open ♔ november/december socialization

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, Andres Isle, etc!
WHEN || November & December [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

[ The castle can be a happening place, even on more mundane days. This log is for random interactions over the course of November and December.

You are encouraged to start your own threads and tag around, and feel free to threadjack into any on-going threads that aren't specified as 'closed' in the subject lines since people can enter into rooms even in the middle of what's going on. WE ARE BIG ON THREAD-JACKING HERE. You can also specify 'single thread', meaning you want only one response for all participants, rather than multi-thread, where a number of different scenes/threads can be done as replies to the top prompt.]

On this log:
Wynn & Section Heads @ Andres/London
Cheryl @ Reception desk
Sam @ Various
Elena @ Andres/London
Drax @ Dragon's Hide Wing
Des @ Pub / Castle
Paige @ Caste Grounds
Grimrot @ the Library
Vi @ Andres
Matt @ Andres/London
Alisha @ bars in London
Cora @ Library/ Castle Grounds
Will @ Castle pond / Hoard wing/ Firing range / Castle grounds
Malina @ Dragon's Fire wing/ kitchen/ bar / castle grounds
Alainn @ Dragon's Fire library / kitchen / Andres
Jordan @ Andres/ London
Sylar @ Kitchen
Logan @ Castle Bars / London
Faith L @ London / kitchen / training room / castle grounds
Dean @ Rose's room / bars / armory / training room/ firing range / kitchen
Rose @ Andres / armory / training room / bedroom
Des & Buffy | Closed
Thea @ Training Room / Castle grounds / kitchen / TV rooms / bars
Sam & Buffy | Closed
Alex @ Firing Range / Airfield / Room / Garage
Failboat @ Breakfast
Alice @ Andres/ London
Sweets @ Dragon's Light Wing
Lydia @ Medical / Training room / etc

Comments

elena gilbert ; ota ; andres or london

[doubletake]

[Elena spends the vast majority of her time in either location either alone or with a select few, though when she's alone it can sometimes be difficult to find her. To people paying attention to here whereabouts, she seems to vanish for a couple days at a time, though this happens far less often when in the actual Castle back home, where her presence is more noticeable.

It's easier to vanish in places where you can be anyone and not get noticed, rather than a place where looking unfamiliar makes you stand out more instead of less. :)

Either way, as time passes, Elena seems to get more and more comfortable, rounding out a bit at the edges, her nerves not quite so frayed and her defenses not always quite so rigid.

The easiest places to find her are in her room, in the library reading, exercising in the gym (usually yoga), or at the firing range. Take your pick~]

[withasouvenir]

[ archers are, without a doubt, the pickiest fighters on the planet. at least that's what is looks like if you take thea to be the end all be all. currently, there are no less than six bows spread around her in the firing range. it was early enough that when she went in after her morning run, she had the place to herself so she didn't thing about spreading out as she did her testing, mouth twisted in concentration.

her headphones are blasting some loud ass thumping music (it's common), but when she catches sight of elena, she tugs them free and lets them dangle over her shoulders as she moves to maybe take up less space and collect some of her bows. ]

Hi.

[ thea is new enough to not even know who elena is, so that's cool. ]

[doubletake]

[Elena does a bit of a doubletake (lol) at the sight of the girl, brow furrowing briefly. It would be impossible not to notice the similarities to another young woman she's very familiar with, though after a moment she realizes that no, this girl is different.

She's never seen her before.]

Hey.

[Normally she would just leave it at that, but she's feeling somewhat conversational today.]

I don't think we've met. Are you new around here?

[withasouvenir]

Yeah. [ she taps her phone to turn down the music now that she isn't trying to cause herself premature deafness, before continuing to collect the bows and move them down again closer to her station. now she's just taking up two stalls instead of... six. ]

I'm Thea.

[ not thea queen. she wants, maybe, just once, to not be immediately be known as oliver's little sister, so she's just taking last names off the table for now. ]

[doubletake]

[Even if she'd given Elena her entire name, it probably wouldn't have meant anything to her.

Though she can understand not necessarily wanting to be associated with something. She used to be there, too. Still is, sometimes.]

Elena. [She tilts her head to the side.] You native, or come through the Veil?

[withasouvenir]

Veil, year and change ago. [ once she has the bows settled near her she picks one of them up again, testing how the weight feels in her hand. ]

Here particularly only... a couple weeks.

[ she's, like, really new. ]

[doubletake]

I've been away for a few months, so I'm a little behind keeping up with newcomers.

[Not that she really keeps up with them anyway, but w/e.]

I'm Veil too, though. Came through about 2 years ago.

[withasouvenir]

I wasn't expecting a welcoming committee.

[ she shrugs like no big deal, giving elena a pass at having to be polite. it's lucky, really, since her timing of being squired in didn't really glean her a lot of personal fanfare. half the castle wasn't even around.

but she gives elena another glance. ]

Your world must have been like this one. [ because her club in bruges catered to shadowkind and boy they did not get it. precious faerûnian lambs. ]

[killmypatience]

[Kate's usually found in the firing range more often than not when she needs to clear her head. She only maybe really wanders in once a week to get some practice in, knowing that most of her training should probably be devoted to strength training at this point. That doesn't mean she isn't more comfortable with a gun, however, and the steady bang of the firing range is good for getting things into order.

