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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!]
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.