All Knights ♔ VIDEO CALL

[usurping]

 [ everyone who currently has a drakenet phone in their possession that is turned on would abruptly spring to life with a video announcement on speakerphone :') 

the video stars everyone's favorite super-aryan-villain dimitris sarandis, deposed prime minister of andres isle, in what appears to be the cockpit of some kind of giant tank.  weird.

he looks and sounds pretty pleased with himself, to be honest. ]

I'm certain all of you have had a chance to notice something is amiss by now, but if that weren't strikingly clear, I'm here to spell things out:  

You all took my home from me by force, destroyed everything I had sought to build, tore down or stole my research and stripped me of my resources.   Luckily, I had some spirited away, and I've found the Knighthood is far from short on enemies.

Turnabout, as they say, is fair play.

[ he cranks on a lever and outside there's another loud whizzing sound as a rocket goes streaking out to strike the second floor dragon's light bedroom wing for 81 structural damage, tearing a giant gaping hole in the front of the building which rocks again from the impact.  dimitris closes his eyes in blissful appreciation as he listens to the impact, as if enjoying a fine symphony, before he opens them again with a sneering smile.  ]

I'm sure you're all waiting for Daddy Wynn to run and save you.  I'm afraid you'll find he's a bit occupied.  Such a pity.

A pity, that is, that I won't get to see his face when he comes back to find this place a smoking crater littered with your corpses.  Ah, well.  You can't have everything.

[ with that, he grins insanely, and then the feed cuts out.   replies can be sent to that video channel, but any attempts to call literally anyone else on the drakenet phone right now result only in a three dog night song playing on repeat. ]

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at the front desk...

[receptionist]

[Uh.... all the phones don't work. Also, legit the building could be in flames around her and she'd still be at her desk watching the flames.]

Do I get the day off?

Random Mission Group } Group Thread for anyone who wanted their character out on a mission during

[sakurasmile]

[Kyomi's standing in a hotel lobby with her mission group, trying to figure out when the best time to start chatting up the guy who's supposed to have information on the Shadowkind artifact they're going to steal back before it can be sold to a dangerous third party when her phone goes off.]

Oi. Who's this guy, then? [she holds up her phone to her nearest partner, frowning.] Is someone havin' a laugh?

[spinerip]

[Drax got a wis 7 so he doesn't recognize him.]

Wynn is not my father. I believe only Sir Fred is descended from him.

disney world | sweets, ella & co.

[likeababyduck]

[Sweets took the some folks to Disney World because Ella had never been before and they had some downtime. So they're currently at Cinderella's castle, with some of them dolled up and sitting for pictures when the phone that Sweets is trying to take a picture with comes to life with a message.

From Dimitris Sarandis.

Sweets' eyes go wide and he stammers a bit, dropping the phone as he listens.]

Uh ... guys ... ?

[animalistic]

[Malia is returning to the group, frustrated that yet another souvenir shop has nothing with her name on it. She does have her 1st Visit button on, though and that was free. Frowning, she is upset about the lack of "Malia" merchandise.]

Is it so difficult to put five letters on a tiny license plate? [She glances to the group.] What happened?

[lionbrave]

[Jaime definitely does not have a phone and he's eating some fried dough so he just... looks at Sweets' in confusion.]

Are those devices supposed to do that?

Re: at the front desk...

[isisagent]

[As Archer & Elena pass by... Because why not.]

Cheryl - you're in charge of Babou II. And Merlin! And Woodhouse!

[likeababyduck]

[Sweets is quick to shake his head as he tries to call Paige or Alice and is met with oooooone is the loneliest number and is looking slightly panicky.]

That's ... really not good at all.

[highnotes]

[Lorne is still new enough that he's not quite caught up, and he raises an eyebrow as he looks to the others for clarification.]

Who is this mook, anyway?

[Not that he needs to know to realize this is bad, bad news. What a time to be away from HQ.]

Flagrant abuse of classic rock aside, I'm guessing we've got real reason to sweat?

[telepathy]

Dimitris Sarandis. Enemy of the Knights, and abuser of Shadowkind. He's the worst sort of villain, and I say that having previously been one myself. Even I wouldn't have lowered myself to join his ilk.

shows up to this thread 15 minutes late with starbucks

[bitchywolf]

Uhhhh. [Erica is here just still staring at her phone like wtf.]

Yeah. [That was in answer to what Lorne asked.] With a message like that, definitely.

[sorceresslite]

[ ella, who is shooing one of the cinderella's away like, no it's fine, we just take capture the flag very seriously, comes back in a tornado of gaelic swearing. ]

He's a cumguzzling, cross-eyed dick pipe. The same fucking undead scrotum fucker dickwhistle that killed Mark, er, King Marcus's father and took over the bloody island. Now he's cross because the inbred gloryhole rotating fuckwit sucker was forcibly deposed for the rightful fucking king.

Twat.

[likeababyduck]

[And here is Sweets to translate all of that:]

That's Dimitris Sarandis. He used to be the dictator of Andres until we helped depose him last year.

[sorceresslite]

That's what I just said!

[highnotes]

[Well, points for colorful language, Ella.]

So what now? The rest of vacation is off, clearly.

[Riding the teacups just won't hold the same charm as it might have before an attack on the Knights.]

[likeababyduck]

[Sweets sighs and nods.]

We should try and see if we can get back to London as soon as we can.

[He glances to Ella and Malia.]

I guess we'll have to try and take a first trip take two some other time.

[receptionist]

[SHOUTED AT HIM AS HE LEAVES:]

YOU'RE NOT MY SUPERVISOR!!!

[animalistic]

Is this even on the news? [Someone check Twitter.]

If they aren't going to let flights in... we can't exactly drive back.

[likeababyduck]

[Sweets cringes for a moment.]

She has a point. And I didn't exactly pack any teleporting scrolls.

[highnotes]

Don't we get some kind of free pass with TSA agents? Seems like a secret society would have those kinds of failsafes in place.

[He's just saying.]

There has to be some way to get back, staying here won't do anyone any good.

[sorceresslite]

It's fine. We can catch a flight to Paris and take the Chunnel back to England and then the train to London and grab a car at HQ. [ ella is here with a plan! a smart plan! ] I woulda said Ireland, but that branch hasn't got it's own jet anymore since half the branch transferred back.

[likeababyduck]

[He pauses for a moment before nodding.]

Yep, we're going to do that. Let's round everyone up so we can fly back together.

[He ... does not want to try and imagine Jaime trying to navigate all that mass transit by himself.]

[lionbrave]

[Yeah Jaime's just quietly not asking what the hell a Chunnel is because he's pretty sure the answer will not make things any clearer. It's probably not a horse.]

[highnotes]

[Definitely not a horse.]

Alright, gang, stick together--

[Lorne motions for Malia and Eric to bring it on in.]

[sorceresslite]

Let's go, you lot. [ AND OFF THEY GO! to be terribly late but w/e it's the thought that counts this time. between sweets, lorne, and ella they can totally make it back to london in as little time possible with a teleport scroll.

#capable ]

[animalistic]

[Yes! Malia is totally going with them... she just was going to grab Liam since I texted Brian and told him about Disney and he said Liam could come with. SO ... this tag is not late.]