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ƜуηηєfαƖѕнσηɗ ([personal profile] wynn) wrote in [community profile] knightsoflegend2014-09-10 07:35 pm
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briefing ♔ i will never know myself until i do this on my own



This is War
- 30 Seconds to Mars

WHO || Wynn,  Jack, Hasmed, Lis'sa, Dovan, Solace, Koraith, Christos, Tia, Nessa, Grant, Buffy, Myri, Finnick, Spike,  Gar, Archer, Des, Fred Jr., Dumage, Mark, Alainn, Zero, Colin, Lan, Eric, Val'drin, Risa,  Anastacia, Faith O., Max R., Belle, Kadir, Edain, Sydney, Zatanna, Aurelius, Jaina, Erky, Davin,  Riddick, Jordan, Henry, Leia, Willow, Kate, Allison, Francesca, Bo, Han, Aedan, Rocket, Drax, Nathan, Maxwell, Sam, Faith L., Cora, Dimitri, Alanna, Jaime, Klaus, Gus, Andrew, Stiles, Lydia, Gold, Jackson, Adam, Miles, Penelope, David, Derek, Andie, Kali, Cara, Nels, Taradiddle, Abigail, Astrid, Bambi, Frankie, Rose, Helen, Alaric, Alice, Lissa, Alex, Emma F., Cordelia, Zoe,  Sebastian, Malina, Alcide, Phineas, Fiona, Arthur, Faye, Mars, Kate, Lila,  Jameson, Felicity, Thoster, Adi, Brantley, Hook, Emma, Eleven, Alisha, Will, Dean, Grimrot     [Closed]
WHAT || Andres War Briefing
WHERE || Knights HQ, Round Table Room
WHEN || September 19th [forward dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, please call dibs in the dibs plurk!


On the eve of battle, an impressive array of Knights gathers in the Round Table room of the castle.  The usually cavernous room seems tightly packed with this many bodies, and places at the Table are reserved for Wynn, the Section Heads, all those who have had any hand in the Talisman mission, including New York, and Christos, but who's going to argue with him, really.  The air buzzes with a mixture of impending dread and on some fronts, excitement.  It's hard to deny that there are those in the room who have wanted to make a move on Andres for years.

Wynn waits for the appointed hour, before nodding for the doors to be sealed and calling the meeting to order.  

"Before we begin, I'd like to thank each and every one of you, many who have traveled an extensive distance at a moment's notice to join us here today.  I understand that many of you have little idea what you have agreed to, but I hope that before the end of this meeting, you will come to understand what we are doing, and why it must be done.

Andres' Isle has been held under the sway of the man who calls himself their "Prime Minister" for nearly a decade.  In these ten years, he has turned what was once an idyllic country steeped in tradition into a tightly controlled fascist nation disguised as representative of its people.  

Andres is far from the only country to fall to such a fate over the course of history, and it has never been the prerogative of this Knighthood to enforce our own personal vision of some sort of world order onto any nation.  We are protectors of justice, and our enemy has always been both that which comes from the darkest depths of Shadow, and intolerance and prejudice that stems from this world. 

But Dimitris Sarandis has proven to be an exception, an embodiment of all the ideals we stand against, who has aspired to systematize the kind of violence and hatred that threatens the welfare of countless innocents under his rule.  He has used his position to exploit Shadowkind on the island to the point of conducting torturous experiments on them, designed to help him accomplish his goal of forcibly enslaving non-humans, so that they may serve what he sees as the superior race of homo sapiens.  

As if this were not enough, Dimitris knows of our existence, and wishes to tear down our organization, understanding that we pose a threat to all he seeks to accomplish.  To this end, he has conspired against us, kidnapped members of our organization and subjected them to brutal and vile torture, and attempted to blackmail us through detaining Sir Thomas Bancroft and now Sir Samcelot, into complying with his whims - to leave his regime alone entirely, to turn over our most ancient, powerful artifact, and for me to submit to death at his hand.  

Killing Dimitris alone will not stop the system he has created, and will not help free the people of Andres.  Most citizens of the country remain innocent, terrified into compliance, or completely ignorant of what Sarandis does behind closed doors.  These people deserve our help, and the only way to do so is to show them the evil that lurks at the heart of their government, gain their support in uprooting that evil, and assist them in stabilizing their country thereafter.   

To do this, we will need to go beyond the usual parameters of our missions, with a militant, strategic push into the island designed to seize the castle, and take down Sarandis' rule."   He pauses there, letting that sink in.  "What I will not stand for is a callous attitude towards the innocents who we seek to protect on the Island, during this insurgency.  Their safety will be paramount to our operation, and as such, speed is important to what we will be accomplishing.  Dimitris expects retaliation, but he also underestimates our tactics.  As such, rather than attacking the castle with an army, you will be deployed about the Island in a number of small teams, each with an objective that will help us cut off Dimitris from contact with his supporters, secure Sir Bancroft and Sir Samcelot's safety, free those who are imprisoned, and confront Sarandis, taking the castle in the process.

