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

[bittersweeter]

[ she returns emma's smile with a look like, yeah i'm gonna do it anyway. she can't help it, okay. she's fascinated with the fact that they are eerily similar and she doesn't hate him when she basically loathes herself. what's that? hope? weeeeeird. ]

I didn't know you knew clothes existed that weren't black or your red jacket... you kinda look like a princess.

[uncurse]

I feel like I should be concerned that you're equally surprised in how well I clean up as you are at Hook. [ she smirks at that, rolling her eyes a bit. her eyes drop to her outfit and her smile softens. ] I guess I do. [ her gaze drifts across the ballroom and her smile fades as she watches amara. after a moment, she drops her gaze. ] Too bad David isn't here to see it. [ is it possible to musical cue the incesty folgers commercial? ]

[bittersweeter]

[ no, why did you have to... lila's eyes cloud and whatever smile she had vanishes. she still doesn't really give a fuck about david, but she tries to because emma does. she's awful at it and she will always be 100% in anything for amara's benefit, but she's still trying. ] Yeah.

[uncurse]

[ she only deflates further upon realizing that david isn't charming. he's not her father, or he doesn't remember being her father. he's david nolan, the guy who worked at the animal shelter. he didn't even remember her. he wouldn't even understand why she's sorry he's not here when lila's telling her she looks like a princess. he doesn't even know that she is.

her heart sinks into her stomach and she tries desperately to recover it with no avail, surging ahead to another topic instead, burying her mourning of the relationship she'd never gotten to build with her father. ]

Jack had to go back to Chicago, huh?

[bittersweeter]

No, he's just back at the hotel. [ she keeps watching amara for a second, because the subject change doesn't completely disengage curse feels for her. ...sylar has cassel's mother's power, maybe he could work amara the way daneca was supposed to work lila. would that make lila worse or the same as cassel? probably worse, because she knows better, she knows better and she doesn't want to do it just for amara's benefit, she wants to be able to look at the sorceress and not want to vomit or add to the delicate scars on her arms because the sheer amount of shame and self-loathing those memories heap on her.

but maybe he could just make lila not feel that way anymore...

she swallows and wrenches her eyes back to emma, trying to wrangle her focus away from her horrible memories. ] Our anniversary is on Saturday so he stayed.

[uncurse]

You didn't want to bring him to the castle for the party tonight?

[ she notices the conflict in lila's eyes - it's impossible to miss, but she doesn't push it, because it's a conversation they've already had, and emma doesn't need to go back to dwelling on how powerless she feels right now. she knew they should have waited until summer - a little patience, and they'd have had their apple. except it still would have taken two more lives, and they'd be responsible - even if not directly. it's pure selfishness that drives her to wish they'd waited, and as a result, she can't wholeheartedly say that she does wish as much. ]

[bittersweeter]

[ she shakes her head. ] No, I think I've inflicted enough knights on him for at least a month.

[uncurse]

If that's some not-so-subtle hint that I was hard on him ...

[ no1curr. he can harden the fuck up. ]

[bittersweeter]

You were fine. You plus Hook plus Eric was just... a bit much. [ for lila. she hates having to defend her choices. if any of them had known cassel they would immediately realize that sylar is by far the better choice. (tmw a serial killer is a better human being than a teenage worker...) ] Besides, I don't like sharing.

[uncurse]

Hook?

[ what. emma doesn't even have other input besides a very perplexed disbelief that hook actually ... acted protective and hassled lila's boyfriend. ]

[bittersweeter]

Yep. I mean, I don't know what they actually talked about, but Hook came and gave me his judgy speech. [ speech... handful of sentences... same thing. ] But then he was all do what makes you happy. It was weird.

[uncurse]

I ... didn't realize Scotland had brought you two so close. [ weird. this is weird. this is really weird. ]

[bittersweeter]

[ EMMA STOP BRINGING UP SCOTLAND. lila is going to be emotionally compromised and make bad life choices. ]

It didn't. [ lila still thinks he's in it to win it and "it" is emma's pants. and getting lila on his side is a sure fire way to do so. ] But you and I are close... [ she waves her hand as if to say, please don't make me spell it out for you. while fine with how she thinks her and hook's interactions are colored, she doesn't exactly enjoy having to verbalize that she's probably being used. and hook is a lot like a sharpe, smooth and charismatic and dangerous. sharpes used zacharovs, it's just her life. ]

[uncurse]

[ and emma and lila are, as usual, the same. so where her suspicion of thoster and faye was low, it's super high where lila is concerned. it's not exactly a secret that emma is practically her mom ok. so she rolls her eyes. ]

Right.

[ an easy avenue to take, and it's clear that emma doesn't appreciate the notion that he might be using her as an in any more than lila does. that's her baby. ]

Sorry I asked.

[bittersweeter]

[ she shrugs. ] Not a big deal.

[uncurse]

What anniversary are you guys celebrating?

[bittersweeter]

A year. Technically it's since we met, but we never had a specific day otherwise. [ they were always just a thing. she's very proud of this thing. ]

[uncurse]

Wow. That's - [ she blinks her surprise back, struggling to grasp it. ] Serious.

[bittersweeter]

[ another shrug. it's not really a surprise to lila, but then again, she's the one looking at it from an insider's perspective. ] Well, yeah.

[uncurse]

I mean, I'm - I'm glad. I'm happy for you. I just hadn't realized it had been that long. [ meanwhile emma can't even like. go on a date. lila is so well-adjusted. ]

[bittersweeter]

I didn't talk about it. [ oh gosh, this is weird. talking about it. probably why she chose not to bring him up almost ever. ] And, you know, we weren't friends so. [ she doesn't think emma would have cared. ]

[uncurse]

Well. [ she grabs two glasses of champagne for them and hands one off to lila. ] As long as he's keeping you happy, I've got no complaints about the guy. [ even if he is shady as fuck. don't think this means she's stopped looking into him. ]

[bittersweeter]

[ lila's expression reads of clear disbelief. ] You have no complaints? [ her eyes narrow slightly. ] Have you been possessed?

[uncurse]

What? You obviously don't - it's your relationship, why should I complain if you're not? [ beat. she relents. ] I mean - All right, I'm not thrilled with what I saw, but ... It's not my business. I won't voice any complaints; how's that?

[bittersweeter]

More normal, I think. [ she just doesn't see emma as one to hold back, it's kind of what lila appreciates most about her. ]