knightsoflegend | open ♔ valentine's day

[What better way to celebrate love than watching the brand new Deadpool movie that just came out? By which I mean, of course, Deadpool got his hands on a camera and has been spending all his time not being an active knight making a home movie. About himself. Featuring everyone's favorite other Ryan Reynolds face, David Levin as flashback Deadpool. David probably doesn't realize this. Deadpool can be sneaky when he feels like it.

Anyway, this movie is being released worldwide somehow but of course Deadpool will hose a special, romantic showing of it in the castle on Valentine's Day! Since there is an actual movie theater I checked. Anyone who wants to congratulate him on his new stardom can find him in the front row, eating popcorn and sobbing.]

I can finally have icons that look like me. I'm so happy. Sort of.

Edited 2016-02-14 17:56 (UTC)

[So while Kate does not have a Valentine's date, she never said she doesn't want company for her usual Valentine's Day routine. Wine, movies and pizza are always a good way to spend a holiday she doesn't want to think too much about. Having a friend along is the perfect addition to the mix.

She shifts through the movie library, as Abbie settles in, pausing as she pulls off a few options.]

Do we want to do something cute, gory or funny?

[ So guess who picked a somewhat terrible day to come home? Well, at least it's not the worst day to come back -- that would have been in the middle of the recent attack. It's at the forefront of her mind, though, as the car carrying Dawn back to the castle pulls up the drive. She knew it was bad, knew what had happened, but there's a major difference between knowing and seeing. And seeing the place she calls home under so much repair sits on her chest like a weight.

Or that could just be the guilt from not being here to help creeping up.

At least she packed remarkably light for being away for nearly two years, save for her knighting ceremony and short breaks. She doesn't have much to begin with, and anything that wasn't an immediate need is being shipped over. It'll make it easier to get around, especially if there are still ladders instead of stairs.

So come say hello, if you aren't busy with your significant others and whatnot. ]

[Abbie has never been great at Valentine's Day. In general, relationships have always been something of a gray area for her, something she's pretty sure some part of her is supposed to want but that she can never seem to prioritize or maintain. She's more than happy to join Kate, however, having turned up with a bottle of wine in-hand, prepared to contribute.]

I think today tends to be saccharine enough without us having to amp it up with something cute. Also had enough gore lately to last awhile. Comedy by process of elimination?

[ vi is not the biggest fan of valentine's day, to be honest. it's winter and it's the day she met luthir and since her husband is sort of super dead, much of the appeal is lost to her. which is why she's just so pleased to see dawn.

DISTRACTION!

she hurries forward, lucia tucked in her arms and giggling gleefully at the sudden burst of speed. ] Dawn!! You're back!

[It's a fairly standard night out as far as the rest of the world is likely concerned, considering it is Valentine's Day, but as far as Felicity is concerned she and Thoster are in need of a nice night out. After getting all dressed up for the evening (disguise 21), she makes her way to the front desk to grab the keys for their car and to wait for her date.

As much as they've been seeing as each other now that they're living together, she's been looking forward to this and she hopes that he is too.]

Violet!

[ She breaks into a huge smile as she moves forward to meet her friend. Without hesitation, she wraps mother and daughter in a tight hug, relief at seeing them bubbling up. ] My flight got in early. [ Dawn takes a step back, her hand lingering on Vi's shoulder. ] And this must be Lucia?

[Sweets is pretty much bouncing around like a kid on sugar all day as he makes his last minute preparations for his date. He gets himself all dressed up (disguise 18), picked up the flowers - lavender roses, because he knows how she feels about red ones - and swings the car back around just in time to pick up his date.

He's excited - it's the first Valentine's in a while where he's really had someone to share it with, and he's glad that Paige wants to share it with him. So he'll be here, hanging out by the car with the flowers and waiting for her to make her way outside.]

[is it February 14th? my, Sark didn't even realize the day when he bought this dozen roses and left them at the front counter with a note. (and then promptly had to hover to make sure Cheryl actually called Sydney down to receive said delivery lest she decide to hoard the flowers for herself and ignore the note entirely- she seems the type)

either way, when Sydney arrives to pick up her flowers, she'll find a note among them telling her to come outside, which sounds like a horror movie stalker situation if there ever was one. good thing she's Sydney Goddamn Bristow.

if she expected anything better than Sark leaning against a fancy car, looking self-satisfied, well... sorry.] I see the castle has almost returned to form.

Edited 2016-02-15 00:08 (UTC)

[Barry doesn't notice a lot of the obstacles because mostly he just zips around, but when he isn't zipping around, he's usually in the Hoard labs or the library trying to catch up with the rules of magic here and how things work.

He glances up when Dawn walks in, giving a small wave before turning back to his book on the physics of magic.]

Comedy it is.

[And she will proceed to sort through the movies some more before pulling up a stack of Mel Brooks movies and popping in Robin Hood: Men in Tights first. It's her personal favorite.]

I think spoofs are probably our best bet.

[ The library is the second stop on her list of places to check-in on, after her room in the Hoard's wing. She had heard of the fire in here, but she's pleasantly surprised that there's still so much intact. Either the damage wasn't that bad (ha, fat chance) or her fellow Knights had taken care to preserve what they could. For that, she's glad, as this is probably her favorite spot in the castle.

