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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[gifted_witch]

Oh, that was not an expected perhaps this was not someone she'd met. Well there was always a chance to make new friends! And such a complimentary one at that.

"Thank you! You look quite dashing as well." Truth was easily enough to offer in kindness, and if they had chosen to act as acquaintances why shouldn't she as well?

"This whole thing is quite the party isn't it?"

[actsmagnificent]

Haruka shrugs: she's been to a lot of parties. Still, all things considered... "They're managing."

She nods to the dance floor as a new song starts up. "Are you spoken for?" she asks, gesturing to the dancers. It's a party. They may as well.

[gifted_witch]

Lily hadn't been to a lot of parties this opulent, but she smiled and nodded.

"Not at all, and I'd be delighted." She hoped she wasn't too rusty in her steps, she'd never had much of a chance to dance at school and those rare occasions had been marred with a former friend who refused to entertain the idea of such frivolous pastimes.

[actsmagnificent]

Haruka smiles - it's her pleasure - and leads Lily onto the dance floor. She's an excellent dancer, and defaults to taking the lead, so she's more than happy to make up for any rustiness or uneasiness her partner might feel. Dance styles don't seem to have changed much from her planet to this one, either. That makes this easy.

"You're in the Fleet too?" she asks once they're both following the rhythm. She can't say she knows too many other people in their 'reality show' yet, but she'd like to think she can tell her fellow space tourists from the denizens of this moon.

Or maybe Lily just stands out.

[gifted_witch]

Lily fell into easy step, which was due more to Haruka being an excellent dancer than her own skills. It was nice to let someone else take the lead in a sense, or literally in this case. It let her enjoy herself and her surroundings a bit more.

"I am! I'm on the First Breath." She took the question to mean that her partner was as well. "Have you been in the fleet long?"

[actsmagnificent]

Haruka shrugs (in time with the music, because why not). "Long enough," she admits; it's easy to lose track of time on the ships, and even fifteen minutes would have been "long enough" to Haruka. She tries not to think about that too often, though. No point in brooding and then potentially missing an opportunity to escape when it does arise.

Which it's got to. At some point.

But none of that should matter to the lovely young lady whose steps she leads around the dance floor, so she keeps smiling. "Though I'm starting to think I shouldn't just stay on the same ship."

This grin implies it's to go out and meet more people. Interesting people. Lily, maybe.

[gifted_witch]

"I'm fairly new myself, I've only been here a few months." And she found it easier to allow herself to be spun and move if she didn't try to think too much on her steps.

"No! You should absolutely go visit others! Each ship is sort of it's own city. Very small city of course, but they all have a different sort of... well flavor I guess you could call it." She nodded, having taken the chance early on to visit friends on other ships. And now she does more with trading as well.

[actsmagnificent]

That's an interesting way of putting it. And, once Haruka starts thinking about some of the aesthetic changes on the Bishop - made by a child captain, and it shows - she sees this other woman's point.

"Any recommendations?" she asks. Though if this woman's on the First Breath, that might speak for itself. One never knows.

[gifted_witch]

"I have seen The Paisley I have friends there and it is a fine ship seems very industrious more than decorative. I have heard lovely things about the Blue Fish and Wonderduck with such silly names I suppose they have to be light hearted." Now that she thought about it she really should get out more and meet more of the other crews too.

"Our ship is small and cozy, I cook a lot. I have a lab science augment but there isn't much to do so I make myself useful that way."

[actsmagnificent]

"It's still scientific," Haruka points out - she's not sure what reality show contestants would need to know about lab science either, come to think of it. A point against this actually being a show, or just more proof that whoever came up with this wasn't thinking logically? (No way of knowing.)

But still, the First Breath, huh? The song calls for a turn, so Haruka decides to do that one better and lifts her arm so her partner can twirl under it if she feels so inspired. "Sounds like you've found a good place for yourself."

[gifted_witch]

Lily followed the subtle gesture and turned with more grace than she would have given herself credit for. A spin and a turn and back to starting position without one tripping, she might just be getting the hang if this!

"I think so, I mean back home I was in school for people who are different and here I am part of a crew and everyone just treats me like a normal person." And no one had a problem with her being a witch, well, aside from Allistair, oh. She frowned a moment, crushed were called crushes for a reason, it was usually how they ended.


(OOC: Care to continue in the new mingle?)

[actsmagnificent]

[[ ooc: Sure thing! I've put my tag here! ]]