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

[fop_lop]

"They've no choice, really. It's already been proven that the best anyone other than the knights can do is support us and continue living under the impression that we're going to win. We've managed it for 40 years so far," he shrugs, noting Zafika's renewed tension.

"Most people just want to lead an enjoyable life. They don't mean any malice, they're just preoccupied with their own problems and perhaps don't ponder predicaments outside of their own as often as they ought."

[zafika]

They sigh quietly as an attempt to relax, and force their body to be less tense. "I know... but the fact that they make a game, a show out of it? That's just wrong. They treat this like a reality TV-show while people are dying and get hurt."

They know they're technically not the one to talk, with how clueless they were about things outside of Tellan before they became an assassin, but still. They don't like how some people treat this so called Wizard Game.

[fop_lop]

"I'm sure there's certainly a smidge of cynical cash-grabbing at play here," Terrence admits bitterly before softening again, "but I suspect some people simply don't know how else to react. It's so hard to even wrap one's mind around the concept of our imminent destruction. Treating it as something other than reality makes the events far more palatable."

He sighs before getting to his point, "We're not ignoring how terrible things are. It's a defense mechanism specifically because we can't ignore it."

[zafika]

Zafika goes quiet as they think more about Terrence's words, and... well, he does have a point. They understand it being a defence mechanism, but it doesn't stop it from rubbing them the wrong way.

"I guess you're right... it just becomes more frustrating when you're the target of all of that, you know? Suddenly it's your life that's in risk and it's instead turned into entertainment for others." They have mild experience from it, but even their trials and everything else about their capture and imprisonment seems like nothing compared to this.

[fop_lop]

Terrence takes a moment to consider Zafika's perspective in turn. They were one of the knights he'd had the least info on, after all, so it's not like he has a full understanding of the snake knight's situation.

"Everyone's..." he stops himself. His first reaction was to again point out that everyone's life is at risk, most of them just don't get to participate, but really that's helping no one at this point. "...Probably not thinking about how their words might negatively impact us. We're 'heroes', right? We're larger-than-life, so nothing can stop us. That's not true, of course," he pauses to laugh for emphasis. "But we can't let everyone else know that."