Le Masquerade
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tragic_mask[ooc: please go first to the Through the Door thread. Thanks.]
ETA: As of this thread, all new threads in the masquerade are now after midnight [the links below are now re-linked to after-midnight sub-threads]. React at your leisure.
The ballroom itself is a burst of dazzling light. Hanging from the vaulted ceiling are two gold-wrought chandeliers, both of which glow brightly over the occasion, and tall lanterns shine throughout the room.
The grand staircase descends with a flourish and opens onto the main ballroom. A balcony, which providing a clear view of the goings-on below, runs all the way around the edge of the room. It can be reached via any of the four spiral staircases in each corner of the ballroom.
Below, the wooden dance floor flickers gently in the light from above, and musicians in the side room play soft, classical music. Meg Giry, the dance mistress for tonight, is on the floor with a microphone in hand.
A low, wooden bar in the corner provides hors d’oeuvres and drinks to revelers; small tables for two sprinkle the area.
Re: Grand Staircase [a.k.a. entrances]
Date: 2006-08-12 07:33 am (UTC)"Welcome to the masquerade."
Re: Grand Staircase [a.k.a. entrances]
Date: 2006-08-12 05:31 pm (UTC)"Thank you. Are you the hostess?"
Re: Grand Staircase [a.k.a. entrances]
Date: 2006-08-12 08:08 pm (UTC)"I am, indeed. I hope you are enjoying yourself on this lovely evening."
Re: Grand Staircase [a.k.a. entrances]
Date: 2006-08-12 09:59 pm (UTC)Re: Grand Staircase [a.k.a. entrances]
Date: 2006-08-13 01:47 am (UTC)Melpomene surveys the sparkling party. "It just seemed to me that the bar needed something to dress up for."
Re: Grand Staircase [a.k.a. entrances]
Date: 2006-08-13 01:50 am (UTC)Re: Grand Staircase [a.k.a. entrances]
Date: 2006-08-13 02:18 am (UTC)"In the old days, there would be one of these every week, and the ladies would have new dresses and pearls for each one."
She shakes her head, with a wry smile. "I suppose I'm old-fashioned."
Re: Grand Staircase [a.k.a. entrances]
Date: 2006-08-13 02:59 am (UTC)But not always, of course.
"Oh, we have parties, but nowhere near this extravagent or colourful. We simply do not have the means for anything like this." She gives a small shrug and a smile. "I am glad I have been able to see one, even just once."
Re: Grand Staircase [a.k.a. entrances]
Date: 2006-08-13 05:11 am (UTC)She inclines her head.