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knightsoflegend2014-05-14 01:39 am
koraith) wrote in knightsoflegend2014-05-14 01:39 am
Entry tags:
- !main plot,
- alaric saltzman,
- andrea dodge,
- buffy summers,
- colin banks,
- dawn summers,
- desmond d. descant,
- dumage moulet,
- elena gilbert,
- finnick odair,
- francesca,
- jeanne gar,
- kat samcelot,
- klaus mikaelson,
- koraith,
- luthir reedhym,
- marcus andres,
- myrilandel odair,
- rose hathaway,
- spike,
- sterling archer,
- violet reedhym,
- wynnefalshond
CLOSED ♔ knighting ceremony
WHO || Wynn, Elena Gilbert, Koraith, Myri, Colin Banks, Dumage, Andie, Finnick, Buffy, Spike, Vi, Luthir, Francesca, Archer, Des, Mark, Kat, Gar, Rose, Alaric, Klaus, Dawn, various other members of the Dragon's Tongue [closed]
WHAT || Elena's full Knighting ceremony; induction into the Dragon's Tongue
WHERE || Knight's Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || Tues May 27th, evening FORWARD DATED
HOW || Actionspam
Unlike the grandiose nature of the squiring ceremony each Knight undergoes upon their initial entrance into the Knighthood, the graduation to Full Knight status takes place in a much more intimate affair, between the Knight, their mentor, invited friends, and the members of the sect to which they will be inducted. There's no pompous music, no stolid rank and file, no elaborate march.
Myri, Wynn, and Koraith wait up at the front of the room for Elena to approach them, but the attitude of the ceremony is much more relaxed, full of smiles and light conversation on all sides. Of course, when Wynn speaks, people still hush. It's just how he rolls.
"Sir Elena Gilbert, please kneel."
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You're going to tell us everything you reported back to them, and then you're going to tell us what they want with Thomas, and how we can get him back. You're going to tell us because otherwise there are a dozen people here who would happily do to you exactly what you helped them do to our friends.
[ nat 20 intimidate ??? (30 total) ]
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she speaks up a little more loudly now: ] I think we all know what they want with Thomas. [ and wynn, you better be ready to do shit about it... this time. ]
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The doppelganger won't have anything to tell you about that.
But I do. [ his tone is still grim as hell, and his eyes seek out wynn's ] Thomas and I had been circling things on the island for over a year, knowing that any breach of the facility was likely to make our presence immediately known, and perhaps lead to a relocation of the Talisman before we could secure it.
We overheard names mentioned, however, in our espionage that we couldn't ignore: Spike and Myrilandel. We had to see. We found them in the midst of conducting surgery on Sir Spike, and managed to get them both out to the roof by staying to ward off Sarandis' pets. [ the word is said with a sneer for the use of the term. ] But they overwhelmed us and Dimitris took us both captive.
He did, however, let me go. To deliver a message.
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The message, Sir Chessing.
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Sarandis says he will not tolerate any further interference from our Knighthood. If a Dragon's Claw - or any Knight - steps foot on the island, their life is forfeit to whatever torment he can devise.
... Except for those who were involved in the Talisman mission. He wants to speak to them, to have them come to his castle to discuss his terms for... future entanglements between us.
If we don't comply, [ he finally looks up to look around the room sorrowfully ] he intends to kill Thomas.
[ a moment of hesitance, and then he adds, finally looking up to meet wynn's eyes dead on ] And he said... "It would be such a shame to lose another Claw so soon, would it not?"
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[ he looks back to jack, shaking his head sadly. ] Two Dragon's Claws lost to Andres. We won't stand for it.
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Brilliant. I'd love a chance to repay his hospitality.
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[ it's one word, but it carries a lot of weight, and it's designed to address a number of things really. ]
Sir Chessing, Sir de Tanos, Sir Spike: we will speak more on this in private. Someone see them to the Cleric's ward for now. Your friends may speak to you there.
[ his gaze moves across the crowd meaningfully ] No one will make any decisions on what action is to be taken until your mission is assigned. [ his eyes come to rest on kyp, who he looks at with open disdain ] Bring the intruder to the dungeon.
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[She finally finds her voice again. She's worried about Thomas, and Myri, and Spike. She wants revenge too, feels the guilt of the idea that this is her fault, but she has to get this out before they take him away and she might never see him again.
She finally levels her gaze at Kyp, pressing her lips together before she finally asks.]
Why did you do this? What was it? Money? Boredom? Why?
[There's a lot of weight behind that why, more than just taking people's places. It's more personal than that, and even if she thinks she might hate the answer, she has to know.]
