A Housewarming Party for a Castle

[sunlightsister]

Celestia's new home was a grand residence indeed: the citadel of Camelot, a place which featured heavily in the myths and legends of Earth. Not that Celestia was familiar with these myths, of course.

Guests were free to wonder around the castle at will, but Celestia had decided that today, the courtyard would be a lovely place for everypony to get together. There were a few tables set up, with the treats Hoshi and Applejack had so generously made, and Rarity's beautiful decorations. And later, Celestia planned to invite her guests to ride on the Ferris wheel that happened to be located just outside the castle.

The crewmembers had suffered a great loss recently, but she hoped that this would bring them some small amount of joy, and the comfort of friendship in this time.

[[ooc: Sorry this is a day late guys, uni ended up being much more hectic yesterday than I expected. Anyways, I've put up a subthread for Celestia greeting visitors and rides on the London Eye. Those that ICly helped out this party can also set up sub-threads for the food tables/games/whatever as well, if you guys want to. (Edit: The sub-thread for Hoshi & Applejack's nibbles is up here!)

But other than that, feel free to start your own threads and tag each other. People can also wonder around and explore the castle - it's the BBC Merlin version of Camelot, but only the citadel itself (as opposed to the whole city).]]

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Greetings

[sunlightsister]

As Princess, Celestia had often been required to greet guests for official functions. Today, she was happy to be performing this task for a much more relaxed occasion.

"Welcome!" she said warmly to the new arrivals.

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

In to the castle itself came in a small cart of food, sweets, drinks, and a few other things carried by Hoshi herself. By now, she was getting used to her wrist in a cast and it was coming along nicely.

"Hey, Celestia! I have the food as promised! Where do you want me to set it up?" she asked, smiling wide.

[sunlightsister]

"Hoshi! How lovely to see you again - oh my, what happened to your arm?" Celestia asked, concerned. Had she known that Hoshi was injured, she certainly wouldn't have let her strain herself by baking and carry all those treats. "Please, let me take those off your hands," she said, her horn glowing as she magically lifted up those foods Hoshi was carrying in her arms.

Re: Greetings

[whining-unicorn.livejournal.com]

Rarity was getting the last few ribbons tied up but she kept alternating between various colours, unable to make up her mind. "No, no, no..." She said over and over as she switched the coloured ribbons rapidly.

Re: Greetings

[sunlightsister]

Celestia chuckled, and walked up to stand beside Rarity. "Miss Rarity. You seem...conflicted," she said with light amusement.

[seasindorei.livejournal.com]

Ter'thelas had dressed to the nines, considering that he was being entertained by royalty. he made an elegant leg, giving Celestia a courtly bow.

"Your Majesty. So good to see you again."

[sunlightsister]

"Ter'thelas! I am glad you could make it," Celestia said, inclining her head in return. "And I see that you are no longer required to run through the mazes as well."

[morganknight]

Not that he knew what he was getting into! Morgan had just had his curiosity piqued by 'Camelot'. On this ship, it might be -- it probably was the real thing, and he was curious.

If he hadn't met Applejack and Rarity by now, he'd be kind of freaking out. As it was, he managed a relatively classy bow. "Thank you, Your Highness," he said, having luckily remembered the proper address, at least for a Princess on Earth.

[sunlightsister]

"A please to meet you, my fellow creature," Celestia said in return. "I do not believe we have met before."

A new face, yes, but Celestia was always happy to meet new people.

[appletastic]

"Well how do ya do, Princess?" Applejack asked, bending her knees for a little bow. She'd plucked up the best hat she could find and had her hair braided for the occasion, but Rarity hadn't managed to shove her into a dress. Yet.

[sunlightsister]

"I am very well, thank you," Celestia said, inclining her head. "And how have you been, Applejack? I do hope that you are well."

Re: Greetings

[mylittlelolny.livejournal.com]

Pinkie was determined to provide entertainment despite the ship being sadly lacking in decorations and musical instruments. She was putting the finishing touches on a brand-new Pin the Tail on the Pony poster, which involved tilting its position just so on the wall until it was perfect.

"A little to the left? No, that's not right! Maybe I should put it on another wall!"

Re: Greetings

[sunlightsister]

"Pin the Tail on the Pony!" Celestia said, delighted, as she walked up to Pinkie Pie. "Do you know that Pin the the Tail on the Pony is one of my favourite games?"

She didn't get the opportunity to play it much, being a Princess - few royal events were casual enough for Pin the Tail on the Pony - but she always appreciated those rare opportunities she had to participate. "And it looks just perfect, Pinkie Pie."

[nokosi.livejournal.com]

Nokosi spent a good deal of time darting back and forth outside of the castle, checking out the stonework and peering at the fine details carved into the walls. Once his mild curiosity was settled, he made his way through the entrance of the castle and paused for all of two seconds at the sight that awaited him.

