Event | Masquerade Ball

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Characters: All
Date: The Evening of October 30th
Location: The Courtyard of Public Opinion
Situation: Valdis and 'Rue' have put together an All Hallows Eve Masquerade Ball.
Warnings/Rating: None

The day has finally arrived and the morning and afternoon are spent putting together what will be the scene of the Masquerade Ball at the Courtyard of Public Opinion. Kedan can be seen coming and going, carrying in decorations and lights and later on, various foods and desserts. Valdis, and Rue can occasionally be glimpsed directing people and moving things around, but anyone not a part of the setup will be ushered on and discouraged from lingering.

As night falls, the Courtyard will be brightly lit and ready for guests...

Comments

[wrathfulkhan]

Not Gene's fault that Tony hasn't bothered to learn!

"Like I said," Gene said, "he's doing a hell of a job of drawing the eye. Which begs the question: if he is trying to be a distraction, what is he trying to distract us from?"

[highprofilerichkid]

He's learned plenty of Chinese. Just not any that's fit for polite company.

Tony shrugs again. "I don't know." He doesn't actually think Rue is an evil spy with some grand sinister scheme. "He could just be a really bored theater nerd. We should go quote some Shakespeare at him and see if he finishes the lines automatically."

[wrathfulkhan]

That's what distinguishes Tony from Gene - that, and the fact that Gene's hair is far superior. Tony's far too willing to not see peril and ill intent behind every shadow.

Gene frowns. What do you have against theatre nerds, Tony? "Anyone could do that."

[highprofilerichkid]

"Recite Shakespeare by memory?" Tony asks incredulously. "Did you pay any attention to how badly I did in theater class?"

Christ, Gene, he hadn't even heard of Hamlet.

[wrathfulkhan]

"I tried not to," Gene says dryly. "It caused me physical pain."

[highprofilerichkid]

"Funny, that's exactly how I felt about memorizing Shakespeare."

In fact, it had literally caused him physical pain, by making him stress out about his theater test when he should have been paying attention to not having his ass handed to him by the Living Laser. Shakespeare got him shot by lasers, Gene. Lasers.

[wrathfulkhan]

If Tony brings that up, Gene is reasonably going to point out that if Tony hadn't been a Slacking Samuel, he wouldn't have had the problems in school that necessitated his dad's holo-will being used against him in the first place.

That's a fight Gene's going to lose, because the trump card is 'you shouldn't have kidnapped my dad in the first place, you jerk,' and that fight ends with Gene sleeping on the couch and both of them being upset for days. No way to spend a party.

"Some people have no appreciation for culture," Gene says dramatically, to forestall that fight.

[highprofilerichkid]

Yes, that's all probably better left unsaid. Tony appreciates your discretion, Gene.

"Why start now?" Tony replies, with a teasing grin. "You've stuck around anyway, and I'm never taking another theater class. So I never have to read another line of Shakespeare for the rest of my life."

[wrathfulkhan]

"You don't read Shakespeare, that's half the problem," Gene says, getting off the Rue thread for a moment to get obnoxious. "The only way to properly appreciate Shakespeare is to see it performed. Or to perform it yourself."

Weeoo, weeoo, nerd alert.

[highprofilerichkid]

"In the original Klingon?"

He sees your nerd, and raises you a more different kind of nerd!

[wrathfulkhan]

"What?"

Gene pretends not to know what Tony is talking about. Feigning ignorance is the best strategy for him where Star Trek is concerned.

howard loves star trek, i will die for this headcanon

[highprofilerichkid]

"Now who doesn't appreciate culture?" Tony says, pretending very hard to be offended.

What, Trek Tuesdays were not a thing in the Khan household?

...Okay, no, they probably weren't.