open ♔ november/december socialization

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, Andres Isle, etc!
WHEN || November & December [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

[ The castle can be a happening place, even on more mundane days. This log is for random interactions over the course of November and December.

You are encouraged to start your own threads and tag around, and feel free to threadjack into any on-going threads that aren't specified as 'closed' in the subject lines since people can enter into rooms even in the middle of what's going on. WE ARE BIG ON THREAD-JACKING HERE. You can also specify 'single thread', meaning you want only one response for all participants, rather than multi-thread, where a number of different scenes/threads can be done as replies to the top prompt.]

On this log:
Wynn & Section Heads @ Andres/London
Cheryl @ Reception desk
Sam @ Various
Elena @ Andres/London
Drax @ Dragon's Hide Wing
Des @ Pub / Castle
Paige @ Caste Grounds
Grimrot @ the Library
Vi @ Andres
Matt @ Andres/London
Alisha @ bars in London
Cora @ Library/ Castle Grounds
Will @ Castle pond / Hoard wing/ Firing range / Castle grounds
Malina @ Dragon's Fire wing/ kitchen/ bar / castle grounds
Alainn @ Dragon's Fire library / kitchen / Andres
Jordan @ Andres/ London
Sylar @ Kitchen
Logan @ Castle Bars / London
Faith L @ London / kitchen / training room / castle grounds
Dean @ Rose's room / bars / armory / training room/ firing range / kitchen
Rose @ Andres / armory / training room / bedroom
Des & Buffy | Closed
Thea @ Training Room / Castle grounds / kitchen / TV rooms / bars
Sam & Buffy | Closed
Alex @ Firing Range / Airfield / Room / Garage
Failboat @ Breakfast
Alice @ Andres/ London
Sweets @ Dragon's Light Wing
Lydia @ Medical / Training room / etc

Comments

[daredtobelieve]

[Helen got a decent listen to realize someone walked by which only makes her more nervous.]

I have another squire, I hope you know. Young and impressionable. The last thing I need is for her to think she can buy or drink or steal her promotion.

[likedillinger]

You can relax. I didn't really figure you'd go through with it.

[daredtobelieve]

[Theres visible relief on her face.]

I also hope my behavior that night hasn't tarnished what little respect you may have had for me.

[likedillinger]

Are you kiddin'? I only respect you more for holding your own as long as you did.

And the bar wasn't so low to start with as you might think.

[daredtobelieve]

[She blinks, confused.]

I'm sorry?

[it could apply to eithe statement really]

[likedillinger]

I mean, I think you're selling yourself short on how much respect I already had for you.

[daredtobelieve]

You haven't given any indication to hold me or my work in much regard at all. But if I'm wrong about that, I'm glad for it.

[likedillinger]

If I didn't respect you at all, you think I'd bothering listening to you talking down to me the way you like to?

[daredtobelieve]

Talk down to-- When have I ever talked down to you?

[Idk like all the time maybe??]

[likedillinger]

Did you want a list?

[daredtobelieve]

[She pauses, looking almost guilty.]

I don't suppose we could start over, could we?

[likedillinger]

Blank slate, huh.

[daredtobelieve]

Something like that. [She lets out a small huff.]

I'm not too proud to admit that I've judged you prematurely from our first meeting. You... Well, you remind me of someone from my past. It's been hard for me to see past that.

[likedillinger]

Yeah, well, I ain't them. Whoever they were. Try to remember that.

[daredtobelieve]

[She turns away from her gun and all of that on the table. She's not going to get any shooting done while they talk about this. Sigh.]

I've been trying, I can assure you.

[likedillinger]

Who was this guy, anyway?

[daredtobelieve]

[She debates lying, or telling him that he would be better off not knowing. But asking Dean to give them a clean slate gave her the opportunity to be more honest, to be open with her squire and give them a chance to possibly connect on some level, any level. So she drops her eyes to her hands and finds the words.]

A man I knew when I was very young. His name was John- [She takes a breath.] -and we were engaged. But that was before he changed, before his blood lust overtook him. You likely knew him by another name.

[Her gaze raises dramatically to meet his.]

Jack the Ripper.

[likedillinger]

[ give him a second ]





Wait. You're trying to tell me I remind you of your ex-fiancee Jack the Ripper?

[daredtobelieve]

In certain ways, yes...

[She looks so uncomfortable right now.]

When I first met him, he was incredibly charming. It wasn't until later that things changed.

[likedillinger]

I remind you of a serial killer.

[daredtobelieve]

You remind me a man who gave in to a darker nature, who didn't see the line he had crossed until it was too late. [She feels like she isn't explaining this well.]

You remind me of him before things changed, Dean. My worry is just how far those similarities may follow through.

[likedillinger]

Yeah, well, thanks for your concern. [ the words have a bitter edge, sry ] I'll make sure you keep you in the loop if I decide to start stalking girls down alleys.

[daredtobelieve]

That's not what I'm-- [She closes her eyes, head tipping back just a touch as he takes a breath.] It's not as though I'm imagining you as some sort of murderous ticking time bomb. When you've lived as long as I have, it's hard not to see patterns, similarities, to draw from experience. As I said, I am trying to see past my own concerns and start over with you. Would you rather I had lied to you about this instead? Painted the first stroke on our blank slate with deceit?

[likedillinger]

It explains a thing or two, at least.

Look. [ he sets the gun down, turning towards her more fully ] I'm not gonna pretend anything I've done in my life has been sunshine and roses. A lot of times hunting down monsters means pulling the trigger, or swinging the blade. And I'm good at that part of it. Always have been.

But I'm not the cold blooded killer you might think I am. I've done things I'm not proud of too, and they've stuck with me.

[daredtobelieve]

Which is precisely why I'd like to start over, to get to know you rather than let a ghost of a memory linger and cloud my judgment. If my mind was made up about you, why would I bother telling you any of this?

[She takes a step towards him.]

But if I'm going to get to know you? I need you to let me. And not all this... bravado you put on.