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

[impetere]

[She nods a bit at that.]

Me too. Better than just ... long awkward silences.

[People who can fill the silence and only need occasional commentary is a good thing for her. It makes her feel like she's a part of the conversation, involved in something, without having to be someone she's not or feeling like she has to force the conversation somehow.]

[olreliable]

Just lots of long, awkward rambles instead. [She says with a shrug of her shoulders, because she's not mad about it.]

So besides science, are you into anything else?

[impetere]

[She shrugs a bit.]

I like to work out?

[There's a pause.]

I'm trying to catch up on movies and stuff. I wasn't really watching any for a while.

[olreliable]

Oooh, movies! [Not working out. Willow can't really do much with that one, but movies!]

What kind? Comedy? Romance? Horror? I never really liked horror movies, but then I started helping slay demons and now they just don't have the same... bone chilling factor anymore.

[impetere]

[Her eyebrows go up a bit at slaying demons, but she'll set that to the side for now.]

Horror doesn't really do anything for me either.

[Creature of the night and all.]

I like action movies, though?

[olreliable]

Action movies are good! [Her best friend is a real life superhero, so she can appreciate a good action movie.] I think they have a pretty decent collection in one of the rec rooms. We could check it out if you want?

[impetere]

[She considers for a moment before nodding with a small smile.]

Yeah, sure. That sounds like fun.

[olreliable]

Great!

[Willow says with a grin. She leads the way to the rec room, heading to check out community DVDs or ones people just were too lazy to take out of there. Which includes Andrews James Bond collection. Oops.]

Anything look good?

[impetere]

[Cora browses through the covers - a lot of them she hasn't seen - before she stops on a copy of Halle Berry's Catwoman because the dice said I should go as awful as possible. The costume looks ridiculous, but she's used to that, unfortunately. Female superheroes are always in ridiculous clothing.]

Have you seen this one?

[olreliable]

[Seeing as it came out a few years after her canon point, Willow shakes her head.]

Nope. Let's pop it in. [She's s-so excited.] Ooh- snacks? We should have snacks.

[impetere]

[And thus begins the worst movie choice they've ever made. Cora moves over to the DVD player to put it in before glancing back to her.]

Popcorn?

[olreliable]

Definitely. I'll go find some. I just have to... remember where the kitchen is from here.

[She's still really new okay. And the castle is huge.]

[impetere]

[That's okay, Cora knows exactly where the kitchen is from here. It's one of her favorite places. And she can even give her decent directions to get there (navigate 17)!]

Make a left out of here, turn right at the end of the hallway. Go straight until you hit the entryway and then make a right. It'll be on your left-hand side.

[olreliable]

Left, right, straight, right, left hand side. [She rattles back (int 22).]

Got it. Okay. Be back in a few. [And off she goes! But fear not, she comes back soon with popcorn and soda and candy. They are all set, basically.]

Didn't start without me, did you?

[impetere]

[She shakes her head. The DVD menu screen is playing, and Cora is curled up on the couch, legs tucked under her Indian-style as she waits for Willow to get back.]

Nope. What'd you get?

[olreliable]

Popcorn. Milk duds. Twizzlers. And something called jaffa cakes The package looked good.

[pantry raid! she dumps the haul on the couch and takes her seat.]

[impetere]

[That is a good haul and pleased werewolf is pleased. She grabs the remote to DVD player and starts up the movie while reaching for the Twizzlers first.]

They smell like oranges.

[olreliable]

They do? [She picks one up and opens it to get a better small.] Oh, wow, they do. That's some nose you have, huh?

[impetere]

[She gives a bit of a shrug.]

I've always had a pretty good sense of smell.

[She very slowly gauges who to come out of the werewolf closet too. She knows that not a lot of people around here have things against werewolves and there are a fair amount of non-humans around, but it's still her secret to tell and she'll tell it when she's ready.]

[olreliable]

My boyfriend back home did too. But that was because of the whole...werewolf thing.

[surprise?]

[impetere]

[ ... Oh. Well then. That clears up a lot. Cora's eyes widen in surprise at first, but in the end she just smirks.]

Me too.

[olreliable]

[Willow doesn't realize what Cora's said at first, so she just smiles and nods and then suddenly her expression drops to shock-]

Wait, really? That's awesome!

[impetere]

[She laughs a bit at that, before shrugging.]

I guess? I've always been one, so it's not like I know how to be any other way.

[olreliable]

Really? I thought it was a whole... bitey thing.

[impetere]

Not where I'm from. I mean, you can get bitten, but you can be born a wolf too. My family has been werewolves for a ... really long time.