after-party ♔

[wynn]

♬ Jeux d'eau - Ravel

WHO || Wynn, any and all Knights not currently on missions
WHAT || Squiring Ceremony Afterparty
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Ballroom
WHEN || March 2nd, 2012, 9:00PM
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 none of you are 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.

Comments

ota;

[65]

[Finnick is dressed all fancy in a suit and thinking it's pretty nice. This is a lot better than all the awkward shit they made him wear at Capitol stuff when they let him wear clothes at all. And, like his walk down the red carpet, he's still working the crowd. You know, talking to people and being all amiable and things. It's kind of a reflex at this point, instead of something he sincerely puts his heart into. But it's better than being a sad lonelychan loser by the punch bowl.

After seeing Haymitch, or ... "Haymitch", he's suspicious of this being some kind of fucked up Capitol brainwashing mindgame thing. So he's also using this as an opportunity to snoop and keep his eye out for ~clues~.]

[befree]

[Katniss can tell within five seconds if someone is a douchebag or not. It only took her two seconds during the ceremony to decide that this guy definitely was. With his bronze hair and rippling body he is in no way attractive, and why does he insist on talking to people like it's a fun thing to do?

Something about him, like that old guy earlier, strikes a chord with her. She wants to speak to him, but he's such a tool that she has no fucks left to give and doesn't want to be seen making an effort to speak to someone. If she did that, other people might come up and try talking to her.

So she just slowly stalks him around the room, keeping a good distance to observe him without having to necessarily talk to him. Yes, she realizes this is creepy.

No, she doesn't care.]

[65]

[In the middle of talking to someone else, his eyes lock onto stalker-Katniss and widen with recognition. He finagles his way out of that conversation so he can sneak his way over to her before she can run away like the sneaky bitch she is.]

Katniss? [It's a question instead of a greeting, because now he can't be completely sure if it's her or not.]

[befree]

[As soon as her name is out of his mouth, she reacts in a way that not even she could have predicted. Apparently the best way to find out how someone knows your name isn't to ask them, it's to surge forward and try to shove him up against a nearby wall.]

How do you know me?

[And just because she's tiny and apparently harmless looking doesn't mean she's not able to kick his ass, so she feels the need to let him know this by becoming more crazy.]

Tell me.

[65]

[TWICE IN ONE NIGHT WHAT THE FUCK. But after Haymitch he's on edge, and Katniss is like half his size, so he manages to jump out of the way of her assault.]

You don't remember me either, do you? I know it's hard to believe [because you're as kind and cuddly as a goddamn badger], but we were friends.

[befree]

I don't have friends.

[She looks like the biggest sourpatch ever, and crosses her arms over her chest.]

And if I did, I doubt someone like you would honestly give me the time of day.

[Someone like you meaning someone pretty and attractive, but like hell she's going to give him any hint that she thinks he's a pretty boy.]

I don't remember anything. [This is said in a very sulking, my life sucks, woe is me tone of voice. Clearly, he needs to shed some light on the whole friend issue.]

[65]

If you don't remember anything, how can you really know? We worked together. [He's afraid to say he G-word at this point, it might trigger some kind of PTSD-landmine.]

[befree]

We did?

[She's taken off guard by that admission, and it's with wide eyes that she tries so desperately to remember. She can recall flashes of his face, and knows that they must have spoken at several points back home, but she can't recall him or who he is to her.]

Keep explaining. I want to know.

[65]

[Hngh his heart. At least he thinks he might actually stand a chance of breaking through to Katniss. After all, he spent more time talking to her at home than he did with Haymitch ... ever.]

We were allies. Allies and friends. [He's going to drive the friends thing home because if he says it enough she'll believe it. >:(] I saved your life a few times. ... And you saved mine.

[technophobic]

[Let's make it very clear: the Paladin is not here to socialize, he's here because there's an excessive amount of free food and drink and his buddies are here. Yes, he has them.

Either way, at some point in Haymitch's strutting around, he would turn around and find the big guy standing there, fixing him with a suspicious eye.]

Think you have what it takes, do you, boy?

[65]

[He turns to see creeperchan and freezes, staring him down like he would a bear or ... some kind of dangerous predator-type-thing.

But that only lasts for a second before his cocky, self-assured attitude kicks back in.]

I know that I do, actually.

[technophobic]

Do you, now? [He glances up and down him with an appraising eye, as if figuring out the best way to squash a bug] And what makes you so damn sure of that, then?

[65]

[He is undeterred.] What makes you so damn sure that I'm not? Why would I have chosen to be here if I didn't think I had what it takes?

[technophobic]

Perhaps because you felt you had nowhere else to turn. Too many come to these doors out of desperation, rather than because they support what we stand for.

If you ask me, Wynn should be more discerning about who he takes in.

[65]

[Burrrrn. He's tempted to tell Lan about how his life was battle royale and he was killing shittons of other kids at the delicate age of 14, but that is not appropriate dinnertime conversation. Unless you're Haymitch and try to shank it out of him, anyway.]

I'm not desperate. There's nowhere else I'd rather be. [He needs to be here to protect kawaii amnesiac Katniss ... if it even is her. And Haymitch. He guesses.]

It's a good thing that no one's asking you, then. I have a feeling this room would be empty otherwise.

[technophobic]

There are a fine share of Knights here who understand what the word means. [And his tone says he clearly doesn't like YOUR tone]

[65]

Are you suggesting I don't?

[technophobic]

I'm suggesting a man needs to prove his worth before he goes parading about as if he owns the place. [Yeah, he noticed]

[65]

So you have a problem with confidence. [Look, this is just what he's used to doing because he's used to ... people expecting him to.]

[technophobic]

I have a problem with cockiness.

[65]

[In a voice that says no1curr,] I'll try to be more humble in your presence.

[technophobic]

[Stop making so many friends, Lan, how will I ever keep up with all your cr...] A good start.

[socialgraces]

[And Francesca (wearing this) strides right up next to Lan. She's not scared.] Yes, gods forbid anyone actually enjoy a party around here. [She casts an annoyed look in Lan's direction before turning her attention to Finnick.] I don't think it's too much to allow you one night of leisure before we start making you prove yourself.

[65]

Oh? [To his own credit, he's trying to tone it down slightly now. But how can be help being as charming as he is? Especially around such a pretty lady. He looks to Francesca with a smile that slides easily into place.] What does proving consist of? I'm not going to have to slay a dragon, am I?

[What? There's a lot of dragon shit around here ... ]

[technophobic]

[Lan is totally unamused. By either of you. Get off his lawn.] That could be arranged.