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

they are the worst

[andblockbuster]

That would be so cool though. [wistfully... Okay, yeah anyway.] We should... probably be jamming certain frequencies anyway. Mostly because I think it would be funny if they couldn't, like, sync their fancy spy blue bluetooths for a day.

[stop...]

[spellfile]

Wouldn't be a bad idea, as long as we can isolate theirs from our own. You wanna get on that, or should I?

[andblockbuster]

By all means, I'm not gonna take away all your fun. [Topher starts to unpack his own laptop on the bed.] I've gotta take over their fanciest computers to start gathering up all my data from that girl the Mind Master whammied to see if there's any, y'know, fancy anti-psionic measures we can take.

[spellfile]

Not a bad idea. Too bad Ellison isn't around. She'd be a big help on something like that.

[andblockbuster]

So would literally all the people who've been the most in contact with her and the Literal Rock God. Too bad they're all traitors.

[He hisses between his teeth and pinches the bridge of his freckled nose. Dammit.] I miss Gar. She would be all over this, too. This could help her. I knew it could, but she shut me out, and now she's gone.

[Because Zero really wants to hear Topher's emotional crisis.] Is it me? Am I just naturally repulsive?

[spellfile]

You ever stop to think that maybe it had nothing to do with you?

[andblockbuster]

[way too quickly:] D'you know something I don't? Like... The big why of all that... You know... Traitor stuff.

[God, Topher...]

[spellfile]

I think traitor is a word people are quick to slap on things they don't understand.

[andblockbuster]

So you don't think they're traitors. [Said in the manner of someone having a huge emotional epiphany.] Oh god, I thought I was the only one.

[spellfiles]

Who told you they are, exactly?

[andblockbuster]

Astrid?

[And, okay, a lot of other people who are crazy dramamongers and maybe Solace and Hasmed, but shhh.] Who isn't a reliable source, I know, but it looks like Hasmed and Solace are definitely on that kool-aid too... And probably spiked that kool-aid.

[....] In theory.

[spellfile]

Have you tried asking them instead of going through the Teen Girl Squad?

[andblockbuster]

[.......... Um.]

They're, like, really scary. Like Wynn's intimidating, but in this comfortably paternal kind of way. But, uh... Point taken. [the most awkward of laughs.] I'll remember that.

[AND ANYWAY] Doesn't change the fact that Gar's not here helping us fortify this place.

[spellfile]

No, it doesn't, but bitching about it won't either. They might not be traitors, but they also turned tail and got out of dodge when we could have used them, which is not exactly giving them any brownie points in my book. So we'll make do with what we've got.

[andblockbuster]

Like Skye? [speaking of traitors who aren't technically traitors, who definitely got them this sweet, sweet pad closer to the action that may only be slightly bugged.] Where do you stand on that business, exactly? Because, uh... My emotions are a little biased.

[spellfile]

Near as I can tell it, they were trying to feel out whether to work with us to face up to all this, which is a hell of a lot different than running away from it.

[andblockbuster]

See? I knew you could be logical in the face of my deep, deep emotional manpain. That's why I love our talks.

[But his manpain trench is deep.]

[spellfile]

I don't need you rusting any motherboards with your crocodile tears.

[andblockbuster]

[LINEFACE.] And on that note, I'm gonna go see if I can drum up some snacks so I can rebuild my horde.

[spellfile]

Bring back some Pringles.

[andblockbuster]

[As he's heading out the door.] I'm not an amateur... snack seeker, Zero. There will be Pringles of every flavor.