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Bryony Capper (goodlight) wrote in finnigans_rpg,
@ 2014-10-15 18:05:00

Entry tags:

character: alicia spinnet, character: astoria greengrass, character: blaise zabini, character: bryony capper, character: draco malfoy, character: ernie macmillan, character: gregory goyle, character: millicent bulstrode, character: pandora montgomery, character: pansy parkinson, character: richard summerby, character: rolf scamander, character: romilda vane, character: rose zeller, character: theodore nott, character: zacharias smith

Pineview Hall Dance
Who: Open to invited characters and their guests
What: A formal dance*
Where: Pineview Hall
When: Wednesday evening
Rating: SFW for now

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The ballroom at Pineview Hall was just about large enough for the number of guests invited, and Iris Capper had ordered the doors onto the garden opened as well to help deal with any overflow, and to keep the temperature down. Everything was set, from light freshments to the music - and her three eldest children all turned out in their best dress robes. The hidden agenda for the evening was getting her youngest daughter, Bryony, to socialise with some appropriate people. Iris had managed the guest list personally and had ensured that no one was invited of whom she did not approve - though of course she couldn't control who her guests chose to bring with them...

Iris, Shauna and Allegra were all on watch, to make sure Bryony danced with the right people and didn't make too huge a fool of herself. Iris was pleased that Bryony looked almost presentable, for once, after her trip to Hardd Knut and wearing the midnight blue robes Iris had picked out. As the old grandfather clock struck seven, Iris lifted the more stringent of the wards. She would still be alerted whenever anyone entered or exited, but there would be no need for her guests to walk all the way from the boundary of the property.

*(OOC: I'm basing the evening more or less on these dance rules - note particularly that men are expected to dance with anyone their hostess asks them to. Iris Capper will be abusing the privilege.)

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Bryony and Open

goodlight
2014-10-15 05:30 pm UTC (link)

With her mother at the door to the ballroom making sure to greet her guests, Bryony had been trying to stay away. Her dark blue robes were just a little too tight for comfortable breathing, and the heels she'd been loaned by Shauna made walking painful. She'd thought to grab a glass of water and sit at one of the benches until forced to open the dance with the other Capper women.

Allegra foiled her plans, however, walking straight across the dance floor and catching Bryony's elbow before she could sit down. "Go and ask mother what music she'd like to hear first," Allegra instructed, her nails digging in slightly to the too-plump curve of Bryony's elbow.

"Can't you-" But Allegra had already spun away, pushing a house-elf bearing drinks towards one of the early guests. Bryony sighed and, after smoothing her robes as best she could, walked the long way around to the door, keeping as close to the wall and as far from the guests as she could get away with. "Mot-

Iris cut her off with an obviously-fake cry of joy. "Here she is! I don't believe you've met my daughter, Bryony? My youngest, of course. It's her birthday, but I know I can trust you not to ask a lady her age."