after-party ♔ july

[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 || July 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.

Comments

[militarized]

So...longer than a few weeks?

[Maybe their seasons are really short. He has no idea.

He frowns for a moment, assuming what she's getting at.]

You mean Poe?

[The expression on his face clearly says yes.]

[forcevisions]

[ She shakes her head quickly, breezing straight over the sense of loss that comes with Poe's memory to something far more affecting. Her voice is a paradox of earnestness and grief. ]

No. Han. He's alive.

[militarized]

[Watch his face literally change expressions like three or four times before he gets the words out.]

....What!? I mean...that's great, but...

[LITERALLY HOW???]

[forcevisions]

Because everything that happened since we met him, it hadn't happened for him yet! [ She begins to pace the room with him, looking for a quiet corner. After all, she hasn't told anyone else that Han Solo should be dead. ] I don't know how, but I don't care. He's here, and the First Order isn't.

[militarized]

[He follows after her obediently, not really even paying attention to where they're walking. The rest of the room could cease to exist, for all he cared at the moment.]

You mean he's from our past?

[A beat as he tries to not sound like an idiot for even saying it, but what ELSE could that mean.]

So then how long has he been here?

[forcevisions]

He has to be, right? [ It doesn't all line up. He doesn't seem to know about Kylo Ren. And he has Jaina. ] Did you know he had a daughter too?

[militarized]

I mean, yeah, I guess so? [At least she's agreeing with him and isn't calling him crazy.] A daughter? No. I mean, it's not like we talked in depth about his family tree or anything, but you'd think that might have come up.

[forcevisions]

Just like his son did?

[ She sounds reproachful, but her distaste is reserved for the son and not the father. Regardless, that special family moment and what they'd overheard on the bridge stuck with her too keenly for her to overlook the possibility that maybe Han just wasn't a sharer. ]

Who, by the way, I don't think he even knows about!

[militarized]

[He pauses for a moment before relenting:]

Okay, I guess that's true.

[Han had his reasons for not wanting to talk about his son, though. Who would want to just bring something like that up?]

Wait, so now he has two kids and he doesn't remember either of them?

[Finn hasn't quite figured out yet that he's missing big chunks of his past, himself.]

[forcevisions]

That's what the Veil does.

[ She shakes her head, pained by it but resigned. ]

It takes things from you, like it took my parents.

[militarized]

[He frowns deeply. He never knew his parents, but at least he remembers the fact that he never had a chance of remembering them in the first place.

That said, Han Solo's lost memories fall by the wayside as he registers the expression in her face.]

I'm sorry, Rey. That's...awful.

[forcevisions]

[ She shakes her head to dismiss the sympathy. She doesn't know what else to do with it. It's all that she can guess she might have lost—clearer memories from a spotty childhood. ]

Maybe it's better. I wouldn't know, would I?

[militarized]

[His nod is half-hearted. It's something he's thought about before, and he never quite figured out an answer to it, either.]

Maybe. I wouldn't really know, either.

[forcevisions]

[ Sad.




She grabs his hand. ]

Come on. Han doesn't remember me, but maybe he remembers you.

[militarized]

[He glances down at their hands and then back up at her before he nods.]

Yeah, maybe he will. Can't hurt to ask.

[forcevisions]

[ Rey takes off to guide him through the crowd of people in the room, searching Han out while she does, her hand clinging tightly to Finn's. It's a warm, comforting feeling that she missed, and she won't be ready to surrender it anytime soon ]

[parsecs]

[She catches Han right as he's heading for the doors, Chewie close on his heels and panting. He glances over at them.]

What?

[militarized]

[It doesn't really hit him until Finn's standing right in front of him how crazy this all is.]

Hey, uh, Mr. Solo. You don't remember me by chance, do you?

[He's pretty sure he already knows that answer though, considering he didn't say anything the moment he saw him.]

[forcevisions]

This is Finn.

[ Rey sounds wary, like she's not sure if it bears explaining. ]

He only just arrived. I ... wasn't sure how much you'd remember.

[parsecs]

[....he looks too not angry to be someone Han owes money to.]

Sorry, kids. Never seen you before in my life.

[militarized]

[He looks disappointed.]

It's alright. Neither did Poe. [He looks at Rey.] At least you do.

[forcevisions]

It's alright. [ She tells Han. ] It's not your fault.

[ and to Finn, she also tries to offer comfort, ] Neither of them recognized me either. It's like we never even existed.

[parsecs]

And who the hell's Poe?

[Considering Han was on an actual mission with Poe, there's less excuse for that one.]

[militarized]

He's a resistance pilot. I helped him escape the First Order after he was captured on Jakku. I sort of defected at the same time.

[Probably not the answer Han was looking for but...you know.]

We...were friends.

[forcevisions]

His ship crashed, here behind the castle. He came with us on our mission.