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

[telepathy]

I didn't realize your gifts extended to foresight.

[ Being a bitch is a great coping method and don't let anyone tell you different. ]

[adamantiumed]

There's a lot you don't know about me.

[telepathy]

Less than you would like to believe.

[ Isn't it creepy to know she knows more about your life than you sometimes. ]

[adamantiumed]

We already know there's plenty of differences between your world an' mine. Maybe I'll surprise you.

[telepathy]

[ Getting a squinty look from a telepath usually indicates being read, but Emma makes no move to probe into his mind as she fixes him with an inscrutable expression. He makes a fair point—what's more, she's genuinely interested, and not simply in digging the distinctions out of his head.

(Truth be told, she's witnessed a great number of them in the past already. But drudging up one of his worse moments doesn't seem like a way to win friends, and Emma is short on those these days.) ]

See that you do.

[ Telepaths are hard to surprise. And yet. ]

[adamantiumed]

[ he watches for a moment, as if challenging her to go deep sea diving in his head again, but is kind of pleasantly surprised when... she doesn't????? but that doesn't mean he's gonna make this share time, anyway. ] Take care of yourself, Frost.

[ he marches past her towards the door ] Not that I have to tell you that.

[telepathy]

[ She's left chuckling in his wake, unbothered by the dig. In fact, she takes great comfort in it. ]

If there's one thing I excel at ...

[ Her own survival has always been her first priority. Until Scott. Until her children. But it's easier to fall back on that now when she's had both ripped from her. ]