after-party ♔ october

[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 || October 1st, 2014, 6:00PM [backdated]
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

[ex_boning176]

[Hey, he wasn't going to complain. Or tell anyone. He's just sippin' on his brown drank like it ain't no thang. Except he's probably a lot less classy about it because fifteen year old. Did you see him chugging that shit earlier? Apparently he doesn't realize that all alcohol doesn't need to be consumed in one gulp. Or two because he only downed half of the glass' contents. It's like a defense mechanism to get around the taste of ass that is a bunch of random hard liquors mixed together from your parents' stash.]

This doesn't even taste that bad. [Unlike said concoction he'd created in his empty soda bottle.]

[bittersweeter]

[ she snorts, amused. he's so cute. ]

Yeah, well, that's because I have better taste than a... what are you -- [ she squints, she's horrible with ages. she was a cat for over three years, okay. she was thirteen and then seventeen and it took until she was eighteen to figure out she's definitely a girl still and until she was nineteen to somewhat accept her age. ] -- sixteen? Seventeen? Whatever, I have better taste than a high school boy.

[ex_boning176]

[Hey, if she thought he was seventeen he wasn't going to be the one to go out of his way and correct her. Yolo. At least the next sip he takes is like an actual sip. He can be taught.]

How long have you been here? [She seemed to know her shit ok.]

[bittersweeter]

Year and a half. Something like that. [ long enough for the bartender to know her drink without her having to ask. :) ]

[ex_boning176]

What's it like? [He might be a little bit apprehensive about this whole thing, but it was for the best. At least here he could learn not to hurt people--and he'd have people looking out for him in return. That was the selling point they'd used to recruit him, anyway.]

[bittersweeter]

[ home. ]

It's like a family. A huge, annoying, occasionally psychopathic family. There are the cousins and siblings you like, the creepy uncles, the second cousins who make you want to punch them every time they speak. [ she shrugs. ] I don't know, it's like high school. You'll fit right in.

[ sorry liam, she just wasn't even trying with that explanation. ]

[ex_boning176]

[That would be great and really comforting except--]

I got kicked out of my high school.

[But A for effort, Lila. Really.]

[bittersweeter]

[ she shrugs. ] I quit when I was a senior.

[ex_boning176]

[He looks a little confused. In all fairness he is still tying this all back to her the knighthood is like high school metaphor. So like--]

Why?

[bittersweeter]

I joined the family business. [ another shrug. not to mention that she missed three years of school. the struggle was too real, tbh. this is why she has ric to teach her all the remedial shit she can't teach herself. and if he tells anyone, she'll just murder him. :) ]

[ex_boning176]

They didn't want you to graduate? [That sounds like the opposite of family as he's used to it. Drinks more scotch and soda tbh.]

[bittersweeter]

Higher education wasn't really necessary for my dad's particular line of work. My mom probably enjoyed it, used it as an excuse to be pissed at my dad.