CLOSED ♔ knighting ceremony

[koraith]

WHO || Wynn, Elena Gilbert, Koraith, Myri, Colin Banks, Dumage, Andie, Finnick, Buffy, Spike, Vi, Luthir, Francesca, Archer, Des, Mark, Kat, Gar, Rose, Alaric, Klaus, Dawn, various other members of the Dragon's Tongue [closed]
WHAT || Elena's full Knighting ceremony; induction into the Dragon's Tongue
WHERE || Knight's Headquarters, the Great Hall
WHEN || Tues May 27th, evening FORWARD DATED
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.

Myri, Wynn, and Koraith wait up at the front of the room for Elena to approach them, but the attitude of the ceremony is much more relaxed, full of smiles and light conversation on all sides. Of course, when Wynn speaks, people still hush. It's just how he rolls.

"Sir Elena Gilbert, please kneel."

Comments

[isisagent]

. . . [Historic moment: Archer sets his Martini down, unfinished. He stares, slack-jawed at the mess.]


I... Am I taking crazy-pills? [He stares warily at the drink, wondering if it's laced with some hallucinogen.]

[wynn]

[ very few people in this room have seen wynn drop his composure even a millimeter so when he actually looks SHOCKED upon staring at the group entering, well, that's a bit unnerving in and of itself. his eyes move from the obvious absence of thomas (???) across the floor to where spike was just abandoned by elena on the dance floor. ]

[shootfirst]

[ kat doesn't even have time to be angry. she looks up from where she and gar are talking and just stares in horror at the broken appearance of her ex-squire. ]

... Myri?

[bigbad]

[What the fuck. Spike turns to stare in confusion himself at the door and his disheveled Franken-twin over there, and takes a couple steps forward extending one hand after Elena before stopping.] Wait, love...

[asuma]

[Klaus has no idea wtf is going on but he's just like popcorn.gif with his drink because shit is getting good.]

[notaroundme]

[She doesn't know what to think or feel, beyond the fact that she is pretty sure that she might very well get sick.

She takes another step or two back, her expression confused and horrified.]

Don't touch me.

[They're barely more than a whisper, because her voice doesn't seem to want to work right, and then she's turning and running because Myri is over there and she has to get to her.]

[65]

[NOOOOO. MYRI????? everything was going so well and then ... what the fuck. remember the time he was concerned about spike being a liability? THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO COME TRUE WHAT THE FUCK.]

Myri? [he'd move to get a better look, but he's paralyzed with ... heartbreak. his entire body just shut down.]

[graveflowers]

[ oh no they did not hurt her baby.

because she exists in a default state of everything is spiders she manages not to fall down crying as her brain tries to process. where is amaranth? (look, people, in times of stress the brain is known to fixate on particular things. don't judge.) her wherewithal to not cry turns into the opposite of what elena is doing. instead of rushing toward myri, or even finnick, she starts to move from her table toward spike.

clean spike. fake spike. gonna kill spike for daring to touch elena spike. ]

[littledhampir]

[It takes Rose a moment to realize how very wrong this situation is but it's the familiar looking guy with the really bad hair that makes her stomach twist because not even a minute ago, she'd been watching somebody that looked a hell of a lot like him, dancing with Elena.

She doesn't think so much as moves, heading straight for Elena and be damned whoever gets in her way because Rose is in hit first, ask questions later mode and the only person in this room, not at risk of being punched in the face is the brunette she's now standing near, inserting herself as a wall between Elena and... whoever the hell that guy was.]

[dragonsclaw]

[ jack manages to catch his breath to respond to buffy. he looks at her grimly and says one words, mired in many grim meaning. ]

Dimitris.

[ that said, his eyes search out the spike in the middle of the of hallway and he raises one hand to point at him, eyes hard. ]

Don't let him get away.

[bigbad]

[Spike's more than happy to comply. He squeezes Myri's shoulder a last time and crosses the room at a dead run. When he reaches the doppelganger, he slams his fist into the face that looks so much like his (atk 25, dmg 10).]

Hi there, mate. Miss me?

[bigbad]

[His head snaps to the side slightly, and he raises a hand to his cheek as he looks back up at the other Spike, before beseeching those around him, stepping backwards.] Don't tell me you're all gonna fall for this again. How many times does this git have to steal my face?

[nosdacariad]

[ mark moves with vi, coming up behind the cleaner of the two spikes and making an attempt to grab him from behind, but he jerks away and mark's hand grabs air. ] Who the hell are you?

[rationalizes]

[ gar has been staring in horror for the few brief moments since they walked in, but all it takes to unfreeze her is jack's order. she snaps to life, her eyes moving to the table she's standing by and she grabs a small heavy centerpiece in the shape of a silver dragon and chucks it, hard. (nat 20, I guess I should add the crit damage)

it thunks against the back of clean spike's head (14 dmg), distracting him for a moment as his head swivels around. ]

[bigbad]

[Spike ruefully rubs his head, gritting his teeth as he shouts:] I'm me, you bloody morons.

