paradisa | HAPPY NEW YEAR!

All that clamor from the lion dance prancing down the halls should be enough to draw attention to the party, even without actual invitations. If not the noise, then perhaps the delicious smell wafting under every door and leading back to the ballroom.

The castle is vain, if nothing else. It has decorated the ballroom in the deepest red and brightest gold with auspicious greetings in the common language tastefully posted about the hall. May your happiness be without end, one says, while another goes May all your wishes be fulfilled. Small order, all things considered.

Round dining tables (with the turning glass part) are set up in the middle of the hall, each with about ten chairs and piles of food fit for a whole village. There are two more lion dance teams hopping about the hall and making a racket while occasionally nabbing that dumpling straight from your chopsticks. That should the least of your concerns, however, with many residents still aiming to settle their grudges before the new year.

Watch your back.

[ ooc; IC mingle log for Lunar New Year plot, feel free to make your own threads! ]

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[Ezio would bristle at James encroaching on his girl, but considering Cass is still on his lap, he has no complaints. He runs a hand down Cass's thigh, casually.]

And here I thought I was being a gentleman for refusing to strike a woman.

Find other ways.

[Just as casually, Cass relocates Ezio's hand to her waist. She sees that little bit of possessiveness in him, just the smallest bit around the edges of him, but she'd still like to keep things vaguely conversational and that gets more difficult the longer his hand is on her leg.]

Find the balance. Until then, will spar with James.