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 Posted: Wed Dec 23, 2015 1:51 am
  The Main Ball Room  The Water Garden Welcome to the Winter Ball. This year it is being hosted by Imperial Princess Winter Star. The main ball is open invitation to any and all who wish to get a bite to eat, socialize, and dance. The throne room is private invitation only and only those with the golden seal invitation will be allowed in.* Winter Star's throne room. There are guards in the best armor stationed through out the room and a handful of servants on hand to aid in fetching requested items or whatever she pleases. *We didn't release an item called Golden Seal Invitation, but it is just some rp material for you to play with. This is for one of your characters to whom you are giving Imperial Winter Star's Favor. Quote me in your post when you are seeking an audience. She will only see one character at a time, so please check to see if she is free first and please be patient. Since she is a busy NPC, we can't do a lot of back and forth posts, to be fair to the others, so please try to keep that in mind in the interactions. The Rules:1. Start trouble, get booted 2. Obey guild rules, otherwise interaction not inhibited
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Posted: Tue Dec 29, 2015 4:41 pm
Kori
Kori looked around curiously as he walked towards the palace amid a crowd of nobles and commoners, he had heard that some star princess or something was hosting a ball here and since it was apparently open to anyone the cat had come to see if he could learn something of the songs the people of other lands listened to...and perhaps pocket a few trinkets at the same time,
It seemed the rumors were true as the guards didn't pay any special attention to Kori as he passed by though he supposed it help-ed that he was better dressed than most of the nobles, once inside the Cat stopped for a moment to get his bearings before heading to a table set with all kinds of food; Kori figured it would be a good place to meet and learn more about the other guests
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Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2016 4:47 pm
☽۰·.·۰๑۞๑۰·.·۰☾ Duncan is not normally into big fancy parties... well, actually he has never been to a big one before. The fancy parties back home were small because the Zhu Shi tribe is so little. He did not care for those either though. This Juren Bearkin prefers parties where everybody drinks spirits and be all chumming until it ends in a drunken brawl. When you get a golden invitation from an actual princess to her party alongside a letter declaring you had also been granted the title of Aristocrat, it is hard not to show up.
He is also not a big fan of dressing up. Lucky for Duncan, a Juren's fur is black and white, so he looks like he is in a suit like that. Hurray for not having to go clothes shopping.
Duncan left the horses at home and decided to arrive by one of these new contraptions he got called a Bicycle. They are really quite fun even though it makes him a bit sweaty. He let the stable boy take it so it can be moved out of the way of the other guest. Once inside the Juren male had three options. Either the main ballroom where the party is being held, the garden which seemed to be where couples were going for a more quiet place to chat, or because he has a golden invitation, he could enter the throne room and ask Princess Winter Star for a favor. As the night goes on, she might get many more coming to her, asking for things. Right now there does not seem to be anyone bugging her at the moment. Hm... this might be a good time for me to ask a very important question.Duncan walked to the door to the throne room and handed the golden invitation over to the guard. The guard read it, making sure it was real before opening the door for him. 'The Gred Aristocrat, Duncan Ye' the guard announced him as he entered. The Juren bowed politely before the princess. "Your highness, thank you for the invitation, and the favor." He had a smirky smile upon his face. Where he comes from, if someone bestows a favor and you did not ask for it first, it is flirting. He knows she did not mean it like that in the invitation, but that is how it read. "I wish to give you a favor in return. Staying in the throne room all night listening to request while others eat drink and dance is no fun. So even just once tonight, will you take a dance with me?"
A servant of the princesses look appalled. A Gred Aristocrat asking the Imperial Princess to dance is outlandish. If he was a Royal instead of an Aristocrat, it would be a bit more appropriate.
