after-party ♔ april

[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 || April 1st, 2016, 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.

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Ashelia Lavellan | OTA

[twistingveil]

[Formal events have never meant anything good for Ashe-- she's been to precious few, but the most memorable gathering included getting far more involved in Orlesian politics and intrigue than she ever cared to, spending most of her night searching for enough evidence and blackmail to strongarm the politicians in question into playing nicely with one another.

Tonight is already a vast improvement over her night at the Winter Palace, and she's much more used to large groups of people than she had been back then, although she still largely keeps to herself-- smiling warmly at anyone who happens to glance her way, but still somewhat overwhelmed, as she has been since her arrival a few short weeks ago. She's dressed herself up since shedding her armor, with her hair pinned up and minimal makeup applied thanks to Josephine's expert tutelage during Ashe's early days with the Inquisition (Disguise 19), though her left sleeve is carefully pinned back with a wrap draped across both shoulders to make the fact that she's missing most of her left arm from being jarringly obvious. For the most part, she'll choose to quietly people watch when she's not pleasantly chatting with interested parties.]

[impetere]

[Cora just isn't good at formal events, but thanks to Thea she doesn't dress like it (disguise 15). She also actually intended to attend the squiring tonight, so Ashelia probably catches her by the food table while her eyes are darting around, waiting for Scott and Isaac to show.

She glances up after a moment, before stepping to the side.]

Sorry, am I in your way?

[druidisms]

[ gus is smoking on the balcony as ashe passes. he's dressed simply, dark jeans and a cardigan over a henley, but manages to look smoking hot (disguise 19). but idk that might be because he's john cho. LOOK AT THAT MAN'S DUMB FACE LIKE I MEAN GOD.

anypoodle, he nods as ashe passes, shifting the joint so the smoke doesn't blow anywhere near her. ] Sir Lavellan, isn't it?

[hawkeing]

[ hawke's general opinion is that she doesn't want to be here and wouldn't if she didn't utterly have to be. even with that, she plans to split as soon as possible.

parties, why.

so when she spots ashelia, someone else from thedas who will understand where she's coming from, she heads over. she looks pretty good for the event (disguise 19), like she actually put some effort into things. who knew she could? ]

At this point, I don't think either of us really wants to be the life of the party.

[ because for people with experience in thedas, being the life of any party generally means you get killed. or shamed. or maybe both. ]

[bythedreadwolf]

[ Solas finds her not long into the evening, sweeping up in the finery he'd managed to put together and dipping before her in a smooth bow, obviously well at ease with their surroundings. ]

You look lovely, Ashelia.

[superswank]

[ there is nothing more excessive than with sydney bristow nat 20s a disguise check, so here she is looking like a goddess with her disguise 40, but being completely down-to-earth when it comes to actually socializing. ] What a lovely look.

Zaihne Cale | OTA

[lichslap]

[Zaihne is cheerfully embracing a tried-and-true necromancer stereotype and wearing formal red and black, having cleaned up nicely for the squiring ceremony itself and taken the extra time to do a bit of grooming (Disguise 17) before coming down to the afterparty fashionably late. He's both tirelessly cheerful and social, almost too much so, and has a drink in hand at all times, as well as grin and often a flirtatious comment for anyone he happens to pass by.

It's far from his first formal gathering, but it's been a long time since he's been to one where he wasn't there to cut some kind of deal with some client who had more money and influence than he knew what to do with. As such, he's going to be buzzing around the ballroom for the majority of the evening and making every effort to enjoy himself, until the place empties out or get gets a little too drunk to trust himself to make a reasonably good impression: whichever comes first.]

[felidity]

[ out of fucking nowhere, a tiny blonde in a gold dress (disguise 18), looking like an angel, basically just appears next to him. stealth is second nature, she doesn't even mean it. cats, tbh. (hide 40) ]

You look like the cover of an Anne Rice novel. [ it's a compliment. it's probably a compliment. kali's sweet smile makes it seem like it's a compliment, at least. ]

it is time

[bredinthebone]

[Malina (disguise 26) is making her usual rounds at the party, and when she crosses Zaihne, she eyes him curiously for a moment, before flashing him a small smile.]

You seem more comfortable than a lot of the other squires here.

[dragonsclaw]

[ the dragon's claw makes the rounds once he peels himself away from his fiancee and the dance floor, introducing himself to each of the new recruits in turn. ] I'm sorry. I don't quite remember the name.

