VIDEO CALL ☏ TO EVERYONE

[wynn]

[ on september 18th, the following message is broadcast to all knights via the drakenet after the meeting is adjourned.   there's no disguising the fire in their leader's eyes, the burning anger beneath his words, and more than anything, the determination underlying his message. ]

Many of you have been long familiar with the threat posed by the would be ruler of Andres Isle, Dimitris Sarandis.  Nearly ten years ago, he conspired against the reigning family of the Isle, betrayed their trust and usurped the throne under the guise of his 'Parliament'.  Since then, he has turned a country that once stood for peace and hope into a bed of fear, hatred, and despair.  He has exploited the Shadowkind of the island to further his own dark experiments into enslaving those who he considers less than humans, conspired with the same cult responsible for the incident months past in New York, tortured two of our number, and since held Sir Bancroft prisoner. 

Some of our Knights have returned from a diplomatic mission to Andres intended as a parley for Thomas' return.  Dimitris has made his terms clear:  in exchange for Sir Bancroft's life, he would have us abandon our attempts to set foot on the island and halt his machinations, under pain of death.  As if this were not an impossible enough demand, he has compounded this insult by demanding my head.  

Whatever chance he thought he once had of this offer being accepted ended when he decided to capture yet another of our Knights, Sir Samcelot, and subject her to an even more depraved brand of torment.  

The situation on Andres has remained unresolved for far too long.  We have never considered it our place to direct the current of any nation's governance, yet these are desperate times, which call for measures beyond the scope of our customary domain.

Tomorrow, we gather for a War Council.  This is an open call to any and all available Knights, who are willing to stand against this great evil, and move upon Andres to unseat Sarandis once and for all.  I will not disguise the danger inherent in this impending battle.  Sarandis employs monstrous creatures of Shadow bent to his will, as well as controlling his human army.  He's a deviously intelligent enemy infamous for his ruthlessness and prepared for an onslaught.  

Yet, I have every faith in this Knighthood to overrun his forces, to free the people of Andres from tyranny, protect its citizens, and bring swift justice to those who have spat upon it.  

Many of you remember our past Dragon's Claw, Sir Ellison, who vanished on Andres after Dimitris first took power.  We fight for what was very  likely done to him, for those of our number who Dimitris has personally tormented and exploited, and to reclaim our own who remain in his clutches.  

We will not settle for defeat.  

We will not cower before his threats.

Honor shall prevail.

[participation in the Battle for Andres plot is now available in the Plot Shop for every active character in the game!  Sign up before Wed, Sept 10th to guarantee your involvement in this game-wide event!

character may use this post to speak to each other over the network and react.  you are also free to make new threads on the bottom of this post that take place between the breaking of this announcement on the 18th and the War Council 24 hours later as characters make their decisions, etc!]

Comments

text to adam

[kineticist]

[ha ha. so this is the best way to do this, right?]

there isn't going to be an easy way to do this, but I figured a heads up was better than when I show up in a few hours.

[surprise??]

[ex_psionic439]

[Except without context he can only guess at what this means (he isn't sure how to feel about it), if it was even meant for him. So he is just going to go ahead and seek a little bit of clarification despite ... not having spoken to her in a hot minute?? Hi, glad you're still alive.]

Um, what?

[kineticist]

[To be honest, she had kept it brief because she wasn't even sure if he'd reply.]

I'm heading there tonight. With Wynn calling for every hand available, I am offering my hand. I didn't want the first contact to be me showing up and just bumping into you.

[ex_psionic439]

[Well, that would confirm it. He doesn't even know how to reply to that.]

Thanks for the heads up?

[Can she feel his bitchy sarcasm through the text tho. Because what the FUCK.]

[kineticist]

[Wow. She can feel the bitchy snark. Though, she also knows she sort of deserves it.]

I didn't want it to be like this, but I don't have a choice. I wanted to do this later in the month, but it's not gonna happen like it does in the Lifetime movies.

