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

[partyhorse]

Gail takes the bottle back, glad that Gyre sounds at least a little better. He tries to dust his hair out of some sand as well but it seems like a lost cause. He needs a shower.

"Yeah uh, I'm really sorry about that. I got you covered in sand..." Gail said with a slight frown, before he blushed again. Gyre looked really proud of him?? And was encouraging?? He was going to die.

"I um, uh, thank you!! It's well, it wasn't supposed to go like this but, uh, I guess I did stop? Just, this isn't probably the best way to do that..."

[sustainer]

"Probably not!" he chirps happily. Again, he doesn't sound angry about it. He's actually pretty excited to try to help him with this, even if it did get him coated in dirt.

"How do you stop when you run normally? I bet if you tried that, it'd work, even if you're going really fast," he says, suddenly shifting to climb off Gail's back. Or well, slide off it. It's about as graceless as getting on had been, and he ends up clinging to Gail a little as he slips down and plants his butt in the sand below him. He doesn't seem embarrassed about the weird landing though, almost immediately jumping to his feet and beginning to strip his gloves off so he can shake the sand out of them.

"You could try that if you want? Just a regular run and stop?" He grins, winking quickly. "I'll get back on in a second." He just wants to dust his clothes off first honestly.

[partyhorse]

Gail was going to answer when Gyre just slid off from his back and on the ground. Oh god was he okay? He quickly turned to look at him with concern but, oh, he already got up. So he was fine? Maybe?

"Please uh, don't hurt yourself?" He said with slight concern. It wasn't exactly the shortest drop from his back. "And well. Usually I just slow down my pace naturally. It's just, the speed is a lot and I have hard time remembering I can just do that? It's uh, it's the instincts to just run and not stop. Sorry I don't really know how to explain it..."

[sustainer]

"I won't! I climb trees taller then you all the time." And while he's a little more graceful climbing branches rather then a horse's back, it means he knows how to fall without hurting himself. He pats his gloves off against his hip, jogging over to lay them on the rock where his food still is, before he turns back to Gail and starts to peel off his vest as well. Is he just going to strip right here on the beach? Maybe!

"You don't need to apologize. I think I get it," he says, glancing upwards in thought for a few beats. "Maybe try... going faster then you normally do, but not so fast you start forgetting things? If you get used to that, you can go a little faster each time and get used to it." He's trying to be helpful! He's also laying his vest down and pulling his shirt off over his head, being careful to take his amethyst with it so it stays hidden. He doesn't want to show it off to Gail just yet. While he likes him, he doesn't exactly trust him enough to show him his beating heart like that so soon.

[partyhorse]

"Ah I see..." Gail said feeling slightly awkward. But then Gyre is taking off his vest and oh my god there goes a shirt. Uh. Um. God, where was he supposed to look again? It was rude to stare but would it be ruder not to look at the person you're talking to? Oh dear lord Gail was unable to look at Gyre more than few seconds before looking away. His face was getting redder again.

"Uh! That sound like, uh, a good idea! I'm going to try that next time! Thank you for the suggestion it's uh, really helpful!!"

[sustainer]

...oh this boy is weak, huh? He wasn't really even paying attention to Gail as he pulled his clothes off, just trying to get the sand off his skin. The second he notices that way the other can't look at him for more then a few seconds though, he grins wickedly at him, watching him closely.

"What? Have you got somewhere else to be? We can go again if you just give me a moment~" he purrs, beginning to shake his shirt out.

[partyhorse]

Yeah he was weak and unable to watch people suddenly undressing! Had he been drunk then yeah no problem but sober Gail had shame. He did do his best to look at him when he talked at him though, just focusing on the face and not the fact articles of clothing were still going.

"I mean not, not really? I have time I can uh, wait a little while." He said, fidgeting a little. "Uh. Why are you undressing in the first place?"

[sustainer]

He can't help laughing a little at the question, grinning to himself as he folds his shirt onto the rock.

"I don't want anymore sand in my clothes," he says, beginning to move back towards Gail. "And you're cute when you're flustered." He winks, passing a hand briefly over his bare chest.

"Ready when you are."

[partyhorse]

"Oh. Of course." Is all Gail manages to say. Gyres comment just managed to make him more flustered and the grinning doesn't help because he can see those teeth and they're giving a very different signal. It's all messed up and this horse is messed up.

"Okay just uh, hop on if you're ready to try this again?" He said trying to sound calm and not like he was having a huge fit of gay panic as he walked next to the rock so Gyre would have easier time to get on.