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knightsoflegend2012-02-27 05:31 pm
wynn) wrote in knightsoflegend2012-02-27 05:31 pm
briefing ♔ a song will only scratch the skin
♬ Storm Coming - Gnarls Barkley
WHO || Wynn, Thomas, Christos, Francesca, Luthir, Arthur, Merlin, Katniss, Ethan [Closed]
WHAT || Russia Mission Briefing
WHERE || Knights HQ, the Round Table room
WHEN || Mon, Feb 27th, shortly before 5pm.
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.
Just as before, accessing the secret room where the Round Table is housed requires using the Knight's access card to open the glass class beside the mural of the War in Heaven, located across from the ballroom entrance. Using the fire extinguisher as a lever to activate the "door" mechanism reveals the long torch-lit hall plastered in artworks depicting the Knight's history. The tenants of the Knighthood hang large and foreboding over the doors at the end of the hall, which stand open to reveal the brightly lit Round Table, and the majestic crystalline dragon statue presiding over it.
Come in, find a seat, meet your teammates if you haven't already. Wynn will be with you all shortly.
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[he stays close to the wall after coming through the door, but then spots the chair on one side of Arthur and quickly slips into it.]
Sorry.
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[He moves to the table, clapping Christos on the back, which prompts the dark elf to go rigid in place, his expression clouding instantly as he refuses to turn to look at Thomas behind him.] La Krail! Always good to have your cheerful company with us. [He glances down the line at Ethan and Katniss in turn] Not to mention some fresh meat. Wonderful. [He places a much more gentle hand on Francesca's shoulder in a nearly gentleman-like manner] My dear. [And then looks down to Arthur and Merlin, smiling with those slightly-too-sharp teeth of his] And the Once and the Future, even. Well. I imagine Merlin will be glad to have a friend along. [He continues past the two of them, popping into a seat beyond them, nearly in front of the two doors to Wynn's chamber, and places his feet up on the Round, lacing his hands behind his head.
It's only when he's settled in that he seems to notice Luthir and starts visibly] Nine hells, Luthir, what are you doing all the way over there? Did you turn into a leper and no one bothered to tell me? That's the sort of thing that should make it over that little phone network of ours, you know. [He grins aside towards those on his half of the table] Brill idea, that one. Almost wish I'd thought of it myself.
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And hello to you too, Sir Bancroft.
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She watches him closely, then glances over at Merlin, remembering they have some sort of bond. She makes a note to figure out fully what it is - later of course, no time for that now - and then turns back to face Francesca and answer the question about airplanes.]
Flying doesn't seem very natural.
[She prefers her feet on the ground where they belong, thank you. All kinds of things can go wrong in an airplane. She's imagined a wide variety of them, and isn't very excited about having to be trapped on what she likes to think of as a tin can of potential misery and death.]
I can't remember ever having flown before, though.
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She brings her full attention back to Katniss when the girl turns to her.]
We'll most likely be flying to our mission destination. I just wondered if it was something you were familiar with.
Christos is an excellent pilot, by the way. Perhaps he'll be ours for this flight. [She's trying to give her a little security in their common method of transportation. She hopes Ethan won't mind her not mentioning him. She just figures it would be more comforting for Katniss to be able to put her trust in Christos.]
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I imagine I will be. Who else here is qualified?
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And that should be everyone.
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Sir Luthir doesn't have a squire joining us? [ All it took was a little math to figure out everyone else in the universe had brought theirs. ]
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No.
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[His eyes cast about from face to face, as if taking the measure of everyone there.]
Several years ago, a highly unusual breach of the Veil relocated an entire populated Elvish city into the mountains near Magadan, Russia. This proved more troublesome than the relocation of individuals in that they were much less interested in the thought of any form of assimilation into this new world. They met explanations of their plight with skepticism and suspicion and initial contact with the nearby city went less than smoothly.
Part of this has to do with their heritage and culture as sun elves [he nods to Luthir] which Sir Luthir can explain in more detail. The nature of our intercession comes from the emergence of a drow settlement, which seems to appeared over the last several months, very close to the same area. The hostility between the two groups has begun to leak over into the nearby human city, as their conflict is threatening on the verge of total war. Human casualties have resulted in the Russians discussing taking action against both groups, and the elves have refused meditation attempts or even offers of assistance in rooting out the drow.
They want to win this war on their own, it seems, but they will not listen to evidence presented before their council of a subterranean entrance into the mountains that is allowing the drow access to their city, and to Magadan. Finding a way to seal off this tunnel should give them the upper hand they require to make a decisive stand and finish this. Sir Bancroft is in charge of that particular duty, and will have at his disposal whichever of you he deems necessary to complete the objective.
