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{OPEN} All eyes on me, through the nothing that you've learned...

May 27, 2008 20:10

WHO: Penelo, and any ladies getting ready for the Masquerade Ball! [[ooc: See here and here.
WHAT: Pre-Ball Primping!
WHERE: Housing district- in a townhome of a very, very tolerant friend
WHEN: A few hours before the Masquerade ball!

( All eyes on me, and the things you choose to be... )

Ω lady subaru, place - housing district, Ω shibuya yuuri, Ω claire bennet, Ω miura haru, Ω maximum ride, Ω yuffie kisaragi, kisa sohma, penelo, Ω hamano jennifer

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fuckingblondie May 28 2008, 00:43:02 UTC

She had done a fair bit of setting up already, so she wouldn't have to leave so terribly early from the primping party of sorts.

Max had been helping, of course, so it was only too easy to drag her along to 'get a few extra things' only to take a detour to a townhouse in the housing district.

Yes, this was necessary, Claire had persisted.

One hand wrapped around Max's forearm, she was carrying too large bags in the other, slowly coming up to knock on the door.

danceofrapture May 28 2008, 00:48:30 UTC

"Hold on, hold on!" Penelo had her hands full with her own sunny blonde hair, and eventually gave up on it, leaving it disheveled along her back as she trotted to the door in a simple dress to get ready in. She flung the door open eagerly, greeting them before she even recognized the faces in the threshold.

"Hi, welcome!" She chirruped, cheeks already flushed, even without blush powder.

She paused as she surveyed the faces more clearly, recognizing the little pictures in her journal.

"Oh, Claire! Hello! Welcome! And you must be-"

Penelo's cheery face seemed to pale a little, though her smile didn't change.

"And Max. Good evening!"

She stepped aside, holding the door open.

"Come on in!"

nixe_eva May 28 2008, 11:03:30 UTC

Max sat on the floor as far away from Claire as possible. "You know how much I hate you, Claire?" Max just wanted to be home, away from all this. The frenzy of girls being girls... she'd never done this before, and frankly, the squealing that she guessed followed the entrance of half the population of females in Rivelata wasn't thrilling either.

"I'm not going to have fun at the dance, and you know it." She grumbled. Especially since she didn't know how to dance. It had never really occurred to Jeb as something to teach runaway mutants.

fuckingblondie May 29 2008, 07:46:12 UTC

"You love me," Claire muttered, getting up again to sit down behind Max on a chair, grabbing a box of hair pins out of the bag she'd brought and a brush.

Oh yes. Hair time.

"Actually," she said then, both pin and brush poised, "you might want to put the dress on first. So we don't mess up your hair when you try to put it on. Just in case."

With her grinning like that, Max would probably only be all too aware of the fact that this was further punishment.

Max deserved it.

Hell, Max deserved to be stabbed by these hair pins after what she'd done just the other day. Honestly. Was that. Even. Necessary.

"You'll have fun, whether you like it or not," Claire said matter-of-factly. Oh, the ball would be payback time. More than.

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nixe_eva May 28 2008, 00:48:50 UTC

Max wasn't one who liked to be drug places. She did the dragging. She glared once at Claire then followed like a very irritated child.

"You didn't have to do that." Max grumbled. She didn't want to be primped. She didn't want to go to the ball. She really didn't feel the need to girlify herself like Claire did.

Maybe some growing part of her really did want to be seen as a girl, but as of now, Max was safely rooted in her tomboy habits.

danceofrapture May 28 2008, 00:53:01 UTC

Penelo watched as Max entered disdainfully, feeling helpless and just a tiny bit embarrassed. She got the feeling that Max didn't like her, and she certainly didn't want to burden Claire with -hiding- behind her.

She fidgeted. "Aum. Make yourself at home!

nixe_eva May 28 2008, 11:02:51 UTC

[ooc: moving to Claire's thread so Max can speak with her since Claire was practically dragging her here.]

hamanojennifer May 28 2008, 01:10:17 UTC

"Come ON Yu-chan, you'll... have... fun..."

There was a huge commotion just outside of Penelo's house. A grown woman with her wavy brunette hair tied back in a ponytail wearing an apron was dragging - with all of her might - a young man in his mid-teens down the street.

This was indeed how Hamano Jennifer treated her youngest son.

harajuku_fuuri May 28 2008, 01:23:10 UTC

"Nooooo!" Yuuri was about this close to attempting to gnaw his arm off to get away from her. He had resisted long and hard when she first suggested that they go to some... slumber party? Something nonsensical like that. He'd protested, he'd run, but with Wolfram's mysterious scarcity over the past week or so, he had no backup and was forced to go.

