open ♔ august castle socialization

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, etc!
WHEN || Any time during August [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.  Because not everyone is into parties, ok.  

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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[uncease]

You weren't really so concerned about that at first. [He sighs and leans forward.]

That's part of what I wanted to talk to you about. You know what happened right? Back there?

[besmitten]

I remember it all perfectly. [ /WEIGHTED STATEMENT from how much she is... staring at your chiseled jaw ]

[uncease]

I'm not sure that you do. [When you look at him like that, it makes him uncomfortable Amara. I AM NOT A PIECE OF MEAT.]

Zatara said something when we got there, told his daughter about a curse your people have placed on them. [He's trying so hard to be gentle here.] Do you know what I'm talking about?

[besmitten]

Of course - that's the very nonsense that prompted our kind to go into hiding in the first place.

[uncease]

I'm not so sure that it's nonsense. I... think it's real. I think it happened.

To you.

[besmitten]

[ she stares at him, her smile freezing and melting slowly ] You ... you think that's why...

[uncease]

I don't know... [The way her smile fades makes him want to back pedal, to pretend like it never happened, but he knows he can't.] It's the only thing that makes sense, isn't it? I mean, you were ready to kill us. All of us. And then...

[besmitten]

And then I realized you didn't deserve death. [ her voice is firm, as if daring him to challenge her on the subject of her sudden surge of compassion. ]

[uncease]

[He opens his mouth, then closes it and lets out a hard exhale through his nose. He hasn't expected this. He had assumed she would understand once he brought it up.]

Just like that? All at once, you were ready to betray your people? [He tries to plead with her, asking her to see reason without actually asking.]

I think you know that doesn't really sound reasonable.

[besmitten]

It had never come to anything like that before. And my father and I had come to a head on many things about the Old Ways.

[uncease]

[He doesn't have a response to that right away, and he may even be starting to doubt his own arguments.]

So it was the final straw for you?

[besmitten]

It felt like a turning point. [ for her ovaries ]

[uncease]

[God damn it, Amara. Why are you so logical about this??

Charming rubs a hand hard over his face. He doesn't even have words right now, he's just trying to think about where he got the information about Amara being cursed and how that and her own story match up to what he remembers from the mission.]

[besmitten]

[ when he doesn't respond, she gets up and slowly crosses over to sit next to him, placing one hand on his shoulder. ] I don't regret my decision.

[uncease]

[He doesn't seem to notice her movements, too caught up in his own confusion about the whole situation. As her hand touches his shoulder, he glances up quickly, turning to look at her.]

That's good. [The words are flat on his tongue, eyes drifting from her face to her hand and back again.] Pretty sure we all prefer being alive.

[besmitten]

[ her fingers curve along the line of his shoulder and her eyes seem to light up as she watches him, a beautiful smile curving up her cheek. ] I know I do. It means being here. [ she drops her gaze for a moment, before looking up at him demurely through her lashes, adding with bold suggestiveness: ] With you. [ (charisma check 24, GAWRSH SHE'S PRETTY) ]

[uncease]

[Charming gulps, but this time not from confusion or discomfort. No this time it's just when a pretty girl looks at you and you get tingly in your no-no place (will 20 total...)]

[besmitten]

[ wow she totally notices that expression i guess, and isn't about to let the moment slip, so the back of her hand slides up along his jawline, her voice dropping to a gentle murmur. ] I know it probably sounds like madness, but--

I've never met a man like you before. So brave, so commanding, so selfless, to come there as you did and risk your life. [ she lifts her face again, and wow it's remarkably close to his. her eyes drop to his lips before dragging back up again to meet his gaze. ] And so very handsome. [ ... and that would be a nat 20 charisma all up in that husky voice of hers. .__. amara don't fuck around. ]

[uncease]

[The combination of her skin against his, that tone in her voice, that look... He doesn't stand a chance. (will 12) His eyes close briefly and his jaw works open and closed while he tries to remember how to word.]

I just... [He clears his throat and looks at her, but he finds a hard time concentrating when she's so close.] ...wanted to do the right thing.

[besmitten]

[ well. she's just about to get a lot closer. she trails her finger over to his chin and then drags it down over his lips and stares at them openly, as she asks enticingly: ] ... And what else do you want? [ she leans close enough that he can feel all the warmth of her and... probably get an amazing view of her cleavage too lbr. ] Do you want me?

[uncease]

[His breath hitches when her finger grazes his lips. How is he supposed to form thoughts when blood is quickly draining to relocate to a more single-minded area of his body.]

I... don't know. [He answers honestly, because he doesn't know how to do anything else.] I didn't think it was real, but...

[But now? She did a good job of convincing him that there was plenty of reason why she would switch sides. And then she threw herself at him. And what was he supposed to do? For all that Gold and Emma had given him pieces of the man he was, he couldn't remember it, what it had felt like to be that man. He knew what this felt like, though, and he couldn't deny that he liked it.]

[besmitten]

[ her fingers graze across his cheek and slide into his hair as she raises her lips to the corner of his. ] Does this not feel real?

[uncease]

[All he wants to do is surge forward and press his lips to hers, but there's enough uncertainty in the back of his mind to help him resist (will 23).]

You do... it does, but we only just met one another.

[The argument is extremely weak (diplomacy... 2) and likely only being voiced to say that he tried.]

[besmitten]

[ plus she got a nat 20 to resist his ... 2, so yeah, curse is unswayed by your argument there, buddy. still, she draws her face away enough to be able to actually look at him, though her hand stays in his hair. ]

Does that matter? Will you want me more in another day? A year? Twenty years? We feel something now, and it's strong and real to us. Shouldn't we embrace that?

[ she presses her cheek against his gently, murmuring in his ear. ] Time is an illusion, something to be mastered. That's one of the first lessons my people came to understand.

[uncease]

[The vibrations from her words softly spoken so close to his ear cause his eyes to slip closed again, a little shiver snaking down his spine. He's not even listening to what she's saying anymore, but the way she is saying it is extremely convincing.]

Amara... [He meant to add an argument to the end of that but it dies off and leaves only her name hanging there, slipped out hoarsely as his hands clench to keep from grabbing her.]