Meanwhile, Sir Francesca will be responsible for establishing diplomatic contact with the human government of Magadan, to keep them from taking drastic military action intended to wipe out both sides. She will also be allowed to select team members to assist her in this effort.
Sir Reedhym has had contact with the nobles of the elven settlement and will be attempting similar diplomatic efforts, though the best we may hope for at this time is to hold them off from their war efforts until Sir Bancroft has accomplished his mission.
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She's watching Thomas, trying to see if his gaze is focused on any of the other members of their group. As if he has them in mind for his team. Selecting "teams" for a mission can sometimes be a lot like picking teams for a friendly basketball game. And of course someone will be the last choice for either side.
She's also already going through her personal knowledge of each Knight here, assessing what skills will be most useful to her.]
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At the risk of bordering on insubordinate, I'm curious. Why take the side of the sun elves over the drow in this? What is it exactly that's caused the feud between them, and what made you choose to provide aide to the sun elves in this conflict instead of to the drow?
Beyond that, [ He glances at Francesca again. ] why send the one knight who could be mistaken for one of them in to do the diplomatic work?
I'm sure you could talk your way out of worse messes than Houdini's escaped, but you can't deny they might be on edge.
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She doesn't answer his questions right away, though, despite the fact that she knows the answer. She's kind of hoping Luthir might enlighten him on his rendition of the never-ending war between the drow and the elves. This could get interesting.
But if he won't, she will.]
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Their young are raised to believe themselves superior to every other race, as well as superior to drow who remain "houseless" or outside their societal constructions. They do not simply accept this as a grounds for prejudice - they use it as justification to attempt to militarily crush any of these "lower" beings when they are granted the opportunity. They won't stop with destroying the sun elf colony, should they succeed. It's likely they would next set their sights on the humans in the area and act with the same level of ruthless efficiency.
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You failed to mention that the sun elves are hardly any better when it comes to ideals of racial superiority. That's why we're in this standstill in the first place, isn't it? Because they believe everyone else to be too uncivilized to interact with.
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Sir Francesca is one of our most highly qualified diplomats, though I certainly understand your confusion over why we would elect to send in someone who could be mistaken for the "enemy".
However, as you yourself obviously recognize, race itself does not dictate the morality of any being, and this is our opportunity to allow the humans to come to meet a dark elf who represents the opposite of what they've come to fear from them. There's a danger in encouraging a mentality that the drow are simply the villains in every situation and should be opposed on principle, and I have hopes that this will send a very clear message to that effect.
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bluff check 29. What good drow doesn't want a chance to prove their existence to those who have never met one? Really, she's kind of honored. She's also quite terrified, but no time for that now. This is, after all, what being a Knight is all about -- disproving the stereotypes pinned to Shadowkind and diffusing the hostile occurrences caused by their appearance. She'll cling to that.Still, the only reaction she can manage at this time is a simple nod of agreement.
She then turns to Arthur and casually sizes him up, before finally settling her gaze on Christos, or as much of him as she can make out behind two other people.]
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Christos' response to Luthir does make him wonder why Christos is on this mission if he's got such a problem with it, but Wynn knows what he's doing, and in the military, you learn not to ask those questions. Questioning the ethics, you can do. Questioning why a higher-up is making a certain call? Not so much. ]
Superior to every other race. Sounds familiar. [ It's said with a wry kind of levity that isn't even a little amused. It's not funny. It's not even remotely funny. He looks to Wynn. ] Yes, Sir. Anything else we should know about the situation before we touch down?
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[ Nevertheless. He does remember some of the things Wynn's told him
about anti-shadowlands sentiments. ]
The people of Magadan.
[ He looks back at Wynn. Yeah, like he has any concept of "Russian". ]
Are they truly only concerned with the human casualties? Or are they going to be looking to remove their new neighbors regardless of the conflict?
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Ideally, we'll find a way to establish relations between the human and sun elf governments so that they can avoid these situations in the future, rather than arrive at the same point should another enemy arise.
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She's trying to piece together what knowledge she has that might be beneficial to this mission, as well as thinking of any suggestions to give the other team and Luthir.]
What we need to accomplish, more than anything, is a sense of order. We need to make both sides understand that the drow thrive on chaos, and if they made a united, cooperative stand, they actually might have chance in surviving the attacks.
It's also in my understanding that the sun elves strive for order, a rare thing among elves, but perhaps that cultural stance could be even more exploited.
As well as reminding them that Corellon blesses those who aid others and warns his followers against stagnation.
[She smirks and shrugs.] I'm not sure what you've covered with them already, though, Luthir.
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