after-party ♔ august

[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 || August 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

[slay]

“No one who’s heard him open his mouth likes him.”

Well. Someone liked him enough to get pregnant with his child and actually have it, so maybe that’s not entirely true. But she hasn’t quite forgotten the fact that he’s holding her not-boyfriend effectively hostage and also named his club after the dead girl they’re all still mourning. Dick.

“Stick around, I’m sure you’ll meet him sooner or later.”

[instinct]

"Looking forward to it," he says in intense deadpan. Derek sighs, scrubs at his face for a moment. "Besides, I don't really have much choice. I get the impression I'm supposed to live and learn here a while."

[slay]

“More or less,” she admits with a smile that crinkles her nose and creases the corners of her eyes. “The idea is that you’ll be supported and supervised until you know how it all works. Think of me like a safety net.”

Which evokes a strange mental image that Buffy distantly considers for a moment, squinting off into the distance. Whatever. Anyway.

“If you do go on missions without me, I’ll get reports from your Team Leader. They’ll be the one to talk to if you need anything that I’m not there to help with.”

[instinct]

"All right," Derek agrees. That all sounds pretty straight-forward, though something headstrong in him says he doesn't need support or supervision. But, ultimately, that won't matter if she's going off on another mission anyway.

Unfortunately, Derek is a man of little words, while it's becoming rapidly obvious that Buffy is a woman of many words, often awkward or strange words. He doesn't have any more questions, and seems to consider the case closed. But then he doesn't know what to do. Make small talk? Take his leave? Tell her, god forbid, about himself?

[slay]

Buffy will take column number three, thanks. Now that she’s got him talking, she’s wholly interested in getting him talking more. After Jaina’s ‘graduation,’ so to speak, they’d grown considerably closer in terms of what they shared with one another.

Maybe if Buffy works harder, she can get that out of the gate. Or maybe that would only be true if she had a squire who wasn’t Derek Hale.

“I know you’re probably feeling overwhelmed right now—it’s normal. Either you remember enough about your old life that this all feels crazy, or you don’t remember much about it at all and you’re even worse off 'cause it's a new place and a new you to get to know.”

Gentle nudging like hey which category are you in, Derek ???