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=-

[420]

[Awkward wall-flowering about? That won't do!

Gamzee is hardly subtle as he prances makes his way over to where Tavros is standing, a wide grin curling upon his snout as he tossed a companionable arm around Tavros' shoulder, his head thudding into Tavros' for just a moment. But it is cool. That is just the ways of bulls and goats.]


Heeeeey, bro. What's up?

[toreadorkabull]

-=he stoops down to Gamzee can reach him, pressing forward gently into said companionable head butting=-

Uhh... not much, at this very moment. You?

[420]

aww, ain't nothing but going all around this beautiful motherfuckin' happernance and checkin' out how my good bros are doing at.

[toreadorkabull]

Everything, uh... seems so very fancy! It's just, maybe a little strange, but nice too!

-=for some reason he feels like he should be getting in trouble for being all around this high class fancyness. He's not sure why thought=-

[bestestfurrend]

[Nepeta knows not the meaning of being a wallflower. She's rather big for a cat but still much smaller than this minotaur.

Hence climbing up his side to settle companionably on his shoulder.]

crabby moirailjack

[stayb100ponyboy]

[Snort.]

[Hoofstomp.]

[GLAAAAAARE.]

wait until she bulgeblocks you in return, equius XPP

[bestestfurrend]

[Huuuuh. Someone sure is a cranky hoofbeast.]

Hi Equius!

[She beams to see him and waves at him cheerfully from her perch but is otherwise unmoving. He'll have to carry her off quite literally if he's trying to get her away from Tavros.]

[stayb100ponyboy]

[This is probably not the way to deal with the issue.]

[So instead, Equius smiles charmingly, offers her one hand, and drops into a low, deep bow, getting both his horse AND human half involved.]

May I have this dance, dear lady?

wow sure am sticking to that horrible idea I thought last night..

[aim_exorable]

It may be more interesting to participate than simply refrain, if I may say so.

[Darkleer approaches, glancing over Tavros curiously. For some reason, he reminds him of someone else, but Darkleer cannot recall knowing any minotaurs besides him...]

>)

[toreadorkabull]

Uh... you are sure, that is okay?

-=all this high class fanciness makes him feel weird for some reason=-

[aim_exorable]

[Bowing at the waist, Darkleer just smiles slightly up at Tavros.]

So long as you have a proper partner, I should hardly think of a reason why it would not be.

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.]

yes i am feeling this horrible

[aim_exorable]

Difficulties, little bird?

[The sound of his heavy hooves probably announces Darkleer's presence more than his voice does, but the large white centaur strides into view soon enough, hair braided back to at least keep it out of his face. He has to look down to properly see Dave, but he doesn't seem too bothered or unused to this.]

sob.

[knightime]

Don't know what you're talking about. [He looks away from the people dancing and looks up at Darkleer. Hello. You are unusually tall. It is kind of disconcerting.]

Just watching.

all the bad life decisions in my games forever yep

[aim_exorable]

[Darkleer is always unusually tall, so this is not exactly an event for him. Sorry Dave.]

While I would not insult an admittedly fascinating past-time, it seems you have the chance to do a great many things besides dancing.

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.]

/all the smirking

[gun_symphony]

[Rhi'a, on the other hand, decided that dressing up for this party would be fun, so here she is on the ballroom, wearing this lovely dress (with the red being replace with purple) and looking around for anyone she knows. Once she spots her ever-so-handsome prince, she proceeds to walk over to him.]

Quite the party, wouldn't you agree?

[red_medic]

[He looks up, slightly startled at the sudden voice, but catches himself as soon as he sees who this is. So he nods at her.]

Vell. In a vay, maybe.

[He ponders for a moment, then makes a small gesture with his hand.]

Can you danze?

[gun_symphony]

[She just smiles at him and nods.]

Of course.

[And she takes his hand with her own gloved one.]

Lead the way~

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?]

[behisstrength]

[Motochika -- the Jewel Princess -- shares no such reservation, and floats across the ballroom to where his shy husband lingers. He wears a stunning sea-green gown tonight, which glimmers as it sways with his movement.

With a warm smile and lively eyes, he simply closes his fingers around Mitsuhide's wrists and steps back towards the centre, holding on.]

My Fire-Fade. Do you remember how we revelled on the eve of our wedding?

[wavesoakedlegs]

[Mitsuhide cannot reject the desires of his beloved 'wife,' though he flushes a little as he lets Motochika pull him out to the center of the room.]

When your father cleared the room of the furs and silks he had laid out for my comfort, sweet Lady, and there was a great banquet.

[Surely no celebration under the gaze of the heavens could match that wedding night; the Sea King did not hesitate to make it as grand as possible.]

The dancing did not stop for many hours. How could I forget such a time?

[behisstrength]

There is an echo of that night in the air.

[At the centre, Motochika lets go of Mitsuhide's wrists and entwines one of their hands, resting his other hand on Mitsuhide's shoulder and pressing close.]

Do you feel it?