[notaroundme]

[Elena looks between Myri and Jack, turning her head back toward clean!Spike as the beatings begin, trying to figure out what's even real when he claims to still be the real Spike. (Sense Motive 28)

Also, Rose? She's reached out and taken her best friends hand, squeezing it to stop herself from shaking. Because even then, she can't tell, and that hurts so much she's not sure she can stand it.

Fighting isn't happening. Functioning is barely happening. So she's going to go with her gut...and keep moving toward Myri. She can't even...look over there right now.]

[meta]

[Deadpool's brought popcorn. He sits down next to Klaus and offers him some.]

This is so intense. Why do I never get a secret log?

[Maybe because you can't keep a secret to save your life?]

Oh yeah, that. Thanks, helpful brackets!

[graveflowers]

[ well, jack said "don't let him get away" and vi doesn't have her bow to shoot him to the wall so she grabs mark's arm to pull him back towards her and casts entangle at spike and... spike. the plants in the room cheerfully shoot out to twist and wrap themselves around the spikes and whomever happens to be in the immediate area of said spikes. sorry? (it'll take a reflex save of 18 to remain free of the slithering plants, but you still move half speed. if entangled, it takes a full round strength or escape artist check of 18 to break free.) ]

[littledhampir]

[Rose squeeze's Elena's hand back, a frown touching her lips as she looks at her out of the corner of her eye, pretty sure from Elena's reaction to all this that she's about to make this night worse for her best friend but somebody has to clear this up.]

Spike is a Vampire, right? [Speaking up for the first time since shit got real, Bad Boys style.] Cause the one who came in looking like a Hobo? Vampire. Peroxide guy, not so much...

[witchwoman]

[Everything happens so fast, too fast for Myri to hope to keep up with. Her gaze shifts amongst each face, a mixture of relief, terror, and concern. She's got her gaze locked on Finnick through most of it, staring back, just as unmoving as he is.

Elena approaching seems to pull her out of her own thoughts long enough, though. She steps towards the girl, meeting her halfway and doesn't say a word before pulling the girl in for a hug. Perhaps then it would be easier to tell that what little strength Myri had before has been drained away. She all but sags against Elena with a quiet sob.]

We can't let him live.

[Compassion wasn't something she had the luxury for any longer. Jack had asked them to stop the doppelganger but Myri wanted the bastard dead.]

[ex_ric243]

[Of all the nights to start drinking responsibly. Alaric has no idea what's going on, but like Rose his main concern is Elena. He might look like more of a wall when he moves over to stand beside her but in truth he is really a less effective wall. Whatever, y'all gonna have to go through papa bear too.]

[socialgraces]

[ francesca can't hide her horror at seeing spike and myri - and jack - in such a terrible state. she's ready to act, though, and she looks to wynn for further orders, despite myri's fervid request. ]

[imposturing]

[ ♬ black sheep - metric

the plants wind their way up his legs, and then up to his arms, because he FUCKING CRIT FAILED. bitch can't even move, he's strung up by plants. "spike" looks offended for a moment, but then he hears rose's remark...

and he starts chuckling.

it's a horrible hideous sound coming from spike, and it slowly morphs into a totally different voice as before them his features begin to shift, his blonde hair turning completely black, his features darkly handsome and smug as fuck. and familiar - oh so familiar - to elena and spike. ]

Alright, alright. You finally got me.

Uncle. [ now is the most appropriate time ever to cry 'uncle' clearly. ]

[nothingsodivine]

[Des has been dumbstruck for most of this, but when Myri, of all people, demands no mercy, Des's naturally merciless nature goes on overdrive. He moves through the crowd with a sense of purpose (dex 16), pulling his gun out of his pocket when he reaches the two entangled Spikes.

He fires one shot (atk 28, dmg 8) IN THE GENERAL KNEECAP AREA of... uncle jesse.

Have mercy, my ass.] Now assuming he don't bleed out, will someone tell me what the hell just happened?

[slay]

[ It's not the shock at the sudden, violent reveal that leaves Buffy paralyzed. Normally, she's quick to act on these things. It's Myri--the real Myri--and the comment Buffy hears her make. Slowly, she turns, wide-eyed to the hollowed out shell of a woman. Horror colors her expression at the cruelty of it--no matter how much bitterness and betrayal Buffy is feeling right now, none of it comes close to the sick feeling at hearing Myri cry out for someone's death with such steady certainty.

She breaks away then and moves for Wynn, shouting over the confrontation with the one that Vi has safely secured. ]

There's another one! [ Myri--or, more accurately, "Myri." She'd slipped out the door. Buffy replaces their encounter on fast forward, ad nauseum. She'd gotten upset and wanted to leave. Wanted to leave. How long had it been since then? In the wake of the chaos, her sense of time feels skewed. ] Lock down the castle, don't let any cars out. Myri was already here, we need to find her--[ A reflexive glance back at the real Myri. ] It.