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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Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-12 11:24 pm (UTC)Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 12:54 am (UTC)"I'm a woman of many talents."
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 01:36 am (UTC)Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 02:46 am (UTC)"Not saying I'm the greatest at a waltz, but I'm a quick study. Plus I think enthusiasm has to count for something."
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 03:39 am (UTC)Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 03:44 am (UTC)"Amen to that."
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 04:42 am (UTC)Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 04:54 am (UTC)"Still wobbling around. Hasn't quite mastered jumping onto the bed yet, but he's determined. Named him Clay, short for Claymore."
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 05:39 am (UTC)Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 05:42 am (UTC)"Don't worry about it; I can't remember who I've told. But yeah, finally got around to naming the horse. Ferreus. Friend of mine even gave me a riding lesson."
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 05:43 am (UTC)"Ferreus. Mean anything?"
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 05:49 am (UTC)Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 05:50 am (UTC)Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:00 am (UTC)She holds her hands a short distance apart.
"--is about this big." She can't help smirking.
"The level of irony varies."
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:03 am (UTC)He grins. "And it'd be more ironic to name a smug horse 'kitten'."
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:21 am (UTC)"If I called him that, he'd probably kick me in the teeth."
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:22 am (UTC)Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:26 am (UTC)Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:29 am (UTC)A shrug. "I still vote for kitten."
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:38 am (UTC)"We'll see how he takes it before making it his official nickname."
In that 'Parker is totally going to be the guinea pig, so he may want to wear a mouthguard' kind of way.
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:39 am (UTC)Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:41 am (UTC)"Well, I guess we could always use a third party."
AKA 'unsuspecting victim.'
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:45 am (UTC)He ponders his friends. "Salvatore?"
Re: Balcony
Date: 2006-08-13 06:46 am (UTC)"I'd have thought he'd be even more protective of his teeth than we are."