( 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

[unkindled_madness]

No, I was referring to scientific views in my own world. What we call magic has a scientific basis.

[atypical_echo]

That's...

[That's almost as much of a headache as magic being real here. It's sorta overwhelming.]

I guess I can't be that surprised. I met an alchemist back home.

[unkindled_madness]

Is that your term for someone who creates potions?

[atypical_echo]

Um... I mean, I guess in a way he probably could make them. But think more like turning lead into gold?

[unkindled_madness]

Hm. Then I'm unfamiliar.

Was he quite rich, then?

[atypical_echo]

Not really. Apparently it wasn't that exciting and he had other work he was interested in, and then there was...

[Mark stops himself and shakes his head. He's not supposed to talk about that stuff, especially with Sephiroth.]

[unkindled_madness]

[Sephiroth waits a beat, and then he recognizes something of the reason for the pause. Something bad happened.]

...I see.

He was more interested in the craft, then, than in profiting from it.

[atypical_echo]

I don't know about that. We met, well, only a few hours before I arrived here. Not like Oliver and I have had much time to swap life stories. But he's definitely the closest I can think of to 'magic'.

[unkindled_madness]

No one ever considered what you do to be like magic?

[atypical_echo]

I never asked, but I don't think they did. My world is sorts sufficiently advanced enough that they study us from a scientific angle and only really think of it that way.

[unkindled_madness]

That doesn't necessarily speak to advancement.

[atypical_echo]

[Tell that to the doctors and scientists, and sometimes even physicists studying people like them.]

I definitely agree with you there, man. Don't get me wrong.

[unkindled_madness]

It's largely semantics, I suppose.

[atypical_echo]

I mean, that could be said about a lot of things, couldn't it?

[Which is grossly blowing language out of proportion, but he still thinks a lot of fights are over semantics.]

[unkindled_madness]

...perhaps. But that's a bit dismissive.

[atypical_echo]

[Was it? Mark crosses his arms over his chest and tilts his head. That's something to think about.]

Don't suppose you wanna explain that?

[unkindled_madness]

Most differences of opinion are not simply over wording. It is... a surface-level concern.

[atypical_echo]

[Yeah, he knows that. And sighs.]

The world would be easier if it was though.

[unkindled_madness]

I don't think the world is meant to be easy.

[atypical_echo]

[Well, see, he doesn't like that.]

Why not? We've got all this amazing technology and prosperity. We were promised ease as the world got more advanced. And instead it's just more grind.

[unkindled_madness]

Technology changes nothing about human nature.

[atypical_echo]

[That's not entirely true.]

I don't know, man. The internet makes even bigger assholes of people who are normally reclusive.

[unkindled_madness]

...how so?

[He's not on the internet much. At least he's not one of those reclusive assholes?]

[atypical_echo]

You're clearly not on the internet much if you don't have a lot of trolls.

[unkindled_madness]

Why would I "have" trolls?