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

[bredinthebone]

[She does, actually, she needs to check on Gus and get the data from her mission to Helen, as well as check in with Wynn, probably, though that would mostly end in her yelling, so that one is probably best to be avoided.

But still, Gus. Unpacking and then repacking again. There are things to do, and while she'd definitely help Stiles if she could, for right now she'll just write down a few defensive spells - Daze, Touch of Fatigue, different spells that'll slow his enemy down, as well as Resistance to help protect him from other magic users - before she catches a glance of a redhead coming down the hallway.]

I'll do you one better. What's your name?

[Because he didn't offer that yet. She glances up and waves towards Sean, beckoning him closer.]

Excuse me? Can I borrow you for a sec?

[imgonnadie]

[ sean, somehow, inexplicably, remembers malina from before she left six months ago. (wis 20 total) go figure. so he wanders over without much prompting, easy smile on his dumb face. he somehow manages to look tense and at ease all at the same time. ginger magic. ] Hey Malina. Did you catch the Abominable Snowman? [ a beat. ] Hey Stiles.

[killingtodeath]

[Stiles points to Sean as he gives his name.]

I'm Stiles. And he's got an awesome screaming power thing, but I don't really know how that's going to help?

[bredinthebone]

[She smirks at the mention of the Abominable Snowman. She wishes. She would have been back months ago.]

Close enough.

[She glances back to Stiles, holding up a finger to indicate "wait for it" before placing her hand on Sean's shoulder and casting Charm Person, followed by her most charming smile (charisma 23).]

Look, I just got back, and I need Stiles here to help me with this little project I'm working on. Unfortunately, he's stuck on desk duty for a while. Do you think you could do me a huge favor, and just finish up his shift for him? I would owe you one, big time.

[imgonnadie]

[ sean's will save was not nearly enough, so he just gives malina a slow smile and nods in his easy way. sounds like a tiny favor, actually, and he is more than happy to help her out. ] Sure. Whatever you need.

[killingtodeath]

Thanks, man. You're the best. [He high fives Sean and heads out from around the desk with his handy dandy magic notebook.]

Lead the way.

[bredinthebone]

You are a gem.

[That's to Sean. She owes you one, poor kid. And with that, she'll take Harry, her stuff, and lead him down towards the back exit. Giving Harry some room to fly is first on the agenda.]

You're gonna want to try a lot of different spells and see what feels right for you. Me, I go for more enchantments and illusions than transfigurations, but that has to do more with how I was trained. Not every school is for every person.

[killingtodeath]

I was reading up on some of them. Abjuration seems really useful. Not quite as much flash, but keeping safe one way or another is pretty important. And conjuration. Just because who doesn't want to summon a celestial lion? I mean how cool is that?

[bredinthebone]

[Celestial lion you say? She's currently resisting the urge to text Gus asking him to Mufasa in there just to mess with him, but for right now, she's going to stick with the topic at hand.]

Very cool. But reading only really gets you so far. You want to actually do them too, see how they feel. The more natural the spell feels, the better you'll be at it.

[killingtodeath]

I don't really have a ton of time to practice. War is literally tomorrow. But I'm a quick study. I just... I need to know where to even start.

[bredinthebone]

Alright.

[She places the cage down on the bench, before opening the latch on the door, so that her red-tailed hawk can climb out and onto her wrist.]

What spells have you done so far?

[killingtodeath]

Uh-- [Stiles flips through his notebook to show some of his notes. It's mostly level 0 stuff for the most part. Ghost Sound, Mage Hand, Detect Magic. But he's really into the Summon Monster spell too. Lots of notes on that.] These, mostly.

[He hands over his notes.]

[bredinthebone]

[She raises her eyebrows a bit at the notes around Summon Monster.]

So you like a good creature feature?

[killingtodeath]

Yeah, I guess so. It's just really cool. I mean it's basically like having your own pokemon. Not that I still... play pokemon.

[bredinthebone]

[She vaguely remembers what Pokemon are, despite the fact that it was so not her generation (pop culture 15). The narration is going to chalk this one up to Lucy and leave it at that.]

What about elements? Found one that you like yet?

[killingtodeath]

Nothing really jumps out yet. I mean the obvious flashy stuff would be fire, right? Big bang for your buck there. But I'm from California so I've got a healthy respect for earthquakes.

[bredinthebone]

[She nods a bit.]

Earthquakes are definitely cool. Personally, I'm a fire girl, but acid can also be a good time, when needed.

[killingtodeath]

[He raises an eyebrow.] You're not a drug dealer, are you?

[That's an acid joke. haha so funny.]

[bredinthebone]

[She laughs a bit at that, her tone oh-so-dry.]

You've caught me. I'm out there, corrupting young minds.

[killingtodeath]

I knew it. So what's your favorite spell?

[bredinthebone]

Interesting question.

[She closes the notebook and hands it back to him.]

Offensively or defensively?

[killingtodeath]

Yes? [WHY NOT BOTH!]

[bredinthebone]

[She laughs.]

Alright, offensively first.

[Because those are way more fun. She pauses before casting Flaming Sphere, letting it sit for a moment on a the stone patio. It's a ball of fire about four feet high, and as she moves her hand it rolls around in the enclosed area.]

I can move it wherever I want, can make it jump - [which she will demonstrate] - or head towards a particular target. Only lasts about half a minute, but you can do a lot in thirty seconds.

[killingtodeath]

I see why you like the fire stuff. That's crazy.

[bredinthebone]

[She nods as she extinguishes it. It's something powerful to channel her energy into.]

I like acid too, but those spells for me are a little rusty.

[She pauses for a moment before turning back to face him again.]

As for defensive ...

[She casts Disguise Self, and mostly works with what she's got in front of her. It's not her best cast, mostly because she's been doing magic for him for a good long while, but it's still pretty awesome (disguise 21). Stiles is basically looking at a double of himself, and she'll just smirk a bit before waggling her fingers in a wave. Stiles needs a will save of 15+ to recognize it as an illusion.]