THE GALA ON ADSUM (Mingle Log)

[serpentis]

Who: Anyone and Everyone!
Broadcast: Nope!
Action: A ballroom on Adsum
When: 2/21, Evening-Night



[And the night has arrived! Dorian put out an open invitation, and anyone who is interested is welcome to dress up and meet up for a night of dancing and fawning over each other. Make sure to wear your best, everyone! It's a very special episode of Drift Fleet!]

((OOC: There was an open invitiation, but even if your character never replied or has had personal contact with Dorian, feel free to assume he's let them come along or be dragged along by someone else! I'll be tagging some threads, but if you want a thread to be closed, please just say so in the header.))

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[serpentis]

[Arhen is entirely silent when he wishes to be, and Dorian nearly startles at the hand slipping around his waist. He looks over, ready to give a witty retort, but Arhen's appearance and voice take his breath away for just a moment.

His heart skips a beat, and then two, and he turns to face him, resting his hip against the balcony railing and smiling.]

You look wonderful tonight, amatus.

[He looked him over, trying to keep the fond smile from settling on his face, but looking at him, his heart felt so full. He placed a hand under his chin, gently tilting his face up, and kissed him.]

[noherald]

[Arhen wraps both arms around him the moment he leans in, practically melting into the kiss. The Winter Palace is still fairly fresh in his memories of home, and it feels like it really hasn't been so long since the last time Dorian kissed him on a balcony, or the last time they'd danced. He can almost forget anything has changed at all.]

-as do you, though I think I've already made that clear.

[He murmurs it against Dorian's lips, reaching up to comb his fingers through his hair-- oh, it'll mess up the styling a little, he's sure, but Arhen prefers it that way. No one really looks their best when everything is perfectly in place, all the honesty smoothed over.]

I hope no one expects you back soon.

[serpentis]

If they do, I suppose they will survive without me.

[He nearly reaches up to preen his hair back into place, but he stops himself, chuckling softly. It was just like Arhen to put things out of sorts in a fond sort of way.

It's just one other thing he's put into disarray, along with Dorian's own heart.]

I do hope you're not expecting to flit away now- I don't have a mind to let you escape me tonight.

[He leans close, murmuring into his ear.]

You can leave in the morning, but tonight, I'd like to see every last bit of you that you'll let me.

[noherald]

[He can't quite suppress the shiver that murmur sends through him; Arhen tries to, he really does, but there's no hiding anything from him right now. Whatever had been more alluring about him when they spoke over the network, it's an even stronger draw up close, and even if he managed to keep his composure he'd be given away by how he just can't seem to let go.]

I came here for you, Dorian, and I didn't go to all this trouble to decide to play the scared halla now.

[He does manage to lean back enough to flash Dorian a grin, one that's decidedly wicked.]

Careful, though, or I may have to take that as a challenge. Hasn't anyone told you not to tell an elf that you fancy yourself a better hunter?

[serpentis]

[Dorian chuckles, amused. He could already see why he adored Arhen so much, in his own world. He was at the same time kind, and with a cutting wit that made Dorian feel that each conversation was a waltz, in a way.

Arhen was many things, to Dorian, but he was certainly never dull. He might have been Dalish, but in some way that made him all the more curious.]

Ah, and certainly the last thing I'd want is a challenge. That simply will not do. No, I prefer my men terribly mundane and dull, unremarkable in the least.

[And he raised his eyebrows, smirking.]

[noherald]

Then I'm afraid you'll just have to settle for being challenged, instead. I haven't forgotten our last talk.

[He still intends to make good on the implied promises he'd made in that conversation, too. Arhen knows him-- most importantly, he knows what he likes, what he's found that Dorian enjoys most.]

Now, did you still have business here?... Or do I have you all to myself?

[The last time they'd been at a party like this together, he'd insisted on a dance; this time, though, he's not sure he wants to bother with anything else at the moment.]

[serpentis]

[Dorian chuckled softly, slipping a hand around Arhen's waist and pressing close against him, murmuring into his ear- he didn't miss the shiver it had elicited last time.]

I am all yours tonight, amatus.

[Dorian didn't lean back, but he kept him held close, and ran his tongue along his ear, giving it a soft nip before he leaned back, a satisfied smirk on his lips.]

[noherald]

[Creators help him, he feels like he may just melt right there in Dorian's arms-- there's no hope of stifling the sharp gasp the attention draws from him, or the way his breath shakes when he exhales again.]

That, [Arhen informs him, voice breathier than he'd like to admit,] is cheating. She's been giving you advice, hasn't she.

[...in all fairness, he does have an unfair advantage here, and this is simply leveling the field a bit. Still.]

If you mean to make it back to your room tonight, I think we should be going.

[serpentis]

Actually, I haven't been asking her for advice on how to proerly seduce an elf. I was only going with what I hoped would work.

[He stepped back, giving him a bow. He didn't want to be apart from him anymore than was necessary, but he couldn't very well do anything inappropriate here on the balcony.]

As you wish, we will leave at once and not a moment later.

[noherald]

[Arhen could, and he was, in fact, about this close to suggesting they not bother going at all (though he'd at least have found somewhere more out of the way); leaving is the better plan, though, and so he twines his arm through Dorian's and flashes him a very expectant grin.]

Lead on, then. I can be patient enough.

[...no, he can't, but he'll try.]