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

[ex_noble101]

[Aedan doesn't spend all that much time on the roof, but he's constantly in the training room so it only makes sense that he would see her once she's relocated there. He watches her for a moment, just idk wiping down a dagger or something before she's paused to catch her breath or something so as not to interrupt.]

Would you care for a partner who hits back? [She didn't look all that open to small talk, but given the way that she was beating on those striking dummies, he supposed she might like the idea of smacking someone as opposed to something around for a while.]

[flyingsolo]

[ she stops, and offers him a grim smirk when she sees who it is, lowering her sword and twirling it idly at her side. ] Did you mean you? Because as memory serves, I'm not sure how often that's the case.

[ex_noble101]

[Okay, so not only did he set himself up for that one but he walked right into it too. Touche, Jaina. Touche.]

I'd like to think I make a better opponent than a striking dummy, at least. I do have my pride, you know. [Plus she would be actually hitting back this time.]

[flyingsolo]

I'll try not to bruise it. [ she nods to the sparring circle ] Shall we?

[ex_noble101]

Unless you had something else in mind. [Oh lawd, here we go. But maybe she will appreciate that she can wipe the shit-eating grin off of his face with her fist or whatever they were doing this with as he steps into the circle. Especially since his unarmed skills are really sad.]

[flyingsolo]

Well, I was thinking swords, but...

[ex_noble101]

[That definitely was not the something else he'd been referring to, but swords worked just as well.]

No more flinging me clear across the room? Or just slapping me across the face, as it were.

[She kind of had that one coming after throwing him under the bus regarding his pulled punches tho.]

[flyingsolo]

[ she grins a little, obviously pleased that he's giving her shit back ] No promises.

[ex_noble101]

Would you care to start us off? [He's nothing if not a gentleman ok. :')]

[flyingsolo]

As long as this isn't a freebie, Cousland.