:[Vday 2021]: A Winter's Venus Day

[DaemonGabrielle]

Fea Line

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Krayyven wasn't really sure what to do with herself.

First off, his whole, lets go bird watching, seemed to just be a ploy so that HE could kiss FIRE DADDY.

Oh how mad she had been. Not only was she not able to get a kiss but that damn fire bird stole HER OWN MANTHING. The one SHE had picked out and latched on too. Sure he wasn't a bird but he was HERS. And yet.... Twog wanted to kiss the males instead of her? What had she done wrong? Was she not good enough of a harpy?

In her anger she may have roughed him up some and now she was feeling absolute terrible about it...except her pride wasn't really able to let her say that. At least not outright. Still... he seemed to still want to go to Venus day with her so maybe things would get better.... she hoped.

She strolled into the ball without him at first. Upon her face was a black laced mask with the most intricate of details. Off to the right side of her mask was a large silver like brooch that looked like a blossoming flower. From the brooch stemmed many large, long and silky black feathers that danced with each step she took. Her dress was long, swaying behind her, covering her tail completely. It was lace as well, detailed and slightly see through where the lace patterning wasn't. It fit her curves to a T leaving nothing to be desired. The shoulders were padded with more luxurious long black feathers to match her mask as well as highlight her own natural purple plumage.

As she strolled in, she glanced around for Twog, hoping he was there. She smiled some when she saw him, adorned in feathers, and couldn't help but chuckle as she sashayed her way

Twog perked up at the sound of his dark love. Turning, he took a quick up and down glance of her, mentally noting Damn how lucky was he ,before taking a sweeping bow, which caused his tail feathers to stand up. Large and proud. Just like him.

Once the bow was done, he straightened his feathers and walked over to his date and held out a feathery arm. "Shall we, my love" he asked.  

[MiddyGlow]

sailornorthstar

(Lyros is in the ballroom if you want to rp with him)  

[Daisicle]

Following her unfortunate encounter at the clothier, Tanzanyt had gone and gotten herself a pair of fuzzy earmuffs, a hat, scarf, jacket, and pants. She was fully decked out in comfy warmness that allowed her to take to the slopes and enjoy herself on the peaks. Who would have known she'd enjoy that sort of thing? It was a blast.

But then she came back to the room and Pur was just so annoying about the 'wonderful' time she'd spent with Night Terror.

Well you know what. Tanz could lay with a faun too. And so she did - a nice orange and yellow one in fact. She also now understood why daemon would be drawn to the faun - their equine 'features' weren't limited to just the size of their hooves as it turned out.

It was dangerous.


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"Ugh nobody wants to hear for the ump-teenth time about how much fun you're having with that faun Pur." For all their arguing, they still continued to at least walk together to the main events before breaking off. Can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em, as they would say. "Yeah, I totally have a date." No she didn't. "I'm not a loser like you."

Seeing NT arriving and decidedly avoiding him after he'd embarrassed her on that first night, Tanz scanned the crowd for someone she could use real fast. Thankfully pae were still sparsely trickling in. Oh, she felt like she'd seen that particular one before - she could def use this to her advantage. He owed her one, after all. "Yeah, see, he's right over there. Hah. Bye loser~!" She waved to her sister before running off.

Dawning a lovely purple and black mask, along with a silken dress embordered with lace designs and that hugged her naturally lithe curves in all the right places, Tanz gracefully made her way towards the pae in question before taking them by the arm and, for all intents and purposes, snuggling into them.

"I'll explain later. Pretend you're my date or you're good as dead." the rak almost growled as she kept her back to Pur and spoke softly to the demon in question.

Shadica

[Arrow = NA] Tanz > Pur

Shicala

[Arrow = NA] Tanz > Linwilen

 

[sailornorthstar]

Cami had had a fun time for the last few days other than becoming a male for a day nothing was worth mentioning. She was excited for the dance. She wore a silver fish tail dress with a silver lacy mask. Walking into the party she took note of everyone looked elegant. She headed over to the the pool since it looked nice in the water.


Summer fallowed Cami into the ball room she had to be talked into wearing a sky blue dress. She was never sure that it would look good on her with her skin tone. She ware a simple gold and white mask. She was walk around the groups seeing what everyone was talking about. She saw some drinks go by and moved to go grab one.

