if I owned this city, I'd make it behave

[ladyspitfire]

Date & Time: A few days before the masquerade, early afternoon.
Location: Out and about in the city shops.
Characters: Elissa, Galadriel, and OPEN.
Summary: A Warden decides a friend needs a little nudge to go to the masquerade.
Warnings: None!


She wished she could feel a little better about this party. She'd never been to a masquerade before and hardly knew the first bit of decorum that went with it, but she knew from talk back in Highever that it was a standard practice in Orlais. Masks, high parties, frivolities and things she knew she wouldn't be interested in. What did catch her curiosity was that the Initiative was willingly sending them back in time to enjoy such a party. It seemed suspicious at best, enough for her to want to keep an eye out. But she also knew Leliana would be excited and she'd promised Zevran to take him shopping...

But there was someone else she was interested in seeing too, and she hoped she could spare some thought on attendance at this party.


[ooc: the first post is for Elissa and Galadriel but after that it's open for anyone else to encounter Elissa at any point. ACTION OR PROSE, IT'S UP TO YOU. I just set it up in prose.]

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[songofvalor]

"Any friend of Elissa's is a friend of mine. It is a pleasure to meet you, my lady." Galadriel was nothing short of radiant and she carried herself like a noble lady; she had never seen an elf like her before. She curtsied, thinking it at least proper.

"Are you two out shopping?" she asked with a hopeful tone.

[inafadingcrown]

Oh, that curtsy pleases her; so few people do so here. Frodo was the last and he knows better than most why she is to be respected. She bows her head, giving the slightest bend at the waist in acknowledgment- somewhere between a deep nod and a formal bow.

"The pleasure is mine."

[ladyspitfire]

And they were already hitting it off. Elissa's smile grew ever so slightly, glad that there would be no tension as far as she could see. To Leliana's question, she nodded, glancing once to the taller woman at her side. "I thought it might be best to start looking for appropriate attire to this masquerade, especially since I'm unfamiliar with the options we have." And what she had seen was too revealing.

Her smile sharpened at the edges, almost predatory. "Would you like to join us?" It was unfair how she said it, like she was setting up bait for a trap. "If you wouldn't mind, my lady."