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Favrielle nó Eglantine ([personal profile] flawedgoods) wrote in [community profile] tushanshu_logs2012-12-18 07:51 pm

[OPEN] Midwinter Masquerade

Characters: EVERYONE
Date: Forward-dated to Friday, December 21st
Location: Water Sector
Situation: Midwinter Masquerade!
Warnings/Rating: None in the entry, please tag your threads accordingly.

It's well into the evening of the Longest Night when guests begin to arrive at the Midwinter Masquerade. The building where it is held, a large and elegant building, sits in the Water sector at the edge of a canal, allowing attendees to arrive by foot, boat, and bicycle drawn carts.

Upon approaching the main entrance, guests are greeted by kedan servers who have been contracted for the event. Dressed in white and silver as Winter spirits and snowy creatures, they greet the guests, stow away their coats, cloaks, and other outerwear, and bid them Joy on the Longest Night.

The theme of their costumes becomes quickly apparent upon entering the main room, for Favrielle has put all of her designing genius toward transforming the it into a wintery palace. Pale white drapes hang over the walls of the room and beneath the ceiling, accented with silvery ribbons to simulate icicles. Indeed, most things in the hall are in whites and silvers. The tables are adorned in white table cloths, and matching napkins hold polished silverware within, tied shut with ribbon.

A set of musicians sit to the side of the dance floor, playing quietly as the guests arrive. The stringed instruments produce sweet sounds of a more classical style that adds to the formality of the occasion and sets the mood for the evening. Indeed, it does little more than that for the first part of the evening, by Favrielle's reckoning, is best spent enjoying the arrival of those in costume. After all, with so many masked it's as much an entertainment to see who is dressed in what, as it is to try and guess their identity.

The more observant or socially networked individual might also notice that while most guests are indeed foreigners, there are a few kedan in attendance as well. Invited by Favrielle herself, these kedan are for the most part friends and associates from their shared industry, as well as some few acquaintances she's made in the Fire sector's red light district. In the tradition of the Night Court however, it is not a night of business dealings, even those from the latter group.

As for the hostess herself, she enters only when it seems as if most other guests are present...


[ooc: Due to RL stuff this is going up early! This should give everyone more time to tag in. The pageant beginning will go up now, however the end will go up on the 21st as planned!]
tendnottoweep: (all of history etched out at her feet)

[personal profile] tendnottoweep 2012-12-23 01:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Natasha's a splash of red and orange in the middle of the pale wintery theme of the masquerade. Her hair's close to its natural shade, deep bloody red brushing her shoulders, while her dress and mask are both adorned with feathers in bright flame colors. She's been dancing, on and off, with both kedan and fellow foreigners, but at the moment she's off to one side of the floor, watching the dancers with a thoughtful expression behind her feathered mask. ]
aloadeddie: (haha yeah i might flirt)

[personal profile] aloadeddie 2012-12-24 05:03 am (UTC)(link)
Are you too worn out to step out one last time, or am I in luck? [It's easy to spot her, though Arthur's a bit easy to spot, too, in his zoot suit and fedora, the simple black leather mask covering his eyes. He's smiling faintly, though that might be the liqueur the kedan waiters have been passing around, or maybe it's just something about this whole situation that he finds vaguely amusing.

Either way, he offers her his hand, if she wants to take it. The musicians have taken up something like a swing dance - Arthur is good at those.]
tendnottoweep: (and every color illuminates)

[personal profile] tendnottoweep 2012-12-27 09:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ She smiles back as she reaches out to take the offered hand, eyes bright with amusement behind her mask. ] It takes a lot more than this to wear me out. I think I can manage another dance or two.
aloadeddie: (enjoys architecture)

[personal profile] aloadeddie 2012-12-27 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[The music is an easy sort of almost-swing beat - fast enough to give him an excuse to twirl her once in a while, slow enough to maintain a conversation.] I haven't been to a party like this that wasn't for work in a long time.
tendnottoweep: (and every color illuminates)

[personal profile] tendnottoweep 2012-12-29 02:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Natasha falls into step easily, with the effortless grace of a practiced dancer. ] I actually don't think I can remember the last time I was at a party of any kind that wasn't for work, so I understand completely.
aloadeddie: (yay)

[personal profile] aloadeddie 2012-12-29 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
They're usually really boring. [His smile is faint, but almost shows off his dimples as he twirls her - nice to dance with someone who obviously knows what they're doing.] But the company here isn't too bad.
tendnottoweep: (and every color illuminates)

[personal profile] tendnottoweep 2012-12-31 12:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her dress flares around her feet as she spins, feathers fluttering. ] Just 'not too bad'?
aloadeddie: (i can smile. sometimes.)

[personal profile] aloadeddie 2013-01-02 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
Well... [His eyes might be twinkling a little at her. Just a little.] I think the company just improved by several points, so it might be better than 'not bad' now.
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2012-12-24 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[And Bucky's in darker colors. Not bright, no, but dark grays and leather-black and hues that match Favrielle's own ensemble in his cowboy theme. But that explosion of color? He can't resist it. Her. Especially when she's standing on her own.]

Ma'am. Any chance you might be interested in a dance?
tendnottoweep: (and we will never be afraid again)

[personal profile] tendnottoweep 2012-12-27 10:20 am (UTC)(link)
[ Natasha recognizes him before he reaches her, even with most of his face hidden. It's in the way he moves - not quite the familiar predatory prowl of the man she used to know, but she's been watching Bucky closely enough to pin down his body language at this age, in this time. She inclines her head a little as she smiles up at him. ]

There just might be. Are you asking, or just curious about my mood?
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-09 01:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Definitely askin'. Whaddaya say?

[But it's all the more fun, to keep it up after being recognized, for him. That way, he's not even lying. Just having fun and maybe, possibly, making people smile.]

Or is the music way too strange?
tendnottoweep: (and every color illuminates)

[personal profile] tendnottoweep 2013-01-10 05:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ Her smile flashes a little brighter, from teasing to daring, and she holds out a hand, for him to take. ] I think I'll manage. Do you think you can keep up?
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-14 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
I think I'll manage. [almost the same tone, too, as he takes her hand and leads to the dancing floor.]

[Because always up for a challenge. Teasing, too.]

Just how hard do you like pushing people - generally - to see if they can keep up?
tendnottoweep: (and every color illuminates)

[personal profile] tendnottoweep 2013-01-17 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
[ She lets him lead the way for the moment, but she's watching his movements with a sort of lazy intensity, like a cat watching a bird with no real inclination to pounce. Not yet. ]

Generally it depends on how much I think they can take.
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-20 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's... interesting, feeling that look. Almost the way an enemy's attention would prickle, and yet, not quite. The difference is enough to make it all the more interesting, to Bucky.]

I'll bet you're seldom wrong in your estimate, too.