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.
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Date: 2006-08-12 06:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-12 08:13 pm (UTC)"Parker, you put your faith in the strangest things."
... but you could say that of anyone, really.
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Date: 2006-08-12 08:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-13 01:58 am (UTC)She considers him, head tilted (too much like a sparrow).
"I try to be trustworthy."
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Date: 2006-08-13 03:39 am (UTC)He says, "Liking the party?"
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Date: 2006-08-13 05:17 am (UTC)"If only for the outrageous flirting that goes on because people think they can't be recognized beneath their masks."
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Date: 2006-08-13 05:39 am (UTC)He pretends to be sad.
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Date: 2006-08-13 06:46 am (UTC)"I'm afraid that's true, sirrah."
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Date: 2006-08-13 07:02 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-13 07:07 am (UTC)"It's tempting. After all, I could be anyone beneath the mask."
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Date: 2006-08-13 07:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-13 08:21 am (UTC)"Duly put on my to-do list," she says, and raises her glass to lips red like Sangria.
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Date: 2006-08-13 07:42 pm (UTC)Then, sardonic: "Speaking as a jaded observer, I think he was a little optimistic."
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Date: 2006-08-13 10:39 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-14 12:09 am (UTC)She makes a rueful face. "You know, this is why I have such a reputation for being cold-hearted and bitter. The historians are human, after all."
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Date: 2006-08-14 12:12 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-14 12:40 am (UTC)She shrugs, fluidly. "I don't blame him. No one wants to believe there is no purpose in anything."
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Date: 2006-08-14 12:40 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-14 12:49 am (UTC)"Well, I personally believe that any argument I might have with an athiest would come out in my favor."
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