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lorem ipsum mods (loremipsummods) wrote in loremrpg,
@ 2011-04-30 00:57:00

Entry tags:

!incomplete, alecto carrow, alice selwyn, amelia bones, amos diggory, amycus carrow, andromeda black, arthur weasley, aurelia parkinson, ava lovestorm, bellatrix black, benjy fenwick, bertie higgs, caradoc dearborn, cyprien finnigan, daisy hookum, damocles belby, delia peasegood, dolores umbridge, dorcas meadowes, duncan yaxley, edgar bones, edwin carmichael, emmeline vance, fabian prewett, felicity yaxley, frank longbottom, gawain robards, gideon prewett, gilderoy lockhart, gladys gudgeon, greta catchlove, hestia jones, inigo imago, james potter, kira fenwick, lily evans, lucius malfoy, marlene mckinnon, mary macdonald, merwyn spinnet, molly prewett, narcissa black, patricia fells, peter pettigrew, rabastan lestrange, regulus black, remus lupin, rita skeeter, rodolphus lestrange, rolanda hooch, septima vector, severus snape, sirius black, sophia rowle, sybill trelawney, ted tonks, theodore jordan, ursula flint, xenophilius lovegood

Characters: Everyone!
Setting: Great Hall, evening of Saturday, 30 October
Content: SFW
Summary: Everybody parties at the Halloween Ball!

This is your ball post, everyone! Here's how this will go.

Different locations in the Great Hall will be posted as separate comments, which will include a little description of each. These will be the Entrance Hall, the Dance Floor, and the Tables. You should reply to any/all of these comments with your character, and if other characters reply to that subthread, they are interacting with your character. Please indicate in the subject whether your character's subthread is open or whether it has participants in mind already (EG, maybe John is at the ball and taking a break from dancing at the tables, waiting to see if someone comes up to him, so the title for his comment would be "Jack/Open", but maybe Jill is meeting Adam at the ball, so she would reply to the Entrance Hall thread with "Jill/Adam" in the subject).

Please wait to reply the ball until all the comment locations are up. Backdating of threads/journals related to the ball is allowed until Tuesday, and posting placeholders is not allowed. If you have any questions, feel free to PM the mod account!

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Aurelia/Felicity/OPEN

fancy_lil_lady
2011-05-01 03:47 am UTC (link)

Aurelia was definitely planning on enjoying herself at the dance. She had kept true to her word to Felicity and was unescorted for the night. After the party for Narcissa, she was even more excited about having some fun with her peers. Admittedly, the entire affair could have gone better the night before, so she was hoping to get her two best friends for at least a little bit of time tonight so they could think of some sort of payback. Unless Cissa wanted to wait. Aurelia had gotten ready with Felicity, though she'd forgotten a necklace of her mother's that she wanted to wear. It was the only thing her father had ever given her, and she was rather attached to the trinket. This being the week of Samson's birthday, she was even looking forward to spiked punch to curb some of the feelings being around her peers inspired.

Promising to meet Felicity at the dance, she hurried from the Slytherin dorms back to her own so she could retrieve the necklace. Once it was around her neck, she did one more once over in the mirror, smiling with satisfaction before heading down to the Great Hall. The other students she passed wore an array of costumes, but Aura was proud of her own interpretation of the Greek Goddess Hera. The dress was imported, of course, and hugged her steadily developing curves like a loving skin. She'd managed to find a pair of heels that added to her meager 5'2" height, and looked like they were woven from beautifully light straw. It was perfect with the addition of the crown on her head, though she wasn't sure Hera had even worn one. Aurelia liked it, so she didn't care. Her jewelry was impeccably matched, and she'd added smoky eyeshadow to bring out her dark eyes and add to the overall effect.

As she sashayed into the entrance hall, she glanced around for familiar faces, trying not to laugh or openly scowl at some of the costumes around her. Hopefully she'd spot Felicity soon.

