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. ]

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[bethehugejerk]

[The thing about balls and fairy tales is that there are often romantic youths hoping to go, yet requiring that extra touch of help from someone else before they can get there. Namely, the magical aid of a fairy godmother. While Karkat deeply resents just about everything but the wings (and even those would be better in a different color - red sucks), things like embarrassment, personal shame, and secrecy have taken a back seat to the driving need to serve the role he's been given.]

[Curses are a pain like that.]

[Luckily the majority here either don't care about his blood, or don't know its significance. Let alone that wing color (and the accents of his dress) would be clue to it. ... Though, there is the Signless, his elder double in looks who is freer about his own red. Nothing's come of that.]

[But still, as Karkat hovers over a pathway, arms folded, he looks much like someone stuck here against his will.]

[possessivelove]

[The pink-haired girl- well now she was a pink-furred wolf, had managed to get behind the angry fairy godtroll without making a sound. She was good at that sort of thing after all, what kind of stalker wouldn't be?

This troll was Eridan's roommate, so since she hadn't had much of a stalking opportunity due to the neighboring apartment having turned into a cottage this seemed like a good time to get some info on him.]

Well, hello there Karkat.
You seem to have gotten a better deal out of this curse than I have!

[bethehugejerk]

[For all Karkat is a magical fairy who could probably turn a threat into a mouse or something equally harmless, being snuck up on still startles him.]

Jegus--

[But when he whips around in the air to face the speaker, it's a wolf. A great big pink wolf. Wolves are villains say his godmotherly instincts, and between color and voice, it's enough to make clear who this is. The may not have talked much, but a neighbor is a neighbor, and he doesn't just forget who's a crazy potential murderer. Not after what happened to Eridan months ago.]

First off, since when do you know my name? Secondly, don't sneak up on me like that or I swear I will turn you into a frog. And thirdly, you cannot be worse than I am. You're maybe as bad as me thanks to that ugly pelt you've got going on, but I'm still the one forced to sparkle all over the kingdom this week.

[possessivelove]

[She did a sort of giggle. That's really weird, probably, coming from a wolf.]

Why wouldn't I know my neighbors name? And hey, sparkling isn't so bad! You actually look like your normal self physically.

So what does Eridan look like?

[Yuno eyed anyone even remotely close to the two of them as she talked, the seadweller definitely was not around. Wasn't Karkat sort of his boyfriend or something? It seemed weird to not be around your lover at a ball like this! Yuno wasn't with Yukki either, though, but he didn't seem to mind the break from her for once..maybe it was a similar reason for the trolls.]

[bethehugejerk]

[That is weird. Karkat eyes her a moment.]

We've barely even spoken, that's why. And did you miss the part where I'm stuck in a dress? Because I've tried making pants, and it does not work.

[He motions down at himself. Look at this ridiculous getup. But hey, they match! Both pink.]

He got the better deal; he's stuck as some kind of snake thing this week. Don't ask what because I don't even know what it's called, but he doesn't have legs anymore.

[possessivelove]

No legs, huh?

[Sounded like a bad thing to be lacking if he were, say, being chased by a murderer or something. Yuno was glad she her legs, but this form did give her more strength, and even a nice pair of claws and teeth...]

That doesn't sound good at all! It'd be a pain to not have such things if he were to run into trouble or something of the sort, wouldn't it? I can't imagine having such bad luck. I guess I actually benefited from this curse more than others did!

[cakesaretheenemy]

[ He's been quietly spying on people as a little spider and PFFFFT IS THAT KARKAT. Okay, morphing into a semi-human state now to laugh at him. ]

Hahahahahahahahaha WOW.

[bethehugejerk]

[ I:<B ]

You. Shut your stupid, spidery trap or I will magic a zipper on that thing so fast you'll forget it wasn't there in the first place.

[cakesaretheenemy]

I'm kidding! Geez. I think you look smoking.

[bethehugejerk]

[He snorts at that.]

What is that, some kind of stupid earth joke?

[cakesaretheenemy]

Nah, it's a kind of stupid earth come on.

[withoutasign]

Karkat!

