after-party ♔ september

[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 || September 6th, 2014, 6:00PM
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

[impetere]

[She gives a bit of a shrug. It's not her fault, and there's a part of her that's glad she knows. She knows the odds of Peter both falling through the Veil and finding his way to the Knights are slim - she's still astonished that from what she knows about the Veil she and Derek both found their way here to begin with. She doesn't expect to get that lucky twice. But if he does, she would want to be prepared if he wasn't the person she remembered.

But there's still a part of her that desperately wants Allison to be wrong.]

I hadn't seen them since before the fire. The last thing I remember from Beacon Hills is being stuck in this bank vault. But Derek doesn't remember anything at all - even me. I'm ... I'm trying to tell him everything, but I'm also trying not to overwhelm him either.

[risked]

The bank vault? [Allison remembers there being a girl and Boyd.]

With Erica and Boyd?

[impetere]

[She nods at the mention of the bank vault. Yeah, that sounds about right. But at the same time ... ]

I don't know who Erica and Boyd are. But I was there, and then I was in London.

[Veilnesia. Whoops.]

[risked]

Deucalion was holding you -- in an abandoned bank. [She pats her pockets and retrieves a pen and then draws the logo of the bank on her palm. She lifts it to show her.]

With this on the floor?

[impetere]

[She nods a bit.]

Yeah, it was a hecatolite vault. Kept us from feeling the moon.

[Her head tips to the side as she watches her for a moment.]

Were you there?

[risked]

I -- I found the bank and I tried to help. I found Erica... in a closet. They just left her there. I came to the vault door, Derek and Scott had already arrived - it had been a trap, because Deucalion knew you hadn't turned and it was a full moon.

Mountain ash lined the vault and you were attacking Scott and Derek. I broke the line and you got loose. They tracked you, bringing you toward the school. I tracked you on my own and helped once I realized you weren't going the way they wanted.

I was heading back home, then I was here.

[impetere]

[She pauses before shaking her head.]

I guess that happened after I came through the Veil? I mean, I had that turn here, in London. That's how the Knights found me.

[risked]

[Allison blinks. She hadn't expected that.]

It happened after? How can that...? [She's not sure how that can be possible. Lydia mentioned that Stiles seems to know more, that Lydia had been missing memories, but if Cora's turn just happened here instead-- that means she was in two places at the same time.]

It doesn't make any sense.

[impetere]

[She shrugs. Don't ask her how this works, she's not exactly a science-minded person.]

I don't really know how the Veil works. I just know that for me, it didn't happen in the bank. Or in Beacon Hills.

[risked]

[It almost makes more sense than her not having all of her memories, but if there's no way to know... she'll just continue in this cloud of doubt.]

I won't tell Derek. It's not my place to... it wasn't my place to say it to you, either.

[impetere]

No, it's okay.

[The gratitude is there about keeping it from Derek. But at the same time, she knows that they can't keep everything from them.]

One of us should know.

[risked]

[She realizes suddenly that she hasn't even told Cora her name.]

I'm Allison, by the way. Allison Argent.

[impetere]

[And at the name Argent there's ... nothing. No recognition, no nagging feeling that that's something she should know. She doesn't know how she knows so much about her family, but that's a discussion for another time. They've had enough of that for one night.]

Cora. Nice to meet you.

[She already knows the "Hale" part, obviously.]

[risked]

[It is odd that there isn't any sort of hint of recognition there. Allison had expected her family's reputation to come to Cora's mind, but it's clear that part of Beacon Hills is gone for Cora. Probably for the best.]

If you have more questions, you can always come find me.

[impetere]

Yeah. Thanks.

[She ... probably won't. She'll probably go to Stiles first because she knows him better, but she'll definitely come to Allison for questions about Allison, which she'll probably have eventually.]

[risked]

[That'll be fine. Allison nods and then heads off to go talk to someone else.]