debriefing ♔ in the emptiness there's a solution | just look within yourself for absolution

[nepotism]

♬ locking up the sun- poets of the fall

WHO || Wynn, Buffy, Myri, Finnick, Spike, Gar, Archer, Des, Vi, Rafael, Fred Jr., Dumage, Mark, Rocket, open! [Closed]
WHAT || Andres Mission Debrief & Aftermath
WHERE || Knights HQ, lobby etc.
WHEN || September 18th [forward dated*]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

There are plenty of missions that return to the castle a success - most of them, even. The defeated air of the solemn group that returns from their diplomatic mission to Andres Isle to hear the demands of dictator Dimitris Sarandis makes it quite clear that this wasn't one of those.

Starting with Sarandis' actual demands - for all Knights to withdraw from Andres under penalty of death, or for Wynn to offer his own head in return for Thomas' safe return - and ending with the unexpected, disturbing confession from Kat that she intended to stay behind on the island because she had "fallen in love with" the dictator, the events of the island made it very clear that Sarandis was cannily playing his hand to get the Knights where he wanted them.

Fred Jr. shoves open the doors with his unnatural strength, stalking in ahead of the group into the lobby. Whoever's on desk duty isn't going to have to roll a high wisdom check to see that these people are pissed... and distraught... and a myriad of other emotions on the bad end of the scale.

*I am changing the date of the briefing log and Andres log/live session to have taken place in September, to avoid us being in backdated hell forever, and to allow for a September squiring ceremony before apps are closed. Carry on... in the future!

Comments

[likeagod]

[Dimitri sure doesn't drink or smoke or what have you, but at this very moment, he would kill for some good vodka.

Just saying.]

I got into a fight.

[Which is exactly what it looks like. It's also probably the last thing anyone expect from the giant Russian tbh.]

[cuivre]

Pretty sure no one plans on it.

[:|]

I'd...miss you if you were gone. [A beat.] A lot.

[Miles you are bad at this. Only charming when it's not srs bzns time.]

[bittersweeter]

You don't get in fights. [ which she knows because she is the most combative, even if she has mellowed out, and it was she and dimitri that separated faye and rose that one time they almost got into a fight again so she knows how anti-fighting he is unless he needs to fight. he is the definition of self-control. like mr miyagi. he can kill you with his pinky finger, but he won't.

her hand creeps up to touch his cheek, turning his jaw slightly so she can see it better. ] You should get that looked at.

[daredtobelieve]

[She gives a slight roll of her eyes at the nickname.]

Something like that. I had hoped I was through with wars. Suppose I should have known better.

[likeagod]

I'm sure the clerics have more important things to do at the moment.

[Like prepare for war, yay. Timing.]

You don't need to worry. It'll be fine.

[He also...started the fight, so he doesn't want to burden anyone for something he caused.]

[bittersweeter]

They're clerics, healing is the most important thing they do. [ looking determined, her head tips to the side as her arms cross, hip jutting out petulantly. she stealthily tugs one of her gloves off as her hand is tucked out of sight. (sleight of hand 24) ain't nobody got time for discussion and lila isn't actually looking to have one. ] You're going to the Dragon's Light wing if I have to knock you unconscious and drag you there myself. You can go willingly, but you're going. Sending a wounded soldier to war isn't going to help anyone.

[ her arms unfold to point one suddenly bare hand to the door. ] Go.

[likeagod]

[He actually...notices that (spot 27) but he's not going to do any real resisting. She's right, honestly, and he's not in the mood for fighting of any kind.

He's just super reluctant for anyone else to see him like this. It was poor judgement on his part.]

You don't need to do that, and I'm not sure you could manage to drag me unconscious even if you tried. [She's little, okay?] I'll go.

[bittersweeter]

[ she seems to notice the reluctance and can guess at the reasons why -- mmm, manly egos and pride, it's her favorite. (sense motive 36) she makes a face of equal reluctance, but leftover feelings from sylar and helen are making her soft. gdi. ] If you promise not to move, I will bring a cleric to you. Better?

