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

[girlverine]

I think they would be upset if we ruined it. They spent a lot of time on it.

[So serious.]

He also goes by Sorcerer Supreme. I think.

[experiencepoints]

I'd be sad if I ruined it, too, I'm having fun here.

... That guy sounds like a tryhard. A tryhard who sucks at names.

[girlverine]

...So am I.

[She was pretty sure, anyway.]

I have never met him. I don't know how true any of it is.

[experiencepoints]

[Even with the mask, it's pretty obvious to see Nightingale perk up when Laura admits she's having fun. Honestly, bird mask or no, she resembles nothing so much as an excited puppy. If she had a tail, it would be wagging hard enough to send people flying.]

I think, just for the sake of the reputation of magic-users everywhere, I'll hope that's exaggerated.

[girlverine]

[Laura does notice that, through body language and her ridiculous senses. But she doesn't comment, because...well, because she's her.]

Magic is not common on my world, so I don't believe they have a...reputation.

Mutants and others with more mundane powers are far more common.

[experiencepoints]

I'm not sure if that's better or worse... I don't want magic to be judged based entirely on someone who calls himself that.

Mutants have a pretty wide variety of powers, right? How does that work?

[girlverine]

Mutants are born with a specific gene, the X-gene. It causes shifts in a person's genetic structure, inducing various mutations. Powers, or shifts in appearance, or both. Some from birth, others as people grow.

[experiencepoints]

... One gene mutation can cause that many different effects?

[girlverine]

Yes? [Oh right, maybe not in other worlds.]

The gene is the catalyst for random mutation. Somewhat random.

[She hadn't heard of any mutants coming out as blobs of goo or anything.]

[experiencepoints]

I see... That sounds pretty interesting, but I don't think I have the expertise to understand it.

[She's a mage, not a geneticist.]

[girlverine]

That is the extent of what I know to explain, also.

[A faint smile, maybe?]

My education was limited to...necessary skills.

[experiencepoints]

I won't ask any further, then... Besides, it might just work differently on different worlds, anyway.

[She nods at the last part. She's tactful enough to not express envy no matter how superfluous most of her education was, considering their earlier talk, but she doesn't exactly know what to say instead, so she just doesn't say anything.]