after-party ♔ la lune trop pale caresse l'opale de tes yeux blases

[wynn]

♬ Complainte du la Butte - Rufus Wainwright

WHO || Wynn, any and all Knights
WHAT || Squiring Ceremony Afterparty
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Ballroom
WHEN || February 1st, 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.

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DRESSING ROOMS [LADEEZ]

[wynn]

[Ok, girls, don't let the boys have all the fun. Here's your first chance to be alone and ... probably just as manly together while not being gawked at. Small talk, get pretty, whatever you need to do. There are racks and racks of dresses in here, including many tailor fit to your size. :')

Plus a huge buffet of makeup and hair shit.]

[asap]

[Andie is the first one changed, but she waits for the others to finish before she goes out, just... hanging around and playing with the make-up and hair stuff until she's happy with it.]

This is so cool, guys. I wonder what kinds of training we'll have to do. And missions! I want to do missions.

[slays]

[ Buffy's still in the midst of changing, hooking dangly earrings into her ears and hanging out in her underwear as she checks out all the dress options, when Andie speaks. She glances over at her. ]

Personally, I'm just happy about something that isn't from the 8th century to wear. Seriously, how long have they had that armor? [ She pulls a dress off the rack finally, sizing it up. It's instinctive to go for something with leg room to move and pass up the long gowns. If something happens ... She's not sure why she knows, but she does. And that's its own degree of unsettling. She stares at the dress for a moment longer, then unzips it and steps into it, tugging it up over her petite frame as she continues talking to Andie. ] You don't think we'll have to wear it when we're training, do you?

[asap]

[Andie snorts.] Yeah, right. No one wears that stuff except during formal occasions or whatever. [She's in the know, man.] Mostly, you just leave it somewhere and... I don't know, polish it sometimes. Dad wore his maybe three times ever.

[slays]

O-Oh! So, your dad's a -- [ Knight. Obviously. Makes sense for this to be a whole family thing. She gives a nod. ] So, you probably know all kinds of people here. [ Unlike Buffy. Foreveralone.jpeg. ]

[asap]

Was a. He's kinda retired. [She puts some lipstick on, looks at herself in the mirror, wrinkles her nose, then wipes it off.] But yeah. I know pretty much everyone. Not you, though. [She spins around on her stool and grins at Buffy.] Hi! I'm Andie.

[slays]

Yeah, I'm new. [ Awkwardly; ] Kinda thought everybody would be. -- I'm Buffy. [ She manages to get the introduction out and find a smile. ] Nice to meet you. [ She gets her zipper up in back, heading over to the makeup counter and using the mirror to start working on her hair. ]

[asap]

[She grins, spinning around on her stool again. Feel special, Buffy, she's pretty much just staying to chat with you.] Nice to meet you too! And I'm the only legacy case this time around. Cause, you know, not just my dad. Mom too. And don't get me started on grandparents and great-great et ceteras.

[slays]

[ She would feel special except the more Andie talks about her awesome family ties and how far back they go in the knights the more awkward and out of place she feels. Still, she draws up an awkward smile. ]

Oh! That's ... Wow. Lots of family history.

[asap]

[This is the point where someone a bit more self-aware would shut up. Andie doesn't do that. Ever.] I know, right? Kinda pressure-ful. Man I hope they've got enough food at this party. I'm starved.

[slays]

We're gonna be living here, right? I'm pretty sure that involves food being around. [ Shrug. She's officially foreverdistant. ]

[asap]

No I know there's food here. [She'd been living at the castle already.] I just mean, you know, party! I hope it's not just those tiny little fancy party food things.

[slays]

If it weren't, wouldn't it be a banquet instead?

[asap]

Oh yeah, I guess. I wish we could have had one of those.

[aproperdoctor]

[Martha offers her own commentary wryly]

I don't think they had armor to fit women back in the eighth century. Can't imagine we'd have to wear it while training, though. Surely they've got something more modern when it comes to protective wear.

[slay]

Well, I was thinking a little more along the lines of cuter, but hey, protection too.

[aproperdoctor]

[amused] You'll have to inquire about different colours of bulletproof vests.

[slays]

You think they'll have pink?

[aproperdoctor]

Doesn't hurt to ask, I suppose. If not, maybe you can whip something up yourself.

[slays]

I think you may be overestimating my Martha Stewart talents.

[aproperdoctor]

[Amused look] Can of spray paint? Assuming that you can find it in pink, which...I'm pretty sure they have just about every colour. I mean, you could go all-out and sew on sequins, if that's your sort of thing, I guess, but...it's probably not. Er, the sewing bit, anyway. You might like sequins, I dunno.

[slay]

Oooh! Or superglue those little rhinestones. [ She gestures around the seams of where her imaginary bulletproof vest would be. ] It'd make a cute border.

[aproperdoctor]

Or a Bedazzler - though I'm not sure if it would be able to punch through a bulletproof vest.

[slay]

If a Bedazzler could punch through, it probably wouldn't be a very good one.

[aproperdoctor]

Or it'd be a pretty hardcore Bedazzler. My mum had to confiscate the one my sister and I shared after she caught us trying to use it on the sofa.