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Æ ball!
Honored Guests,
It is my deepest and most utmost pleasure to introduce you to the Ballroom resort or, as the staff affectionately calls it, the triple F. Here, you will find three, spectacular buildings, Fun, Fashion, and Fantasy, surrounding our magnificent ballroom. The fun building, for the Æs who are wild, light of heart, and maybe even a bit crazy, is shaped like an enormous bouncy house, and is filled with cake, pie, balloons, "kandy", and anything that an Æ could desire. If an Æ wishes for a bouncy, frilly, flaming, or otherwise Æish outfit, all they have to do is shout their request up the bubble chimny, and it will come falling down in a bag that, for no reason in particular, is fat and jolly. The fantasy castle, made of crumbling stone, soaring towers, and fancy turrets, is a dream come true for the Æs who choose to be knights, dragons, princesses, merry men, enchantresses, or whatever fantasy form you might endeavor to go to the ball as. Filled with fairy godmothers who are ready to conjure up the outfit of your dreams, give makeovers, and gossip, all at the snap of your fingers, is for those who, at heart, are wild, free, and adventures. Yet there are other still who feel compelled towards the fashion building, a tall, modern, steel and a glass round skyscraper that looms impressively into the sky. The interior is comfortable, sleek, and modern, with cloth, thread, sequins, beads, and buttons brimming in multicolored splendor in a closet behind a door in every bedroom. It is for the Æs who with to express their unique personalities through their fabulous clothing, whether that means going to the ball as a diva or an alien.
And then, finally, there is the ballroom. A great, white marble structure, fashioned after the Roman collosium. (Plus a roof) On ball nights, it is lit up with floating lanterns that adorn every hallway. A huge feast is set up in the banquet room, after which Æs will be directed to the main ballroom, to dance under the light of the lanterns.
On non ball days, the ballroom building is available for dancing and or etiquette lessons. You may attend these classes with or without your partner at your leasure.
Each of the buildings (excepting the ballroom) has a girls side and a boys side, and two grand staircases lead down from each side, meeting in a grand foyer. Each building has an extra set of rooms for your enjoyment. What these rooms contain is for you discover.
I hope you enjoy your stay here at the Triple F.
Sincerly,
~The Ballroom Master
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Before I continue, let me just credit this idea to the "Shadow Worker", with his or her amazing Æ hotel.
Now, down to business.
I'm going to attempt to have the first ball in two weeks. We can start Friday night, and carry on through the weekend. So, everyone, I suggest you begin asking.
This is sort of like an rp; your Æs can explore the extra rooms, and you can invent what they hold, or you can just post on the day of the ball. It's all up to you.
Here's the character sheet. Have fun!
Name:
Age:
Appearance:
Personality:
Crushes:
Fun, Fantasy, or Fashion:
Other:
Oh, by the way, you may guess me if you wish. My Æs will be in attendance. Enjoy!
submitted by The Ballroom Master, age Dancing, in the grand ballroom
(August 26, 2016 - 8:38 pm)
(August 26, 2016 - 8:38 pm)
Sounds good!
(September 3, 2016 - 4:32 pm)
~Chilly
The Fun house is on FIRE!!! Apparently this must happen allot, because about 13782895792157 fire trucks, plus 500 firemen in each truck, have been sent to put it out, but the Imps are fighting them off with pies. UGH!
I sweep my glance around the inferno. I can put this out, right? Ice turns into water once it melts, which beats fire in the end! I sigh. "Prepare to, like, go DOWN fire." And add a hair flip, then giggle.
I start waving my hands and start summoning Ice. It slithers and encases the walls, coating them, wrapping them in it's embrace. The better at it I get, the ice starts flashing with blue light, and I find myself laughing and summoning and summoning and laughing. The fire will get to it soon, but it takes all my energy to keep the ice from melting in the extreme heat...
The heat...it rises over me in waves, and all I can do is concentrate on keeping the ice together and trying to ignore the heat. It's crazy. It's immense, and I feel too weak to stand..but I have to keep going. I realise that I've ignored a corner and walk into it. In it sits a red-haired boy. I think his name is, literally, Fire?
Then it hits me, harder than the heat. He's the one who's been making all this fire. I put my hands (which are now pale blue from summoning Ice) on my hips and start towards him. "How. Dare. You. Do you think it's FUN, or COOL to ruin the fun for the rest of the AEs?" I flip my hair like a braided, blonde whip in the air. "Because it's time for a complete...Meltdown." I summon a block of ice above his head, and then....
I let the ice go, and melt from the fire, and smoke flies through the air and hisses all around. I reach out and touch the smoke, smell the dampness--and promptly faint. From the heat, or the energy to make that ice, or whatever. I still black out.
(September 2, 2016 - 10:35 am)
(In Chilly's post, it states that she is an AE. She's a CAPTCHAE, or AETCHA, sorry, spelling error.)
