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[ General Rules ]

[.01] Respect all your fellow RPers. This goes without saying.
[.02] Read each post on the front page carefully. Each area has its own special rule, make sure you read over them and understand what is required of you.
[.03] Non-owners must have an RP profile posted under "Non-Owner Character Profile" under the "Biotic Interactions" section of the guild. If you have not yet done so please complete a profile before you participate in this RP. It’s just easier for us!
[.04] All other Lab Rules apply & Follow the Gaia T.O.S. The lab rules can be found on the first page of the Lab thread. The Gaia TOS should be followed under all circumstances, this should also go without saying!
[.05] Ball Volunteers are there as RP facilitators - Lab staff and Raevens/owners/non-owners at the ball are there to help facilitate the RP. Please respect them as they will be working hard just so you will have a better RP experience.
[.06] Kyou, Shushida, Kaurii, and Ac.Wings have the right to change any of the rules that apply to this thread if need be.

[ RP Rules ]

[.01] Please post In Character (IC) in this thread. If you feel the need to comment OOC-ly, please put it between brackets [[ ]] or (( )) or whatever fancy brackets you like to use.
[.02] IC post is enforced. Every post needs to contain IC content! You cannot just post an OOC comment in this thread without any form of IC roleplaying.
[.03] No extensive l337 or n00b language allowed.
[.04] No God-modding. Even if your character has godly powers, you still can't godmod and kill all the other Raevans or owners. If you do there will be no one to RP with you anymore! And even Gods have weaknesses!! Keep in mind that basically, "assuming" another character's reaction in any way, shape or form counts as god-modding!
[.05] Proper English is required.
[.06] Please when you go to post label where your character is! It makes things a lot easier for people to RP with you and for your event coordinators to know where everyone is. It's also very helpful for when you participate in games.
Places you can be at include:
Entrance
Ballroom
Dining Room
Balcony (either 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5)
Outside
Build your own Snowman
Pathway to the Lake (outside)
Frozen Lake side


[.07] Questions? If you need an answer just pm one of us! Please read the threads context throughouly though beforehand. Don’t worry if you need to ask something, Ac.Wings, Shushida, and Kaurii Lefay don’t bite! ...Much.

...........Approaching the back walls, you feel your stomach growl excitedly as colorful dishes and desserts flood your senses in every way imaginable. Bite size treats ranging from classy bruschettas and yummy apple crisps make your mouth water; succulent shrimp, scallops and other sushi make your heart race; and the desserts! Oh goodness, those desserts! Everything your mind could imagine, everything Willy Wonka would be jealous of, everything and anything possessing some form of sugar is lying right in front of you! Scrumptious fruit parfaits, delectable chocolate-mint gelato, mango pudding, lemon cakes, white chocolate-raspberry tarts, ooohh~ the goodness of it all. Well? What are you waiting for? Dig in!

Winter King & Queen:

Rules:
[o1] Nominations can only be cast for other people. In other words, you can NOT nominate yourself, or if you’re a guardian, even your own Raevan. Christmas is a time to appreciate your friends and family, or in this case, your Labbies; No need to be conceited. C:
[o2] This doesn’t mean that your vote can’t be for another Raevan or OC though. (see example)
[o3] Check your nominees’ names for correctness! Do NOT send the player’s username! We won’t have time to double-check to see if you wanted to nominate, let’s say, Yuurei (the OC) or Yuurei’s Raevan, Lucia.
[o4]Only one vote per user.
[o5] Mule accounts are not to be used to gain an unfair advantage! If you cheat using a mule account(s), we WILL find you and you WILL be removed from the event. No if’s, and’s, or but’s.
[o6] Votes are cast through PM-ballot. Send your PM to Kaurii LeFay.
[o7] Do not beg others for nominations. Their vote is their vote.

Here is an example of how this will work:

Player A votes for Isikoro Delaran to be Winter King and Lulu to be Winter Queen.

See? Isi = OC and Lulu = Raevan. Also, the vote you cast needs to have both MALE AND FEMALE nominees. So one PM, two nominees.

Any other questions? Post in the main thread and/or PM Kaurii LeFay.

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What is this?


Please stay around after the awards ceremony. There will be a few surprises. We assure you, they will be a blast.


