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clarionprep2016-01-16 03:07 pm
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Entry tags:
- abigail hobbs | hannibal,
- ashraf al-mansur | the arabesk trilogy,
- fifi | d'urbervilles,
- i-no | guilty gear,
- ian chesterton | doctor who,
- nick sorrentino | l4d2,
- porrim maryam | homestuck,
- reborn mancuso | katekyo hitman reborn,
- sebastian moran | d'urbervilles,
- three | drakengard 3,
- violet scott | original character
[open] PUT ON YOUR DANCING SHOES
who | Everyone, students and staff alike!
what | An opening mixer to celebrate the beginning of the school year.
when | Friday, September 16th, 1921
where | The Great Hall.
summary / warnings | Everyone is invited to put on their glad rags and strap on their mary-janes for a night of music, dancing, light refreshments and polite socialization. Please warn for language, etc in individual threads.
It's a beautiful, crisp September evening, and outside the wind blows gently, rustling crisp leaves and sending piles of them scattering across the stone courtyard. It might be chilly outdoors, but inside, the Great Hall is warm and inviting.
The crystal chandeliers overhead have been lit with hundreds of candles, sending warm light dazzling over the walls and the marble floor, and up on the dais at the far end, a jazz band is playing lively music, the trumpet and saxophone underscored by steady drums and the thrum of the upright bass.
Students and staff alike have turned out in their best fall fashions; hair has been pin-curled all afternoon in preparation, the ladies' dorms abuzz with hot irons and hairpins and pressed powder--the gentlemen's, with spit-shined shoes and starched bow-ties and the scent of hair grease.
The cooks have been hard at work in the kitchen; along one wall are lined table filled with fancy canapés, bowls of sweet punch (non-alcoholic, of course!), sweets, and various other fancy foods. Students stand near these tables making chitchat while taking a break from dancing, mingling with their classmates and maybe making new friends while they're at it.
The center of the room is filled with lively dancers, rich and poor kids alike showing off the newest dance craze--mainly the Charleston, though it's yet to earn that name as the song won't be released for another two years--as well as the foxtrot and the waltz, when the music allows for it. Shoes click smartly against the marble floor, beads and tassels fly, and curls bounce as students let off the last bit of steam before the semester begins on Monday.
As the night goes on, the punch and canapés are gradually replaced by hot chocolate and cider and slices of pie for dessert, as a last treat before the evening inevitably draws to a close and students are shuffled off to bed--though some may choose to linger, or sneak around the empty school after-hours, if they're daring and not quite ready to sleep.
what | An opening mixer to celebrate the beginning of the school year.
when | Friday, September 16th, 1921
where | The Great Hall.
summary / warnings | Everyone is invited to put on their glad rags and strap on their mary-janes for a night of music, dancing, light refreshments and polite socialization. Please warn for language, etc in individual threads.
It's a beautiful, crisp September evening, and outside the wind blows gently, rustling crisp leaves and sending piles of them scattering across the stone courtyard. It might be chilly outdoors, but inside, the Great Hall is warm and inviting.
The crystal chandeliers overhead have been lit with hundreds of candles, sending warm light dazzling over the walls and the marble floor, and up on the dais at the far end, a jazz band is playing lively music, the trumpet and saxophone underscored by steady drums and the thrum of the upright bass.
Students and staff alike have turned out in their best fall fashions; hair has been pin-curled all afternoon in preparation, the ladies' dorms abuzz with hot irons and hairpins and pressed powder--the gentlemen's, with spit-shined shoes and starched bow-ties and the scent of hair grease.
The cooks have been hard at work in the kitchen; along one wall are lined table filled with fancy canapés, bowls of sweet punch (non-alcoholic, of course!), sweets, and various other fancy foods. Students stand near these tables making chitchat while taking a break from dancing, mingling with their classmates and maybe making new friends while they're at it.
The center of the room is filled with lively dancers, rich and poor kids alike showing off the newest dance craze--mainly the Charleston, though it's yet to earn that name as the song won't be released for another two years--as well as the foxtrot and the waltz, when the music allows for it. Shoes click smartly against the marble floor, beads and tassels fly, and curls bounce as students let off the last bit of steam before the semester begins on Monday.
As the night goes on, the punch and canapés are gradually replaced by hot chocolate and cider and slices of pie for dessert, as a last treat before the evening inevitably draws to a close and students are shuffled off to bed--though some may choose to linger, or sneak around the empty school after-hours, if they're daring and not quite ready to sleep.
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"You've been at this school last year too, then?"
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Tony tilts his head at him, because as much as the allies were fighting several countries. People only think of the Germans... Maybe the Italians. Either way Tony misses Ashraf's eye line change.
"Yeah, I was. In here for the long haul too." He says casually.
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"Ah. Well, I can't imagine it's that different here than other boarding schools." Beyond being in America.
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He offers flippantly. He takes a moment to lean himself a little more against the table to get an upside down and backward glance at the book on the table.
Tony's spent at least 5 years working on enough projects that never involved having the book in the right place so he's gotten quite used to reading at weird angles. However nothing on the page is really enough to keep much of his interest.
"At least, if you keep track of those kinds of things." Which Stark's did. You had to know who was and wasn't in vogue to sell weapons to after all.
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Raf tilts his head, and decides that since they haven't shared names yet now might be a good time. It might explain his interest in the Ottoman Empire, at least, beyond the fact that it's simply a book he hasn't read yet.
"I'm Ashraf al-Mansur." And then, after a prodding from the fox. "It's nice to meet you."
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"Tony Stark." He offers up. "Yeah, uh, pleasures all mine."
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So his reaction to the Stark name is the same nod he would have given to any introduction. His eyes do skitter to the right, while he tries to figure out what to say next and waits for prodding from the fox in his head. "What year are you?"