open ♔ may castle socialization

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, etc!
WHEN || Any time during  May [back and forward dated]
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 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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front desk ♔ (ota/multi-thread)

[wynn]

[ All squires have to do their time assigned to desk duty once in awhile. They're required to monitor activity at the front gate, have guests sign in to a large, ancient looking yellowing tome, direct inquiries, disperse and record keys to company vehicles, etc. This job seen as a test of patience and responsibility. The job also entails fielding any phone calls made to the "Karthur Institute", the Knights' cover organization, and doing their best to discourage questioning (by putting people on hold eternally, accidentally hanging on them when transferring their call, answering questions as vaguely as possible, etc. etc.). Shifts at "the desk" are scheduled in eight hour blocks. Food is brought out to the desk by the kitchen staff.

Feel free to rp out your time on desk duty here... you never know who might show up. ]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity is at the front desk, browsing through a magazine when the phone rings. However, instead of speaking in her normal voice, she puts on a raspy, Jersey-ish accent.]

Karthur Institute, this is Veronica.

[a pause.]

Oh, hi there, Mr. Wallace. How's it goin'? ... ah-huh ... ah-huh ... well, sure I can tranfer ya through. Just let me put you on hold for one second.

[she hits the hold button, places the phone back on the receiver and goes back to the magazine. This part of the job is actually fun.]

[dragonsclaw]

[ coming out of his office located close to the lobby is the dapper sir chessing, one of the two oft-spoken of dragon's claws, wynn's special agents. he hears the tail end of felicity's conversation and smiles slightly, veering her way to hover by the desk ] All in order?

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[ex_ric243]

[Aaaand even when he's on desk duty, Alaric is more interested in the books he's smuggled along than actually providing any sort of cover. The phone will ring, and he'll reach over to lift the receiver before promptly hanging it back up without bothering to so much as glance up from whatever he was reading that day.

Look, there was a lot to learn about this place. It's not like he wasn't investing his time wisely or anything. Besides, he'll usually pick up and do the whole Karthur Institute spiel if it rang more than three times in the span of five minutes, just in case the same person kept calling back. At least he had a system, right?]

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[thesleeper]

[His room is filled with books he's smuggled out of the library, and a few of those end up posted here during the days he runs the desk also. Phineas spends a lot of the time reading and taking notes, alternately drawing obscure symbols and trying to draw correlations between them and what he's reading in the books.]

[He's actually really enjoying the interrupting phone calls, if he's not in the middle of a deep thought. About half of the calls he redirects to voicemail without even answering - but if he's not tied up, he happily talks in circles with the callers until they get fed up and hang up on him. He's trying to get a better grasp on how these people converse, so this exercise really helps.]

[watcherjunior]

[ When she isn't on desk duty, Dawn sometimes finds herself watching the other squires on it. Poor girl, someone get her a hobby, STAT. But it is a bit entertaining. She manned the phones for a library before arriving here, and she's pretty sure she'd be on the shit list if she did it the way they supposed to here.

She's trying to stay quiet, but this one call, wow. It sounds like Phineas has got some really determined true believer on the line. Pressing a hand over her mouth, she struggles with stifling her laughter, especially since it echoes in here. As soon as he hangs up, she approaches the desk, still grinning. ] Holy crap, I think that's the worst one I've heard yet.

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[ex_noble101]

[Lawd why would you even put him here. He probably doesn't even need to stick to the cover story because he has no idea how to properly operate a phone. All calls will be getting hung up on until he gets some training.

But the rest of the tasks he's able to pick up easily enough, and once he's got the easy stuff down he finds that boredom begins to set in extremely quickly...]

[graveflowers]

[Professional phone picker upper here to save the day, expertly scooping up the apparently ringing phone and passing him a plate with a super amazing... sandwich, shut up, all at the same time. (Dex 17)]

Hello! You've reached the Karthur Institute, this is... Zaphod Beeblebrox the first, also called the Nothingth, inventor of the Pan Galactic Gargle Blast and seven time winner of the Worst Dressed Sentient Being in the Known Universe, how may I direct your call. [If he weren't such uncultured swine he would realize that she has a super Mrs Doubtfire impression and makes a banging President to boot. (Pop culture 19, wisdom 21) One day she will find someone who appreciates her well of useless pop culture knowledge. Well, someone besides Kat.] Sure, let me just put you on hold for a moment while I connect you. [And she hangs up.]

