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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. ]

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[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.]

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[red_medic]

It makes no sense.

[And where does he come from now? Well. Who knows? But Medic is there, still wearing his somewhat charred wizard robes and the pointed hat with that crown forced over its tip. And he is frowning down on the plaque.]

[zelda_hylia]

Not much, no.

[She sighs heavily.]

I suppose I can see the first parts of it, but the end... I just don't know many people here well enough to make it fit. And it seems that most everyone has forgotten themselves now.

[red_medic]

[Medic responds with a snort.]

Vell. Ve can just hope, zhat zhe ones ve are looking for are even among us. It surely ist easier if ve only haff to defend ourselves. But zhis-

[He flicks a dismissive hand towards the bench. Just ignore that brief blue spark, please.]

Tch. Riddles.

[All the eyerolling goes here.]

[zelda_hylia]

The curse hasn't affected you terribly, has it? I'm glad.

[Why yes, she is referring to his very unprincely manner!]

[red_medic]

Ach. Onze you find out how to not set off vhirlvinds und how to not burn down an entire room because of a vrong gesture... It gets managable.

[And yes, he doesn't get it. His grouchy wizard manners clearly dominate over any princely behavior. Unfortunately. It's just an unlucky combination.]

[zelda_hylia]

You have magic, now? Mine is awfully diminished. How are you liking it?

[Zelda can't imagine that someone would dislike having magic. That's just crazy talk!]

[red_medic]

[The RED actually chuckles at that and raises his hand again. The blue spark returns with a short flick of his wrist and a hardly notable twitch of his thumb lets the spark burst into a handy ball of blue flames.]

Vell, it helped uns beat zhat dragon. I am not going to complain.

[Medic balls his hand into a fist and the magical fire disappears again before he turns to the young woman.]

How about you. Has zhis curse been bozhering you a lot?

[zelda_hylia]

Unfortunately. I am fairly sure that I tried to lure men to their doom.

[Or worse, as Summoner had informed her. What if she had slept with them? That would be terrible!]

[red_medic]

Zheir doom...?

[He frowns at that, perking a single brow, but shifts to not stare at her too much.]

Und you do not remember anyzhing of it?

[zelda_hylia]

I would prefer it that way. I do remember it. I simply did not remember who I actually was when I was doing it.

[She sighs heavily.]

This curse is very strong.

[red_medic]

Strong, indeed. Und quite peculiar if you ask me.

[But then again, most curses are.]

Do you zhink ve can break it?

[zelda_hylia]

Under usual circumstances, I would be more concerned. However...

[She folds her hands and draws them close to her chest, smiling.]

This is a fairy tale, isn't it? We will break the curse.

[kingwithnocrown]

[Izaya's dressed up in a simple, fitted black suit with a dark red tie. He's been mingling around actively. After all, he just awoke from a coma and needed to make up for lost time.

So of course he's interested in talking to Zelda. Screw the riddle.]

Princess Zelda.

[He's beside her at once, an easy, honestly pleasant smile on his face.]

Been a while. You look very pretty this evening. Having fun?

[zelda_hylia]

Izaya!

[She actually hugs him suddenly. Sola had worried to the princess about Izaya being unconscious, so she was quite aware of his predicament.]

You're awake!

[kingwithnocrown]

Hell-o!

[Surprised Izaya is wide-eyed Izaya. He's honestly not used to this sort of thing and it takes him a moment to process the hug.

Well. Okay. He's just going to hug her back now- albeit after an awkward pause but it's not an awkward hug.]

That I am. And you don't seem too affected by the curse. That's good to know. Nya! I'm so happy to talk to you! And to be walking around again. I don't like not having been conscious for that long. It's scary.

[zelda_hylia]

[She lets him go fairly soon. Zelda's not much of a hugger, but she was relieved to see him.]

Sola was terribly worried about you. He said that you seemed to just lose all your energy one day and then you just... did not wake up. I know that sort of thing is common in Vatheon, but I was concerned nonetheless. As for the curse.

[She indicates her wing ears.]

I turned into a siren. It was not pleasant, but I seem to have regained my sense of self for now.

[kingwithnocrown]

[Thankfully for the both of them- neither was Izaya.]

Was he? Ah, how kind of him. I did. It was pretty unusual. I've never felt that kind of tired in my life before...

[He doesn't really like to talk about it. He glances at those wings and- ah. How unique. He reaches a hand out to touch them lightly, a look of interest upon his face.]

Oooh, a siren? How dangerous! Yeah, you seem like your usual self again. This curse is really weird though.

[He thinks briefly on Shizuo and frowns, a hand already up to his chest where he'd been cut.]

Sola is all right, isn't he? I haven't had the chance to catch up with him yet- although I'm sure he knows I'm awake by now.

[zelda_hylia]

[Why did you bring that up, Izaya? She winces.]

He is physically safe. The... curse made him think he was Link again, though. I wasn't entirely myself either. I believed it...

[She raises a hand to her chest. It hurts to remember his face when he left.]

We kissed. That's when I regained my sense of self.

[kingwithnocrown]

You guys kissed?

[He laughs. But it's out of disbelief.]

Guess I wasn't the only one who received a...weird kiss because of this curse.

[His eyes roll to Zelda's face and frowned a little.]

...Are you okay? I mean. From the kiss.

[zelda_hylia]

[Hold up. Between her conversation with Shizuo and this one, she can put the pieces together. She's staring a little.]

U-umm... yes, I'm alright. I suppose. I didn't expect my first kiss to be like that, but I thought it would break the curse at the time...

[kingwithnocrown]

[He quirks a brow at that stare. What's with that? He doesn't know that Shizuo told her anything. So.

He's just not going to say anything.]

No one expects their first kiss to be how it is. And yeah. This curse is pretty ah- kisses seem to make people think weird things. It's a fairy tale sort of curse, isn't it? That's what I've gathered anyway.

[zelda_hylia]

Yes, it is. A kiss between the two lost royals will break this curse, supposedly.

[She looks over at the riddle with a sigh.]

I just wish that I knew people here a little better. I want to be sure of who this is referring to before trying to push them together.

[kingwithnocrown]

Really?

[He glances at the riddle and skims it.]

Sounds pretty tragic. I don't really care too much though. It's not like I'm affected by the curse. And anyway, love is pretty dumb.

And so is the whole kissing thing. A kiss isn't that powerful. Besides, if they're meant to come together, then they will. Whether or not someone settles this riddle.

[zelda_hylia]

Oh!

[She looks at him, perked up suddenly.]

You're right! This is all a fairy tale, isn't it? So it will all work out in the end.