❀ 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

[heloise]

Yes. Old loves do not belong in new ones.

[secondchances]

What am I supposed to do with it, then?

[heloise]

Leave it behind. Your true love must have a new one for you.

[secondchances]

He's not a prince.

[heloise]

Then you should wear no crown.

[secondchances]

Maybe so. [But she makes no move to take it off. Fight her, Lulu.]

[heloise]

[ Don't make her pounce on you, Steph. ]

Maybe this wrong man is the right one if it would make you a princess.

[secondchances]

I'd rather feel like a princess instead.

[heloise]

Play make-believe rather than become an actual one?

[secondchances]

I think I'd be happier.

[heloise]

To turn down the genuine for a pale imitation.

[secondchances]

I'd rather have genuine love over anything else.

[And trust, but hey.]

[heloise]

[ Since she gets to be the man, Lucrezia moves to circle her, the smallest smile on her face. ]

So would I.

[secondchances]

I'm glad that's something we agree on.

[heloise]

Are you?

There is no benefit in agreeing with a goddess. They only love or hate.

[secondchances]

Which are you?

[heloise]

[ She watches Steph for a moment. Does she mean which goddess or whether she loves or hates? She pickes the easier answer. ]

I am of the hunt and the moon.

[secondchances]

It's an interesting combination.

[Or maybe not so much. How many nights has she spent hunting criminals?]

[heloise]

She is also the virgin goddess.

[ And there's a smirk there, as much as it's a joke about herself. ]

[secondchances]

[Smirks a bit herself. YEAH... Ezio apparently got some of your deets or something. Steph never wants to know.]

Talk about multitasking.

[heloise]

[ Because he cares enough about her happiness, Steph! ]

My brother is of the sun.

[secondchances]

Only the sun?

[She wants to kick someone's brother in the codpiece.]

[heloise]

[ This isn't the brother with the codpiece! ]

Of healing too.

[secondchances]

[Healing? Ugghhh, no.]

Nice combination.

[heloise]

[ Yeaaaap. ]

Why do you say so?