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

[gwenbloodycooper]

[ If that revelation surprises or bothers her, it doesn't show on her face. Just a slight narrowing of her eyes as he turns the tables on her. ]

What I think is that I don't know you or your organisation, Director. I do know there are people that are terrified of being here because of what you might do to them and I'd like to be able to go back and tell them, it's fine. I really would.

[ For just a moment it's there, the truth in those words. That she honestly does want them to be the 'good guys' they supposedly are but she doesn't trust the words of those insisting, not now. Not under the current regime of the Knights. ]

But I can't... because I don't know.

[ ... cue inappropriate Tony comment as they prod at each other like he's not even there tbh. ]

1/2

[hyperverbose]

Spies and full transparency. Sort of an oil and water situation.

[refurbished]

[ ignoring that, tony ]

We're not looking to leave anyone in a state of concern over our intentions, Sir Cooper, but I'm also not sure what we can offer you that would put them at ease.

[gwenbloodycooper]

You could start by being clear on what your intentions even are. Or would that be one of those oil and water situations?

1/2

[refurbished]

Our intentions are exactly as stated. We want to put a stop to Blade and help protect this world for all its innocent citizens.

[hyperverbose]

He might be telling the truth on that. Once upon a time, SHIELD's net was a little wider and much more on the sinister end, I hear, but as long as I've known Phil, he's been on the up and up.

[gwenbloodycooper]

[ Who'd have thought that Tony would be the one to sway Gwen in the direction of at least considering being open to trusting Coulson. So many qualifiers there.

It's also Tony who she looks at for a long moment, a question in her eyes but the pursing of her lips suggests she's going to swallow it for now. ]

Does he get the final say on what S.H.I.E.L.D. do?

[ Her gaze swiveling back to Coulson. ]

[refurbished]

That comes with being the Director. We're aware of what S.H.I.E.L.D has been in the past. But that's not who we are. I'm determined to keep it that way.

[gwenbloodycooper]

Does that mean you're done spying on us as well then?

[ The whole spying business was never going to sit well with Gwen on a good day but now that she's seen how personal it was for Malina? ]

Or are you only done with some of the past?

[refurbished]

I'm not going to insult you by defining what an intelligence agency is, Sir Cooper. Let's just say, we'll try to point our bugs in the right direction.

[gwenbloodycooper]

[ She doesn't look in the least bit surprised. ]

Interagency cooperation at it's finest. [ Thanks Solace and Hasmed. Thank you. So much.

And because she imagines he has about as much to say to her as she does him after that lovely conversation, Gwen's just going to walk off and leave Coulson and Tony to it. ]