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

[spellfile]

What bugs me is the attitude going in there. Why's this any different from some other mission where you're risking your neck?

[bittersweeter]

It's not, if you ignore the whole "war" part of the equation. But I didn't have a DNR filled out before the other ones, this was just serendipitous timing. [ she folds her arms across her chest, not standoffish, more of a protective gesture. ] I'm not going to live that long anyway, Zero, if I die I'd like it to be on my terms. And I'd actually prefer not to die, knowing I have this in place isn't going to make me less likely to come back in one piece, its going to make less distracted. So I can come back in one piece.

[spellfile]

You don't have to act resigned to it. That's all.

[bittersweeter]

Practical and resigned are two different things. Thanks. [ she's already said it, but she's taking the papers back and tucking them in her pocket so she felt like it needed to be said again. ] Anyway, if I die you'll let your James Bond style arch-nemesis get away with being a douchebag and we can't have that.

[spellfile]

I ain't letting him get away with anything.

[bittersweeter]

[ her eyebrows trip upward. she's just being an ass now that she's gotten what she wanted though and it's clear she knows he's not going to let calamity befall humanity because of one asshole. ] See you at the briefing.

[ with a smile, equal parts sass and gratitude, she turns to head back to faye's room. ]