after-party ♔ september

[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 || September 1st, 2015, 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

[bittersweeter]

[ lmao you don't get to say anything about clothes when lila's disguise beats yours by almost 40. ]

It's a show of unity, duh.

[andblockbuster]

[negative wis score says what.]

I don't think that necessitates a "duh," when you've been where I've been.

[in the trenches of secret organization hell.]

[bittersweeter]

[ she legit rolls her eyes. ] Oooh, so dramatic. And where have you been, starshine?

[andblockbuster]

[he's a little dramatic. and also mildly offended.]

Hey, not all secret organizations are as plush as this. Or as... radically open about doing good work. You think you're gonna change the world, and then suddenly you're on the fast-track to being your own supervillain origin story.

[mildly hysterical and also explaining nothing. topher still has some issues to work out.]

[bittersweeter]

Honey, do you need an Ativan? Maybe some Klonopin? [ clearly he needs jesus, but drugs work too. ]

[andblockbuster]

Hey, I haven't needed meds since high school, thank you very much. [SO THERE... and he pauses and then adds:] And it was Adderall.

[bittersweeter]

I have that, too. My sweet pharmacology student finally graduated and got a very big prescription book.

[andblockbuster]

[....He glances around and then lowers his voice] Are you some kind of dealer?

[bittersweeter]

[ on one hand, no. on the other hand, lila wonders how much money she could make off that idea. her lips curves up in a smile, almost like she's proud of him. ] Yes, I am. Do you want anything? [ reaching out, she taps her ring finger against his forehead. ] Something for that big brain of yours?

[andblockbuster]

I don't... actually do drugs. [AND HE'S CASUALLY OFFENDED YOU'D EVEN THINK THAT... as he backs away from her touch.] I find the study fascinating, but not so much the... intake.

[bittersweeter]

Oh, don't get on a high horse now. Appropriate use of pharmaceuticals is nothing to fuss about, often times it increases the quality of life of the personal taking them.

[andblockbuster]

Well, duh. [now he's just offended on behalf of his pharmaceutical knowledge.] And inappropriate use flarks up higher brain function and turns you into a noodle or a psychopath. There's a balance here.

[bittersweeter]

Flark? [ she snorts, shaking her head, curls bouncing. ] I'd be a psychopath without drugs, no one can deal with what I do sober.

[ it sounds like she's being self-aggrandizing but lmao it's 100% true. ]

[andblockbuster]

[man, that was supposed to be frak, as in BSG reference. I HAVE BEEN PLAYING ROCKET TOO LONG. ANYWAY.]

I seriously hppe what you do is not, like, surgery or disarming bombs.

[bittersweeter]

[ she would have had the same bemused expression tbh. ]

I meant no one can deal with what I deal with, myshka. I don't sleep. That's liable to make people a little bit insane.

[andblockbuster]

[his eyes widen. that's not neurotypical at all.] Uh, yeah. So is it like chronic insomnia? Night terrors? Are you part elf?

[bittersweeter]

Do I look like an elf? [ idk lila, all pale and silvery and delicate looking? FUCKING MAYBE. ] No. You sort of have to sleep to actually have night terrors, but during my once weekly nap they do tend to crop up.

[andblockbuster]

[he looks her over, BUT NO HE IS NOT GONNA ANSWER THAT, BECAUSE LITTLE BIT, GURL.]

So if you sleep, you have night terrors, so ergo you don't sleep. Am I in the right ballpark here?

[bittersweeter]

Incorrect. I don't not sleep because of the nightmares, it's not cause and effect. My ability sort of follows the action/reaction law, if you squint.

[andblockbuster]

[maybe he should be taking notes on all of this.]

Oh so it's a psionic thing. [NEUROATYPICAL PSIONICS ARE HIS JAM, OKAY.]

[bittersweeter]

Sure. [ if that's what he wants to call it, lila's not going to specify even though it's usually her favorite thing to fuss about. ] Something like that.

[andblockbuster]

[he waits for elaboration

it does not come.

so he waves his hands like PLS ASPLAIN] Sooo are you gonna leave me hanging or...?

[SCIENCE, LILA.] This is kinda my field.

[bittersweeter]

You haven't heard of it, trust me. It'd be nonsense.

[andblockbuster]

I like nonsense- I'm good at nonsense. And I'm still interested. [he steeples his hands in front of him.]

[bittersweeter]

[ she looks at him a long moment, as if weighing whether or not she wants to humor him. ] I'm what's called hyperbathygammic. [ her eyebrows lift like please enlighten me on the literal nothing you know of hbg. ]