http://hideous-soul.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] hideous-soul.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] realityshifted2010-05-07 01:13 pm

Chapter 3

{There is a man in a mask outside the ballroom. Who is it? Well, if you've met Dorian before, hopefully his voice is recognizable enough. Either way, he will charm you into bed. I mean what?

If you're passing by or are drawn by the ballroom being lit up and apparently decorated, then he's going to speak to you!}


Ah, good evening...You're not quite in costume, but it seems the previous host has already accounted for such an occasion. I'm hosting a small ball in the style of Venetian Carnival, if you don't know from my own attire.

{He gives a bow if you're a dude, and takes your hand if you are a lady. If you are other, well shit I don't know.}

Won't you join us? You'll find as many masks and costumes as you'd like in the room to the side, and I've done my best to imitate the feel of Venice, minus the canals, of course. There is extravagance from around the world, so at the very least, you will find interest in my collections.

I also quite apologize for the lack of music, but it really is rather troublesome to attempt to arrange a small orchestra from the residents here. If you have talent with instruments or with the voice, I'd be glad to temporarily hire you. But that's really besides the point, isn't it? There are plenty of good friends and better wine inside.

Come, let's go inside.

((ooc: somehow, I'm always the one doing party posts. :|a how odd.
Anyways, Masquerade Time! Dorian has decorated the ballroom lavishly, though he didn't do it himself. How did it happen? Magic, that's how. You can find masks at this site, though you're welcome to look anywhere else! Whether you want to go lavish with costumes or just have a simple mask, it's fine!

Threadhopping is encouraged! Tag other people and have fun. ♥))

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-08 07:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[the Doctor, meanwhile, is in both black and white (http://www.flickr.com/photos/ronimarin/2248995051/)]

Oh, that would have been a shame.

Was that deliberately chosen to look like the one in Black Orchid?

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-08 08:06 pm (UTC)(link)
You're telling me. I keep promising myself I'll set up a bomb at one of these things to give you all something to do while I spike the punch.

I love that you noticed that.

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-09 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
My Ninth would enjoy it, but the costumes might get singed.

I can't help that I love Five playing dress-up like a derp.

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-09 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
I think he's not talking to me. Bitter I won't kill him, probably.

He really should do it more often. Maybe I should upload that musketeer icon.

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-09 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[wryly] Surely he's died enough, of late.

YES!!!!! please.

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-10 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
He can't get enough of it. I'm going to have to turn that on someone else to give him a little reminder.

JUST FOR YOU

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-14 01:57 am (UTC)(link)
[raises eyebrows] Did you have anyone in particular in mind?

I LOVE YOU, ASH

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-14 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
Not really. Any suggestions, Doctor?

IT IS QUITE RECIPROCATED

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-14 04:25 am (UTC)(link)
[thoughtfully] I suppose it depends on what, precisely, your ultimate goal is. Just how you want it to affect him.

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-14 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Getting him to shut up is pretty high on the list. Not that I've ever trained mine to be quiet, but I need him alive and talking.

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-15 02:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'd ask you to simply not break him irreparably, but nothing is irreparable. [yes, he sounds smug]

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-15 04:23 am (UTC)(link)
Don't be smug. I bet you I could shatter him beyond any of your manipulations' reach. Not that I'm going to.

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-15 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
I'd take that wager, but no, we probably oughtn't.

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-15 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Tempting as it is. [He looks up, frowning a bit. He is considering it.]

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-15 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
...You'd need to face his allies, after. I witnessed several people very nearly kill Omega.

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-16 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
And yet they never did. Funny, that.

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-17 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
I imagine some hadn't the stomach for it, and some merely refrained for the Doctor's sake.

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-18 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
And some of them fancy Omega as much as he does, isn't that right, Doctor?

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-18 06:43 am (UTC)(link)
[soft chuckle] I do still admire him, to a point, and killing him would probably make him more unstable, when I'd like to do the opposite.

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-19 02:24 am (UTC)(link)
Save a horse, tame a founder? What are you going to do with him, anyway?

[identity profile] miseardae.livejournal.com 2010-05-19 06:52 am (UTC)(link)
[a slight shrug, obscured by his costume] He wants to remake Gallifrey. If I could influence such a thing...

[identity profile] savagestime.livejournal.com 2010-05-20 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Then you could add your own special touch to a founder-approved construction. Well done, Doc.