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

[felidity]

What if they're young? A ten year old would see no issue with the Prime Minister coming to power, they would be raised in a society of ignorance -- the way the rest of the world perceives Andres. An eighteen year old soldier could know nothing, have only joined the Andresian army to serve their country the way countless teenagers do across the world. Teenagers don't know they can say no, scared teenagers wouldn't even if they realized the could. Teenagers that join the army to support their families.

[ kali was made in this world, she knows the history. andres was one of the more recent coups. she was barely eleven when it happened, a few months shy of twenty two now. she's witnessed the depth of ignorance the world has had toward andres. (knowledge: history and also current events tbh 20 total) she also has worked with human troops. human teenagers who haven't seen the horrors of war or gitmo and have this idealized version of serving their country.

she doesn't want to kill kids like that. and she wants rocket to think about kids trike that. they're as much victims. in a different way. she sees the world as very black and white. this is one of the things that she sees in grey. ]

[beatupgrass]

[Rocket considers this. He never thought of any of the soldiers outside the prison- all he saw were the ones in it or the ones who hauled him off that way. And those ones made the guards at the Kyln look like Nova Corps' finest.]

I dunno. [He glances down where underneath his jumpsuit is a mess of horrific surgical scars.] Maybe elsewhere, but they sent the baddest of the bad to where I was. I don't think anyone else could stomach what goes on in that place.

[felidity]

[ she nods, mulling this over. ]

We need plates.

[beatupgrass]

Right. [Look at him manage awesome dexterity to finagle some plates down. (dex 18) Just imagine what would happen if all raccoons were genetically augmented freaks.]

[felidity]

[ all silver drawers will be liberated. once she has the plates, she slides the bacon and eggs on to them. great culinary success!! ] Here you go. Where do you want to sit? Here or in the dining room?

[beatupgrass]

[He's already making himself comfortable on the counter.]

Considerin' the average chair ain't equipped for someone my size... [Here. Here is good. Now watch him eat this food like he hasn't had a decent meal in two months.

...Oh right. :(]

[felidity]

My feet don't touch the ground either. [ there there. she joins him and eats with methodical neatness. ]