Now that he was actually here, Graham set to work immediately to figure out exactly what was going on here, going immediately to one of the guards blocking his way.
"Hello," Graham waved his hand sheepishly at the knight standing in front of the partition in front of all the other Knight Hopefuls, trying not to look at them too nervously to size up his competition. He had to make sure he was in the competition, first! "Uhhh, apologies! I'm...late. I should be on the list! First name Graham, last name--"
"The list," said the Knight, "unfortunately, is inside the theater, which is across that bridge, which was fixed yesterday but is now inexplicably missing."
"We've ordered another temporary fix, but we're still sorting out the work order," explained the other Knight.
"Well," sighed the first, "with the unexpected budget cuts that hit this last week, I remain skeptical about the repairs."
"Can't those knights check the list?" asked Graham, spotting two others on the far side of the river, one riding on the other's shoulders as they rushed past the theater's entrance.
"You mean Kyle and Larry?" asked the Knight. "They're off-duty." A pause. "Don't ask."
"You needn't worry," the second Knight assured him, "these Knight Hopefulls will figure out a solution soon, and then we can carry on with the audition."
"But," Graham protested, "I am a Hopeful Knight! If you'd just step aside, I'm confident could find a way across!"
"Eheh," the Knight chuckled, perhaps a bit derisively, "Daventry Decree 6-6-4-5 states that a Royal Guard, once commanded, must never, under no circumstances, abandon his post while on duty."
"Well," offered the other Knight, "technically, Addendum 2-3-7a allows us to leave if someone is in distress and in need of assistance. Of a life or death nature."
"I stand corrected," the first Knight sighed. "Wouldn't want a repeat of the Ruberstern fiasco....A tardy auditionee, however, hardly counts for distress. Sorry! But we can't leave our post. King's orders."
Sighing himself, Graham nodded. "I understand," he said. "Thank you...."
With that, he slinked back....and immediately over to his friends.
"What do you think, guys?" he said. "I need to cause a distraction, of danger and distress. Of a life or death nature. To distract the guards so I can get through to the other Knight Hopefuls! Got any ideas?"
Re: The Tournament Theater - ToK, Day 1 - 05/06.
"Hello," Graham waved his hand sheepishly at the knight standing in front of the partition in front of all the other Knight Hopefuls, trying not to look at them too nervously to size up his competition. He had to make sure he was in the competition, first! "Uhhh, apologies! I'm...late. I should be on the list! First name Graham, last name--"
"The list," said the Knight, "unfortunately, is inside the theater, which is across that bridge, which was fixed yesterday but is now inexplicably missing."
"We've ordered another temporary fix, but we're still sorting out the work order," explained the other Knight.
"Well," sighed the first, "with the unexpected budget cuts that hit this last week, I remain skeptical about the repairs."
"Can't those knights check the list?" asked Graham, spotting two others on the far side of the river, one riding on the other's shoulders as they rushed past the theater's entrance.
"You mean Kyle and Larry?" asked the Knight. "They're off-duty." A pause. "Don't ask."
"You needn't worry," the second Knight assured him, "these Knight Hopefulls will figure out a solution soon, and then we can carry on with the audition."
"But," Graham protested, "I am a Hopeful Knight! If you'd just step aside, I'm confident could find a way across!"
"Eheh," the Knight chuckled, perhaps a bit derisively, "Daventry Decree 6-6-4-5 states that a Royal Guard, once commanded, must never, under no circumstances, abandon his post while on duty."
"Well," offered the other Knight, "technically, Addendum 2-3-7a allows us to leave if someone is in distress and in need of assistance. Of a life or death nature."
"I stand corrected," the first Knight sighed. "Wouldn't want a repeat of the Ruberstern fiasco....A tardy auditionee, however, hardly counts for distress. Sorry! But we can't leave our post. King's orders."
Sighing himself, Graham nodded. "I understand," he said. "Thank you...."
With that, he slinked back....and immediately over to his friends.
"What do you think, guys?" he said. "I need to cause a distraction, of danger and distress. Of a life or death nature. To distract the guards so I can get through to the other Knight Hopefuls! Got any ideas?"