open ♔ socialization log (april through july)

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, Andres, etc!
WHEN || Any time in April/May/June/July
HOW || Actionspam

[ The castle can be a happening place, even on more mundane days. This log is for random interactions over the course of these few months. Because not everyone is into parties, ok.   Characters participating in the following missions are asked to wait until their missions have concluded before tagging into things that take place chronologically after said missions:  Dead of Winter, Curse of the Homo Magi, Ravenloft, Shadow Bermuda, and City of Blood  If you aren't certain if that applies to you, please ask!  Characters who are not currently squired in may also post, as their characters are living in the castle awaiting their ceremonies.

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 @ Various
Cheryl @ Front Desk
Myri @ her room & various
Skye @ Various
Buffy & Rafael @ the Kitchen
Peter @ Rec Rooms, Bowling Alley, Etc.
Liam @ Rec Room
Baal @ Various
Malina @ Dragon's Fire Wing/outside/kitchen/bar/library/Rec Room
Sweets @ Dragon's Light wing/Rec room/music room
Kali @ training room / firing range / outside / etc
Elena @ firing range / gym / kitchen / common rooms
Vi @ firing range / garden / rec room
Dean @ firing range / billiards room / library / kitchen
Jaina @ garage / training room / roof / computer room / bar
Lazarus & Vi | closed
Nick @ training room / firing range / rec rooms / computer room / bar / various
Des (& Zarad) @ NYC / firing range / training room
Elena @ 21st birthday party!
Alex @ garage / airfield / London / firing range / rec room / etc
Dante @ training room / old man bar / library
Andrew @ his room / computer lab / rec room
Alcide @ bars / grounds
Faye @ Gold's room / her room / various
Thoster @ hallways
Ollie @ training room / Dragon's Hoard wing
Mars @ library / room / gardens
Doyle @ the bar
Sebastian @ training room / his room
Neal @ various
Klaus @ rec room / kitchen / bedrooms
Adam @ Dragon's Light wing / various
Aedan @ training room / Dragon's Light wing / outdoors / rec room
Thea @ training room / grounds / bar / rec room / pool / various
Carol @ training room / grounds / roof
Kate @ training room / library / grounds / London
Ric @ Dragon's Hoard labs / bars / homeschooling kids
Jo @ lobby / various
Abigail @ firing range / gym / grounds / library / Dragon's Fire wing
Steve @ training room / various
David @ training room / library / grounds / kitchen
Emma S @ the pond / library / firing range
Amy @ library / kitchen / etc
Clark @ various
Erica @ grounds / training area / library / etc
Natasha @ firing range / training room / gym / bar / billiards / rec room
Sara @ bars / training room / gym / various
Hook @ bar / kitchen
Taradiddle @ Dragon's Light wing / grounds / places she shouldn't be
Sam @ library  / shooting range / castle grounds
Alice @ Dragon Light's wing / rec room / kitchen / training room / outside
Cora @ her room / grounds / training room / library / kitchen / TV room / computer lab
Will @ pond / firing range / castle grounds

Comments

[hacker]

So he came through the Veil? Do you know if a lot of people can do that where he came from?

[felidity]

I don't know. We don't really talk much. Logan heals really fast though and he was Nathan's mentor, he might know.

[hacker]

Logan. Is he in the Hide too?

[felidity]

Yes. [ nod nod. ] He has very large sideburns. [ a beat, she leans around the bag and lowers her voice, THIS IS CLEARLY A SECRET. ] He's kind of like me.

[hacker]

... Short?

[ Ba dum tish. ]

[felidity]

[ surprisingly, that makes kali laugh, even as she's shaking her head. ]

No, silly!

[hacker]

... Oh! Oh, you mean the— [ She glances around at the empty training room, then drops her voice and leans in, whispering all the same. ] The experiments.

[felidity]

Yes, but don't tell him I told you. Tell him someone else told you. [ she wants logan to be her friend, okay. since words just fall out of kali's mouth not telling him at all doesn't appear to be an option for her. ]

[hacker]

[ A smile widens across her lips. ]

Your secret's safe with me.

[felidity]

Thanks! [ she's pretty pleased. ] Do you want to give the bag a go?

[hacker]

... A go as in punch it?

[ Gapes like fish. ]

[felidity]

Yes. [ duh??? ] It's very good for releasing tension and if you'd prefer not to use a deadly weapon on missions, knowing how to disable an enemy combatant is your first line of self-defense.