Oops, we must have gotten disconnected. [She gives Aedan a sweet smile.] My bad. Lunch?

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[asuma]

[Klaus shows up to do his duty as is required, though his enthusiasm in carrying out said duty is seriously lacking. Any calls are treated to an immediate "Karthur Institute, please hold," before they are promptly dropped.

He might also be enjoying a nice glass of red wine or six in between visitors/phone calls. How he is able to manage that without having an entire bottle there with him is anyone's guess.]

[notaroundme]

[Wow, Klaus. Wow. What are you even doing.

She comes up to the counter, leaning against it with her arms.]

You know, I'm pretty sure you're not supposed to drink on the job. [Her brows furrow.] Where did you even get that?

[She kind of wants one. Oops.]

OTA

[watcherjunior]

[ When she first heard about desk duty, it's something she wants to take seriously, that eagerness to please bubbling to the surface. Dawn was determined to not hang up on people, to maybe keep to those vague answers and just discourage them from calling back. That first shift with the phone? Oh, so not good at all.

By the time her turn comes around again, she's watched some of the others, and has a better handle on this. The phone rings, and she picks it up without even looking (dex 17+1), cradling it between her ear and shoulder. The voice she uses to answer is soft, lilting, and British. ]

Karthur Institute, Wendy speaking. [ She's only half-listening, responding in non-committal tones. ] Splendid. I'll be more than happy to transfer you... [ And the receiver goes right back on the cradle. Whoops. ]

section head office hours ♔ (ota/multi-thread)

[sirsolace]

[ the section heads are in their offices throughout the day, each of which is located in or by their section's wing in the castle. if you'd like to speak to any of them, just make a thread below!

section heads are:

sir hasmed | dragon's fire
sir solace | dragon's light
sir koraith | dragon's tongue
sir dovan ironsides | dragon's hide
sir lis'sa trinall | dragon's hoard

tia ellison, head of the dragon's mind, doesn't have her own office here. ]

[thesleeper]

[Phineas wanders past the room a few times before knocking to see if Lis'sa is in her office.]

[graveflowers]

[Vi cheerfully knocks on the door to Sir Dovan's office, the Green Acres tune.]

Hey future husband, where does a girl go to get her bow restrung?

[Yeah, she just called him that. Don't act like you're surprised. She and the cheerful dwarf have a serious emotional connection, okay? Theirs is a true love... of weapons.]

the grumpy old man club/2nd floor pub ♔ (ota/multithread).

[technophobic]

[ just outside the Dragon's Hide wing on the second floor of the castle there's an impressively well-stocked tavern, decorated in Faerunian fashion. it's dark and smokey inside, with heavy curtains covering the windows and only candlelight on the tables. a large bar is off to the left, and there are several older-looking Knights solemnly nursing their pints of ale: sir lanston, the gruff older knight who wears his full plate everywhere and is hardly ever seen in the castle, sir dovan ironsides, the jovial dwarf who heads the dragon's hide, sir zero, the ill-groomed technomage, and sir christos la krail, one of the castle's only drow, who wears his black hooded cloak almost all of the time. the four of them appear well accustomed to sitting in their current arrangement, and the only one of them who cracks any smiles is dovan, as they drink down their alcohol and share stories. ]

Re: the grumpy old man club/2nd floor pub ♔ (ota/multithread).

[thesleeper]

[He's not overly enthused about the crowd here, but the decorum of this place reminds him of his favorite watering hole back in the Dales - so he walks past some of the newer-styled bars, before walking into this old pub, and sauntering up to order a whiskey and cola.]

[He doesn't seem to mind most of the company, though he notably sits at the opposite end of the room from the Drow]

[isisagent]

Hey, Old timers. Keep it down huh? Some of us are trying to drink.

[To himself]The nerve of some people...

