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

arrival }

[pwnspatrickjane]

[DUDE JUST WALKED OUT OF A FREAKING MIRROR.

Shawn's seen a lot of things since he fell through the Veil, but that is not one of them and since he was present when the castle was (very recently) under attack and he doesn't recognize this guy and he is trying to be a more responsible knight now.

So he's going to do what Shawn does best.

Let out a very girly scream as though that will sound the alarm.

He's helpful, this one.]

[bythedreadwolf]

[ You are indeed the most helpful, Shawn.

Also, that's really not dispelling Solas' somewhat dubious opinion that he's wandered into some fancy idiotic Orlesian dandy's abode, despite the very strange.... whatever it is you are wearing. (Not that he is one to talk.) He turns at the exclamation, nonplussed, and arches an eyebrow at the shrieking human in a mixture of amusement and long-suffering indignation. ]

Was that really necessary?

1/2

[pwnspatrickjane]

[YES. YES THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY.

As a result he's just going to scream some more with spazzy handflailing and jumping up and down. It's really just a mess of spasticness that helps no one.

Thankfully someone more helpful is coming.]

[icouldbe_bess]

[ alice busts around the corner like the kool-aid man with a shout of: ] Shawn! [ quickly crossing the hall to manhandle his flailing arms back down to his sides, concern etched across his expression. ] I heard you screaming, why are you...

[ she spots solas and it clicks a little bit, some of the concern fading into fond exasperation. ] An elf. Shawn, you're screaming about an elf.

[bythedreadwolf]

[ Meanwhile Solas has remained where he was, his only reaction to lift a hand and rub the bridge of his nose between thumb and forefinger until the human having hysterics is contained. Or restrained. Whatever happens to be the more successful manner of dealing with him.

He fixes the young woman with a patently grateful expression upon her sudden arrival appearance. Ah, a sensible person. What a relief. ]

He is indeed. I do believe I've startled your companion unwittingly.

[pwnspatrickjane]

[There are a few more sputtering noises but he doesn't fight Alice when she smooths his arms down, but eventually he manages to get out:]

.... came through the mirror!

[icouldbe_bess]

[ you know what, that would do it, understanding blossoms in her eyes. ] You'll have to forgive Shawn, he's from a place where magic and elves only exist in stories. It takes a little getting used to; especially uncommon powers like vitrikinesis -- that's glass manipulation, Shawn. Now be nice.

[ on that note, ] Hi, I'm Alice.

[ there's a reason she knows what the power of walking through a looking glass is called. ]

[bythedreadwolf]

Solas.

[ He listens to her try to soothe the human, taking in her words with a faint tilt of his head as he commits that word to memory - an unfamiliar one to him, and not quite how he'd ended up here, but he keeps that bit to himself for the moment. ]

It was not my intent to cause a panic. Actually, if you might enlighten me as to where I've arrived, I would appreciate your assistance. This... was not where I meant to find myself, I'm afraid.

[ He finds it more peculiar that this human female is familiar with any sort of transportation magics - as far as he's seen, it's long since fallen into the forgotten arts in Thedas. He's fairly certain not even Tevinter retains this knowledge. Apparently he's wandered even farther than he'd anticipated. ]

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Oh. That's a thing people can do. It's still freaky as shit but Alice does a sufficient job of calming him down.]

London. Sort of. I think we're technically London adjacent, but London, basically. In England. On the planet Earth.

[Sometimes people need these qualifications.]

[icouldbe_bess]

[ alice's eyebrows knit together thoughtfully, forehead wrinkling as shawn makes every clarification and she gently releases him. ]

Where did you mean to find yourself? [ there's an assumption she wants to make (wis 22), but not just yet. not until she's sure. ]

[bythedreadwolf]

[ his expression of perplexed bewilderment is back, his own brow furrowed as Shawn rattles off a list of names and places that means absolutely nothing to him. ]

I've never heard of such a place. [ He confesses it honestly after a moment, unsure what that means and certainly not liking any of the implications of it. ] The Eluvian I was activating was meant to take me into the mountains of the Anderfels.

