Day 1: Evening

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.

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

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?

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.

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Seth...bit his lip because even though he knew it was coming, his puppets being called creepy, even if only a little, still hurt.

"They're my friends..." He types out reluctantly just waiting for the inevitable 'what the hell'.

"Woah." Matilda breathes, looking around the room again. "You have a lot of friends! And they all came with you!"

She sounds...genuine?

What.
WHAT.
WHAT!?

Seth stares absolutely taken aback by how genuine he sounds, especially as he was generally good at figuring out if people actually meant what they were saying.

"Well...yeah...I wanted to bring them all with me since...I had to come here even though I didn't really want to."

"That's really nice. I didn't have anyone come with me, not truthfully, though my father did send some staff along, to make sure I don't embarrass myself and everyone else." She giggles as if it's funny that she's just said that, then cheerfully tries to straighten her posture. "Sorry for bursting in here. You don't mind if I hang out until I regain some of my energy, do you?"

Seth.
Had to take a moment to really register what Matilda just said.
Did she seriously just say and then giggle at the fact that no-one had come along with her aside from staff her father sent along so she doesn't embarrass herself???

Now Seth, while he certinaly wouldn't admit it even to himself, had serious issues and no real friends to really speak of (until now thanks to at least Zafika)...
And even he could see so many things wrong with that sentence.

Suddenly his hurt over the whole puppet deal, especially with how genuine Matilda had sounded just a moment ago, just...vanished and gets replaced for concern for her.

"Yeah, yeah you can stay. But back up a bit, your father sent staff to make sure you don't embarrass yourself??? I'm sorry and don't mean any offence but...that sounds kind of jerkish? I mean you're here helping to save the world, who cares if you end up embarrassing yourself a bit along the way?"

The sentence of course did not mean he shouldn't be awkward and insecure about people knowing about his puppet hobby and about him more in general due to this whole business.

Matilda's already invited herself to sit on the floor as soon as he's said 'yeah', taking care not to sit on any puppets. Gosh, there are a lot of them, aren't they? She seems rather unoffended as he continues though, merely giving a shrug.

"I've always been good at messing up and doing things that embarrass my family! They were completely mortified I'd been chosen!" She laughs as if she's said something funny, lifting the goggles off her eyes and plopping them back into place atop her head.

Seth...stares in minor disgust. Not at Matilda, but at what she said.

"That's...that's horrible! Who would be mortified their daughter was chosen to save the world!? Heck, they sound like they were more mortified than worried for you!"

Seth hadn't had the best parents, in fact, had mostly been raised by his father, but even he could tell how wrong that sounded, and was definitely not something to laugh at. Yeah his concern was just sky rocketing.

“Oh! You haven’t noticed yet? I’m terrible at everything.” She sighs, but doesn’t seen awfully put down to say such a thing. “My very existence is a terrible calamity! So, you can’t recriminate anyone for being embarrassed by me. I’m hoping this will be the redemption arc of my life’s great adventure!” She grins up at him from her spot on the floor, looking enthused.

Seth...stares in horror at what Matilda just said.
She...really though her entire existence was a calamity???

"...I highly doubt you're terrible at absolutely everything, but even if you were...you...okay I'm going to be pretty blunt here but...you have serious self-esteem issues. There's no-one whose entire existence is a calamity! You're making it sound like you think it might have been better if you never existent and that's just...wrong."

Matilda purses her lips at that, because no one's ever tried to bring her to reality like that before. "Okay, perhaps I flourished with the dramatics. But you should see me!" She pouts, sighing. "Only hours ago I hit one of our fellow knights with a volleyball!"

Seth just blinks and doesn't really react to that, just typing out.
"It's...volleyball. Sometimes you hit someone with the ball, especially if you haven't played the game before, and sometimes you hit someone with the volleyball even if you've played for a long time. Accidents happen. Look I'm not going to deny that it's possible, I can't really say since we've only just met, that you're clumsy. But you're not absolutely useless at everything...I mean...I know it first hand. You tried to cheer me up by offering me chocolate. Sure it didn't work because I was so queasy back then...but that certainly wasn't you being useless. Things not working like you intended them to, or not working at all even though you try isn't being useless."

