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

[olreliable]

Oh, wow... [Of all the questions that Willow thought Buffy might ask because of Veilnesia, this was not one of them. She's more surprised by this than the idea of Buffy forgetting who Willow is.]

You guys sort of... had a thing. [And then you sent him to hell. But he came back and helped us defeat the evil mayor.

...And then immediately peaced out. Wow, this story sucks. She is realizing that quickly.]

[slay]

[ Had a thing. Okay. That’s not so bad. She can handle that.

—Wait. “Souls make it different.” As in, Angel was an example. Of a soul-having vampire.

Buffy’s stomach lurches, recalling her ill-advised tryst with Spike. The nauseated feeling bubbles up in her throat—no, wait, that’s not a feeling, that’s actual bile. She raises a hand to cover her mouth, gaze growing distant and leaving Willow’s face.

What is wrong with her? Does she just attract the undead or something? Is she wearing a big old undead-shaped “do me” sign on her back? Is this a thing she should be seeking therapy for, like one of those disturbing balloon fetishes that people wind up on TLC for? ]

Oh God.

[ She drops her hand, taking a deep breath and shaking her head, blinking distress out of her eyes. ]

I’m not—I can’t … I gotta go.

[ Barreling past Willow, she leaves the conversation in the dust. Nonononono. ]