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

[hyperverbose]

[ stepping backwards from her and spreading his hands ] Don't pigeon hole me.

[tasings]

Hey. I'm down with Science.

[ Her hands raised as if to placate him. ]

Just not sure the same can be said of the kids.

[hyperverbose]

I'm more of an engineer than a scientist, per se.

[tasings]

[ Still not sounding worthy of an action figure, but sure.

Takes a lot to impress Darcy okay. You may not know this but ya know. She knows a God. ;) ]

So you build stuff? I can see how that might be marginally more appealing to the younger set.

[hyperverbose]

It was more the whole 'superhero' thing they were into.

[tasings]

Superhero... [ TMW... you're not sure how much Darcy would actually know about the Superhero concept in this world.

Yup. ]

Exactly how does a person go from Engineer, to superhero? Is this a building suspense thing? Cause. I'm friends with a God. I'm not easily impressed.

[ She may be using the term friends broadly. Very. Very broady.

He made her breakfast once it counts. ]

[hyperverbose]

Because what I used to engineer were weapons of impressive mass destruction, until I got myself captured by terrorists who were using one of them, and a piece of shrapnel stuck in my chest, ready to kill me at any moment.

Call it a wake up call.

[tasings]

That'll do it. [ A humorless snort of laughter escaping as she stares at Tony. ]

So... reformed douchebag turns superhero. [ Squinting. ] How? I get the why, obviously but... was it magical shrapnel?

I mean. No offense but, give me a baseball bat and I'm pretty sure I could take you.

[hyperverbose]

[ as he moves over to press some buttons, oh so casually: ] I built a supersuit.

[tasings]

[ .... ]

Like 007?

[hyperverbose]

Not that kind of suit. [ he clicks another button and abruptly some of the floor opens up, and a giant metal case rises up out of it. this is totally fine and was always like this. ]

[tasings]

[ Darcy takes a step back like she legit things guns are about to be trained on her and she's going to get blown to pieces for the twenty questions.

After a moment she turns her head to stare at Tony. ]

Who. Are you?!

[hyperverbose]

[ emperor's new clothes - fallout boy

tony's only response is a tiny smirk as he presses another button and the case suddenly opens with a compression hissing sound revealing the fully mounted mark 46 suit.

abruptly, the eyes suddenly light up, which is shocking in and of itself, but then the individual pieces of the suit fly off from their display and grapple themselves into place on tony's body, one at a time. he barely reels from the impact of any of them, making it very clear that he's accustomed to this, and when the visor locks into place, he turns towards her in his full metal glory, fixing her with those slitted illuminated eyes ]

I'm Iron Man.

[tasings]

[ It's that Will Save 19 that manages to keep her from ducking behind the workbench out of fear of flying objects, though it's hardly enough to keep from starting at the eyes that glow in their display, nor to keep Darcy's mouth from falling as the suit assembles itself around his body.

Even his words don't see her respond right away, the brunette refusing to blink just in case she misses something.

Then without warning, laughter bubbles up and spills past her lips, a near hysterical sound that holds both mirth and wonder. ]

Ho-ly crap! That was awesome! [ A beat. ] I mean the name... could use some work but still! Check you it. You're a regular modern day tin-man.

[hyperverbose]

[ the face plate totally retracts very sharply ] What's wrong with "Iron Man"?

[tasings]

You mean aside from the fact that it's already taken? You know. Those guys running around on the beach in their speedos. Sorta like if Baywatch were a sport?

[hyperverbose]

Pointedly lacking in actual metal, by the way. If anyone deserves the moniker, you're looking at him.

[tasings]

Is it actually made of iron?

[hyperverbose]

Titanium Alloy Man didn't have the same ring.

[tasings]

And Tin Can Man was out because I'm pretty sure Sesame Street has the copyright on that one.

[ Is she done trolling him yet? Never. But she can at least stop stirring him long enough to take a good look at it. ]

So what's it do exactly? Aside from look shiny?

[hyperverbose]

[ with a smirk, he reaches up and activates the helmet again ] Stand back.

[tasings]

[ See, Darcy. This is what you get for bruising a man's ego.

She'll just, take a big step back and - ] Hold on! [ - that large metal tray that may have been used for something important at some stage? It's making for one hell of a shield right now as she tips the contents out onto the nearest table and holds it up to protect her face, just her eyes peeking over the edge. ]

Proceed.

[hyperverbose]

[ what's that over there? something that LOOKS VERY BREAKABLE???? maybe a nice 3d computer screen? tony stark has no respect for property that he feels like he can rebuild better so it's getting blasted and exploding in a shower of impressive sparks (atk 31) ]

[tasings]

EeeEUuUyAaaGH! [ she's sure it was very impressive but the trouble is, it's very hard for her to be impressed at the sight of him blowing up a printer when she's crouched down and trying to protect herself from raining debris.

It does make a very impressive charred, smoking mess, however? ]

Okay. You win, action man. You're very impressive. Just... [ Peering up at him from beneath the tray she's still holding above her head. ] - no more exploding things.

[hyperverbose]

You asked. [ THIS ONE IS ON YOU. he is going to snap his fingers and call out for the wheatley roomba to sweep that shit up.

yes, he has him on 'mute'. ]