CLOSED ♔ knighting ceremony

[eldritchweaver]

WHO || Wynn, Emma, Gold, Faye, Hasmed,  Lila, Hook, Thoster, Kat, Ella,  Tia, Alainn, Nessa, Zero, Zatanna, various other unnamed members of the Dragon's Fire [closed]
WHAT || Emma's full Knighting ceremony; induction into the Dragon's Fire
WHERE || Knight's Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || April 30th, 2014 evening [Super backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

Unlike the grandiose nature of the squiring ceremony each Knight undergoes upon their initial entrance into the Knighthood, the graduation to Full Knight status takes place in a much more intimate affair, between the Knight, their mentor, invited friends, and the members of the sect to which they will be inducted. There's no pompous music, no stolid rank and file, no elaborate march.

Emma's invitees are given seats of honor at the front of the ranks of the Dragon's Fire members and Gold, Wynn, and Hasmed wait up at the front of the room for Emma to approach them, but the attitude of the ceremony is much more relaxed, full of smiles and light conversation on all sides from the other sect members.

Wynn finally gets things rolling, by saying in his loud listen-to-me voice: "Approach and kneel, Sir Emma Swan."

Comments

ceremonial spiel

[wynn]

[ get dis party started ]

[uncurse]

[ The ceremony itself is enough to make Emma uncomfortable; she'd rather it took place in an office and just involved handing her some kind of pin or badge. That's what Graham had done, but he'd understood her a great deal better than most. The relaxed atmosphere in comparison to the squiring ceremony is offset by the fact that she's the only one here. Pushing all that aside, she approaches Wynn with minor fumbling (dex 8) and gets down to kneel before him. ]

[wynn]

Sir Swan. You have demonstrated a commitment to the ideals of this organization that has been deemed sufficient to induct you into our order as a full Knight of the Silver Dragon. We ask at this time that you answer this question honestly:

Do you wish to accept this position?

[uncurse]

Well, I didn't make it this far just to turn back.

[ And she has to wonder how many people get here and say "lol bye." ]

I do.

[wynn]

Do you swear to defend the Knighthood?

[uncurse]

I do.

[ Unless the Knighthood is wrong. ]

guests of honor etc.

[wynn]

[ hanging out watching the ceremony talk amongst yo'selves ]

[unhand]

[Hook's here between Faye and Lila watching Emma with a little smile. He can tell she's not entirely comfortable with the ceremony, but he knows damn well she deserves it. She's always been a knight at heart. This just makes it official.]

[bittersweeter]

God, these get more boring every time. [ at least astrid said funny shit. lila looks bored as hell, but at least she's not eating. ]

[unhand]

Hush. [Hook nudges her with his leg.] I'm trying to listen.

[reallywicked]

You know they say the same thing every time, right? [Faye pipes up but in reality, she's paying more attention than one might think she would. She might be a little pleased that Emma's decided to join her sect okay.]

[bittersweeter]

[ seriously she was just listening to this shit at astrid's knighting. ] You know he's just asking her if she's going to follow the seven tenants of the knighthood, right? They're above the door to the round table. [ super exciting stuff, people. ] The rest of the rules are actually on the table. It's the same exact thing we say at our squiring ceremony. This is literally nothing new.

after-party

[wynn]

[ ain't no after-party like a mage's after-party because a magic after-party has a giant heroes' feast, colorful lights floating around the ceiling, and beautiful magical illusions everywhere to deck the place out. awww yeah. ]

Hook | ota

[unhand]

[Hook's got a glass of rum in his hand (no one's surprised) and a smile on his face. He's not all that interested in socializing with all the dragon's fire people, so he keeps to himself, hanging out near the food table and skewering food on his hook. Hopefully he cleaned it first. That's still pretty gross. He wants to congratulate Emma, but he's willing to wait til the throngs from her new section have finished. He'd rather the moment be at least slightly more private.]

[uncurse]

[ she doesn't seek him out immediately, but she does make her way over before too long—that's how she catches him skewering food with his hook. ]

Seriously? [ she grabs a napkin, pulling a chimichanga free from his hook and folding it into the napkin. ] In what world is that sanitary?

[unhand]

The world where I need my good hand free. [He wiggles his fingers at her.] Congratulations, love. You'll be a wonderful knight.

[uncurse]

You're changing the subject so I won't point out that it's a good sign to cool it on the rum if you can't slow down to use your hand for anything else.

[ she smears grease off her hands onto a second napkin, mostly in an attempt to divert her attention from his congratulations. ]

gold | ota

[undealt]

[Hey, look at the proud knight. He doesn't even look ungodly smug about being right about which sect Emma would choose. Honestly, he looks like he's only here because he's expected to be. In fact, he's a bit distracted, as he idly sips his wine and politely schmoozes, all while glancing at the door.]

[bittersweeter]

[ eyes like a hawk (spot 16), lila somehow winds up next to gold. curiosity gets the best of her. ] Who are you waiting for?

[undealt]

Not waiting, per say. [He's surprisingly stoic for someone who got caught trying to escape his own squire's knighting party.] Just considering when might be the right time to slip away.

[bittersweeter]

You're really escaping her party? Classy. [ feel the judgement, son. feel it. ]

i'm like a month late / haters gonna hate

[uncurse]

Hey.

[ emma gets between him in the door, smiling with some trepidation. ]

Look, I know things ended up pretty ... tense back in Scotland. I'm not gonna drag this out, I just—I wanted to thank you, for not letting that get in the way of evaluating how ready I was for this.

you're a sorcerer now. sorcerers are never late.

[undealt]

[Gold stares at her for a second, wondering if there's a catch. One he's concluded she's probably genuine and he should ACCEPT THE GRATITUDE, he deflates a bit.]

You proved yourself more capable than me there at the end. [he's blaming stress on that fuck-up.] I was burdened by how the entire thing had been pointless from the start, and lost my head a bit. But you, Ms. Swan? You were capable of maintaining as much control over the situation as you could. And that is one of the best qualities a knight can have. Any squire can be honorable, dedicated, or courageous. But a knight knows how to handle any given situation without faltering.

[ even without full memories, he's still emma swan's number one fan. ]

true dat y'all just early

[uncurse]

[ oh man compliments this is so uncomfortable. the stony edge comes off emma's expression and she's left looking more or less like a little girl, dwarfed in the presence of an authority figure. she swallows her surprise and soldiers on. ]

It wasn't pointless. That druid had been kidnapping and enslaving people; we stopped him. Just because we didn't save Amara doesn't mean we didn't do exactly what we're here to be doing. [ as much as it had felt like a waste of time in the moment, time has offered her perspective. they did the right thing, even if it wasn't right for their particular goal. ]

lila | open

[bittersweeter]

[ professional party attendee, lila manages to still look super cute in her dress even though she put literally no effort into it at all. whatever, she's wearing five inch heels, that shit makes anything fancy. ain't no party like a magic party, but... she doesn't like magic. so she doesn't fit in and as such she's mainlining her usually pink lemonade and vodka and hovering by the balcony because she's a chain smoker, pm. ]