CLOSED ♔ knighting ceremony

[eldritchweaver]

WHO || Wynn, Emma, Gold, Faye, Hasmed,  Lila, Hook, Thoster, Kat, Ella,  Tia, Alainn, Nessa, Zero, Zatanna, various other unnamed members of the Dragon's Fire [closed]
WHAT || Emma's full Knighting ceremony; induction into the Dragon's Fire
WHERE || Knight's Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || April 30th, 2014 evening [Super backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

Unlike the grandiose nature of the squiring ceremony each Knight undergoes upon their initial entrance into the Knighthood, the graduation to Full Knight status takes place in a much more intimate affair, between the Knight, their mentor, invited friends, and the members of the sect to which they will be inducted. There's no pompous music, no stolid rank and file, no elaborate march.

Emma's invitees are given seats of honor at the front of the ranks of the Dragon's Fire members and Gold, Wynn, and Hasmed wait up at the front of the room for Emma to approach them, but the attitude of the ceremony is much more relaxed, full of smiles and light conversation on all sides from the other sect members.

Wynn finally gets things rolling, by saying in his loud listen-to-me voice: "Approach and kneel, Sir Emma Swan."

Comments

[unhand]

[Hook's here between Faye and Lila watching Emma with a little smile. He can tell she's not entirely comfortable with the ceremony, but he knows damn well she deserves it. She's always been a knight at heart. This just makes it official.]

[bittersweeter]

God, these get more boring every time. [ at least astrid said funny shit. lila looks bored as hell, but at least she's not eating. ]

[unhand]

Hush. [Hook nudges her with his leg.] I'm trying to listen.

[reallywicked]

You know they say the same thing every time, right? [Faye pipes up but in reality, she's paying more attention than one might think she would. She might be a little pleased that Emma's decided to join her sect okay.]

[bittersweeter]

[ seriously she was just listening to this shit at astrid's knighting. ] You know he's just asking her if she's going to follow the seven tenants of the knighthood, right? They're above the door to the round table. [ super exciting stuff, people. ] The rest of the rules are actually on the table. It's the same exact thing we say at our squiring ceremony. This is literally nothing new.

[unhand]

Just cause you've heard it before doesn't mean it's not valuable. That's how ceremonies work. Besides... [His expression softens as he looks up at the front.] It's Emma saying it.

[bittersweeter]

...I'm going to vomit. [ but look, she shuts up. mostly so... hook will stop being a gushing school girl. because he is a grown man. ]

[reallywicked]

[Faye lets out a small, quiet laugh at Lila's comment, but she doesn't add anything more for now. Instead she reaches out and takes hold of his hook. Doesn't matter if he can't feel it. It's the thought that counts.]

[unhand]

[Aww, he gives Faye a grateful smile... and one to Lila too because he's pretty sure she's not quieting down out of a sudden overwhelming respect for ceremony and knighthood, then turns to look back up at Emma.

She's so pretty.]

[bittersweeter]

[ she's quiet until hasmed steps up. ] God, he is so creepy.

[reallywicked]

He knows his shit, though. [Faye chimes in because...no denying that Lila speaks the truth. He is creepy.]

Still can't believe she's joining the Fire. [The way she says it, she's not at all upset.]

[unhand]

I can believe it. She'll be good at it. [Not that Hook knows much at all about magic. Just that he's seen Emma use it, and it was sexy.] Back in the Enchanted Forest, I saw her push back against a most powerful sorceress [that had been Hook's ally, oops] before she so much as knew she had power.

[bittersweeter]

[ ugh magic talk. she unhappily mutters: ] Yeah well maybe she should use that magic on Amara.

[ #nofaithinmagic ]

[unhand]

[Hook looks over at her and frowns.]

You do realize she would have if she had that power, right? Emma wants this curse broken as much as you do.

[bittersweeter]

Uh-huh. So much that she has time to spare looking into my boyfriend. She seems super invested in Amara. [ lol not. :| ]

[unhand]

[WOW YOU DID NOT JUST. Hook turns her to shoot her an actively scary look (intimidate 22). He probably won't actually stab her with his hook, but he sure looks like he wants to. He'd have very little patience for questioning Emma's dedication under normal circumstances, but when it was right in the middle of Emma's knighting ceremony and because Emma had dared worry about this mysterious guy Lila was dating, he is just 100% not having any of it.]

If you've so little respect for her, leave right now.

[bittersweeter]

[ lila doesn't even bat an eyelash. (will save 28) she leans over, quiet and sweet and whispers: ] You missed her say "I do". [ and then when everyone else rises to their feet to cheer for the new knight, lila simply gets up and slips out. ]

[reallywicked]

[Faye doesn't have time to tell either of them to shut up, to even realize what's happening until they're standing to applaud and she watches Lila walk out. Still clapping, Faye nudges Hook with her elbow.]

What the hell just happened? [Said only a little like 'what did you do??' she's not super accusatory, mostly just confused as fuck.]

[unhand]

[Hook's expression has darkened from his earlier happiness. Hopefully he can get it back in time to congratulate Emma, but right now? He looks angry.]

It's Emma's big day. Lila can resent her however much she wants elsewhere, but I won't have her bringing Emma down here and now.

[reallywicked]

[This shit again/still? Faye is starting to get frustrated, which is saying something. Being caught in the middle of it was the last thing she wanted. And she's not really in the middle- no one's putting her up against the other, but it feels like she's supposed to pick a side and she doesn't want to.

Giving a shit about people is hard.]

If you don't want her day to be brought down then get out that pirate charm, because you look like you'd rather gut someone than ask her to dance.

[unhand]

[She’s right, of course. He inclines his head a little and inhales, letting it out in a huff.]

I know. I’ll be back to myself by the time the party starts. [Course, Emma’s so good at seeing through lies that it might not help. Still, it’s worth a shot.]

[reallywicked]

Good. [Because Faye also doesn't want Emma to be bogged down on her big day. She just wants everyone to tolerate each other again. Can't we go back to that???]