TRAVEL ♔ you've got to promise not to stop when I say when

[bancroft]

♬ Everlong - Foo Fighters

WHO || Thomas Bancroft, Gar, Kat, Dumage, Mark, Myri, Buffy, Finnick, Spike, Rafael, Des?
WHAT || The Knights return to New Orleans (Flight + Reunions @ hotel/airport)
WHERE || Flight to New Orleans > Airport in New Orleans > Hotel in New Orleans
WHEN || Friday Oct 12th (Forward dated!)
HOW || Actionspam

[This log is for any in-flight interactions on the Knight's private plane ride to the mission site. Feel free to make your own threads/threadjack, etc. The flight time is approx nine hours. Get to know your teammates, talk about the mission, ask questions, etc. etc.

Rafael will be meeting the Knight at the New Orlean airport, and Des is welcome to reconnoiter with the Knights back at the hotel!  Feel free to do threads for grabbing rooming buddies, etc. ] ]

Comments

[witchwoman]

[She ducks her head, hiding a smile.]

You like to think that? Why?

[bancroft]

[ he grins and strides past her, sitting on the edge of his bed and drawing his boots over, to pick them up, and grab a brush off the stand beside him. ]

I've had quite a long and colorful history with the Knights. And I was never, ever, ever in my early years what anyone would have ventured to call 'Dragon's Claw material'. The thought was practically laughable: I caused more trouble than I halted, took manic risks, was impatient and ill-experienced, and thought I knew everything.

[ he gives a fond, faraway grin ] So why do you think Wynn picked me?

[witchwoman]

[Truthfully, Myri isn't sure. She thinks for a moment, then finally resigns.]

He must have had a reason...

[bancroft]

More than one, I should hope. [ he tosses her a smirk, and starts scrubbing at the boot ] Wynn told me eventually that what he admired about me the most was that I never feared failure. It wasn't that I was above thoughts of letting someone down, but more along the lines of never accepting defeat as the end of the line. Mistakes were always a stepping stone to success, and there was always a way to redeem what seemed irredeemable. I still believe that, and it's why I don't sweat the small stuff, as they say.

[witchwoman]

Where I came from, failure didn't simply mean disappointing a man such as Wynn... [She looks away] It meant running for your life.

[bancroft]

Must have been a relief to get out of a world like that.

[witchwoman]

[She nods, but there's a small tug in her mind that won't fully remember... Something that she does miss but she cannot imagine what or who.] The others wish they could remember more. Sometimes, I wish I could forget.

[bancroft]

Strange, isn't it, how that works out? Sometimes the curse comes in remembering.

[witchwoman]

Perhaps I've forgotten just as much. [She shrugs] There's no way to be certain.

[bancroft]

And as such, nothing to be gained from dwelling on it. Whether one remembers their past or not.

[witchwoman]

Exactly. We must all move forward. New lives can be forged. I've lived my life, trying to do good and right for the world. There's no reason why I cannot do that here as well.

[bancroft]

I think I can rather say I like you, Ms. de Tanos. Sir de Tanos, pardon.

[witchwoman]

[She blushes and duck to his a bashful smile.]

Myri is fine. I don't much feel like a knight yet.

[bancroft]

What will it take? Slaying a dragon?

[witchwoman]

[She knows he's joking, which is why she only looks slightly horrified.]

I would never! I only wish I could see one up close.

[bancroft]

[ he gives an enigmatic grin ] Stick with the Knights: you might be surprised how opportunities present themselves.

[witchwoman]

Have you seen one? [Oh, she's got an interest in that topic.]

[bancroft]

Two, even.

[witchwoman]

[Her jaw drops.]

I... Oh... Would you- I mean, I would love to hear about it.

[bancroft]

It's perhaps less thrilling than you might imagine. They are quite rare in their own world, let alone in this one, but like people, they come in all sorts. The ones I encountered had no interest in feasting on the villagers.

[witchwoman]

I think they are quite different where I come from... From what I've read in books, at least.

[Why yes, Myri sought out books on dragons. Was anyone surprised??]

I've never seen one up close. But I've heard so many stories in the villages I visited.

[bancroft]

And what kind of stories might those be?

[witchwoman]

All sorts, depending on who you speak with. Most are ignorant tales to scare children into behaving. [She smiles.]

But they say a dragon's fur is what makes them seem nearly invisible in the sky. I've never been close enough to say for certain.

[bancroft]

[ that gets a huge grin out of him ] Dragons have fur where you come from?

[witchwoman]

So they say! I've never been close enough to confirm. But it would certainly make sense. Amaranth is a flywacket, which is a distant relative to the dragon. And he has fur.