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 Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2016 10:39 pm
You arrive at the fairy ball dressed and ready. and if you aren't you shortly become so--the dress code is stringently enforced, but rather than kicking people out the magic inherent in the place simply overcomes your clothing, replacing it with something more... appropriate than your clothing before. (The magic seems to favor skirts and dresses in fine, heavy fabrics.) About you cluster strange beings; most of them appear human, but there also seem to be creatures that don't quite fit. They're depressingly normal, otherwise, laughing and chatting, flutes of pink champagne in hands or claws or tentacles. Above the crowds rise silver vines that twine together, glowing lilac lights dripping down like tears or flowers. The floor is a white marble with gold veining, but shoes make no sound upon it and it feels like a deep, soft pile carpet. The walls are pale and empty of decoration beyond high, arched windows, through which nothing is visible. There is no ceiling to hide the view of the two moons high above, pale light limning the masks of the attendees. By the grand entrance doors, on blue pillows atop white marble pillars, are two ferociously furry cats. One of them smiles, cheshire and discomforting. The other simply watches, blinking slowly. For now, your character is simply arriving. Bring them in, get together, and get ready to get told what's what.
You'll be informed as to what's coming on Sunday morning!
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 10:53 pm
[[ Temperance Clark: 25/25 arriving with Jordan and talking to the cats]] Temperance had stuck close to Jordan. Since he'd agreed to go, and had listened to her admittedly jumbled explanations of things, she wasn't letting him get away. Not until they were at the party-thing, at least. At the time, she'd wondering if some door would appear or if she had to go find one (that would have been embarrassing: having missed the masquerade by sitting around waiting for something to happen). Luckily, the key made things easy; it teleported them neatly at the front gates. She adjusted her splicer mask nervously. It, of course, was no the blood-stained version. Even Temperance had thought it a bad idea to wear that, though she owned both. Her dress was something borrowed from her mother and it was clear that her mother's bust was a little more... substantial than hers. She took a deep breath and focused on the things around her. It was... nearly indescribable. The people, the place, the two ******** moons! Temperance would have gaped if she wasn't sure gaping was rude. She poked Jordan in the side. "Hey," she whispered. "Is this odd enough for you? Also... do you think it's actually safe to drink stuff here?" She eyed the glasses of rose-colored liquid warily, fingers twining in the cord of her pocketbook. Probably not. Then, she glanced up, feeling the odd weight of the mask on her face, and gasped. Two rather large and disconcerting cats lounged on pillows. Temperance opened her mouth, than paused and took another breath. "Hello, cats," she said tentatively and curtsied. Temperance was probably going to do something to end up with an entire leg of plastic this time. It seemed inevitable, given her history of failure - the only question was when. "That seems like a useful perch."
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:07 pm
Shun Kuroda: 25/25 | Arriving and talking to ChelShun stood before the gates, dressed in a simple, but clean black suit with a dark gold tie. He did have mask, though that wasn't particularly extravagant either; it was just a plain black mask, and honestly felt like he looked like a stereotypical cartoon robber wearing it. Or Zorro. As he suspected, the key did seem to have a role in getting them here. Just not in the way he had expected initially. He looked on around, taking note of some of the denizens that were about. There were things that definitely weren't human here, but he never expected this ball to have any semblance of normality, really. Well. He supposed they were acting in a manner that was to be expected at this sort of event. There was that. Letting out a sigh, he glanced over at the leech that had come along with him. "Try not to do anything stupid while we are here," he muttered under his breath.
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:11 pm
Chel | 25/25 | Talking to Shun
The whole magic portal thing was weird as ******** and Chel was off put by the time they arrived, but they had arrived. Chel didn't show up in fancy wear because she had no fancy wear. In fact the most expensive piece of clothing she wore was maybe a $30 pair of boots.
She had those on.
But they were crusted in a bit of dirt and had velcro straps, so they probably also weren't considered fancy wear.
The other problem was that she had not expected this place to be fancy. The word party, to Chel, implied loud music and invading peoples' personal space. "Ball" and "Masquerade" meant a shitty themed party that nobody really committed to at the end of the night.