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Summer and Cami are here open for interacting

 

[Teigra]

Chuckling, the dark stallion made his way over to Nightmare Moon's side with a grin. "Of course not, dear. Secrets don't make friends, after all," 'he' answered, offering her his arm. "Shall we?" Chrysalis was already in a far better mood than usual, the promise of the love buffet to come already bolstering her mood immensely.

The poor night mare would likely see little respite from her 'companion's' teasing on this trip.


~~Time Skip~~


A week, one whole week of binging herself on the love of all these fools gathered in one place. Chrysalis was riding a high nearly 24/7 at this point, feeling love drunk and positively buzzing with the magical energy coursing through her veins. The one concession she had made for her co-conspirator had been to keep the same disguise this week whenever they ventured anywhere together. So that Nightmare Moon wouldn't take off berating any other confused bystanders, she explained.

For the masquerade, Chrysalis had assumed her dark charcoal unicorn stallion disguise and had rented a stylish tuxedo from Venus' cherubs. Her mask seemed made with a sort of dark brushed-nickel finish, ordained with turquoise gems that sparkled and would have matched well with her hair color in her normal changeling queen form. Perhaps she had chosen it for that reason.

Again, she had sent her changelings Sigma and Theta ahead to the party to scope things out. She had taken note of their reports back on some of the other little bug-like Pae they had seen around the resort resembling Amaranth and Jet. So there were more of them about. Jet had insisted on being used like a good little minion as well, so Chrysalis had given him some vague task or other before turning him loose into the party wearing an acorn or something on his head. Strange child.

Shaking 'his' hand to dry the little mark the woman at the entrance had put on 'his' hand, stallion!Chrysalis turned to the nightmare pony with a grin. "Well, shall we see what Venus has to offer her guests this year? Or should we just strut around and give the other guests a show of the most gorgeous couple here?"

Yep, definitely still love drunk.

Fea Line

Nightmare Moon

 

[DaemonGabrielle]

Hibiscus noticed the gowns and their finery. And the masks. But she was never one for participation, and especially not hungover on a pheromone diet.

She simply scoffed and continued viewing the party as everyone entered.  

[Teigra]

DaemonGabrielle

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Pū landed ontop of a very unhappy dog only to be kicked the in stomach amd flipped off. Her hackles raised, she mid air and landed on her feet as a cat should. She reached for her spear, only to be met with the familiar disappointment of the emptiness. Long ago, she had had her spear removed from her. Because "Small cute kitties dont stab people" the blue devil had said. And burned her weapon. Yet another reason she wanted him dead.

So instead, in response to his timid hello, her hands dropped to the ground and she hissed loud enough to make her facemask shake in venom. All uncontrollable reflexes unfortunately.

Having a moment to collect herself, she realized she was in full attack mode when he had done nothing but protect himself. And attempted friendly banter, at that! So, she did was any rational pae would when confronted with the sight of an unruly pet.

She calmly stood, pointed at the mini wolf and hissed, her accent thick "Sit. Stay."

When the cat Pae reacted to his greeting with a feral-sounding hiss, Lyruil laid his ears back against his head and his tail drooped. Was she not a Pae'il afterall? Or perhaps she was even more uncivilized than he was. Maybe she couldn't speak or understand speech? He only had a limited vocabulary himself from his observations of other Pae at a distance.

But then she stood up straight once more, seeming to come to her senses and spoke! Wait...what? Lyruil's ears remained low, but he frowned and aimed a derisive snort in her direction. Did she mistake him for someone's lap dog pet? Rude.

He sneered at her and huffed. With a small growl, he shot back what he thought of her 'orders'.

"No."

With that, the wolf bound off into the surrounding woods on his paws, circling around to gather more intel on the other Pae'il and this place before he attempted to infiltrate it as one of them.


~~Time Skip~~


The mini wolf warily entered the dance hall, glancing around for signs of danger as his instincts screamed at him for entering an enclosed space with so many strangers. His stomach had won out, however, because the delicious smells from food had been teasing his sensitive nose all day and there was no way he was missing out on such a feast, even if he had been able to fight his own curiosity.

