after-party ♔ april

[wynn]

♬ Jeux d'eau - Ravel

WHO || Wynn, any and all Knights not currently on missions (if you are uncertain if your character would be at the castle for this, ask!)
WHAT || Squiring Ceremony Afterparty
WHERE || Knights Headquarters, the Ballroom
WHEN || April 1st, 2014, 6:00PM [backdated]
HOW || Prose OR Actionspam

The "afterparty" is rumored to be the real main event of the night. A black-tie affair in the lavish, opulent ballroom, it is every new Knight's chance to mingle and meet some of their new brothers in arms. Of course, a couple hours are provided following the ceremony 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 you aren't shy. They're all here to meet you.

Feel free to make your own open threads for people to come congratulate your newly pledged knight.

ooc; also if your Knight wants to get all gussied up, you can make a Disguise (Cha) check for how good they were at hair/makeup/stylin', etc! This goes for... any time.

Comments

[65]

I barely knew Jade. Why would it be about Jade? [finnick odair: drunk as hell and keepin' it real.]

[postergirl]

After talking to Finnick, I'm almost loath to ask. But how well are you keeping it together, in the wake of all this... mission nonsense?

[postergirl]

Well, from what I heard, she was the only one who died on the mission, wasn't she?

[65]

Myri and I broke up.

[postergirl]

Something to do with her early return?

[65]

I think that may have been part of it.

[65]

If I stayed, would you go with the rest of them next time they shipped out? Or was it more than that, why you left? [yeah he read her dumb letter but he knows that she wouldn't be like LOL I'M LEAVING BC FINNICK IS BREAKING MY HEART in it even if that was the case.]

[postergirl]

Safe to assume this wasn't a mutual decision?

[65]

[shrug.] I ... I let her go, because I know that I'm hurting her. That didn't mean that I wanted to. It was just what was best.

[postergirl]

Hurting her? You don't particularly strike me as the abusive boyfriend type.

[65]

Emotionally!

[postergirl]

Abuse isn't merely a physical phenomenon, darling.

[65]

I wasn't abusing her, unless you count simply existing with depression around an empath as a form of abuse.

[ex_noble101]

I did, in fact.

[I guess that's his cue to grab his phone and pull up candy crush, which he then holds up to her like a puppy who just fetched their master a ball like "see? :DDD???" Thx, Astrid.]

[witchwoman]

You have it backwards.

If you stayed - if you got away from it - I'd want to stay as well. Here with you.

[postergirl]

Well, that does explain why the man who once told me he had no interest in drinking is coddling the bar so closely.

[ex_psionic439]

Drinking, I'm okay with. Crazy ... really depends on how crazy we're talking.

And interesting can mean a whole lot of things. Are we talking taking out a Colombian drug lord interesting or Habitat for Humanity interesting?

[65]

Things change.

[65]

You're not — I just don't want to hurt you. And I know, with the way I am now, that's all I'd do.

[postergirl]

Fortunately. Otherwise you might have to fear feeling like this forever.

[shootfirst]

Well, yeah, but they spend all their time memorizing how to do that shit on the fly. It's different for them, because they like, have magic in their blood.

[65]

Yes. [he slides his drink over from one hand to another.] I'm hoping ... maybe being at the castle again will change some things. For the better.

[witchwoman]

So you'd want me to go?

[65]

No! I just know that everyone needs you. [and that they blamed him after she left. even if none of them said it to his face, HE COULD FEEL IT.]

[uncurse]

So, they come by it naturally. [ she nods her understanding. she picks at her nails briefly, shifting her weight. ] Thanks. I don't think I caught your name.