Not fancy ball gowns and ...
"What's the plan, batman?" Come on he even had a mask this time.
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:16 pm
Leslie St. Peter: 25/25 | Arriving
He'd arrived at the address, the key in his pocket. He was wearing ...well, the proper dress. A medium black suit, with a pale blue button down and a darker blue tie. His shoes weren't exactly the most fancy, but they were glossed up and dressy. His hair was pulled back into a neat, tight poof on the top of his head.
Leslie arrived solo, but he wasn't the first one at the ball. He slowly looked around, green eyes taking in the vines and the windows. It was really, so pretty. The vines fascinated the little plant lover. Following the vines, he eventually saw the cats and he blinked at their expressions. Well that was.. a bit unnerving, wasn't it? He bit down on his lip and shook his head a little. Was he seeing things?
He looked at the people who had arrived and realized he didn't recognize anyone yet.
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:26 pm
jeremiah mercer || 25/25 || arriving AND GRUMPY (conversing with algernon, nasir, and wil >()
nasir vasile || 25/25 || arriving AND HAPPY (conversing with algernon, jeremiah, and wil : ) ) Jeremiah looked the part of the theme he had picked. There was a broken crown upon his head, and a mask covering part of it. Here, at this time of night, with both of the moons presents his eyes glowed constantly. It was eerie enough that Nasir was side-eyeing him every so often. "Don't," he said, not even wanting to explain it. "Just expecting toe beans to go along with it?" Nasir chuckled and then looked sheepish at the exasperated look he was being given because, well. Neither him nor Wil had managed to dress the part. They were dressed nice but- Well. Just nice.Jeremiah meanwhile had worn something out of a fantasy novel, if anyone had asked Wil or Nasir. The detective was ignoring the pair for the moment, a hand held out towards his husband for his glasses. "If you would?" he asked, as he had purposely said he would get Algie a mask after they arrived. Meanwhile, well ... Nasir was blinking as his clothing began to shimmer and change. "Uh ..." RAWR HI FOLKS but no i'm sick and going to bed HAHAHAHA
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:30 pm
Shun Kuroda: 25/25 | talking to Chel Chel was a bit... underdressed, perhaps, but hopefully that wouldn't attract too much attention. "Stay alert. Watch for anything dangerous. Learn what you can. And stay out of trouble."If they could help it, anyway. Chances are, by the end of this night, there would be plenty of trouble to be had. If he was wrong about that, then that was fine. But Shun wasn't willing to lower his guard as he felt that there was something significant about this event. There were things alluding to it at the theater of the faceless, for one. While he waited, he looked around to see who was all arriving. Everyone (well almost everyone) was wearing a mask, but it couldn't be that hard to figure out who was who, right? Most of what he saw weren't full facial masks.
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Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2016 11:35 pm
Chel | 25/25 | Talking to Shun and also wtf
Chel opened her mouth to say something more on the matter as they walked when she realized she was a bit chillier and heavier feeling than she'd been before. It was upon glancing down that she realized why; her (actually very cute outfit) had now been replaced by a somewhat more ornate outfit.
Not bad.
"What in the fu- ..." She looked behind her for a moment and then made a face. Actually not bad at all. She hadn't even finished the sentence when a small slender mask formed across her face, starting at the nose and building out towards her ears. Simple, like a bandit's mask.
"That's ..." She let out a long sigh. She hadn't interacted with magic in a long time; it was going to be an even longer night. "You think they got booze in there?" A pause. "Should we even eat their food? It's probably like poisoned or some s**t right?"
