bluh bluh huge ball

[thalassino]

Characters: Vatheon
Location: That Castle
Time: Evening, on Sunday
Style: Any
Status: OPEN. Threadjack, threadhop, spam away!

[ Good evening, Ladies and Gentlemen of Vatheon— whatever your newfound stature may be, Prince, Princess, Knight, or Peasant, you will all receive a message on your SFC on the eve of Saturday regardless:

You are cordially invited to the castle for this evening's ball. In addition, you are all welcome to try and solve the riddle if it fancies you. It just may break the curse!

The invitation is unsigned, but its intentions are clear. Maybe you hadn't quite noticed the sizeable castle in the distance of the city that had sprung up, but this message would surely garner your attention toward it now.

Should you arrive at the castle, plenty of attractions await you:

Ballroom ❧ A very large and beautiful ballroom is lighted up, complete with a playing violin orchestra. While the curtains will be drawn during this event, there is a windowed view and exit on one side of the ballroom that leads to:

Smee's Rose Garden ❧ A broad and colorful spanse of a garden, complete with many paths and turns. Plenty of roses are arranged in great arches, which provide perfect little places should you need some privacy with your sweetheart. Anyone familiar will even tell you that the garden was purposefully designed for just that sort of thing.

The Riddle ❧ There is an inscription located on a noticeable plaque set in one of the garden's benches. It reads:

Two are necessary to break this curse
Riled up, upset, what kind of love?
Only this kiss will stop it from getting worse.
Look for a winged one is push comes to shove,
Look for a glance slightly dark,
Search for a pair in reluctant love.
One answers a call; that's your mark;
One longs for patria though adverse.

Dining Hall ❧ Connected to the ballroom is an extremely long hall that stretches as far as the eye can see, elegantly arranged as the dining area. Expensive and exquisite cuisine seem to be on the menu— try something new? Chances are you won't be eating from a selection such as this again anytime soon!

Dais ❧ There is a noticeable raised dais that is easily visible via any area within the ballroom. It's locked off from guests, though— what is it for...?

Do enjoy. ]

Comments

Ballroom ❧

[thalassino]

[ doot doot doot ]

open!

[toreadorkabull]

-=standing off against one of the walls is a rather large, spotted, brown minotaur. He looks shy but curious, feeling huge and out of place but watching everything with interest. His weight shifts from one large hoof to the other, tail swishing back and forth as the music plays=-

Open~!

[knightime]

[Dave was standing awkwardly off to the side. He didn't really know how to ballroom dance. And dancing in the state he was...well it was a silly idea.

His birdlike legs weren't dancing material and he'd just flounder about most terribly.

There aren't even arms to do this shit, having wings instead. He'll sulk and watch people dance instead.]

open

[red_medic]

[Medic hasn't bothered to change out of his wizard robes. Archimedes is perched on his pointed red hat and the man really just looks around right now, observing.]

Open!

[wavesoakedlegs]

[A natural place for a prince, perhaps, is a ball. But though he is cursed to be Prince Fire-Fade, he is still in truth Akechi Mitsuhide.]

[Which is why the young samurai can found at the edge of the ballroom rather than dancing away in the middle of it, smiling but looking obviously nervous. Clad in the most beautiful finery of purple, silver and white, with his lovely crown still perched on his head and his extremely long hair loose down his back, he certainly looks the part at least.]

[Now, if only he could summon the courage to get out there and dance. Oh, why must it be such an embarassing thing?]

Smee's Rose Garden ❧

[thalassino]

[ pucker up ]

open

[ex_fintastic398]

[ It's hard being a giant dragon. It's hard and no one understands. Feferi has laid herself on a decent-sized pavilion, as close to the castle as she can get. As noise comes from inside, she cranes her neck longingly towards the nearest window. It seems like a bad idea, but... ]

Open

[the_demonmaid]

[It's quite obvious she doesn't like crowds of people too much, as this Handmaid's sitting in the garden and simply enjoying the sight around her]

Open!

[aim_exorable]

[There is a centaur in the garden, built like a warhorse and white from horn-tip to hooves. The exception are the pair of brilliant blue eyes he possesses. For now, he is down amongst some forget-me-nots, idly studying a blue rose he has in one hand. In the other, he has a quill which he uses to jolt down something in a leather notebook he has down against the ground.]

[For any who would wander near or catch his eye, well... Darkleer may be a gentleman, but he is also a centaur. Upon realizing someone is close by, he will look up, quiet and serious... before the expression melts into a slow, confident, and welcoming smile.]

[He won't mind a bit of company. Not at all.]

Open~!

[ninthserenade]

<sub>[Yep, guess who dragged himself out of the safety of the lake just for this little party? That's right, this Selkie. Except this time, he's actually found a pair of pants that agrees with this curse, so he's taken to tying his seal skin around his shoulders.

And he's retrieving a couple roses. Now, why would he be doing that? Certainly it couldn't be to woo unsuspecting people, could it?]</sub>

Open

[devwocean]

[It's so annoying, being Dualscar. The troll-turned-merman is sitting in an ornamental fountain, tail splashing irritably as he watches the festivities going on from afar.

But then, isn't that his whole life? Watching other people having fun from a distance, not knowing how to join in?

Woe.]

open!

[disastergirl]

...Lel isn't here.

[With a sigh she plopped down on a bench and folded her hands in her lap. Of course, the "Lel" in her head still had a much different face than the fairy tale; subconsciously she was still desperately hanging on to the last of her memories. That didn't diminish her disappointment or the slight blush on her face much, though.

