Let The Spectacle Astound You

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Characters: OPEN
Progress: Continuous
Summary: The party you've all been waiting for: the Grand Ball of Alexandria!
Location: Palace Alexandria
Date: June 21st, 1803
Warnings: TBA. Eventually, Violence.

For weeks, the palace had been abuzz with activity; even more so than usual. On top of the usual hustle and bustle of daily life, there were the extensive preparations to be done for the festival, and this, the grand finale. The palace's largest ballroom had been decorated from floor to ceiling, wall to wall. Long elaborate draperies of silk and chiffon in white and cream, the stairs lined in a rich, crimson carpeting. Gold and silver everywhere, framing the large windows and the door opening out to the courtyard. A warm summer evening, with the roses in full bloom. Flowers adorned every table, column, and doorway. It wasn't just the ballroom that had been decorated, however; the entire palace was decked in regalia, the staff having obviously anticipated the crowd to be much larger than usual.

All around the palace, inside and out, the guard was on high alert. Every guest was greeted, checked, and in the case of the higher-ranked, announced to the company at large. The sun had not quite set, and already the ballroom was half full; nobles and low-born alike, natives and foreigners, all dressed in their best. The guest of honor had yet to make her appearance, but no one seemed to be fussed by the fact.

But the night was young, and there was bound to plenty of seeing and being seen before the night was over.

[[ooc: Here we go, everyone! Party style still applies. Tag in, tag each other, mingle, HAVE FUN!... while you can. Thread jumping and ninja tagging is encouraged. ^.^]]

Update: A fist fight broke out on page two. Feel free to ninja in to spectate, generally comment or gasp, or just read it and have a laugh. Appropriate authority figures... Squall, Steiner, etc may need to step in.

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[ladiesmanirvine.livejournal.com]

He chuckled a little almost getting a small amount of color himself. He noticed she had glanced down and rested her head on his chin. He let this happen for a bit just feeling that small warmth on him so close to his lips. He leaned back and lifted Selphie's head to him and said, "I didn't come to dance with you, just to look at the top of your head. I wanna see those eyes, those cheeks, and that smile of yours as well. He held her close to his body all the while dancing and looking right at her.

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Irvine chuckled and replied, "Would you like it, if you stood on my feet and danced with me?" But when she showed her eyes pierce his own, nothing else mattered in the world, everything around them melted for Irvine as he just looked and simply stated, "And much more...Selphie..." He was still left awestruck as he simply smiled and continued to dance with her, now completely distracted by her.

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"I'm thinking about how lucky I am to be dancing with the prettiest girl in all the palace," he stated with a soft smile on his face. He continued to look at her, still listening to the music, as he dipped her down, then back up to see her again. He was so tempted to just feel those lips on his own, it was almost driving him insane. His whole body still moved to the music as he asked her, "What are you think Selphie? And be honest."

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Something Irvine loved to hear. He chuckled and replied, "Oh you think I'm cute huh? Well I guess us cute and beautiful people always stick together. Guess it explains why I'm here with you." His eyes still glued to her, as he simply just grinned and lowered his head to hide what little red he had. Inside of his head, he just continuously kept repeating, "Kiss you fool, kiss her, kiss her!" But his mind and his body were completely disconnected as he twirled her out then pulled her back in holding again with that same level of comfort. He was just perfect in this moment in time.

[ladiesmanirvine.livejournal.com]

He would be lying if he said he didn't expect such an impulsive behavior from her. When the music stopped his eyes looked away for a brief moment, then back to her with a dead serious tone, "Of course I like you Selphie, I mean I like you a lot." He still couldn't say what was on his mind, but all he did was say, "And I never want to see you sad." The music had stopped, but Irvine was still close to her. He then leaned down and kissed Selphie on the cheek very softly.

He finally let go and replied, and almost acting like his normal self stated, "Well, Ms. Tilmitt, it was an honor to dance with such a fine lady such as yourself." With that he bowed and started to make his way through the other party guests.