The little chubby flying things had insisted he had to wear some sort of mask before being let in, so he had returned to the forest briefly and returned with a mask made of the prettiest pieces of tree bark he could find, glued together with pine sap, and decorated with a handful of pinestraw, leaves, and even a single bird feather. He was so proud of his creation and the cherubs had shrugged at one another; technically it was a mask and had waved him through. He puzzled a bit when one of the ladies wanted to do something to his hand (he never really liked having his paws touched), but shrugged it off as the smells of food overwhelmed his concerns upon entering.

Oh man, totally worth the effort.
 

[Dragon Berri]

Arc had been having so much fun with Lyn that he had forgotten to be nervous about his feelings for his best friend. Some days he wished he could just forget about these feelings, too anxious to say anything to Lyn's face. But most days he wished he was brave enough to say them out loud. Maybe he'd get lucky and Lyn would feel the same way. They certainly touched and leaned against one another a lot while they were here, but was that just because it was cold up here? He couldn't tell sometimes. Besides, Lyn was way too into girls for him to like Arc that way. Right? So he'd just...keep his feelings under wraps.

When dinner and dancing was announced a few days after they got there, Arc fidgeted with the bat mask he wore. It was glittery and had sleek black wings coming off the sides. He may or may not have picked it out with Lyn in mind. He half hoped Lyn didn't notice, but the other half wanted Lyn to say something and give Arc a chance to get everything off his chest. He sighed a bit as he walked into the dining area with Lyn at his side. He didn't have a lot of fancy clothes, but he still dressed up for the night in a decent suit. "It looks amazing!" he said and smiled over at his best friend. "Where do you think we should start?"

Fea Line

Noelani had actually enjoyed the time she'd spent with Vash, and had spent quite bit more time with the angelic Pae as the week went on. It was surprising to her. She had never really liked anyone, aside from her father. Then again, she hadn't ever spent so much time with one Pae. She wondered if she would run into him at dinner. She wore an elegant dark blue dress that was fitted tight in the bodice and swept out in a swirl of colors and fabrics that glittered and put one in mind of a galaxy. Glittery black lace covered her chest to her neck and down her arms. On her face, she wore a simple mask with swirls and stars glittering on it.

Shicala

Kai walked into the dining hall with a smug smile on his face. The week had certainly been quite a lot of fun, and he hasn't even gotten to the advertised activities. Most of his time had been spent in the company of a number of harpy females, including a very small one that was surprising. He wondered how many would be drawn back to him during the dinner and if this thing was compulsory or if they could leave and enjoy their own form of...dancing. He chuckled to himself as he took in the decorated scene, adjusting the white fox mask on his face. He took a rose from one of the ladies and gave her a flirtatious smile, admiring her form as he passed. This would be another successful night, if he had anything to say about it.

Zhong followed after his father, already irritated with the black fox mask that sat on his face. He didn't like anything that hindered his vision, but this was a masked affair and so he must suffer through it. For now, at least. Later, he would most like rip the thing off and burn it. He huffed a soft laugh as he noticed the door's handles were carved in the shape of harpies. Fascinating. He had definitely spent most of his time here at the lodge in the company of females, though he hadn't come across Peaches again yes. He was determined to find her again before the trip was over. Perhaps he'd spot her at dinner tonight.

Ea swam in a little late to the party. There were so many Pae there already. She wondered if Toby were there, too. She chewed her lower lip a bit. Was it too soon to have a crush on someone? She had no idea. He was cute, though, and he was nice to her. She wanted to learn more about him. Tonight she wore a purple bandeau top with flowy sleeves that still managed to look pretty when they were wet. Her mask was that of a silver wolf. She had chosen it because she wanted to be braver, and go after things she wanted. Maybe it would help if no one could actually see her face tonight. She made her way to the food tables and wondered what she wanted to eat.  

[Wolfs Heart]

Airlea continued to pass out alcoholic drinks as she passed pae, especially those who were standing around doing nothing. She would excitedly point pae towards the dance floor reminding them of Venus' impending arrival. She was practically dancing herself as she did so, but she tried to remind herself to settle down.

[If I have not tagged you, feel free to have your pae receive an adult drink and be directed towards the dance floor]

This was exhausting, she hoped it was working. Airlea slipped back over to the drinks and got some refills, wondering how many trips she could make before any cherubs noticed. Most of them were pretty busy though, right?

