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.]]

Comments

[ino]

[ Ino is surprised, but not because she's being pulled out to dance. After all, that's what this event is for, right?

No, she's surprised because that getup reminds her very much of someone she knew a long time ago -- but the fact that he's at a party at all makes her come to her senses rather quickly, a little amused smile on her face. Her mask and dress are quite the opposite of his ... she's sure they must look a little funny to the rest of the crowd. ]

Nice mask.

[complicatedliar]

I could say the same for yours. The fearsome versus the lovely, yes?

[It's a quick dance that he's grabbed her for. She looked spry, in his estimation.]

[ino]

[ Her smile grows a little wider, into something more like a grin. ]

Something like that. Does that mean you're terrifying under the mask, too?

[ She is indeed very spry; she's keeping up pretty well. ]

[complicatedliar]

[Oh, this puts him in an even better mood. Someone who isn't stiff and awkward is a pleasure to dance with. Random chance and a glance at a pretty dress led him well.]

Masks are meant to disguise what lies behind them, lady. So I must be a milk-faced youth who could not scare a bird from a fence. That's why I need such a large mask. [Well, smart people find him terrifying. There aren't very many smart people around, though.]

[ino]

Is that right ...

[ There's a little bit of a pout, now. ]

I never did understand why boys always feel like they have to compensate.

[complicatedliar]

Terribly sad, it is.

[Ehehehe why not.]

We are most afeared that if you knew us to be small and pink and helpless, you would eat us.

[ino]

[ She laughs a little. ]

Maybe you ought to toughen up then, if you're so helpless.

[complicatedliar]

Oh dear, that sounds terrifying. Is that duty for which you're volunteering? [This is just amusing. Half the fun of a mask.]

[ino]

If it sounds terrifying, then no. You have to at least want to get better a little bit.

[complicatedliar]

Oh, so it is a voluntary process. One must have a certain fortitude already to be able to stand for it.

I shall have to think on this and speak deeply to my heart.