headandhand: (mayor marcelina)
the head | the hand ([personal profile] headandhand) wrote in [community profile] dualislogs2019-11-16 05:12 pm

oh, we dance in misery

WHO: Open to all Dualizens!
WHAT: the Plague Memorial Masked Ball
WHERE: the Mayor's Mansion (central Dualis)
WHEN: the evening of November 16
WARNINGS: Visuals/discussion of disease and death in the setting. Anything else, please use appropriate warnings!

At 8 p.m. sharp, the lights inside and around the Mayor's Mansion turn up, and the doors are opened to the crowds that begin to trickle inside. All entrances are manned by Iterations, and all party-goers are scanned for both proper attire (formal and masked, mandatory) and weapons (absolutely forbidden) before being allowed entry.

Once inside, attendees are greeted to a spectacle of warmth and light and lavish decorations, all themed in white accented with gold and violet. Venture into the ballroom, and you'll see intricately carved ice sculptures in various representations of death, all laden with garlands of marigolds and violet chrysanthemums. At one end of the room, a rotating cast of musicians plays soft music in differing arrangements of strings and piano. Long tables at the other end of the ballroom are piled high with punch fountains and platters of delicious party foods, and a few bar stations serve beverages of the more adult variety to those of age.

Outside the main ballroom are seven smaller rooms, for more intimate conversations and quiet recovery from the main gala (or just skulking like a brooding weirdo, if that's your thing). Six of the rooms are decorated in monochrome blue, purple, green, orange, white, or violet, and the seventh room is pitch black with red accents.

Throughout the night, the mayor herself winds in and out of the crowds, shadowed by a pair of bodyguards. She is all smiles, greeting people with a friendly handshake and effusive words of thanks for attending the ball, but she never stays in one place long enough for a true conversation. This is a celebration of life and a remembrance of the dead, after all - not the time or place for talks of business or politics.

Enjoy yourselves tonight, everyone! And remember - death eventually comes for everyone.
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[personal profile] doesnotsparkle 2019-11-19 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Michael shouldn't have come, by all rights hes probably on a watch list for the heart by now. He got canned from his job two days before like he predicted but he wasn't to upset. He had managed to sneak his samples out on slides it wasn't the fresh samples he would have liked but it worked. And now with an abundance of time why not fuck with the 1%.

Seeing his buddy darkling, he knew Hank's body build and hair anywhere, even if it was styled, stepping up from behind him he came to stand at his side and grinning, his suit was the usual black but with a red shirt and a red mask. His eyes glowing and his fangs on display. come at him Robo-bros. "Hank. How are you doing? You look miserable."
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[personal profile] sociallychallenged 2019-11-19 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
There is only so much disguising a mask can do, after all.

Here he is, giant and stocky. And he holds up a finger to the man he's talking to, without turning to Michael yet.

"Excuse me, I'm gonna talk to my friend here about obnoxiously loud music." And he turns away. But as it turns out, Hank's never seen Morbius's eyes glowing, and he jolts so hard that nearly spills his whiskey.

"Fuckin' hell. Should get a mod for my eyes to glow so I don't feel left out."