While refilling her drinks she of course had to assess the wallflowers at the food table. Who goes to a party just to stand by the food tables?! She found a naiad-type and passed her a drink. "You'll want to make your way to the dance floor as soon as you can." She encouraged her as she pointed out its location before moving on.

Strawberri Stardust

Ea has been handed an adult drink and pointed to the dance floor

Another fishy pae showed up at the food tables, how curious. Airlea was quick on it to slide over to her and give her a drink. "The food will be here all night, but the dance floor is where the real party is, it's over there." She pointed to the dance floor and was on her way again.

Twitchapher the Third

Peaches has been handed an adult drink and pointed to the dance floor.

 

[Wolfs Heart]

Neo had been confused when he had gone to the bar an hour later and nobody had showed up. He waited for a while, but then accepted that he had probably just made too much of a mess of things and went on with his evening. Thankfully over the next few days he was able to enjoy some skiing and did not have any dreaded awkward encounters with the fauness in the large resort.

Now everyone was condensed into one big party and the idea of running into her again was in the back of his mind as he entered the party. He was relieved when he saw the selection of masks for him to wear, he probably wouldn't even be recognizable in this, a fresh start! Neo definitely planned to avoid the food tables as a precaution and had satisfied his appetite before the party.

[Neo is Available for interaction]
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Jael was now female once again. She could not even begin to understand what had happened to her with the other happy. The feelings that had overcome her, were just not something she could wrap her simple mind around. Her interest in the female had eventually faded and she began to hunt out other females to try to draw to her, but when Jael returned to normal those desires faded.

Her mother's scent had been lost the moment she had been distracted by the male scents, and she had never refound the scent, lost in the many pae and snow. Was mother even still here? Jael didn't know, she only felt lost. One night Jael had wandered the halls of the lodge late at night wailing because of her woes of her lost mother, finally a swarm of cherubs had ushered her into one of the soundproof (for other reasons) rooms where she had spent the rest of the night crying.

It was nice that hunting wasn't required here, there was a magical table with food that never ended, that made Jael happy and she had spent most of her time there and had returned to the food table this evening. For some reason this time when she came to eat they made her put on a mask and marked up her hand. The smells of this room were quite overwhelming as well. This caused Jael's feathers to be slightly ruffled.

[Jael is available for interaction]
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Eleora had enjoyed her time skiing with Alexander, he had been very helpful. She couldn't speak for him, but for her the day had been filled with a joy she had not experienced in a long time. Mostly due to the many, many times she had fell in the snow. She couldn't help but laugh at herself. It had quickly become clear to her that her marshmallow suit was probably not the best for skiing as they caused her balance to be way off and balance was a key part of skiing.

Despite how much fun the ski day had been, Eleora was not used to that sort of physical activity and felt it the next day. The spa had been her plan anyways, but now it was a necessity. She hid away in the peace, warmth, and rest in the spa often. Now it was time for the big event though. She had hoped she would run into Alexander again tonight, but that seemed like an impossibility that she would recognize him with everyone wearing masks. Even if she hadn't been wearing a mask, she doubted that Alexander would recognize her without her marshmallow attire.

Eleora caught a glimpse of a pae that reminded her a bit too much of Jael, it felt like she had seen a ghost. The female was convinced that it couldn't be her daughter though, there was no way Jael would be up here. Perhaps this was just her brain's way of telling her she missed her daughter. She was going to make the most of her time away though.

SSBrosB

just a summary of Eleora's feeling about the ski day

[Eleora is available for interaction.]
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Rhyol eventually stopped dancing. He couldn't believe how long he had gone on dancing. Skylie must have thought he was insane. He felt a little insane. The teenager had spent a good amount of time in his room mentally and physically recovering from his dancing urges. Guilt had begun to settle in to with how long her had been gone from home. Mom and Dad would be worried sick about him for sure. He had heard of his brother Malek, never met him, who went missing. He knew how his parents felt about it, and now he was putting them through it all over again.

