( open ) I'll wear your colors til you come back home to me

[dothelokimotion]

Who: Everyone!
What: Masquerade Ball
When: 17th of October
Where: The Opherium
Content Warnings: N/A

[ Much like Loki's last party-venture, this is set up very much in the same vein. a large ballroom for dancing needs. Tables and waiters passing around hors d'oeuvres and drinks. At the entrance of the ball room, there’s a fancy mask waiting for you if you don’t have one already. There’s a strict dress code for the event this time and Loki expects everyone to dress accordingly.

The masks also have a spell attached to them. They’ll afford you complete privacy. No one will recognize you under the mask. Unless, of course, you take it off and let them know. Perfect for the party guest who may want to indulge without causing a fuss. Hit up a partner and see where the evening takes you.

This event wouldn’t be complete without candy, of course. There are candies arranged on the tables in all types and colors. In front of them is a small description regarding each kind of candy. Be sure to read them carefully, as Loki has added a little . . . extra to the sweets, to give them a little . . . zing. ]

🍫 White Chocolate: For those who needs a little honesty ( truth effect )

🍷 Alcoholic Chocolate: For those who need to loosen up ( slight aphro effects, please mark headers accordingly and communicate! )

🍬 Sour Candy: For those who are tired of being nice ( shorter tempers )

🍓 Fruit Candy: For those who need to open up ( increased generosity )

If you have a question or comment to direct at the host, Loki is by the entrance dressed in red and gold with a mask to boot. he’s instantly recognizable, compared to the masked attendees. ]

Welcome.

Comments

[atypical_echo]

[Well now Mark was shocked, and he tried to hide it some to lower his mask. How strange to think.]

Really, they're real? Oh fuck man. Is that why you're so badass? You're a dragon hunter?

[unkindled_madness]

I have killed a few, but no, it was not my profession. One typically leaves them be unless they venture too near populated areas.

[atypical_echo]

[Really? Huh, that's shocking. His powers seemed suited. Then again, Mark was remembering that Sephiroth hadn't known he could fly. And Mark, in the moment, was doing his best to not float away. So many people around made control a smidge harder.]

So they're just, like, normal animals?

[unkindled_madness]

Many would classify them as monsters, but yes, I suppose. They are part of our native fauna.

[atypical_echo]

That's... Wow.

[Mark needs a moment to process. Perhaps that IS why Sephiroth is so amazing. Why those horrible people did what they did to him, from the tiny bit Mark remembers of Sephiroth's memory from the whole dimensional rift shit.]

Have you ever fought any?

[unkindled_madness]

Yes.

Is it really so astonishing? You never had dragons on Earth?

[atypical_echo]

No, I mean, we TALK about them, but no real dragons.

[Damn, he wished there was. There would be so many m ore things to think about than his stupid life if there were dragons. The government could deal with that instead.]

[unkindled_madness]

Hm. I had thought them merely extinct here. Like your dinosaurs.

[atypical_echo]

I mean...

[Mark considers.]

Maybe their fossils DID inspire dinosaurs, but no, no evidence of that. I think. Unless...

[Shit, what if dragons did exist in thsi world and Mark was wrong?]

[unkindled_madness]

Unless what?

[atypical_echo]

Dude, what if there are dragons?

[This is not an idea that excites him.]

What if there are dragon attacks and we don't know about them? Geez, researching to act like I'm a local is NOT easy.

[unkindled_madness]

[Unknown dragon attacks??]

Why would there be a conspiracy to hide dragon attacks?

And why are you envisioning attacks?

[atypical_echo]

Maybe they aren't hiding them. I'm saying what if that's a thing in this world and everyone local just, sorta, knows it?

[Because this is a world with superheroes, Sephiroth. He gives the man a look like 'you're kidding right'?]

[unkindled_madness]

I suppose it's possible some reclusive dragons exist, but if they were common, I believe we would know by now.

At any rate, I've only read of them in faerie tales.

[atypical_echo]

I suppose you're right. Okay, I won't worry as much then.

[He's only worrying now because of the environment of this place, and... well, he must be passingly close to River again because he's got the empathy back and he's catching someone else's anxiety. Or maybe they're an emotions projector? Whatever. STill weird.]

[unkindled_madness]

...are you concerned about being attacked by something you thought was mythical, or sounding stupid to a local?

[atypical_echo]

Um, yes? Because the dragon could eat me or something, but... But not knowing the right things about growing up in this world puts me in dangerous. People don't seem to like us.

[unkindled_madness]

You could always invent a sheltered past to explain any slips.

[atypical_echo]

[For a moment he's intrigued by that. Then he winces.]

Homeschool kids might have the same 'do not want' here that they did back home. That might be its own mess. Ugh, I just want to go home.

[unkindled_madness]

"Do not want"?

[What does that mean, as a noun.]

[atypical_echo]

Yeah, like... And you haven't seen that horrible Star Wars translation of a translation I'm guessing.

[unkindled_madness]

...no.

I don't know what you're referring to.

[atypical_echo]

See, now you can add Star Wars to Singing in the Rain for movies you should watch. You'll enjoy it. Probably. Maybe?

[unkindled_madness]

...I assume it's science fiction?

[atypical_echo]

[See, now here is something Mark has to think about. Was it science fiction?]

I think I'd call it more 'space fantasy' because for all of how they dress it up, it's literally just knights and wizards."