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Aurelia/Felicity/OPEN

faxley
2011-05-01 09:08 am UTC (link)

Truth be told, Felicity hadn't exactly planned to dress up, let alone deck herself out in a Halloween costume. Muggle traditions such as this one were a bit too lowbrow for her liking. She couldn't even begin to fathom the different ways people would bend the dress code. The midriff-baring, fake gore, and kitsch she had long associated with Halloween costumes made her wonder if any of the Hogwarts students had any semblance of shame left. Since hearing about the dance, she had long decided to take the traditional pureblood gala route and select a tasteful gown. In keeping with the typically sinister mood of the holiday, however, she had selected a darker gown that harked back to the Grecian era, and then it hit her. Hecate. The ultimate witch goddess herself -- why hadn't she thought of it?

A lightbulb flashed in her head. She added black feathers to embellish the dress and allude to the raven that Hecate had once kept. Tall heels, dark eye makeup, and a simple spell to darken her fingers (again, to reference the necromancy that Hecate had dabbled in), and she was set. She and Aurelia had met up before the dance to get ready; Aura was charmingly dressed as Hera, the Greek Goddess, which come to think of it, complemented her costume quite well. However, the younger girl had to dash back to the Hufflepuff dorm, but the two agreed to meet at the dance entrance.

As Felicity made her way through the massive throngs of students, she couldn't help but slip in to Head Girl mode and throw small looks of disgust at the more tawdry costumes. Was that a boy in a dress?! She made sure to stop at a Ravenclaw girl whose skirt barely covered her bum and dock off points for a dress code infraction. Rolling her eyes as she walked away, Felicity marched down the Great Hall, scanning the hall for Aurelia. A-ha! Aura happened to be standing near the entrance hall.

"Aurelia!" exclaimed Felicity as she jauntily waved her arm. Hoping that the girl heard her, she walked in her direction and proceeded to hug her. "Looking gorgeous. Shall we?" she asked the younger girl, motioning towards the center of the hall.

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Aurelia/Felicity/Duncan/OPEN

yaxity
2011-05-01 11:44 pm UTC (link)

Duncan hadn't actually been looking forward to the ball - it meant actually dressing up and participating. That was a muggle thing. But he knew that if he didn't show it would probably get back to his parents. So, he'd gone with the costume requiring the least effort - a king. He'd simply put on the crown and the cape, wearing all black beneath it. He didn't really need much else to appear royal.

When he entered the great hall, he made a beeline for his sister, spotting her easily with Aurelia - who looked amazing, he noted. But he kept that thought to himself. "Felicity, Aurelia," he said, smiling softly at both of them.

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Aurelia/Felicity/Duncan/OPEN

fancy_lil_lady
2011-05-02 12:44 am UTC (link)

Aurelia was trying not to scoff at some of the costumes she saw parading around while she waited for her friend. There were some outfits that were so distasteful she couldn't believe the owners had the nerve to leave their dorms. It took all of her self-control not to wrinkle her nose at a boy dressed as a gigantic purple...thing, though a raised eyebrow was shot in his direction. Before Aurelia could lose control of her composure, she heard her name being called from the right. Smiling as Felicity approached, she smoothed down her dress as she waited for the older girl to join her.

"Of course I do. I had help from the best, after all," she replied, giving her friend a knowing smile. Aurelia couldn't help but note how stunning her self-chosen sister looked, and nodded as she suggested they enter the hall. Before she could take a step, another familiar voice joined them, and her attention turned to Duncan with a smile. "Good evening, Duncan. What an appropriate costume," she greeted, her smile genuinely complimentary as she waited for Felicity to weigh in.

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Aurelia/Felicity/Duncan/OPEN

faxley
2011-05-03 04:32 am UTC (link)

Felicity grinned at Aurelia's compliment, and tucked a stray lock of hair behind her ear. "Aura, you speak too highly of me!" she exclaimed in mock protest. "I must say, though, I can't exactly prescribe the same compliments for the rest of the student body." She sniffed slightly at the crowds of overeager students.

The moment she heard footsteps in their direction, she slowly whirled around to find her brother, who donned a rather regal costume befitting a king. "Lovely to see you here Duncan," she noted, a smile forming on her face. "And might I say, excellent selection for the costume." Thank goodness her younger brother was not foolish as to give into the usual Halloween kitsch. "Aurelia and I were just about to enter the Great Hall. Would you like to join us?"

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