[F11] [Event Thread] Masquerade Ball

[The Black-White Human 0]

"Hmm?" hearing the question marisa looks back to Illiure while lazily munching on another snack. "Technically yes. Course I still don't really know if she actually is in this place or died already. Right now I'm hopeing for her to just not be in this game though." Taking another smaller bite out of her cookie marisa looks back over the crowd with a slight smile. "Then again I'm pretty sure that she wouldn't come here for anything other than the food. In fact they are basically just like you personality wise!" Chuckling a bit at that marisa pats Illiure's shoulder. "But that is them and you are you. Also since I'm thinkin that reddie is not in this world I'll just do my best ta protect what new friends I do make here ya know?" Grinning at that Marisa finishes off the rest of what's in her hand before finally bring her arm off of Illiure. "But what about you ze? Knowing reddie she tends ta be the type of person who hates to show weakness and won't stop at anything to fix somethin that's she thinks is wrong. But once again that's them and you are you. So what are you like and what do you think Illiure?" Placing one hand on Illure's shoulder Marisa gives a slight smile to her.

@Illiure

[Avilon 0]

Avilon's body shivered, she had been rather depressed and scared to ever try and love once again. Her fingers gently gloved and pacing back and forth still a little ways outside of the masquerade ball as she would sigh. "Calm down, it's just a date with someone who wanted to try and cheer you up. It's the least you can do after being friends for so long." Avi's face was red as she sighed and would peek out from around the corner as she would then gulp seeing Zandra dress up in her new outfit for the dance as she wiggled back behind and buried her face into her dress. "Why did you let her convince you that this was a good idea." She groaned softly only to stand back up and start walking over red in her cheeks as she was dressed in a rather cute light colored dress. "H-hello?" She said bashfully now walking over toward Zandra with the long white gloves that worked up to her elbows.  The mask she had prepared appearing like that of half a skeleton as upper face.

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Edited February 11, 2018 by Avilon

[Sey 0]

Ahhh, the many lovebirds of the ball with their masks equipped to cover their eyes at the very least. Of course, he decided to go in with a black mask and a new formal tuxedo with a black  bowtie. It seems he wasn't the only one willing to blend in with the light, as his lover too seemed to want to match his color. A shame that her identity needed to be... Hidden from public, but her Elucia form possessed a similar adorable charm on it's own. Sey tells things as they are. "She look great, seems like we're ready to head in." He explained, placing his left palm out towards her right. Should they connect, he'd slowly guide her towards the masquerade ball. "It's been a while since we've done something like this, remember the last time we tried to have a peaceful dance? Perhaps we'll actually get to finish the song." To think they they were supposed to be celebrating. But it was a game after all, the health bar at the top left reminded him of that constantly. Even then, they still headed towards the ball before he opened the door with his free right palm, ready to go inside with her.

@Hidden

[Illiure 0]

"You could say I am somewhat.. like her," she replied plainly. "I don't like showing weakness, yes," she sighed crossing her arms with the half heart cookie still in one hand. "I think a lot of things, about a lot of things," She said as she brought up a hand to fiddle with her hair, twirling it around finger and back. Illiure looks up at the circular ceiling of the ballroom. "I would like to fix a lot of things," her cyan blue eyes sparkling. "I just don't know how.." she muttered the last part under her breath. She looked at Marisa again, a huge grin was plastered across her face, "As you can see already, I'm not a people kind of person, I don't attend events like this much," The hand that held the heart wavered to her side. "That's the basics about me," I guess you wouldn't expect much.. She thought as she took a small bite into the cookie. I wouldn't expect much either.

