feast & after-party ♔ empty my heart | i've got to make room for this feeling

[wynn]

♬ Can't Take It In - Imogen Heap

WHO || Wynn, the new Squires, any and all Knights
WHAT || Squiring Ceremony Feast & Afterparty
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Dining Hall & Ballroom
WHEN || February 9th, 2012, 7:00PM / 9:00 PM
HOW || Prose OR Actionspam

While every dinner served in the Knights' exceptionally large Dining Hall manages to have a sense of occasion, given the sheer quantity of food necessary to serve the hundreds who take their meals there, the 'feast' Wynn's ordered for after this squiring party outdoes the norm. It's not a problem to produce so much food at the drop of the hat when mages can magically summon up entire banquets, and so the room teems over with the smells and spices of hundreds of unique dishes. Centerpieces built with peacock feathers and sweet smelling flowers dot the table at intervals. A silver cage in the very middle of the table includes several live birds, their feet and tufts each appearing to be silver as well. A banner hangs from the top of the cage, with the Knight's symbol of a black dragon on a silver field.

The food has a distinctly medieval flair to it today, which several of the older Shadowkind Knights express their boisterous appreciation for as they dive in. The first course consists of a civet of hare, a quarter of salted stag, a stuffed chicken and a loin of veal, the latter two covered with a German sauce with gilt sugar-plums and pomegranate seeds. At each end of the table is an enormous pie, surmounted with smaller pies, which form a crown. The crust of the large ones is silvered all round and gilt at the top; each contains a whole roe-deer, a gosling, three capons, six chickens, ten pigeons, and one young rabbit. Serving as seasoning or stuffing, a minced loin of veal, two pounds of fat, and twenty-six hard-boiled eggs, covered with saffron and flavoured with cloves.

A second course follows: aroe-deer, a pig, a sturgeon cooked in parsley and vinegar, and covered with powdered ginger; a kid, two goslings, twelve chickens, as many pigeons, six young rabbits, two herons, a leveret, a fat capon stuffed, four chickens covered with yolks of eggs and sprinkled with spiced powder de Duc, and even a wild boar.

Next came wafers and stars; a jelly, part white and part blue. A fourth course of cream with Duc powder, covered with fennel seeds preserved in sugar; a white cream, cheese in slices, and strawberries; and, lastly, plums stewed in rose-water.

Besides these four courses, there's a fifth, entirely composed of wines, and of preserves, which consist of fruits and various sweet pastries in the shapes of dragons.

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Following this, assuming anyone is still capable of moving at all is the after-party: a black-tie affair in the lavish, opulent ballroom, every new Knight's chance to mingle and meet some of their new brothers in arms. Per usual, a couple hours are provided following the feast 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 none of you are shy. They're all here to meet you. 

All open feast threads should be made under the FEAST heading below. Any other threads below will be for the after-party. Feel free to make your own open threads for people to come congratulate your newly pledged knight.

Comments

[nepotism]

[His eyes remain exactly where they are, his body lacking any response whatsoever. In fact, he's gone entirely stiff.]

[asap]

[...VERY worrisome. Andie shakes him.] Fred! [Then she looks around, trying to see some reason it might have happened. spot check 12?]

[nepotism]

[STILL NOTHING and man, the crowd is sure... crowd-like. 8( It's impossible to see anyone so much as LOOKING that way specifically.]

[asap]

[Andie looks around all panicky and... okay, she needs a grown-up.] I'll be right back. [If he can... even hear her. And in a blur of motion, she runs off to try and find Tia.]

[telekinect]

[It doesn't take a mindreader to see the concern on Andie's face when she approaches] What happened?

[asap]

It's Fred! [Andie's eyes are wide and anxious. Look it was REALLY FREAKY and she doesn't know what to do.] He like, froze! Like statue-froze!

[telekinect]

[Her gaze settles back over Andie's shoulder] Really...? Because he looks fine to me. [And indeed he does, if not a little dazed and confused over there. His head whips side to side, looking for Andie]

[asap]

Huh? [And without another word, she runs back to him. Sorry, Tia, she doesn't... stick around for long goodbyes.] What happened to you?

[nepotism]

[He starts a bit when she's suddenly right there, but then resumes looking around, eyes narrowed] ... If I had to guess? I'd say mage shenanigans.

[asap]

I thought it might be magic. Who would do that to you? Do you have enemies?

[nepotism]

[His eyes seem to zoom onto someone and lock there, narrowing away (spot 13 to figure out who)] Something like that.

[asap]

[Spot check 16! She follows his gaze and sees Kat. She frowns, looking between the two of them. She likes both Kat and Fred. She doesn't want two people she likes to not like each other! She looks back at Fred.]

Kat wouldn't do that! [Except... maybe she would. :-/]

[nepotistic]

Ohhhhhh, I think she would. [He sounds resigned, though, not angry about it. But Kat isn't even looking in their direction, let alone evincing any sign of just having played a gag] Doesn't matter anyways.

[asap]

Are you sure? Are you having any, like, after effects? Because we could go to the infirmary or something.

[nepotistic]

Naw, I'll be alright. She just likes trying to get my goat. [He turns back to her with a smile] Hey, listen, thanks for the dance. I'll catch you later, alright?

[asap]

[She nods.] Yeah, okay. Thanks. It was an awesome dance. Even with the random... freezing.

[nepotism]

[A laugh] Yeah, even with. [He nods a goodbye to her and then cuts his way off through the crowd]