Serafina Cardenas (![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sera_fina) wrote in ![[info]](https://www.insanejournal.com/img/community.gif){kind=small} heureuxlake, |
Fina giggled and curtseyed rather poorly. "Glad to oblige," she said, smirking when she heard at least one person nearby stutter in their speech as she moved. "Makes everything a little bit more anonymous. Which was always the original intent of a masquerade. Let the fancy folks and the common folks mix. How scandalous!" Did she remember where she'd picked up that bit of knowledge? Absolutely not, but it was a fun one to share. Venice had been a place full of vice and scandal at the time and she was fairly sure there were corners of this party which would be the same. Her own outfit probably should be included.
Fina downed her own drink before setting it down, since there wasn't exactly much left, and allowed herself to be led towards dancing space, hand firmly in Ram's. "Oh, Ram he's not going to believe you didn't need training if you didn't grow up around selkies. Nobody gets it right at first! I'm sure he'll appreciate the good manners I've whipped you into though." She didn't blame him for his enthusiasm, but the amount of people who didn't understand selkie taboos was high and something that still made her flinch on a regular basis. Japan had been a surprising change for that in several ways. And a nightmare in others.
She felt a little defensive at his comment. "No it's not new. I stopped seeing him for more than like three weeks a year total when he was about eleven. I suspected before he came back, but I could never confirm it because I didn't want to just ask. You know?" Her family in Seattle weren't exactly in the know to provide her with more information and keeping at arms' length from her mama had been the safer option for years. When he told her she was scary she grinned in a way that probably didn't dispel that appellation at all. "Why thank you. I really advise you don't," she said faux-sweetly. The question about turning into another animal made her shudder though, her shoulders coming up and entire body shuddering on the spot. "Oh. No. That just seems wrong," she said, the instinctual revulsion all over her face.