It was too late though, the damage he had done had been done. It would do no good to put them through all that and not go to the big event that he had snuck out for in the first place. Thankfully, Rhyol was a teenager and easily distractible and was able to easily push aside those sorts of feelings to pursue winter sport and girls: a majority of which were too old to even spare him a glance. Hopefully he would have better luck tonight, after all this was what his brother had been telling him about!


[Rhyol is available]  

[Elros Namasi]

Despite all the intrigue and the continuous nagging feeling that something was not quite right with Quetzal's ready acceptance of babysitting duty, Beltan found himself having a great time with Xo at the resort. Sure, they never hit the slopes but, call him crazy, strapping one board to each foot (or both feet to one board) and sliding down a mountainside didn't sound like the amazing experience that some pae might think it was.

Hot springs, A+. Spa day, fabulous. He could totally pull off the robe, moisturizing face mask, and towel twisted and piled atop his head look. The bed, er, couch! The couch was surprisingly comfortable being out of water and all. Overall, the best (albeit only) vacation he'd ever had.

Finally, the day of the main event arrived and Beltan had just finished securing his mask when Xoana hustled him out of the room. Chuckling and mock protesting the whole way, Beltan called through the closed door, "I'll meet you in the ballroom, then," and took a meandering path there. Hovering at the edge of the growing crowd near the main entrance, Beltan saw her the moment she entered the room. Xoana looked stunning with her hair artfully piled into a mess of curls and sparkling seashells. Before he could wave to get her attention, a server passed her a drink and shooed her in the direction of the dance floor. Beltan followed her there and gently took the hand she was holding her drink with so she wouldn't drop it, turning her around to face him. "I like the necklace. Very eye-catching."

Menelie - Beltan to Xoana
I'm gonna get Cake in here, too, if you wanna send Silini at her again~

That first day passed in a blur of giddy happiness for Selich. He remembered returning Hanna's grin when she pointed out they were alone then felt a little pinch between his shoulder blades and suddenly he couldn't stop smiling. Any underlying anxiety he had about meeting her parents disappeared; he was just so happy.

The days leading up to the masquerade seemed to pass entirely too quickly, but the resort's activities were many and varied for a place that advertised skiing as its claim to fame. The in-house restaurant was very upscale and they'd reserved an evening to have dinner with Philip and Linda. Honestly, it had been a polite, if brief, exchange and Selich had schooled his brogue to a soft growl to appear more sophisticated. The meal ended with promises to meet up for a real family reunion after Venus Day.

Due to rarity, competition for a mask that wasn't some variation of pink had been stiff. Selich had gotten lucky and managed to convince the cherub working the mask table to part with a relatively simple dark blue one, but said cherub had seemed very snooty and judgemental about his taste. Shrugging off the attitude, Selich turned to show it off to Hanna. "What d'ya think, love? My color?"

SSBrosB - Selich to Hanna
Feel free to have Meztli talk to Quetzal again, too, if you like.

Quetzal had discovered the hard way that bunking with his "cousins" had been a terrible idea; next time, separate rooms for everyone because the ribbing was brutal and relentless. Sindri continued to make fun of him and Kadri for not having leeeeegs upon which one could waaaaaalk anywherrrrre one waaaaanted to. Both of them had teamed up to give him a hard time about being luv-struck over "the green-haired angel". And when he'd finally recovered from the arrow's effects lovesickness, he remembered that he had a sister which his dad didn't even know about.

He told Sindri and Kadri about Meztli. What he did not share was that he'd nearly jumped out of his skin panicking because he thought the catfish had been let out of the net and they were busted. They already thought it was hilarious enough that he'd been compelled, right after introducing himself to his long-lost sister, to confess his love to some random angel pae.

Embracing the embarrassment, Quetzal chose the gaudiest of the gaudy pank masks, confident that no one would recognize him in this get-up.

Quetzal is open for interaction~

Cake had come prepared with her own mask; one of the perks of being an unofficial member of Venus' retinue. Studying herself in the mirror, she admired how the mask framed her big, green eyes and how the green and purple rhinestones sprinkled through her fluffy fur caught the light when she turned. The tiny claws on her feet and wings sported a coat of pearlescent ivory paint from a quick mani-pedi at the spa. Satisfied that she was ready, Cake left her room for the masquerade.

