EVENT MINGLE | Dreadhorses's Formal Ball

[thespaceopera]

Who: Anyone attending the Ball!
Broadcast: If you’d like.
Action: Orfwyn Dreadhorse’s personal asteroid
When: May 12th - 13th …. 14th if you really like to party.




Welcome to the biggest party of the season! Grab a date, dress up to the nines, and get ready to party the night away! In other words, it’s a mingle! Feel free to make a top level with any prompts or styles you prefer.


Arrival
There is one open point of access on this asteroid, through Mr. Dreadhorse’s personal docking station. Here, shuttles or ships can dock for the night. There are a couple of points of entry out of the dock and into the actual asteroid, all of them manned by guards who will ask for your invitation to the party, as well as make sure you’re appropriately dressed. Any weapons that can be spotted will be confiscated until you leave, or you will be asked to leave them on your ship. The security searches aren’t too invasive, so if a character has means to hide a weapon, they probably can do so successfully (unless you want them to fail, of course).

Anyone staying back on the ships or barred entry are free to explore the docking area, and they’ll find Mr. Dreadhorse was nice enough to stock the docking area with vending machines you’d find on a way-station and even a slushie machine (flavors come in red and blue).


Dance Hall
Once past the docking station, guests will be escorted through the entryway into the Dance Hall. The place itself is massive, with the place looking like a concert hall and a ballroom combined into one. There’s a stage at the front of the hall, where numerous live bands will play throughout the night. The genres of music vary widely so there’s something for everyone, but there’s one popular song that’ll get played by several bands throughout the night: a song about a band of heroes led by Furiosa, liberating an asteroid from pirates.

Mr. Dreadhorse himself will get on stage and introduce each band, with the same eccentric flair that a rockstar would. Interested passengers with musical talent might be even able to convince Mr. Dreadhorse to let them perform as substitutes for any bands that had to cancel last minute, though they’ll have to prove to him they actually know what they’re doing.

Concert enthusiasts can head to the seating in front of the stage to watch the performances up close. Or if you’re more in the dancing mood, there’s a huge dance floor further away. Don’t worry about not being to hear the music - this place was designed by best acoustics engineers in the system, featuring excellent surround sound and practically perfect coverage.


Food & Drink
What’s a party without refreshments? In a room off to the side of the Dance Hall, partygoers will find a couple of open bars, serving the finest drinks you can find in the system - both alcoholic and non-alcoholic. The drinks are free, but at each bar, there’s a rather obvious tip jar sitting on the counter. If your character keeps returning to the bar without giving any tips, expect the bartenders to get more passive aggressive.

In another side room, there is a massive buffet of food set up. High quality foods from this system as well as the past couple of systems can be found, all cooked to perfection and placed in a beautiful presentation. Catering staff are constantly bustling about to ensure that the food is fresh, the trays remain full, and everyone is satisfied with the selection.

Between these two side rooms is another, bigger room that connects them, full of tables and places to sit if you’re looking to have a meal or a place to chat. The music can still be heard in this room, but it isn’t so loud that you have to shout to have a conversation. Waitstaff are available to make sure your needs are met, but otherwise, they will remain silent and politely stay off to the side and out of the way. They are all excellent at their jobs, and perhaps you’ll even find that your glass has been refilled before you can even make the request!


Live Entertainment
Looking for something to do besides music? Then head outside of Dance Hall and you’ll find lots of other entertainment options (as well as another open bar and a smaller buffet). There are bioluminescent gardens to walk through, and even a petting zoo full of local animals. Out in the gardens, there’s an outdoor performance stage where theater troupes will be performing different plays all night (including the fleet’s own troupe, who’ll be performing the play “Captain Bree and her Lady Pirates”).

Furthest away from the Dance Hall, you’ll find that Mr. Dreadhorse even has his own personal racetrack, where ATV races are being held throughout the night. Passengers may watch the races, or even take part of one themselves!


Private Spots
This is a crowded party, so it’s expected you might want some privacy. Thankfully, it’s possible for guests to sneak away to numerous nooks and corners all over the place: plenty of hallways, balconies overlooking the gardens, quiet outdoor areas... If you’re looking for somewhere extra private, there just so happens to be an entire wing of Mr. Dreadhorse’s mansion devoted to guest bedrooms. All of them are decorated in a way you’d expect a rock or heavy metal star to decorate a private getaway (circle beds, bold colors and prints, fuzzy stuff, etcetera). They’re free for the taking, but remember to lock the door- other partygoers might get the same idea you have.

