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thalassino ([personal profile] thalassino) wrote in [community profile] vatheon2012-02-11 09:46 pm

bluh bluh huge ball

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. ]
withoutasign: (blessed)

[personal profile] withoutasign 2012-02-16 03:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Uh huh.

[Signless lets Karkat take him off his nose, and curls up in the palm of his hand, which is a much more comfortable spot than his nose anyway.]

Maybe you were holding the grub upside down. And hey! If you were frowning, does that mean I was smiling?

[personal profile] bethehugejerk 2012-02-16 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
And hold still! You don't want to end up with ears on your elbows, do you?

[But if she complies, he sets to work. Flying along beside her, he sweeps his wand in grand gestures, scattering out the glittering magic over her form. It takes a double trip around her, one side then the other, then again, before he's satisfied that there's enough there to do the job. Then, before her, he taps the end of his wound to the very tip of her draconic snout.]

[Then it starts to work. The sparkling energy does well to veil her as he form shifts and reshapes, shrinking down, losing scales, humanizing bit by bit - save the horns, because even a human deserves horns by his book. Plus she said 'mostly human' was fine. And lastly, the glow coalesces and fades into the form of a dress.]


There. Satisfied?

[personal profile] bethehugejerk 2012-02-16 03:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I had to handle twenty-four of the slimy little asswidgets; I know better than anyone save the Dolorosa herself how to hold a grub right side up. And yes, you were, you smiley little freak.
devwocean: (Hmph)

[personal profile] devwocean 2012-02-16 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[This is sort of weirding him out, but he isn't about to be a wiggler about it. He shifts a bit, too, getting comfortable as best he can and eyeing the little mouse]

You livve under the wwater, noww, though obvviously it's not the same as breathin' it.
devwocean: (Come at me bro)

[personal profile] devwocean 2012-02-16 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
My apologies... [He's smiling, though, that was a joke, right? If so, he's sharing it]
devwocean: (Dot dot dot)

[personal profile] devwocean 2012-02-16 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[He stiffens, startled by this] Is there a good reason to believve that the riddle's aimed at a troll, in particular?
zelda_hylia: Gentle smile (Gentle)

[personal profile] zelda_hylia 2012-02-16 04:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes. No other race I know of has a "riled up" sort of love. Don't you refer to that as black romance?

[His discomfort isn't missed by her, but she doesn't draw any attention to it.]
used2btoonpi: (the good times)

[personal profile] used2btoonpi 2012-02-16 08:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Does it ever.

[He smirks a little in amusement.]

Well, I might be givin' it a bad spin. It can be pretty amusin' to watch a bunch of idiots with too much Jack in 'em.
toreadorkabull: (ilu tink)

[personal profile] toreadorkabull 2012-02-17 01:52 am (UTC)(link)
-=he's trying very hard, but this is probably the most awkward dancing anyone has ever seen and he's completely oblivious, trying to mimic some of the things gamzee is doing=-
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[personal profile] 420 2012-02-17 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
[Which really isn't much of a good thing either. Sure Gamzee is really dancing very enthusiastically, but his dancing can't be called good by any stretch of the imagination.

Embarrassing would be a better word.

Shameless.

Clasless.

Oh god Gamzee what are you even doing.

He grabs Tavros' hands again to swing him around, and hopefully the people around them have just given them wide berth. It is safer.]
withoutasign: (joy)

[personal profile] withoutasign 2012-02-17 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's true, but I'm not really a part of it, you know? There's always a barrier between me and the ocean.

[Signless' nose twitches.]

If you don't mind me asking, how do you do that anyway? Do you have to consciously switch between breathing water and breathing air?
withoutasign: (squee!)

[personal profile] withoutasign 2012-02-17 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[That just makes him grin more.]

Are you sure, then, that you sent me back in time and not yourself? Maybe you got the grubs mixed up and are secretly a smiling machine, just waiting to be loosed upon the world!
devwocean: (Hmmmm)

[personal profile] devwocean 2012-02-17 05:39 am (UTC)(link)
Riled up? I suppose blackrom could be described that wway. You don't havve black romance?
devwocean: (Quiet)

[personal profile] devwocean 2012-02-17 05:41 am (UTC)(link)
Wwe could alwways removve the barrier and see howw you like it.

[Why do you even care, Signless? Dualscar just keeps being baffled]

It's a natural instinct. You just... [He has to think about it for a second] Bloww out the air and breathe in differently to get the gills goin'.
zelda_hylia: Hyrule's Princess (Default)

[personal profile] zelda_hylia 2012-02-17 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Zelda shakes her head no.]

Humans, as well as my race, do not typically have such relationships. It's extremely uncommon in our society to have violent tendencies towards someone as well as wanting to be intimate with them. Quadrants are a unique and fascinating concept.
devwocean: (You're fuckin wwith me)

[personal profile] devwocean 2012-02-17 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
[He's actually stunned] You don't havve quadrants? And you nevver...
zelda_hylia: Demure (Demure)

[personal profile] zelda_hylia 2012-02-17 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
[She laughs sheepishly, then nods.]

I had a similar reaction when I found out how everything works in your society. The differences are vast. But yes, most humans consider violence towards someone they're in a relationship with to not only be odd, but criminal in some circumstances.
devwocean: (I'm sexy don't deny it)

[personal profile] devwocean 2012-02-17 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
That's fuckin' ridiculous. [He huffs. You're talking to the blackrom slut here, Zelda] There's nothin' that gets the blood pusher pumpin' like a good rivvalry wwith a wworthy opponent.
withoutasign: (curious)

[personal profile] withoutasign 2012-02-17 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
Does it hurt?

[It sounds like it would hurt.]
zelda_hylia: Hyrule's Princess (Determination)

[personal profile] zelda_hylia 2012-02-17 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps. Confrontations like that end in death in most societies. But we've gotten slightly off-track, I apologize. A line of the riddle reads "riled up, upset, what kind of love?". That is why I think it may refer to trolls.

[She stands.]

And I'll uncover personal details if I really must. This curse will be broken.
devwocean: (Oh please)

[personal profile] devwocean 2012-02-17 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Not at all! [He's surprised by the idea, actually] Wwell, I suppose it might if your gills wwere damaged, or if you nevver wwent in the wwater and exercised the muscles.
devwocean: (Come at me bro)

[personal profile] devwocean 2012-02-17 06:28 am (UTC)(link)
Hmm. [He watches her, nodding] I wwish you luck, then. I wwant nothing more than for the curse to be broken, too.
zelda_hylia: (Confident)

[personal profile] zelda_hylia 2012-02-17 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
[The princess's eyes have a dangerous, determined spark in them.]

It'll all be over soon

[She smiles and waves.]

Thank you for the company. I'll be going back to the riddle, now.
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[personal profile] ex_fintastic398 2012-02-17 06:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ She would do anything for love a chance to be human, of course she'll listen and try to stand still! Thought she's nearly vibrating with excitement.

Turning into a human is definitely an interesting experience, even when you can't actually see it, and once it's done, she cracks open one eye, then the other. Gasping, she inspects herself with the biggest grin ever seen on human or dragon. When she looks back to Karkat, she's wiggling in the strangest manner-- like she's trying to wag a nonexistent tail. ]


Karkat! It's perfect! You're the best!
ex_fintastic398: (pic#2223460)

[personal profile] ex_fintastic398 2012-02-17 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
Do you normally swim around in fountains? Seems like that would get kind of boring!

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