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!
nothingsodivine: (and the diamond hard look of cobra)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-08 01:59 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh well. That was anticlimactic. Des breathes a sigh of relief.]

So I don't have to hunt down circuses in the area. Thank God.
rationalizes: (pic#2552374)

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[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 02:03 am (UTC)(link)
We... were afraid something had happened. [ she sounds a bit chagrined by the admission, as if hesitant to announce that they'd doubted his ability to fend for himself. ]
dragonsclaw: (| but what if i was wrong?)

[personal profile] dragonsclaw 2014-09-08 02:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ jack stares at her, and des barely needs to roll a wisdom check to notice the longing behind his polite gaze, the warmth that comes to his eyes as he studies her. he doesn't spare des so much as a second glance, as if he's already forgotten he's there. ] No, nothing... nothing terribly portentous happened, you needn't worry about that. Aside from-- [ and he nods at the phone in her hand, his expression humbling a bit at the acknowledgment of wynn's announcement. ] There was something I was hoping to do before... before you'd returned.
nothingsodivine: (obsessed with finding a new brain)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-08 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
[Des deeply relates to that look on a personal level to the point where he actively has to look away and rub the back of his neck.]

Should I give you two a moment?
rationalizes: (pic#4130259)

[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 02:17 am (UTC)(link)
[ gar got a nat 20 wisdom check to remember gossip girl over there, so she looks over her shoulder and then says: ] Perhaps we should speak in the other room? [ jack nods and gestures for her to move down the hall, and into a spare room. gar casts a grateful look over her shoulder at des, and heads after him, shutting the door (mostly) behind them, although it's still open a crack so if he's anywhere near the actual hall and not keeping the receptionist company, he can make a listen check. ]
nothingsodivine: (in the minor key)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-08 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[He is so over Gossip Girl's life, so he just... casually drops some eaves. (listen 20 total)]
rationalizes: (pic#2251244)

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[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 02:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ by the time he wanders over, they're already mid-convo so he hears: ]

-- shouldn't have come chasing after you like this. I'm... I'm terribly sorry if it's in any way out of line.
chessing: (at least there's some truth)

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[personal profile] chessing 2014-09-08 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Out of line? Not at all. I'm only sorry that we... well, we never had a chance in the wake of what happened to even share a moment to really ... discuss matters.
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[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I could understand if I were--

If I were the last person you wished to see at the time.
dragonsclaw: (| and now this land means less to me)

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[personal profile] dragonsclaw 2014-09-08 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
That was hardly the case. Why else would I have come to see you off?
rationalizes: (pic#7837799)

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[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
I... I suppose I hadn't thought of it that way. You'd be surprised, just how many different excuses I was capable of coming up with on the plane ride. I thought perhaps you were simply trying to... to do the right thing.
chessing: (you continue to cry)

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[personal profile] chessing 2014-09-08 02:57 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I certainly am trying to do precisely that. And I've had a bit of time to mull over what that might mean. [ there's a dry humor in his voice as he adds: ] ... At the encouragement of some of your friends, as well.
rationalizes: (pic#7838198)

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[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
What the... right thing to do would be, you mean?
dragonsclaw: (pic#5623345)

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[personal profile] dragonsclaw 2014-09-08 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
More than that. What the right thing is for... you and I. Apart from what anyone else might think.
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[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 03:04 am (UTC)(link)
For you and I...? [ she sounds a bit dazed as she repeats it, and he can hear footsteps moving across the room slowly, likely jack crossing to her. ] I wasn't even certain whether it... whether it meant that there was...
chessing: (and i ain't tripping on a thing)

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[personal profile] chessing 2014-09-08 03:10 am (UTC)(link)
Jeanne, the truth of it is... I've been in love with you for a very long time. I tried, I certainly tried, to do everything I could to drive these thoughts from my mind, afraid of what it might cost you as well as me if I forsook the oaths I'd sworn to. But whatever it was that came over us both the other evening, it wasn't born of a moment's impulse. And while I certainly regret the situation in which it placed us, I can't bring myself to regret that it meant stealing so much as a moment with you.
rationalizes: (pic#8276436)

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[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
You-- [ gar sounds absolutely thunderstruck by the pronouncement. ] Jack, I--
chessing: (you know i just cannot fake it)

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[personal profile] chessing 2014-09-08 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ ♬ white flag - dido

the tenderness in jack's tone cuts through all his usual decorum, and he sounds even a bit nervous as he says: ]
You might think me mad for this, and perhaps I am. But whatever the consequences, I can't stand and watch what might have been pass by, all to keep Wynn satisfied. If this is what it takes him for him to recognize that this isn't merely some momentary infatuation, then so be it, but his reaction is hardly my primary concern.

[ there's a beat, and she gasps, before saying "Is that--" ] It was my mother's. The... trip, that I took this morning. And I certainly understand if you refuse, or if this seems... sudden, but between the inevitable conflict and-- everything else we face, I've come to realize that I've no desire to deny my own feelings for any longer.

If we both return from Andres - when we do - when this is all said and done, Jeanne...

Will you give me your hand?
nothingsodivine: (when the storm arrives)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-08 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Des manages to keep it together and not cry like a bitch out here in the hall, BECAUSE THAT WAS SO MOVING, but since he's the only one out here, he's allowed to look somber a little bit.

Also:

SAY YES, GAR.

SAY YES.]
Edited 2014-09-08 03:40 (UTC)
rationalizes: (pic#8276483)

[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ for a moment, there's just stunned silence, but then she replies breathlessly: ] Yes. Yes, of course, Jack, of course, I-- [ but her words are cut off and it's probably because her lips are busy in there. ]
nothingsodivine: (but it's out of my control)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-08 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[Awww you crazy kids. :,) Des breaks out in a wide grin and and casts a look to the ceiling like 'wow. this is the kind of thing that makes people cry in the movie theaters.'"]
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[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 04:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ look she got a good wisdom check to remember you're out there, des, and with what sounds like a big smile on her face, she murmurs: ] I can't believe this is really happening... [ and then abruptly: ] Oh! I left Mr. Descant in the lobby, and he's-- he's likely waiting for me to come back. I should--

[ jack chuckles a bit, and then gar slips into the hallway and pulls up short, clearly surprised to find des right there, but not mad in the slighest. in fact, she's positively glowing. ] Oh! Des, I'm-- I was going to tell you that if you wanted to, I think I can find... my own ride back to the castle.
nothingsodivine: (blowing down from the meadow)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-08 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Des smirks at her. Yeah, I bet you do, gurl.] You crazy kids have fun.
rationalizes: (pic#2251240)

[personal profile] rationalizes 2014-09-08 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
[ yeah her 20+ wis check means she FIGURES OUT YOU EAVESDROPPED but she really really doesn't care. she just smiles up at him warmly, and then reaches out abruptly to give him a quick hug. ] Thank you.
nothingsodivine: (it's just your accidental death)

[personal profile] nothingsodivine 2014-09-08 04:55 am (UTC)(link)
[HE CARES EVEN LESS. But oh wow. Surprise hugs. He freezes a bit and then he wraps his arms around her to return the embrace.] Don't mention it.

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