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Let’s make this day the best in the world | Valentine's Day Concert

🧙 WHO: Anyone and everyone
⚔️️ WHAT: Valentine's Day Concert
🕒 WHEN: February 14th
🗺️ WHERE: At the theater in Camelot
⚠️ WARNINGS: None that I can think of, will edit if needed.

Backstage

Backstage was a busy place during the whole concert. There were people getting ready, people helping people get ready and even just friends visiting them to wish them good luck (or to break a leg) or just help relieve some of the stage fright. Each artist or group had access to a room of their own if they needed some alone time. All they had to do was put up a sign that the room was in use.

On the stage

The theater stage was decorated with appropriate Valentine's Day decorations - roses, hearts and other simple, but meaningful things. The curtain would come down whenever someone needed time to prepare the stage to look different and there were several talented musicians helping out to bring live music to the stage.

As they say, they stage is for the performers to take as their own, one or several at a time.

In the audience

The audience has seatings for those who desire it, but there is also a space for anyone to stand and dance. There's plenty of space even if there is a section of the audience sectioned off for a... pool? Why was there a pool in the theater? Well, it certainly wasn't for just anyone to casually swim in but instead it was reserved for a special guest making an appearance at the concert.

The Lady of the Lake had been invited by Ren to watch the concert. To be fair, he had also invited King Arthur, Merlin and the Lady Morganna, but only the Lady of the Lake had accepted the invitation (although looking at Merlin's instagram afterwards may prove different, as he was there but just under a disguise).

Snacks and beverages are also being served at the theater lobby. Of course, since it was Valentine's Day, there was plenty of chocolate to go around.

After-party

While the after-party was mostly aimed at performers to celebrate a successful concert, no one was turned away from it. Anyone wanting to visit the party to congratulate on the success or to just chat with the performers was definitely welcome to.

The party was hosted at the theater too, since why not use the space you needed to clean up the next day anyway. Anyone was also welcome to join the clean up process the next day as well, but Ren certainly wouldn't force anyone to help out.

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[ The Lady of the Lake cannot set foot on land, but she can certainly travel by water, so she greatly appreciates the pool being set up for her. As always, she's wearing clothing despite being in the water, and after talking to Archimedes for a while (and nagged him to come with, but you know how he is- all horses, all the time), got him to at least get her a coral pink dress. It's picked out by a man who doesn't have much in the way of fashion standards, but it's covered in water anyway, so it's not like anyone's getting a great view of it. No shoes because what would the point even be.

It's nice to take a break before there's enough magic stored up to bring in a big batch of new arrivals again, and she can be found at the edge of the pool, facing the stage more often than not, her arms folded over the edge.

Anyone is welcome to talk to her- she definitely seems like she's more relaxed and more approachable than she is at the start of the month. ]

[ Several dozen strangers plopping into your home all at once is a valid excuse for being stressed and unapproachable, really. But the Lady is somebody Karma had been hoping to talk to, having left the bay as soon as possible and hadn't looked back, so surprised as he was at finding himself in the water and a glass bottle being pressed to his lips that he didn't register the potion as help. Whether or not the Lady remembers, Karma had spat the potion out instead of swallowing, had bit his tongue instead to keep the shock from settling in, and had escaped the water nearly frostbitten.

Here, he's bundled up nice and warm, with a cup of hot chocolate held in both hands, crouching down next to the pool. ]

Hey, it's you from before. Never got the chance to say thanks!

Hey, you didn't die.

[ Her tone sounds pleasantly surprised-- she remembers. There's only so much she can do for people who refuse help, so that was on him. Looks like he made it, so he's either a survivor or really lucky.

She leans over to see what he's got, then relaxes back in the pool. ]

Jog my memory of your name.

Still alive!

[ Surprised as he was to be dumped into the lake, he isn't surprised to be alive; tenacity is a strong suit of his. And, if he's offended by her not knowing his name, he doesn't show it and has no reason to— all this means to him is that she's just somebody who fishes people out, and doesn't hand pick them specifically. ]

I'm Karma Akabane. And you're... Nimuë? Viviane? Or do you just go by "The Lady?"

Wouldn't you like to know.

[ She gives him a little laugh, propping her elbow on the edge of the pool and her chin on the palm of her hand. ]

Giving someone your true name can be dangerous if you run into the wrong kind of magic. Why do you think your familiars go with whatever name you decide they're called?

I thought maybe they're tired of people butchering the native tongue and the nickname is less effort?

[ But nah, his familiar is a proud one— quiet for the most part, content to watch the world through Karma's eyes and intervene very rarely. He figures they're a lot alike, and wouldn't tolerate being called something stupid unless the alternative is more dangerous.

He takes a sip of his drink, tentatively reaching out with his cognitive magic without real high hopes that it would work on the Lady. ]

I'm kinda flattered you think I'm dangerous enough to be wary around, though? But I'm just some normal kid, you know? There's really no harm in telling me your name.

That, too.

[ He's a cheeky one. It works, sort of. She's been around a lot longer than a kid with a hefty pair on him, and not human at that; she can feel it's happening, and divert her answer to both fulfill the hypnosis and avoid answering. ]

My name is the Lady of the Lake. I have many names, and you've been told one. [ He really should be more specific. Loopholes abound. ] I can feel every ounce of water in this world, including in your body, so how about you watch your magic and I'll watch mine.

[ She twirls her finger, using her magic to stir the liquids inside of his stomach to make her point. Harmlessly, but enough that he should be able to feel it. ]

[ With that sort of answer, he can't tell whether his magic worked or not- or whether it's him not being able to use his magic to full effect or whether it's because the Lady of the Lake isn't effected by it. That little experiment of his tells him little more than the fact that she can tell when it's being used, and that maybe he shouldn't use it on her. Maybe. ]

Ugh. I got it, I got it! But if you can control that, it's not gonna be my fault if I accidentally hurl into your pool, alright?

[ Leave his stomach alone!! She could have made her point by making the hot chocolate in his cup dance or something. ]

Lady of the Lake

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