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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

[zelda_hylia]

[Her heart aches for both of them - for Izaya, so certain that Shizuo hates him, and for Shizuo, so confused that he can't see that he doesn't. She couldn't be absolutely certain before, but if Izaya's kiss brought Shizuo back to himself... then there was something. She can't bring herself to try and nudge Shizuo in that direction right now, he looks too lost.]

Maybe this curse will be one of those that we think of as a bad dream, afterwards.

[Her voice is soft, a little hopeful. There were curses like that, she had read about that.]

[a_violent_end]

Maybe.

[He gives her a small smile that he doesn't quite feel.]

Thanks. For listening.

[He remembers telling her earlier that evening that she is a good friend. He's glad he did.]

[zelda_hylia]

[She shakes her head.]

I will always listen. But for now... I think you need some rest. You have lost a lot of blood, I'm sure that makes all of this that much more confusing. I know where my home is still if you would like to come. It's closer than the lower district.

[a_violent_end]

Okay. I'll come.

[He gives in easily, because he is exhausted, and though he knows where his home is, he doesn't exactly want isolation right now.]

[zelda_hylia]

[She stands up, offering a hand to him. While she can't exactly be much support, she can at least steer him away from any obstacles on the way back home. Thankfully for Shizuo, she has two extra bedrooms in her house and they won't be sharing.

Probably. She's pretty worried about him.]

Awww Zelda...best friend ever

[a_violent_end]

[He accepts her hand without a thought to the contrary, and quietly follows her to her home.]

[zelda_hylia]

[She leads him right to one of the rooms in her house. It's changed a bit during the curse, but it's still quite accommodating. Zelda promptly herds him towards the bed.]

You go ahead and get out of that shirt, alright? I'll get you something to drink.

[Because his voice sounds rather hoarse. She steps out of the room, letting him get out of his ruined shirt and under the covers in privacy.]

[a_violent_end]

[This is getting into strange territory for Shizuo, because he can hardly remember the last time someone took care of him like this. After things within his family became strained - well, there had been his brother, always calm and at his bedside. And then both Shizuo and his brother grew up, and Shizuo was never good at maintaining relationships - social or otherwise. He feels a little awkward and uncomfortable as he takes off his shirt and climbs into the bed, but calm, too.

And because he feels calm and safe, he's asleep even before Zelda returns.]

[zelda_hylia]

[Her footsteps are light anyway, but when she hears no noise coming from the room she makes an extra effort to be quiet. It makes her smile a bit that he's asleep already. She sets the glass of water down on the nightstand, reaching down to carefully remove his sunglasses for him and bidding him a silent goodnight.]