[ex_psionic439]

Yeah, no shit.

[Just keepin' it real with you, gurl.]

[kineticist]

[Such harsh. Much brother.]

cute. Look I'm giving you a heads up because if you'd rather avoid the whole situation completely that's your choice and I'll give you that choice.

[the unlike dad part is implied there, because she knows that there was never much choice in their family unless you opted to leave.]

[ex_psionic439]

I don't even know what to think right now.

[kineticist]

You've got a good eight hours before I'll be there. You can either sort it out in between that time or you can wait until some magical moment when you've come to grips with the thought that your sister has been a knight for a few years and just didn't feel like telling you until all hell broke loose.

[ex_psionic439]

If we're even still alive by then.

[Sour grapes eclipsed slightly by the fucking war on the horizon.]

[kineticist]

What are you still sitting at the kiddie table around there or have you actually been making yourself useful?

[ex_psionic439]

Screw that, I've been on a mission.

To fucking KANSAS so it counts as trekking through the pits of hell.

[A mission, singular.]

And I helped someone out with vampire domination. I'm the most useful person here.

[kineticist]

[Well, she can see that his EGO is still perfectly in tact.]

Fine you're earning your keep there. So why are you concerned about dying if you're the most useful person there?

[ex_psionic439]

Because I'm not stupid. As fucked up as Kansas was, it's wasn't exactly a war zone.

People are coming in from all over the world. This shit is going to be big.

[kineticist]

You do realize that I'm one of the people coming in, right? I am aware of how big this is going to be.

[ex_psionic439]

No shit.

[He literally just said he wasn't stupid. Way to treat him like he is tho.]

Not to be morbid or anything but the chances of no one dying in a "war" are kind of non-existent. Not everyone who goes in is going to walk away, no matter how useful they are. To think otherwise is straight up delusional.

[kineticist]

[He's the one acting like a baby being all 'weh weh, what if we die first.' She's just trying to ground him in the reality of not going into war thinking that he's gonna die.]

thanks for the lesson. I had no idea that people died in war. so do you really want this to be us bickering? I mean, I have a long drive ahead of me, you could blow up my phone all you want with this or you could stop the negative nancy crap for a few hours and actually trust in yourself and hope that you will make it out of this alive.

[ex_psionic439]

It's not me I'm worried about. We're going to have to rely on others, and you've probably been away too long because have you met half of the people here?

[Which was like throwing half of the castle under the bus but for real. There were a lot of people Adam would rather not have his back.]

But while we're expressing our gratitude, thanks for he pep-talk. Sorry I like to be realistic about this type of thing.

[kineticist]

[She laughs, because really he says that he's not worried about himself, but then he lays it out that he figures if he dies it'll be because of someone else making a mistake - which is really him still being worried about himself... so, she just has to be amused at his circle of thought.]

I have been away a while, but I really doubt that the standards have been lowered any.

[SHE TOTALLY COULD HAVE MADE A DIG AT HIM... but she doesn't.]

Look, I wanted to come out there in a month and actually have the whole reunion thing and make it not like this. Not that I was going to bring you cookies or anything, but I at least wanted to just explain in person. I just figured you'd get pissed off and you're a lot easier to manage when you're just a ping on my phone.

[ex_psionic439]

Why not? I like cookies.

[Purposely derailing the point here.]

[kineticist]

If I bring cookies can we talk when I get there?

[ex_psionic439]

Depends. :/ What kind of cookies are we talking about here?

[kineticist]

[you knew this setup was coming like a MILE AWAY.]

img attch. yes? no?

[ex_psionic439]

[sdfhjgk ilu]

I was hoping for peanut butter oreos, but I guess that works.

[kineticist]

peanut butter oreos are only in the box with the mini cookies now. that whole Reece's special edition bullshit was serious apparently. they have cookie dough but they taste like mocha coffee.