~Frosty
Sparring was GREAT!
I'm sweating all over, and aching, too, but I have a sword--Guerrier.
It means Warrior in french. I asked "Why French?" And Cyan just smiled and led me to the mess hall. The sword is strange, and pulsating. Right now, I'm gripping the hilt, feeling the energy that is screaming inside of it, begging for battle, begging for deaths, or to be used. Humming, feeling alive.
I order a salad and a strawberry bananna Smoothie, which looks like it's straight out of Mc. Donalds. Mmm...nothing could ruin this day.
Until I see Princess Icicle, halfway across the Cafeteria. "Cyan." I mutter. The Elf hops down from the ceiling somewhere and lands right next to me. "Lead me to my room, please." I make a pointed show of ignoring her, and step steadily away, my hand on the hilt of my sword.
She was cute, until she kidnapped MewFour. Now she's cute, and dangerous, which makes me kinda love her even more. But forget it. No AE kidnaps another AE...Right? I'm lead to my room, where I use the Window, and just...gaze. And then I see fire rising from the Fun section. And the walls get coated with ice, covering it like a sheet of Crystal. Chilly!!!
Suddenly, the ice melts, and the water drenches the fire, and the smoke rises, and rises. Could she have suffocated!? What happened!?
(September 2, 2016 - 10:47 am)
Thanks Daisy! This is sooooo fun! *fangirls*
Echosong~
I walk towards the elevator, suddenly feeling cheerful. The sun is shining, this place is amazing and..... Oh, yeah. I have to meet someone new. Dang.
I open the door, walk inside..... and catch my breath. There's a boy, who appears to be about 16, standing in the elevator. He has auburn curls and hazel eyes and is absoloutly the most handsome person I have ever seen in my life.....
My heart beating a thousand miles a minute, I somehow propel my legs forwards, into the elevator. "Hi." the boy says casually ..... I turn around, smile and say, in a voice a few octaves higher than usual. "I'm Echosong. Nice to meet you." He nods to me. "I'm Burt." Oh goodness. This is Burt? How am I going to not make a complete idiot of myself? I take a deep breath. "I'm assuming we're both going to the café?" He nods, and hits the button for the lobby.
Once I've managed to get to the cafe without making a complete fool of myself (phew) I order a double shot of black coffee to go. I'll save this for later, since I'm probobly going to be up late anyways.
Then, everything goes nuts.
Fun goes up in flames, and there's ice covering it or something, and then there's water and.....
I don't even know. The only thing that I do know is that I can't help, becuase I'm absoloutly useless at that sort of hero stuff. I also can't just sit around here, watching. As much as I want to hang out with Burt, I have to go. Grabbing my coffee, I say "I'm sorry, Burt, I've got to go. Can we meet later? I'd love to talk about costumes. I was thinking that I'd do something cat-like. Bye! Sorry!" And with that, I rush out the door.
(September 2, 2016 - 6:05 pm)
Oh, my gosh. I was reading about the Fun building burning up, and I was like, no big deal. It's not like my AEs are in that building, anyway. Then I remembered that Anna was visiting Bolton in the Fun building... which means... SHE WAS IN THE BUILDING WHEN IT STARTED BURNING UP! Well, this is going to be an interesting post...
~Anna
After Cerise, my fairy godmother, who turned out to be the youngest fairy godmother there, showed me to my room, I gathered up my courage and walked out, toward the Fun building, the giant bouncy house castle where the crazier AEs were. I don't know why Bolton was there. He should be in Fantasy. I with he was.
I stood on the doorstep to the Fun building, my heart in my throat. I gulped, then stepped inside, stepping near the shadows, hoping to get to Bolton's room unnoticed. Unfortunately, I was noticed by an Imp, who threw a pie right into my face.
I cried out, pressing myself to the wall and slinking along, trying to wipe some of the pie off my face. I'm glad I didn't live here! I was nearing the elevators when Bolton came around the corner, thank goodness, and saw me.
"Anna! What are you doing here? I thought you were in the Fantasy building?" He reached for my hand and I gladdly slipped it into his.
"I-I was coming to see you," I smiled, blushing fiercely. I was surprised the Imps hadn't thrown another pie or cake at us, when they did.
"Ahhh!" Bolton spluttered, blushing, "I've only been here for a while, and I still haven't gotten used to those impish Imps yet."
I nodded, "They're very bothersome."
We walked together in silence for a while, when the smell of smoke came toward us, and the air around us got hotter, "Bolton..." I turned around, and my eyes went wide as I saw the wave of fire rushing toward us.
"Anna!" Bolton cried, puling me along as he ran.
I sprinted after him, the smoke making my eyes water. The Fun building was on fire.
