open ♔ shield base arrival // knights socialization

[refurbished]

bloody city - sam tinnesz

WHO || The Knights & agents of SHIELD
WHAT || The Knights arrive at the Las Vegas facility...
WHERE || SHIELD HQ (The Harbor), a desert location near Las Vegas, NV
WHEN || March 2018
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 vaguely near Las Vegas: agreeing to work alongside the S.H.I.E.L.D. organization to find a way to take down Blade. 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.

Most of the facility is underground, and the Knights are each granted badges that will act as keycards to get them into the barracks area that has been sequestered for them in its own building (called the Enclave), as well as to access the other rooms that are open to their use. It is more or less similar to this, but scaled up in size to account for the larger numbers of people housed on base. There are separate buildings on the base compound for the agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. (The Sanctuary) and for those members of Hellsing (The Bulwark) who have relocated as well. The entire compound itself is referred to collectively as "The Harbor". Peter Fargason will continue to run training drills daily, attempting to mold the Knights into a more efficient combat unit, and Hasmed, Solace, Koraith, Dovan, and Lis'sa will continue to assign missions to members of the Knighthood, ostensibly aimed towards slowing the tide of monsters and evil doers heading to Los Angeles and protecting Shadowkind in America from the "war on Shadowkind" being waged by the American government, as non-humans are being rounded up as potential threats to the country. Hasmed and Solace have assumed joint leadership of the Knighthood, and appointed no Dragon's Claw to replace either the deceased Sir Bancroft or the now gone rogue Sir Chessing.

Gone is the eclectic decor of the castle rooms, replaced by a much more uniform look to each assigned barracks, which, unfortunately, sleep two to a room because of restraints on space. Feel free to sign up for a roommate on the thread on this post. In fact, everything here is much more polished, state of the art, and modern, which is a jarring change from the castle. How well people adjust may depend on quite a few factors... but for now, they are free to attempt settling in.

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

On this post:

Roommate Assignments
Roomie Sign-Up
Phil Coulson | Welcome
Skye | Tech support, Bulwark, Research, Apologies
Gwen | Enclave public areas, Training w/Hellsing, Wildcard
Kenzi | Enclave, Training, Wildcard
Darcy | Bio Engineering & Research, Wildcard
Avaleen | OTA
Sawyer | Enclave, Wildcard
Frankie | Hangar, Technology Room, Have a Beer, Wildcard
Topher | Technology Room, Wildcard
Malina | Scenarios
Rosario | Scenarios
Paige | Training w/Hellsing, the Track, Wildcard
Kali | Training, Elsewhere
Caroline | Training, Common Rooms
Andrew | Technology Room, Rec Room
Barry | Training Room, Various
Cora | Outside, Training, Hangar
Jane | Technology Room, Laboratory, Research, Training
Dimitri | Training
Bo | Training
Lois | Training Room, Common Areas, Various
David L. | Training Room, Various
Kate | Shooting Range, Rec Area
Sweets | In Session
Lila | Shooting Range, Kitchen, Rec Room, Outside
Rory | Training Sessions
Laurel | Various
Hasmed | Various
Toby | Kitchen, Outside
Sark | Training, Wildcard
Integra (w/Alucard) | Training
Edain | Various + closed to Ella
Carol | Training, Hangar, Rec Room
Deadpool | All your Base, Vegas baby!!
Cordelia | Rec Room
Jordan | Enclave various
Ward | Daily routine
Thea | Various
Riggs | Enclave
Jo | Lost
Tony | Sanctuary (w/Coulson), Enclave lab, various

Comments

dimitri belikov | ota

[likeagod]

[Dimitri's main haunt is going to be any of the exercises or training areas. He seems to have gotten even more fit since leaving London, and has done plenty of training of squires while he's been gone, so he's more than happy to help those who have less experience with these kinds of drills.

Or you can just stare at the 6'7" creature of pure muscle.]

[morethanasidekick]

[ Option B it is.

Were you expecting her to say something? She's still stuck in the staring portion of this encounter.

Will the shirt be coming off any time soon because if so, she's more than happy to pull up a chair. Get some snacks. Sell tickets? ]

How are you even real? [ What?! Fair question, okay. ]

[likeagod]

[Okay, so it's not the first time this has probably happened to him. It's probably also the reason he always keeps his shirt on.