[ Or so he'd thought. ]

[pwnspatrickjane]

Oh! You must have come through the Veil!

[And now Shawn is relaxing and smiling because dude! SO DID HE.]

Happened to me too, man. Super disorienting.

[icouldbe_bess]

[ alice on the other hand is like oh shit because the last time she met someone so soon through the veil was when she was eight, she's not super equipped to help. aaron married that guy, she doesn't have any more single siblings for solas to marry.

but maybe if she just explains it further?? ] The Veil between worlds, he means. You must have stepped through the mirror in your world and come out in this world... Damn, I am so relevant in these Wonderland shenanigans.

[bythedreadwolf]

[ The elvhen mage straightens at the mention of the Veil, his gaze narrowing on the pair of them as if they've finally said something of personal interest to him. Which, it just so happens, they have. ]

You know of the Veil. But this is nowhere I have seen within Thedas or the Fade.

[ He knows the expanses of both well - or had, once. But her words indicated that there were more than the two known to him? ]

You're saying that this is yet another world set apart by the Veil?

[ Was that even possible? ]

[pwnspatrickjane]

The Fade and the Veil. Someone really needs a better naming scheme.

[Shawn Spencer: still the most helpful.]

[icouldbe_bess]

[ shawn pls. ]

Yes, I'm saying exactly that. It's not incredibly uncommon, actually, the Veil has been thin enough to pull people in for... as long as I've been alive, I think. My brother-in-law came through from Faerûn when I was little. It used to be that the Veil was only thin between this world and Faerûn, but now it's opening to other worlds, like your and Shawn's.

[bythedreadwolf]

[ He doesn't understand how this is possible. How the Veil could have reached so far beyond the boundaries he thought he'd understood enough to divide. An act to save his people from destruction and yet... how many other peoples had it affected, sundered, ruined? ]

I don't... [ The concept leaves him reeling for a moment, barely able to contemplate it. ] You have mages here? Experts who study the Veil, possess knowledge in its workings?

[pwnspatrickjane]

We do have mages here. We have a whole sect of mages.

[That's so helpful, Shawn. But he will also promptly turn and point him in the right direction (navigate nat 20).]

They're right over there.

[icouldbe_bess]

[ alice is kind of surprised that shawn knows where the dragon's fire is, eyebrows bouncing up before she gestures for solas to follow. ]

You'll probably want to speak with Hasmed, he's sort of the head mage.

[bythedreadwolf]

Hasmed.

[ Solas commits the name to memory with a faint dip of his head, straightening once more as he tucks his hands behind him and eyes them patiently, satisfied that they can take him to someone with answers so he can get this misunderstanding cleared up.

Hopefully with less shrieking this time around? ]

Very well. I would like to speak to your head mage. Take me to him, if you will?

[pwnspatrickjane]

Okay. Let's do this.

[And off he will go to lead the way to Hasmed's office. Why does he know where Hasmed's office is? Probably because he wants a magical weapon of some kind. Hasmed so far has had the good sense not to give it to him, despite his insistence.]

[icouldbe_bess]

Do you wanna know anything else? Before we get there?

[ and we're walking, we're walking, we're walking. ]

[bythedreadwolf]

Only one of you was surprised by my arrival.

[ He's using the word 'surprised' here lightly. ]

Have others wandered through the Veil to find themselves here?

[ Although perhaps not so many elves, considering the man's reaction to the sight of him. ]

[pwnspatrickjane]

[Shawn nods in agreement, before pointing to himself.]

I did. But I didn't walk out of a mirror into the middle of the castle.

[bythedreadwolf]

[ Solas merely tips his head at that. ]

I had not anticipated stepping out here anymore than you anticipated finding me. Still, I apologize for any alarm I caused.