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

Killian Jones } computer lab } ota

[unhand]

[Sometimes, a pirate has to admit defeat. Sometimes, it's all too clear that there are challenges too difficult for an old fashioned pirate living in a modern world.

A pirate might have to admit defeat, but that doesn't mean he has to do it gracefully.

Which is why he might be found in the computer lab brutally smashing a laptop to bits with his hook after failing to... find the power button.

Technology is hard ok...]

[isisagent]

[How has Archer not seen Hook yet? He walks past, but does a double take, and practically dives into the computer lab after he sees Hook's hook.]

Ho-ho-ho....ly FUCK that is friggin' awesome!

[unhand]

[Hook has dealt with a lot of things from the modern world, but Sterling Archer is not one of them. He gives the other man a slight nod.]

My hook? I suppose it could be described as... friggin' awesome.

[The worlds are unfamiliar and awkward in his mouth.]

Bring your wrist a bit closer and I'll help set you up for one of your own.

[isisagent]

[Archer's eyes light up for a moment, like a child on Christmas morning.... then he sighs.]

No... I... I need two hands to reload.

Also, isn't that kind of... budget for for a veteran's prosthetic? I mean, at least you're not half-cyborg, but I thought the military went a little more... deluxe?

[unhand]

This suits me. I've been wearing it too long to want anything else. [Besides, perhaps, his old hand back.]

[isisagent]

Well... I mean, saves you having to find a Halloween costume each year, right? You can just go as Hook-Handed Jack Sparrow... or Generic pirate captain... Or Blackbeard... or that other one... It's on the tip on my tongue.

[unhand]

Still not sure what this Halloween nonsense is.

[isisagent]

Mostly shitty parties, half-dressed whores, and free candy.

It's pretty alright.

[unhand]

Ah, so it's some sort of pub.

[spellfile]

What in the name of Atari's ghost do you think you're doin'? [ zero is standing in the doorway, frozen, looking ready to murder something too. spoiler: It's not the laptop. ]

[unhand]

[...oh, perhaps he shouldn't have let his temper get the better of him there.]

...trying to turn it on.

[spellfile]

[ ... ] I'd hate t'see how you go about doing the same with a woman. [ he is just gonna press forward and snatch the pieces of that thing up and away from your pointy appendage. ]

[unhand]

A woman's not a machine.

[A beat.]

And I doubt you'd very much like to see me use those methods on this contraption either.

[spellfile]

I'd prefer not to see any of your methods, and yet here we are.

What the hell do you need, before you break anything else trying to get it?

[unhand]

...I'm trying to learn how to use it.

[spellfile]

... Think you might do well investing in a tutor, boy.

[unhand]

I hope you're not volunteering. [Cause he already doesn't like you.]

[bluffcheck]

[What the fuck is Thoster doing in the computer lab? He does not even know what wrong turn he took and he looks utterly lost.

That is, however, until he sees his squire.]

Killian! Where in all hells are we? [No, he has never been here before. Why the fuck would he have come down here???]

[unhand]

In a room dedicated to these computer mechanisms. [Hook totally sounds like he knows what he's talking about them.] They're useful, I hear, if you can figure out how to use them. They've got more knowledge inside them than any book. But they're tricky beasts.

[bluffcheck]

And what sort of knowledge are you in search of, then? [He will grab himself a chair and pull up beside his pirate friend.]

[unhand]

How these infernal machines work. [A beat.] They aren't so useful for figuring out that.

[bluffcheck]

Well, I'm no good at any of that. But if it can wait for a moment, I did want to talk with you. I've dallied too long on seeing you promoted to knighthood, I think. Have you given any thought on where you'd like to end up?

[unhand]

[Hook shrugs.] Not really, besides... here. Being a knight. I do want that.

[bluffcheck]

Aye, within reason, of course. I went over all the reports and had a chat or two with some more seasoned knights. We all agree that you're ready, friend. Question is- where you want to end up. There's quite a few sects in the knighthood.

[unhand]

So I've noticed. Yet none for men of the sea.