OOC: This is an 'open by request only' thread; so anyone who wants to join has to have their characters and ideas approved through me prior to 'leaping in'. Thanks!
And before inquiring, this party is open to nobles and spies only- and they have to be CONNLAOTHIAN spies and already active mage supporters. Thanks.
This thread takes place several yeas into the war and is the (currently) most recent event.
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"Let them eat cake, if they want to, Vesrik," came an unusual passionate phrase from the Grand Duke himself. "Have them take it and eat and walk without fear, for fear is the catalyst of this event, and we want to show our enemies it is not fear that keeps us back, and that we will live our lives as it suits us, and that Connlaoth will become the tamed and civilized country it was destined for."
Vesrik raised his wine goblet towards his 'king', and chuckled after the man's brief speech.
"Then to the servants we should go, to have the invitations penned and the event made official. They are calling it a war now, you know," Vesrik added with a sneer.
Calent scowled at that and looked down towards his desk where he paused in mid-stride from his pacing. He tapped a gloved hand upon the mahogany before looking up at his visor with a nod.
"Very well. This party... it will be well suited for the holiday that is to come. It is but a few weeks before All Souls Night, so I was thinking to theme the event around that holiday."
Vesrik quirked a brow, and a dark grin swept across his features before it became more polished as he cleared his throat to suggest, "Ah, but why not have such an event take place on All Souls Night? And the theme.. well.." Vesrik let the thoughts roll around inside his head before giving a shrug and turning towards the Grand Duke. "Might be best suited for, perhaps, your wife to decide?" For he hadn't missed the Grand Duchess's approach as he took is wine to his lips before bowing to her. Calent, subtly startled by her presence, turned to his wife.
"Grand Duchesss... we were discussing the ball idea you had so fervently requested of me but months ago," and though he spoke to his wife, his face was a mask of indifference. "I... feel the time is right to host such an event, as the idea has gotten well beneath my skin to a place I can not scratch. I feel as though the other duchies are growing exhausted, and I too, am anxious. Perhaps the parties my fellow dukes are so afraid to ask for should be reinstated by none other than their Grand Duke.."
THough he spoke of the idea as if it were something grand, he still had a pensive scowl about his face.
Vesrik, who wore a tight lipped smile, sipped at his wine and stared casually at the duchess.
"We were contemplating a theme- and to have the ball take place on All Souls Night. Such a festive evening seems most fitting for a mental relief from the war."
Calent's nose wrinkled at the label of 'war'. A war against his own people, it made his gut wrench, but it was true, and he was getting desperate in his attempts to mask away his true feelings over it- and out of that desperation, he had fallen prey to one of his wife's good ideas. Though when Kathryn had first brought up the idea for a ball, he had been quite adamant that it ought to never happen, and he and his wife were cold to one another ever since. Sharing a bed was not an option during that time, and perhaps it was one reason he himself was growing frustrated.
For now, it was a party where he would find his release, and to remind the world who was in control.
"Yes, and the timing for such an event could not be better. The weather is splendid," Vesrik said, sipping at his wine most carefully as he gave Kathryn a shrewd grin.
OOC: This event will officially open after the invitations have been penned 8D
I will link such things once I get them up <3