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

[littledhampir]

[A question dances on the tip of her tongue, beckoning another to be asked after that and as she listens to Des she finds herself with a near overwhelming urge to let every one of them tumble out.

Maybe it's something in his tone or body language that sees her swallow them down (WS 23), or maybe she just has the good sense to realize that if he wanted to get into detail, he'd offer them up. (Wis 18).]

Is that what it was like with you and your - [Know: Failboat Gossip 14.] Husband? It is husband right? I mean first I thought you and Raf were a thing but then he was engaged to that other chick and then not and you? Well you were making out with my almost mom so I've given up trying to work out what's what around here. [WS: Crit Fail. Wis: 3. That's my Rose.]

[nothingsodivine]

[blink. blink.

he holds up the hand with his wedding band.] Husband. And yeah it was. And Helen and I... I guess I should say 'us' is... complicated. And not something I'm comfortable discussing with someone who thinks of her as a mom. And I have never had a crush on Rafael. Why do people keep thinking that?

[littledhampir]

Complicated like she tripped and fell on your mouth and you didn't hate it or complicated like, in another life kind of deal? [Once she opened that door to blunt it just kind of, keeps coming out.] I don't think she was entirely comfortable with having discussed it. At least not once she sobered up, if that helps?

[Her head cants to one side, eyes narrowing just a little.]

You mean multiple people think you have a crush on Raf and you're asking me why? You were kind of.... [Diplomacy: 25 lol whut Rose?!] Passionate? About the whole, him going on tour and not staying in touch thing.

[nothingsodivine]

Wait. Are we talking about the wedding or the Christmas party? [HAHAHA THERE'S A LOT OF LEVELS TO WHERE THIS GETS COMPLICATED.]

And I'm passionate about everything! [INDIGNANT]

[littledhampir]

You two hooked up a-gain?! [Rose had left by then to surprise Dean with the house they'd rented.] Wow... you, so weren't kidding about the complicated thing, huh.

Alright... it's just... sometimes passionate can look a lot like... a big fat crush? [Quickly reminding him.] Multiple people, remember? Not just me.

[nothingsodivine]

We didn't hook up at the wedding! [at this point, he's just forgetting the rafael thing altogether.] We didn't hook up at Christmas either, actually. She just... has a standing invitation into my marriage. In... vague terms.

[this is insane. help.]

1/3

[littledhampir]

[Wait for it.]

2/3

[littledhampir]

[Wait for it...]

3/3

[littledhampir]

Oh-my-god! Oh - my god. [Watch as Rose's face twists from confusion to shock then a tiny bit of horror because....] She's like my mom! And you - I.

[She gets up from a couch for want of doing anything other than sitting there and allowing that mental image to roll around in her head.]

Is this like, a sex thing or are there feelings here? [Because it's Helen and Rose will be damned if Helen is going to get hurt by anyone on her watch.]

WAIT! No. Don't - [Shaking her head.] Don't answer that. I don't wanna know... I mean I do want to know but I really, really don't.

[nothingsodivine]

[des looks SO OFFENDED for a second.]

Of course there are feelings involved. She's my friend. What kind of monster would jerk around a classy dame like that?

[YOU'RE GETTING AN ANSWER ANYWAY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT HELEN'S DAUGHTERS GANGING UP ON HIM.]

[littledhampir]

I don't know if that makes it better, or worse. [And we're pacing. We're pacing.

On the plus side, not looking to hurt Helen, on the... not so plus side?]

You're married! [The sky is also blue and the pope is in fact still catholic.] What happens if she falls in love with you, hrmm?

[nothingsodivine]

If she falls in love with me and not my husband, one of us is slacking.

[that bit of tmi is just for probing him. :| HE KNOWS HOW TO TREAT HELEN.]

[littledhampir]

[Well that pulls her up short as the pacing stops.

NVM. She totally gets it now. (Wis 17).]

Oh - stop! I don't - Mental image okay! [Of you and her almost mom and some imaginary other man cause she has no idea what Zarad looks like.]

I just - it's Helen. And by that I mean that if she gets hurt then I'm going to hurt somebody.

[nothingsodivine]

She's not gonna get hurt. [defensively] She deserves to be treated like a queen and that's what she gets from us. We'd never hurt her.

[littledhampir]

[The pacing continues to cease as she eyes him for a long moment, finally softening a little as she rocks that sense motive (24).]

Well... agreed on that front at least. [She folds her arms across her chest, then drops them and shoves her hands into her pockets instead, rocking back on her heels as she processes all this.]

So how does that... work exactly? [A hand goes up mighty quick.] Not, the TMI stuff I mean like... are you, dating? Like, all three of you?

[She at least sounds more perplexed than judgmental.]

[nothingsodivine]

[He watches her pace, bewildered.] No... I'm married. Helen is our friend. Is there a part about this that's hard to get a grip on?

[littledhampir]

The friend who you make out with and who has an open invitation to join you two. I mean you said there are feelings involved and that you don't want to see her get hurt and that she should be treated like a Queen, and hey I'm on board with that part but...

[She looks at him expectantly like, c'mon Des, you gotta see what she's trying to say here.

Probably not. Welcome to dealing with somebody who despite having seen a hell of a lot, is actually pretty sheltered.]

[nothingsodivine]

[blank stare.] The concept of friends who have sex is not something you're used to, is it?

[littledhampir]

[Rose's face. Clearly, not so much.]

No... Well, no okay yes but. [In theory she gets it.] There's no such thing as just sex. [Not when you're Rose anyway.] And we can now officially file this under things I never wanted to know about Helen.

[nothingsodivine]

No, but there's such a thing has having deep emotional connections with people that aren't necessarily romantic, but can still involve sex. It's not as weird as it sounds.

[littledhampir]

[Blink. Blink.] Pretty sure if my boyfriend wanted to have a non romantic, deep emotional connection with somebody that still involved sex but wasn't me, I'd be introducing his groin to my knee. [The 'repeatedly' goes without saying.]

[nothingsodivine]

Different strokes- phrasing, I know. [he stretches his arms over his head.] Trust me. This kind of relationship requires a lot of understanding and sucking up a lot of jealousy. I can be possessive as the next person sometimes, which is why anyone else getting into that is a big deal.

[a beat] Man, I really did not wanna have this conversation, and here we are.

[littledhampir]

Yeah - but. [Rose's catchphrase for this conversation.

She lets out a huff of air and moves to drop back into a chair, using the time to gather her thoughts and figure out what she wants to say.]

Trust me. Really wishing I'd taken gone with you on that one. [There's something close to a smile there, even if it's borderline grimace.]

You're married. [Her tone has softened however, a little more earnest.] You're always going to choose your husband and he's always going to choose you. If things get even more complicated? Who's going to choose Helen?

[nothingsodivine]

Someone who respects and loves her, hopefully. Helen's been around for a long time, kid. She knows what she wants, and if she wanted any free man in the world, she could have him. This isn't Dodgeball. It's not about being picked last, it's- [he scratches his nose] Probably something you should take up with her.

[littledhampir]

[She's quiet as he talks, lines wrinkling her brow like she's trying to wrap her head around rocket science when it's really just ya know, romantic entanglements.

She nods slowly, slumping back against the cushion then looks to Des again, eyebrows raised.]

Oh heck no. Having this conversation about Helen was weird enough. No way am I having it with her.