homecoming dance!

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[Balamb Garden has taken off around the Balamb coastline! The seaside and clear night sky can be seen through the windows and from the balconies. The halls are mostly deserted besides the stray student walking about, and even the usual faculty members are missing from their posts around the school. There's a certain festive energy through the air, the source coming from the happily decorated ballroom located on the second floor.

[At exactly 2100, as soon as the dinner rush ends, the Garden chime sounds and the intercom clicks on. The Headmaster speaks to the Garden.]

The Homecoming Dance is now beginning. Your attendance is requested at [2F] Ballroom.

I repeat, the Homecoming Dance is now beginning. Your attendance is requested at [2F] Ballroom. The ball will run until 2400. Students leaving the ball after curfew are to return to their dorms immediately.

The ball and its festivities tonight are being sponsored very generously by the Garden Festival Committee.

[After the announcement, the intercom falls silent. The faint sound of music can be heard from the second floor of the building.

[Within the ballroom, there is a stationary stand for punch and food, as well as roaming caterers offering drinks (grape juice) and canapes.]

Voting is now closed. There is a thread here for announcing and crowning the winners; on-lookers are free to react in the thread.

Attendance is entirely optional, so with most of the faculty at the dance, characters are free to roam the rest of the school! However, as Balamb Garden is flying around the Balamb coastline, they will not be able to leave (unless you can fly or really like heights and don't mind injuries...), and any characters left behind will be stranded for a few hours.

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[silentscales]

[He actually had, his worry distracting him from saying that one of his snakes had said it. It wouldn't last long though.]

"Just not the top of my head,' says Emily.

[With that, Emily turned her head away, offering her neck.]

[eventohell]

Of course not, Emily.

[Riza begins to stroke the neck of the snake, tracing a gold band nestled between a section of red and black bands. Emily's scales were warm, in accordance with the room temperature-probably from all of the bodies in close proximity. Riza takes a step closer to him unintentionally.

Thinking about her own companion back home, Riza finds herself somewhat saddened and realizes how much she misses Black Hayate.]

[silentscales]

[Neither Snake nor Emily seemed to mind, though Emily turned her head towards Riza,] ...

"Are you okay?" asks Emily.

[eventohell]

[She smiles up at Snake. Nodding in response, she continues to stroke the neck of the neck.]

I have a companion of my own at home. He's just a puppy though.

[If she were at the dorm room, she'd most likely be just thinking away about what everyone was doing at home. Who was still alive? Did the Colonel go through with the Fuhrer's plans? Of course he didn't! She told him not to, or she'd shoot him. Which would probably explain why he was here too....

Again, things she needed to bring up with the Colonel himself.]

I was laughing about the typo "the neck of the neck" for so long! Snakes really are just big necks!

[silentscales]

"But he is still your friend," says Oscar.

[And it was sad to not have your friends around. He was glad Ciel was here at least, even if he really wanted to find the other members of Noah's Arc.]