Then he ran.

"You are a talking pegasus," the elf stated as if it weren't obvious. "Hello!"

[everdistant_utopia]

With her usual amount of taciturn formality, Saber bowed slightly.

"I thank you for your invitation," she replied. If she had been surprised by the presence of a talking alicorn, nothing in her expression -- or lack thereof -- had given it away.

Re: Greetings

[on_errantry]

Rhiow chose to arrive at the party in her customary way - that was, she appeared out of thin air with a bang about the equivalent of a popgun going off. She stood and shook herself, looking around the party with a curious air. It wasn't like a gathering she'd ever been to, but then, the People were too lazy to consider putting this much effort into a get-together.

The stone den was impressive, though. Not as refined as the lines of Grand Central, but the castle had history that Rhiow could smell in its stones. "Dai stiho, and well met on errantry," Rhiow said to the princess. "I don't think we've managed to meet yet. I'm Rhiow, one of the ship's counselors."

Re: Greetings

[gi-ant-man.livejournal.com]

"This place looks almost as expensive as Avengers Mansion." Hank says as he snacks. Rarity had invited him to the party, and so far he was enjoying himself as he explored Camelot. Hank finally notices the host and raises an eyebrow.

"Hmm, a pegasus and a unicorn. I'll have to remember to add that to my notes on equestrian genetics. I wonder how her hair does that..."

Rides on the Ferris Wheel (AKA the London Eye)

[sunlightsister]

The collection of buildings in the City was most unusual - Celestia didn't know the reason for the Ferris Wheel situated outside her new home, but she was certainly delighted for its presence.

While there was no electricity for the Ferris Wheel to run on, it didn't need it - not with Celestia and her magic. Her horn glowed as she used her magic to turn the wheel - at a rate where one rotation would take half an hour. And with room for 25 humans on each capsule, one could ride with as many - or as few - fellow passengers as one wished.

[[Just let me know in the subject like if you'd like to talk to Celestia in particular - mostly, she'll be on the ground beside the wheel, but she can hop into a capsule as well. Otherwise, since there's heaps of room in the capsules, feel free to make your own threads and tag around!]]

Rides on the Ferris Wheel (AKA the London Eye)

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Kaya was usually much more cheerful than this, but the last battle, with fighting and then having to deal with wound and pain and screaming afterward, had done much to subdue the waterbender. Now that she had finally gotten a very small amount of time to wander out of the med bay (thank goodness the other doctors had come back to the bay) she had a good few hours before she had to come back.

Bowing politely to Celestia, she boarded the ferris wheel, hoping that this might at least allow her to relax a little bit.

Soup's on, everypony!

[appletastic]

Their small-as-it-was supply of food was jointly provided by Applejack and Hoshi. Cupcakes from the Beyblader and assorted other things lined one end of the table, with a smaller plate of apple treats lining the other. One apple cake, one apple pie, a few fritters, freshly sliced ones...she'd had to restrain herself to one tree of the precious few they had. She hadn't even liked that much, but it was for the Princess and she deserved the best.

"Step on up!" Applejack invited with a little wave of her hoof. "Wish I could bring you Equestria's best, but this'll have to do!

[whining-unicorn.livejournal.com]

"Applejack, it's good to see you again. How are you doing? I do hope you were not too tired making all the treats by yourself." Rarity said as she gestured to the food.

[morganknight]

Morgan didn't teleport to Applejack's table. That was impossible. He simply appeared so fast that he almost seemed to have. That wasn't a supernatural power, that was just Morgan being a great lover of food in general combining with Morgan being a great lover of Applejack's food in specific.

"Showing up here was worth it no matter what happens!" he all but cheered.

[everdistant_utopia]

For Saber, holding back was proving to be a challenge. While she typically used food as one method of restoring her prana reserves, the simple fact was that the petite blonde simply enjoyed eating. At least, as long as the food was good. High quality wasn't necessary, but bad-tasting cuisine was a sure way to incur her quiet wrath.

Apples had been common in Britain, but prepared in so many different ways was certainly nothing she had seen before. It was with the most painful restraint that Saber held back, sampling only a little of each. It wouldn't be fair to deprive others, after all.

[radiantcourage.livejournal.com]

By the tables themselves, Hoshi decided to relax and offer treats to people who came up. If she could feed people, then she was as happy as a peach. She turned her head and gave Applejack a warm smile.

"Man, I can smell the apple pies right from here! What kind of recipe do you use, Applejack?"

Re: Soup's on, everypony!

[kaya-waterwave.livejournal.com]

Kaya, despite her rather gloomy mood, could not resit trying some new treats for herself, particularly since she had yet to have something other than the usual slop that Stacy provided for the past few days. That, and quite honestly, she had never tried "apple" anythings before.

"Mmm," Kaya exclaimed, trying the fritter. "This is really good!"