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​​​[b]LET THE GAMES BEGIN: THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY[/B]

[I]LEA LYNTON’S INVITEES HAVE JUST GOTTEN TO ACIRAS, BUT THE DRAMA HAS ALREADY BEGUN. FORGET CELEB TWITTER FIGHTS-NOBODY CAN SCHEME AND BACK-STAB BETTER THAN THESE PRETTY PRINCES AND PRINCESSES. HERE ARE SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS FROM LAST NIGHT’S WELCOME BALL:

[U]BAD:[/U] ​​WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS OF ​HIS ARRIVAL IN ACIRAS, ​ELIJAH ROTHCHESTER​ (​THE CERTIFIABLY INSANE PRINCE OF THE IVUNATE EMPIRE) WAS ALREADY BACK TO H​IS​ OLD TRICKS. AN ANONYMOUS SOURCE CAUGHT H​IM ATTACKING A PAINTING IN THE BALLROOM, FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON. WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT? AND, MORE IMPORTANTLY, WHAT KIND OF DRUGS IS THIS HOT-HEADED GINGER ON?

[u]GOOD:[/U] ​​ALTHOUGH THERE WERE A COUPLE MINOR MALFUNCTIONS, OVERALL, THE FASHION AT THE WELCOME BALL WAS SPOT-ON. FROM FAREEHA AMARI’S REAL LIVE SNAKE TO QUENTIN HOUSTON’S COWBOY HAT (#THATHAT, AMIRITE?), THE MIX OF GOWNS AND TUXES AND YES, EVEN TUNICS, WAS DEFINITELY A SIGHT TO BEHOLD. HERE ARE THE HIGHL​​IGHTS:

1) DOMITIA VIRIATUS SHOWED UP IN A LITERAL SUIT OF ARMOR À LA ZENDAYA’S SHOUT-OUT TO JOAN OF ARC AT THIS YEAR’S MET GALA, EXCEPT A LITTLE MORE INTENSE (FOR THOSE OF YOU NOT IN THE KNOW, DOM VIRIATUS IS THE THE LUSITANIAN ROYAL WHO PULLED A SWITCH ON THE CROWN PRINCE OF THE EMPIRE AND HIS WIFE ​[/I]​PARENT ​​TRAP​[I]​-STYLE). PERSONALLY, I LIKE THEIR TASTE IN FASHION, BUT WE CAN ONLY WONDER WHAT DOM’S FAMILY BACK IN LUSITANIA WILL SAY. CONSIDER THIS: THE ENTIRE FARM HICK COUNTRY IS BASICALLY CONTROLLED BY SEXIST/RACIST/HOMOPHOBIC WHITE MEN. #YIKES?

2) TO EVERYONE’S SURPRISE, PRINCESS ISABELLA DEL REYES OF EVALUSIA DIDN’T SHOW UP IN A NUN’S HABIT! INSTEAD, SHE WORE A TO-DIE-FOR GOWN WITH A SHOCKINGLY LOW NECKLINE...ALTHOUGH I HAVE TO ADMIT, I REALLY, REALLY WONDER WHAT HER BIBLE-THUMPING FATHER THINKS ABOUT IT. TEN BUCKS SAYS THAT HE DISOWNED HER FOR NOT PORTRAYING HERSELF AS A “PROPER CATHOLIC WOMAN”!

[u]UGLY:[/u] ​​UNSURPRISINGLY, MOST OF THESE PEOPLE NEED ABOUT FIVE DOZEN CHILL PILLS. FIRST OFF, WE HAVE PRINCE EDWIN DRAKEWINE OF BRITANNIA SHOWING UP AT THE BALL LIKE IT WAS A​[/I]​ GAME OF THRONES​[I]-​THEMED COSTUME PARTY, COMPLETE WITH GUARDS WHO LOOKED LIKE THEY STEPPED STRAIGHT OUT OF YOUR STEREOTYPICAL HIGH FANTASY MOVIE SET IN A PSEUDO-EUROPEAN (READ: WHITE) KINGDOM.

​FURTHERMORE, WE ALREADY HAVE A CATFIGHT IN THE MAKING. AS I’M SURE MOST OF YOU ARE AWARE OF, THE EMPRESS OF VEREDUN HAS ARRANGED FOR HER GRANDSON TO MARRY THE CROWN PRINCESS OF NOTIA, TALYA BURNLEY.​ BUT I HAVE IT ON VERY GOOD AUTHORITY THAT OUR FAVORITE PRINCE CHARMING IS ALREADY IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH A RUSTAVYAN WHO HAPPENS TO BE PARTICULARLY CLOSE TO PRINCESS VENERA...AND THE FACT THAT HE DIDN'T SO MUCH AS GLANCE TALYA'S WAY AT THE BALL DOESN'T HELP, EITHER.​

​SO, WHAT'S IT GONNA BE?​ TEAM TALYA OR TEAM VENERA'S BFF? PICK A SIDE, FOLKS; ​ROYALTY OR NOT, THINGS ARE ABOUT TO GET UGLY. 

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(Characters mentioned/referenced: Elijah [@Eric Horst], ​Fareeha and ​Quentin [@OfWindAndRain], Domitia [@Amethyst], Edwin [@darkwolf687], Isabella [@ayzrules], Erik [@madmonarchist], Talya [@HaleyTheRandom], Venera [@DracarysBitch])[/I]
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