It's...weird to have people be so nice to her about this, and Matilda feels her cheeks heating up as he 'speaks'. She raises a hand to rub at her flushing cheeks, trying not to feel too humiliated at the pity, and smiles nervously at him.

"Speaking of-- did you want some now? Some chocolate?"

It's not pity Matilda, it's called concern.
Seth's a but surprised by what Matilda says, but smiles as he comes to sit down near her.

"You know...sure. I can't deny I have kind of a sweet tooth...and chocolate makes everything better, right?"

"It does." Matilda agrees cheerfully, leaning closer to him and popping open the clasp on her purse, to reveal-- holy shit, woman. It's like an entire candy store threw up in her purse. There are entire chocolate bars. There are hard candies of all kind. She's got wrapped up taffies and even a tiny thing of jelly beans in there-- but mostly, it's chocolate.

She had felt silly at first, still carrying it around, but now she's rather pleased she has it.

Seth blinks, and then let's out a silent snort as he quickly types before reaching forward, pausing as if to ask can he just like, pick something from there or?

"Okay, I have to respect the choice to have your bag filled with candy...if I could I'd carry all my puppets and dolls around."

She nods enthusiastically as he reaches forward, holding it closer to him. She seems awfully proud of herself.

"Sweets make people happy, don't they?"

With the nod clearing up his dilemma, Seth reaches into the bag, thinking for a bit before picking one of the larger chocolate bars, smiling as he unwraps it and takes a bit, clearly liking the taste as he types.

"They do, and oh this is good, you have some quality stuff in there."

"Delilah always liked nice chocolate, so I keep some on me all the time. Other kinds of candy worked in a pinch, but nothing like chocolate."

She's relieved Seth likes it though, it would have been a shame to let so many sweets go to waste.

Seth raises an eyebrow in curiosity.

"Delilah? Are they your friend or...?"

“Oh! Almost. I think.” Her cheeks color faintly and she smiles at him. “She’s an adventurer I know! She’s amazing and brave, and beautiful and interesting! And she really loves sweets.”

Huh.

"She sounds awesome. Adventurer huh...it'd be cool to go around the world...if I could first just get used to getting out of my own house..."

Matilda just keeps on beaming, cheered by being able to talk about Delilah. "She is." She pauses, then gently bumps her elbow against him, kind of awkwardly, but she's seen people joke with friends like this before! "You already are out of your house! Isn't that great?"

Seth is a little taken aback and surprised by the nudge, so he kind of reflexivesly sort of slightly jumps before relaxing again.
Though at what she says...

He blushes and hides his face against a hand with a silent groan.

"Gods I guess I technically am...and I still don't like it. Everyone keeps telling me it's good for me but...I'm just terrified pretty much every single moment. This...place, is kind of the closest thing to a safe place...I was thinking of making a pillowfort for an extra comforting and...safe spot...to retreat to when things become too much for me to handle..."

Matilda turns slightly so she can watch him try and hide against his own hand, her smile only slightly less bright. She rests her chin on her fist, humming thoughtfully. "Me too. Ever since I found out this thing's for real... It's okay to be really scared. A pillow fort's like, a great idea! We should all make one together!"

Making one together with everyone sounded nice...though Seth felt like he'd rather avoid at least Luka alltogether so...
Well he'd settle for just making one for himself and possibly inviting friends to come chill there with him.
It gets his lips to quirk into a smile for a moment though.

"No I mean, yeah I'm really scared because of the whole, I might die thing, been trying to not think about it really, but I'm terrified and anxious in general everytime I'm outside...this just happened to be the latest time I needed to. I generally only went outside if I couldn't get something delivered back on Tellan."

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