[hacker]

Right. The field. Like Captain Pencil Skirt and her gang of cronies. [ Sighing, Skye turned towards the bag and nodded. ] Okay. [ Raising her fists, she threw two punches for the bag (atk 7, 12). ]

[felidity]

[ kali looks stricken like no my kitten is going to die in the field i must protect my beautiful baby bird who smells like candy and sunshine. deftly, her hands reach out to cover skye's fists and stop her from throwing any more. ]

Easy, Tiger. [ her smile is fond and not at all patronizing, even if she is amused by skye's obvious inexperience. this must be what it's like for people to hang out with her. ] First of all, always keep your thumb outside your fist. [ holding her hand between them, she adjusts her fist until it's perfect. ] Keep your fist tight, but not too tight. Fluid.

[ she pulls skye's fist toward her pressing her other hand against the inside of skye's bicep. ] See how your fist is aligned with the bones in your arm? [ the fist gets tilted down a little. ] Aim with the knuckles so you don't hurt your hand and lead with the index and middle fingers, not your ring and pinky fingers.

[hacker]

[ Skye makes a wheezing sound like a dying whale to reflect her 9 will save as Kali gets up in her personal space and touches her as she guides her on how to punch. This is what battlefield gay looks like, y'all. Also, it feels weirdly like deja vu. She swallows, glances over at Kali, then diverts her attention back to the punching bag. ]

Okay. Thumb out. Fluid. Lead with the front. [ She takes another two hits—one with each fist (atk 19, 12). The improvement is undeniable, that's for sure. And she starts to keep it up, focusing on making steady, but not rapid, jabs at the bag while she talks to Kali. ] How long have you been doing this, anyway?

[felidity]

Keep your chin down a little, so your punch acts as a guard. [ she hesitates on answering, moving to stand behind the bag and steady it. people always get weird about her past. ] Seventeen or eighteen years.

[hacker]

[ Obedient, Skye ducks her chin. She pays little mind to how her punches are hitting, focusing on keeping her form and maintaining the integrity of her rhythm over actual accuracy and power. Better to get the mechanics down first. ]

How long did it take you to get good at it?

[felidity]

[ um. ]

A while.

[ she doesn't want to be like "a couple weeks", which is pretty accurate, and crush skye's spirit. kali's a freak of nature. ]

[hacker]

I wish [ she takes a few punches at the bag, ] Captain Pencil Skirt were here. I'd have a lot easier time learning on her face. [ Someone is still bitter about the whole being dragged off to be quietly disappeared thing. ]

[felidity]

Can you just imagine her face? I'm sure Malina can do the spell again and then we can take her picture and print it out to tape to the punching bag.

[hacker]

[ Skye looks up at Kali like ? ?? werwatey ?? She's being serious. Ok. Skye takes another couple jabs at the bag, tilting her head to note, ] Well, I would go ask Malina, except where I was kidding. I mean, she's totally evil. Maximum level government toolbag, for sure. But I think I'll reserve face-punching for when it's a must.

[felidity]

[ sigh. she feels like a dunce. ]

I'm not... very perceptive to nuance. [ she shifts to hold the bag more firmly, avoiding skye's gaze and falling back on something she understands. ] Try a cross. Hit with a jab to find the range and them come in with the cross. They're both straight, linear punches, so make sure to keep your arms level with your shoulders.

[hacker]

[ Skye's punches fly askew at Kali's new orders, glancing entirely off the bag. I don't even want to put the rolls here because it's just ugly (4, 0). She looks startled, like something about what Kali said caught her off guard or spoke to something in her, because her attention is slightly hazy when it falls on Kali. She drops her fists. ]

What? [ She blinks through it, shaking her head, looking back over at the bag. ] Sorry. [ She lifts her fists again and rolls one shoulder, cracking her neck. ] Jab-cross. Got it. [ She goes for the combo again, and this time, she does a great job (atk 14, 15). ] It's fine. I'll get the nuance, you get the punching. That's what teamwork's about.

[felidity]

Okay. [ punching is something she can handle at least. ] Don't forget to stay fluid. Don't tense up, you'll hurt yourself.

[hacker]

Is this how you started? I can just imagine. [ Skye tries to keep up with Kali's instructions as she continues to strike the bag steadily. ] Little baby Kali, in some spooky government basement, doing her reps.