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

[daddykong]

Garrot likes this Princess, he's got great taste in food and justifications to have great food. Plus, seeing a celebrity be a bit more normal for a moment is refreshing. Sorta puts them all on the same level... except that the Princess is kind of in charge, but y'know. But then that bow, and... the compliment? Is it a compliment?! He's not sure.

"O-oh! Yeah, that was me." He doesn't sound too confident right now, actually. "I saw Rory running off and knew I should be there if anything goes wrong, and I'd just given Zafika my contact info, so it seemed like a good idea?" Garrot does not want to mention that he also did it just as much for his kids to watch and cheer him on. But he doesn't wanna seem vain to a world-renowned celebrity! That'd be no good.

[eutychia]

"Well, it's definitely caused a stir. And no publicity is bad publicity, as they say. I wasn't really featured much, but at least it gave the people a lot to talk about," he laughs. "I'm sure some of the other Knights aren't so pleased with it being all over social media now, though."

[daddykong]

"Well, all I really got was the chase in the woods..." And he scratches at the back of his neck. No point in overselling! "We had to catch the rest of it online, too."

But then he stands tall and proud, even though Luka is totally blind. Garrot doesn't care, he's doing this for himself. "I don't know what they'd be unhappy with, I thought my team did a great job out there!" He's beaming like the coach of a kiddie soccer team.

[eutychia]

Luka chuckles. "We did pretty good overall. We gave them a show, too. I think they're probably upset over the part where they got covered in it's disgusting fluids... not very dignified, is it?"

[daddykong]

"All I got was the chase, the rest is not my fault." He sounds defensive, but jokingly so considering he's starting to laugh. "I hope they're not all like water balloons!" But then after a moment he sighs away the mirth.

"Have you... done any research on me? Any of the Knights? Either of yours?" Garrot wants to bring up his father and his support for Team Princess, but he doesn't want to just segue into one time my dad died without any lead-in. That's a lot even by his standards. "A few of the other Knights are learning us as they go, but I'm more than happy to answer any questions!"

As much as he wants to be the one asking Luka questions, he's sure he'd just start being an overly excited fan, and that's not the look he wants on the first day. So he's not going to ask any questions for as long as possible!

[eutychia]

"I mean... I've heard a few of the interviews. And I had my team gave me some brief overviews on everyone who was chosen. But other than the basics, I'd guess I'd count as one of the learn-as-you-go types."

He leans in and lowers his voice a bit.

"Why? Do you have some skeletons in the closet I should know about?"

[daddykong]

"N-no! I just..." He sounds like he's been caught off-guard by that. Maybe he is hiding something? But he's not gonna tell the Princess he was kind of really violent when he was a young adult, because most people don't know about that and Garrot's sure he's gotten so much better, and-! "My uh, my father was a Knight." Oh jeez, it's happening, he's talking about it, he's basically leading with the Dead Dad card. "One of the Princess's for his year. He... didn't make it." And there it is. Garrot sounds both sad and nervous, it's kind of awkward, at least until he takes a moment to breathe and steels his resolve.

And then he leans in with Luka, sounding conspiratorial and much more malicious. "I have a grudge and I want the Wizard's skeleton more than anyone." Garrot can't always tell if he's going too far with these sorts of lines after playing the heel for so long. But his gut tells him he's flying a little close to the sun this early, so he leans out a bit, sounding warm and parental. "I was hoping that being the Princess's Knight would be the new family business, but... If you and yours need anything, just let me know and I'll do everything I can, okay?" Garrot isn't even sure what he means by anything, but he doesn't care. It's true! He'd have given almost anything to take one of those two spots, and he's bummed about it deep down.

[eutychia]

Luka seems equally taken aback by Garrot's response. He'd only been making playful suggestion, and hadn't anticipated any actual meaningful response. Not many people were so willing to open up so early.

"I'm sorry," is all he manages at first. He quickly occupies himself with another bite of cheesecake and mulls over what Garrot said in his mind.

"I can't promise you her skeleton, per se -- who knows if she even has one-- but we're going to defeat her. And you're going to be there to see it."

[daddykong]

"Y-yeah..." Garrot can't really say much to Luka's support. It's... it's helpful, but they still have eleven monsters and a ridiculously powerful Wizard to beat. He knows they're gonna win in the end, but... "S-sorry!"

He returns to a more conversational distance, and he just starts laughing and scratching at the back of his neck with his free hand. "I- I, uh, I made it awkward, didn't I?" He led with the Dead Dad card like a fucking idiot with no self-control. Smooth. "D-do you think all this is going to inspire any future works?" He stammers a bit, before forking another chunk of the cheesecake on his plate.

"I mean, my kids and I are huge fans!" And then he shovels that bite of cheesecake, followed by the rest of the cheesecake into his mouth. Garrot isn't allowed to speak ever again after going from the Dead Dad Card to Fanboy Mode.

[eutychia]

"Oh..." he seems surprised at the sudden change of subject. "Don't worry, it's not awkward. There's like, thousands more awkward things you could have said. I've really heard it all."