@The Black-White Human

[Zandra 0]

Zandra saw another couple enter thru the main gate, and guy and a girl. All couples she had seen so far was just that, a man and a woman. A sligth blush had appeared on he cheeks as she realise she isnt here with male company. ''Was this really the right thing to do? Will Avilon be okay with th...'' Zandra mumbled to herself when she saw a girl in a white dress with pink hair walk out from behind a corner. This made her stop in her thoughts and look at her. ''Hi Avilon.'' she said and gave the girl a hug. ''You look totally stunning in that dress. Shall we go in?'' Zandra asked as she scrolled thru her inventory and equipped her mask. Then she started to walk to and pass the guards and pushed open the door. ''After you my dear.'' she said to the pinkette and walked by her side when she got in. Zandra stopped a few meters after they entered the main hall. It was so beutiful, and so many beutiful people as well. ''So Avilon, what do you want to do? Something to eat or do you see someone you wanna socialise with?''

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Equips Half-mask (+3 LD)

@Avilon

[The Black-White Human 0]

Listening in silence as Illiure spoke Marisa would nod a few times with a somewhat thoughtful expression with her smile. After she finishes talking there is a second of silence as Marisa just continues to look at her. Then whistling she would finally speak. "Yep I'm sure that you and reddie would get along quite well if ya ever meet eachother. Course for that to happen I'd probably have to be the one to help you both meet though." Chuckling at that statement Marisa squeezes their shoulder lightly. "But about what ya said. I'm sure that if ya try your best things will turn out well. And if they don't you can always lean on your friends a bit as ya both work together to make things better Da Ze~!" After finishing with saying that Marisa's slight smile then takes on a more mischievous grin. "But that is then and this is now. And now is the time ta relax, have fun and hug things or people that  ya think are actin adorable~" Right after saying the last part Marisa pulls Illiure into a tightish hug. "And how your actin is just adorable ta me somewhat Illi~"

@Illiure

[Avilon 0]

Avi's cheeks burned bright with embarrassment, her gaze also studying a few of the heterosexual couples that had gone in through the main gate. She then stopped and realized she hadn't finished dressing fully as she would poke her fingers through her inventory. She squeaked though as she was hugged and now looked back toward the main gate a bit nervous, "You sure that this will end up ok? I just am a little scared of meeting in front of so many people in all these f-formal dresses." A stutter appearing in her voice, she had grown to be quite calm and collected in her battling. Social interaction was a completely different beast as she now glanced down toward her feet trying to keep herself from hyperventilating if that was even possible. Avi would see her half mask and now equip her own, the skull like mask offering intrigue and evidence of her skin beneath much like the one Zandra had picked out for herself. As she held onto Zandra's arm tightly she would shake her head to the question before asking, "I have the only person on my arm that I want to be social with ..." She admitted still in a dark period after the death of her beloved friend Manta. @Zandra

 

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Edited February 11, 2018 by Avilon

[Illiure 0]

Illiure raised a questionable eyebrow. "I don't think my name and adorable belong in the same sentence unless it's 'That girl is not adorable'." She said with a tone of surprise in her voice. "I don't think anyone would want a hug from this," she added pointing to her face, the feathers on her mask wavered as she adjusted her position. Blank, stoic, monotone, cold are all words to describe me but I don't think adorable would be one. She sighed sadly. "Frankly, as far as I'm concerned, you're the only person whose ever called me a friend," she bit hard on her lip, feeling nothing. She was stuck between Marisa's arms but she didn't pay much attention to it. Friend. The word echoed in her head for a questionably long time before she snapped back to what was happening. She poked Marisa's arm. "Can you let me go now? Not that I don't enjoy a hug but its been a long time since I've had one," she recalled, the last time I had one was with mom and dad..

@The Black-White Human

[Steel 0]

It seemed that there was some effect and a few people seemed to have walked up to him. He recognized one of them even. Well, not by her face but from her short stature due to being a child. The other three though were strangers. The male had asked whether he was the earlier singer. "Yes, that would be me though that was an accident. I just happened to get thrown up there, almost literally." He replied humbly. The male then asked if he could sing a song for the little girl later on. "You mean Fae-chan? Sure, no problem." He said, showing that he already knew her. He then noticed how these three were in the same guild as Fae. "I see, you guys are the ones who took her in. As an older brother myself in the real world, I was worried about her when I first met her in this death game with how old she is. I'm glad she's found her place to belong." He said with a soft smile.