Duncan stood there awaiting her answer, whether it be a chuckle and agreement or rejection, or he would get thrown out of the palace for being who he is.(I chuckled the whole time I wrote this post.) Words: 500 Favor one level of rank in social status (Aristocrat -> Royal) please
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Posted: Mon Jan 11, 2016 5:19 pm
[NPC - Winterstar] Winterstar's expression of placid benevolence did not change the entire time Duncan spoke, even when his request was so bold. The shocked looks on the face of the Lord Chamberlain of the Household and the butler were barely suppressed. One could most certainly see it in their eyes, the surprise at the audacity of such a question, even from one who was as high born as Duncan. The first sound that breaks the stunned silence is that of the guard shifting his feet and quietly leaning over to ask the princess how he should react. This was certainly a breach of protocol, was it not? Yet, despite this fact, it was not out of her knowledge the customs of the Juren Bearkin and it had, in fact, only just crossed her mind how he may have read her invitation. She smiles warmly and a light, soft laugh escapes her pale lips as she shakes her head no to her guard's offer to escort the impudent rogue outside. The princess turns to Duncan Ye and says, "For even an Aristocrat, it would be a tad out of the ordinary, nay even out of line. However, I have a soft spot for bold men who some how manage to be coy at the same time." The snow colored imperial, draped in fine silks and velour, descends from her throne and, to no particular servant, says, "A waltz, please." She takes Duncan's hands and says, "You are bold, which is refreshing. You shall have your dance." A swift one two three turn, one two three turn, and repeated for the duration of the song. As they dance, she remarks, "I suspect that you gambled that this request would be far too audacious to grant, without something else going with it. To be truthful, under normal circumstances none of this would be possible. However, you are well within my favor, Duncan Ye. You and a few others. I wish you to become a member of my court. I grant you the power and privileges and title that go with being a Prince of the Juren Bearkin. After all, a member of my court should be a person of some kind of authority. Anybody who is bold enough to come into my throne room, and use their favor to simply to ask me to dance, has got to be either very shrewd or simply amusing to have around. Which is why this dance comes with a title." After the dance, she separates from him and ascends back to her throne. The servants are, indeed, shocked. [I laughed, too. This was too amusing to not handle like this. Besides, what she isn't saying is that she's very amused by this.]
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Posted: Thu Jan 21, 2016 3:01 pm
Asali Chausiku smiles as she enters the ballroom. It doesn't bother her that she came alone this time. Going stag, except that she's a girl. As a member of the Painted Wolves' royal family, she could and should have her own tribe by now. She doesn't. It isn't that she is disinterested in it, but the simple matter is that she wants to be picky about it. So what if she is getting pressured to settle down and start a family? So what if all of her sisters who are of age have their own tribes to lead? She simply has not had the pleasure of finding a suitable mate nor has she found any friends, as so far, who are willing to join her tribe. 'At least I have already picked a tribe name. Uzima. Pretty catchy, I think.' Besides, she wants to aim big. Reach farther. Take the whole damn pie. Her ambitions are pretty strong, but she won't be wasting her wish on a throne. 'I can do that all on my own. I'll knock my sisters out of the running with my own charms, wits, and abilities. I can already count of cowing my brothers - the dear sweet lads. Heck, only Atieno has the guts to have a woman's attitude and boldly go for what he wants. 'He is an odd ball, that Atieno. He's like those strong men from the other nations: strong willed, defiant, and brave. He'll have a hard time finding a woman among the painted wolves. Maybe he can find somebody on the outside like her. Who she will wind up with is still up in the air. That one bearkin was quite the gentleman, but that wild wolf was fabulously entertaining, and there was the dragon who was so spirited. For now, she will play the field. This place is as good as any. Of course, the added benefit of asking for a favor has come to mind. However, even without asking for a royal appointment as her grandmother's heir, something that even the princess would not decide for Asali's queen, she still has aspirations that could be made better with her help. As she waits outside of the door, she wonders what the person ahead of her has requested. Unfortunately, these requests are private and thus no way to know what the upward limit might be ... unless she can get somebody who was bold enough to go in and ask for a favor to tell her.