She's making her way in to do one of those rounds when she sees Elena reloading and stops, wondering if she should give her a little space. In the end, she just decides to let her know she's there.]

Hey.

[doubletake]

[Elena turns her head towards the greeting, and though her expression isn't particularly friendly, it's not as hostile as it might have been awhile back.

She's moving on, settling in, accepting her life. And it's not quite so ugly anymore, and her personality is starting to reflect that.]

Hey.

[Weapon reloaded, she makes two more shots, which both hit the target dead center (atk 20 & 20). She even has a proud ghost of a smile when she looks back at her again.]

I've gotten better.

[killmypatience]

[Kate smiles a bit in return, watching as she hits the target with a nod.]

You have. You've come a long way.

[In more ways than one, especially considering that she seems to be at least more friendly than she used to be.]

[doubletake]

[Okay, this is officially awkward. Time to clear the air.

Her teeth tug on her bottom lip before she lets out a little huff of air.]

Look, the last time we ran into each other, I was kind of screwed up in the head, so...

[She kind of trails off, glancing over at her target again.]

...I hope you didn't take it too personally.

[killmypatience]

[she shakes her head. Elena's been through a lot and it's not something you get through easily. Trauma takes time to process, one way or another, and she didn't mean to step on too many hot buttons.]

Not at all. I think my timing could have been better in some respects. But you're doing better now, I take it?

[doubletake]

Yeah. I think so, anyway.

[She's not sure everyone else would agree, but she has her reasons for feeling that way.]

I think I can attribute some of that to actually getting to sleep in a bed that doesn't creak every time you move an inch.

[killmypatience]

[Kate nods in agreement.]

You are the one that matters.

[She knows that sometimes people can go a little off the rails all while claiming they're fine, but Elena doesn't seem like she's in that particular position anymore. She seems like she's back on level ground again.]

And yeah, I agree. Sometimes a good night's sleep can do wonders.

[monticora]

[ Alec isn't exactly sure how to be a team player. He's still adjusting to this whole situation. He's always been a better solo agent. He wasn't like Max and her family. They all relied on each other. The clones? They were shit out of luck growing up. Treated like the ugly step children the parents didn't really want.

He understands pretty women though. That's a language that Alec has learned how to speak fluently. Hence his approaching Elena. He sits himself right next to her to. He can totally do Yoga? A little stretching. Totally built for this. ]

Hi there.

[doubletake]

[Elena glances over, briefly confused for a moment before she realizes he's not, in fact, the hunter who happens to be dating her ex-best friend and tried to track her down for months. Nope, this guy is definitely younger, though there's some similarities there.

Luckily for Alec, Elena knows hot guys probably as well as he knows pretty women.

She conjures up a smile as she continues to stretch, making eye contact as she does.]

Hey. You new? I don't think I've seen you around here before.

[monticora]

[ If she slightly recognizes him then Alec doesn't even notice. Ben's dead and not many people knew him in the Transgenic community other than Max's unit. Unless she's somehow Sector Police, but he really doubts that. ]

Yeah. I am. That's some line. [ Alec proceeds to try to mimic her stretching. Monkey see, monkey do right? ] Does that work on all the guys? Are you gonna ask me if I fell from Heaven next?

[ Is he now trying to make it seem like she's the one that started this? Yep. Yep he is. ]

[doubletake]

It's not a line when I haven't exactly been around for a handful of months. I don't exactly have a good handle on who's new anymore.

[But she'll play this game. She's really good at it, if she thinks it'll be worth her while.]

That would be a terrible next move. How many guys do you know that want to be referred to as angels?

[felidity]

[ yoga is boring, tbqh. kali is bored by it. but she knows it's useful to keep her limber and bendy. she does not, however, know the typical yoga poses so she's shadowing elena as she does her own yoga.

she's not trying to be very stealth about it, either, watching with blatant, innocent curiosity, and then copying the movements. ]

[doubletake]

[Elena always liked it, but now it's even more important. With all of her internal contorting, yoga seems to kind of help her get...centered again, if that makes sense.

She notices quickly enough, eyebrows raised as she meets her gaze after a couple minutes of this.]

You can ask questions if you have them, you know.

[felidity]

What's this one called? [ she neatly does child's pose, head popping up after a second to look at elena with curious green eyes. her questions are about yoga. ]

[doubletake]

[Good. Those she can answer without skipping a beat.]

It's called child's pose. [She does it as well before she slides the upper half of her body forward, placing her palms against the floor and lifting her chest and arching her back.] And this one is cobra.

[felidity]

[ she watches before mimicking the movements with ease, super bendy and graceful. ]

Oh, like a snake. That's clever.

[doubletake]

I can already tell that you'd probably pick up the harder stuff in a heartbeat. Here, try this one.

[And she goes to do a forearm-stand scorpion pose. (dex 19)]