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

[allaboutme]

I'm pretty sure the point of magic is supposed to make life easier. [ she snorts, moving her hand from her hip, to fold her arms in front of her chest defensively. ] But whatever. Just... show me where they keep the mops, alright? [ her visible discomfort at the request switches to a quick tense warning as she adds sternly: ] And don't breathe a word of this to anybody else, if you know what's good for you.

[theshameofcain]

Only in Harry Potter. [Bambi raises an eyebrow and slides off the counter, digging out a dishtowel from a drawer.] Here. It's a little more subtle than a mop. If anyone asks, you can hide it and say you dropped an earring.

[allaboutme]

[ that causes her to brighten a bit, obviously glad for anything that might help her avoid complete social breakdown before she even establishes a real presence. she snatches the dishtowel from bambi, looking her over. ] Not bad.

So if you're not the help, who are you supposed to be?

[theshameofcain]

[She's a helper.] I'm a master in the art of deception.

[Except not really. She smirks.] Also a squire. Future Hoard, if I ever get promoted. I'm a forger before anything though.

[allaboutme]

Isn't that the nerd section? [ SKEPTICAL ONCE-OVER ] I guess they probably don't have a sect called the Dragon's Parole Violation.

[theshameofcain]

You'd be shocked how many Knights are ex-criminals. [She raises an eyebrow. SOME PEOPLE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN JAIL, CORDY. SOME PEOPLE MAY NEVER HAVE LEFT JAIL. DO YOU WANT TO BE SOMEONE'S PRISON BITCH IN YOUR HOME BECAUSE YOU COULDN'T KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT???] I'm Bambi. Bambi Dalton.

[allaboutme]

Cordelia Chase. And I'm sort of already getting that, considering Faith's a Knight. I don't know who thought that was a winning idea.

[theshameofcain]

[Bambi looks at her oddly.] Faith O'Keefe?

[I love how many times this happens to Bambi. She hasn't even met that Faith.]

[allaboutme]

Who? No. Faith-- [ wait she doesn't even know her last name ngl ] -- Mcskankerson.

[theshameofcain]

Ah yeah. Faith Mcskankerson. Of the Clan McSkankerson.

[She snorts.] Never met her. What did she do? Steal your boyfriend? [.....] Your boyfriend and your car, maybe.

[allaboutme]

Uh, more like she turned into a murderous psycho who helped the Mayor plan to ruin graduation by turning into a giant snake demon?

[theshameofcain]

[.......]

Your high school experience was way more intense than mine.

[allaboutme]

That's Sunnyhell for you.

[theshameofcain]

And I thought Philly was bad. [Damn girl.]

[allaboutme]

Well, yeah, but a different kind of bad.

[theshameofcain]

Definitely lacking in giant snakes, although there were some professors in college who could have been... [she thinks for a moment.] Actually, I'm pretty sure my Econ professor was a yuan-ti, but mercifully they don't turn into giant snakes at will.

[allaboutme]

What is that? Like Chinese?

[theshameofcain]

[Bambi snorts.] Snakebloods. They're like people-snake hybrid Shadowkind.

[allaboutme]

Wait, so people are grouping me in with things like that when they call me Shadowkind?

[theshameofcain]

It's all one big happy Shadow World, so yeah.

[allaboutme]

Uh, I don't know about you? But I'm from California. Doesn't get much less shadowy than that.

[theshameofcain]

I heard about that- people stumbling from the Veil who are, like, from parallel worlds like this one, instead of just the Shadow World, but try explaining that to the crazy racists.

[allaboutme]

I don't know how they even think they can tell. It's not like I'm sporting a forked tongue and scales.

[theshameofcain]

It's like how New Yorkers always know when someone's a tourist, even when they're trying to blend in. People who've lived here all their lives react to things differently than people who haven't.

[allaboutme]

You mean to things like running into an elf in the subway?