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

[daddykong]

Garrot had the time to binge-watch the interviews, and he's got to admit that Rory seemed like one of the more enjoyable Knights. She was so nice and sunny and earnest, and it reminded him a bit of himself to a degree. So with a clear opportunity, he's made his way to the chair next to hers, carefully reclining in his suit. The chair isn't built for someone as tall as him, so he's just awkwardly crossing his legs so his feet don't go right into the sand. No suit jacket to be seen, though- for the best with how warm it is here!

"You're the Tiger Knight." As it turns out, he's got a tall, orangey-pink drink in his hand, complete with little umbrella. "The farm girl, right?" And then he takes a sip of his drink by way of two different bendy straws. "I'm, uh..." he clears his throat before speaking in what's clearly a forced, formal tone, "Dr. Hrugarrot Murtakhor."

He chuckles, and the tension and formality fade away immediately. "You can call me Garrot. Hell, you can even just call me Doc, as long as I know you're talkin' to me." And then his non-drink-holding hand reaches out for a handshake.

[roaryrory]

Rory is a little lost in thought when Garrot plops down next to her, so she startles and whips her head in his direction. She relaxes once she realizes this is another knight, though.

"Yeah, I'm the Farm Tiger Knight Girl, hi! Wait... No, Tiger Knight farm girl, sorry. You're the Monkey Knight, right?"

She accepts the handshake, beaming brightly and not revealing at all that his full name just got lost on her. At least the nickname is easy to remember.

"I like the name Garrot! It's like carrot with a G. Reminds me of home."

[daddykong]

"Daww," He lets out alittle noise of endearment. "That's what my youngest says, too!" But then his tone gets deadpan. "I sure hope I remind her of home though, because she lives with me." He stifles a laugh at his horrible joke, and then bendy-straws more of that drink down. Beach resorts are such treasures.

"So, you adjusting to everything okay, Miss..." Shit. He forgot her name, he forgot her entire name and just remembered that she looks fun! It was something sweet. Fruit? No. HONEY. Honey what?! There's the briefest flash of stress on his face. "Honey... bunch?"

That's wrong, that's so wrong. His kids can probably sense that he's being a fool, and they're not gonna let him hear the end of it on their next call. So he just. Slurps more of that drink. And visibly crosses his fingers.

[roaryrory]

Rory laughs, first at the joke about his daughter, then at his name mishap that didn't offend her at all. "Honeycomb, actually! You were close though, wow! You know, it's funny, we don't actually have any bees on the farm. Ma's allergic, you see. It was this whole joke when they got married and she took pa's name!"

That was a remarkably short version of the joke she tells everyone whenever her last name first comes up. You did it Rory.

"But yup, I'm good! I didn't get lots of sleep but a nice breakfast fixes everything!"

[daddykong]

Garrot actually laughs at the joke, because the irony is pretty great. And since Mama Honeycomb isn't near any bees, it's not in bad taste! He finds himself raising an eyebrow at the breakfast comment.

"Just one breakfast?" The eyebrow is matched by a cheeky little smirk. "I'm ready to go for breakfast number three!" And then he laughs, loud and hearty and possibly fueled by that overly sugared drink he takes another swig of. "I hope they feed us like this every day, y'know?" Or at least just feed them. Taking time for all that shopping and cooking would be such a pain...

[roaryrory]

"Hehe, to be fair, it was a really REALLY big breakfast!"

Could have been bigger, had she not been caught up eagerly chatting the Princess up, but honestly at this point she's not sure she could have eaten any more.

"I agree, that would at least keep us all in proper fighting shape!"

[daddykong]

"Exactly! I don't want to worry about groceries when we've got monsters to fight!" This one understands! But then he scoffs, and his expression gets a bit more unpleasant. "Did you get woken up by that van this morning?" One of Garrot's eyebrows twitches.

"That was a pain in my ass." He sounds very unhappy with this. "I mean, I hope they don't come back tomorrow, we have alarms for a reason!" And then he sighs. He's an old man, he needs his beauty sleep, not a bunch of stupid hoodlums shouting! But a moment after the sigh, he simply shakes his head and smiles weakly.

"S-sorry." The doctor is trying to raise spirits, not rain on them...

[roaryrory]

Rory's spirits haven't been rained on at all, in fact, she's not sure why he's apologizing. She decides not to question him about it, however, since... well, back home, she sometimes finds herself apologizing for absolutely no reason. Maybe it's a similar situation.

"Oh yup, the van was there but I was already awake! I just thought they were nice people," she says. She's not happy to hear they did wake Garrot up, still. "Though, yeah, maybe it was a bit early for them to be there..."

[daddykong]

"You were already awake?" His tone is sheer disbelief, and the furrowing of his brow might imply a hint of disgust. Garrot's too old for this shit. "When I was your age, this wasn't a problem." He pauses, raising an eyebrow because he's not sure how old Rory is or where he actually was in his life at her age.

"The time zones are literally killing me right now." And then his eyes go wide since, well... "Yeesh, bad joke."