after-party ♔ january

[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 || January 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

[animalistic]

[She turns and smiles, trying to be as approachable as possible.]

Yes and thank you. It was clean. [Malia glances around.] Is it always this formal? I'll be better prepared next time.

[withasouvenir]

[ "it was clean" is the cutest thing and thea bites back a soft smile. ]

I've only been to one, but yeah, that seems to be the case. There's a huge dressing room with racks of clothes though if you don't have anything that fits the bill.

[animalistic]

Oh that's helpful. I'll remember for next time.

[withasouvenir]

It's right up those stairs. [ she points to the ones in the back. ]

[animalistic]

[Malia looks the direction that she's pointing and nods.]

Thank you. [She smiles again, because that's supposed to be polite when people help you.]

[withasouvenir]

So you're Cora's new squire. [ not much of a question, but it's leading. ]

[animalistic]

Yes. [She states it so matter of fact.]

Do you know Cora?

[withasouvenir]

Yeah, she helped bring me in. To the Knights.

[animalistic]

[Malia nods.]

She's offered to help me with some things. She's from Beacon Hills, like me, but I didn't know her.

[withasouvenir]

[ she shrugs. she doesn't know everyone in starling city so it's not like people know all the other people in beacon hills.

unless it's a hella shady backwater deliverance town??? WE JUST DON'T KNOW. ]

You're like the same age, aren't you?

[animalistic]

[She is an age.]

Yeah... I think so. I didn't ask her. Should I have asked her?

[withasouvenir]

[ omfg teen wolf get your shit together. ]

No, no, I was just curious. [ like it will be good for cora to have someone her own age around. not that there aren't a lot of teenagers up in this bitch tbqh (wtf wynn??????) but someone from home too. ]

[animalistic]

I was a coyote for most of my life. My learning curve is apparently very steep.

[withasouvenir]

[ wtf???????????????? ]

You were a coyote?

[ she knows cora is a werewolf, but she's only see her partially transformed not 100% wolfed out as an actual wolf.

or coyote. this is new. ]

[animalistic]

[She nods.]

I was young and confused. My first turn happened in a car; it caused an accident and I lost my mother and sister. After that I just stayed a coyote. I didn't want to be a girl anymore.

[withasouvenir]

[ so many backstory at once. ]

Sorry. About your mom and sister. [ she focuses on that because she is thea queen, she of the family that just keeps dying. ]

[animalistic]

[That how she do. ALL AT ONCE or nothing at all.]

I shouldn't tell people that -- I don't want people to pity me.

[withasouvenir]

Both my parents are dead. And my brother. [ well, one of them. she still has family left, somehow. ] I get it.

[animalistic]

[She swallows down the instinct question "Were they weak?" THANK THE DICE FOR WILL SAVE 19]

Do you feel alone here? [AKA WE CAN BE ORPHAN PALS MAYBE?]

[withasouvenir]

Sometimes. [ yes. a lot. all the time. always. that doesn't deserve a bluff check. ] My brother, my other brother, is here, but he's -- [ ollie, tbh. ] -- busy.

[animalistic]

The people here that should know me -- they don't. Except Liam. They were starting to be my family, but -- it's hard to learn how to act when the people I'm used to looking at don't act the way I need them to.

[Because that would require them to remember her and not look at her like a stranger.]

[withasouvenir]

[ L M A O thea feels that so hard. and that was just in starling city when it turned out her parents were mass murderers and her dad wasn't even her dad and everything was awful. she didn't even have memory loss in the mix with that crap. ]

Yeah. [ her lips purse slightly and she crosses her arms, slightly uncomfortable with how hard she feels this. ] It's supposed to get better, like you get used to it.

[animalistic]

[She's good at body language (sense motive 18) and picks up that this isn't something she should pursue... but she's curious and this second will save is only a 7...]

How long will it take? To adapt?

[withasouvenir]

[ apologetically: ] I haven't figured that part out yet. Still working on it.

[animalistic]

Progress. [She nods.] Stiles says -- he would say that I make progress.