open ♔ socialization log

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, Andres, etc!
WHEN || Any time in March/April
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. Characters who are not currently squired in may also post, as their characters are living in the castle awaiting their ceremonies.  This takes place after the Knights have returned from Dimitris' wedding. 

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:

Section Heads
Failboat Debrief | closed
Scott McCall | Training room/halls
Smith | Training room/various
Hawke | TV room/computer labs/bar/training room/library/bowling alley/various
Risa | library/piano room/training room/parlor
Caroline | library/training room/kitchen/various
Doyle | library
Sweets | Sessions/gym/TV room/piano room/kitchen
Sebastian | training room/his room/pub
Mars | Library/bowling alley
Deryn | halls/woods
Elena & Myri | closed
Ashley | Shooting range, training room / Hoard wing
Sam | Library/outside/shooting range / kitchen
Steve & Wynn | closed
Cora, Abigail, Gus, Isaac | closed
Maggie-May | Various
Lorne | Open Mic Knight
Ashelia | Libraries/Garden
Abbie | Firing range/training room/libraries/grounds/bar
Nick | training room/library/kitchen/bar/TV room
Solas | Arrival + Various
The Janitor | Near the med center/hallways
Felicity | Bar/front desk/firing range/training room/TV room/kitchen/London
Rose | Castle grounds/training room/bars/room in the Hide Wing
#Savegar | closed | MAINPLOT
Gold | Dragon's Fire Library/grounds
Kyomi | Castle grounds/training room
Myri | Light wing/various
Bubblegum | Hoard lab/hallways/kitchen
Dumage | Parlors/her room/bars
Tony | Hoard lab
Rey | Garage/Dragon's Hoard wing
Skye | Training room/various
Will | Kitchen
Alex | Garage/firing range/airfield
Lila | Firing range/kitchen/halls
#Savegar Pt II | closed MAINPLOT
Andrew & Bo | Baby stuff

Comments

[lichslap]

[Zaihne has always been a people-watcher. It's a habit that's served him well for as long as he can remember-- though he has to remind himself that given the current circumstances and his memory being limited to the last five years, that might be a poor choice of words. He takes note of people coming and going throughout the castle as he settles in and awaits his own squiring, picking out his fellow new arrivals when he can.

Risa catches his eye on more than one occasion, largely because she seems to not want to draw attention to herself. She keeps to herself and moves quickly from place to place, but his own fondness for the castle libraries and all they have to offer grants him an opportunity to actually engage her after what he figures must have been an entire week of sitting back and simply watching.

He casually strolls up to the shelf next to the one she's currently browsing, hands clasped behind his back as he keeps his eyes trained on the spines of the books, even as he speaks to her.]

You don't like talking to people much, do you?

[shadowmind]

[ risa startles visibly (will save 11) as someone suddenly speaks to her. apparently she completely zoned out while reading the spines of the books. who knows.

maybe it's the fact that he startled her or maybe she's trying this honesty thing on for size, but she replies bluntly, ] I don't like people much.

[ but she really should be nicer than that, shouldn't she? even if they have never, up until she got dragged here anyway, been nice to her. ]

Is it a crime to look at books? [ nope. still not helping. ] I mean...

[ SIGH. she is the literal best at this. yep. ]

[lichslap]

Not at all. I happen to be quite fond of books.

[Hence, he supposes, the visit to the library. He casts her a sidelong glance, a smile pulling at one side of his mouth.]

You're newer, aren't you? So am I.

[shadowmind]

I guess it's pretty obvious.

[ especially if they heard the story from the team that was sent to italy and stumbled upon her. she's sure that one's good for a couple of jollies. she returns her attention to the books. ]

Barely met my mentor. You?

[lichslap]

[He hasn't heard that one, but oh, it sounds good.]

I did meet mine, unfortunately. She's a tyrant. I hope you make out better than I did.

[Nevermind the fact that Taradiddle is probably his best friend. Still a tyrant.]

Sir Gesundheit is a tirelessly overbearing taskmaster.

[shadowmind]

[ she makes a face. ]

I'll trade. Mine's too bubbly to get around. She's half of the enthusiastic brigade and I'm tired already.

