Action: Come one, come all!

[ofthebeast]

Characters: ALL THE PEOPLE
Open? Yes.
Where: The Palace
When: The night of the 3RD
What: A masquerade ball and a very deep sleep.
Warnings: Part of a comm-wide plot!

The Prince Sif has felled an unknown beast, and presented its stuffed head to the King. This would be reason enough for a ball, but there are victories to celebrate. More heroes arrive every day. The kingdom was aptly defended when the forest wall fell. No one has tried to assassinate the king in several days.

All told, a good night for a party. The theme of the ball is a masquerade, and shops in town have been surprisingly (almost suspiciously) able to provide gowns and masks in ready supply.

The palace has been opened to heroes and townspeople alike, provided they can present themselves appropriately. The heroes have been strongly encouraged to attend, and those who do not come voluntarily may well be greeted with royal retainers at their doorstep, outfit and dance card in hand. Expect a very full dance card, heroes.

The banquet table is stacked full of food – roasts and cheeses, summer fruits and vegetables, rivers of wine and more ornate desserts than should be permitted in a time or war. This evening is about success – best to enjoy it.

In the center of the ball sits the beast’s head. A scaly, purple thing. Its eyes have been taken out and replaced with rubies, its mouth twisted in the same sort of anguished look on its face as when Sif killed it. There has never been a beast like this in Schwanheim before – if you like, come closer and take a look. The king is very generous with his gifts.

[ooc: The party is a LIE. Well. No, it isn’t! Enjoy the party. Your characters will be expected to wear full masquerade gear, or they will be shunted aside and dressed properly.

After the attendees go home, they will be plagued with dreams more tangible than they have ever felt. More information here]

Comments

[shiromadoushi]

"Aaa-- true, true," Bakura nodded. "And we really do seem to be. I think it's only been about a month since we started arriving, right?" He was pretty sure he had been one of the first, but without those memories...

[consultmybooks]

"Well, um, you would know better than I would. It's, um, it's only been a few days, for some of us. Just...well, a busy few days. Cursed objects, monster attacks, getting cursed and, um, now a party. These people don't seem to slow down very much, do they?"

[shiromadoushi]

"They really don't! Makes it seem like it's far longer of a time than it really has been!"

[consultmybooks]

"I wonder how much of a time it will really be." Giles glances pensively back at the beast's head. "I, um...I wonder how long we're going to be kept here. Do you think they even know how to, um, send us home?"

[shiromadoushi]

"I think it's a bit more complicated than that... When I talked with the other white mage about it, he said that something's getting in the way."

And then the kid had thrown a tantrum. It was... a little disconcerting, to be honest.

[consultmybooks]

Giles sighs tiredly. "Of course there is.

So. This, um, this other white mage. Don't suppose you've, um, seen him in attendance, have you? I, um, I-I had a few questions for him, as well."

[shiromadoushi]

"Aaa-- just the once, at the monastery... He's... aaah.... " Bakura faltered a moment. "Young." Was the most tactful way he could put it.

[consultmybooks]

Whatever Bakura is trying to tactfully imply, Giles is much too lost in his thoughts to realize it.

"Monastery? Um, I'm not sure I've been by there or, i-if I have, I didn't know what it was at the time. Where is it? I, um, I do have a bit of experience, with children. Especially..." Here he makes a bit of a face. "...odd ones."

[shiromadoushi]

"It's not too far outside of the town, down the main road," Bakura nodded in the general direction. "It's pretty easy to spot."

[consultmybooks]

"No, not far at all. Um, certainly not for me." Giles glances at the doors, as though speculating leaving right now. He doesn't, though. Giles guesses, perhaps correctly, that his esteem would probably fall even further if he left in the middle of the main event.

"...I'll, um, I'll see if I can stop by tomorrow. Unless some other sort of disaster comes about."

[shiromadoushi]

"Hopefully none will!" Bakura smiled. "It'd be nice to have a few days off!"