The Masquerade (Please join us! Literate rp!)

[ItsKaileikehiLoves]

~*~Masquerade~*~

You go up the drive of the palace to it's front doors where a foot man halps you down and out of the carrage. He leads you over to the doors, that he opens and lets you enter the huge main hallway of the palace. You go along to the other end of it to a set of enchanting stairs that lead down to the ballroom floor. The landing of the stairs stretchs to both sides, onlookers can look down at the nights festivities from above. On one side of the landing there is a set of gleaming glass doors leadng out into an exquisite garden of bushes, flowers, bubbleing foutians, and music, but that isn't what interests you at the moment.

The ballroom itself is absolutely stunningly beautiful. It is oval shaped with white pillars around the sides leading up to the glass ceiling that shows the night sky full of shining stars. The floor itself is some sort of gorgeous pale blue, almost white stone that shines. In the center of the pillars there are hundreds of people dancing, laughing and enjoying themselves. This is the dance floor and it is marked by the two in golden line running along the floor on the outer edge of it, hitting the inner of the very bottom edge of the pillars. On the outside and inbetween the pillars are round tables decorated beautifuly with white table clothes and gleaming silver ware and wine glasses. Each table seats twelve on very comfortable looking chairs. Music comes from somewhere unseen.

Everyone is dressed elegantly, each one wearing a mask to hide their face, only taking it off when they wish to do so. Ladies with pearls, and diamonds, men with flowers in their coat pockets. Waiters dressed in white shirts, black vests, black pants, red ties, and black masks dance wal around gracefully with trays of champagne and different types of food, also taking orders for certian things from people sitting down at tables.

All over it's a wonderous sight to behold and to know you will, as soon as you reach the bottom of the stairs, be part of it all.

[ItsKaileikehiLoves]

~*~Rules~*~

1. Stick to the Gaia TOS.
2.Romance is very, very much encouraged.
3.Have fun.
4.Don't be a party pooper. (Goddmod, Mary-Sues, ect.)
5.Please don't use *actions*. Be literate. That means.

Actions.
Thoughts.
"Speech"
((Out of character))
And no one liners.
It'd also be cool if you could descirbe what your character looks like and is wearing for clothes and a mask in your first post, but you don't have too if you don't want too.

Other than that, have fun and happy Gaiaversary!!!!!

[xxBeautifulxxGoodbyexx]

Baby,baby did you forget to take your meds? Baby,baby did you forget to take your meds?

I get near the palace and stare in awe at the size of it, the beauty. I go inside to see that the inside is more beautiful then the outside was. "Wow I am very lucky to have been invited." I look around to see if anyone has come but it seems that I am the first.

[ItsKaileikehiLoves]

Virtue sits along in the corner of the landing above the ballroom. She had her knees hugged up to her chest, covered by a brillant blue ballgown that looked as if it had come out of a fairy tale itself it was so amazing. Her father, the king, had had it made for her for this even itself. She'd spent the past hour bowing and accepting dances with people who refered to her as 'Princess', but that was not what she wanted at all. What she wanted was someone who wouldn't judge her for her blood. Which is why she had her mask on now, hiding her true identity. It was a to die for mask, matching her dress magnificently, hiding all but her mouth, chin, directly below her nose, and her stunning, deep, deep, velvet night sky blue eyes and framed by her ebony black hair that flowed down to her waist in waves, curling at the end due to having been in a tight bun at the begining of the night. Beneath her gown she wore a pair of pale blue satiny slippers that were very comfortable and showed just how small her feet truely were.

[x - t o m a t o]

Luna appeared, wandering lost, until she found it.

So there it is, she thought, slowly stepping into the masquerade entrance.

[Kendeh]

A young girl of age 15 walked towards the building. She didn't appear very fancy, or well dressed for such a formal event. You could tell that her dress was handmade from scraps of fabric, and she was without a mask, instead she had a beat up pair of green glasses covering her face. She had long brown hair that cascaded down the back of her dress, loose. She appeared happy to be there, but you could tell she was uncomfortable around people with such pretty outfits and masks.

[Kaetari]

Darius's tux was beginning to feel tight. The red flower in his pocket, thankfully, hadn't wilted yet. His shoes were a might too small and very shiny. His thick brown hair had been nicely groomed and now had a handsome muss to it. His bright blue eyes inspected the party goers through his red/gold mask. Ugh, I love dancing, I love ballroom dancing, but I hate tuxes. he looked around, as his father said, it was his duty to dance with some of the important ladies at the ball. And maybe one would "Take a fancy to him". But Darius wanted love, not a high status marriage.

