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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[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

"Relax." Rydia doubted just saying so would cause it to happen, but she hoped her gentle reminder would sink in on some level, so Serious mode could be downgraded a bit. She was fairly decent at this dance, enough not to step on his feet or cause them to stumble.

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

"Why?" Yes, Kain would continue to be a bit stubborn about that. He just couldn't help it. At least Rydia did seem to know what she was doing, making him less concerned about making some sort of scene by one of them tripping. He was grudgingly coming to realize that it really wasn't as bad as he'd thought it would be.

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

"Because I asked nicely?" Rydia's tone remained pleasant and she smiled at him as though to counter that stubbornness. She wasn't going to continue ordering him around, wanting to enjoy the dance, content with making her point. Once his movements were less stiff, she relaxed a little more too, simply enjoying the music and the company.

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

Kain made a face at that, but didn't otherwise protest. He wasn't minding this, after all, even despite all of his determination to act otherwise. In fact, the more time went by, the more at ease he felt. ...Not that he wanted to admit it. He was just doing this because he probably owed her, somehow.

[ava-illumina.livejournal.com]

While wandering around the ballroom, Cecil caught a flash of familiar blue armor and made a beeline towards it, where he knew he'd find his childhood friend. He had a very mischievous grin on his face as he walked. The urge to embarrass Kain was strong, but... no, Cecil knew better than to tempt fate. So instead, the paladin casually walked over and... STARED. His reaction was appropriate and justified because, well... Kain was dancing. DANCING. And doing a pretty good job at it too. Well, besides being stiff as a board, as per usual. But Kain seemed to relaxing a little, at Rydia's coaxing, and this made him genuinely happy to see. Still, he couldn't resist a chuckle while he watched.

[dragoon-rising.livejournal.com]

It seemed to take quite some time before Kain was suitably relaxed, and even then there was still some part of him that remained on edge. He therefore heard a familiar chuckle... and aimed a quick glare toward his friend. Not an overly harsh glare, but more of a typical 'Kain is not amused by that' sort of expression.

[eidolon-soul.livejournal.com]

Rydia of course heard the chuckle as well and spotted Cecil. She winked at him, though didn't call out for fear of provoking teasing which would make Kain tense up again or worse, stop. Once they were done, however, poor Kain was fair game.

[ava-illumina.livejournal.com]

Cecil simply waved at the pair of them, still smiling a little. He decided to wait until they were done dancing before teasing Kain some more. For now, however, he would be good and not interrupt them.