[lichslap]

Ooh-- might have to pass. I don't fare too well with bubbly.

[Tara is delightfully sarcastic; he'll complain, but he'd never trade her in.]

Who did you get?

[shadowmind]

[ she's not sulking. noope. not at all. ]

Sir Lyons. I guess I'm lucky I already know her. She helped bring me here.

[ not that this makes the whole bubbly thing any better. ]

[lichslap]

Same with mine. We go way back.

[Which is why, he feels, he has the right to complain about her.]

Don't think I've met yours, though. How bubbly we talking?

[shadowmind]

[ sulky sulk sulk. ]

On a scale of simmering to oozing? She's bursting with it.

[lichslap]

My sympathies.

[He lays a hand over his heart, wincing.]

So, along with avoiding people, what else is it that you do?

[aka time to pry about her talents, whatever they may be]

[shadowmind]

[ well even if he seems a little sarcastic and confusing, risa does... appreciate the sentiment. she might have a chance at liking him. that's something.

except then he asks that question. ] Nothing-- [ (bluff 13) ] --special.

[lichslap]

[Sarcastic and confusing are right up there with vain and potentially overbearing, really.]

Well, it doesn't have to be special. [He doesn't pick up on much coming from her at the moment (Sense Motive 14), but everyone has some kind of skill, however mundane.] We're all here for a reason. What Sect do you have your eye on, then?

[shadowmind]

[ it really is all about the same, isn't it? ]

I don't. Whatever one won't force me to do anything. [ pause. ] Other than all of this. I don't even know that much about them. Or me.

[ she really, really doesn't. her memory is more like a blank piece of parchment. ]

[lichslap]

Planning to be an observing sort of knight?

[But he offers her a grim smile all the same, a show of solidarity.]

I don't remember much of anything, either-- from before.

[shadowmind]

Better than the kind that runs in and gets mauled.

[ seriously, though, she just wants to minimize the chances of getting laughed at. ]

I think a lot of people seem to lose things, but I've never met anyone who's lost as much as I have.

[lichslap]

Fair enough. I know I've never regretted erring on the side of caution.

[A lack of caution, maybe, but he could certainly stand to exercise more of it.]

That's quite a claim. Perhaps it would be easier to ask you what you haven't lost.

[shadowmind]

[ ugh. she wrinkles her nose. ]

My name. A tent. A couple of vague people. No names or faces. Giant ants. [ she still swears they were giant ants but who knows. ] Nothing else.

[ yep. nothing else. nothing at all (bluff 13). ]

[lichslap]

Giant ants.

[From the list she offers, that definitely stands out. He squints for a moment, curious (Sense Motive 14), but follows up with a shrug.]

Sounds rough. I don't remember much in the way of names or faces, either. Just my own, and a whole lot of magic.

[shadowmind]

[ she gives him a look. don't start that with her. ]

You got pulled through a Veil like I did, but you're stuck on giant ants?

[ don't laugh okay. just don't. ]

That's all? Hmm maybe you and I aren't that far apart.

[ QUIETLY not mentioning magic or psionics nooope. ]

[lichslap]

Just trying to imagine them, that's all. I certainly don't doubt they're out there.

[He remembers a few monstrosities of his own, but what a thing to remember.]

But yes-- that's all. Anything else turns up rather vague.

[shadowmind]

[ yeah okay that's... that's fair. ]

Vague feelings for memories, but no actual faces, names, or anything that really matters? [ huh. ] Congratulations. I think you might be even with me.

[ they should form a club. the failing to remember club. ]

We could make up everything and no one would know.

[lichslap]

[It wouldn't change the fact that they don't know the truth of things either, but:]

It could be fun, couldn't it? Making it up as we go? Inventing the sort of lives we might like to have-- or very tragic backstories if we're looking for sympathy.

[shadowmind]

[ she snorts. ]

Or the kind that tells everyone not to mess with us and just leave us alone. Yeah. I like all of these options.

[ not that's too likely to get elaborate rather than just evade the questions, but hey. it's the thought, right? ]

[lichslap]

Well, yes, we could do that, too.

[A little too solitary-sounding for him, but to each their own.]

You're really not all that interested in getting to know your fellow Knights, are you?