"It's for girls, Mother," he tried, squirming against her grip. "I can't - GAH - go in!"

'Mortified' was nowhere near strong enough to describe how he felt at the moment.

danceofrapture May 28 2008, 01:28:37 UTC

Penelo watched the commotion with a strange sense of confusion and sympathy for the pair coming closer.

Wait, were they coming toward their house?
Oh, dear.

hamanojennifer May 28 2008, 01:32:45 UTC

"NONSENSE, YU-CHAN!" Jennifer was not swayed so easily. Years - and years and years - of trying Yuuri persistently denying the excitable woman her desires had also honed her ability to ... well basically nag him until he either caved or ran off. "I'm sure that the girls will want a young boy's opinion while they're getting ready for the ball!"

She had him around the chest and shoulders, slowly walking backwards as she made her way towards the house.

Really, he should have been thankful she hadn't just knocked him out already with her defense techniques.

Heaven help Rivelata if she ever found a rapier with which to defend herself.

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little_tigress May 28 2008, 03:32:22 UTC

"A-anou...-?" Kisa clutched her bag and carefully folded garments and accessories closer to her chest. She stood outside the townhouse, knocking softly before waiting nervously.

"Penelo-san?" She called softly.

danceofrapture May 28 2008, 03:39:45 UTC

Penelo opened the door, looking out first and seeing no one. Then she looked down, and there was Kisa! Her face immediately filled with light, and she twinkled happily.

"Hello, Kisa!" She smiled and offered her hand to hold, to lead inside, "Are you excited for tonight?"

little_tigress May 28 2008, 04:00:33 UTC

"Yes! Very much." Kisa giggled, placing her hand in hers trustingly. "I can't wait to go!"

It was true, she was unused to being so accepted and her presence desired at a function. Her world was usually that of peers that shunned her, and quiet days with the few who truly loved her.

But here people were so nice! Kisa laughed, purely out of excitement as she was led inside.
"This is going to be so much fun, isn't it Penelo-san?"

danceofrapture May 28 2008, 04:05:34 UTC

She squeezed the little girl's hand lovingly, and led the girl inside gently.

"Yes! It'll be a blast! I hope more people arrive soon...

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wutaian_rose May 28 2008, 07:29:10 UTC

Yuffie had walked all the way from the inn, feeling fairly paranoid....afterall it wasn't everday someone said they would chain you to something if you tried to go out. And no matter what she boasted she was sure if he atually caught her, Cloud would have no problem doing so. The guy could pick her up and toss her over his shoulder, and had, at least in her version of him. So she really didn't want to take the chance.

She pulled her bag further up on her shoulder and finally seeing the house she was looking for made her way over. Ploping the bag down on the step, Yuffie knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer.

crimson_knight1 May 28 2008, 22:37:10 UTC

Note to Self: Never pick up and read the journal again ( ... )

wutaian_rose May 28 2008, 23:07:23 UTC

Yuffie heard a small noise behind her and her senses kicked into high gear. So someone was following her! Of course! Cloud may not be the most social person, but she guessed that he could have found someone to help him get her! He was a determined chocobo if nothing else.

She turned, fell into a fighters stance and put up her fists. She didn't pull out a weapon because it was most likey a friend with a worring streak....or it could even just be another girl comming to the party, either way better to be safe.....then dragged to where ever Cloud was staying and chained to something. Or killed...there were still cats and this had been advertised and....

Finally Yuffie looked at who had set off her awareness. It was only another girl. Who...was now walking away? That set her off again. Could it be a spy? Or one of the Cats....with a giant...Axe? Totally not useful. The kid was shorter then she was!

"Hey!" Yuffie called out to the girl. "You there! Where are you going?"

crimson_knight1 May 28 2008, 23:16:00 UTC

Spotted. Be a diplomat? Pretend to speak another language? No, she did not know another language to pretend to speak it. There was always the option of walking, yes to continue walking and pretend she did not hear the overenthusiastic girl calling to her. Why was it there people here in Rivelata were more often like her than not? Were more often too friendly?

So, she chose an option, and it was a terrible one. Because she turned on her toes, gracefully spinning to face the girl in the distance and called back, "This way!" Then, Subaru turned this way and began to walk in it, far away from that house. And if makeup was too beyond her to do by herself, then she would change her costume to being a jester instead of an angel.

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