after-party ♔ march

[wynn]

♬ 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 || March 1st, 2015, 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.

Comments

[theminotaur]

[ abigail is not a party person, but stiles is. so she was somehow convinced to come to this party. (it took no wheedling, honestly, he did not get to flaunt his diplomacy skills. sorry, bro.) so now she is here and since she never got the chance to meet cora's new squire at the last party -- since she slept through it, she's taking the chance now. ]

Hi, Malia, right?

[ also she looks pretty in that delicate way of hers. (disguise 23) ]

[animalistic]

Yes. Hello. [She tries to start out polite, because it's what she's sure she should do in this instance.]

[theminotaur]

I'm Abigail. I'm friends with Cora. And Stiles. [ but cora's the important one here. because abigail knows nothing. ]

[animalistic]

Oh. [She doesn't really know what the etiquette is for these things. The friend of a friend and the friend of a boyfriend that doesn't remember you...]

Sorry - I don't know what I'm supposed to say. I don't really know Cora, but she's my mentor and I know Stiles, but he doesn't remember me.

[theminotaur]

You don't have to say anything, I just thought that since... well, we're kind of the same age. I thought I'd say hi.

[ and then we can be friends? except abigail is a fail at interpersonal interactions when she's not playing bait so she's just... sort of helpless at making friends. ]

[animalistic]

Oh. Sorry. I mean, hi is good.

How do you know Stiles? [because that's something they have in common.]

[theminotaur]

We were squired at the same time. Lydia, too. [ not that she cares much about lydia :| but she was there at the time. ]

[animalistic]

I take it me being the only squire this time isn't the usual thing, then.

[theminotaur]

I don't know. There was a big rush before and after the whole Andres thing and then there weren't any for a while. [ and then there was malia. ] I don't normally go to the parties.

[animalistic]

Are you not a fan of the parties?

[theminotaur]

Not really. I'm bad at talking to people.

[animalistic]

Me too. I -- I haven't had much experience with casual conversation.

[theminotaur]

Yeah? [ she's curious, but doesn't want to really prod in case it somehow comes back to port haven. ]

[animalistic]

I had a very isolated childhood. [She figures that... makes sense. She's trying to be less open about the whole "I was a coyote" thing.]

[theminotaur]

Me too. I was an only child and we lived out of the city... [ yep, that's clearly it. ]

[animalistic]

I spent a lot of my childhood in the woods. I didn't have many friends my own age. [Or you know... species.]

[theminotaur]

[ ditto, yo. minus the species part... ] I just had one. But she was murdered.

[animalistic]

Murdered? That sounds exciting. I mean, if it was just awful you probably would have said she died, but murdered has a story behind it.

[theminotaur]

Yeah, that she was murdered. [ that's the story. that's why she said murdered... ]

[animalistic]

Oh. That was anticlimactic.

Did they catch whoever did it?

[theminotaur]

No, they won't. I think murder is climactic enough.

[animalistic]

I guess. [There are a lot of different ways to murder. She was just curious.]

Why won't they catch who did it?

[theminotaur]

They haven't caught him for like twenty years, he's really good.

[animalistic]

[See? She really thinks there's more to this story. Twenty years is a STORY.]

Oh. He must be very good at murder.

[theminotaur]

[ she's slowly relenting. the juxtaposition of her still present grief over marissa and the word "exciting" threw her for a loop, but she can tell malia doesn't mean it badly. ]

He doesn't leave evidence. 'cause he eats it. He left Marissa because he made it look like a copycat of a different serial killer. [ the only thing she appreciates. he didn't make her best friend a pillow. feels weird, having gratitude toward hannibal, but she feels a lot of weird shit about him. ]