xv. written

[heloise]

[ And here, in a practiced script: ]

Dear friends,

It is with great pleasure that I invite you to a night of merriment on the fifteenth of December. There will be much feasting and dancing with no rules to speak of, aside from upholding the right of every man to be joyful!

The honorable Henry Mills will serve as master of ceremonies, which is most fitting for the occasion. Do address all your compliments to him.


[ ooc; everyone's invited! replies can be anything, dictated or written ]

Comments

[assassino]

No rules, hmm?

[Also, guess who is back.]

dictated;

[luthored]

Sounds like a good time for all. I'm sure Henry will make it lots of fun.

[heloise]

[ HEY STUD. ]

None to be imposed upon the guests.

dictated;

[heloise]

He would have many games, too.

dictated;

[luthored]

If there's bobbing for apples going on, I probably shouldn't wear my nicest shirt.

dictated;

[heloise]

Bobbing for apples? What is that?

[assassino]

[Hey babygi--- I mean. Lucrezia.]

That sounds like my kind of party.

dictated;

[luthored]

Oh, it's...just a silly kid's game, but some adults still play it. It's actually more of a Halloween thing.

[ She had been kidding about it, but no harm in explaining! ]

You fill a barrel with water, put apples in it, and you have to catch one using only your mouth. No hands.

[heloise]

[ Children will be present! ]

Ah, ever the libertine.

dictated;

[heloise]

[ She laughs. ]

Perhaps there will be!

dictated;

[luthored]

In that case, I recommend you bring a back-up outfit. And tie your hair back.

[assassino]

Florentine, libertine, there is a reason they sound so similar.

I have been given personal rules, though, by which I must abide.

dictated;

[heloise]

Would you play the game too?

[ She was thinking the children would find it fun. ]

[heloise]

By whom?

dictated;

[luthored]

I guess I would kind of have to, now.

[assassino]

Who else? Stephanie and Molotov.

dictated;

[heloise]

I admire your grace, Lana.

[heloise]

[ She laughs, at him, yes. ]

And what are these rules?

dictated;

[luthored]

Believe me, there is nothing graceful about bobbing for apples.

Dictated

[cyan_maid]

[She only knows of one Henry with a feast planned.]

Oh, Henry's feast! Do you know when he wants folks to begin helping with the cooking?

[assassino]

[Conspiratorial tone:]

No married women.

No girls fewer than eighteen years.

And no courtesans.

dictated;

[heloise]

Grace can be unseen too.

Dictated

[heloise]

We agreed on the fifteenth... I know little of the art of cooking.

Perhaps, the day before?

[heloise]

[ Lucrezia just laughs some more. ]

Poor boy.

[assassino]

I live such a difficult life.