I wonder what it could be?

xxxxxx**Main concept of Lab [305] and it's raevan artwork © to Kam Mew Yen aka Miaow/Kyoupiruchi.
xxxxxx**Artwork found here related to characters belongs to Ac.Wings, Shushida, and Kaurii Lefay. Do not use without their permission.
xxxxxx**Photographs found here belong to their rightful owners. We do not own them nor did we create them.
xxxxxx**Brushes found here to not belong to us. They belong to their rightful owners. We did not create them. (Once I locate the artists their names will be posted here.)
xxxxxx**The song "Winter Wonderland" was composed by Felix Bernard. We do not own it nor did we create it.


Don't forget! Head over to the Whisper of Roses Secret Santa Thread for some good old fashioned holiday fun!

((Arriving/Entrance - Outside))

She sighed as the darkened scenes passed her by through the cold cab window. Ebony had not thought the Lab to be one to hold an event such as a formal ball, this train of thought being from the series of festivals and parties they had held most recently. But here she was, dressed in some of the best clothing she owned on her way to the aforementioned gala. The thief felt herself pulled back in time a little, only this time she was older and her father was not there to accompany her. And here she’d thought she would be done with things like this now that he was gone. Why was she going again? Yes she’d been invited, but that didn’t mean she had to go. A tiny memory of dark hair and stormy eyes crossed her mind then causing her lips to curl up just a bit before she’d banished the image from her thoughts.

The cab slowly made its approach towards the glowing building, lit brightly to announce whatever evening of merriment lay just within its halls. There was another reason why she’d come actually, thought of just then. The holidays were a time for her to try and not dwell on the past, so she tended to keep herself pretty busy during the days. But the evenings she was free would often spell doom for her as she sat in her big, empty house. A small shudder traveled down her spine as she pulled her cloak more tightly against herself. If the driver saw it via the rear view mirror, he didn’t say anything, though his hand went to turn up the heat thinking she may be cold.

The violet haired woman gave the man an appreciative smile, yet did not respond verbally. She didn’t really feel much like making small talk at the moment, saving her energy for the remainder of the night. Hopefully she’d do better with associating with others this time even without the calming effect of the beach. Why was it sometimes she did great with interacting with others and so horribly the other times? There didn’t really seem to be any middle ground, at least that’s how she saw it.

The cab would finally roll to a stop and the driver actually scrambled around to open the door for her. It was a very odd, but sweet thing for him to do. “Thank you.” She said before digging out his money from her purse. The man blushed for whatever reason and only nodded before taking the bills and getting back into the vehicle. The Brit took the steps slowly and one at a time, her dress making it a not so easy task to lift her black-heeled feet up extremely high. Besides, there was no real rush.

(( Arriving - Entrance ))

Hmm..
HMMMMM....

The decision to hop by had taken Graf a while, but the longer the small stalker had been around the Raevans, the more she wanted to be close to them. This event would surely be interesting, even if this time she would not be able to lurk up a rooftop to observe, oh no.

This time around, she'd either have to stand to watch from outside -in the not very welcoming weather- or have to .. stand being around people. Her experiences with the very few people she'd actually shown herself to had been awkward, but not quite as horrifying as she'd anticipated.. Her fear of approaching them and becoming slightly more public was melting away slowly.

So tonight, she found herself sneaking up to the mansion quietly. She had been observing the place for two hours, when she jumped into the dark, leafless thicket of wintery bushes as soon as the first people arrived.
Taxi, bike, nice. Hey don't just dump it, I saw bike stands around the corner... Who lives here? Oh, she'd forgotten that already. Today, she would rely on her memory for anything she found out, instead of having her notebook with her to write it in. This did mean she couldn't look up facts and fiddles easily though.

... hey darn, why was she spying on that lass already? EEP, old habits, curse thee badly. She hadn't exactly meant to ditch herself into the brushwork at the first sign of people either.

Graficcha had managed to get herself to wear something decent tonight, but for now, she kept hidden in her humongous warm black coat, surrounded by her subtle shadows. At least it was snug and warm.

Gathering her wits together, she crept back, out of and around the bush, plucked a broken twig out of her hair, and walked around to the entrance, looking at the two arrivals with wide eyes shyly. She kept her formless coat safely around herself and stick to the building side to try and not catch their attention, but she was watching them in return.

The miss from the cab she'd seen before, somewhere... The other was still unknown to her, but she was curious what ties she had to the Lab. Maybe she'd already caught her name, but had yet to tie a face to it?