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Posted: Fri Jan 29, 2016 4:03 am
☽۰·.·۰๑۞๑۰·.·۰☾ Duncan was a bit nervous when the guard leaned in to ask what to do with him. That feeling got even worse however when the princess smiled and softly laughed. He wasn't quite sure if her shake was a sign to throw him out or a no. This feeling didn't not start to fade until she said she had a soft spot. He was almost completely calmed again until music fit perfectly for a waltz started. Oh crap! Did not think this would actually work. I am really bad at waltzing toooooo! s**t! Starting!!! 1 2 3, 1 2 3, don't step on toes, 1 2 3, 1 2 3, she is talking, 1 2 3, while I'm trying, 1 2 3, to concentrate, 1 2 3, on not stepping, 1 2 3, on her toes, 1 2 3. Did she just say court? Oh s**t, i'm being arrested? Wait, no... Prince of the Juren Bearkin? She said Prince of... what the hell just happened? Very shrewd or simply amusing? I prefer to think of myself as amusing. If I wasn't so determined to be a wizard, I might have concentrated on comedy work. Court Jester sounds fun, but royal wizard sounds kick a**. When the music stopped Duncan gave a slight bow to the princess since it is polite to do so to your dance partners. He somehow managed to not step on her toes as well. "Thank you very much for the dance your highness."(took so long to post back because I couldn't stop laughing every time I looked at this. ^.^)
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 1:04 pm
Soon Asali is invited in and she draws a major blank as to what she wants. When prompted she utters something quickly and softly. 'This is so unlike me!' she thinks. When the princess prompts her to speak up, she says, "Sorry, your majesty! I request that I could have an airship so that I might be able to help those who need help, have adventures, and find the perfect place to start my pack!"The leucistic imperial princess patiently awaits for the young painted wolf princess to speak up and make her request. However, she didn't expect the sudden spirit of the young woman when she finally found her voice. The determination in her eyes and the audacity of the wish were only matched by the mostly selfless request. Mostly in that some of it clearly was going to benefit her. "You know that airships are typically within the realm of something you should get for yourself. That is, unless there is something specific that you are asking for. No, you are asking because you want me to know what you are up to, and possibly because there is something specific you are looking for?"Asali laughs softly in reply to the question. "Yes, partially true, but in all honesty, it is well beyond my current means. My grandmother expects me to build my own treasury, which is hard to do when I keep finding people in need." It is not something she openly admits to doing, because she simply feels that the act itself is plenty rewarding, not because she wishes for accolades and glory. But, this is one time she is willing to be open about it, because it might help her along.The princess sits there and thinks about it for a while and shrugs, "Well, you could have asked for more power, money, or even a royal appointment." She then smiles and continues on. "Alright, you may have your deluxe airship and your appointment in my imperial court. Outside of these doors you meet another person to whom I have appointed to my court as well. His name is Duncan. Perhaps he can help you with your quest and you can help him with whatever he is seeking in life. It is good to help. Meanwhile, I will have my servants make preparations for you to have your airship." With that, she is dismissed.
"Thank you, your highness." Asali steps out of the throne room and sets out looking for Duncan. The only problem is that she wasn't told what he looks like or even what race he is, to help narrow it down. So, she aims for the men who have been into the throne room before her, starting with the panda bearkin that was right before her. She approaches Duncan and taps him on the shoulder, "Duncan? I was asked to find you. I am Princess Asali of the Painted Wolves."
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Posted: Sat Jan 30, 2016 7:43 pm
☽۰·.·۰๑۞๑۰·.·۰☾ Duncan had been bragging to the other guys that had gone before him about the favor he got from the princess. Part of the point of asking the imperial princess to dance was to brag about it. Since those meetings are private though, no one but the princess, the guard, and two servants saw. I sort, no one believes him.
"Hm? Duncan turned around to see who the lady that tapped his shoulder and started talking to him was. "It is a pleasure to meet you Princess Asali." He gave her a cocky smile, still siked about getting that royal waltz. "Why was a princess sent to find me? I'm not in trouble am I? I swear I am not spreading rumors, and really did waltz with Princess Winterstar." Since bragging was the only thing he's done since exiting the throne room, that is the only possible thing he could be in trouble for doing.