The girl next to the male who was in a similar suit was stuttering a little as she complimented him about his singing. "What are you getting all nervous for? Shouldn't it be the other way around? Now I'm getting embarrassed." He said with a light joking tone complete with a sheepish grin and a light chuckle. "Thanks for the compliment though. I'm glad my voice could reach somebody at least." He said with a more confident smile. "Ah right, how rude of me. I haven't introduced myself. My name's Steel, it's nice to meet all of you." He said courteously. 

Not too far afterwards, he heard a loud scream from a girl nearby. She seemed to be stressed out by something related to the dance. "You okay over there?"

 

@Hei (What do you mean Steel's short? He's taller than Hei! XD)

@Eatos

@Saphira

@Fae (We're going with that thread where you me Letu and Hiiru are starting is before this event so we know each other)

@Minako

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Edited February 11, 2018 by Steel

[Zandra 0]

Zandra gulped as she stood beside the pink haired woman and scanned the big room infront of her. She gulped. ‘’Well, if I shall be honest with you Avi, I have not the slightest idea if this will end up ok. But we have to do it. I cant wait a whole year to do this with you so even if it was short notice, we have to.’’ Zandra took a deep breath. Most of all she wanted to turn around and run away. Or just be swallowed by the earth would be fine too. How was it that she could stay infront of a giant dragon breathing fire at her with a smile, but doing this made her heartbeat raise to the speed of a formel one car. But when they stood there at the entrance and Avilon talked to her, it made Zandra feel calmer. They always had eachothers, no matter what would happen. ‘’Thank you Avilon. I wanna socialize with you too, but now when we are here, what about meeting with someone else. Maybe there is someone here you have met before that you wanna introduce me for?’’ she said and looked at the tank.

[The Black-White Human 0]

"I'm sure they were all just jealous that they weren't as adorable." Patting their back a bit marisa would grin at her new 'friends' (Be that willing or unwilling) statement. "Well it is always said that the most mismatched people make the best of friends! Or wait... Was it the other way around?" Seeming to ask herself that Marisa thinks on it for a few seconds before she gives a slight shrug and finally releases Illiure from the hug. "Alright, I don't want ta make you uncomfortable else the first expression I see might be a blush rather than a smile." Chuckling a bit at her joke marisa brings her hand to Illure's face and straightens her mask slightly before she brings the hand back down with a nod and goes back to grabbing another snack to eat. "Anyways as you've probably noticed I'm a relatively friendly person, course I spose that could be a good or bad thing if ya think about it. Buut on that note do ya want ta be added to my friends list ze?"

@Illiure

[Avilon 0]

"I don't know if anyone I know is even alive any more," the girl would stand beside Zandra gloom starting to follow her like a cloud as she settled back into her dreary mindset when she had lost a few friends. Both were strong warriors, just like Zandra which only put doubt and fear into her eyes as she would quickly move around and clasp her arms about Zandra as if ready to dance. "I-I want you to promise me that you won't leave me like everyone else I love please," tears streaked down her cheeks as she began to bury her face deep into her shoulder. Avi had dug herself so deep into a hole she didn't even remember how to interact with people on this social level  the pink hair brushing into that black wavy locks of Zandra. "I don't want to lose anyone else that I love ok." Her grip would only tighten as she stood there the mask pressing into Zandra's shoulder as she would slowly peel away and sniffle uncertain why she would even put her heart back on the line once more. This was her last chance, if anything ever was to happen to Zandra, Avilon's mental state would most likely snap as she had already lost one girl who she was dating and the man who had been her mentor for so many years. After hearing about a few others who died back in the Celestial ascendants, she was afraid she would never learn to feel again for another.

