Day 1: Evening

[wizardseason]

Evening: 5:00pm - Midnight

[ IRL Timeframe: March 11th - March 18th, 2019 ]

The first day has come to a close, the only things left to do are get some food and get some rest. Fortunately the residents of Bamborough are hosting a party to congratulate the heroes on their first victory, unfortunately it's running for several hours this evening. There's only so much time for sleep. What kind of balance will your hero try to strike?

Unfortunately for everyone, the evil-allured knights will be treated to a rude wake-up surprise when they finally go to sleep. No matter when they finally set their head down to rest, they all wake up at the same time, in the same place. Only the evil-allured knights will have access to this post, click to see if you've been chosen.

The good-allured knights, meanwhile, are free of a visit tonight with the Princess and the Protector. The two of them, however, are due to have a chat. Questions have to be answered, after all! He's dressed in his usual attire:

He's the same height as Luka with dark skin and vivid blue eyes that match the color of the sky. He has wicked winged white eyeliner to accent his eyes and curly black hair with white tips piled on top of his head, it's a wonder how it stays up there. Surprisingly, or unsurprisingly, he's wearing a pajama robe that looks either blue or silver depending how it's touched or how it moves. Most importantly is that he's got brass knuckles on both his hands, like he's ready to fight. But he's not here to fight, he's here to give a whisper about what comes next.

First Night Event: Bamborough: Everyone invited.

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The Weather

• Starry Night.
• 64°F / 18°C
• Quite breezy, all the trees are rustling.

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Prompts:

• Bamborough Party: To celebrate the defeat of the first monster, a full banquet is being held near the beach in Bamborough. Unlimited food, unlimited drinks, and most importantly of all was a small stockpile of blankets, sheets, pillows, and toiletries to offer any knight who might've forgotten something on the way out here. Naturally, every item is sponsored.


• You're all over Social Media!: Videos were successfully taken of all twelve knights and the princess during the first battle, and now the world is abuzz about what happened! What are they saying about your hero? How did they even get this footage? Or worst of all, how bad are they dissing your camera skills for those that recorded themselves?


• A late night walk: The first day is over, the first monster is dead. How's your character holding up? Do they seek out support from a fellow hero? Do they spend it alone? What kind of night are they having now that it's all real?


• A late night meal: Anyone leaving the Bamborough party late enough will be able to spot that a local late night ramen shop is open for business. If your hero hasn't quite eaten enough, they can drop by for a bite. But be warned, a certain sleepy villain is getting a bite to eat herself. Care to share a ramen bar meal with the enemy?

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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.

Comments

[roaryrory]

Rory was a little disappointed she didn't get to see the final showdown, and not being one for social media, not really in the know about what went down in any way. The only version of the events she heard was the one she overheard the locals near and at the beach chattering about as she limped to the banquet. Yeah, heck, maybe her knee had seen better days after all. She was hoping it would just heal on its own before the next monster.

Those seeing her at the banquet will see an unusually dispirited looking Rory: still with a smile on her face, but noticeably lower energy than earlier. She cleaned the dirt and foliage off her before her arrival, and had a change of clothes (now wearing joveralls (jean overalls) and an orange tshirt), but there are some surface wounds on her arms, still. She's sitting somewhere and replenishing her energy with the free food.

[scandeled]

She isn’t the only one that’s lower energy. When Matilda drops into a chair beside Rory, she’s much less enthusiastic than she was on the beach that morning. Even her clothes are subdued- for her at least, having changed into a little black dress and modest flats, her hair still frizzy thanks to Haizea’s impromptu rainstorm. Her plate is piled with.... deserts exclusively, but she doesn’t seem to be eating them. Instead, she just lets out the tiniest sigh.

“And that was only number one!”

[roaryrory]

Rory perks up when she gets company, and so does her smile that was almost starting to fade while she was starting to think maybe no one was paying attention to her.

“At least that means I get another shot to do more for the team”, she laughs shortly. The earlier enthusiasm about her first hit and subsequent plan to award herself with a ribbon for it had vanished; after the battle was over, she started stressing about if she was pulling her weight, instead. She did fall down pretty bad and it was embarrassing. She doesn’t voice any of these anxieties, though. No one likes a downer.

