knightsoflegend | briefing ♔ i will never know myself until i do this on my own

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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."

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I heard you.

[But he sure is looking anyway.]

You'll have to excuse me for wanting to be sure myself after finding you sleeping in my girlfriend's bed.

[He does...not sound apologetic. At all. Also pissed.

Also mildly insecure because things have...not been great. Whoops.]

Yeah? [ you know what, dean is just

irritated with your entire existence for so many reasons dimitri. ] So what, you're gonna root through her closets hopin' to find her there? Lotta trust in this relationship you got going. Or is it that you only trust doppelgangers wearing her face?

[Wow, I'm not even going to roll a will save on that because that's probably the most horrible thing anyone has ever said to him ever he is so offended oh my god.

So he's just going to try and deck him in the face instead. Yeah this is not going well at all.

(atk...28, 7 dmg if it hits)]

[ oh yeah that definitely hits. he clocks dean across the face, and his head snaps aside. he raises one hand to his lip, brow knitting together in growing angry determination... seconds before her hauls back and does a power attack punch to dimitri's jaw, twice as hard (atk 25, dmg 14) ]

[Yeah, the fucking hurts. A lot.

Dean clocks him hard enough that when he reaches forward to try and grapple him into a choke hold, his attack is sloppy and easy to follow, letting Dean easily reverse it (grapple atk crit fail).

The next moment he finds himself slammed face first into the door, arms bent painfully behind him.]

Let's try this again. [ dean scowls behind him (intimidate 15), cranking on his arm just enough to be massively uncomfortable. ] Rose. Ain't. Here. And if you've got somethin' you feel like accusing her of, why don't you come out and say it?

My discussions with Rose are none of your business.

[He's...practically growling over his shoulder (intimidate 28)]

You being here is inappropriate, regardless.

[ dean lets him go, at least, taking a step back as he spreads his hands ] Given it's her room, I think it's up to her to say what's appropriate and what's not, and she's the one who insisted I come up here.

Nothing happened, alright?

[For what it's worth, Dimitri...manages to collect his wits pretty fast (will save nat 20? wtf). The problem is that Rose thought this was okay for him to potentially find, because he actually believe him this time (sense motive....nat 20.)

His fingers come up to gingerly rub his jaw.]

Fine. Where did she go.

(Move Silently 25)

To pay my respects to Luthir.

[Voice Tense.]

What the hell is going on? [This would be known as Rose's dangerously calm tone.]

Your boyfriend came up here to deck me for touchin' his girl. [ he looks past dimitri at rose like :| dis bitch, rose. dis bitch. ]

[Wow that is...not even what happened Dean you dick.]

I didn't expect him to answer the door. Or to be so rude.

[Anger...rising...]

[Rose zeros in on Dean's bloody lip (Spot 26) and then promptly CRIT FAILS her Will Save like a boss, her whole face darkening as her hands turn to fists at her sides, knuckles turning white and Rose is getting up in Dimitri's face in a matter of two strides.]

You hit him?! Are you fucking kidding me right now?!

I already got him back for it. [ matter-of-factly ] But it wasn't exactly what I wanted to wake up to. I see what you mean about this guy. [ as dean crit fails his wisdom check about what... not to say (unsure) ]

I'm not going to apologize for it.

[Well isn't this a fantastic reunion.]

Though I do hope you ask him what he said to me before I made that poor decision-

[And then his eyes narrow as he cuts himself off and turns his gaze towards Rose.]

What does he mean by that?

You're not. That's great really just - You give him a bloody lip because you think he and I are - what, exactly?

[And of course Dean speaks and Rose shoots him a look that's halfway between confused and OMG STFU!] Not helping -

[She just... gapes for a moment because what the fuck does she even say to that?] I'm the one asking questions here right now! What the hell happened?!

[ dimitri if u think dean isn't gonna own up to what he said u r wrong bc he was right :) ] He came to find you and when he saw me up here, got the wrong idea in his head right off the bat. I told him that seemed pretty damn ironic, considering how quick he was to trust the thing wearin' your face months ago.

He didn't like that much. Maybe it hit a little too close to the truth.

[Dimitri has literally...nothing to say to that.

Because wow it's all kind of true twisted into horrible, horrible ways.

This is the worst.]

He proceeded to retaliate, but I don't blame him for doing so.

[Look at him try to take the high road, Rose. He sure doesn't look happy, though.]

[That sure did hit a little too close to the truth for somebody here because the sting of that reminder shows itself on Rose's face as she goes so far as to take a step back from Dimitri. (Will Save 9)

Her breath quickens, hands clenching again and the silence stretches as she rolls that over in her head, taking his lack of rebuttal as an acknowledgment of the truth.

When Rose finally does lift her eyes to meet Dimitri's, he's treated to a look of hurt and betrayal that she's been holding in for three long months, shaking her head.]

You - really don't know me at all, do you? [Though it sounded more like a confirmation than a question.

Her shoulders shake with silent, humorless laughter and Rose shakes her head once more.] No wonder you couldn't tell the difference.

[ dean's gaze travels to rose, monitoring the pain on her face, and looking more than a little sympathetic to that particular shade of betrayed. concern knits his brow, and he finally sweeps his eyes to dimitri again, waiting for his response. he even manages to hold his damn tongue for once in his life. #meritbadge ]

[Yeah he sure can't hide the pain he feels hearing that (will save 9). He also can't hold back what he says to her next.]

No, I guess I don't, since I thought you might respect me enough not to let some man I barely know sleep in your bed. I certainly would never create a situation where you might find another woman in mine.

[Just saying. She may know Dean, but he doesn't. That makes it worse, actually.]

If you think I haven't destroyed myself over and over about that, you'd be wrong.

[And that's literally all he can say before he has to excuse himself, turning his back on her and attempting to walk away.]

Edited 2014-09-25 08:27 (UTC)

He - [Stabbing a finger in Dean's direction.] Is not just some man. He's the one who's had my back for the last three months! Who dropped everything to travel halfway around the world and live out of crappy motel rooms and a car because I asked him to. [Hands that shake now curling into fists.] You can't even refrain from giving Russian lessons to the psychotic little bitch who's gone out of her way to make my life here a living hell so don't you dare talk to me about respect!

[Spitting the words at him as whatever control she might have had slips through her fingers.]

Yeah that's it! Walk away. People around here seem to be really good at that!

[ dean can't entirely disguise the surprise that touches his expression at some of what rose has to say about him, but he still doesn't say anything, folding his arms instead and letting her handle this, all while staring at dimitri like yep. what she said. ]

[He reels back on her, furious.]

I would have had your back too. I've always had your back.

[He would have dropped everything in a moment to help her, and she'd pushed him away. This wasn't his fault. He refused to believe that.]

You can be mad at Lila all you want, Rose, but I was trying to help you. [Being Lila's friend would also have hopefully prevented further antagonizing. He just wanted to help everyone.] And teaching an emotionally difficult teenager about her heritage is different then what happened here and you know it.

[He turns away again.]

I don't know if you've forgotten, but there's a war to be fought. Tonight. I'll decide when this is over if there's more to discuss.

[And then he sure does...walk away. Before he kills something. :|]

Whatever you need to tell yourself to make you the good guy, right?

[Rose's face went red with fury, seeing Dimitri's retreating back and she reached to take it out on the closest thing to her; which in this case happened to be her poor and very abused door, slamming it back against the wall (Strength.... 28.)]

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