He's a new face to her, one of likely many. She knows she shouldn't interrupt his reading, but curiosity wins over manners. ]

Light reading or serious research project?

[And in the process of creating this footage, he manages to sneak up on David in the shower. It takes him a bit to notice him (wisdom 7), but by the time he does and he catches Deadpool filming him in the shower he doesn't hesitate.

He wheels around and punches him hard in the face (attack 30, damage 12).]

[It's okay, Barry's a new face to most people. He's only been a knight for a couple months so he's still getting to know a lot of people.]

I'm new to this universe and need to play magical catch up? So somewhere in the middle, I guess.

[ Oooooh, so he's new new. Dawn nods with that knowing " I feel you" look. ]

Gotta love the Veil. I had to play major catch up when I got here. Elves and tieflings and goblins were totally fiction back home. [ Pause. ] Actually, pretty sure here is the first time I'd ever heard of tieflings and drow and other Shadowkind. [ And sometimes she still confuses one for the other, if she's not careful. ]

I take it there wasn't magic where you're from?

[ ah domestic bliss. alice is used to waking up to dogs padding all across the bed and whining for her to take them out or feed them because they're starving. she's less used to waking up to tiny little paws pressing on to her cheeks and a tiny little tongue licking her nose with a high pitched plaintive whine.

alice's eyes flutter open to find an exceptionally teeny puppy headbutting her and she coos on reflex, automatically curling him (her?) into her hands. ]

Oh my gosh, hi, little fella.

[ abigail turns around easily, smiling at stiles as she reaches out to take his gloved hands again before pulling him along with her. shouldn't have let abigail pick the venue for their valentine's day date because she decided that ice skating was the peak of romance. you can take the girl out of minnesota, but you can't take minnesota out of the girl. ]

Okay, got one. Words cannot espresso how much I like you.

[ ah, punny valentines. she skates with the ease of someone who grew up in a winter wonderland. (dex 18) cheeks flushed from enjoyment, knit hat pulled down over her ears. it's definitely not the first time she's made him come ice skating with her though. ]

[Big elaborate dates and epic romantic gestures aren't really for people like them. Rose would have been just as happy to spend the whole day shut up in their room. Watching netflix and eating food they'd raided from the kitchen but with all the shit they've been dealing with lately? Opportunities to shut out the world and just be together were few and far between and she wasn't sure when they were going to get another chance to do something like this for a while.

Rose hadn't even made it out of the Hide Wing when she doubles back to the room. The food she'd promised to return with nowhere to be seen.]

Let's get out of here. [Lingering in the doorway before crossing back to the bed.] You, me. The Impala. The never ending search for a halfway decent burger in England. [A wry smile pulling at the corner of her mouth.] Like we talked about.

[Y'all... didn't really think Valentine's Day was something they'd put epic planning into, did you?]

[He never really had someone special on valentine's day to celebrate with, and instead decided to cheer up some of the women in the castle. That would be why Baal is walking around with a shoulder bag over a shoulder that were filled with single pink roses to pass out - no strings attached.]

[ Dawn would be lying if she said she hadn't felt a pang of jealousy watching all the happy reuniting couples at the airport. And by pang, she means large gong going off repeatedly. She didn't know if she had ever had someone to celebrate Valentine's Day with before passing through the Veil, but she knows she hasn't had anyone special since. Womp-womp. Such is life.

When she spots the man crossing her path, she smiles in greeting, assuming the flowers are for his valentine. ]

[ she returns the hug eagerly, kissing dawn's cheek as they draw apart. she hefts lucia up a little higher on her hip, looking down at her with a dreamy expression. ]

Yep, this is her. Lucia Finley Calenmiriel Reedhym. Ridiculously long name, so naturally she's called Lu. Say hi to Dawnie, Lu.

[ the baby baaaaahs like a sheep. ]

[Wanda is making herself some tea in the kitchen when Dawn comes in. She looks over at the unfamiliar face and gives her a short, but friendly, smile.]

Would you like some tea while I have it out? [She offers. She figures she might as well.]

[After her stop in the kitchen, Wanda is on the way back to her room. She gives Baal a nod in a silent greeting.] Hi. [And then a verbal one, in a friendly tone. She's never really done Valentine's day, aside from enjoying a bunch of candy by herself -- not that she minded that, though. No one to judge her as she eats her weight in sugary goodness for one day.]

And a baaaaaaaaah to you, too, Lu. [ She reaches out to gently brush her fingers against the little girl's cheek (... handle animal 19; did that need a check? oh well, did it anyway) in concert with her sheepy greeting. ] Hopefully you'll never have to full-name her. Or at least, not very often.

[ She smiles bittersweetly. ] I feel like I've missed so much. I'm, like, drawing a blank on where to start with asking how you are.

I... [ She draws out the sound as she hesitates, trying to jump trains of thought. Another new face. Friendly. Offering tea. Think, Dawn, think. ] It's been, like, forever since I've had a good cup of tea, and I've been living on waaaaaaay too much bad coffee. So... yes, please.

open ♔ valentine's day

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Dawn | ota

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alice & will | closed

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Baal | Open

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