CLOSED ♔ knighting ceremony

[ironsides]

WHO || Wynn, Buffy, Jack Chessing, Dovan Ironsides, Spike, Fredrick Jr., Mark Sandazhard, Luthir Reedhym, Eric Carpenter, Lanston Wellington, past and present Team Failboat members, Rafael Giovanni, Desmond Descant?, various other unnamed members of the Dragon's Hide [closed]
WHAT || Buffy's full Knighting ceremony; induction into the Dragon's Hide
WHERE || Knight's Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || DECEMBER 11th, 2012 evening [Super backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

Unlike the grandiose nature of the squiring ceremony each Knight undergoes upon their initial entrance into the Knighthood, the graduation to Full Knight status takes place in a much more intimate affair, between the Knight, their mentor, invited friends, and the members of the sect to which they will be inducted. There's no pompous music, no stolid rank and file, no elaborate march.

Buffy's invitees are given seats of honor at the front of the ranks of the Dragon's Hide members - the largest sect in the castle, with the most representatives here, and Jack, Wynn, and Dovan wait up at the front of the room for Buffy to approach them, but the attitude of the ceremony is much more relaxed, full of smiles and light conversation on all sides.

Wynn finally gets things rolling, by saying in his loud listen-to-me voice: "Approach and kneel, Sir Buffy Summers."

Comments

[bigbad]

[He shrugs, shoving his hands into his duster pockets and glancing away.]

Changed my mind. Didn't want to miss your big day.

[slay]

[ she's touched. she wishes she weren't, but she is. she wishes she weren't because she can't and won't give spike what he wants from her, not now, probably not ever. ]

Well. [ it takes the fight out of her, either way. ] Enjoy the party.

[bigbad]

[He glances up at her, a little anxiously.]

Is it okay? Me being here?

[slay]

I think that's your call, not mine.

[bigbad]

It's your party, pet. [A beat.] Congratulations, by the way.

[slay]

[ the bristle is evident. the only reason he wasn't going to come was because he'd decided she was a terrible person. she certainly wasn't going to change her tune just because he showed. ]

Didn't do anything the rest hadn't done already.

[bigbad]

[He notices, and he glances away. Maybe he shouldn't have come. Things are too awkward between them.]

Even so. I'm-- [Proud? Not exactly something he wants to admit. It's too... invested. Too much admitting the very obvious fact that he's still pretty heavily in love with her.] Good job.

[slay]

Is that all?

[ it's harsher than she wants to be but she can read him all too well. being here isn't good for him. ]

[bigbad]

[He stares at her for a moment, wondering if there should be more. But what can he even say? She's made her feelings perfectly clear. They're not how he feels.]

Yeah. That's all.

[slay]

Good.

I should really go talk with the others. Rounds to make, y'know.

[bigbad]

Right. Girl of the hour and all. [He bites back a biting remark about being with people she wants to be with. He hadn't come here to start a fight.] I'm sure I'll see you around. [Still not sure he wants to.]