briefing ♔ the ash, the blood, the bone, the love.

[wynn]

♬ Is This Real? - Lisa Hall

WHO || Faye, Andie, Scout, Solace, Riddick, Nessa [Closed]
WHAT || India Mission Briefing
WHERE || Knights HQ, the Round Table room
WHEN || Monday, May 28th, shortly before 6pm. [BACKDATED]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

Just as before, accessing the secret room where the Round Table is housed requires using the Knight's access card to open the glass class beside the mural of the War in Heaven, located across from the ballroom entrance. Using the fire extinguisher as a lever to activate the "door" mechanism reveals the long torch-lit hall plastered in artworks depicting the Knight's history. The tenants of the Knighthood hang large and foreboding over the doors at the end of the hall, which stand open to reveal the brightly lit Round Table, and the majestic crystalline dragon statue presiding over it.

Come in, find a seat, meet your teammates if you haven't already. Wynn will be with you all shortly.

Comments

[sirsolace]

[ He ignores her ass entirely, which says a lot about how significant he finds her. ]

Our destination is near Khajjiar, India, specifically, a remote temple located in the mountainous region, devoted to an Elven moon goddess.

According to our reports, two moon elves - sisters - have quarantined themselves inside the temple, to complete some sort of ritual that they believe will seal the rips in the Veil that cause incursions from the Shadow World. They've accumulated a rather large following, all of whom have set up camp outside the temple, in order to prevent anyone from entering to disrupt the ritual.

There have, of course, been some such attempts, and the crowds have gotten violent with those attempting to enter.

[burnsbright]

[Scout restrains herself to two questions for now. Later she'll ask him how Khajjiar is spelled so she can look it up.]

Do you know anything else about this... ritual? Has anyone ever been able to actually do anything to the Veil?

[asap]

[Andie actually managed to pay attention through all that! (concentration check: 19)]

I've never been to India. It's supposed to be really pretty.

[sirsolace]

No one has ever so much as deduced how the rips in the Veil function, let alone successfully attempted to seal them.

[reallywicked]

So are we trying to help them or stop them?

And why do we care?

[sirsolace]

Our primary mission is to ensure that these fanatics aren't doing any further injuries to those who would try to stop the ritual.

And to investigate the nature of it. Not everything is always as it appears. Particularly where magic is concerned.

[asap]

So we're like... cops at protests?

[burnsbright]

And where are these reports coming from? Do you have people there?

[sirsolace]

[ he shakes his head ] Televised reports, internet news sites and other media.

[reallywicked]

So... we really have no idea what we're getting ourselves into?

[She looks around at the group.]

Am I the only one who sees the glaring problem here?

[notafraidofthedark]

[Riddick was keenly interested to go on a mission involving magic since he's not really had the opportunity to study it up close since he had arrived. The rapid-fire questions and answers were filed away neatly as he considered all the glorious possibilities of being in India and all the danger that could be found there. The last question does get a smirk out of him though.]

Yep.

[sirsolace]

It's our duty to be the ones to gather further information.

[burnsbright]

[In a word, scouting. She doesn't smile and she's already sitting up straight, but a bit of a light comes to her eyes and it's suddenly decidedly clearer that yes, she is a teenager.]

These particular... moon elves, do you know anything about them, other than they're related?

[sirsolace]

The sisters arrived together from the Shadow World, which is, in itself, quite unusual. They claim to be devotees of Sehanine Moonbow.

[reallywicked]

[Faye shoots Riddick a look.]

No one asked you, Muscles.

[Annnnd back to Solace.]

Not a clue who that Shannon Rainbow is, but it sounds like we're winging it anyway.

So when do we leave?

[lightblindbadass]

[Hmm, so the little kitty liked testing her claws. That just earns a rumbly chuckle out of him as he remains focused on Solace, more than eager to hear the remaining details of their mission.]

Who's Sehanine Moonbow? [Riddick hasn't taken the time to bone up on Shadow World history.]

[sirsolace]

An Elven goddess whose domain is death, mysteries, and dreams. It is believed by many that she presides over the deaths of all mortal creatures, not simply the Elvenkind. But her essence is surrounded by veils of illusion and secrecy, and so it is difficult in any way to define her.