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[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

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? ]

[saiyan_prince]

[You did not just. Vegeta's been trying for a decent meal for awhile now.]

I was EATING THAT!

[housewifes]

[ fjdkbgsfh OH WHOA JUMPING FROM THE VOICE.

Hey that was kinda loud- ]

Huh!? Eating what? [ Yeah he doesn't get it. ]

[yellowglasses]

[Before Shouma even realized, he'd been kicked in the stomach. Hard.]

YOU!!
WHAT do you think you're doing stealing my food?! And eating it right in front of me too, like I wouldn't even notice!

[Chie is definitely not happy. As if you couldn't tell. She's standing in her usual hands-on-hips pose, glaring straight into his eyes with a fiery look to them. That food was very important to her.]

That was the first good steak I've had since I got here! Don't think I will let you get away with that..

[housewifes]

Huh— GUH! [ Yeah just before he could properly react there was a foot going into his gut.

O-ow dkgjdgsdh

Brb crashing on the floor at her feet. His hands desperately clasping hold of his poor, now abused, stomach. WHAT THE HECK CRAZY WOMAN. He takes a moment to try to recover, eyes glancing to see- oh... wow she looked serious.

Cue the scowl. ] Wh- what was that for-!? I didn't do anything!

oh hey bb

[destinates]

[Ringo's eyes slide over to Shouma as she walks over to the food, holding her clasped hands in front of her. That was a lot of food to just up and disappear like that, after all.

But could he have really eaten it all?]

Were you really that hungry? We have a lot of food at home too, you know...

[He didn't have to eat like a pig. :T]

omg bb hi

[housewifes]

[ O h. Ringo-chan!! Wait, what was she talking about-

With a confused glance his eyes drift over to the table with a blink. Wait, what. ]

Huh? But I didn't eat any of that...

[ Wow he's not a pig rude :// ]

[nonsensical]

[ it's your unluck that the penguins will eat anything, because break sure was enjoying that cake—! yes, okay, break has a habit of eating other people's cake as well as his own, but that doesn't mean he's not going to be a selfish hyprocrite because he really likes cake and there are no morals to discuss about it—

—although it's hilarious if you think break has any of your standard morals to begin with.

there's a hand resting on the boy's entire right shoulder at this moment, and he'll lean his head in over your left shoulder to speak directly into your ear— ]

My! This place is ever so fond of contemptible little strays, wouldn't you say, boy?

Open.

[rebull]

[A rather meagerly dressed fox is sitting on an oversized chair with his paws on the table, just...staring at the food prepared. Specifically, a rather large roasted chicken. He looks extremely pensive and kind of terrified.]

[For some reason, Reynard feels as though he should not eat that bird... But he really really wants to...]

[withoutasign]

[The little mouse that rode to the ball in the fox's shirtwaist pocket pokes his head out, and crawls up near the fox's paws.]

Are you hungry? I'm pretty sure the food is for everyone.

[rebull]

[A side glance to the mouse who, oddly enough, he's friends with, such a delicious little friend... Ugh, he looks away, eyes on the pri- er... sadly killed bird that looks so scrumptious and...]

[Whine.]

Fairly. But, I feel like it is against what I should, be it what I want or not.

Open!

[prominence_glow]

[Guess who is packing up all the food into the biggest sack he could find?]

[Okay, so the half-Phoenix boy here isn't exactly getting everything. But he certainly seems to be doing his best! What's his plan for all that food, then...?]

[ninthserenade]

<sub>[Hey Lea.

You have a Selkie boyfriend draping over your shoulders. What do?]</sub>

Hey, you.

[prominence_glow]

[Grin back and cuddle up all against that nice bear chest is what. Oh yeaaah.]

Wow, didn't know I got a name change.

[carminejackal]

[Hey Lea, remember this wolf? He still remembers you from the forest, though even if he didn't, it does look like you could use a helping hand or rather paw, with that sack of yours. Hell, he could always hold it for you while you fill it and then help you cart it off once you're done.]

Need help with that sack?

[prominence_glow]

Whoa!

[Flaring up slightly from surprise, Lea cools down quickly and grins at his wolfy companion.]

Hey! Wow, you're fulla help, aren't you? It's pretty great to meet a nice guy, gotta admit. It's getting a little heavy, 'tho...

O p e n

[radiantwingedone]

[ The white sphinx has his wings tucked quite neatly against his back, and is studying all of the food with the eerie intensity that cats can. Well. All the meat is getting studied.

Who cares if his face is human, all this cooked meat is very fascinating.

He just needs to figure out which to try to eat first, and whether he should bother with anything resembling manners. ]

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda had stepped inside to see if having a bite to eat would help her think a little more clearly. She smiles when she sees Duke again, waving.]

Hello, Duke.

[radiantwingedone]

[ Was that dish talking to him? Maybe he should start with that on-

Oh, that was Zelda. There's a bit of a tail wave for her. ]

Zelda. [ A slight nod, and he'll tuck his paws under him a bit better in case she wants to head over next to him. ]

Open!

[bestestfurrend]

[Nepeta-in-boots is enjoying a hearty meal of fish, licking her paws clean after every bite. This is delicious! She's enjoying it even more than usual, which is saying something.

Though the still-alive fish swimming past the glass walls and ceiling of the dining room do distract her quite a bit.]

Open!

[hecklinghare]

[Carrot stew. There had to be some around this spread. It had everything else, and if there was so much food available well then Bugs was going to be picky thank you very much.]

Now I all know there's carrot around here and I t'ain't leavin' untils I gets some...

[Scruffy looking bunny is hungry >|]

[bestestfurrend]

Ohhh, I'm pawsitive I saw some!

[Excuse this kitty butting into your monologue, Bugs.]

I'll help you find it!

Closed and oops tl;dr

[a_violent_end]

[After being stabbed, Shizuo leaves Izaya to find Zelda. He doesn't look back, doesn't want to see his face now or ever again, and wants to put everything behind him. Thinking about Izaya hurts, because Shizuo retains the crisp memories of what they - he - had done. And in the end, forced to wake up with a bloody kiss and torn open in more ways than one, Izaya had wished for him to break. And though the gesture had been crude, Izaya still, after all of that, after giving Shizuo a glimmer, during the curse, into something akin to kindness, had rejected him.

Now, finally away from Izaya, Shizuo starts to feel more like himself. The anger for which he had been waiting finally beings to surge and he comes to the conclusion that somehow, this is exactly what Izaya had wanted. To take advantage of the curse, lure him, and stab him in more ways than one.

And then, that memory of Izaya against his leg, Izaya almost broken - but no, Shizuo won't think of that. Right now, he just wants rage to stabilize him. He wants to hate Izaya with every fiber of his being, because that makes sense. Because in the end, Izaya stabbed him just an inch away from everything.

Shizuo slowly makes his way to the entrance to the dining area and leans against the door frame. He feels sick and weak in a way that only mildly relates to his stab wound, and all he can think about is finding Zelda.]

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda had enjoyed quite a nice cat nap on Duke-turned-sphinx, and she was making her way back out to look towards the riddle when she saw Shizuo leaning against the door frame. She ran over to him with her eyes wide.]

Shizuo! What... what happened?! No, don't talk, hold on.

[Her magic may be diminished as a siren, but her music is improved. She takes out her harp and sings the Song of Healing, directing the energy towards the injured bodyguard.]