after-party ♔ october

[wynn]

♬ Jeux d'eau - Ravel

WHO || Wynn, any and all Knights not currently on missions (if you are uncertain if your character would be at the castle for this, ask!)
WHAT || Squiring Ceremony Afterparty
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Ballroom
WHEN || October 1st, 2014, 6:00PM [backdated]
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.

Comments

[graveflowers]

[ oh look! someone who isn't going to judge you! but... vi does flounce over and

hug him.

deal with it. ]

Thank you for helping bring Elena home safe.

[ fucking oblivious. ]

[likedillinger]

[ oh wow dean was not

expecting that.

/awkwardly... takes it ] Uh. Yeah, no problem. [ (unsure) ]

[graveflowers]

[ she gives great hugs okay, she can melt the cold warrior exteriors of anyone. figure 1.0: luthir. maybe she should hug wynn, he looks like he needs it. but she steps back still looking grateful. felicity filled her in on the kat part of her mission, not the elena part since vi had already talked to elena personally so she is unaware of dean's placement in the psychopath squad.

she has a lot on her mind, but dean being rude to her baby is not it. ]

So, a knight, you, I didn't see that one coming.

[likedillinger]

Me neither, honestly. Still not sure it's all gonna pan out but for now... here I am.

[graveflowers]

That's sort of how I felt when I got here. But I was basically stalking my future husband, so I wasn't really going anywhere. And then I got attached.

[ yeah. nothing to do with wanting to help people and make a difference and be all she can be. nope, just stalker pinning luthir. ]

[likedillinger]

Seems to have worked out for you. [ nods to baby bump ]

[graveflowers]

Yeah, I got knighted, married, and knocked up probably all in the same day. [ she tosses her hair with a smile, but she can't hide the sadness behind her flippancy. ] My skills are prolific.

[likedillinger]

Which one's the father?

[graveflowers]

[ her harpy will save keeps her expression clear and that is a god damn miracle. ]

He died. The day after our wedding. Same night there were those mass suicides in the Hudson. [ day before she met dean. yeeeeeah. her lips turn up in a wobbly smile. ] I think the same night you got called in, actually.

[likedillinger]

... Yeah. It was.



Sorry to hear it.

[graveflowers]

Thanks. [ she shrugs helplessly. it's still weird to accept condolences like thank you for feeling bad for my crap life, that's very kind of you. ] It was worth it, I'd do it again in a heartbeat. Probably makes me the worst kind of masochist, but. It's my niche.

[likedillinger]

Been awhile since New York. When's the little bundle comin'?

[graveflowers]

A year from New York, roughly. Turns out half-elf babies take an entire year to cook. Which is just great. So, June.

[likedillinger]

Better than drow. Aren't they two years or somethin'? [ the things you learn in his line of work ]

[graveflowers]

[ she shrugs. ] I dunno. I don't even know what is going on because of my mom's genes. Maybe she's got pointy ears and like... horns 'cause one of my mom's symbols is a ram. I dunno how half elf, quarter god, quarter human babies work.

[ she is a useless parent. ]

She'll probably come out in glow of swirling light and klaxon sirens signaling all the monsters in the world that a helpless baby is here to eat. Demigods smell so good to monsters; she's part demigod, part elven hair model, I don't doubt she'd taste like ...chocolate cake or something.

[ /babble. ]

[likedillinger]

I never heard anything about monsters snacking on aasimars over anyone else. They're usually not too particular - depending on the monster.

[graveflowers]

Well yeah, I guess in this world you would be correct. In mine? Not so much. I got 25 years of habit that I'm still unbreaking. Breaking? One of those.

Anyway, they usually go after Myri here like she's a fucking bastion of goodness and light they must destroy. Which she is, she's practically an angel.

[likedillinger]

Yeah, I kinda got that vibe the one time we talked.

[graveflowers]

If I hadn't met a unicorn, I would call her a unicorn. But Nick is like way more... Nick.

[ very descriptive there. ]

[likedillinger]

You know a unicorn named Nick?

[graveflowers]

I know a slightly neurotic unicorn named Nick who gave me tea and let me dust bust my husband's ashes after he told me I was knocked up in a super lucid nightmare because my life is... god, so weird. I can't believe I just said that.

[likedillinger]

I'd say that ranks on the weird scale. And I'd know.

[graveflowers]

Yeah, if it didn't, I would be super concerned.

[likedillinger]

Maybe that's what the aasimar thing attracts in this world.

[graveflowers]

[ something sparks in her expression so she looks away, leaning over to grab a handful of tiny desserts. ]

Nah, my mom's not an important goddess. I just find trouble and then barrel headfirst right into it.