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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

[a_violent_end]

[Sorry Zelda! He didn't mean to fluster you. It's easier for him to talk openly while under this curse.]

Thank you. That makes me happy. I never really thought of myself as good friend material before.

[He returns her smile.]

[zelda_hylia]

Did you want me to get anything from inside? It's been a little difficult to find food during this curse.

[And she knows that he's not a fan of crowds. She can deal with it, though.]

[a_violent_end]

It has.

[Even under this curse, Shizuo is a terrible huntsman. He can't bring himself to kill anything. And Zelda is absolutely right, Shizuo isn't big on crowds, huntsman or not. But what he doesn't want to admit - to himself or otherwise - is that he's hoping to bump into the very man he tried to kill. Under normal circumstances, Shizuo would translate this desire to mean hatred, or bury it so entirely that it wouldn't surface at all. But huntsman Shizuo is a little more open...and that promise...Even though it's supposed to be days from now, and not in a castle, it's what drew him to the gardens to begin with.]

I'll probably go in there in a little while. Thank you.

[zelda_hylia]

Alright. I think I'll head in now, I'm getting rather hungry.

[She lifts her hand up in a wave before turning to go inside. Maybe a little meal would help her with that riddle!]

[a_violent_end]

I'll see you later.

[He, too, raises a hand and offers her another smile.]