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 12:35 am
Finn Derouen | 25/25 | Arriving with AleksyFinn was wearing a suit. Not one he'd bought special for the occasion, just a go-to thing from his closet, but he thought he looked sharp. He'd gone through the trouble of pomading his hair to lie flat and gone out to buy a sleek, black domino mask and honestly, he was pretty proud of how he looked! And then he walked through the gate and the whole thing shimmered and was replaced with something blue and shirtless. "What the ********," said Finn, turning to look back at Aleksy, a few paces behind. "What the ********." His farmer's tan was on full display and he was more than a little uncomfortable.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 5:41 am
Alexis Tucker - 25/25 - Arriving / commenting on Finn's outfit"What the <********>, ranger," came Alexis' voice from slightly behind Finn, barely managing to stay straight-faced by policy of no laughter - their outfit, too, was something unlikely to have been intentionally worn, red ribbons and pearls tied back through their hair, skirt dappled like sunlight-through-water. (It was nice, regardless, but anyone who knew Alexis particularly well would have blinked in disbelief.) "Invite said dress formal -- guess that meant dress like eye candy, huh?" --- Ashton Carver - 25/25 - ArrivingIf Ashton could make the decision herself (which she had, actually!) she looked lovely, nails shimmering, face fully-made up -- and unlike her unfortunate compatriot for the night, the place hadn't seen fit to change her appearance too much. The mask in and of itself might have been unusual, but it was the original all the same; antlers reaching above her head and to the ceiling, eyes shining behind, and tail -- wagging? No, not wagging. Just...moving. As tails did.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 9:17 am
Shun Kuroda - 25/25 | Talking to Chel Shun had missed the actual transformation as he was still taking a look around at their surroundings. When he did finally look back at Chel, he was mildly surprised to see her wearing something else. His brow raised, not having expected that. It was then that he realized his own attire changed as well. "..."Sure. Okay. Taking in a deep breath, he just went back to the matter at hand. "It looks like some of the guests here have some sort of drink. It may not necessarily be poisonous, but I would not be surprised if there was some other side effects involved. It may also taste different, for that matter."He recalled Juniper's experience with the cardboard tasting candy.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 9:40 am
Chel | 25/25 | Talking to Shun
"So is that a yes? That wasn't really an answer."
She trailed behind him for a moment and then quickened her step to make up the short difference. "You look ridiculous in that, by the way. I kinda dig it though."
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 10:06 am
Zac | 25/25 | Arriving - near Jeremiah etc. "I never think cat when I see his eyes do that." Confessed Zac regarding his Guardian's eyes. "I know that cat eyes do that too but, cat just isn't quite what comes to mind." He grinned a little sheepish before watching as his own clothing, because apparently his leggings and tunic style shirt had not been formal enough - transformed into something that rather reminded him of a nod to a bird, complete with feathers. A magpie to be more specific, which may have raised a flush to his cheeks as he wondered if this was a commentary on his more recent activities.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 10:28 am
The smiling cat blinks slowly at Temperance, and then smiles wider. The staring cat licks the back of one of its paws, and chirrups a greeting.
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Posted: Sat Aug 20, 2016 10:37 am
connor hill - 25/25 - arriving w/ jack The whole teleportation thing left Connor feeling somewhat queasy, so when he first arrived, he needed a few moments just to get steady on his feet, though the feeling that he was standing on carpet rather than the hard marble that his mind perceived certainly wasn't helping matters. At least a minute passed of him just standing there, dressed up in an outfit that he thankfully already owned and didn't need to spend money on (a costume, in fact, from a regular world masquerade he had attended a couple of years previously), eyes closed behind his intricate mask (this he did have to buy, but he'd found it on the internet and it wasn't too terribly expensive). His hair was tied back neatly with a black ribbon, and his beard was shaved short to give him more of a stubbled look. When he felt like he probably wasn't going to be sick all over the floor, after several deep, steadying breaths, he finally opened his eyes to have a proper look around, gaze lifting to the silver vines and the two moons far above. " s**t" He breathed, appreciatively, before glancing towards Jack, just to see if the other man had already wandered off, as Connor fully assumed he would do. He then had a look around at those gathered, human or otherwise. There were a few he thought he recognized, but with the masks, and with knowing that maybe things weren't quite always as they seemed, he decided he'd have to actually get closer to find out for sure. The other...creature? things...well, they were slightly off putting.
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