Will you be her "Lel", or will you take her mind off it with some small talk?]

open

[bethehugejerk]

[The thing about balls and fairy tales is that there are often romantic youths hoping to go, yet requiring that extra touch of help from someone else before they can get there. Namely, the magical aid of a fairy godmother. While Karkat deeply resents just about everything but the wings (and even those would be better in a different color - red sucks), things like embarrassment, personal shame, and secrecy have taken a back seat to the driving need to serve the role he's been given.]

[Curses are a pain like that.]

[Luckily the majority here either don't care about his blood, or don't know its significance. Let alone that wing color (and the accents of his dress) would be clue to it. ... Though, there is the Signless, his elder double in looks who is freer about his own red. Nothing's come of that.]

[But still, as Karkat hovers over a pathway, arms folded, he looks much like someone stuck here against his will.]

open - just don't step on her, okay?!

[booyaka_boom]

*Selphie is still a teeny tiny person. She could fit in the palm of your hand. She was so excited about this ball, and so devestated that she is so little, too tiny to wear anything exciting, far too small to dance with. She's managed to fashion something toga-like out of a black stocking she had, all the same.

Moses had carried her too the ball, but Selphie had been stubborn and insisted she could manage this time on her own.

Is that a bird on that rose? Is there a frog sitting by the bushes? Or is it little Thumbelina Selphie?*

Open!

[nowfeathered]

[So, you're just walking around, probably trying to find some quiet place to share tender and loving kisses with your partner, when you come upon a green barrier that seems to be very...feathery. Huh. Push as you might on it, and it won't budge- but if you look up, however, you might be surprised to see that that barrier is none other than a part of a large feathered serpent, dozing away within the arches.]

[Being a feathered serpent is hard and no one understands. Therefore, Anthony J. Crowley is getting some rest while he can. Wake him up?]

Open

[gun_symphony]

[After a bit of dancing, Rhi'a decided she needed to take a load off. So she'll be in the garden, looking around at all the beautiful flowers they have. Feel free to come bug her.]

Open!

[a_violent_end]

[Shizuo, still in the role of the huntsman, doesn't really know why he was invited to the ball. Balls were for knights and princesses, not hunters. He's retired his ax, somewhere, and after spending a few minutes in the ballroom, decides to go somewhere secluded. The garden is the perfect place. He strolls through quietly, not wanting to disturb anyone who may be sharing a moment, mind on a promise he hasn't forgotten.]

Open!

[rainbowarch]

[OMNOMNOM THESE ROSES ARE DELICIOUS

...totally sorry if he interrupts your romantic moment.]

WHOOO I'M NOT LATE I SWEAR

[flared]

[Outside is the only place where a giant red dragon can fit. And this dragon happens to be rather territorial and hot to the touch right now. All right, enough is enough. Curse or no curse, there's too many people here! ...And not enough princesses to guard or princes to roar at.

...Wait what.

Axel shakes his head as he tromps around the garden, trying to peer inside the windows as he probably ends up smooshing some flowerbeds and trees along the way. After a few failed attempts at maneuvering properly and getting some thorns stuck in his poor wittle feet, his anger boils over and he lets of a frustrated roar, the back of his throat glowing bright yellow.

Haaaalp.]

The Riddle ❧

[thalassino]

[ here let me give you a soundtrack for that ]

Open

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda's looking at the plaque intently. She's dressed in a Zora tunic with a tiny dagger tied in her hair. Between speaking with Lysunder and kissing Sola, she remembers who she is... for now, at least. But does this last addition to the riddle still fit the pair Signless told her about? She's not sure.]

Open

[closedcircuit]

[Ky's not dressed for a ball, even his ordinary uniform would have been more appropriate for this, but instead his clothes are simple wool, more as would befit a huntsman than would someone attending a ball. He hasn't been able to find anything else to wear, however, and the promise of breaking this curse is something that's drawn him here, as much as the fact that it simply feels like a place he should be.

Ky's eaten the food available, noting the tenderness of the meat in a way that seems new, although he can't think why it would be, but now he's found the riddle and is standing in front of it.]

This seems less like a riddle and more like a call for matchmaking.

[Ky huffs, peering closer at the plaque in hopes of making it make more sense.]

Dining Hall ❧

[thalassino]

[ the proof is in the pudding ]

Open!

[housewifes]

[ So how is everyone enjoying their meals? Pretty tasty, right? Well don't get too comfortable... because anything that is close to the edge of the table is mysteriously gone!

That's right- fish, shrimp, bread, pudding- you name it! Any of the food is either half eaten or completely disappeared.

The culprit? An invisible blue penguin that is... well, invisible. So sadly you can't see it. However, there is a suspicious looking male pretty close to your table. He is looking slightly oblivious, but the boy is chewing on something.

Dare to confront for your missing food? ]

Dais ❧

[thalassino]

[ DON'T TAG THIS I'M NOT KIDDING— it's a cliquey castle ok ]

/shamelessly flaunts the rules and encourages others to do the same... OPEN

[withoutasign]

[Having eaten his fill at the banquet table--really, how much food does it take to fill up a mouse?--and being far too small to risk getting stepped on on the dancefloor, Signless is sitting near the dais, looking up at it contemplatively. He won't walk up onto it, but he's clearly trying to figure out what it's for.]

[Help a mouse out?]