briefing ♔ i can feel your breath | i can feel my death

[sirsolace]

WHO || Solace, Riggs, Feste, Ella, Rory, Edain [Closed]
WHAT || Colorado briefing
WHERE || The Enclave Briefing Room
WHEN || Summer, 2018
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

The Enclave houses a room for Knights briefings, although it requires nothing more than a simple slide of the keycard to enter - lacking some of the pageantry of the castle, certainly. Instead of the ancient table and giant, impressive crystal dragon statue, they are faced with a simple set of office furniture, that, while probably more comfortable, seems to drive home their displacement. Still, the room hosts some impressive technology, closer to what the Knights' downtown London briefing room had to offer, complete with a holoscreen.

A message is set out to several Knights that a briefing awaits... And Sir Solace stands ready to deliver the assignment. Edain sits at the table, his feet up on the chair beside him, and his sword leaning against the table.

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[oftheband]

Now yer gettin' it.

[mr_manners]

[And in the middle of this exchange, in walks Rory Williams, looking slightly awkward in his first on screen mission briefing, and he moves to settle into the seat before giving a small wave, with a nod to Edain.]

Edain.

[Very British, very Rory, but he turns to Ella with a smile after that.]

Rory Williams. Dragon's Light.

[Because ... how else is he going to introduce himself honestly.]

[oftheband]

Gonna show me up again, Williams?

[cowboy]

[For the most part, Riggs is pretty exhausted. To say that he hasn't been sleeping well since everything started to change is putting it mildly. It's not even that he likes stability, because he's the first to opt to just check out and go with the flow. It's just the unknown that is starting to get to him. Not knowing if he should just quit the public part of his job or keep using up those paid vacation hours. He's pretty sure he's nearly out of them, though.

Having something productive to focus on, he hopes, will help.

He enters the briefing room, an energy drink can in one hand with a small bag of salted nuts tucked between fingers. It's mostly empty, but he's not one to waste food.

He offers a brief wave to the others in the room, before shuffling toward an open seat.]

Riggs.

[mr_manners]

[Rory waves in return.]

Rory.

[Because he also doesn't know him, and then back to Edain with a smirk.]

We'll see. Hopefully we'll be fighting something else this time, and not each other.

[Though that something else could also make them fight each other, you never know.]

[thrustuponthem]

[Feste isn't too late, just about five minutes, but they still slide a Dunkins box onto the table as they sling themself into their chair.]

Hope I didn't hold things up too much. I brought sugary goodness, so donut be too upset.

[sirsolace]

You are quite on time, Sir Feste. Thank you. I'll make this brief. We've been called upon to investigate a string of disappearances happening in Colorado. There is some concern from the locals that it might be the fault of Shadow creatures, as there have been sightings of all sorts of beasts heading west towards the former Los Angeles region. These seem to be situated specifically in a forest region, popular with hikers and sightseers. There seems to be no clear connection between those who have gone missing.

[cowboy]

[Oooh, donuts. Riggs doesn't care about any stereotypes, he's grabbing a donut and taking a bite before asking a few questions.]

How many is a string?

[sirsolace]

They're up to seven now, certainly cause for concern. One was a family of three. Another, a couple camping. The other two were individual cases.

[mr_manners]

Were there any indication of what kinds of beasts they might be? Were they all similar types of beast or ... a wide collection to choose from?

[sirsolace]

Quite a variety, similar to reports we've been hearing across the country, really.

[mr_manners]

Great.

[He was hoping that would be much easier.]

Guess there will be a wide range of creatures to learn about.

[He's trying to look on the bright side, but there's a silent "... as they try to murder us" on the end of that.]

[oftheband]

Most of 'em bleed if you stab 'em right.

[sorceresslite]

Maybe it'll just be a wee bear... or loads of wee bears.

[sirsolace]

We can only hope that is something so benign. Sir Williams - I'd like for you to take point on this one.

[mr_manners]

[The surprised "ME!?" that is threatening to escape doesn't (will save 26). But he does look a little deer in the headlights as he swallows and nods.]

Me. Right. Brilliant.

[A small ... awkward salute.]

I won't let you down.

[oftheband]

[ it's alright, edain handles it ] Him?

[mr_manners]

[Well, okay then.]

Thanks for the vote of confidence.