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"You have a plus one?" Elegancia continued to sip on her drink (then subsequently pucker her lips), while she slowly rocked to the music. Although it may not have been Gloria's forte, Elegancia loved even the cheesiest of beats. Hell, she'd probably do a waltz to Barney's clean-up time song. "I'm surprised, to be honest. Not even I have a plus one." As the words left her mouth, Elegancia quickly turned her head in the direction opposite of Gloria. Why had she just said that? How embarrassing!

The brunette chugged the last bit of her punch down and then held her forehead. Elegancia truly felt the music pumping through her veins at this point. "So, are you above dancing to this kind of music? You'll never find a new plus one if you think so." She ran her hands through her glossy hair, gyrating her hips all the while. "I can't guarantee that you will, though. What with that man body. Pardon my frankness, but I think I'll find someone before you do." Elegancia grinned, then continued, "want to make a contest out of this?"

Azzo's eyes had been wondering around. He was trying to be nonchalant about watching for Melody while seeking out other people he knew. At first he gazed over Lily, pausing his eyes wondered back.

He smiled softly and gave a small wave back. He sighed, at least it was someone to talk to maybe. He debated on if he should walk over and meet her like halfway or let her come to him. He actually hadn't moved from the last time she'd seen him.

He couldn't stop giggling like a dumbass. He just couldn't help himself. At all. His due paid to the guardian cat and her friend, he stepped back toward Bell.

"Well." He held out his hand for her to take. "We could... try to dance ? You'll have to show me how, though."

His cake had mysteriously vanished.

It was very difficult for Mr. Stark to not make any outward reaction at Audrey's approach of them -- and so, it ended up that he did, just a light twitch of the eye. The general look of disdain and boredom never left; one could imagine that he felt stifled and bored at a party that had no bar in sight. Damn majority of patrons being underage.

"I think you'd know who's ditching who," he cooly replied with a raise of the eyebrow, "considering you wake up every day and crawl out of one."

Squall-Azzo lofted his brow as Lilly spoke. He sighed, it had been a long time, however, most of that time was spent sleeping in coma. He shook his head looking unamused at the actual lack of interesting things having happened to him.

His eyes were watching the crowd moving, "There's not much to tell really." He said shifting his gaze over to her, he sighed, perhaps the most interesting thing was there was probably Melody helping him pick a costume, and she was suppose to be Rina. He sighed softly before smiling. "What about you?" He asked playing with the fur on his collar. It was impossible not to fiddle with.

He watched her sigh. He shook his head thinking. "Mm, While I'm waiting for someone would you like a dance?" He gave a soft smile.

Traditionally, Halloween was the night when the devils came out to play and prey upon the Earth. Or so it was painted down through the centuries by a Church dying for acceptance and the spread of its Gospel to the pagan world. Whatever your current belief, it was generally thought that the veil between our world and the spirit world was thinned, mischief was acceptable, and you never did know what was going to happen when the clock struck midnight.

There were more than a few Cinderellas at the ball, but one in particular was feeling especially lively that night. Her costume wasn’t particularly elaborate, she hadn’t had the sort of money or ingenuity that Elegancia D’Strella or Audrey Collins might have had. No, this girl was more the Serenade Soriano type of princess elegant, a plain black mask over her features, and around her neck hung a bright crystal in a color that reminded everyone keenly of blood.

When her mask was pushed up to partake in the cake that even now Derpraline and ********* were valiantly attempting to avail themselves of, it revealed that this was the kid who’d popped out of nowhere and snatched the grand prize from the center of the corn maze on Friday night! It was that very prize that was hanging around her neck now, all but glowing from the inside in the low lights of the ballroom.

Dianna Brightley was fairly new to the city, a sophomore at the local Meadowview High. She was also an absolute comic buff, and when seeing the pair dressed up so very much like Tony Stark and his assistant, she just had to go over and compliment them! Alas, it was not a fortuitous choice.

As soon as she got near the red-haired young woman dressed up like Pepper Potts, everything went absolutely wrong. At first, it looked like just a trick of the light -- but one second later and the room shook with a great pulse of power... and at its epicenter, the scarlet gem on her breastbone began to flash and glow like it was containing a miniature supernova. Was it reacting to the girl she had just walked up to? Or had it simply been the clock chiming midnight? Cinderella was bathed in the red light as sparking bolts of energy danced over her skin and somewhat cheap dress, causing her to scream in pain.

If that were not enough, the spectacle was enough to summon two more figures, both equally supernatural in appearance. The attention of every awakened and pure senshi in the room suddenly turned to another of the ballroom’s many Cinderellas: this one silver-haired and possessing of an enlightened and regal air, oddly familiar. Those who had been paying attention at Astraea’s meetings might have recognized her as spitting image for the Moon Princess herself... except she looked far too old to be a princess.

There was no mistaking who the Negaverse officers and senshi saw, however. Beryl in all her glory was beautiful and terrifying. Both visages, one as serene as the other was livid, were oddly larger-than-life, and faded into complete transparency before their skirts could brush the ground: neither of the women were there physically, but the presence was still plenty significant. Voices rang out in heads, orders in a voice either gentle and caring or demanding and cruel.



A pointed glare from Queen Beryl managed to pierce the eyes of every cloaked Negaverser in the room, silently letting them know that failure would not be tolerated. The Moon Queen, however, looked only to her senshi with a reassuring smile full of confidence and faith in them. After all, there was nothing that goodness could not conquer! For a moment, each of her hands rested on the head of Serenade and her young friend Coralie, before both images faded into nothingness, and youma began to swarm the ballroom.






Pandemonium has broken out in the ballroom, and every powered individual present has been tasked with getting the crystal the girl was wearing around her neck. Civilians are fleeing left and right, it’s probably best if you ditch whatever date you have and find a quiet place to phase or transform! It seems that the activation of the Crystal has driven the youma more than a little berserk -- they’re attacking anyone and anything that gets in their way, senshi and Negaverse alike! The girl lies prone in the center of the dance floor - the center of commotion.

Every individual will be able to roll a 100-sided dice once as they try to get to the crystal. You can fight with other senshi, or the present youma, which are only as strong as a lieutenant or a senshi. But if you want a shot at pleasing your respective queens, you'd best roll soon! Civilans are welcome to try and play the hero and save either the girl, or a powered individual they recognize. It's probably a foolish endeavor, but since when are heroes smart?

If you haven’t posted in the ball yet, you are still free to enter until this is over -- just hope your character is ready to spring straight into action! You can keep RPing even after you’ve rolled, just don’t cheat and roll more than once for your character per round! A GM post from the mule will denote the next round.

Please remember, however, that all battle rules are still in effect here. You cannot godmode a character without the owner’s permission, and cannot seriously harm or maim them by these rules as well.

Any questions, please ask in the QnA or one of the RP staff personally!