open ♔ may castle socialization

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, etc!
WHEN || Any time during May/June [ 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 these few months. 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. WE ARE BIG ON THREAD-JACKING HERE. 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.]

On this log:
Vi @ the desk
Klaus @ the desk
Maxwell @ the desk
Aurelius @ Dragon's Fire wing
Gar @ the library
Dovan @ 2nd floor pub
Mark @ castle grounds
Lila @ the firing range
Abigail @ library/grounds/kitchen/training rooms
Spike (Kyp) @ people's rooms
Mars @ the library
Sebastian @ front steps
Alaric @ Dragon's Hoard wing
Myri @ cleric's wing, etc.
Spike @ infirmary/kitchen/outside/etc
Elena @ her room
Buffy & Kyp (and Fred) | Closed
Jack @ the cleric's wing
Kyp @ the dungeon
Spike, Buffy, & Helen | Closed
Rose @ various
Lila & Hook | Closed
Han @ the firing range
Brantley & Andrew | Closed
Vi & Des @ the garden
Failboat @ pancake brunch | Closed
Faye @ the library
Alanna @ the firing range
Jaina's induction party
Alex & Abigail | Closed
The Doctor @ the castle grounds
Elena & Helen | Closed
Dumage & Damon | Closed
Lila, Sylar, & Helen | Closed
Damon @ the bar/various

Comments

[ambitionist]

Your poker face is still shit. [it's just teasing more than anything.]

[bittersweeter]

Guess I should stay away from Vegas then, huh?

[ambitionist]

It's for the best.

[bittersweeter]

Probably. Alex? [ run away. she only starts with a first name question when she wants something. ]

[ambitionist]

Yeah? [he hasn't been trained enough to know this yet. fuck.]

[bittersweeter]

If I needed... your friend. Would you let me call her?

[ambitionist]

[he purses his lips and looks extremely put upon, but ... at least it's not flat-out no again.] Why?

[bittersweeter]

There's a woman at the castle with a love curse no one has been able to figure out how to break. And even if we can break it... she's going to remember all the dumb, awful shit she did. I don't get to live without those memories, but she shouldn't have to live with them. Wynn... said we can't change her memory. But just in case, if that's her choice... I still need to know its possible. [ her shoes are very interesting. she's going to focus on them. super cute. ]

[ambitionist]

Of course it's possible. There's no one at the castle that can do that? Or are you asking for Rebecca because it's a going behind Wynn's back thing.

[bittersweeter]

Both. [ it's honesty hour. ] I don't trust magic. I get what you guys do, it makes sense to me and I know how it works. Magic fucked her, why would I trust magic to fix her? [ science > magic tbh. ]

[ambitionist]

If it ever comes to that, ask around the castle first. There are psions there too, I bet you could find somebody. If not, then ... and only then ... maybe. Maybe I'll ask her.

[bittersweeter]

Okay. [ most of her attention stays on her shoes because ugh emotions. ]

[ambitionist]

She might not even remember me, I don't know. [he chews the inside of his cheek while thinking about that. he doesn't want that to be the case, but he thinks it would be better for her if it were. because HE IS A GIANT FUCKING MORON.]

[bittersweeter]

[ hmmm... how to word this as to not sound callous and rude like she doesn't care? she's very careful in choosing her words. ] ...does she need to remember? Not that I think it would be better or worse for her and for you, but... in this case... [ her eyes flick up. ] I don't want you to have to deal with that and I don't want to put her in danger, that's why I asked if I could call. [ diplomacy 37. she's not trying to convince him of it, she's just trying to convince him that she's not trying to fuck up his life but fucking up his life. she's thinking about his friend's safety and his emotional well-being, she just really wants this safety net for amara, ]

[ambitionist]

[yeah his will save was steamrolled. he's not trying to argue with her, just ... get her to understand what his thought process is.] So... some random girl in England calls her and asks her to come over and fuck up some other girl's memory, and then what? You think she'd be like "okay, I'll be right over"?

[bittersweeter]

Well, I wouldn't put it like that exactly. And I'd probably fly to New York to talk to her in person. [ her shoulders sag slightly, because he's not wrong and she's not dumb enough to think it will be easy to convince a stranger to help. it was almost fucking impossible to get amara to even think about helping herself. BUT SHE HAS TO TRY OKAY. she is hideously invested in this sorceress who probably doesn't even give a shit about her. ]

[ambitionist]

I wish you wouldn't. [there. flat, plain, and simple.]

[bittersweeter]

[ standing up, lila walks over to the edge of the pod, pressing her fingertips against the glass. after a while, she sighs. ] Okay.

[ she'll just find something else. somehow. ]

[ambitionist]

[he gets up and goes over to stand beside her.] Tell me more about the curse girl. [EFFECTIVE SUBJECT CHANGE.]

[bittersweeter]

[ noooooooo, she doesn't want to talk about it. but the words just jump out of her mouth life raf on a bridge without buffy. ]

Her name is Amara. She's a homo-magi. Apparently her people have this fucked up curse where they fall in love with the first person they see. I don't know if it's just guys or if the curse is equal opportunity. I'm guessing not, though. Anyway, she saw a knight so they took her home and she's been stuck here ever since while the guy she's in love with is... somewhere else, in hiding or something, so he can't fuck her while she's under the influence.

[ the amount of fucks she gives for david is in the negatives. she doesn't even really care much that he's emma's dad. she has "protect amara" blinders on. david is cassel. lila doesn't care. ]

[ambitionist]

[he takes in the new info, thoughtful.] That sucks.

[I DIDN'T SAY HIS RESPONSE WAS GOING TO BE THOUGHTFUL ... ]

[bittersweeter]

Yup. And she thinks she's so in love, I just want to slap her. But it's not her fault.

[ambitionist]

What sort of stuff have you tried to break the curse?

[bittersweeter]

We tried to get a magic apple, but that... was a fucking catastrophe. [ she leans her elbows on the metal railing, tracing letters on the glass. ] And I convinced Amara to try to break her own curse, but I had to convince her I didn't think she was cursed in the first place.

[ that is how good a liar she is. because she's obviously not okay with the curse, but she still managed to lie her fucking ass off. ] The memory thing was sort of a last resort. That and... what your sister does? That what Cassel's mom did to me. Sylar can do the same thing. That's the other last resort. Curses are just so hard to figure out. [ and she is so frustrated. ]

[ambitionist]

Fucking with her memory's not gonna do anything unless you can lift the curse, anyway. She'll forget the guy, but then what? It's like moving furniture around in a blind man's house. She'll know something's up.