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Looking to steal some stuff? The heist mingle can be found here! The heist itself ICly takes place late into the night and will not disrupt the party, so feel free to have your characters do as they like.

If you have any questions, feel free to direct them over to the OOC post.

Comments

[bythewaves]

Oh! How fascinating! And can it be used as transport?

[musicalhost]

Absolutely, so long as it's a stable wormhole. You wouldn't want to travel through one only to find it collapsed right after you can out, leaving you years from home.

[bythewaves]

I can see how that would certainly be a problem! But is there any way to know if it was stable or no?

[musicalhost]

We study it, send probes through with scanning technology that, once they return, we can go over all the information we collected. Honestly, the Bajoran wormhole is the only stable wormhole we've discovered in the Milky Way Galaxy.

[bythewaves]

Ah, I see! Wise. Is it that the wormholes themselves are rare, or only the stable ones?

[musicalhost]

Stable wormholes are, we've encountered unstable ones often enough in the past. It's the only reason we've learned to be careful.

[bythewaves]

[ He winces a little ]

I imagine the way you learnt they were unstable was ... ah... least that pleasant.

[musicalhost]

Discovery can't always be pleasant. Transporters, the first ones, weren't always safe. Tobin helped developed one of the earliest ones.

[bythewaves]

One of your earlier... hosts, yes? I confess it sounds particularly terrifying!

[musicalhost]

Mhm, my second host. It was. The one he helped develop, he could feel as he was transported. Tingling and then burning, flaming icicles in his eyes. You could feel yourself being broken down into particles.

Now, you can't even tell. One moment you're in one place, the next, you're in another.

[bythewaves]

....That sounds incredibly unpleasant and I cannot imagine even wanting to continue with such a thing.

[musicalhost]

I can definitely assure you it wasn't pleasant but it was a success. Which is why transporter technology continued to evolve to the point now where there's virtually no risk at all.

[bythewaves]

"virtually" [ Maglor points out wryly ]

And with that description you gave me earlier, I do not know if I would ever be brave enough to try!

[musicalhost]

Nothing in life is ever without risks.

[She's learned that a few times, as a few different hosts.]

[bythewaves]

This is true. [ He smiles wryly ] But I am old and set in my ways, eh?

[musicalhost]

I'm old too but the thrill of discovery, exploring, it's too much to just give up to fear over consequences.

[bythewaves]

Still younger than I, I suspect.

[ But he sighs softly ]

But I suppose there is that, too. My folk are slow to change in any case, and who would have imagined how beautiful the stars sound this close?

[musicalhost]

Maybe? I'm only a few hundred, thanks to Dax.

My people were kind of like that. We kept ourselves isolated, didn't want to deal with the universe outside our system. We didn't want conflict.

[bythewaves]

Definitely younger than me. [ Maglor laughs softly ]

Goodness, but to be only a few hundred again. [ To be young, and innocent, and to not yet know what it is to kill ]

And you sound almost like the Hobbits.

[musicalhost]

[Don't judge her by how small she is.]

What's a Hobbit?

[bythewaves]

[ He can't help that ]

They are a little people - about half my height. Akin to Men, we think, although no one knows where they come from, themselves included, for their tales only go back to their wandering into the Shire and settling there, and anything beyond that is guesswork at best. But they are a an insular folk, preferring their own way of life and to be left out of the doings of us Big Folk, who they regard as having far too great a taste for nasty things like adventures and wars.

[musicalhost]

[Small people should never be underestimated.]

They sounds interesting. And a bit like the Trill, we just didn't want to be involved in anything that risked our way of life. Or our symbionts. The symbionts are the most important part of our culture.

[bythewaves]

[ He knows that ]

They are a good folk. Small and unassuming but full of steel, in a pinch! I could wish that every tale had a hobbit or two to share their good common sense around.

[musicalhost]

[And don't forget it.]

You're really fond of them. Clearly.

[bythewaves]

[ Yes'm ]

It is hard not to be, especially when they have accomplished what all the great and wise could not, and saved us all!