open ♔ winter castle socialization (jan thru march )

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, Andres, etc!
WHEN || Any time in January/Feb/March
HOW || Actionspam

[ The castle can be a happening place, even on more mundane days. This log is for random interactions over the course of these few months. Because not everyone is into parties, ok.   

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:

Cheryl @ the desk
Felicity @ the desk
Des @ London/firing range
Andres election results @ Andres
Faith L. @ Bars/museum
Thea @ training / castle grounds/ various
Vi @ her room
Malina @ London/TV room
Alex & Eric | closed
Lila @ Library /kitchen/firing range/magic library
Mark @ Andres
Thea & Felicity | closed
Kali @ training room / kitchen / TV Room
Hasmed & Neal | closed
Dante @ training room & old man bar
Grammy Reactions @ TV room
Alice & Will | closed
Neal @ Various
Andres porn party @ TV room
Bo + Gatewood family | closed
Gus @ NYC
Felicity & Thoster | closed
Lila & Astrid | closed
Malia @ Various
Zoe @ Training room / kitchen
Regina & Snow | closed
Hook & Emma | closed
Willow & Buffy | closed
Rose & Dean | closed
Myri & Mark / Myri & Buffy | closed
Abigail & Stiles | closed
Rose @ training room / TV room / the bar
Myri @ kitchen / courtyard / dragon's light wing
Helen @ library
Stiles @ halls
Elena @ training room / bar / front desk
Shawn @ various
Des, Helen, Ashley | closed
Vi & Nyna | closed

Comments

[generaldavideus]

[David's reflex save was also scary good. Apparently he learned from Vi colliding with him his first day in the Knighthood (reflex save 23). He was about to head to one of their regularly scheduled training sessions when they collide just outside it, and he places one hand on his shoulder gently to steady him.]

You okay?

[killingtodeath]

David! Hey... [Even while being a moron and running into people, Stiles has at least half of a smile to offer the man.]

Yeah, I'm-- [He shakes his head.] Actually, no not really. You got a minute to talk or something? [Also a place to go because he doesn't want to just chat out in the hallway.]

[generaldavideus]

[David isn't usually the person that people come to talk to about stuff, but he isn't about to say no to Stiles. He nods in agreement, before glancing around and tips his head towards the doors to the grounds.]

C'mon. Let's get some fresh air.

[killingtodeath]

Awesome. [He lets out a big sigh of relief, letting David lead them outside. He's quiet for that time, but very fidgety. Finally, after some twitchy seconds of debate.]

Abigail and I decided to make things official. The dating thing. With labels and all of that.

[Not what's bothering him but it's a start.]

[generaldavideus]

[He smiles softly at that before nodding.]

Good for you.

[He may be silently hoping that that's the extent of the girl talk because girls are not his forte. It really depends on what direction this girl talk is going to go.]

[killingtodeath]

Yeah-- [He breathes out the word on a huff of a sigh, glancing down, not really sure how to continue the next part.] It's great. I really like her. It's just... This girl showed up at one of the last squiring parties and she apparently knows me. I don't remember her, but according to her? We were dating. It's just-- I mean, that's not exactly something I should just ignore, right?

[generaldavideus]

[ ..... Wow. That's .... huh. David's quiet for a moment, trying to drum up what the right answer would be, but he isn't sure he has one. His interpersonal relationships aren't really that complicated.]

No. I don't think you should ignore her. Have you told her that you have a different girlfriend here?

[killingtodeath]

I don't...maybe? I don't remember if we covered that. She seems like she's fine with backing off but I'm just-- I don't know what I'm supposed to do. I don't want to just ignore her.

[generaldavideus]

So don't ignore her.

[That's an easy enough thing to do.]

If you want to get to know her, get to know her. Just ... make sure she knows where the boundaries are first. You don't want to give her false hope where there isn't any. That isn't going to help her settle and get used to things here.

[killingtodeath]

Boundaries. Right- yeah those are good. She sort of crawled into bed with me while I was sleeping. I guess on the other side we were...yknow. That kind of close.

[generaldavideus]

[His eyebrows go up some at that because it does sound kind of ... intense. But there are a lot of different issues that could play into that.]

Yeah, those are definitely the kind of boundaries you should try and set up - sooner rather than later.

[There's a pause.]

Are you scared of her?

[He's not saying anything that implies that Stiles should be one way or the other - he's just trying to figure out what Stiles is feeling.]

[killingtodeath]

No! [He says too fast to really be true.]

I mean, not really. She just freaked me out. But she seems like she wouldn't hurt me or anything. She just wanted something that felt familiar and I guess that's me.

[generaldavideus]

[David nods in acknowledgement. He could understand that much at least.]

Okay. Then yeah - definitely boundaries. I wouldn't say cutting her off entirely, because she doesn't seem like she means any harm from what you said, but you have to find a way to make things work that doesn't send mixed messages.

[killingtodeath]

[Stiles nods, still trying to process what's happened to him and sort out his next few steps.]

How do I do that, though. I mean... I don't know how to send any messages, let alone mixed ones.

[generaldavideus]

[He smirks slightly at that.]

Just be honest with her. If you want to get to know her than tell her that. If you don't, then say so. If you don't want her climbing into bed with you, just say what you mean, don't try and sugar coat it.

[A beat.]

Be gentle, but be direct.

[killingtodeath]

Yeah... yeah, okay. I think I can do that.

[generaldavideus]

[He nods before reaching over and giving his shoulder a squeeze.]

I know this isn't an easy thing to do. It's ... way more complicated than it should be. But you'll both be better off if you're just honest with her.

[killingtodeath]

Yeah. I'll try to talk to her soon. Definitely. And...thanks. Really.

[generaldavideus]

Anytime.

[he shrugs.]

I'm not always going to be the best person for girl advice, but I can at least try and help.

[killingtodeath]

Hey, you seem to know more than me.

[generaldavideus]

[He shrugs.]

That wasn't really girl-specific advice. That's just ... people advice. If it came down to actual romance, that I can't help you with.

[killingtodeath]

Yeah? No big Viking love for you?

[generaldavideus]

Not that I can remember. There was someone once but ...

[His voice trails off for a moment.]

It wasn't actually real.

[killingtodeath]

What? You got catfished or something?

[generaldavideus]

[He pauses, quiet for a moment, before shaking his head.]

She was a witch. Incredibly powerful, but she still wanted to make sure there was another layer between her and everything else. I loved her so I would have done whatever she wanted, but she didn't want to risk me turning my back on her, so she used her magic to make sure I didn't.