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

[unlost]

[She nods sadly. At least that matches up with what she's heard already.]

That's what Mr. Gold said. I was going to speak with Wynn about it, but he seemed distant and...

[She shakes her head.]

I need to see him. He doesn't even know that I'm here.

[uncurse]

Even if he did …

[ Oh man. ]

When we first got here, he had no idea who I was. Who any of us were. I mean, it wouldn't be the first time you guys made it through amnesia to find one another, but … You should know that there's a good chance when we do find him, he won't have any idea who you are.

[unlost]

[She looks like she's been punched.

She knew the Veil took memories, knew all too well having found Regina with nearly all of hers taken, but it hadn't even occurred to her that...]

He's forgotten us?

[Not just her, but their child? It was endlessly cruel.

Oh look, she failed her will save.

She shakes her head, moisture beading in the corners of her eyes.]

No, it doesn't matter. We just have to be together. Everything will be fine.

[It was easier when she thought he was here yet.]

[uncurse]

Hey.

[ Suddenly awash with guilt, Emma raises her hands to Snow's shoulders, rubbing them reassuringly. It's not a hug, but it's … friendship. That's the distance she's comfortable with right now. ]

We'll find a way to bring him home. Whatever it takes. And when he's back, we'll ... work the rest out then.

[unlost]

[Snow has the infinite wisdom to figure out what that affectionate gesture means (wisdom 22), but if anything it...only makes her feel worse.

She files those emotions away though (will save 15), happy enough that Emma feels compelled to comfort her at all.

It's terrible, though. Comforting is what she's supposed to be doing for her, not the other way around.

So basically, in the end, she just feels like a terrible mother, too. Hooray~]

Of course we will. We've done it before. What's one more time?

[Just going by what you said, Emma. Curses be damned.]

[uncurse]

Yeah, well. Last curse involved me fighting a dragon. I wouldn't mind if this time around, it was a little easier to dispel.

[ just saying. ]

[unlost]

Maybe all Amara needs is to find her real true love.

[Is she trying to make a bad joke or is she serious? We just don't know.]

[uncurse]

[ empty stare. ]

Seriously? I don't think she's gonna be falling for anyone like this.

[unlost]

[Her lips press together and she looks away. I guess she was just trying to be hopeful.]

No, I guess you're right.

[uncurse]

[ It occurs to her that she's just been a huge, dream-crushing cunt. ]

No, I'm not. You are. Anything we haven't tried yet, we should be looking at. Obviously the leads we have been following having paid off.

[unlost]

[It's not quite as bad as all of that.]

Let's not get to tied up in the bad, okay? We still found each other again. That's worth celebrating.

[uncurse]

Yeah.

[ Emma admits, drumming up a swelling smile that pulls on every reservoir of hope she's got. ]

It definitely is. [ She nods towards the bar. ] Come on. You need to catch me up on what you do remember, from this side of the Veil.

[unlost]

[She smiles and gives her a nod, heading in that direction.]

And you can tell me what I've missed since you got here.

[She gives her a long, happy look.]

My daughter, a knight. [A beat.] I'm so proud of you.

[uncurse]

I did it to find you.

[ Said as if that should be obvious. ]

You and David both. When I first got to this world, I was back in Maine, but not … Storybrooke wasn't there anymore. But you came with me through that portal: I knew you had to be here somewhere. When I met Max, I knew the Knights were my best chance to find you.

[unlost]

And you found us.

[As if there were any other outcome.]

Nothing could ever keep us apart for very long.

[And nothing would keep them from her father forever, either.]

[uncurse]

It's been nearly two years since I last saw you. A year since David. What's your definition of very long?

[unlost]

Well, I didn't get to watch you grow up, right?

Two years is nothing compared to that.