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kyp turns to stare at elena for a long moment, clearly aware that he's be compelled to being honest, but finding it impossible to say nothing to that.
finally he speaks, and the truth comes pouring out. ]
Because it's what I am, Elena. It's what I live for.
I've never known a greater challenge, a more immersive chance to step into someone's life - lives - and feel the connections they share. It's unlimited, you know - that's what makes us better than they are. They can know one family, one set of loved ones, one life. We can know the love of a hundred sisters, brothers, fathers, mother, lovers, and none of it lessened in any way by the existence of the others. So many people look to escape their lives, to consider themselves someone else for a moment, but they can't ever know how truly liberating it is. How much more real.
[ there's a beat, his eyes skating to wynn who he's clearly terrified of but he's on a roll now and the truth keeps coming ] And you, Elena. I couldn't stay away from you.
You're the only one who can understand. You and I belong together.
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[he turns and heads out with grim determination .] I need to put this on ice.
[presumably he means his temper.]
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[ kyp's twisted emotional manipulation moves buffy from her spot. with vi's entangle dispelled, she steps forward and grabs him by the arm, roughly shoving him to turn away from her (and, coincidentally, towards the door). she is wynn's muscle. ]
You're a creep. The only thing you have in common with Elena is the air you're breathing, and even that won't be true for much longer.
[ she says that with complete certainty, not turning around to assess elena's reaction to that declaration. ]
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[Spike trots over and grabs Kyp's other arm. Then starts pulling the coat off. He just had to steal that along with everything else.]
I'd tell you to stay the hell away from her, but you won't have a choice. Rot in hell.
[He shrugs the coat on. With it settled on his shoulders, he feels that much more like himself.]
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[Archer has been standing this whole time dumbstruck, just trying to process all the implications of all of these words being exchanged, trying to sort out when exactly his fellow knights were abducted, and silently berating himself - a HUMINT (Human Intelligence) specialist for his inability to notice. He also abysmally fails both saves against the Zone of Truth, and the Wynntimidation, which only serves to increase the scathing-ness of his present self-loathing - but Kyp's little speech snaps him out of it.]
Alright, Fuck this guy!
[Archer's impulse is to reach for his pistol (Which just so happens to have some Silver Bullets intended for Spike, that might unintentionally be hilariously effective against Dopplegangers - BUT the Wynntimidation is too strong, so he'll have to use his words. Thanks, Elena for the Foreshadowing.]
Look, jackass, I don't have the time - nor the crayons - to effectively explain this on a level your messed up little brain will comprehend - BUT Elena is exactly NOTHING like you. You creep around in other people's skin to get off on living their life? Why, daddy use the belt a bit too much? Well Boo-Fucking-Hoo. Elena's life is great; She's a knight, has good friends, she's got great tits, she has a superpower - which is just freakin amazing, oh and she's the most skilled demolitions expert I've ever met.
Meanwhile, you are a pathetic little sack of shit, with no friends, and I'm sure everyone talks about you behind your back. I'm not exactly sure what your disorder is - but I know it's difficult to pronounce. I wish I could tell you how little I think of you. I wish that would make an impact. I wish that it would make a difference. I wish that, but it won't. That's because you think even less of yourself than I do without even realizing it. You're nothing. Not just to me. To you.
[After regurgitating a greatest hits of things Archer has wanted to say to his mother, he spits on Kyp, and moves to stand over near Elena.]
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And in a way, she gets it.
She wants to be loved, just like anyone else. Maybe that's Kyp's problem. He wants to feel that, but without a family, he has to get it from somewhere else. And because of what they are, stealing another person's relationship is...easier than making them yourselves.
It's also wrong.]
It's not real. It's a lie.
[They're someone else's family. Someone else's life.
And then they're all standing up for her, and Archer gives a speech that she wasn't even sure he was capable of, and not even the slight vulgarity in it can take away from anything.
When he comes over to her, she moves to hug him. She doesn't deserve it, doesn't deserve anything from him anymore, because she doubted a lot of things, made a lot of mistakes.
She only spares one last glance over at Kyp, and it's full of bitterness and regret and unfinished business.]
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I can't lie right now, Elena. You know that.
And you need to know: I meant everything I said before.
It wasn't some kind of line. [ the use of the exact words from last night, albeit in his own voice and cadence, makes it clear just what he's talking about. the conversation in her bedroom, everything he'd said, had come from him, and wasn't another part of the game. his eyes burn into hers as if he can drill the importance of that truth home to her, and then buffy's shuffling him forward again, and he lets her drag him. ]
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[ she twists his arm behind him and shoves him out the door of the ballroom. somehow, she has the feeling she can trust archer to run the damage control on whatever this sick freak was trying to get into elena's head with. he'd done a pretty damn good job already.
the ballroom doors slam shut behind them. ]
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