knightsoflegend | after-party ♔ january

♬ Jeux d'eau - Ravel

WHO || Wynn, any and all Knights not currently on missions (if you are uncertain if your character would be at the castle for this, ask!)
WHAT || Squiring Ceremony Afterparty
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Ballroom
WHEN || January 1st, 2014, 6:00PM [backdated]
HOW || Prose OR Actionspam

The "afterparty" is rumored to be the real main event of the night. A black-tie affair in the lavish, opulent ballroom, it is every new Knight's chance to mingle and meet some of their new brothers in arms. Of course, a couple hours are provided following the ceremony for everyone to change, do hair and makeup, and choose from the vast array of formal attire in the closets of the balcony "dressing rooms" located at the top of spiraled staircases on either side of the ballroom. A separate dressing room exists for men and women, and they include full bathrooms (with, thankfully, very modern plumbing).

The squires are usually among the last to arrive, and the ballroom is full to the brim with a fancy array of people, of all shapes, sizes and species.

Hope you aren't shy. They're all here to meet you.

Feel free to make your own open threads for people to come congratulate your newly pledged knight.

ooc; also if your Knight wants to get all gussied up, you can make a Disguise (Cha) check for how good they were at hair/makeup/stylin', etc! This goes for... any time.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[Cora has a squire.

It's the only reason why she's at this party (eventually, she will have a reason to stop coming to these things but that month is not this month), and she actually looks pretty decent (disguise 17), because she wants to make a good first impression but beyond that she doesn't really know much about her.

She knows her name, and she knows that she's a shifter, but beyond that, it's all a big blank. She takes a few steps closer before giving her a small smile that's fairly awkward because she doesn't really know what she's doing.]

Malia?

[Obviously, given that she was the only squire this time.]

[It does make things a little easier on everyone else, but for Malia she's a bucket of questions ready to be emptied out. Thankfully, she heard the approach (listen 16) and can turn around to smile at Cora. She'd heard that Cora Hale would be her mentor and curiosity of course has the better of her.]

Yes. That's me. Malia. You're Cora Hale, right? [She doesn't even wait for the reply before she's digging into the last name.] Are you from Beacon Hills?

[And there's some blinking there because that is not the question she was expecting, but she nods all the same. Yep, that seems to be a theme among the knights here.]

Yeah. I'm Derek's sister.

[There's a beat.]

I fell through the Veil before I got back to there, though.

Sister. Right. [Malia nods.]

Back to Beacon Hills? [It would explain why she never met her.]

We don't know each other. Just - so it's not awkward. [Because this isn't already awkward, right?]

[Nope. Totally not awkward at all, but a little bit of that tension goes out of her when she says that. Good. No need to ask questions about a relationship she hasn't even gotten off the ground yet.]

Right. But you know Derek. And you know Scott? I think that's the alpha there.

[Actually, she really knows that (wisdom 21), but she doesn't want to seem like she has more information than she actually does. That would be weird and creepy.]

[More nodding from Malia.]

Yes, Scott's the alpha and I know Derek, too. [She's not sure if she should explain what's happened with Derek, so she bottles that up with the 'Hi, we're related.' part of her story.]

I'm -- I'm a werecoyote. [She hopes that isn't an issue.] I was a coyote for a while... so I'm not very good at all of the were-stuff. [She brightens up, a bit hopeful.] I'm getting better, though. Stiles helps me.

[Okay. So she knows Derek and Stiles, that's a few points in her direction. The only other people she knows from home are Jackson and Allison and ... ]

Stiles is here. Lydia too, if you know her and Liam? Derek was, but ... I haven't seen him in a while.

[She really should ask Wynn about that, but she isn't really sure she wants to know the answer there.]

I can help you with the were-stuff though. There are actually a lot of us here - not all from our world, but close enough.

[She nods at the list of names, though naturally she does smile a bit when she hears Stiles' name. It's a relief that he's here. She needed him to be here.]

Help me? How? Do you have chains?

[Her eyebrows go up a bit at that, before she shakes her head.]

Uh - no. But I can help you learn to control your shift. Even on a full moon.

[She nods. She doesn't want to really explain how she'd prefer chains over deep cleansing breaths.]

Okay. That sounds useful.

[It's more than deep cleansing breaths. It's about regaining control, or at least that's how Cora's always seen it. Showing that you aren't more powerful than it.]

The next full moon is on the fifth. We can start then? I usually meet up with Liam in the woods.

[And if all else fails, Mellie can sit on them.]

[It makes her a bit wary to agree to do this without Stiles there, but maybe this would be good for her. Shifting with a pack... of sorts.]

Okay. [She says it, but she doesn't sound 100% on board.]

[Stiles can come if he wants. He just has to stay behind the bear, so he doesn't get himself killed. And while she knows it's not the most ringing endorsement, at least it's better than Lan who's not willing to try at all.]

We'll just ... try it. And if it's not something you're comfortable with, I know where we can find some chains.

[Maybe if Lan watches her teach Malia, then he'll let him teach him too.]

Yes. That's a good plan.

Okay.

[A small beat.]

Is there anything you want to know about the Knights?

[Malia thinks about it for a moment.]

Is there something I should be asking about? Most of it was explained to me, but if they lied -- or forgot to tell me something, I wouldn't know anyway.

[Cora honestly has no idea. She had the benefit of being saved by the knights and getting to stick around and learn how they worked before she actually got squired. She has no idea what someone should ask who's diving in head first.]

Did they explain the sects and stuff? Or did you get a tour?

[She could do a tour. She's very good at tours.]

A tour would be good. [She's pretty sure she got the very basic "Here's the kitchen. Here's your room" tour.]

Okay.

[Tour she can do. There are lots of different places to go in the castle, and it's definitely better than hanging out at the party.]

Let's go for a tour.

[And with that she'll take a step back and tip her head towards one of the doors, ready to lead her out and show her around.]

[And Malia follows Cora for the tour!]

after-party ♔ january

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