CLOSED ♔ knighting ceremony

[koraith]

WHO || Wynn, Elena Gilbert, Koraith, Myri, Colin Banks, Dumage, Andie, Finnick, Buffy, Spike, Vi, Luthir, Francesca, Archer, Des, Mark, Kat, Gar, Rose, Alaric, Klaus, Dawn, various other members of the Dragon's Tongue [closed]
WHAT || Elena's full Knighting ceremony; induction into the Dragon's Tongue
WHERE || Knight's Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || Tues May 27th, evening FORWARD DATED
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.

Myri, Wynn, and Koraith wait up at the front of the room for Elena to approach them, but the attitude of the ceremony is much more relaxed, full of smiles and light conversation on all sides. Of course, when Wynn speaks, people still hush. It's just how he rolls.

"Sir Elena Gilbert, please kneel."

Comments

guests and onlookers

[wynn]

[ peanut gallery assemble ]

[shootfirst]

[ onlookin' onlookin', oh hey, kat notices something worth whisper gossiping about ] Uh, where the fuck is Spike? Is he seriously going to miss Elena's ceremony?

[slay]

If this is some awkward, avoid-y thing that he's doing, I am so kicking his ass later.

[graveflowers]

Maybe he's dying his hair. That must take a while.

[asuma]

[Don't mind Klaus creeping on your conversation, ladies--and then leaning in to offer his two cents on the matter.]

I think it's far more likely that he's using the opportunity to stage another attempt at raiding Elena's underwear drawer, myself.

[slay]

Raiding her -- What?! [ i'm sorry i mean WHAT? buffy may well have whiplash from how fast her head whipped around. ] I'm sorry -- Who are you?

[asuma]

Klaus. [Like that shit speaks for itself. Smile~]

I walked in on your friend Spike doing the same in my room just the other day. Turns out he'd mistaken my room for Elena's.

[shootfirst]

Good to know he's reconnecting to his creeper roots.

[slay]

[ SUSPICIOUS BUT HOLDING IT IN BECAUSE ELENA IS BEING KNIGHTED. she shoots klaus a dubious look but settles back into her seat. what would spike be doing in elena's underwear drawer what ??? ]

[graveflowers]

...he needs better hobbies.

[littledhampir]

Wait - is Spike like a nickname? [For Archer?! Rose is behind the times, yo.]

[slay]

... No, it's a vampire.

[ who are you ??? buffy is beginning to wonder if she's like the only person who doesn't have friends off of failboat WHERE ARE ALL OF THESE PEOPLE COMING FROM. she can so make friends outside of her tightknit group goddammit. ]

[littledhampir]

A vampire called Spike. [She can't be the only one who finds that amusing.

Less amusing though when she put it together with what she'd just overheard.] I'm assuming Spike and Archer aren't the same person? [So. Confused.]

[nothingsodivine]

Was that why Spike was raiding rooms? He was looking for Elena?

[WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE.] He was in my room whining about how he was done pining over Blondie.

[shootfirst]

[ kat is too busy being amused in rose's general direction. she says to her: ] Ask that again when Spike shows up. I wanna see how many colors his face can turn.

[littledhampir]

Happy to help. [Grinning, though she's going to take that as a no.

Also, Rose may now think that Klaus could be Blondie. He did say he caught this Spike guy going through his underwear drawer. Just saying.]

[slay]

[ des' remark draws buffy out of her befuddled expression in rose's general direction because WHO ARE YOU EVEN. ] Yes, because moping and whining is a super-effective way to make people believe you're done with the pining. [ eyeroll. HUFF PUFF. it's evident from her impatient reaction that this has been a Thing. ]

[asuma]

An unfortunate trend adopted by most vampires anymore, I'm afraid. The moping and whining. [The pining has just always been a thing apparently.]

[nothingsodivine]

Can we go back to the why Spike was even looking for Elena, in the first place? Does she owe him money? What the hell was so important he had to commit a series of B&E's to get it done?

[graveflowers]

Dopplevag. [ a beat. ] You guys keep saying he's pining... Maybe he thought that could be his creepy loophole.

[slay]

Wait. You're not seriously -- [ buffy's stomach turns and an unwilling shudder comes out. she quickly throws up her hands. ] Oh. Eww. No. We're done. Look! Oaths and stuff!

[ she sits further forward in her seat and points down. ]