( open. ) masked gala

[uncourteous]

WHO: Any Outsider is more than welcome!
WHAT: The Royal Gala (citation needed)
WHERE: "Ruby Room," an event hall in Neo Tokyo.
WHEN: 10th day of September.
WARNINGS: Alcohol, potential suggestive topics, and will update as we go!

Throughout the week leading up to the event, every Outsider will have received an elaborate invitation in a wax-sealed envelope. Each letter will be relatively unique, but ultimately seems to carry the same contents:

Your presence has been summoned to the first annual royal gala, which will take place at the Ruby Room on the 10th day of September, the year 2078. Please come dressed appropriately, and do not forget a mask. While not required, depending on your dancing abilities, it is highly suggested.

- Callisto Regulus

CODED BY TESSISAMESS
Whether people attend out of a sense of obligation, out of suspicion in finding more about the event (and by extension, what it entails), or even simply as an excuse to dress up and raise ones spirits— all is welcome. While no theme is established, one could likely surmise from the envelopes that the colors of the venue will be predominately decorated in reds, black, and golds.


No matter where one looks, the entire hall has been intricately decorated. While the vast majority of the venue appears to mirror what one would see in a palace, including all the pillars and seemingly expensive items put on display, if one peer through their oculars, they will find it is designed much like ones room upgrades are: through technology. Though, a smaller percentage of some of the items appear delicately handmade, including the lace on the dining tables thanks to some assistance. It is as much the decadent scenery as one could envision, even if to some degree, it's fake. But, listen, they do technically have some sort of budget.

Additionally, as specified on the invitation, as soon as anyone walks through the doors of the venue, and have their names announced (per course of a royal celebration)— if they are wearing a mask, they will find that their identities are obscured from others. This includes their appearance and voice, which may appear blurry or slightly different to what it usually is. This is because the venue itself casts an affect on anyone wearing a mask, making them completely anonymous to one another. However, the illusion is quick to break if one just removes their mask!

Aside from the mystery of the masks, there will also be several other forms of entertainment available for the night:

1. DANCE
As with any gala, there will naturally be music and dancing throughout the night. Soft music will play throughout the venue and will include several tunes. If one doesn't know how to dance, perhaps they will have a partner who knows all the steps? If not, if they open their oculars, they will find several guides passive aggressively attached to a folder dropped to all Outsiders called "Educate yourselves" made by yours truly. They do, however, appear to be fairly good guide videos, even if they are made through AI, and may even utilize your own face? Oops.

2. GARDEN MAZE
There will be a section in another room of the venue that is labeled as being a maze. When one enters, they will find themselves surrounded by extremely tall shrubs, or what appears to be that. Instead, it is much like a virtual escape room. The point is to find the exit that will lead them back to the dance hall. However, it won't be so easy. Hopefully no one loses their partner for the night in here.

3. SECRET PASSAGEWAYS
If one explores the maze deeply, they will find that the main hall isn't the only place it leads to, instead they will discover that there are several hidden passageways that lead to secret rooms. Perhaps, it was made to provide some people some privacy. Privacy appropriate for such a demure and mindful event, that is.

4. FIREWORKS
At the end of night, there will also be a firework show. Considering that actual fireworks weren't permitted even during the festival period, it's reasonable to say there will be no real fireworks here. However, what guests will get is a VR firework show at the end of the night. Perhaps, not an entirely poor way to end it.

Perhaps, these events and how elaborate the venue is at least makes up the lack of food items. While there are food, they are kept rather simple. Maybe in light of recent events, it was decided they keep it within means. While the food may appear fancy or delicious, they will be made with what is similar to ration bars, but in varying flavors. To make up for it, the main dish, however will be a delicious mystery meat. No one knows where it comes from, or what it's made of.

There will also be several speeches throughout the night, and perhaps you may also feel inclined to make your own before a toast? Whichever the case, surely no one is here for Callisto's speeches, at least.


( ooc note: the mask prompt was approved by mods and purchased with points, but feel free to have your character remove their mask if it's not their thing! i just wanted to add in a fun surprise in the log. also, you're free to assume whatever is typically in galas to be here, so don't feel locked into anything! the most important rule of all— have fun!!!

once again, your character is free to get an invite as everyone was invited! 👍 )

Comments

[uncourteous]

[ when he mentions showing instead of explaining, he isn't sure what he had expected. considering how careful and well-spoken the individual before him was, he suspected him to perhaps have been an old man, mirroring the appearance of a haggard skeleton, or an old sage in fairy tales. what he's actually greeted with...

is far more scaley.


was he was dragon???? when he stands in his 10 foot glory, he just stares for a good minute. a whole minute of silence as he seems to be taking in the entire sight of him, and he makes no secret of the way his eyes seem to scan him up and down. several times over. ] I could see that. I would be more surprised to know if most do not simply run away in shock. [ though, it is fascinating to discover the man before him was some of... creature...? ]

Are you magical in nature? [ if just because that's mostly his experience with those he couldn't readily identify. they came in all forms, after all. ]

[30storieshigh]

Most do run. Others attack with their machines, though it is more annoyance than threat. I am of a much larger scale in my full capacity.

[ Which he misses, kind of, but also kind of not? It's nice to be able to move amongst people, mingle with them, absorb their culture, join in at their parties like this one... eat their food. He really enjoys the results of cooking, it's possibly the best thing humans have figured out. ]

Though I am not what you or others would deem magic. I am a natural part of my world, as much a piece of it as the ocean or land. All I am capable of is a natural process of my own being, I do not manipulate forces outside myself to grant me borrowed power.

[ Except his atomic breath might actually be Quantum Breath and somehow fueled by a nebulous conceptual thing (it is UNCLEAR....) and also his "radiation" is 100% magic because it makes things grow instead of whither away but those are semantics he's entirely unaware of. ]

[uncourteous]

I cannot say I entirely blame them. Most individuals would hardly try to converse with a creature of unknown origins, lest they desired to be its fodder. [ actually, he does have to wonder what is its preferred diet? humans, perhaps?

jk, to be frank, he cannot envision humans and all their greed to be very delicious. but, beyond that, he doubts he would have a taste for such a thing. not that this is backed in fact as much as it is in simple intuition.

a natural part of the world. his world, at least. ] So you are your own creature, born of the world, no different than the seasons. That is quite poetic. [ yet when he looks over godzilla and his entirety of his real form...

the feeling it elicits is a bit different than one would feel when looking at the mountain or the sea. ]

[30storieshigh]

It was not always so. There was a time the early builders gathered together and built a temple home for me to reside in. Yet it was long ago, humanity's memory of our shared life faded.

[ He rests a hand on his hip, shakes his head, and sighs. Living among humans and others as an equal these past weeks has made him aware just how much he actually valued that life. He's trying to rebuild it with the Outsiders at least but that attempt is baring mixed results. ]

Poetic, am I? This is good. I have made an effort to study such arts, it is of import for a well balanced warrior to know the arts of the intellectual alongside the arts of the martial.

[uncourteous]

[ the idea that he's talking to a non-human entity may have still not entirely hit him somehow. but, the more godzilla speaks of the differences of his home, or his experiences the more real it becomes. despite the very surreal topics. but, he could see how it could happen. perhaps, akin to how those of legend believe that the imperial family was once the descendants of a great dragon.

are they steeped in fact, or mysticism, callisto couldn't say. ] It seems like people of ancient times simply had no fear. Or they didn't comprehend the idea of it. [ it's more of a joke than anything serious, still. ]

They say those are the natural efforts of those who are intended to rule. Speaking of "warriors"— how does battle often go in your present form?