[xIntolerant.Liesx]

Samantha had been plucked, teased, swatted, poofed, brushed, bathed, and powdered. All for this one night. This one night that would set off her future, perhaps lead her to her destiny. . . Breaking her from her thoughts, or rather her mothers speech which had been uttered just a few hours ago in Samanths powder room, was a rather unlady like snort. Destiny. It was just one ball in which dozens Samantha had had to attend. But this one was suppose to be special. Shaking out her tumbled, and wavy black hair she adjusted the blue gem encrusted mask resting lightly over her nose. Iluminating the slight foreign slant of her facial features, and the swirling dark brown of her eyes. Shaking out her skirts just as the coach stopped, and the door opened. Yet her mothers words returned, and ran over and over in her mind as she was announced to the front parlor. Even as she mechanically made her way down the steps, her older brother in tow.

Of course, Chandler hadn't had been so forcefully thrust upon with the 'destiny' of this said ball tonight. He's just been placed in a nice suit by his valet, and he'd taken up the duty to escort his younger sister, Samantha to the ball. He's have to say he felt somewhat bad for her. Mother seemed so designed to get her a courting. Yet it was easy to tell that she'd no desire. Hiding herself in her books. Chandlers own mask was black, a few .. doodads creasing the sides. His black tux was rather formfitting, and hugged to his muscles. Quite the opposite of his sister, Chandlers rather redish hair, and freckles wasn't at the top of the list in qualities for a bachelor. But his rumored devilish grin, and mysterious war past ranked him a little higher than he would be. He walked Samantha towards the refreshments, muttering in her ear about Colonel Humphrey, and his elephant ears. Her racous laughter letting a few eyes travel towards her. "I heard that the princess was here.. " Something in his eyes warmed, for he'd spotted the princess before. Quite acquainted with her.

[Kendeh]

You could hear the patter of her well worn shoes as she made her way up the pathway. She didn't arrive in a fancy carriage, she had walked. She was so jealous of all the fancy dresses that the people around her wore. She knew today would not be her lucky day, no one would chose her when they could have a very rich, beautiful princess. She figured it was a bad idea to be here, and almost started to leave, but she was so close. She decided she would go in, and look around before leaving for good.

[ItsKaileikehiLoves]

Virtue decided it safe now to leave her corner, now that most of the men had probabley forgotten what her dress looked like. Most of them had compliemented it, but they had been more interested with what was down the front of it rather than the dress itself. They never really looked her in the eye either, always away, as if they would offend her if they looked her in the eye. Yes, Virtue's two older sisters, now the queens of two very upstanding kings had been that way, but not Virtue. She was sick of being a Princess and being treated the way she had been for the past sixteen years. Tonight, with her mask on, she would try and make a friend. And therefore, the last remaining princess of the palace, rose from her spot in the corner and hurried back down the stairs to the ballroom floor.

[x - t o m a t o]

The red dress she was wearing snagged itself on the step. She tugged it, and it came along. Luna took a second to admire its beauty. A red ball gown, shimmering with royalty, shimmering with rhinestones on the top half, to match her diamond necklace. The gloves were in the same in style: silk. Red satin. They came to the elbows, then stopped about an inch or two after. Her masque barely matched; she was lucky to have found it. It had red feathers at the corner. The top edge looked like a flame, in a certain cut and in all it's glitter. After a few more seconds of admiration, Luna stepped onward to the ballroom. "So...shiny..."

[ x ][ x ]

[the eldritch doll]

.//{Riya, decked in a pink gown with periwinkle accents, looked uncertainly about the room. Balls and dances weren't her place, but she was certainly eager to look for a dancing partner.

C`mon boys and girls
Come a little closer
I'm the reanimator

Re-animate your feet!

[damphyr_synergie]

Sky wandered into the ballroom. She looked around, at all of the people dressed fancily. She grimaced at her heavy boots and black socks. Then she fiddled with the belt she had around her hips, on top of the only classy thing she wore. Her dress. It was a purpleish blue, and it sparkled, matching her scarf. The dress was cut off at her shoulder blades, and stopped at her neck with a small misshapen U. She went over to a table and sat down quietly, her long silver/gray hair cascading over her shoulders softly. She had one silver bracelet on her hand and a small pure silver locket hanging onto her neck. She didn't bother to spend her gold on useless things like jewelery.
((Mask is the one my avatar has on))

[~Sukasa-Kun~]

He sighed and walked in.
He sat in a chair and smiled at the excitement.





==+This. Is. The. Best. Day. Ever.+==

[Kendeh]

She continued up the walk way. She smiled a small, shy smile at the many people around her. She knew what they were thinking, they were always thinking it: She didn't belong. Tonight would be different, she told herself. "I can do this," she mumbled to herself, trying to be confident. She gently made her way through the open door, looking for someone, that special someone. As always, she quickly dismissed that thought, no one would want to get anywhere near her, let alone dance with her.