I heard fire truck engines blaring outside, and suddenly, a wave of ice came through the front door, clashing with the fire. I gasped, and collapsed to the floor, a wreck, trembling with fear. I was really glad I didn't live in the Fun building now!
Bolton scooped me up, then tried to run away, but the fire was on all sides of us now. The last thing I remember before blacking out was a flicker of flame licking my arm, immense pain, and someone screaming.
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And Bolton? I think you should post very soon, because you're in a burning building with an unconcious girl in your hands!
(September 2, 2016 - 9:16 pm)
Oh. Uh, good luck, Bolt. *shakes head* why does this always happen to you? (That was an awesome post, Alexandra! Thanks!!!!)
Bolton---
I can't believe sweet Anna came to visit me in the Fun building. This building isn't exactly the place for a cute, sweet AE like her. But I am really glad she did, and I appreciate what it cost her. We walk in silence for a while, just enjoying each other's company, when I suddenly asked, "Does it, er, seem to be a little warm? Or is it just me?"
"No, I feel it too." She said. "Bolton-" she started, then looked over my shoulder. She just gestured, speechless with terror, behind me. I turn around to see an inferno of blazing fire. Then I did the only sensible thing to do. "Run, Anna!" I shouted. I grabbed her arm and started running.
Out of nowhere, ice came through a window, colliding with the fire. The smoke made it hard to breathe, and to see. I could hear Anna coughing. She collapsed behind me. "Anna, oh no, are you okay?" I crouched beside her desperately. She didn't answer so I did what I knew I had to do; I picked her up like the princess she was, and ran for our lives. I'm sure that this fire was an AE's idea of fun, but they wouldn't be laughing after endangering Anna. I would see to that. My fists clenched, but I kept holding Anna. I would never, ever let her fall.
Funnily enough, as I thought that, a beam caught on fire fell in front of me, effectively stopping me from going anywhere. I was trapped. Anna had buried her head in my shirt; I took a deep breath. I was going to do this for her. Take a deep breath, Anna, I thought to myself. Then I ran through the fire, flames licking at us. One caught Anna's sleeve, and I beat it out. The smoke filled my lungs, making it hard it breathe, but I pumped my legs all the harder. I had to keep going, although I was fully aware of the fire burning my legs. I screamed with the little air I could muster.
Up ahead, I see a door, wide open, which is the exit. I discern from the roaring of the Flames the sound of fires trucks. I hope there's an ambulance for Anna. And me.
I burst out into the sunlight, then give Anna to AE's and CBers that will help her. Once she's safe, I sway on my feet. Daisy runs up to me. "Bolton? Are you okay?" I nod and pass out, dimly aware that she catches me before I hit the ground. Then everything disappears.
(September 3, 2016 - 4:46 pm)
I have a guess to the owner of the Ballroom. I belive it's Echosong's owner, because they spell it Æ and everyone else spells it AE!
(September 3, 2016 - 3:54 pm)
I spell it Æ! And I'm not the ballroom owner! It's supposed to be Æ, just some people are too lazy to do that (including me sometimes!)
(September 3, 2016 - 7:41 pm)
Thank you! Sorry about my teeny tiny short post last time, I was kinda stumped on what to write. This will be better, though!
~~Burt~~
I can't believe that this was Echosong. She's pretty cool. Okay, okay. Really cool. I'm impressed. And it's really hard to impress me. As she runs away, away from the fire, part of me wants to run after her. But that wouldn't be dignified at all. So I go back to my room, planning on how to get her alone. How do I make myself comfortable around her? All these thoughts swirl around my head. Then I pause. Fire! The thought just now clicked with me. FIRE! At the fun house! Oh no! I run after Echosong. I don't have to talk with her, I don't want to push myself on her, but I need to know she's okay. Therefore, I follow her.
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sorry, that was a bit short too. I'm still exploring Burt's personality. ;)
back to you!!
(September 3, 2016 - 5:56 pm)
Princess Icicle~
A commotion outside my large window catches my attention. I gaze out at the scene. Ah, the Foolish building is burning up. Or was it called Fiendish? I can't remember a trifling detail like that. Only peasants live in that building anyway. Good riddance. Suddenly, I see Chilly summon ice to stop the fire, covering the building in a coat of glimmering frost. Her technique is no match to mine, but it does put out the Flamboyant fire. A thought occurs. Isn't Chilly Frosty's sister?
Frosty! I haven't seen him since I got here! I need to go find him at once!
But Fantasy is big, and it wouldn't do me good to tromp around it for hours.
"Magenta!"
Magenta enters, with the most deadpan face I have ever seen.
"Yes, Your Majesty?" She says in an equally flat voice.
"Magenta, go find Frosty and tell him to meet me in the banquet hall." I snap my fingers.
"Who is Frosty, Your Majesty?"
