Shadowkind themselves. Most threats are just ... people who need help.

When SHIELD went bad it was because it had been sabotaged from the inside. Corrupted. So we're off-grid now, but all those things in the papers about us, they were never true. The real SHIELD isn't like that.

[ambitionist]

[ he makes a look back. it's a siblings mood. ]

That. [ he sighs, begrudging. can't even take a break to enjoy his coffee shop au for one whole day. just when he thought he was out they keep pulling him back in, etc. ]

So, all right. Okay. Let's say I agree to this. Then what? Where do I go? What happens?

[hacker]

Well, it used to be you'd go to the Academy, but ... the Hub's kind of ... gone.

[ RIP. ]

So, uh, you come with me, I guess, and you meet the boss. Base location's a secret, though. I can't just tell you.

[ambitionist]

[ makes sense. he did have to travel in a car blindfolded to get to the castle. it's like all these organizations are literally exactly the same. it's like shopping at target instead of walmart only target is buying out walmart too so what's the point of anything. ]

Do I get a day or two? I've got loose ends to tie up.

[ he kind of glances around like ... u know... telling my girlfriend goodbye. and not mysteriously ghosting out of her apartment while she went out for starbucks. ]

[hacker]

Are you—

[ Skye looks around. ]

... Are you living with someone?

[ Like, knowing this was someone else's apartment and acknowledging that it is a meaningful relationship that he has to put on hold are two different things. ]

[ambitionist]

[ flatly: ] No, I killed the person who used to live here. This is my apartment now. If I don't get rid of the body soon, the neighbors will notice the smell. [ he waits a full beat before ] What do you think?

[hacker]

There's a difference between staying over and moving in.

[ She gets up off the couch and decides to start nosing around, really looking at the place. ]

I didn't even know you were seeing anyone.

[ambitionist]

Yeah, well, unlike most of our esteemed colleagues, I like to keep my work and my personal life separate. [ he gets up with her, possibly to preempt any nosing? but he doesn't actually move. ] Don't touch anything. I don't even wanna touch anything.

[hacker]

Is he a witch or a thirteen-year-old with a platinum Hot Topic credit card?

[ She's definitely nosing, but not touching. ]

I don't even know your type beyond just ... 'Peter.'

[ambitionist]

She. And an alchemist, but the Hot Topic aesthetic is kind of her thing.

[ he says it with fondness. gay. ]

"My type" is a surprisingly broad category.

[hacker]

Careful. You'll hurt my feelings.

[ But she's heading into the kitchen now that he dropped 'alchemist.' ]

[ambitionist]

[ he follows after her, now with more low-key "please don't touch any of piffy's stuff jesus fuckin christ" energy. ]

What, feeling left out?

[hacker]

You're the one saying everyone's your type.

[ Those are the facts. She inventories the ingredients she can see and opens some cabinets and the fridge. ]