Details of these individual operations not withstanding, I imagine there are some questions.  I open the floor to you to speak."

lurings: (✃ wondering)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-20 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
He didn't have a choice. [ a beat, glancing down at her entwined fingers. ] He's proud of me.
ambitionist: (pic#7105650)

[personal profile] ambitionist 2014-09-20 05:44 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. [it occurs to him to maybe ... stop being a jackass. he reaches over to clap her on the shoulder.] Hey. I'm proud of you, too. This is some scary shit. I know Wynn's tried to frame it like we're all on little team building missions or whatever the fuck to make us feel better, but I don't think he's the type of guy to throw around the word war unless he means it. And war is scary.
lurings: (✃ tremblepaling)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-20 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ her shoulders lift in a shrug. the mission doesn't so much bother her. hers will be simple -- go where someone is hurt. she knows she can defend herself if need be. the what happens if they fail part is what scares her. torture. captivity. she can't do that again. ]

Yeah. [ it's soft and quiet and she's doing great at not crumbling again, all cried out, but it's very clear she's agreeing to the last part. ]
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[personal profile] ambitionist 2014-09-20 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
You can text me if you need anything, okay? [no guaranteeing he'll ... be able to do anything, but he's still attempting to be reassuring. /huffs.]
lurings: (✃ amused)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-20 03:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ his offer gets a ghost of a smile from her. ] I'm the medic tonight, I think you'll be calling me.
ambitionist: (pic#7099586)

[personal profile] ambitionist 2014-09-20 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Shouldn't need one. But we'll see what goes down.
lurings: (✃ talking)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-20 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Hope not. Hopefully I can just sleep while you do all the work. [ she knows this is highly doubtful, especially as she is not an optimist. but it's better than nothing right now. ]
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[personal profile] ambitionist 2014-09-20 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Sleep? You're not gonna play poker with the other clerics while they wait?
lurings: (✃ oh okay)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-20 10:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I'd clean them out. It would be rude.
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[personal profile] ambitionist 2014-09-21 05:19 am (UTC)(link)
I could see that. I bet your poker face is killer. [bc you're such a taciturn and blunt little child tbh.]
lurings: (✃ done)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-21 05:56 am (UTC)(link)
It is. [ her completely emotionless face right now is probably more of an answer, but it cracks at the end because she's too anxious to hold it. ] You'll be careful, right?
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[personal profile] ambitionist 2014-09-21 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
Of course. I'm always careful.
lurings: (✃ alone)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-21 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ she stares him down hard, face distorting with apprehension and a quiet accusation ] Liar.
lurings: (✃ side view)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-21 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ biting her lip, she looks down at her lap. ] You're not always careful. [ he was in the mafia, that is not a careful life choice. she does not think for a second that alex is careful very often. but she follows it up with: ] You hang out with me, after all, that's just asking for a psychotic break all over you one day. [ so maybe she is trying to be funny? ]
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[personal profile] ambitionist 2014-09-21 07:27 am (UTC)(link)
I'm careful enough. [he's not dead. that's ... a kind of careful????] And I'm used to dealing with psychotic breaks, the impending threat doesn't scare me.
lurings: (✃ fatherly)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-21 07:31 am (UTC)(link)
Have a buddy system, on your team. [ the buddy system is flawless, it got her on the train and the subway. please don't die, alex, is basically what she is saying but she can't figure out how to verbalize that she only has maybe three friends and she counts him as one (because sob what if it isn't reciprocated) and so she would like to keep him, thanks. ]
ambitionist: (pic#7099586)

[personal profile] ambitionist 2014-09-21 07:40 am (UTC)(link)
I'll be fine. [he bends forward to kiss her on the forehead in an act of reassurance.] Worry about your team, and how bored you're gonna be when literally no one gets injured.
lurings: (✃ apprehension)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-21 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ her head bobs in a little nod this time. ] Okay.
ambitionist: (pic#7591476)

[personal profile] ambitionist 2014-09-21 04:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I love you, kid.
lurings: (✃ you be my dad)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-21 05:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ her head snaps up, surprise etched across her expression almost comical if it weren't so sad that she is so genuinely surprised. her blue eyes turn glassy and she swallows hard, but doesn't seem to be able to manage words in reply. ]
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[personal profile] ambitionist 2014-09-21 05:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[well that was difficult and feelings are gross, so what if he just tried to .. walk away after that. what if. aka that's what he's doing.]
lurings: (✃ consoling)

[personal profile] lurings 2014-09-21 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Wait! [ no! she vaults out of the chair and hurries forward, giving him a hard hug. she releases him after a few moments. ] Okay. Bye.

[ yep. that was it. ]