vatheon | bluh bluh huge ball

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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[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?

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

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

[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.

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!

But a fairy? And they stuck me in a dress! There's nothing fair about that!

[Huff!]

[But, there's an answer, which means he has a job to do. His arms cross as he looks her over. Cat thing, and he can see how the other clothes go, and definitely work something off of that. He put a chair in a dress by accident his first day; he can totally give a cat a gown. But one thing.]

Still while you're a cat and everything? Feferi asked me to turn her human.

You can fly! And do magic! ...they purrobably didn't need to put you in a dress though. But I think you still look furry nice.

[And she does sound like she quite genuinely, honestly means that.

Except then she kind of leaps back.]

No! No, I like being a kitty, I want to stay a kitty! I know it won't last furefur but I want it to last a little while more!

Those two parts are fine enough, but the dress could burn and I'd throw a party over it.

[Why do people keep complimenting how he looks in a dress? It's awkward. Really awkward.]

Fine, fine, I was just asking, alright? For the record, I'm not even surprised. Now stand still a second.

[He looks at her a bit more, considering style and color and what would fit her usual tastes. That and how to form it for a cat. But soon enough, he comes up with an idea, and points his wand. One good wave...]

[And when the sparkles settle down over Nepeta, she should find herself dressed in this.]

Does that work? Same colors you usually wear.

[Nepeta is complimenting him rather than the dress, less shy about it now that they’d sorted out the whole she-has-a-crush-on-him-but-he-isn’t-interested-and-has-filled-his-quadrants-anyway mess. But she notices that it’s bothering him so she’ll just tactfully drop the subject.

Once she’s been assured she will retain her kittyness, she does as he says and stands still, closing her eyes when the sparkles rain down around her.

Once she opens them again and looks down at herself, she mewls in happy surprise, twirling around to make the skirt flare out. She’s never been dressed up before!]

Yes, yes, ohhh, it’s purrfect, thank you, Karkat!! It’s the bestest ballgown efur!

[Karkat doesn't quite smile at her reaction, that being too rare an expression from him, but he does look obviously pleased. His arms fold over his chest in evident self-satisfaction.]

Even if I'm stuck as the dumbest thing possible, I'm not about to do a crappy job at it. I am a hatched leader, and that extends to even weird ball gown magic.

You're going to join us all at the ball too, right right? It wouldn't be the same without you!!

[Of course she's still giggling and swishing out the skirt of her dress, enchanted with just how lovely it is.]

[And like that, the expression disappears.]

No, I'm not. My job is out here and I am not about to expose myself to more embarrassment by dancing around in some dumb dress.

Won't it let you change fur the ball at least?? You've worked so hard you deserve to have some fun too!! ...what if I wish fur you to be able to change?

I'm not a wish granter, Nepeta. And I have tried before: I'm stuck in a dress until this dumb curse is over with. I can change which dress it is, but I am forever locked in something frilly. Besides, did I say I even want to go?

Edited 2012-02-19 01:05 (UTC)

...oh. I thought fairy godmo...godleaders could do that too!

No, you didn't say so, but I thought you would! Aren't the others there too? You could dance with Eridan and see Gamzee and purrhaps drop a bowl of punch on Equius. [She giggles.] But if you don't want to then you don't, I just thought it'd be fun fur you!

Eridan doesn't want to go. Too many humans, he says. And I've already seen Gamzee. Equius I can piss off plenty enough without resorting to punch bowls, too, if I see him.

I'm fine, trust me. You just go along and enjoy yourself.

[He holds up a finger.]

One thing, though. The magic will wear off at midnight, so don't forget that.

Edited 2012-02-20 06:09 (UTC)

Okay, okay, I was just making sure!! Thank you again furry much!

...ohhh, okay, I'll remember that! What happens when it's gone?

Yeah, yeah.

[He gestures dismissively.]

When that happens, your outfit will turn back to how it was before. You'll be fine since I didn't go turning you into something else, yourself, but don't forget it anyway.

I won't furget! I purromise!

bluh bluh huge ball

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done fussing with icons now dsfbjk

so many different ways to look grumpy! XD

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