Her eyes fall on Matilda’s untouched plate. “Have you eaten any? We got to be prepared for next time, you know! Here, have one of my sandwiches.”

[scandeled]

Rory’s attitude is enough to put Matilda a little more at ease, and she responds with a nod and a slight smile. “I hope so for me, too. I-it was grandeously cool how you just ran after the monster like that.” Her enthusiasm spreads across her face, momentarily distracted from her own anxieties about being useless. Rory had been so cool! “It was completely meritorious!”

The offer of the sandwich is enough to bring back the flush to Matilda’s cheeks, and she grins and reaches over to take one. “Thanks. You’re right, we all need to be our best!”

[roaryrory]

"Oh, thanks! After it was all over with I thought maybe it was um. Hasty?" Rory says, letting a few of her anxieties seep through. "I mean, the monster was killed by people who didn't do that, from what I've heard, so."

She grabs a sandwich of her own and bites into it, glad that Matilda seemed to have cheered up. It was brightening her own mood, as well. "I'm still bummed out about the swimsuit thing, by the way! I'm totally going to see if I could buy one somewhere when I can."

[scandeled]

“Maybe. I thought it was brave and heroic. They wouldn’t have been able to get the monster in the end without you helping at the start.” She smiles at her, before pulling off her gloves and nibbling at the sandwich. “If you can’t find any, I brought so many with me! And I have a seamstress on staff for alterations. It seems a waste to not play in the water when we’re on an island, doesn’t i?”

[silentwords]

It takes Seth a moment to locate Rory, but when he does he approached her with a shy wave. He'd promised himself to try and get to know at least Rory and Gail tonight since Zafika had said they were nice.

[roaryrory]

Oof. Rory had sort of hoped not to socialize with any new knights right now, since she definitely wasn’t at her best. The last thing she wanted was to give a weak first impression. Nevertheless, she’s not going to be rude, so she flashes a grin and waves back enthusiastically. There was no way she would make Seth feel unwelcome.

“Hi there! Rat knight, right?”

[silentwords]

Seth gave a small nod sitting down near her as he took his phone out to communicate.
"Yeah, you're Rory right? That was pretty cool with the spear, you got to claim the first hit. I uh...well I wanted to congratualte everyone on a job well done and...I haven't gotten to know everyone yet but Zafika said you were nice so..."

[roaryrory]

She's a little taken aback by the dissonance between his appearance and the text-to-speech voice before she registers what's being said. Hearing someone congratulate her on something she had started doubting the importance of held more importance to her than she could have guessed. Her giddiness is evident in her body language as she responds. "Oh, wow, thanks! So you saw?" Right, Garrot had his animal companion streaming the whole thing. She hopes she looked cool on camera...

She smiles brightly at the mention of Zafika, too. "You're friends with them, too? They were my first friend here! They're so nice."

[silentwords]

Seth gives a little smile, nodding.
"Yeah I was watching it from my phone. And yeah, I'm...really happy to be their friend. They're really nice."

[sustainer]

Gyre's intention is to speed through this banquet and then head out somewhere more private. He isn't even really paying attention to the people around him as he moves from table to table.

At least, he's trying not to pay attention to people. Unfortunately, his eyes land on Rory as he passes her and he can't help but pause. She's the one that had run after the monster first, right? He looks her over briefly, and as subtly as he can, before his gaze finds the cuts on her arms. Almost immediately, his plan to ignore everyone gets tossed out the window, and he hears himself speak up before he can stop himself.

"Did you get hurt?"

[roaryrory]

Rory startles and instinctively covers one of the largest scrapes with her palm before turning to Gyre with a smile. Oh, another new knight! Great! And he's already noticed she's wounded. Not what she wanted, but perhaps what she needed?

"Oh, I'm fine, it's nothing really!" she insists.

[sustainer]

He immediately turns to face her more fully, concern obvious on his face.

"Can I see?" He offers a hand out to her as he speaks, his voice incredibly soft and incredibly gentle. "Are you sure it's nothing?"

[roaryrory]

”Yeah it was just... sticks or rocks or something in the forest, didn’t even bleed, really,” she says and nods. It really wasn’t that bad, her knee was worse, but she wasn’t going to mention it.

She does remove her hand from the scrape so he can take a look, though.

