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

[mydesigns]

That's ... cool. [see him trying to be appreciative of his stray teenager's life???] Guess you'll have lots of time to practice if you go. ... Are you?

[killingtodeath]

Yeah, I'm-- [He swallows and nods.] Yeah. You?

[Look, when he talked about this with Abigail, it went... terribly.]

[mydesigns]

Yeah. [he nods back.] It's the right thing to do. My moral compass can be ... shaky at times, but I try to keep it pointing north for things like this.

[killingtodeath]

Good call. [He gives him a slightly questioning look because of that shaky moral compass thing, but... refrains from asking for now. Mostly, he's not sure he wants the answer. Stiles likes Will and doesn't really want a reason to... not like him.]

Abigail was pretty pissed when I told her I was going. She's convinced I'm going to die out there. Definitely helping with my confidence.

[mydesigns]

She's just worried about you. [pro...bably???? that's what will assumes, anyway.] I doubt any of us are going out there alone. You'll have backup.

[killingtodeath]

She thinks I'm an idiot and I'm going to get myself killed. And she's...probably right. But I still have to do this.

[mydesigns]

I'm proud of you. It's — decisions like this are never easy.

[killingtodeath]

[Stiles was... not expecting that.]

...What, really?

[mydesigns]

Really.

[well, good. if he wasn't expecting that, he won't expect a monologue to come with it. because there wasn't one. just "really."]

[killingtodeath]

Well, thanks. That means a lot.

[mydesigns]

You're welcome. ... Hang in there. [he kind of awkwardly claps him on the shoulder ... and walks away.

this has been a parenting moment with will graham.]