knightsoflegend | after-party ♔ november

♬ 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 || November 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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ahahaha she rolled a 22 wisdom check to catch faye's disdain, so she just looks like her puppy has been kicked right now.]

It was... probably too much. I know. I just didn't know how to thank everyone any other way.

You could say thank you like a normal person. [She pauses to take a long, judgmental drink.] Just off the top of my head.

Well, it's not like I'm going to... turn the Knighthood into a musical every day. [she waves a hand, blushing furiously, and unable to even look faye in the eye... and not because faye is taller than she is.] It was a...an... incident of passion. That has now passed.

Good. [A normal person might back off but Faye just still looks judgy as fuck. Also have they met yet? Gonna go with no since Faye likely wouldn't do meet and greet beforehand.]

I'm Faye. And apparently you're my squire.

[that gets her to look up, face still an unfortunate shade of scarlet. despite the whole FAYE IS SCURRY thing, she reaches out and grabs her hand to shake it.]

Oh! Yes. It's nice to meet you... wow, I... expected you to be older. Not that there's anything wrong with you being young. Wisdom has nothing to do with age and you've been in a war and-

[BREATHE PAIGE. She sucks in a breath.] It's nice to meet you.

[you said that...]

[As Paige rambles, Faye just stands, arms crossed over her chest, judgy face on to the extreme.]

So what do you do- other than burst into song?

Oh! [BEAMS.] I'm a cleric of Milil. In training to be a Tuneservant, actually.

...A what?

A Tuneservant. It's the highest order of cleric in the Church of Milil.

You've got to be fucking kidding me.

[That just... Wynn has a fucked up sense of humor to send her a musical cleric.]

Alright, Looney Tunes- let's set up some ground rules. Rule number one- no singing around me.

[well, that's like... asking a future pastry chef not to make any cupcakes, so she's a little put out by the request, but she's a long way from Tuneservant, so she'll just... relent. It's only when Faye is around anyway.

And besides...]

Okay. Got it. No singing, even if one good Shatter spell stands between you and certain death.

[oh look. kitten has claws.]

You're kidding, right? The day I need you to save my ass is the day I deserve to be eaten alive.

[These two are gonna get along great...]

[deadpan] So I should definitely keep the healing to other people too, right?

[LOATHING. UNADULTERATED LOATHING.]

[INTENSE EYE ROLLING.]

You're telling me you can't cast a single spell without squawking?

Well, you said you wouldn't need my help period. I assumed it was a general thing.

[she shrugs so hard her shoulders almost hit the tips of her ears.] But for the record, humming does improve my concentration.

You're serious about that. [It's not a question. Faye just hasn't experience music magic before. She thought you were full of shit.] How the hell does that even work?

Using magic in stressful situations requires concentration. Music relaxes me and keeps me grounded in what I'm trying to do, so when I'm casting, I hum, so I can focus.

[Considering Faye is the most hot headed person ever, this is probably not a terrible technique for her to hear about.]

Where did you pick that up?

The other clerics in the Church of Milil taught me. I'd been trying to separate my music from my healing and they showed me I didn't have to. [It's honestly why she chose to become a Tuneservant. SINGING CLERICS YAY.]

[Faye still seems uncertain on how she feels about this bullshit.]

There's really a whole church of...singing clerics? [More nose wrinkling.]

Yes?

[IS THAT SO WEIRD, FAYE? IS IT?]

The rest of them aren't going to show up soon, are they? I may need to invest in ear plugs.

Well, no. I wouldn't think so. [She wrings her hands in front of her.] To be honest, I left the church to train on my own until I have enough experience to become a Tuneservant, so... They don't know I'm here. Yet.

[That made you mildly more interesting.]

So what do you think we can do that they can't?

Well, mostly they go out and enrich people's lives with poetry and music in the name of Milil, and that's fine, but I want... more experience. A little bit of risk. I don't wanna be just a cleric. I wanna really help people, not just heal their wounds and sing them cute little songs. I've been doing that all my life.

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