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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]

Hmm.

[She folds her hands in her lap.]

Thank you, that's very helpful. After all, if we can determine if this riddle is aimed at trolls in particular, that would narrow down the potential pairs significantly.

[After all, very few trolls have wings...]

[devwocean]

[He stiffens, startled by this] Is there a good reason to believve that the riddle's aimed at a troll, in particular?

[zelda_hylia]

Yes. No other race I know of has a "riled up" sort of love. Don't you refer to that as black romance?

[His discomfort isn't missed by her, but she doesn't draw any attention to it.]

[devwocean]

Riled up? I suppose blackrom could be described that wway. You don't havve black romance?

[zelda_hylia]

[Zelda shakes her head no.]

Humans, as well as my race, do not typically have such relationships. It's extremely uncommon in our society to have violent tendencies towards someone as well as wanting to be intimate with them. Quadrants are a unique and fascinating concept.

[devwocean]

[He's actually stunned] You don't havve quadrants? And you nevver...

[zelda_hylia]

[She laughs sheepishly, then nods.]

I had a similar reaction when I found out how everything works in your society. The differences are vast. But yes, most humans consider violence towards someone they're in a relationship with to not only be odd, but criminal in some circumstances.

[devwocean]

That's fuckin' ridiculous. [He huffs. You're talking to the blackrom slut here, Zelda] There's nothin' that gets the blood pusher pumpin' like a good rivvalry wwith a wworthy opponent.

[zelda_hylia]

Perhaps. Confrontations like that end in death in most societies. But we've gotten slightly off-track, I apologize. A line of the riddle reads "riled up, upset, what kind of love?". That is why I think it may refer to trolls.

[She stands.]

And I'll uncover personal details if I really must. This curse will be broken.

[devwocean]

Hmm. [He watches her, nodding] I wwish you luck, then. I wwant nothing more than for the curse to be broken, too.

[zelda_hylia]

[The princess's eyes have a dangerous, determined spark in them.]

It'll all be over soon

[She smiles and waves.]

Thank you for the company. I'll be going back to the riddle, now.