[godblessyou]

[With her disguise check of 12, Taradiddle looks cute, if not as fancy as some people.]

I'm pretty sure squires are like interns and you have to bring me coffee.

[incantatio]

[Some people take the formal attire thing around here, very seriously. And then there's Sawyer. (Disguise 19). She dresses up okay, just... in her own way.

Sliding in front of Zaihne, you'd think she'd have an introduction ready. Or maybe even a welcome spiel. Instead?]

You haven't seen a Ferret anywhere in your travels, have you?

marian hawke | ota | will match style

[hawkeing]

Hawke does not do parties. She's not really sure why, but she gets the vague feeling that bad things happen. Given Thedas' history, she's not that surprised. Regardless, she's mostly here for appearance's sake, and with a 19 disguise she does pretty well at the whole good appearances thing. She's the Champion of Kirkwall -- or was before she left and kinda ditched that title; she can do this.

For once, her dog has been left in her room and Hawke is here by herself, where she intends to play the part and figure out more of these people, catch up with the ones she's already met, and maybe get something out of this night. If someone looks available for a chat, she might happen to walk up, saying in a voice that's obviously joking with an air of easing tension and starting a conversation, "So how would you rate this?"

[krasnayapautina]

Natasha - with simple hair and makeup styles too - (disguise 16) is pretty much just here to meet her squire. Her first squire ever oh god. Holding her drink in her left hand, she approaches Marian with a small smile. "Hi. I'm Natasha Romanoff, your mentor knight for your squiring period." She extends her right hand, an offer to shake. "You can call me Natasha, or Nat if you feel like it." Only one of her friends gets away with calling her Tasha, and Sir Romanoff takes longer to say and sounds way too formal for someone she's going to be seeing an extra lot of anyway.

[pwnspatrickjane]

Shawn cleans up pretty well (disguise 13) and is just making his rounds through the party, and when Hawke happens to get his attention he gives a small shrug.

"I would give it a solid five. My personal knighting was much more entertaining, but I wouldn't expect you all to meet my standards."

He's just saying.

[felidity]

"Congratulations!" Kali flutters up to Hawke with a cheerful, friendly grin.

"See? I told you that-- where's Sebastian?" This is important to Kali, mostly because she has zero attention span and parties are beyond boring to her so when there is a dog around she can hang out with them. Maybe one of Will's dogs snuck in... "Anyway, I told you you'd like it here."

Or something like that. It was more like 'anything is better than spiders' and then Malina did the rest of the actual recruiting work.

[romanticidal]

[ with a 13 disguise, rafael looks passable, but he's clearly going casual for this affair. it's a nice relief for him from the sort of high brow occasions he has to do for his actual career. he does like to attend these parties, at least, even if he doesn't go here... ] The food? The party? You will have to be more specific. [ he answers with an easy smile and a thick italian accent. she can roll a pop culture check to see if she recognizes him from any scant contact she might have had with tv... ]

Solas | OTA

[bythedreadwolf]

[ Despite the many oddities this world presents, Solas is unsurprised to find that celebrating is a universal understanding, no matter what time or realm he happens to be in. The clothing is much stranger here than he's used to, but with a little rummaging he manages to come up with an outfit resembling the robes he's most comfortable with. (Disguise 18)

He spends much of the evening watching the people assembled, taking in everything from the conversations to the mannerism to the music. While thoughtfully fascinated by the scene, he's friendly and willing to converse with anyone that wanders up to him. ]

[bredinthebone]

[Malina (disguise 26) is out and about making her rounds, and when she comes to a stop in front of Solas, she will happily introduce herself with a smile.]

Malina Harvey. Dragon's Fire.

[arretez]

[ a slight woman in a beautiful gold and lavender dress (disguise 21) and slightly disheveled auburn curls, approaches solas with a friendly, gentle smile. even if he is over half a foot taller than her. she doesn't seem bothered to look up at him. ]

Welcome to our knighthood. [ her accent is soft and lilting, thickly french. ]

scott mccall | ota

[virtutem]

[ He feels odd to be here. Not because of what this place, but because Scott's spent so much time on his own that this feels foreign to him. The people. The drinks. The food. It all just seems odd. Like it's too much. He thought about dressing down, but when you have a friend like Lydia Martin it's pretty much impossible to get away with that. She may not have dressed him, but what she'd say if he showed up in anything less was enough fear. So he's moderately fancy (disguise 19). People should be happy he hasn't ditched the tie after a bit of time. His suit jacket is slung over a chair somewhere. He's checked his watch about four hundred times while waiting for Allison.

