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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!]
littlecousin: (shh i'm thinkin')

[personal profile] littlecousin 2013-01-15 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Is it like that on your Earth? I mean, I know you're not a local, so if you're not sure, cool, but I really kinda thought that all alternate timelines were basically like mine, at least as far as, like, the laws of physics went.

[Everywhere is a comic book!]
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (am I dreaming?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-01-15 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[ She shakes her head. ]

I don't know at all. I know there are people with magic. That's it.
littlecousin: (v2 isn't going to last a year txt it)

[personal profile] littlecousin 2013-01-15 03:31 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, we have that. Is it just on Earth, or do you have sorcerers on Krypton, too?
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (I was eating that)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-01-15 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
We don't have anything like that on Krypton. Just scientists.
littlecousin: (actually that's stupid)

[personal profile] littlecousin 2013-01-15 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
My people don't make that much of a distinction between the two. It was kinda weird for me to go to the surface and find out a lot of humans don't even believe in magic.

[Flying people? Sure! Magic? DON'T BE RIDICULOUS.]
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (babysitting not procrastinating)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-01-15 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
My cousin told me that magic is just what humans call anything they can't explain. But my friends have been telling me other things. I don't really get it.
littlecousin: (paparazzi? in new york?!)

[personal profile] littlecousin 2013-01-15 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, no way. It's totally a legit thing. ...For my world, I mean.
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (what am I looking at?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-01-15 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
But what defines magic? [ There are very specific definitions in science. Biology. Chemistry. Physics. Why won't magic fit into a neat little box like that? She would even accept a little overlap, like biochemistry or quantum physics. ]
littlecousin: (what do you mean my plan is terrible?)

[personal profile] littlecousin 2013-01-15 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
I am seriously not the person to ask. I'd say "stuff that doesn't fit into science but still works," and then Doc Strange would start rubbing the bridge of his nose at me.

[She knows her limitations.]
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (that works too)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-01-15 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, fair enough. She chuckles. ]

Doc Strange?
littlecousin: (what is your DAMAGE‚ heather?)

[personal profile] littlecousin 2013-01-15 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
The Sorcerer Supreme. He's the best and the most powerful magician in our dimension, or something like that, and it's his job to keep it safe from metaphysical threats.

[He's terrible at that job, thanks for asking.]
notdreaming: stare, neutral, sad (wait WHAT?)

[personal profile] notdreaming 2013-01-15 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Is he here? [ Maybe Kara can ask him. ]
littlecousin: (oh no you di'n't)

[personal profile] littlecousin 2013-01-15 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
No. He'd have figured out a way home if he were, I bet.

[None of the useful people from her universe are here.]
alpha_squad_leader: (Default)

[personal profile] alpha_squad_leader 2013-01-15 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Always, huh? Didn't know that was your super power.
controlledvariable: (PB >> there's certain things)

[personal profile] controlledvariable 2013-01-15 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think we'll be able to take anything back with us. [It's one of the reasons her and Brandon decided not to bother with Christmas presents.

That gets a huff of a laugh]
Modest, too. Apparently.
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-15 08:38 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah? There's a good New Year's resolution right there, when the time rolls. I mean, dancing's fun.

[And, with Bucky, it is. He makes it easy, and clearly enjoys it, and doesn't push anything more than he thinks the partner is comfortable with. (He learned better a long time ago. The story involved a crush a a girl's face crumbling down to near tears.) So, yes. Chances are that it's unembarrasingly enjoyable.]
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-15 08:41 am (UTC)(link)
[Head-tilt, exaggerated by the hat.]

Think things need more of that? Brightening up, I mean?
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

Oops distracted.

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-15 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
[No, no he wasn't a projection. Very much not.]

I'll hold you up to that - escort for the Hostess makes me a sort of host, right? Must make sure everyone's involved.

And what better way to learn, even if you feel off? Not like many people'd notice you're getting the hang of it, this music is strange to just about everyone.

Care for a drink instead?

[His eyes moved from the gal to the pal, smile not leaving them despite the decline.]

Either of you?
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-15 08:54 am (UTC)(link)
[He doesn't miss a beat, but he laughs, too.]

Good. Or I'd sound like an idiot, otherwise.
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-15 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
[(Un)fortunately, indeed. Bucky doesn't crowd him as he leans against the wall, but his eyebrow twitches up.]

Hiding from the noise? Or all the fuss?
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-15 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
Why, yes, yes you are.

[Not even hesitating with the compliment. It's true, pointed ears and all, she's beautiful.]

I'm just talking 'bout the dancing. Usually not that much of an individual effort.
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-15 11:59 am (UTC)(link)
Here. Both Favrielle - she's the one who organized everything - and the musicians are from different places than me. Well, the musicians are from Keeliai, so, that sort of figures, but. However, I got to help with things a bit, so I had kedan teach me. Gotta come prepared, you know?
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-15 12:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[Bucky laughs.]

Right. Because, say, fairy tales haven't been done? There are classics you just can't beat.
trainwrecked: (Cowboy)

[personal profile] trainwrecked 2013-01-15 12:02 pm (UTC)(link)
... I can believe that. But there are things that just don't have to be solved. They're fine, even if it looks harder.
backwordscompatible: (I know what this calls for....)

[personal profile] backwordscompatible 2013-01-15 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Hecate is real, actually. Never met her myself, but she definitely exists.