[open] welcome to the masquerade

[implying]

Date & Time: Friday the 7th, 4pm to midnight.
Location: Palace of Versailles, France, 1772.
Characters: anyone! Even characters not yet accepted as of when this log goes up. 8)
Summary: It's just some fancy masquerade dance with spiked punch.
Warnings: here be pictures, slow connections beware.


Welcome to Versailles.

The decorations are arranged, the food is prepared and laid out, the music has been rehearsed, and... most people have their costumes and masks ready. At precisely 1600, the Transporter machine activates, and a full room of people and all of their decorations, food, musical instruments, and costumes are sent back to 1772. The Palace of Versailles is in the height of its splendor, the weather is perfect and cloudless, and the gardens are in full bloom for the spring.

➣ Explore the Palace

Holy shit look at this, you have the chance to get your grubby little fingers all over history before it even becomes properly history. Do you know how many famous butts sat in all these plush velvet chairs? Or are going to sit in these plush velvet chairs? And they were all probably just talking the hell out of French, too. Wow. Go invade some bedrooms, poke your head into the kitchens (but no more than that, or territorial cooking elves might take offense), just. Touch everything. Everything. Just know that where ever you are, there's no escaping that beautiful music your fellow Transports are inflicting on you, that shit's just echoing all over the place tonight.

➣ Admire the Gardens

Jeez look at this, these people just had way too much money. But you get to benefit from it! You can basically just get yourself lost for hours here, so try not to starve or anything. Meet all the statues, go streaking through the fountains (please don't, no one wants to see that), get lost and desperately burst through cute little trees in your increasingly frantic attempts to find the exit. There's all sorts of fun you can have!

Just don't wander too close to the edge of the grounds, or you'll encounter (run into?) the invisible forcefield set up to keep wandering guests from utterly ruining history. That's probably a good way to get yourself a bloody nose.

➣ Enjoy the Banquet

There's tables and tables of this finger-licking good finery here, and it's all for you. And can you believe how fancy it is? Oh my god, those sausages have adorable little spears through them. And those spoons gently cradling their cheesy goodness? Yeah. They're made of crackers. And don't even get me started on these desserts. This is amazing. You've never eaten this good. And naturally, each drink (some of which are spiked, you're welcome) has adorable little frozen flowers in the ice cubes. Who even comes up with this stuff? Elves, that's who.

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Comments

[tipsygnostalgia]

Yeah, I know. It's okay though.

[biwinning]

Tho... we are? Definitely?

[tipsygnostalgia]

Do you want to be?

[biwinning]

Yeth.

[tipsygnostalgia]

Then yeah, I think that means we are.

[biwinning]

...Cool.

[tipsygnostalgia]

Is that all you have to say? "Cool"?

[raisedbybirds]

"Until I was fourteen." She shrugs. "I enrolled into the Federation after I left the nest."

It probably said a lot that Samus was willing to open up like this and exchange a few sentences with Gordon about her past before feeling the need to divert the subject off of her. Not entirely for that reason however; while she didn't like personal complications with other people's lives, she was genuinely curious about Gordon and liked hearing his stories. She knew he had "normal" parents, where he grew up and his fondness for traveling...

"I don't have any siblings. Do you?"

[emptysword]

[continued here]

[emptysword]

[I'm sorry this is so late, but continued here!]

[painfeels]

You can't really mean that, Roxy.

[Though it was nice enough for her to say so.]

I mean, look at me. I'm a monster, and we both know it.

[bittertears]

[It's kind of envious, that she could change so much about herself with such little effort.]

It looks well on you. Have you come to have a preference for that sort of appearance?

[painfeels]

[Alright then. She takes the second mask, puts it on and...]

Great. So now I have two masks.

... Who am I supposed to be?

[sacrificar]

Which one were you?

[besides being 'contractually obligated'.]

[rageleap]

Maybe outside. In fountain.

[ It's a joke Gau knew he might be able to get away with, given how people underestimate how much he actually understood about the world. He was curious to see how this demon with the unnecessarily long name would take it. ]

[biwinning]

What elthe I am I thuppothed to thay!

Oh thank you, Mith Lalonde for thuch kindneth and conthideration into dating a utheleth thack of shit like me!

[gamora]

I've got better ways to do that.

[ also like you're one to talk about showing off, Tony. ]

Totally waited purposefully that's my story

[speakveryclearly]

Wow!

[Hands to face MAN THIS IS GREAT...]

I can still barely believe it. That things are going so well!

[breakin_ur_lore]

[He knows it's rude to be all staring at her and stuff - especially considering how weird he himself looks - but what an odd looking woman. And oh gosh her teeth sure are pointy. He has some pointy teeth himself but not that pointy goodness.]

Er, no, forgive me - I'm Med'an. [He straightens a little. TRY TO BE A GENTLEMAN MEDAN CMON...]

[breakin_ur_lore]

[SOBS :( He flusters for a moment longer before falling silent, knowing she's laughing at him and knowing she probably should because god he's awkward.]

Sorry. [Urgh. One day he will be dapper and smooth. But at least she seems nice about it, and that makes him feel better. A smile slips onto his face.]

I've....never met a pandaren before.

[breakin_ur_lore]

[OH DEER see what I did there okay anyway.]

Where did you get it from? Or did you make it yourself? [He's interested, because by now he's noticed Asa likes plants and is possibly an elemental spirit or something and he also likes plants. Plus, he's just generally curious. Tell him more, Asa :D ]

[trustycrowbar]

"Well I do have this idiot younger brother named John No, no I was an only child too." He snorts a laugh. "I was enough of a handful for them. I was building things at five years old... and making weapons at six."

He stares off into the middle distance for a moment, an odd look on his face. "Always did like to create things. Problem is, I was always best at making things that destroyed. Hmn, maybe that's not just me. It's a fact of nature. It's always easier to tear a system down than to build one..."

That's a hollow consolation if ever we've heard one.

[musclebeast]

He purses his lips, taking a breath.

"I enjoy being better than you."

[studieswaitressing]

...you know, I'm suddenly really glad that you didn't just decide to go running at that thing.

You'd think it'd be a hazard at a party like this.

[studieswaitressing]

[She just manages a small smile and a shrug.]

Oh, you know. Trying not to be a useless lump at home, I guess.