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[i]her gown[/i]
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[i]left: her mask’s base, but with some gold detailing; right: the way the decorative lace bit above and around the left eye is actually appearing (not quite like the one on the left); basically combine these two masks to get her actual mask[/i][/center]
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[center][color=deeppink][h1]EUDORA[/h1][/color][/center]
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“Maxwell Chandler, we are going to be very [i]late![/i]”

“Well, darling, next time tell the factory foremen that! I have been in meetings—“

“Darling, look at my face,” a quite exasperated Eudora said, taking her husband’s face in her hands. “Does it look like I care about the meetings right now?”

“Well, no, but—“

“Ah-ah!” Eudora held up a finger. “Just a yes or no.”

Maxwell sighed. “No, right now you want to get to the Supreme Commander’s and make a glorious entrance.”

Eudora gave him an impressive grin. “That is exactly right, my love. Though the word is ‘grand’. I’d like to make a ‘grand’ entrance. But I don’t want that entrance to be grand because I arrived so very late!”

Maxwell gave her a smile. “My dearest Euramay,” he started as he set his hands on top of hers, moving them gently from his face as he continued to hold them. “You will not be terribly late, your entrance will be exactly as you want it, and I promise you I will make it up to you tonight.”

Eudora blushed, looking down. “Oh Max…”

Maxwell chuckled and placed a kiss on her nose. “Now, are you quite finished getting ready, or do I have time to adjust a few things?”

Eudora gave him a smile. “You may have fifteen minutes while I finish powdering my face and fixing my mask.”

The couple arrived at the ball and made their way around greeting old friends and new ones. They greeted the hosts and with a few words Eudora managed to slip away from her husband, promising to meet him again when she was ready to leave. Thus the wife of the Minister of the Craftsman Guild made her way into the library.

[i]My, this room is young,[/i] she thought. She bid her welcome to Captain Kingsford, but ultimately felt rather out-of-place. [i]Perhaps I should have declined…? Though the invitation seemed like they needed all of our help for very specific reasons, so it is likely a good thing I accepted. I simply must cope with the fact that I know next to no one here outside a casual acquaintance.[/i]

So, Eudora found herself a book to read and sat at a table, setting the novel in front of her while often glancing around the room at those gathered in attendance.