Queen Cake is open for interaction~

Poptart was super not prepared, having shown up completely on a whim which meant the only thing she'd brought was herself. Good thing there were a whole bunch of masks for her to choose from. Expanding to her full height and hovering a couple of inches off the ground (she didn't seem to get as much lift as usual on the mountain; maybe it was the thin air) to see better, she asked no one in particular if there were any other colors. An obvious "Ahem" brought her attention to a cherub that she hadn't noticed over all the feathers and sequins who proceeded to educate her on the subtle differences between pink, light pink, bubblegum pink, orchid pink, etc., etc.

Blinking rapidly while she tried her hardest to pay attention, the little rave-colored whisp suddenly burst out, "Ooh, I like this one! It's purrfect." Giggling with pleasure at her clever pun, Poptart donned her new cat mask and floated off without a backward glance at the cherub who was still reciting shades of pink.

Poptart is open for interaction~

For the most part, Horkos had lain low. There were a couple of reasons for this. The first, and most pressing, was that he just didn't trust it. Oh sure, Venus had imprisoned Eris in the golden apple. The Goddess of Discord's gaggle of irritating children had been scattered. It was quiet...and that made him uneasy.

The other reason was there were only so many ways one could answer "I don't know" when faced with their estranged siblings' many questions concerning parentage and god-logic. Even so, he was here, blending in with his pleasantly flattering mask because the powers that be had required requested his presence on Venus' big day.

Twitchapher the 3rd - Go Team

Wolfs Heart - Spartan  

[Daisicle]

Tanz's ear twitched at the pet name so readily given to her, but held back from the sardonic quip she would have normally given. 'Nope, no no Tanz. Calm down. Wait until after you're out of sight from your annoying sister to snap back.' Whatever. They better appreciate how lucky they were to be having the cutest rak from her family hanging onto them.

Her tail flicked behind her, rustling her skirt some.

"Sorry it took so long to find you! Masks and all." Her tone was a bit forced, as was the smiling expression she tried to maintain. "My sister just took FOREVER to get ready - can't help that!" her voice may have been a bit louder on that one. "What do you say we get ourselves some drinks~?" Yeah, she had a feeling she was gonna need one.

Shicala

[Arrow = NA] Tanz > Linwilen

 

[Daisicle]

Peaches had kept her word, and no semblance of interference from the parental units ever came to whisk Sindri and the crew back into the lands of lake. Still though, what she'd said weighed heavily on his mind, that talk about her own reasonings and her mother's village.

He'd be lying if he didn't admit that, for the first time in a very long time, he just felt, well... right. Up here. Away from home and on his own two feet.

Was this that sense of belonging that Anxo has talked about?

The rest of the week passed by with him still preoccupied with such thoughts, broken only to harass his brother and Quetzal in the way only close family could.


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Sindri had chosen to walk to the ball rather than swim - given his LEGS and all - maskless. Suffice to say, his inability to read common script had backfired on him. The cherubs were a mess, and he caught wind of them gossiping that the extended relatives of Venus couldn't possibly be allowed to make a fool of themselves by not arriving in the correct decor. They'd (father forcefully) pulled him to the side, fitted him in a cute pair of slacks and a button down shirt, and then adorned him with a mask sporting interesting motifs he'd never seen before, before pushing him back into the hall.

Honestly, it all happened so quick it effectively went in one ear and out the other.

But now he was dressed to the nines and ready to WALK around. He looked around, hoping that his family would leave him alone, but also wondering what he was even supposed to be doing. As he walked, a sense of awkward unease began to spread in him.

Twitchapher the 3rd

So you can be aware of the rest of his monologue~

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[Arrow = NA] Sindri is open for rp!

 

[Daisicle]

Adorned in a boho-style dress-and-schawl cover and wearing a mask resembling an antelope skull with feathers hanging off from it, Isolde was quite pleased with her change of look for tonight. Various flowers served as accents to the ensemble, but she figured it was enough that there'd be few who might recognize her among the partygoers.

Still though, for one of Venus' parties, it really was quite lame, wasn't it? She loathed how long it took for these to ramp up.

Her eyes raised as she caught sight of a familiar face and she smiled before swiping a drink from a passing cherubs tray and then waving to her.

Wolfs Heart

[Arrow = NA] Isolde > Airlea