He pauses to continue with his dessert before speaking up again.

"But you know, if I had more time I definitely would have put out a new album about this whole thing. A tour too. When we're done here I can hook you and your family up with VIP tickets if you want!"

[daddykong]

Garrot just breathes a large and impossible-to-ignore sigh of relief when Luka says it's not awkward. That's good! That's really good. Unless he just sighed all over Luka's cheesecake which would be bad. But VIP tickets?! He hurries to chew and swallow the remainder of his cheesecake so he can be excited!

"Wow, really?!" He doesn't seem like he was talking about his dead dad and evil monsters a few moments ago. "That'd be so cool of you, my kids'll never believe this! Thank you so much!" Garrot wants to hug Luka, he really does, but that damned cheesecake is in the way. Ah well, there's always later.

"You know, you're a lot more normal than I expected an international celebrity to be." Garrot says this as if he were saying the sky was blue. Or like he has any idea what a normal person is even like. "Like, you don't seem very..." A beat. "Eccentric?"

[eutychia]

Luka laughs.

"Oh, we've only just met. You have plenty of time to learn all my eccentricities. But I'll take it as a compliment for now. And think nothing of the tickets. I know you'll do everything and more to deserve them."

[daddykong]

"Like I said, I'm here to help!" And then he lightly pounds a fist upon his chest like the towering, confident brute he is. "Speaking of, and this might sound rude..." And then he leans back in a little bit.

"How are you handling the, uh, the fighting so far?" Sure, it's only been one monster that they took down pretty easily, but. "Since you're, y'know, blind." Garrot, of course, was running around in the woods while Luka was tracking the monster. So he's more than a little in the dark. "You weren't in any danger today, were you?"

Garrot's kind of regretting running off so quickly now, even though he was helpful.

[eutychia]

"No." His answer comes nigh instantaneously. "I was right there, with Gyre. I could feel the monster coming, so I helped him time his shot. I know the rest of the battles aren't going to go so smoothly, but we're also getting stronger ourselves. I'm not worried."

[daddykong]

Garrot's eyes light up with interest when Luka mentions his feeling. "You can feel them?! That's awesome, so you know where they are even if we don't!" That's a lot cooler than eyes, and the doctor is in awe. He had gathered that the Princess could know about the monsters somehow, but this is on another level!

"Wait, is that-" he blinks a few times, choosing his words. "That's not all you can do, is it?" Princesses normally have a power too, right? Admittedly, he's focused far more on the Knights than the Princess over the years, so...

[eutychia]

"When the first one appeared, I heard a voice and suddenly I could just feel where the monster was, like something was pulling me toward it's direction. That's a new one."

Luka carefully considers his next words.

"Maybe I do have other abilities too. Some that should probably remain secret for now. For safety's sake, of course."

[daddykong]

Garrot simply nods, releasing little affirmative grunts with Luka's explanation. It's very interesting, and now he's curious about whether that voice was from inside or outside Luka's head. But then Luka brings up a very good point, and the doctor sighs, equally sad and disappointed.

"Yeah, but..." He looks to the ground, then back at Luka. It hurts to imagine that two of their group could get twisted by the Wizard. Garrot's pretty sure he likes them all! "Could you even practice in secret?" A beat, and Garrot realizes he's not sure if Luka knows something or is just speaking in hypotheticals.

"You know, if you could do something else." The Monkey Knight might be set on Luka being able to shoot loud, sparkly lasers.

[eutychia]

Luka taps his chin, considering the question.

"Well, I couldn't practice all by myself. Every battle needs an opponent, right?"

[daddykong]

"Wait..." Garrot lets out a whine as the wheels start turning. "You're not planning on learning trial-by-fire with the monsters, are you?!"

It'd be gutsy and badass, but also really dangerous! "Unless you mean, like, target practice?" He's real set on this laser thing deep down.

[eutychia]

"No, no no, I really doubt I'd have any chance to use it on a monster," Luka says with a laugh. "I just meant it isn't really something you can practice at a blank wall, you know?"

[daddykong]

Garrot raises an eyebrow and strokes at his beard, squinting curiously at Luka. "If you can't use it on a Monster or a blank wall, what could you use it on?"

He's starting to suspect that Luka already knows if he can do something fancy, and is just hiding it.

[eutychia]

"Another person, obviously! I don't think a monster would listen to me sing."

[daddykong]

"Wait, what can your singing do?" His expression remains just as baffled as before. "I mean, aside from get you record deals and a worldwide fanbase." Garrot knows Luka's singing is good, but is there something more to it?

[eutychia]

"A voice can be a very powerful persuasive tool. But don't go thinking I used any magic to get to where I am. It's not THAT powerful."

[daddykong]

"Oh." Garrot is glad Luka is blind, because otherwise his lascivious grin would betray just where his mind went. But he pushes that down with a simple chuckle.

"Don't worry, nobody is crazy enough to want to uae magic to be here." Except a younger Garrot would've done so in a heartbeat if he could. "Do you have anything in mind? I mean," a lighthearted scoff, "you're the boss, you can just ask."