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

[nothingsodivine]

Force of habit. [IT'S NOT EVEN A LIE. He is pretty used to just... wiping off the blood and moving on with his life. But fiiine, here. Have his hand. The wariness, he tries to brush off with:] I've never really been a big doctor guy. I was actually hoping Myri was around.

[pathology]

Why, because clerics are so much better? [she takes offense, assuming he's asking for myri because she's a cleric and not a medic. isn't it great that that's where she goes instead of ... racism???] When the veil closes and magic goes kaput, I'll be the only one here actually worth jack shit. Solace is going to make me a plaque.

[will he tho, astrid?? will he?????]

[nothingsodivine]

Well, they do have the benefit of not having to use antiseptic. [That is not... even the point, but that shit stings like a bitch and he's a wuss about pain sometimes. Being used to it doesn't make you like it.

And he rolled a 3 will save to... not be racist. I'm taking that as a fail even if it's still like... 16 with mods.] You a snakeblood?

[pathology]

[she reaches to grab the no-sting skin prep stuff for him because he's apparently a big baby ... but then his question makes her stop what she's doing and stare like WERWATEY???]

Why?

[nothingsodivine]

I'm making conversation. [Because conversations usually start with "are you x race." There is no saving this.] And I did some work with some yuan-ti awhile back.

[They ate people, Astrid.

Notice how none of that makes... it less racist. Des has never claimed he isn't kind of a tool.]

[pathology]

Racism is a casual conversation topic? [she purses her lips in annoyance ... but bandages his wounds anyway. BCUZ SHE IS A DOCTOR. treat injury 22. she also restores 6 hp. hopefully babou ii didn't take 6 hp out of him when he bit/scratched ... that would be sad.] I am, thanks for asking like a jerkwad, but I don't like ... associate with them or anything.

[nothingsodivine]

Depends on who you ask. [Failboat sorta just accidentally racism a lot, okay. Then they glare at each other. Then they turn around and do it themselves. It's terrible.

He flexes his hand experimentally around the bandage. Luckily Babou II didn't go for his gun hand. He probably assumed he was a righty like sane people. But no. Leftie pride.] And okay, I've been told that I don't have a whole lot of tact. It just startled me, all right? The ones I used to run with were less concerned about treating injuries and more concerned with... eating people.

[pathology]

[she wrinkles her nose.] Ugh, no. Fuck you. I barely even eat meat. ... Who were you working with?

[nothingsodivine]

Group down in New Orleans. I say "group." I think cult is more apt. It was an information gathering thing. I ended up having to cut ties pretty quickly when they tried to have me hunt down my-

[awkward pause. he winces.]

-my friend.

[pathology]

[her face is stuck on a an "ew gross" expression while she washes her hands. she is not here to give a fuck about jade ok, she's just like ew cannibalism.] Like, I know yuan-ti do it, my parents would make "special accomodations" at their parties and I guess they ate it too because manners, but that's so gross. Like, you know the stuff people put in their bodies, right? I can't imagine ... eating that. Ugh. No. [so what she's saying is ... she'd be ok with grass fed free range human???? no probably not.]

[nothingsodivine]

[Des really regrets bringing this up. He really regrets it.]

Yeah, and meat processing procedures for humans are just so cruel.

[Deadpan.]

[pathology]

Obviously. [she deadpans right back. u suck, des.] Want a gummi bear?

[nothingsodivine]

[WOW YOU REALLY THINK HE CAN EAT WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT HER PARENTS HAVE HUMAN MEAT AT THEIR DINNER PARTIES SWIMMING IN HIS HE-]

Got any red ones?

[Guess he can.]

[pathology]

Those are the best ones! [such a pouty face.] But since you were mauled, I guess you can have one. [she pushes the bag across the counter towards him.] I'm Astrid M‪ädchen.

[nothingsodivine]

By Sterling Archer's... whatever-the-hell-that-is. Who gave him an animal, anyway? [He has earned his red gummi bears, but he'll be kind and take one red one. And one of the gross white ones while he's at it.] Desmond Descant. Or just Des. Since that's a mouthful.

[For, you know, a snakeblood. He sure did love making the New Orleans snakebloods say it though. :)]

[pathology]

[she shrugs.] Be glad it wasn't the crocodile. [a beat ... and then:] Hey, Des, can I ask you something?

[nothingsodivine]

[... WHO THE FUCK KEEPS A CROCODILE? ARE YOU PEOPLE INSANE?? That is just... Des's gummi bear chewing stare of disbelief that someone is actually keeping a crocodile here and it's not in a moat.]

Depends on what it is.

[That is totally a question someone wants to hear from a complete stranger.]

[pathology]

How did you know I was a snakeblood? Like, did my contacts fall out? Literally no one has ever asked me that since I've been here. Then again, I guess most people here aren't racist douchebags, but ...

[nothingsodivine]

You got a lisp. [He sticks his tongue in his cheek, like he's slightly embarrassed for being called on being a racist douchebag. WHOOPS.] Tiny one. Like I said, you spend a few months with yuan-ti, you get sensitive to that sort of thing.

Also I'm a detective- if I didn't pick up on shit like that, I'd be a piss-poor one.

[pathology]

[she makes an angry sulky face before shoving a handful of gummi bears in her mouth.] I took like, a million speech therapy classes to get rid of it! Balls.

[nothingsodivine]

Look, I've heard worse. You can actually say "Des" right.

[pathology]

How did the people you were rolling with say it? Desss?

[nothingsodivine]

Desssscant. [He rolls it off his tongue nearly flawlessly.] I think they thought my parents were especially cruel for yuan-ti. But they're the ones who believed me when I said I was one.

[pathology]

[she snorts a little.] It's not that weird. I mean, my name is Astrid. Asssstrid. [she reiterates how her parents would say it probably.] The sss sound is part of the Yuan-ti language. I'm pretty sure Lis'sa is a Yuan-ti name. ... Dragon's Hoard sect leader.

[nothingsodivine]

That's taking the snake thing a little far, don't you think?

[IT'S NOT RACIST?? IT'S A LEGITIMATE QUESTION ABOUT CULTURE???]