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.

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[silvermaid]

[ she nods along, keeping up with the swell of information ] My daughter Faith, she's a Dreamwalker. It's a-- a gift from her connection to Sehanine.

She can travel inside a person's mind - inside their dreams. I'm not certain I understand it completely myself, but... perhaps that's what Jade meant?

[nothingsodivine]

No doubt about it. Any idea why she'd need a unicorn? [He hands off the card.]

[silvermaid]

A-- [ nope now this is just crazy ] Well... yes, actually. My father was a son of Sehanine Moonbow, but my mother was a daughter of another goddess. Lurue, Queen of the Talking Beasts.

She's a unicorn.

I've only ever seen one in two places in my life - on a farm in Kansas, where it told me to go back to New York after that mess with the Stuarts. And... in New York again, when it appeared to set me on the path to fulfilling the destiny my grandmother sent me to this world for. Though I don't remember any of it, it seems I spent my youth on Lurue's plane, not in the Shadow World. Our family has always held a strong bond to the magic of unicorns.

If you know how to find one...

[nothingsodivine]

[He waves the card.] That would be Nick, yeah. Real nice guy if you can get past the neuroses. Definitely not farm material.

[He would be a lot more weirded out by this if his life weren't so completely and utterly insane. As it is, he's just going with it. He'll go into hysterics later. Sunshine, you knew this would happen, didn't you?]

[silvermaid]

[ she reaches out to take the card, handling it almost reverentially ] You... know him?

[nothingsodivine]

He's been my downstairs neighbor for about twenty years.

[Des doesn't understand why this is strange at all. Nick is the least majestic creature on the planet. He could be THE LAST UNICORN EVER and it wouldn't mean much to him, because it's Nick.]

[silvermaid]

Do you know I spent years searching for the Unicorn? And all that time he was living right below someone who-- [ how do you even qualify this relationship. WAS HER POTENTIAL UNCLE?? yeah she'll let that slip for now. ] Amazing. Absolutely amazing. [ she folds her hand securely over the card, as if to impress upon him that she won't lose it. ] Now I know we'll save Violet. Everything's lined up just so, so that we might.

[nothingsodivine]

[Des looks at her funny. It's either because he's considering telling her the Unicorn she's looking for wears sweatervests and is extremely British or he's slowly starting to slip a bit.

Things lined up just a bit too well.] Yeah, I- Thank you. Vi's a sweet kid. We- They... They need her back.

[He clears his throat.] My number's on the back of that. I'm gonna be sticking around here for awhile, but if you ever... [He waves a hand vaguely. Wanna talk is what he wants to say, but he can't really get the words out.]

[silvermaid]

I'd love to. [ she says it firmly, not a beat of hesitation or questioning what he might mean by that. she slides the card into the tiny purse hanging at her side, and then smiles down at the ground, thoughtfully. ] And Des? [ yeah, she's just gonna... decide she gets to call you that whether you like it or not. luckily you do. ] Maybe Jade didn't just mean to have you send us to the Unicorn.

[ she slips her other hand off the rail and moves back to the door to push it open quietly ] Maybe she also meant to send you to us.

[nothingsodivine]

[He was staring at the floor, trying to figure out how to make his tongue form ACTUAL WORDS, but he snaps to attention at his nickname. Wow someone who actually thinks to call him Des without him insisting. That's pleasant.

He swallows hard and rubs the back of his neck.] I think maybe she did.

[silvermaid]

[ she just smiles back very slightly, looking as if she's ready to add something else, but... then she doesn't, just nods a farewell and then slips back inside the party, leaving him out there with his thoughts. ]