[badexample]

Is that so? Have some feedback for me, then? [He says it with a laugh, but they've probably had discussions like these before. Now that they've established so much in the way of open communication within their relationship, he's less nervous about if he can satisfy her. He'd rather just ask what he can do to make that happen.]

[adamantiumed]

There's a lot you don't know about me.

[romanticidal]

[ he looks up, pressing the case aside as she draws closer, studying her features with a thoughtful expression marred by the crease in his forehead. ] I know you will come out of this safely, carina. I have watched you walk through danger many times. You are like the tempesta - there is not anything that can stop you.

You know this, si?

[koraith]

Wynnefalshond, gods bless him, has his moments of being, how should we say - a bit dramatic about these things. It's one battle, not a proper war.

[slay]

[ She hesitates a bit before drawing a smile over her expression deliberately, ducking her head. The smile, at least, is genuinely drawn, even if her own uncertainty would usually squash it. ]

Of course I do.

[ Reaching out, she smooths his shirt, studying her handiwork rather than looking him in the eye (bluff 23). ]

It’s just … you know. War. [ Her eyes widen briefly on the word. It’s a big word. ] It’s not spooky demons in alleyways anymore. I’ve never done anything like this.

[ Finally, her eyes lift to his. ] At least, not that I can remember.

[ She should tell him. Really, she should. This could be her last chance. But if she comes back, then it means she worried him for nothing. If she doesn’t, then it won’t matter in the end, anyway, if she’d told him or not. It’s happened before that she didn’t come back. Who knows what circumstances that was under. ]

[nepotism]

Yeesh. That... sounds rough.

[pathology]

It's ... not bad? They think I'm in med school at Oxford now so ... that kind of sucks.

[graveflowers]

That was super gay, Finnick. [ calling u out on it. halfheartedly because she is just not in it. but mostly she's just deflecting because she... won't be helping and that is just an inescapable fact. she's effectively useless, an archer with no one to shoot, a half assed healer with no one to heal.

babysitting the pets left behind.

yay. ]

[necessaryevil]

I'm going to be worried about you, even if Wynn assigns you to spend every moment back on the boat. But I don't want you in a more dangerous position, just so that I can be sure you're alright moment to moment. That's... selfish of me.

[telekinection]

I'm no Dragon's Claw. Maybe I could have been, but I never wanted to be. I'm not sure he ever would have understood that.

[untethered]

[ yeah diseased rats don't kill the mood for belle, i guess, because she rolled a 2 on her will save, and after unlocking the door, she barely gets him inside before she has her arms around his neck. there's a strange sort of insistence to the look she gives him, almost as if she's trying to reassure him of something. ] I love you, Auric.

[bredinthebone]

[At least he knows how to handle her. None of these idiots appreciated her sense of humor. At all.]

Sometimes I get a team with an actual sense of humor.

[bredinthebone]

Alright.

[She places the cage down on the bench, before opening the latch on the door, so that her red-tailed hawk can climb out and onto her wrist.]

What spells have you done so far?

[bredinthebone]

Will do.

[And with that, she'll wander off to go track down the other important people she needs to talk to.]

[killmypatience]

[She nods a bit in agreement. She's noticed. It's a whole lot of kids, and she's not sure she's comfortable with that.]

I don't think anyone would hold it against you guys if you didn't go. You're kids. You shouldn't have to step into this fight if you don't think you're ready for it.

[risked]

She's a teacher at our school? [It takes her a moment.] Wait - Miss Blake is an evil druid?

[allmydreams]

[Confidence is her job. She's never snuck into something this high-risk before, but she knows her own skills. She can rely on her own experience for this. She can understand if it seems like he can't.]

I will.

[And then, because they both need to hear it.]

It'll be okay, Stiles.