❀ May Day Masquerade ❀

[ensorceler]

may day!


[ The castle grounds holding the gardens have been transformed into a spring party sensation. Tall banners carrying the Tudor rose have been arranged in a representation of a border surrounding the celebration and events, but there are no real walls or barriers. It might make guarding difficult for the few in her employ, but that's hardly Queen Anne's problem. Nobody will be kept away unless they arrive with no mask (or representation of a mask), and although it might be hard to tell considering it's a masquerade, there will be some people (not many) from the city who have decided tentatively to accept Anne's invitation, helping fill in the crowd.

The theater stage has been covered in flowers of all sorts, as are the four wooden thrones arranged in the center. Each seat is taken, a tie for both King and Queen making for double the fun! Robb and Lucrezia have dressed as Orion and Diana, while Zelos and Galadriel have chosen Odysseus and Penelope (with a little help). The tops of their heads have been left bare, at least for the opening ceremony.

In front of them stands Anne in her costume, and she waits for the crowd to quiet before she speaks. ]

Good citizens of Cair Paradisa and City Royale, you come here today to seek pleasure and company, and I have never seen a finer or more unique looking peoples. I know you may find it difficult to smile in the wake of such recent tragedy. All here have known loss, but we have not let it conquer us, have we? God is with us. Brave souls here risked the unknown to discover the cause, while other remained to help rebuild. I am fiercely proud to see such dedication to one another, and I can only hope such unity continues to blossom! The work on the city will continue, as will the rehabilitation of the survivors most affected by calamity.

But today we spread our arms wide and heartily welcome summer. Today we make merry and keep our loves close. Today we celebrate an unprecedented event, two Queens and Kings!

[ She turns and walks over to the thrones, where the ladies hold crowns of roses in their laps and the men crowns of wooden antlers. She names each as she settles the crowns atop their heads. ]

Queen Galadriel. King Zelos. Queen Lucrezia. King Robb.

[ In playful deference, Anne will lift her skirts and curtsy to the four of them when they stand to announce that the festivities begin! ]



{ Maypole Dance || Dance Floor || The Feast || Music & Donations || Maze & Wine Fountain || Bonfire }

Comments

[not_mafia]

[goodness honey you're as skittish as Garry. It's actually making Tsuna kind of concerned about you!]

.. hey, are you okay?

[unstitched]

I should be. I want to be...

[5 turns to look up at Tsuna instead of staring down at the table like he had been, before his gaze darts away almost as if in shame.]

I just-- don't normally look like this. I mean, I'm not a human. The castle... did something to me this morning to make me like this, and it's really... uncomfortable, and strange.

[not_mafia]

Oh...

[Oh god, Five, Tsuna gets that feel so much. The castle stuck him as a dog for two weeks before. ... and as his pet lion-thing for a week before. Neither were what he would call an enjoyable experience.]

I'm sorry. Jeez, Paradisa can really be a jerk sometimes. I've had that happen to me too.

[unstitched]

You have? What happened?

[Some of the stress drains from his features, being replaced by a look that is sympathetic, yet intrigued at the same time. It sets him at ease to hear that other people have had to deal with this sort of thing, too... even if he wouldn't wish it upon anyone.]

I don't quite know what to do. I don't even know when I'll change back.

[not_mafia]

Yeah. Twice, actually. The first time I swapped bodies with my pet, and the second time I got turned into a [puppy] dog.

Yeah, there's no way of knowing when you'll turn back until you finally do. How long have you been like this?

[unstitched]

Whoa, I... I'm sorry. To be turned into something that can't talk sounds even worse than this...

Just today. There was no warning or anything, I was fine and normal when I went to bed. I didn't even feel any change until I woke up this morning...

[not_mafia]

This morning, huh? Well... I hate to tell you this, but these losses usually last a while. The time I was a dog lasted for two weeks.

[unstitched]

That long?!

Oh, no... that can't really be right! Managing even one day is horrible, but two weeks...

[He proceeds to bury his face in his hands, clearly upset.]

[not_mafia]

A-ah, it's alright! It might not last that long! I'm actually pretty unlucky when it comes to losses and stuff, but I think it's more common to last around a week or something?

[which is... still quite a bit, admittedly, but only half as much as before!!]

[unstitched]

Agh, that's still too long...

I don't have a choice though, do I? I can't just turn back, I have to... deal with it. Somehow.

[not_mafia]

Yeah, sorry.

Um, although... is it alright if I ask what you usually are? [surely being changed into a human couldn't be that large a difference from what he usually was?]

[unstitched]

Oh, I'm...

[He really wishes he could give a one word answer to this question, but it's kind of hard since he knows nothing about his creation.]

Well... I don't actually know. I'd say a construct, I think. People have said I'm a doll, but that... no, I don't like that as much. A-anyway-- I normally only come up to most people's ankles, maybe a little more than that, and I'm mostly made of cloth and metal.

[not_mafia]

E-eh! Really, something like that?

This must be a huge change for you then! [Literally!]

[unstitched]

... Yeah. It really... really is. It's too much of a change. I don't like it at all.

[not_mafia]

Mmn, well.. I'm sure you'll be alright. And if you have any trouble, the people here are pretty nice, you know. I'm sure you could just ask if you needed help.