[sustainer]

He bends down towards her, tipping a finger under her elbow so he can lift that arm up and actually look at it.

"Did you fall?" he murmurs, his brow furrowing softly.

[fauntofwisdom]

"You look as if you've been a bit scuffed up," Joanna says sympathetically, a few paces away with a plate of food in hand. She stands a little stiffly, not sure if Rory's accepting company and waiting for a nod before joining her fellow smalltown knight.

Unlike Rory, Joanna's taken no injuries, but she's got a similar worn down energy, and she isn't managing a smile yet. The very beginning of the fight was overshadowed by the arguments about who should take the lead, what strategies to use... and then some of the younger, more energetic sorts got a rush on it. It's enough to reinforce her worries about how much she'll be able to contribute.

[roaryrory]

Oh! It's her! Something about Joanna has been somehow familiar to Rory since she was doing her first research on the Knights, and she had been curious yet anxious about getting to talk to her for that reason. Despite the conflicting emotions about the whole thing, her body language is welcoming when she turns to smile at her.

"Don't worry, it's nothing!" she reassures. "Um, Joanna, right? I'm Rory. Tiger Knight."

[fauntofwisdom]

"Joanna, yes. The... Goat Knight, fittingly enough," she says with a small smile, scraping a hoof back across the ground in demonstration. Fauns and satyrs are similar enough that it's a little bit funny, she can't lie.

She takes a seat, encouraged enough by the warm greeting, and considers Rory for a second. "Now, please, correct me if I'm wrong... but I think that I recognize you. And not in the same way as our, uh, celebrity over there."

Somewhere in the distance, Terrence may be pouring champagne at this very moment.

[roaryrory]

Rory lets out a small laugh. "Oh! Yeah, wow! I didn't even make the goat connection, that is pretty funny!" Unlike Gail, the centaur being the Horse Knight, this similarity had barely crossed her mind. Faun-type beings were such a norm in her everyday life that it was not something she paid a lot of attention to.

Except, of course, when it was one of the reasons the other Knight had felt so familiar. She's so relieved to hear she wasn't alone in that feeling.

"But... wow, right? I know what you mean! You aren't from [Village Name], are you?!"

i like to imagine she's pronouncing those brackets

[fauntofwisdom]

"Ah, so it was you!" Joanna clasps her hands together, delighted she'd been right in recognizing the young troll.

The odds of anyone from their town being chosen were already astonishingly low, given its size compared to the world's population. But two from the same town...

"Not originally, but... Maybe as long as you've been alive?" She guesses, and continues on without a pause long enough to pressure Rory to answer her age. "A couple decades. Close enough for government work, and all that."

[zafika]

Zafika spots Rory at the banquet, and after they excuse themselves from some locals that they hadn't been able to shake off before this, they quickly make their way over to her. They didn't have time to talk to her after the morning, and since she had gone after the monster, they want to check up on her.

"Hi Rory. Are you doing okay?" They glance up at her, even though they can't see her with their blindfold, but the gesture is at least polite to do. And they're not luckily breaking their neck too badly trying to do this.

[roaryrory]

Rory had been entertaining some locals herself, despite originally being anxious about the whole prospect; turns out at least some of them only had nice things to say, so she eventually came to the conclusion there's no harm in it. She smiles down at Zafika when she hears their voice, nevertheless relieved about the chance to politely excuse herself from the attention.

"Zafika! Yeah, I'm fine!" she says, but her voice is noticeably more tired than when they last talked. At least she had cheered up since she arrived at the party. "How about you? How was the battle?"

[zafika]

Zafika frowns beneath their blindfold, Rory sounds very tired, compared to her morning prep. "It was... bit anti-climactic, honestly. But better that way, I wouldn't want the first monster to be very difficult."

"Say, how about you come with me to the beach? I haven't had the chance to enjoy the ocean, I'd like to see how pretty it is on such a nice night like this." And some privacy wouldn't hurt either, they don't want to ask Rory anything personal when surrounded by this many people.

[roaryrory]

"Ah, wow... Well, the locals seem to be excited over it anyway! I keep hearing them chattering about it."

Rory's face brightens up about the beach offer. "I'd love to do that, wow! Some fresh air wouldn't hurt either of us I think."