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

[slay]

Spike.

[ Now she just sounds exasperated—annoyed with his inability to distinguish between the situations. ]

You're trying to compare apples to oranges here. Thomas and Jack went to that island to rescue you. To rescue Myri. If you didn't get out, it all would have been for nothing. We went there to save him—at least, that's why I did. Which means I should have done everything I could have to get him out, even if it killed me. Just like Thomas was willing to do for you.

[bigbad]

And how exactly would you dying before you ever reached him help Thomas get out? That's the bit I'm unclear on.

[slay]

Seriously? Are you even listening to me anymore?

[ she holds up her hands, fed up and dropping it. ]

We're on the brink of war. I'm not wasting my energy fighting you, too.

[bigbad]

[He scowls. He's listening plenty. He just disagrees.]

I don't want to fight you. But I don't want you to die either. Might not matter to you, but some of us would rather you didn't commit suicide by heroism. Is that so hard for you to grasp?

[slay]

That's the funny thing about it being my life, Spike. You don't get an opinion about what I do with it.

[bigbad]

Of course I get a bloody opinion. So does Myri and Des and even bloody Rafael. You might not listen to it, but you've at least got to realize you're bloody important to us.

[slay]

And Thomas is important to me. The person who decides what I give my life for is me.

[bigbad]

[She's so stubborn. Spike shakes his head, moving over to the fridge to get some blood.]

Just promise me you'll think, all right? Chances are, we can rescue him without dying. But if we die trying something useless, we won't be able to get there.

[slay]

If you think my plans are useless, don't follow them. Or me.

[ She shakes her head, moving to make her exit from the kitchen. She'll be back once he's gone. ]

[bigbad]

You know what else good leaders do? Listen to their friends!

[He scowls, but he doesn't follow her. She's made it all too clear that she's not going to listen. Right now, he's pretty glad she's not officially the leader. He does think she could be great at it. But she's too bloody stubborn by far. So convinced she's always right.

He was going to warm his blood up, but now he'd just rather get out of here as quickly as he can. He can always mix the blood with alcohol.]