open ♔ september castle socialization

[wynn]

WHO || Everyone! [ota]
WHAT || Shenanigans.
WHERE || Anywhere in the castle, surrounding environs, London, etc!
WHEN || First half of September, any time between the September squiring ceremony and the War announcement on September 18th
HOW || Actionspam

[ The castle can be a happening place, even on more mundane days. This log is for random interactions over the course of the first half of the month.    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:
Drax @ the desk
Kate Bishop @ the desk
Sam @ the desk
Henry @ the desk
Kate Bishop @  roof/dining hall/library/grounds/bathrooms/desk/Dragon's Hoard/etc
Abigail @ Movie theater / library /firing range / training room
Francesca & Val'drin | closed
Penelope & Sam @ the woods
Emma Frost @ the library
Spike @ rec room
Lydia, Stiles, Astrid, Adam | closed

Comments

[wanttobeahero]

[ Wow this is a lot to take in all at once, because suddenly... HI GRANDPA.

This shift needs to end soon, though, so he can hit the hard liquor. Right now, though, he looks like he wants to throw up. ]

How do we fix her?

[ He needs to know, because... ] She's my mom.

[ ...oh, yeah, you're welcome, Gold. ]

[undealt]

[SURPRISE. That gets Gold's attention. His attention snaps to the boy and he just... stares at him.]

Henry?

[Instinctively, he grabs the calendar on the desk to make sure they haven't been missing FOR FUCKING YEARS.]

[pathology]

That's why we want Hasmed and Solace in here, fucking duh.

[and now she's looking between the two of them like wtf....??????]

[wanttobeahero]

[ He wants to know exactly what they're going to do to her, of course, but that'll obviously have to wait.

Besides, now there's...something else to deal with. He sighs heavily, trying...not to look at his mom's head. ]

Yeah. It's me.

At least you remember.

[ Very much not the happy family reunion. At all. ]

[undeleted]

[ yeah this lady's 2000% done with lugging your stone mom around, so excuse her for very flatly saying as she sets her down with a THUMP: ] If it makes you feel any better, she probably wouldn't remember you either. You have one of those faces only a mother could forget.

[undealt]

I certainly remember you being ten last time I saw you.

[Nope. It's still 2014. Huh. Weird.

He gives GLaDOS a look.] I'm glad humanity has done nothing for that charming personality of yours, dearie.

[wanttobeahero]

[ He's definitely already feeling better after those words of comfort.

And that sass he got from Regina is always gonna be there, so just as flatly: ]

That definitely makes it better.

[ And then there's Gold to deal with. Now it is actually sort of a comfort having him here, but that feels so strange to think. ]

We need to talk. After...my mother's head is reattached to her body. [ That's a thing he would really like to happen now. ]

[pathology]

[astrid is gonna go get hasmed and solace herself in five seconds stg. save her from this awkward country bumpkin family reunion. but first she's gonna ... be a teenage girl. to henry:] Can I use your phone?

[undealt]

There'll be... plenty of time for catching up later, I imagine.

[still s-so shellshocked about Henry's puberty.]

[wanttobeahero]

[ After my mother's head is reattached to her body. He still can't believe those are actual words he's had to speak out loud.

He glances at Astrid, though, a half-smile on his lips for just a second as he nods. ] It's all yours.

[ And then, to Gold: ] Yeah. Looking forward to it.

[ Is he...sincere? Mostly. ]

[pathology]

[thank god!! she's going to take his phone and start texting adam her life story.]

[wanttobeahero]

[ Meanwhile, Henry doesn't really care about anything else right now, like...literally nothing else. She could even take his phone for all he cares. He just wants his mom back, and that's all he can bother to think about. And he'd like not to be on desk duty anymore, but he, of course, dutifully doesn't move. ]

[eldritchweaver]

[ hasmed and solace stride into the lobby side by side, and hasmed looks appalled at what he sees. his eyes seek out gold, and there's a flash of accusation there. ] ... What is this?

[undealt]

Entirely not my fault.

[DON'T LOOK AT HIM LIKE THAT. He points at GLaDOS.] I suggest you take all complaints about the matter in Germany to her- after we've dealt with Ms. Swan's condition, that is. And located Ms. Chamberlain.

[pathology]

[astrid looks up from her texting to look at gold like UHHHHHHH.... YOU EXPLAIN. BE A LEADER. NOSE GOES. I'M KEEPING THIS TAG GOD DAMN IT]

[sirsolace]

[ solace approaches the statue of emma, walking around it slowly, and then looks back at the head ] Reattachment will be... not without its risks. We'll do best to attempt to mend the statue together before doing so.

[pathology]

I read a study that said if someone in a petrified state was broken, as long as you join the pieces together before un-petrifying them, they should come back as a whole person. That's right, right? [she looks between hasmed and solace like PLEASE FEED MY BURNING DESIRE TO ALWAYS BE RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING. she's more concerned about that .... than emma. bcuz she's a lil sociopath.]

[sirsolace]

It is, but the definition of 'joined' can be a bit shaky. If enough pieces broke off the bottom of the head or the top of the statue, then there's a potential disjuncture that could... cause a disturbance to that. It's best to mend the statue first, just in case. It will only take a moment. [ in fact, he has that shit prepped right now, so he's gonna pick up the head and place it atop the statue, before pulling out the symbol of ilmater around his neck and muttering a few words. a light glows beneath his hand and the statue is whole again... if not for a prominent crack visible around the throat. ]

[undealt]

[Well, that's gonna leave a mark, probably. Gold just stands there and sighs wearily.]

[pathology]

[astrid is the embodiment of the (unsure) face rn. SHE WAS SO SURE IT WOULD BE FINE....]

[eldritchweaver]

I've a scroll for the spell in my archives, so I'll have to go fetch it. But before I do, perhaps you'd care to explain what you mean about locating Sir Chamberlain.

[undealt]

One of her spells backfired and sent her outside of the facility. We've had no way of locating her.

[He sighs. Perhaps he should... backtrack.] The incidents in Germany were being caused by a machine created by Luckman industries- spells used in the vicinity of the field created by that machine caused unpredictable effects. Fortunately, the machine is now destroyed, but we've been left with a bit of a mess on our hands.

[sirsolace]

[ solace exchanges a look with hasmed that says gurrrrrl. ] It seems we've much to catch up on. [ he shoots glados a look, but figures that shit is gonna have to wait. what even. ] I can attempt to discern Faye's location, while Hasmed fixes Sir Swan here.

[pathology]

And I can't smell or taste anything, which ... I know, isn't really number one priority, I get it, but I want to put fixing that on the to-do list.

[sirsolace]

[ solace glances at her, but hasmed just ignores that entirely. sigh. off he goes... ] We'll see to it in time. For now, I need something that's belonged to Faye.