PLAYER PLOT ★ STORM THE CASTLE

[futurologists]

THE CASTLE ( NOV 7 ) Our resident warrior princess, Kidagakash Nedakh, has formulated a plan to investigate the castle and speak with the royals. (The OOC plotting post can be found here.) Now, it's time to put it into action. The castle itself is huge. From the outside, you can see a beautiful garden, a pond, and a statue commemorating Odette. You can also see several guards, some more invested in their job than others. A few are stony-faced, menacing men with looks that could kill. A couple just look like they'd appreciate a pretty girl or interesting guy to liven up their boring day. On the inside, all the halls look different, yet the same — different pieces of art, different wall fixtures, but everything else is identical. There's many portraits of the king and his late wife on the walls, sparkling chandeliers, and servants scurrying around. Odette's pale, smiling face and cascading blonde locks look somewhat familiar, but that might just be because of all the statues of her likeness around the city. The castle has pretty much every room you'd expect a castle to have. A library, a wine cellar, a dining hall, etc. Within them, characters can expect to find various things of interest — there are many books, fancy stationery, even some valuable coins if you look hard enough. There's also many letters to be found detailing the situation in Chantes; of course, there's also plenty of letters on far less official business. Some of them have quite steamy imagery. There are plenty of servants milling about inside the castle and out in the gardens. In the dining hall and their chambers are several of Chantes' most important nobles. And then, of course, there's you.

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[digophelia]

[ Plainly dressed this time (only because armor seemed so excessive for a distraction) Alice is getting second hand embarrassment, even doing a double take with other citizens.

Well, that's a fine distraction, she'll give him that. She has no real idea what sort of song that is and what he's doing. That, and, he already looks ridiculous, so Alice turns away for a moment, wondering if it's worth it or not to speak to him.

Maybe if she pretends she doesn't know him. Actually, she thinks she will, continuing on her way with her head low.

She don't know you. ]

[babbylon]

[Oh, it's Alice! Hi, Alice! Gilgamesh waves excitedly from Vimana's edge and beams down at her, music still blaring behind him as he addresses her in front of everyone. And thus embarrasses her. Greatly. In front of everyone. Who blink and stare and are indeed very much distracted because how could they not be?

Yes, you most certainly know him, and this is punishment for that.]

Alice! Alice, come here! You'll do excellently on back-up! I need a fair maiden for female vocals!

[Is fair maiden an upgrade or downgrade? It's hard to say.]

[digophelia]

[ Alice finds herself rolling her eyes and even going far as ducking. She's usually far from the center of attention, slowly turning around from the eyes that land on her. ]

Are you joking?

[ Alice's voice starts to rise. What does he mean by "fair maiden"? ]

No!

[babbylon]

[There's no stopping A+ Charisma! Even the enemy soldiers are cheering and clapping along. Gilgamesh just stands there expectantly, as if he's done her a great favor.]

I'd never jest about this! We can put your true talents on display! It's a great opportunity!

[Gilgamesh seems entirely unaware that Alice may not appreciate the spotlight... it looks like there's no escaping A+ Charisma, either.]

[digophelia]

I don't have any!

[ Her already low self-esteem can only take so much. The applause and cheering sends Alice in a deep crimson. Flustered, Alice scoops up a stick and hurls it at him. If it hits him? Good. ]

[babbylon]

[Gilgamesh catches it! In place of the microphone which was so rudely purloined by Gintoki, he just makes use of the stick instead. The music changes once more to a slower sort of tune, and...]

L is for the way you look at me~♪

[...this just became ten times worse.]

O is for the only one I see~♪

[Worse than that, even. Alice, you're now being serenaded.]

[digophelia]

Charming.

[ Unfortunately, Alice has no idea what he's singing and it starts to go over her head. This is a distraction for sure, for how Alice is slowly getting worked up. ]

[babbylon]

[Gilgamesh hops down from the makeshift stage with microphone in hand and approaches Alice with an absolutely embarrassing sway of his hips.]

V is very, very extraordinary, E is even more than anyone that you adore and...

[Wait, what's that spell? L-O-V... uh-oh. Suddenly it's become obvious just what he's doing here and it's even worse than anticipated. Poor Alice, indeed.]

[digophelia]

[ It was bound to fly over her head, crash and burn in a ditch somewhere and where he was going with that. Alice snaps her head up at him, a slow crawl of flush crossing her cheeks. Yet again, she thinks it's hair in her face -- why not? She doesn't know what fluster feels like.

Until now. Until someone makes the passing comment how red she is.

Suddenly, Alice is trying to flee the scene. ]

It isn't a funny joke!

[ Is her only response before she, the smallest of people around her, starts to actually muster up the strength and start shoving people aside, as if she's parting the red sea.

She won't get that very far, if he were to make the motion to stop her. Though, it won't end well. ]

[babbylon]

[But to Gilgamesh, it's the funniest sort of joke—or rather it's an earnest attempt to win her favor. He's just as oblivious himself, believing she'll appreciate the gesture instead of descending into complete embarrassment like she's currently doing. She just needed a little bit of encouragement, and she'd fall right into his arms.

Naturally, this won't end well at all.]

Oh, come! Don't go running off in the middle of my chorus!

[And so Gilgamesh makes a terrible mistake: he grabs for her hand without thinking, forgetting that constant aura of don't touch me.]

[digophelia]

[ Still upset and plenty flustered, Alice tried to move further away. She was sure that she could hear a comment or two for how small she was, she pushed pretty hard, nearly knocking someone over as she blew through the small crowd. ]

It's not funny!

[ To her, it was a joke and it didn't help that his comment earlier that she intrigued him made her more uncomfortable than she cared to admit. Had it been from someone else, Alice would have blew them off. It's not a good idea to grab her arm; Alice, who has suffered plenty of hardships, reacts too violently with even the smallest touch.

It's the principle of it, and Alice doesn't really hesitate to wheel around with her free hand and smack him. ]

Let go of me!