knightsoflegend | after-party ♔ april

♬ Jeux d'eau - Ravel

WHO || Wynn, any and all Knights not currently on missions
WHAT || Squiring Ceremony Afterparty
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Ballroom
WHEN || April 1st, 2012, 6:00PM
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

[So it's been twelve years since David has actually considered wearing a suit. He's paging through the rack, trying to figure out what the best option is.

Really, he hates them all.

He doesn't even really know what his size is.

Someone help him.]

[He would if he could ok. Unfortunately, Aedan has absolutely no idea what to make of the clothing with which they had been provided. Even after perusing some of the options, he wasn't entirely sure what he was supposed to even do with some of this stuff.

Take a simple neck tie, for example. He examines one of those for a long moment, then glances over toward David hoping to follow his lead here. This was going to end up like the blind leading the blind, wasn't it?]

[Well, David was a modern American sixteen year-old boy once, so in theory he could dress himself. But he never thought he would realize how underrated he considered a simple tunic before.

He glances over at Aedan and notices him trying to figure out what to do with the tie.]

Start with the basics first.

[he pauses before paging through the suits.]

Do you know what size you are?

[Aedan looks down at himself, before looking back up at the other man like size of what exactly...]

I'd say I'm fairly average.

[No wait.]

Above average, actually.

[Oh, that's ... no. That's not what he's talking about at all. Then again, he shouldn't be surprised. But what he should do is place whatever's in his hands back on the rack before leading him towards the tailor area.]

We should go talk to one of the tailors.

[Now why didn't he think of that. Oh right, he had been too busy trying to figure out the purpose of a necktie.]

I appreciate the help--David, wasn't it?

[He only remembered because you were the one who nearly faceplanted it in front of their entire audience.]

[he nods]

Yep. That's me. And you're ... Aedan?

[There's no spoken confirmation that David got the name right, but Aedan smiles in response and that should tell him something.]

Is this turning out to be anything like what you'd expected when you signed up?

[David didn't really sign up so much as annoy his way in, so he really had no expectations.]

It's definitely a lot fancier than I expected.

It's surprising, isn't it? Most of what I've seen of this world has been ... just the opposite actually.

[Then again his previous residence before Beautiful Fucking Castle was Cardboard Box, so.]

[David was fished out of Lake Michigan and before that he was living with vikings. They're not as elegant as you would think.]

I haven't seen much, really. Haven't had the chance.

[Well, that answered that question.]

Do you recall anything about the world you came from before?

Bits and pieces. I can remember events, but not people, if that makes any sense.

More than I'd care to admit.

[Though there is a small comfort in knowing that it isn't just him.]

From what I've heard it seems like everyone loses something.

It's not exactly a comforting thought.

[Except I guess the tailor they'd approached is just looking at them both like really, y'all. After clearing his throat to get their attention or something. Since I doubt they'd have to cross the castle to find him and are basically just standing in front of him at this point.]

[David turns at the sound before giving the man a vaguely apologetic look.]

Sorry.

[then he gestures for Aedan to go first.]

And it's not. But at least it's universal.

[He steps up to be measured, though he's not paying much attention as the tailor does his thang.]

I'm not sure how comforting that is either.

[The thought of mass amnesia didn't sit well with him. Probably because it's one experience he could actually recall.]

I take it you've never heard of the Fade before?

[And hello, there's a hand brushing up his inseam.]

[David is quiet as he considers that, shifting to lean against one of the walls.]</i. No. Is it similar to the Veil?

From what I've gathered, the Veil separates various different worlds from one another whereas the Fade is a separate realm entirely. Some who enter the Fade experience loss of memories while others may find themselves trapped within their memories.

When I first arrived, I thought this world might be another of the Fade's constructs meant to disorient me. To be honest with you, I'm not sure that I'm still entirely convinced it isn't.

So it's like some kind of magical mind fuck?

[granted, the world he came from before was one, but that didn't make it any less real.]

[And that will earn a laugh, because he's never heard the term before.]

Something like that, yes.

Awesome. Let's hope we're not there then.

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