[indent][indent][indent] [table] [row] [sup][h3][b][color=2e2c2c] ▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅ [right]▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅▅[/right][/color] [/b][/h3][/sup] [/row][row] [cell][color=2e2c2c]______________________________________[/color] [right] [img]https://i.imgur.com/vz3gTHR.png[/img] [/right] [/cell][cell] [color=2e2c2c]__________________________________________________[/color] [color=2e2c2c]__________________________________________________[/color] [sup][h2][center] [color=black][sub]L A D Y Z A R A I L E S D E M A N[/sub][/color] [color=93a477][sub]L A D Y Z A R A I L E S D E M A N[/sub][/color][center][sub][sub][url=https://i.imgur.com/6Qzbfnt.jpg][i][sub] dress ♖[/sub][/i][/url][url=https://i.imgur.com/lz8Q0Rx.jpg][i][sub] crown ♖[/sub][/i][/url][url=https://i.imgur.com/BBlkQ84.jpg][i][sub] mask ♖[/sub][/i][/url] [/sub][/sub] [/center] [/center] [/h2][/sup] [center][color=silver][sub]D A M I E N E S T A T E , E V E N I N G[/sub][/color][/center] [center][color=gray][sub][sub]I N T E R A C T I O N S : [/sub][/sub][/color][/center] [center][color=gray][sub][sub]M E N T I O N S : [@Potter] [/sub][/sub][/color][/center] [/cell] [/row] [/table] [/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][indent][indent][indent] [img]https://i.imgur.com/eHHlypM.png[/img] [/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent][/indent] [indent][indent][color=gray] After entertaining a hoard of suitors deemed enough by her mother, Zarai was drained. She’d spent the whole day trying to force small talk out of men who hadn’t been significant enough to get invited to the king’s tea party. Talk of the weather and today’s political climate had worn her down until the only thing she could possibly think of was the mercy of a shooting star crashing down the room she inhabited. If her mother truly wished for her to marry, stuffing her daughter in a drawing room to entertain lesser nobles was definitely not the way to go. However, Zarai had the feeling her mother had only done so to punish her. That woman always found such creative and new ways of punishment; it was amazing really. At least it gave her time to plan out the evening. Since her mother was too busy to attend the ball with planning her own, she’d have the freedom to enjoy the food to her heart’s content. Zarai would rub elbows with some of the higher nobles and be seen dancing with a nice gentleman(or a couple). She’d eat as many crab legs and lobster tails as her corset would allow her, and she'd leave when everyone had drunk enough. And where would she go? She’d figure it out when the time came. Zarai looked up from the fan she’d been playing with when she heard people outside talking and laughing. She drew back the curtains and peeked outside to see the Damien estate come into view. She could no longer see the chaos she’d witnessed two days ago, but instead, a steady stream of men and women draped with expensive costumes and matching masks waddling into the estate. [color=93a477]“Almost like nothing happened,”[/color] Zarai commented as her carriage rolled to a stop and Sir Barrios opened the door. Calbert had been mad; he’d been red-faced and nostrils flaring as he ordered everyone around to try to collect his destroyed estate. She felt bad for any servant or worker who had probably broken their backs to make tonight’s extravagant ball happen. [color=aa86ca]“My lady–”[/color] Sir Barrios began but was quickly interrupted by Zarai’s shake of her head. [color=aa86ca]“No?”[/color] [color=93a477]“No, you will not wait for me here.”[/color] Zarai grinned up at the knight and patted his shoulder a tad too hard. [color=93a477]“Well, you can certainly stay here… or visit one of the pubs with the driver.”[/color] She held up a finger when the knight began to protest. [color=93a477]“You’ll find a small bag under my seat in the carriage; use it well, big boy.”[/color] She winked before turning on her heels and running into the ball, giggling. Zarai could already imagine herself snapping the crab legs in half with her bare hands. The meat practically melting in her mouth. All thoughts of food went away in an instant, however, when she laid eyes upon [I]her[/i]. [/color][/indent][/indent]