Even if that shirt is just a thin, black tank.]

I don't know. Are you?

[His eyebrows raise ever so slightly, the rest of his face perfectly calm.]

[morethanasidekick]

[ It's fine. She has an excellent imagination. ]

Debatable. [ Not skipping a beat as she enjoys the view for a moment longer before seeking out his face.

Give her a minute okay you're a whole foot and a half taller than her. ]

I mean this place does kinda scream black site. You know the kind where they erase your existence.

[likeagod]

[He cracks the slightest smile at that, though he grows somber again at her observation.]

It's the antithesis of where we came from. This place is devoid of anything that would make it feel alive.

[He highly dislikes it.]

[morethanasidekick]

[ Seriously. They don't even have a bar. ]

Antithesis. [ Repeating his word choice... Russian accent and all.

What, it sounds cool when he says it. ]

Including the company. [ Have you seen Alucard?! ]

[likeagod]

[He picks up what she's laying down.]

That creature is the closest thing I've seen to a Strigoi since I fell through the Veil.

[If he isn't actually one. Dimitri wonders if he might be something worse.]

[generaldavideus]

[The room of David and Dimitri is a lot of silence for the most part, as the two of them generally just do their own thing, but while they're unpacking, Dimitri can watch as David just unloads ... a crap ton of weapons including a very old broadsword that he sets in his scabbard somewhere within arm's reach.]

So you were up in Russia?

[likeagod]

[Dimitri seems completely at ease with the weapons, even if the only one he seems to ever have on him is a simple, silver stake.

He looks up and over at the other man, nodding.]

Yes, for the last few years. I visited a time or two, but otherwise, I've been there since I left London.

[generaldavideus]

[He nods, shifting to sit on the edge of his bed.]

I haven't been back to Russia in years - not since the whole Loki mess.

[likeagod]

Luckily, it tends not to change much.

[There's the slightest of grins before it quickly vanishes.]

I did miss London at times, though.

[generaldavideus]

Did you ever drop in to visit?

[David's never worked anywhere aside from the main headquarters, so he doesn't know how much freedom of movement they have.]

[likeagod]

A few times. I came after the attack on the Castle.

[Where Rose had died. He remembered sitting in on that rez all too well.]

I have my responsibilities though, just as everyone does.

[silverguardian]

[ there's a blonde elf with equally l'oreal hair over here also doing some amazing training moves in the group room. when she's done going through forms, she'll wipe the sweat off her brow and make her way over, while she racks her sword ]

You do good work out there. Helping the young ones.

[likeagod]

That's kind of you.

[He'd seen her doing her own training, and his practiced eye could easily pick out that she was experienced. Impressive, even.]

I'm concerned about them. This isn't likely to be easy on the less battle-tested.

[silverguardian]

Even the things we did before seldom were. You're right to impress it on them.

[likeagod]

I have a feeling this will be unlike anything the majority of us have seen.

[silverguardian]

Do you include yourself in that majority?

[likeagod]

I'm quite certain that I am, actually.

[He's a realist, at least.]

[bittersweeter]

Welcome back, Russia.

[ he came back before lila did but that clearly has no effect on her greeting as she leans against the door of his and david's room. her two favorite action hero guys. ]

Privet

[likeagod]

[He's not necessarily shocked to see her standing in his doorway, but he is pleasantly surprised.]

Ah Lilya, come in.

[He gestures her inside.]

It's been a long time.

[bittersweeter]

Well, I wanted to speak Russian, not move there.

[ she slips inside easily, perching on david's bed like she owns the place. ]

[likeagod]

[He grins.]

It is a bit colder than London, I'll admit. Not a bad place to vacation, however. Though you've never seemed very keen on taking them.

[bittersweeter]

Yeah, well, I had unfinished business I needed to settle before I could relax.

[ and then hell happened and she finally had an opportunity to leave and all that happened was disappointing eric and probably her husband but oh well. ]

If I don't die I promise I'll visit the motherland.

[likeagod]

I understand.

[After all, he hadn't exactly taken many vacations himself. What is relaxing?]

I'm going to hold you to that.