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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

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>

[knightime]

[Dave had absconded out of the castle and into the garden. He wasn't really ballroom material nor was he all that interested in staying there when it was starting to get crowded.

He ruffled his feathers a bit and awkwardly made his way through the garden.

What are you doing with those roses?]

[ninthserenade]

<sub>[Shhh, they're his ticket to wooing people.





Even people he doesn't know. Which is why he's presenting this new guy with a nice ol' white rose.]</sub>

Hey, you.

[seablaze]

[Guess who decided to take some liberties and place a hat on the Selkie from behind? The pirate stepped back arms crossed against his chest as he looked over the roses.]

And just what are ya up to out here? Thought the dining hall would be more your thing with the view.

[ninthserenade]

_{[And this is a Selkie turning on his heel to offer one of the roses to Faris with a grin.]}

Just pickin' some flowers for a pretty girl.

[seablaze]

[Glances around.]

Huh. Don't see anyone around. Think you're seeing things, mate. No pretty girls round here.