@Zandra

[Illiure 0]

Illiure nodded. "I might find that useful later in the future, thanks," she said bringing up her hand to scratch her neck. "But I'm sure no one would be jealous of me either, what's there to be jealous of?" she sighed, and leaned back on the table again. Just plain old me, why would anyone want to be jealous of me.? She gave a small frown and started fiddling with her fingers again. "I bet a lot of people would be more jealous of you, I don't find being friendly a particular bad thing anyways," she said nudging Marisa with her elbow, bet she has a lot of special people in her life.. She crossed her legs as she was thinking, not paying much attention to the world around her. After a few moments of s[acing out she finally spoke. "Why would being friendly, be a bad thing anyways?" she wondered out loud. "I mean, who wouldn't want to be friendly?" she said casually while she eyed  group of people in the distance, a small girl rested between the group. Looks like a child.. she can't be much older than 8 or 7.. Illiure thought sadly. Shame she has to spend her early years here..

@The Black-White Human

 

[Macradon 0]

That could well have been why, you need to stand out if you want to look the best, so showing up late and have someone announce you would probably be for the most pompous arrival, though Macradon would just find it tedious and annoying to stand by and watch, but at least he wasn’t, he was dancing with a girl, not just any girl he just found on the streets, a nice and sweet girl he had met before. Macradon smiled at her question, it was indeed a good thing being able to give the same answer if anyone would be asking, it would at least be less awkward trying to say something along the lines of “Eh, ehm, maybe?”. “Sure, why not” he said with a smile. Quickly glancing behind Kairi, Macradon noticed even more people arriving at the ball, one person in particular caught his eyes, Zandra. She had actually chosen to arrive today, which was quite the surprise, he hadn’t seen her in quite a while other than floor raiding.

@Kairi

[Hei 0]

Hei was surprised to hear that Steel hadn't actually been up there because he had wanted to, but because of some problems. "None the less, I liked your song, even though the choice might not have been the right one for this ball." he told the performer. Then Steel had told him that singing for Fae wouldn't be a problem, and he had even used Fae's name, so he probably knew her, but taken in to account that she was the only child he had ever met within sao, most people who had ever met her would remember her, so he wasn't so surprised about that. "That is nice. I'll come back to that later. Have fun at the ball, and don't worry about her, she is living at my place and I'll take good care of her." Just after he had told him that, he wasn't to sure why, but maybe it was just he didn't want Steel to worry about Fae as he would have.

Afterwards he left the performer to himself, as he still had to get some drinks and maybe something to eat for Fae, as it seemed she had been the only one who hadn't followed him. On his way to the food, he had a look at the people at the dance floor and he wasn't sure, but he thought he knew at least one of the few people who had started dancing. - Oh yeah, dancing. I totally forgot about it, but I think Fae would love to dance, maybe after some food and a little talking with the others. - Now he was worried a little, but not to much, as he had learned how to dance at formal events like this. Then he arrived at the food table and nearly was stunned. There was so much food, that looked that good, that he didn't knew what to eat first. Besides the food there were two girl standing close by, one had been hugged by the other just moments ago, so they probably knew each other. As part of the guilds leader trio, it was his task to find more guild members, and he wanted to know more people just for himself, so he walked over to them. "Hey you two, it seems you are the best ones to ask about the food. Could I ask your opinion on what to try and especially what could be to the liking of a small girl?"

@Steel (sorry, I hate your strange ft measurement system. I always forget how much it is in meters)

@Illiure @The Black-White Human

[Reinka 0]

She had her hair the way it normally was but she had on her siren dress as she called it. She hoped it wouldn't be to extreme. It would be better to use than her starting equipment that was for sure, that one was way too flashy. She looked up at the large building and was on her guard. She pulled up her menu to call her 'date'. She almost felt unnerved but there was no way in heck she was going to enter a building in a death game without back up. Especially in a vanity dress, that wasn't her cup of tea at all.

