Dancing Through Life [OPEN]

[niepokonany]

Who: Feliks, and whoever shows up. Mingle log, everyone's invited!
Where: The old Łukasiewicz manor
When: In the evening, on the day after spring's sudden onset.
Warning: Alcohol will be available? Otherwise, depends on the players--stick a warning in the subject line if anything gets out of hand.


The rumors and casual invitations started a long while ago, in the wake of Team Evolution's departure, but it took a while to nail down a date, and to shine up the rarely used public areas on the lower floor of the Łukasiewicz family estate, two floors on top of one of the towers towards the outskirts of the residential district. Paper invitations came several days ago, to damn near everyone with an address (though of course, the nobles' are on finer paper, hand-written by Feliks's grandparents and properly sealed.) Though everyone is invited, the general public has also been reminded to dress well and behave themselves presentably--it isn't every day you're invited into a noble house, is it?

Even for the nobles, honestly, it's rare to see this one. The heads of the family are aged, and while they often appear and are pleasant enough at everyone else's events, they have little energy for arranging their own in general.

They seem to have gone all out on this one, though, perhaps because the first ball of the spring demands it and perhaps because they're celebrating so many things at once. First there was Feliks's performance in the tournament, then his evolution, and of course they're still looking to find him a nice match. And spring, quite suddenly, is in the air, the weather pleasantly warm and the balcony gardens overflowing with blossoming flowers--a small legion of gardeners has been brought in to keep the plants under control, actually, given their overabundance lately.

The food and drinks are fantastic, varied, and plentiful, laid out at strategic points around the wide, gleaming dance floor. The best musicians from all over the city have been hired to encourage people to make use of it, and to keep the atmosphere nice and light.

So come on in--talk, dance, eat all the little berry pastry things, and welcome the spring!

[OOC: Will put up a couple of threads for different areas of the party to keep it organized, feel free to mingle and tag around with everyone!]

Comments

[second_destiny]

[A small voice is now telling Asemu to back away. He ignores it.]

Ah, well. I. Don't think there are many guys like that. Except nobles.

1/2

[celebrity_commentator]

[Rise looks instantly enthused.]

You know nobles who will clean my place?

[celebrity_commentator]

[The she laughs, and continues dancing.]

I'm kidding, I'm kidding. I'm not even interested in the subject right now.

[second_destiny]

Good. That's still a long way off from now. You're not even twenty years old yet.

[That's the same logic he uses to keep himself out of arranged marriages. Yes, he's legally an adult, but he's still young.]

I'm actually kind of lucky that my dad is who he is. He lets me have a lot more freedom than most of the other kids from noble families.

[celebrity_commentator]

I lucked out being a middle class girl who's no good at the family business, when you get down to it. I got into singing and acting because I wanted to.

[second_destiny]

Good. It's good to hear you pursued something you wanted. I was pretty much predestined to go into the ranger corps. But I wanted to do that -- to try and be like my dad.

[celebrity_commentator]

My awesome Psychic-type powers tell me you'd have a habit of running around rescuing people regardless.

[Rise lets herself be led through a long turn to break up her thoughts a bit.]

Can't tell how much of that is wanting to be like your dad, though.

[second_destiny]

[Well, damn. Asemu's mental defenses really only work well for him when he's in combat or...well, in a situation that doesn't require much thinking. A conversation? Yeah, he's out of luck there.]

Um. Well.

[Focus on dancing, focus on dancing...

...Okay.]

That's just the way I am. Dad's a lot more broad. He wants to help everyone in Union.

[celebrity_commentator]

[Rise laughs.]

You know I can't actually read your mind, right? This is just basic pattern recognition.

It must be cool to have a dad like that, though.

[second_destiny]

...Yeah. I-I knew that.

[It's not always easy to tell, to be fair.]

Eh. It's got its downsides. He's kind of distant from me emotionally. My mother and her grandfather have been most of my support growing up.

[celebrity_commentator]

That does kinda suck. Still, if it's for the sake of helping the whole city...

[second_destiny]

Yeah, I know. But I'm still gonna make an effort to spend time with my kids once I'm a father myself.