[Heart: North: Anteroom]
[You are in some kind of marble hall with the walls hung with tapestries and paintings and the floor carpeted. There's no obvious sign of the rodent.
[Two tables stand to either side. The right table is covered in masks -- small domino masks in the eighteen team colors, with the hint of feathers on Apus, Cygnus and Pavo, scales on Lacerta and Ophiuchus, etc.. The black scaled masks that would go with Ophiuchus have silver, gold or copper highlights. They are mostly sized for human heads, but some are larger or smaller -- it’s a good bet that any Blank here could find something that fits.
[The few remaining masks on the left have a different mix of animals, and all are sized for people slightly larger than your typical human. They also are much more covering. Two guards with pikes -- elves, both dressed in gold cloaks over black and silver uniforms, and wearing black and silver reptilian masks -- stand in front of the far door.
[A servant, an elf in a gold and brown paper rodent mask, bows to you. “May I take your coats, my lords and lady?”]
[Eloquence might notice that he is seeing something different -- out of the corner of his eyes, he'll see what the others see. But if he tries to look at any of the heart residents straight on, he'll merely see a servant of the House of the Teckla, and two Dragonlord guards.]