I shoot her a glare and say "How can you not know who Frosty is? He's this one." I point at one of my Frosty statues.
"Oh," she says, still flat. "That one." Then, a little giggle escapes from her mouth. She quickly snaps back to normal. Then she giggles again, louder. She giggles a third time, and then starts guffawing so loudly she shatters one of my sculptures! How DARE she?! PEASANT!!
"GO! NOW!"
After she leaves, I look in the mirror, adjusting my cloak and smoothing back my hair. I nod, satisfied with my stunning appearance. I make my way gracefully to the banquet hall.
After three minutes and 12.36 seconds of agony, Frosty appears in the entryway of the banquet hall.
"There you are, darling!"
"Princess...we need to talk."
(September 3, 2016 - 6:07 pm)
Ah, yes, ya got me. That was fast.
Also, it's only been three pages, and something is already on fire. Ah, Æs. I think I may have to rebuild the Fun building...... A giant gumball machine, perhaps? Or would you like me to restore the bouncy house? It is up to the residents. My team of builders is ready and able.
On a more important note, I think I may have to move the ball up to the week after Labor Day weekend, seeing as how everryone (including myself) will be on vacation. Hope that's OK! (On the bright side, your Æs will have more time to ask their crushes to the ball..... Hehe.
(September 3, 2016 - 7:37 pm)
"Princess. We need to talk." I say, summoning up courage. "Mmm?" "Well I...I want to just take a break from our relationship. I mean if it's okay to call it that." I swallow. "What." Princess Icicle said, narrowing her eyes.
I take a deep breath. "You kidnapped MewFour. Another AE. Princess, why didn't you tell anyone you didn't want them to get married? I'm also sick of the AE weddings, but they LOVE eachother. Why keep them apart just because the weddings are gross!?"
As I stare evenly at her, all I can think is that she's cute. And dangerous.
(September 4, 2016 - 11:00 am)
Princess Icicle~
Frosty stares at me. He's handsome. Noble. Not afraid to be better than anyone else.
He said that they love each other. Really? Love is such a strange word. It may be the only word that has ever dare make me feel strange inside. Even words can be peasants, it seems.
Why keep them apart? he asks. Why keep them apart? I don't know why.
"I don't know." Haughty sniff.
"Yes you do, Princess."
"No, I don't," I reply quickly, my anger sparking.
He narrows his eyes. "You do."
"Do you really want to fight with me when we haven't even started our relationship?"
"Relationship?"
"Relationship. Oh, does your vocabulary not extand that far? My precocious, sophisticated use of linguistics can illuminate that noun for you, if you'd like."
He doesn't answer, insterad staring at the floor. I think he's thinking.
Finally, he lifts his gaze. "It's because you were jealous, weren't you."
WHAT? Me? Jealous? I, Princess Icicle, the most royal, noble, beautiful, powerful, intelligent, incredible, talented and glorious AE in the world, be jealous of someone inferior? NEVER! EVER!
A voice in the back of my enlightened mind whispers, "Yes, you're jealous."
This is Frosty. This is the only person who has ever been brave enough to love me. I hve to tell him.
"Frosty, dearest darling....you might be not incorrect."
(September 4, 2016 - 7:23 pm)
~Frosty
Shock. Pure shock. Numb. Pure numb.
I'm about to say something back, when-- "I--" "FROSTY!!!" "What the Chilly--" "Hey!" Chilly yells! Her hair is singed and she has a wild look in her eyes. "COME WATCH!!! THE FIRE TRUCKS ARE OUTSIDE!!!!" "What--" "THE FUN AREA IS BURNING!!!!! NOW THEY'RE GONNA MAKE A GIANT BOUNCY INFLATABLE GUMBALL MACHINE TO REPLACE IT! COME ON!!!" And Chilly lugs me away.
I cast P.I one sympathetic look.
(September 5, 2016 - 5:16 pm)
You're fine Daisy! :D
Echosong~
I walk towards the Fashion building, panic welling up inside me. Fire. The dancing flames and the intense heat terrifies me. Even the thought of it seems to fill my lungs with smoke, choking me. The reason it terrifies me so much is I'm a creature of the woods. The thought of fire ravaging through the forest, devouring everything in its wake scares me.....
I stop for a moment, my thoughts whirling around in my head, and making me feel light, like a feather. I catch a whiff of smoke, and black spots dance in front of my eyes. I think I'm about to faint, when Burt's concerned voice cuts through my flame filled thoughts. "Echosong! Are you Ok?" I turn and look at him. "I'm fi- wait, no, I'm not. Fire.... I can't explain it. It terrifies me. I just need to get away..... To my room....." The black spots come back, and my last thought before I fall unconcious is Fainting becuase of a fire. Real smooth, Echo. Real smooth.
(September 4, 2016 - 1:39 pm)