Hey barkeep. Two vodka martinis please. One shaken, one stirred - both for me. Thank you.

library ♔ (ota./multithread)

[untethered]

[ the knights library is an extensive location, complete with information on all kinds of fields of arcane research, monsters, and lands beyond the veil. specialty rooms exist with hundreds of books on a specific topic: one of which is dragons of all kinds.

if you'd like to come browse the stacks, look for information on a certain topic, or learn a little more about the world you've found yourself in, this is the place to do it.

it's also a very relaxing place to find a corner and curl up. ]

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[bittersweeter]

[Lila loves the library because she is a closet nerd and she will never admit to how much she missed when she was... catted. She basically missed all of high school and then she dropped out. Remedial is not the word. Add in the perpetual lack of sleep and it isn't uncommon to find Lila curled up in one of the corners reading something or other, a notebook by her side and a purple pen being twisted between her fingers.

At the moment, she's reading Moby Dick because she was supposed to read it her last semester and never ended up doing it, but she remembers the basics from errant in-class texting with Cassel. Pausing her pen flittering, she scribbles something in her notebook that looks suspiciously like "this book sucks" before turning the page and yawning.

Wow, the soporific qualities of this book were not exaggerated.]

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[ex_ric243]

[Alaric would quickly become a regular fixture in the library as the month wore on--spending just as much time in here each day as he did at the bar on any other assignment handed to him. Mostly he kept to himself, but that didn't mean he kept a low profile, exactly. By the end of each day, the table he'd commandeered for himself would be stacked with texts.

Most of these were informational, as familiarizing himself with this world's history was high on Alaric's list of priorities going forward. He'd also venture into the domains of arcane lore and biology as there were a number of races and creatures he'd never encountered before co-existing with humanity. All the while, he was taking what looked to be extensive notes.

It was a vast difference to the drunken first impression he'd given at the party at the start of the month, but it was clear that he was in his element here.]

OTA - Phin loves being pestered.

[thesleeper]

[A secluded table in the back has become more home to Phineas than his room. After a few days, the heap of books becomes a permanent fixture, eventually obscuring Phineas.]

[He's not overly intelligent or wise - but he's spent most of his life buried by books, studying his craft, so this setting is very comforting to him. He also is very lacking in history and general knowledge of this world, so whatever he can read to help him acclimate to the world and the way these folk speak is of great interest to him.]

[Feel free to walk over and pester him while he attempts to learn things.]

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[asuma]

[Klaus can be seen wandering into the library every now and then, though he's hardly become a staple there the way that some others have. He seems to prefer checking out books to read in the privacy of his gaudy as fuck bedroom over mingling amongst the peasants regulars seated about day in and day out.

At least he's been doing his part to piece together the differences this world has to offer when compared to that from which he came. Knowledge is power, after all.]

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[enchantedsnow]

[Anyone currently browsing through the library might spot Snow- curled up with a book and a mug of coffee in a far corner of the large room by a brightly lit window. She is toiling away, doing some research in an attempt to make a bit more sense of this land and just...her surroundings in general. (It's not like she has very much to compare her findings to, but...) It seems as if the majority of her thoughs have been jumbled lately- In a strange way that she can't quite put to words. Perhaps a quiet place to think and a nice, informative book will help her to sort things out.]

faith o'keefe ♔ (multithread/ota.)

[moonheart]

[ anyone cutting through the lobby on this day in early may will notice a parade heading through: castle servants toting a number of pet carriers from which issue a number of puppy whines, a few servants with trotting dogs on leashes, and one at the back carrying a very large cage with a slithery pal inside. behind them all is a short, energetic blonde girl, this little guy in her arms, as she gives them all orders ] Careful! Don't rattle Nile's cage. Poor baby's been through enough lately!

Spike | ota/multithread

[bigbad]

[Spike is sitting outside after dark with a nice basket of garlic knots from a nearby pizza store. He's already eaten a few and he's fine, besides a slight, unpleasant burning feeling as he swallowed (fort 22). It tastes delicious, though, so he keeps eating.

After a moment, he frowns, blinking. Can't he usually see in the dark better than this?

Weird.

He keeps eating.]