open ♔ april castle socialization

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, etc!
WHEN || Any time during March/April/May-ish [back and forward dated]
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:
   Emma @ the desk
   Adam (and Astrid) @ the desk
   Felicity @ the desk
   Alex @ the desk
   Mars @ the desk
   Sebastian @ the desk
   Astrid @ the desk
   Section head office hours
   Kat (and Fred Jr.) @ the castle bar
   Amara @ various locations
   Jaina @ the garage and training room
   Francesca & Christos [closed]
   Belle @ the library
   Alanna @ mounted training course
   Vi @ the castle garden
  David @ training room/gardens/computer room/kitchen/library
   Kate @ library/gym/training area/social areas
   Aedan @ training beyond the castle grounds / London
   Finnick @ swimming lessons / training room / castle bars
   Astrid @ the med center
   Alex @ smoker's hole / firing range
   Elena @ library/castle grounds/training room
   Spike @ castle grounds
   Jaime @ the stables
   Helen @ Dragon's Hoard labs
   Faye @ training room / firing range / Dragon's Fire wing
   Andrew @ the rec room
   Spike & Buffy [closed]
   Myri @ the Round Table hallway
   Thoster @ the kitchen
   Des & Dumage [closed]
   Gus @  in/around the woods 
   Lila @ library/firing range/dining room
   Des @ bowling in London
   Archer @ the castle halls / bar
   Hook @ the computer lab
   Mars @ the gardens
   Sebastian @ the training room
   Marty @ the rec room/firing range/various
   Attica @ the rec room
   Brantley @ London/training room/pool/castle grounds/various
   Buffy @ the training room
   Andrew & Bo [closed]
   

Comments

andrew; rec room | ota

[badexample]

[Andrew has been getting out of his room more often. But he still likes his sweet set up so... the compromise is that he takes over one of the tv rooms for his own nefarious purposes.

And by that I mean X Box and Netflix, mostly.

There is a small fortune in sodas and snacks littered about the room and he's probably been playing for like 24 hours straight at this point. If I knew anything about video games, I would try to guess what he's addicted to right now. Fuck it- it's the world's most intense session of Frogger.]

[pathology]

[here's astrid barging in. what was she going to do before??? we just don't know. probably netflix. but then andrew had to exist and be king of the nerds.]

Ugh, you're so gross. You're like the Christmas ghost of my little brother's future. [whatever, she's grabbing a soda and sitting down.] What are you playing?

[badexample]

[He grabs the box the game came in and throws it at her because wow why would he answer if she is going to be so rude and also IDK ANYTHING ABOUT VIDEO GAMES RUTHI X( ]

Didn't know you had a little brother. [He says without taking his eyes off the screen.]

[pathology]

Mm, yeah, Gunther is like ... 16 now, I guess. Last time I talked to him he was a tool. [ooo. a game. she looks at the box and tosses it aside, choosing to watch him play instead.]

[badexample]

His name is Gunther? Wow your parents hated him, didn't they?

[pathology]

My name is Astrid! They hated me first!

[badexample]

Your name's kind of cool! But... Gunther?

[pathology]

He's dumb, he deserves a dumb name. He probably has some stupid anime character internet name everyone calls him now anyway.

[badexample]

Well, yeah. I'd pick another one if I got saddled with that shit too. [Andrew is, for the record, tearing it up in this game (computer use 33). Talking has not at all pulled him out of the zone.]

You play?

[pathology]

[his dumb internet name is probably ~gunz~ or something. i thought about this since that tag lmfao. ANYWAY.] I haven't, but I catch on quick. Let me try. ["let me try" actually meant "i'm going to snatch over the controller and try now." which she does. and isn't too shabby, tbh, even if she's not andrew. (computer use 16)]

[badexample]

[Look he already had to reveal that his hacker handle was EmeraldDragon84 to a room full of people.... It's best to just let that whole internet alias thing lie.

He looks slightly perturbed by her snatching of his controller, but he's saved recently so... whateves. He grabs some Funyuns because he's a walking stereotype and leans back against the couch.]

You're not bad.

[shootfirst]

This is some Goldilocks shit. [ yeah kat is standing over you as you're playing x box dude. ] This is my gaming zone.

[badexample]

Snooze, you lose. [He says without even look over his shoulder at her.]

[shootfirst]

I'm gonna be nice and give you a five second warning to let you surrender before this gets ugly.

[badexample]

[He snorts.]

You wanna pull up a chair, you can, but I just got this set up how I like it.

["just" was like... twelve hours ago but what is time, really.]

[shootfirst]

Warned you. [ Yeah now this is happening. GOING DARK. ]

[badexample]

What the- Fuck, why?!

I WAS SO CLOSE.

[shootfirst]

Agree to hand things over and I can dispel it like nothing happened. You won't so much as lose your place. I'll even let you get to a save point. [ :) ] Otherwise...

[badexample]

This is extortion! Blackmail! Er... at the very least it's bollocks. You can't just- [Ugh why must he be picked on always.] Fine, alright. Just turn it all back on and I'll give you the damn room back.

[grumble grumble]

[shootfirst]

Deal~ [ she snaps and the lights and tv and console flick back on exactly as if nothing had happened. she makes sure to do it at a moment where he's not looking tho so he better reflex save to avoid getting creamed in game while he's facing away. ]

[badexample]

[Wow you are the world's biggest bitch right now Kat. His REFLEX SAVE OF THREE sure does him no favors and Andrew promptly dies a horrible pixalated death. Excuse him while he just stares at the screen.]

Re: andrew; rec room | ota

[exceptone]

[Pan has no idea what Andrew's playing-- he's sort of marginally aware of what video games are, but his first-hand exposure to them has been quite limited. What he's more interested in are the sweets that Andrew's got lying about. So, he's just going to take a soda, because sugar and caffeine? Are two things he quite likes. Is he going to ask for permission to take the soda? NO, HE'S PETER PAN.]

Are you winning? [He can't really tell.]

[badexample]

Huh? [Andrew is in the ZONE okay (computer use 27).] Oh- yeah basically. [So nonchalant like he does this all the time (because he does). Then suddenly there is a GIANT EXPLOSION on the screen and Andrew grins.]

Love that part.

[exceptone]

[An explosion, you say? Pan lights up at the action on the screen, because for all his woodsy Neverlanding, he's still a teenage boy, and teenage boys love explosions.]

It's brilliant. How do you play?

[badexample]

[There's a cut scene with some plot point that Andrew doesn't really care about so he turns to look at Pan.]

It's kind of a complicated game, especially if you've never seen on, but... C'mere. I'll show you.

[Possibly turning another young man into a gamer? Totally worth having to actually be social.]

So these buttons and toggles here? They control what you do on the screen.