Masquerade Mingle

[thespaceopera]

[The night has finally come--the Gravity Rush is nearly upon us! What normally serves as a large performance hall has been gutted, emptied of its boring furniture and rigged up into a fantastical mismatch of technology and old culture. No matter where you go tonight, you're encouraged to move around, dance, play games, whatever helps you sleep in late tomorrow morning.

If you aren't one for scurrying around a ballroom all night, there's always plenty of people-watching to do. After all, so many people are wearing extravagant costumes and elaborate masks. How can you even tell who is who? Get lost in a crowd of sequins, chatter with a sun and a moon, or try to beat the guy in the monster-mask at a game of cards. Meet your friends or make some new ones--this masquerade party has begun!]


[[ooc: All sections are up now, have fun! A related ooc post is HERE for any questions or plotting you'd like to do.]]

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[child_of_bhaal]

She smiles warmly at Felix's approach. It's nice to see familiar faces among the crowd strangers, even if she had been enjoying the little show of color and life when alone. It was always better with good company.

"Perhaps you're simply seeing me in my true form."

[lord_wizard]

He nearly always preferred company, except when his mood made him unfit to entertain. There's no danger of that tonight; nor has there been one for some time.

"That would be quick a trick to play on the night of a masquerade, but something tells me you have other facets yet," he said, knowing her for the child of god. It's knowledge he hasn't spoken aloud to her since they met, but a fact that continues to reflect in his words at the assessing and interested way that he watches her. Quite a trick, indeed.

[child_of_bhaal]

"All right, no, I can't turn into a bird. I just seem to collect bird nicknames, so I thought it a good theme."

She suspects exactly nothing. Having no memory of her own Calibration, and Felix hasn't acted in any way that would be obvious. So she takes his words as just another way of saying they are still getting to know one another.

"But I'm not the only one sporting feathers tonight. You look quite regal, Felix."

[lord_wizard]

He grins at the compliment, exceedingly pleased as he always was when his efforts at appearance were noticed.

"Why thank you. It took some doing to find something that appealed to me. Perhaps this is close to my true form." It didn't feel like a lie, despite the fact that this was just a version of him. It was a version that existed far removed from who he had been as a child. It was what Malkar made of him, to an extent, but even his former Master had had nothing to do with his vanity.

"All jesting aside, you're looking lovely yourself."

He could absolutely make it all about himself, but it was more fun to spread it around.

[child_of_bhaal]

Compliments are usually difficult for her to accept, but tonight she had put a great deal of effort into her appearance, and it's nice to hear the work payed off. Still, her cheeks color a bit and her eyes cast down briefly.

"Thank you. I tried." Her intricate mask is painted on her face in a very specific design and decorated with sequences and false pearls. She did more than try. "To tell you the truth, this is my first party."