[Speaking of Signless, here's a little mouse, squeaking and dancing around under Karkat's hovering feet.]

Hey, get closer to the ground!

[bethehugejerk]

[Oh. Karkat wondered if he'd ever run across him.]

Move out of the way, alright?

[Looking down to check that he's not about to step on the Signless, he hovers back and lands, soon after crouching down to get a better look at his ancestor-turned-rodent.]

You really weren't kidding about the mouse thing, were you?

[He did see on the video before, but it's a bit different in person.]

[withoutasign]

Why would I kid about that?

[Signless jumps up and grab hold of Karkat's skirt, climbing up it as quickly as he can, trying to get to his descendant's shoulder. It might take him awhile, though... this skirt is awfully poofy.]

It didn't help that you were playing hermit this week.

[bethehugejerk]

[Oh no you don't. Karkat sees where he's going and reaches down to pluck his mousedad from his dress...]

[... and plop him on his shoulder anyway.]

I could have put you there in the first place if you asked. And it's weird actually seeing you here as a tiny little squeakbeast, okay? And can you seriously blame me for playing hermit when I look like this?

[withoutasign]

Just because I'm small doesn't mean I can't do things for myself.

[Either way, he's glad Karkat saved him from an intense climb, and he affectionately nuzzles his ear with his twitchy little mouse nose.]

Don't be so modest, I think you look very handsome.

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[bestestfurrend]

[There's a kitty striding proudly along the path in her shiny boots and cape, however she does also seem a touch...forlorn?

For a cape and boots are all well and good to go adventuring in, but she feels that they're not quite the right thing for a ball. However, they are all she has.]

[bethehugejerk]

[A sad little cat? Hardly the strangest thing about. That's why Karkat doesn't really hesitate against his godmotherly instincts when they tell him to go help her. He flutters on over, and lands on the path before her.]

Hey, little cat thing with your cape and crap. You need help?

[bestestfurrend]

[She blinks up at him with olive green eyes, her mouth forming a surprised "ohhh".]

Karkat?! Karkitty, I was wondering where you were!! Hi!!!

[bethehugejerk]

[Karkat blinks twice and sighs.]

Why does everyone else get to be animal things? I swear I am the only asshole who has the lot of being an embarrassment of existence. Which is why you haven't seen me, might I note, but I have a very important duty right now and I'm not abandoning that.

[He clears his throat in a self-important fashion.]

Are you looking to go to the ball? Because as fairy godleader I am not about to let any of you shits go into that castle dressed in something ridiculous.

[bestestfurrend]

Well, maybe it's beclaws you're our leader and too impurrtant to just be an animal thing!

[She perks up, hat nearly falling off with the vehemence of her nodding.]

Yes, yes purrlease, I want to go to the ball and look my bestest!

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[the_demonmaid]

[Aww, how cute. Very sparkly. And those red wings were-]

[Wait]

Ah, you must be Karkat.

[bethehugejerk]

[Welp. He's heard the Handmaid before, even seen her on video, but in person is a different thing. Upon turning to look at her, that is the whole of what he can do for a good, long moment. Two things: height, and horns. Karkat's seen his ancestor and he's been older through a curse; he knows he will never achieve such tallness by a good measure. And horns like that? They may not be the goalposts he's seen on the Summoner, but they are imposing and impressive curls.]

[Her dress is also kind of weird to see on a troll, but fashion he doesn't care about half so much as the rest.]

[The effect in total is a look of smoldering, pouting jealousy, unable to burn bright enough for a full blaze when he knows deeply how futile it is.]

Hi.

[It is a terribly half-hearted greeting, even for a one word one. But it's also no denial.]

[the_demonmaid]

[She merely smiled] You certainly do share his looks. Even with- [Her gaze fixed pointedly at the wings] Very interesting, I may add.

[bethehugejerk]

Shut up, would you? I have seen him before, and the less attention these damn wings get, the better.

[He stops hovering, landing instead on the path, and folds them back behind him.]

They aren't interesting; they're stupid. Just like the rest of this thing. Just figures that I would have things to do here anyway.