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

[killmypatience]

[Kate wanders down to the Hoard labs to investigate the equipment, mostly because it's a way of keeping herself busy as well. When she spots Alaric, she veers off course a bit, coming to stand next to him at his work station.]

Keeping busy?

[ex_ric243]

[He glances over when someone else comes up beside him, and manages a really sad attempt at a smile in greeting before he looks back down at the idk anti-vampire crossbow bolts/darts that he's got laid out in front of him.]

Trying to. I don't expect we'll be running into many vampires out there.

[But then he realizes she's not really a regular around here, and he's probably being kind of rude. So he forgets about his project and turns toward her, so that she has his full attention.]

Did you need help finding something?

[killmypatience]

[She gives a bit of a shrug, before shaking her head.]

Having a hard time settling, which means sleep isn't exactly easy. Going to war is a lot to think about.

[To the point where she can't even manage to force her brain to shut off. Self-preservation at war with the loyalty and desire to fight for something - it's not easy instincts to contend with, especially when they're both happening at once.]