open ♔ march castle socialization

[shootfirst]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, etc!
WHEN || Any time during the second half of March
HOW || Actionspam

[ The castle can be a happening place, even on more mundane days. This log is for random interactions over the course of this half of the month.

You are encouraged to start your own threads and tag around, and feel free to threadjack into any on-going threads that aren't specified as 'closed' in the subject lines since people can enter into rooms even in the middle of what's going on. You can also specify 'single thread', meaning you want only one response for all participants, rather than multi-thread, where a number of different scenes/threads can be done as replies to the top prompt. ]

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[slay]

[ BUT SHE WASN'T EXPECTING COMPANY.

buffy trudges to the door in sweats and a tank top with her hair up in a messy bun. yep enjoy hobo chic, wynn. she pulls the door open. ]

I - You - ... Hi.

[wynn]

I hope I'm not interrupting.

[slay]

What? No! No interrupting. I'm - Come on in. [ she composes herself quickly and pulls the door open more, stepping aside. the room's pretty clean, at least, even if buffy's not entirely presentable. ]

[wynn]

[ he enters, seeming uninterested in the state of the room either way. ] Thank you.

[ instead of sitting, he goes to stand in the center of her vast floor space ] How have you been getting along, Sir Summers?

[slay]

[ she closes the door and eyes him at that, disgruntled. ]

That's a loaded question if I've ever heard one. Who've you been talking to?

[wynn]

You aren't in trouble, if that's what you mean.

[slay]

Of course not. Nah, if I were in trouble, we'd be having this talk in your office. [ her arms cross over her chest. ] But, you are checking up on me. Why? Somehow, I don't think every green knight gets a personal visit from the man himself.

[wynn]

Actually, I try to find some time to speak with all my Knights, when I can afford it.

But you're right, I do have an occasion for this visit. I wished to speak with you about potentially taking on an extra responsibility: mentoring a new Knight.

[slay]

... Whatting a huh?

[ that is approximately ... nothing she expected. there were a few things she'd gone over in her mind. something about her involvement in the mission, something about bringing rafael and des around, something about being horribly diseased, or maybe about her being a demon slayer.

this?

definitely left field. ]

[wynn]

A young human woman named Jaina, another displaced through the Veil, with very few - if any - memories of her old life.

[slay]

And you wanna throw her to the wolves on this mission of all missions? I mean, sure, we picked it up and ran with it, but things have gotten a lot worse since we were spying on the Hoffman Institute.

[wynn]

As I imagine you are aware, not all squires follow their mentor on every mission. It's likely that she'll accompany you on parts of yours, but she'll have her own work to do as well, and it will be responsibility to select senior members of her team to report to you on her progress.

[slay]

And as I imagine you're aware, I wasn't really keen on getting separated from my mentor because he had more important missions going on. If you want her with me, she's coming on my missions. At least until she graduates - I'm not leaving her by herself.

[wynn]

[ actually he looks genuinely confused at your life gurl ] Unfortunately, with the variety of missions we have to cover and the amount that experience and skills vary across our organization, it's never been a guarantee for mentors and their squires to be able to undertake all field work together. Rest assured: she'll never be without guidance on any of her missions. There will always be older knights available to offer wisdom and companionship. And given that you are not a Dragon's Claw, she'll be able to go on most of her missions with your group. But not when it might endanger that misson - or Jaina herself.

If you don't wish to accept this burden now, I can look for another candidate. I just believe it would be a good fit.

[slay]

[ yeah don't think it escapes her notice that his worry for endangering the mission comes before his worry of endangering a person. she hasn't forgotten the doubts cast on wynn by those in team failboat, and she only finds them growing.

it makes her decision easier. ]

I'd be happy to train her.

[wynn]

Are you comfortable with your understanding of your responsibilities as a mentor knight?

[slay]

I make sure she's emotionally and physically prepared for going on missions and knows everything about how to get one done and how the knights work that she needs to. Also, fun orientation tour. Anything else?

[wynn]

You will also be responsible for evaluating her skill set via observation, conversations with her, and reviews from other supervising knights, to recommend a section for her, as well as decide when she is ready to be inducted as a full Knight.

[slay]

Blah blah responsibility, blah blah pseudo-parenting, blah blah. I get it. Sign me up, already.

[wynn]

[ he fixes her with an inscrutable look in his ancient eyes and says: ] Very well. You'll have a chance to meet her soon.

[slay]

Looking forward to it.

[wynn]

If that's all, then...