nepotism: (cuz i like some suffering)
Fredrick Jr. ([personal profile] nepotism) wrote in [community profile] knightsoflegend2014-09-02 07:05 pm

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



♬ 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!
witchwoman: (pic#4380064)

[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-06 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't stop walking, but she does slip closer to him, finding the right rhythm to walk together with his arm around her.]

I didn't think you'd still be here.

[She sort of assumed you were going to go find your boyfriend immediately.]
nothingsodivine: (i had a choice one last chance ago)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-06 05:50 am (UTC)(link)
[boyfriend is probably robbing casinos with george clooney, okay. :,(]

You know me, Little Bit. I say I'm not gonna stick around and then here I am an hour or two years later. [He can laugh about that, because it's... actually sort of sad, really.] We're gonna get her back, y'know. And when we do, I'm thinking we can let her flambe Dimitris herself.
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[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-06 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
[She just nods, knowing that trying to verbally agree with him would be a lie. She doesn't believe it. And she's not a very good liar.]

I just want to bring her home.

[speaking of les mis, i guess.]
nothingsodivine: (go and tell that midnight rider)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-06 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
We will.

[they can't have come this far to let that bastard win.] If there's one thing I believe, it's that we're all too damned stubborn to accept anything short of a victory. Like I said, he doesn't know us. He just knows where to put the knife, which, believe me, don't take a whole lot of finesse.
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[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-07 04:30 am (UTC)(link)
He knew enough to break her. He made her into his plaything. [The word makes her gag, because she can't even begin to imagine.]

The pain he put me through doesn't touch this, Des.
nothingsodivine: (what's done in the dark)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-08 05:24 am (UTC)(link)
I know. [He exhales, unable to find anything comforting to say to her.] Do you want some good news?
witchwoman: (Default)

[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-08 02:56 pm (UTC)(link)
[Good news? She is not sure at all what news could be good in the face of what's happening here.]

I suppose...
nothingsodivine: (on the ghostly host)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-10 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Jack asked Gar to marry him.

[HE'S JUST REALLY HAPPY FOR GAR. GAR HAD A HARD TIME HERE LATELY.] Brought a little hope back into her world, anyway.
witchwoman: (Default)

[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-11 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
That's wonderful. [And she means it, but...]

It seems our lives are a never ending list of extremes. It's sometimes hard to imagine all of these things happening at once.
nothingsodivine: (why should we blaze a trail)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-11 05:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe I'm just used to it. It happens a lot in this world. People get scared, they throw themselves into whatever they can to find some warmth in a cold place. It's good for getting people to admit things they thought they had forever to sit on.

Hard to imagine, but probably good in the long run.
witchwoman: (sad || can't always be strong)

[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-15 01:56 am (UTC)(link)
[Myri glances down. Des hadn't been in the battle with the soldiers, hadn't seen what had happened. And Myri hadn't been very willing to talk about it. She doesn't need to. It wouldn't hurt anything not to say anything. She could just nod and say goodnight and see him at the briefing. But would that be right?]

Des, I... [Her voice cracks and while she tries to look at him, she finds her eyes closing because she knows she's going to disappoint him. Somehow, telling Finnick had been easier than this. She's not certain why.]

I killed someone. On Andres. They came after us and I fought and...
nothingsodivine: (you watch them as they drift away)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-15 02:04 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, it's not really disappointment... Sure, he's not happy she was forced into that kind of situation, because Myri is precious and must be protected and her light must never go out. At the same time, he's well aware that Myri's been in very dark places and she may never properly come out of that all right again. And there's a difference between revenge killing Dimitris and defending yourself.]

What were you gonna do, Little Bit? Turn tail and hide? Wait in the corner until someone needed to be healed. If someone tries to kill you, it's okay to kill them back. It's the whole revenge thing that everyone's trying to save you from. Killing a man because he's harmed you, just so you can hurt him like he hurt you... That's the sort of shit that changes a person irreversibly. That's what we wanna protect you from.
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[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-15 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
A life is a life. [It's always been so black and white for her before now. Living a life in the gray areas is hard 8( ]

I just... Wynn brought me here because of the person I was. And if I'm not that person anymore, I'm not so sure I'll remain the knight he wanted. Or the friend any of you want to keep.

[She doesn't doubt that Finnick would still love her. Maybe that's why this had been easier to talk to him about.]
nothingsodivine: (everyone's staring at you- what for)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-15 02:18 am (UTC)(link)
Myri, look at me. [He tilts her chin up so she has to.] Nobody is the person they were when this started. No one will be the person they were now in ten years. If there's one thing I've learned, it's that people change. Sometimes little by little, sometimes all at once. Maybe Wynn didn't hire you because of the girl you were- he hired you for the knight you could be. And if people really care about you... They love all of you. Even your dark sides.

[Being reminded of Jade's demand to Rafael brings to mind something else of hers.] Eterna Jade taught me that.
witchwoman: (sad || i can't heal everyone)

[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-15 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
If. [She repeats, selectively hearing his message to zero in on her insecurity.] If they care. If you do. [It's not as if Des or anyone else had done anything to make her feel like this. But it had always been her issue, feeling like she had such a tenuous grasp on keeping hold of what she had wanted her entire life- a home, a family.]
nothingsodivine: (i can't see where you comin' from)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-15 02:48 am (UTC)(link)
Little Bit, there's not a person on this team who wouldn't take a bullet for you. Hell, seeing what Sarandis did to you damn near killed me... Not where anyone could see it, but it happened.
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[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-15 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
You're all mourning the way I was, though. And I just feel like everyone is waiting for that to... come back. What if it doesn't? What if all of the dust settles and we win the war, but I'm never the same?
nothingsodivine: (and he's preaching the gospel)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-15 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Something about that hits Des where it hurts and he draws back a bit.] I'm not waiting for anything. That's the thing, ain't it? People can love ideas they think are real and people get so consumed thinking they have to be this way or that way to keep that love and they forget how to be who they really are.

[He places a hand on her head.] I don't want the old Myri. I don't want some new Myri. I want the Myri you wanna be.
witchwoman: (desperate || we want to be left alone)

[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-15 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
[She finally finds the strength to meet his gaze. There's tears shining in her eyes that haven't yet fallen.]

I don't know who that is anymore. And I think that's what scares me more than anything. More than Sarandis, more than the thought of what could happen when we go back. I don't know who I am or who I'm becoming, and that terrifies me.
nothingsodivine: (i had a choice one last chance ago)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-15 04:01 am (UTC)(link)
I know. [He pulls her into a hug, tightly.] But one day it's gonna click and you'll wonder what you were even scared of.
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[personal profile] witchwoman 2014-09-16 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
[She can't find a single word to say, so she just clings to him and cries, because what more can she do?]