2019 CMO

[yeahtotally]

✿ Other characters available here. Inactive are special request for long time RP partners only.
✿ Canon/CRAU options are available for Roxas (Forest Covered, The Far Shore, Route 29, Recolle, Awash, Deerington, Asgard), Pidge Gunderson (The Far Shore, Deerington), Cloud (Aefenglom)
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[whomthebelltolls]

Hm, I'm not sure. The punch may not have any added, but even if it does... a bit of food should help settle it, surely. [Or... maybe. Though Maria isn't sure if it's because Zelda doesn't have tolerance, or because she's got butterflies in her stomach.

Maria just thinks it would help calm her own nerves, though, so that's what she focuses on as she heads toward the refreshments. Zelda is enough an adult to figure out what she wants and what will be best for her, Maria will just help out however she can.

Once there, though, Maria loads up on a few snacks, and a flute of champagne. It's bitter and bubbly as champagne always is. When she's helped Zelda find something for herself, she raises the glass in a toast.] May this night go well.

[royalresearch]

Then food might be a better idea before I partake in anything to drink. [Zelda will follow Maria over to the refreshments, letting her eyes go over the choices. It's belatedly she realizes that her father would have a fit knowing she was taking food without a poison tester around.

She can't help but smile as she takes a few things she recognizes and a few things she doesn't. This little bit of independence is exhilarating.] Yes. And may it provide us with memorable events

[whomthebelltolls]

Then I think that will be a good start. [She trusts the Marchioness' people, as well; a poison tester is more useful in the King's castle rather than out here. Less people vying for power in this remote location - it's almost like they're more friendly the further out you get.] I can certainly hope so.

[A couple snacks and a couple drinks later, and Maria feels better, more in the mood for a party; she's not often the most sociable person, though she can put on a good face, but now it feels... more genuine. Partially because she's here with someone she cares so deeply for.] Another dance, then? I think the party mood is finally starting to settle in.

[royalresearch]

[Unless those crime reports Zelda has read are true and some women poison husbands for money and lovers. No thank you. She does not want that to ever have to be an option.

For once Zelda doesn't feel like she needs to take tiny bites of everything to look proper. No one is really paying attention as she does, though she does let out a soft noise almost like a giggle when something drops. Oops... But now that she's sated, she nods at Maria.] I would very much like another dance.

[whomthebelltolls]

[Well yes, that, too, but why in the world would they want to poison Zelda? Maria doesn't exactly make friends easily.

Either way, she's feeling better after some food and drink, and a little more open and relaxed. This will do nicely. She offers her hand to Zelda once again, but this time, once they get to the dance floor, her hand sits a little bit... lower than it had before, in a slightly more intimate touch than it had been before. And her expression is far more relaxed.

The gears are turning, once this dance is over. Perhaps then she'll ask to steal away for a bit. They can get lost in the crowd, and then simply slip out. It didn't escape her notice that Zelda seems to be much more relaxed, either.] I think this party has been good for both of us.

[royalresearch]

[A king without an heir would leave room for another family to take their place. Just monarchy things.

Feeling that hand lower this time brings a soft blush to Zelda's cheeks. She glances around to make sure no one was paying too much attention. Even if it gave her some thrill to think that someone was.]

It has. I am very gladdened that I said yes, and that I was allowed to come. I have not felt this at ease in some time.