Day 1 - Morning

[wizardseason]

Morning: 06:00am - 12:00noon

[ IRL Timeframe: February 18th - February 25th, 2019 ]

The day begins quietly, with no indications that anything strange could occur today. The Princess and the Knights have all arrived on the island. Maybe you arrived a few days ago or maybe you just got off your red-eye flight before the sun came up. Everyone's on Harsen Island and so is the Wizard.

Things start simpler for Luka Eutychia, Olivia Walkyr, and Rory Honeycomb. The instant they set foot on the island, Olivia and Rory will both get an image of Luka in their heads and realize that they are the good-allured knights and he's the Princess. Luka, meanwhile, will see both Olivia and Rory in his thoughts and realize they're the good allured knights.

The Weather

• Sunny.


• 72°F / 22°C


• Slightly breezy, makes the trees wave.

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Prompts:

• 6:00am: It's the early morning celebration van! In all three towns, someone's driving around a vehicle playing blaring music and shouting "Let's go Knights! Let's go Princess! Beat that Wizard!". Seems like someone wants the heroes to succeed, hopefully your characters weren't sleeping. If you confront them, maybe they'll have something to say?



• 8:00am: Far Haven: All Knights and the Princess are invited to a big breakfast banquet. Come one, come all! Maybe meet some of the locals? Maybe chat with your fellow heroes? All knights are given lanyards, but the princess gets a lanyard and a crown if he's here, and they're all seated at the big hero table.



• 9:30am: Bamborough: All Knights and the Princess are invited to an oceanside brunch! Wether they live in Bamborough or they live elsewhere and visited here, they're welcome to eat the brunch and participate in waterfront games. Thank the resort owner for this welcome! Or chat it up with your fellow heroes by the water. By now everyone should be full.



• 11:00am: Craydon: Craydon's welcome is much more modest, the locals have invited the Princess and his knights to the local Multipurpose Center. They've set out a spread of light appetizers, chips and dips, vegetables and spreads, fresh breads and cheeses, modest drinks. It's the least extravagant of the welcomes but the locals are still here to meet and greet everyone. With a smile and a handshake they wish everyone the best of luck. How are you and your fellow heroes holding up with all this attention? Did you skip all these events? Attend all of them?



• 11:30am: The Wizard (Year 40 She/Her/Hers) strides in to the Craydon Multipurpose Center with her hands in her pockets and casually looks around the room with a gentle smile on her face and huge bags under her eyes. Her eyes are black with cyan sparkles in them, looking very much like outer space itself as she scans the room and everyone in it. Good luck for anyone here, they get first dibs on seeing the Wizard. She'll be shuffling around the multipurpose center in her light blue pajamas and bunny slippers, occasionally adjusting her tiny glasses as she looks around. At least she's got her wizard hat on so no one could miss what she looks like this year. It's a shocking difference from the big muscled dude (Year 39 He/Him/His) she was last year or the slick suit-wearing smooth talker (Year 38 They/Them/Theirs) they were the year before but it's still absolutely the same wizard.

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Procedure::

Reply to the appropriate toplevel comments for events below. Indicate if a post is a private conversation with "Private" in the subject otherwise all threads should be open to interaction with others. Plan OOCly how you'd like to toss everyone around. Several simultaneous wizard conversations can exist in the replies, she's going to stick around to talk to everyone. Feel free to OOCly decide what order they spoke in or leave it a mystery.

Comments

Re: 6:00am - Bamborough; five star hotel

[disguiseself]

[Olivia waved at the van from her balcony on the top floor of the most luxurious hotel in town. She was usually one for small, cozy rooms but, considering she had been chosen to do the impossible, she figured she at least deserved to spoil herself for a few days. The bath was huge, the minibar was full, and the bed was incredibly comfortable.

Not that she was able to make any use of it, with these loud assholes driving around.]

If I die, I'm gonna haunt them.

[wizardseason]

[ Despite Olivia's comment, the van continues on undisturbed. It's blaring music and horns and making an awful ruckus as it drives through the streets. From behind Olivia, there's the gentle clacking of a certain someone's hooves on the floor. ]

They only mean the best, but they haven't learned how to behave the best. [ Iv's voice comes calm and gentle, hey Ox knight here's your companion. ]

[disguiseself]

[Olivia sighs, turning around to greet her companion with a nod and a small smile. They hadn't spent too much time together yet (and, honestly, Olivia had probably tried to escape her a few times when she first showed up), but Iv was quite nice.]

I know they mean well, but they could try doing it more quietly. Just "hashtag keeping the knights in my prayers today" would have been enough, you know?

[She leans back against the balcony's railing, crossing her arms.]

[wizardseason]

[ Iv starts idly floating, hooves leaving the ground, to get high enough to see fully over the balcony and down to the van. She's a little bit back from the balcony and she probably could've just walked up to the edge and looked over, but floating was more fun. ]

I would prefer hashtag Ox knight best knight. [ She immediately glances at Olivia, hoping for an approval of the joke. Validate your animal companion please. ]

[ From down below, the party van screeches around a street corner and fades into the distance. For viewers watching this on Netflix, the subtitle now shows: [Party van jamming softly in the distance] ]

[disguiseself]

[Olivia chuckles softly, smiling at Iv.]

Best duo right here, am I right? [You have successfully received Validation.

She looks away with another sigh, seemingly lost in her thoughts for a moment, tail swinging idly before she speaks again.]

I still don't really understand why I'm here though. Or, more like - why I am here, I guess.

[wizardseason]

[ Yesss validation. Iv practically radiates amusement for several moments before Olivia gets a little too real for this situation and Iv clops around in a little circle while thinking about how to respond. ]

I've never understood the specifics of it, there's no pattern, there's no reason, it just is. [ A beat. ]

But I'm glad it's you. [ Supportive Ox companion likes you! ]

[disguiseself]

[She laughs, waving her hand dismissively.] Bah, I'm sure you say that to all your Knights.

[There's a pause before she speaks again, trying to keep a light tone so Iv won't worry about her. She seems like the type to support feeling jams, but Olivia definitely doesn't.] I just don't really think I'm... qualified? To be doing this? I'm more of a "flight" than "fight" person, as you uh, may have noticed.

I doubt I can just hide from the monsters, or win by just stealing the Wizard's hammer, you know?

[wizardseason]

[ Iv tilts her head as she looks up at her knight. ]

I can give you weapons? You can find a way that to fight that works for you? [ Back to a little happy clop after a moment. ]

If you hit the wizard with her own hammer I'll be cheering you on!

[disguiseself]

Ah! Your weapons will be the only thing that actually hurts the Wizard's monsters, right?

[She smiles at Iv's encouragement, petting her snout affectionately.] Well, I'll be counting on you!

[wizardseason]

[ Iv is immediately nodding, yep, that's correct! Knight weapons were the thing to be used to kill monsters that's exactly correct. ]

Just let me know what you need! A sword, a shield, a big rock, I can make it all!

[disguiseself]

[Olivia produces a dagger out of some hidden pocket in her clothing, giving it some thought.] I'm okay at using these but - I'll have to think about it. Maybe a really big dagger...

Wait, that's just a sword.

Maybe a cool sword, though!