-To: Steel
Hello, I'm at the event. Are you inside already? I'm not willing to go into that building without you, or unless you needed some help inside already. - From Reinka

She bit her lower lip getting more nervous. One she was going with a man she met recently, it was clearly a romantic setting, and finally, anything could happen and it terrified her in a sense. She felt a bit angry at herself because she'd be relying on him to calm her down tonight as well. She sighed upset at herself. It might be nothing.

Edited February 11, 2018 by Reinka

[Kairi 0]

=Kairi had asked him if she could just be his date for today, she had just figured even if they didn't know much it would had just been better, plus it would be a good way of getting to know one, however... she wasn't going to rush into anything this time around. However, Macradon had accepted with a smile, Kairi had smiled back and thought that this event wasn't so bad anymore. However he had seen he had looked behind her, and she had noticed that he had been looking at a few people, mostly a black haired woman, Kairi had looked back to Macradon and asked him "Do you know her or something?" she had wondered if he had some past relationship with her or something, or if there was something wrong with her being there, or if she was just over worrying about things, its not that she wanted to think negatively about someone, she had just wanted to keep the event a good time for not only herself, but Macradon as well.

@Macradon

[Illiure 0]

Illiure blinked at Hei, He's probably asking for that small child.. She sighed, her heartstrings tugging her chest. She pointed to the platter of heart shaped pastries she was eating earlier with Marisa. "Those should be good," her voice full of monotone. She crossed her arms and cocked her head to look at the child. How did she ever get stuck in here? This game shouldn't have been in her hands.. Illiure thought sadly, her cyan gaze wavered and went back to looking at the floor, her legs crossed. The silver pink tiles gleamed from the golden chandeliers that hung from the ceiling. I wonder if there's any place like this in real life.. she said in her head. That would be a nice place to take a vacation..

She looked up at Hei again. "Are they for that kid?" She said pointing at Fae. The small child looked happy in the environment, almost at peace with herself. Which was something I haven't had in a long, long time. She thought with a tang of sadness, her mind filled with mixed thoughts.

@Hei

Edited February 11, 2018 by Illiure

[The Black-White Human 0]

"Well from what I heard ya say a bit ago you want ta help fix a lot of things and ya think a lot about how ta do so and other things. And last I think that your kinda cute as well." Taking a bite from her snack again she continues. "Also you'd be surprised ze.. I've ended up in a few situations where things did not work out at all. But hey it's nice ta have rivals as well sometimes and I beat that person up after I untied myself!" Chuckling a bit at the last part marisa notices another person walking over before she can answer the last question. So listening to what Illiure says to them Marisa finally talks. "The names Marisa Kirisame, and unless they hate sweets I'd say just bout anything would be nice ta them." Saying this marisa then grins somewhat. "In fact.. just grab a plate and put a lot on it~" Chuckling lightly marisa grabs another couple from the table.

@Hei @Illiure

Edited February 11, 2018 by The Black-White Human

[Fae 0]

Fae wasn't expecting all the attention she got from the announcement that Hei had made, with a lot of faces, old and new greeting her. Hei had said that he was going to get snacks, and Eatos was going with him. "Just bring Fae some cookies mister Hei! Fae is gonna go say hi to everyone." Fae called out before running off into the crowd to find all of the people that had greeted her. 

Fae first found Krysta, the girl she had seen at the Christmas party and waved at her, not saying anything and just letting her dance. Moving on, Fae found Yinangi again and gave her a quick wave too, but didn't say anything either, not really knowing who she was. Fae then ran close by to Hestia, but noticed she was slow dancing, so Fae left her alone as well. Fae walked around the party a little more, trying to find a player that wasn't occupied with anything. Fae spotted Tsu and ran up to her, noticing that she wasn't dancing. "Hey Froggy! Fae is glad to see you again! But, where's Pin? Fae saw you were just with him." Fae asked, briefly giving Tsu a hug and looking around the hall, trying to spot Pin.

@Hei @Froppy