CLOSED ♔ knighting ceremonies

[wynn]

WHO || Wynn, Dovan, Koraith, Hasmed, Lis'sa, Solace, graduating squires, various members of the Knighthood, invited guests [closed]
WHAT || Full Knighting ceremonies for various squires
WHERE || Knight's Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || Late September 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.

The Knight's new section head, Wynn, and their mentor Knight wait up at the front of the room for their approach, 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.

"Please kneel."


((Given the large amount of promotions occurring, we will not be doing individual posts/parties for each.  Instead, please there are top comments on this post for each section's ceremonies, and each section's parties.  Feel free to make Drakenet posts or plurks establishing your character's invited guests, and tagging into as much as you would like/handwaving as much as you'd like.))

Comments

[lurings]

[ okay, some of the people in the hide kind of scare the crap out of abigail and had cora not invited her, there is literally no way it would be humanly possible to get her to attend something like this. she can gut a grown man with little difficulty, but she is well aware of how weak and delicate she is, only made more obvious by the people she's currently surrounded by.

while cora is talking to someone else, abigail moves to get a refill of her soda, debating whether she should get something strong or not and deciding... yes, yes she will.

which she then promptly drops and spills all over the floor with a yelp when a grown man goes flying past her and into the bar. he seems uninjured as he jumps up and hurries back to the tiny blonde that threw him, but abigail stands there in mild shock with scotch and soda splashed all over her shoes. ]

[littledhampir]

Sonovabitch!

[While Rose’s drink and person manages to get out of the incident unscathed, she still can’t say that she’s a fan of having her solitude interrupted by a round of fling the Knight, Rose’s face a mask of irritation as she leaps from her bar stool and raises her drink in the air, out of reach of the walking, talking projectile.

Dark eyes follow him back to the tiny blonde before she finally notices Abigail and while Rose isn’t exactly Captain Social today, she can at least feel some sympathy for the slight brunette, reaching behind the bar to snatch up the cloth, a mumbled;] Here. [As she offers it to Abigail.]

[lurings]

[ it's automatic, the way she takes the cloth, leaning down to wipe the drink off her legs. she's suddenly glad she forwent tights because standing around the rest of the party in sticky tights would have driven her insane. sticky legs are easier to deal with.

huffing out a sigh, she pushes her hair back from her face and straightens up. ] Thanks.

[littledhampir]

[With one final dirty look at those responsible, Rose drags her gaze back to Abigail, watching in silence as she cleans herself up, the brunette dragging her stool back and reclaiming her place..]

Don't mention it. [Lifting her shoulder in a shrug as she sets her drink back down.] Guessing you're somebodies guest? [She could be Hide given the sect seemed to consist of either big burly men or innocuous looking women but fighters could usually pick each other a mile away from how they carried themselves. (Wis 18).]

[lurings]

Yeah. [ she twists the towel between her fingers. ] Cora invited me. She was knighted tonight.

[littledhampir]

[Recognition of the name flickers in her eyes, Rose bobbing her head. (Wis 17)]

Right, yeah. Brunette, young. I remember her from the whole... [Sharing a stage with her thing.] Knighting... thing.

From what I've heard about Hide parties? It's probably a tame one when there isn't any bloodshed.

[lurings]

[ well it was like an hour ago, abigail would be a little judgy if rose hadn't remembered. ]

I wouldn't count it out yet.

[ /stares at nathan. /stares at drax. ]

[littledhampir]

[Well... This is Rose. She wasn't exactly paying attention to much of anything during the ceremony, just trying to get through it.]

Point. [Chuckling over the rim of her glass.] Hopefully I'll be outta here before it gets to that.

[lurings]

Yeah. [ FUCKING DITTO, MAN. but lbr cora won't let anyone hurt her delicate human friend. ] I've had enough of that at dinner parties.

[ her smile tightens, but hey it's still there. /laughs brokenly about hannibal. ]

[littledhampir]

[That. Was. A crit fail on her sense motive so Rose the oblivious, busts out this line like it won't make those flashbacks even more hideous for Abigail.]

I figure if I can get through the night without drawing blood it'll be an improvement on how these usually go for me.

[lurings]

[ abigail looks at her blandly. ]

That's nice.

[ /slowly backs the fuck away. ]