briefing ♔ just caught in the undertow

[wynn]

  Au Revoir - OneRepublic

WHO || Wynn, Buffy, Myri, Finnick, Spike, Kat, Gar, Archer, Des, Rafael, Fred Jr., Dumage  [Closed]
WHAT || Andres Mission Briefing
WHERE || Knights HQ, lobby etc.
WHEN || August 14th [forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

Ceding to the demands of psychotic despots isn't exactly something the Knights prefer to do.

Perhaps this is why Wynn has taken his sweet time in arranging the group that Dimitris Sarandis has insisted on speaking with, the 'only ones' to whom he has agreed to deliver his demands for the safe and secure return of Dragon's Claw Sir Thomas Bancroft.  The meeting is finally scheduled, and as promised, Rafael has flown in from America to participate, picked up by Des en route to the castle.  Kat, Myri, Buffy, Finnick, Archer, and Spike had one of Myri's 'family failboat dinners' together, and as such, have wandered out of the dining room together in the direction of the lobby after Buffy received a text from Rafael that they were there.  Raf and Des are just pushing open the doors as they make their way across the tiled floor.

Comments

[isisagent]

Said the bloodsucker who's going around sucker-punching people.

[Archer's still rubbing the growing welt on the back of his head.]

Hostile work environment. [Good a time as any.]

[nothingsodivine]

[Des pinches the bridge of his nose and looks long suffering.]

I dunno. Almost a month ago, I guess.

[shootfirst]

Con...grats? I mean, that's what you wanted, right? Curse and all. [ he doesn't seem very thrilled ok ]

[romanticidal]

A month? [ his incredulity implies a WHY DIDN'T YOU CALL ME AT 3 AM TO TALK ABOUT THIS RIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED, I THOUGHT WE WERE BROS ]

[nothingsodivine]

[Des is stubbornly quiet about the emotional details, but now that the cat's out of the bag, he wants the subject changed RIGHT NOW.]

And now you know. [Quietly.] Anyone else got anything to add?

[wynn]

Or any questions. Your operational leader remains Sir Gar. Sir Moulet will not be joining you, due to her cover with Blade.

[isisagent]

[Archer rubs his head and continues to glare at Spike.]

No further questions.

[wynn]

If that's the case for all of you, then for now, you are dismissed. Sir Chessing, we will speak on this ... situation later.

[nothingsodivine]

[And Des is the first one out the door.]

[shootfirst]

Come on. [ kat grabs gar's elbow and pulls her up and out of there, despite gar casting a few looks back here and there. dumage smirks and follows the two of them out as well, and fred, still looking pretty baffled, goes next. ]

[dragonsclaw]

[ without another word, jack stands, glancing very briefly at the others, before walking somewhat stiffly out the door ]

[slay]

[ one impotent glare at wynn later, buffy is chasing his heels. ]

[romanticidal]

[ rafael lingers a moment, looking half ready to say something to wynn himself, before heading out after buffy. he touches her arm in the hallway, saying under his breath: ] You are all going to leave it at that?

[slay]

Instead of what? Dragging out a fight that nobody's gonna win? He's too pissed to listen to anything even remotely resembling reason. His priorities are all over the place right now! [ She can only assume he's talking about Wynn. After that little rant is out and she's done gesturing back inside, she leaps to another possibility. ] Or should we—should we start singing Kumabaya and pretending we're not all mad about how he's digging his heels in?

[witchwoman]

[Myri lingers behind as the others leave, edging towards Wynn, glancing over her shoulder but not minding who might be in earshot.]

Are you... alright? [There's no right word for what she's trying to ask. The one she picks falls flat. But she's never seen Wynn look as he did in the library or in this briefing. She knows he's upset and knows that her friends don't agree with that. But she knows how Wynn feels about his knights, knows how much he cares. And he has a reason to feel as he does about this situation, she's certain.]

[wynn]

[ wynn stands at the table still, hands splayed across its surface as he leans on it with tightened shoulders. he doesn't look up as he responds: ] That is not quite the word for it.

[witchwoman]

No, I- I suppose it wouldn't be. [She should leave. She really should. But she doesn't. Not yet.] I'm sorry. For the things that were said. They didn't mean it.

[Sure they did. Also Myri, you can't apologize for other grown ass adults.]

/forks this thread

[romanticidal]

[ rafael looks over at her a little sharply at the sarcasm. ] Reason in front of all those he is trying to lead is one thing. Perhaps he would be more willing to listen in private.

[nothingsodivine]

It don't matter right now, Fluffy.

[Des's expression is grim.] Jack did what he had to do. He chose her. I'll give the man props for that.

[romanticidal]

This organization should not lose such a man merely because he followed his heart.

[65]

[MEANWHILE directly outside the door, finnick is waiting for myri. with ... spike.]

You don't have to wait. [i.e. go away spike. stop eavesdropping. :| ]

[bigbad]

Neither do you.

[Nope, he's staying. If Myri looks like she's gonna start talking about how badly Dimitris needs to die, he's gonna be there to... either back her up or pull her out. He hasn't decided.]

[65]

I'm her fiance. [they go everywhere together. of course he's going to wait for her. what the fuck alien planet are you from???????????]

[bigbad]

I was there when you two announced it, you know. [So why are you stating the obvious.....] I was on Andres with her the first time. I'm not leaving.

[65]

How do you feel about going back?