When he isn't with Allison though he's probably having a drink or maybe he's just tried to escape outside to have some air. You can put the wolf in nice clothes, but you can't shut him up inside for too long. ]

[risked]

[She spends far too much time over thinking what she's wearing. Finally, she just decides that if she's going to go to this party with Scott in some effort to fix the dance they didn't get to finish, then she's going to dress for it (disguise 21). Thankfully, she finds something that she feels works. It's not the silver dress that in hindsight seems odd that Peter Hale suggested to her, but it's one that she feels shows that she's grown up since the days of that dance.

Her hand touches her hair a few too many times as she makes her way to the ballroom. She feels a little nervous, but she's been to at least a dozen of these before. It should be an easy thing to handle, but she knows the number of people from Beacon Hills has increased and she's still wondering if she needs to know things or if she should just let it all go and keep moving forward.

She spots Scott easily, smiling brightly when she sees him. He looks nice. Actually, he looks good and she tries not to focus on that. She offers a small wave before she heads over to him.]

You weren't waiting too long, were you? [She glances to her wrist, but realizes she doesn't have her watch on with this dress.] I tried to be on time.

smith | ota

[trackability]

[ The ceremony didn't go great, but at least he gets to take off the armor now. That's something. He breathes a little easier with that stuff off the minute he gets into the room. Maybe he's not dressed exactly right, but if you've met Smith then it just seems to suit him (nat 20 disguise check ohwell). No frills. Nothing to really make him look like he's supposed to actually be here. He's a tiny bit upset that he didn't wear his guns tonight, but he gets the feeling that'd give off the wrong impression. That doesn't mean he doesn't have some hidden weaponry. Just nothing obvious. Right now. He tried. Some. He trimmed his beard a bit. ]

[generaldavideus]

[David is looking fairly well put together this month (disguise 12), and while he doesn't go and talk to the new arrivals much, he recognizes Smith from the training room.

Since they're going to probably be seeing each other a lot ... ]

Congratulations.

risa eamon | ota

[shadowmind]

Risa is literally here entirely for appearances. Only because she has to be here. The people are making her uncomfortable. Extremely so, actually. All she wants is to go back to her room and just be alone. Maybe that's why she looks more sinister than usual (disguise 5). There's probably a streak of make-up where it shouldn't be and her hair is pulled up into some weird thing.

But hey. She's here.

She's being a wallflower, though, staying by the edges and not really doing much. She looks mildly uncomfortable (will save 13), so clearly everyone should go bother her, especially since she didn't do too well at the actual ceremony. Eventually, she's going to look for a way out, so stopping her before she can leave is also an option.

Basically just bother her.

you're getting him for both, i'm not sorry.

[pwnspatrickjane]

Shawn is quick to stride his way over, because wallflowers are his favorite flower, and when he gets there, he can't help but glance up at her with a grin, holding up a plate of what looks like delicious options from the food table.

"Pineapple shrimp?"

taradiddle | ota

[godblessyou]

[Taradiddle doesn't always come to these shindigs, but she has her very own bonafide squire now, so she supposes she ought to. As always, she can mostly be found by the food table, either eating or pilfering food into a napkin for later. She hasn't bothered gussying up too much, but she looks pretty cute anyway (disguise 12).]

allison | open

[risked]

Despite having an actual date to be on while she's here, Allison can still be found being social and saying hello to people. She doesn't always make it to these events, but considering that she managed to find something she liked to wear, she figured she might as well enjoy the evening.

She separates from Scott more than a few times through out the night. Each time having full intentions of circling back around to find him once again, but ensuring that she also gets to say hello to people that she doesn't usually see. She knows a few are heading off to missions soon and she'd like to make sure to say something before they head off for their travels.

( ooc: I will match format! [brackets] or "Prose." )

[cramped]

[ She's not someone that Isaac is expecting to see. Having only heard that Scott is here but having not yet crossed paths with his Alpha, he's unaware of just how many people from Beacon Hills are roaming around this side of the veil. Thus, there is an audible intake of his breath as he turns around after snagging a glass of champagne from a passing waiter, and comes face to face with her. ]