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Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2016 5:11 pm
A sly grin flashes on the chocolate cutie's face. 'He thinks that he is in trouble for bragging?' Asali's giggle is barely muffled. To regain some control of herself she quickly grabs a fudge dainty off of a tray of a passing waiter and crams it into her mouth, But, the result is less dignified than she had hoped that it would be and she ends up choking, then spraying it - reducing any dignity she had previously to less than she would have had if she had only just laughed. "No, uh, that's not why ..." she says as she awkwardly brushes crumbs of her gown and his top. "Sorry." Feeling embarrassed and not wishing to show her blush, she morphs into a more anthro form - a mixture of Painted Wolf and young woman. Her large Canid ears lay back for a second as she looks up into the Bear's eyes. 'He's cute. Oh my gosh, my gosh! The hell am l doing? Stay Calm. He is just a male. No reason to... Wait! I'M FORGETTING To TALK!' "Princess Winterstar wanted me to introduce myself to you. We're both members of her court. You are Prince Duncan, right?" She sincerely hopes that she got at least that right. LOL If you want to make a request, do it soon. You posted on the thread today or before, So you're safe. But, I'm not going to wait more than a week, okay?
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Posted: Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:43 pm
☽۰·.·۰๑۞๑۰·.·۰☾ Duncan blinked confused as the girl stuffed something in her mouth and started choking on it. As she coughed it up some of the spray got on his white furry chest. Ew, gross. Now I got to take a bath tonight. Just took one yesterday to smell decent for the party too. Oh well. As long as i am not in trouble for spreading rumors it is all good. "It's okay." Fudge on white fur bad idea. Trying to wipe fudge off white fur without soaps, worse idea. "Yeah, I'm Duncan, Duncan Ye. If i wasn't, then when you called me Duncan a moment ago I would have said 'I am sorry princess Asali, but I do believe you have the wrong bearkin'." He said that in a overly proper manner that other important people here would say, but he did it while rolling his eyes.
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Posted: Tue Feb 23, 2016 7:20 pm
Asali blushes softly and laughs nervously. Not a big goofy hyena laugh, but a soft chuckle. "I am sorry. We had a bad first impression here. Can we start over?" As they talk, she notices that the party is winding down. Her timing for slowing this down was bad. "What I was trying to say is that we can pool our resources, as per the princess' suggestion. I have just acquired an airship and we can do some sort of joint venture. I am unsure of what your motivations in this life are, but I desire to do some good in this Empire, build my pack, and find adventure. Sorry about our ackward introduction, by the way." The normally confident painted wolf is inwardly face palming and yelling at herself to get it together. "This isn't how I normally am. It just ... You know what. Let me be forward with you. You are damn cute. I am so busy trying to not make a fool of myself that I did just that. For that, I am sorry. My offer of a joint venture still stands and quite frankly, I would like to get to know you better." She has always done better with the direct and forward method.So sorry about the wait. I completely forgot to reply and thought that I had.
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2016 4:43 am
Duncan was smiling watching her fumble about. This is one of those first meetings that you are sure to remember for some time to come. Those are the best kind of impressions. Right now he didn't care for it since it meant he needed to bath again. A joint venture huh? Well, all I have been doing is learning earth magic. Perhaps going out and actually doing something is a good idea. Airship... I kind of don't like the sound of that. I like being as close to solid ground as possible. It should be smoother then a regular ship though. Try everything once. "...Cute?" Duncan sighed. He normally stays in his skin form because Juren's have always been referred to as cute. The only reason he is in fur mode now is the black and white looks more formal. "Oh well. One day you will think back to this moment and laugh, so don't worry about it. I am just trying to have an adventure and master earth magic at the moment. Since this sounds like an adventure, I guess I'll join you on that... airship..." He just not like the idea of being so far away from dirt.
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