[sup][center][img]https://i.ibb.co/hFv4fRSF/Nora-Pawonska.png[/img][/center] [/sup][COLOR=gray] [b][color=Palevioletred]Time[/color][/b]: Evening [b][color=Palevioletred]Location[/color][/b]: Grand Ballroom [b][color=Palevioletred]Attire[/color][/b]: [url=https://i.ibb.co/p6ScwRHp/Chat-GPT-Image-Jan-14-2026-10-30-21-PM.png]Dress[/url] [b][color=Palevioletred]Interactions[/color][/b]: [@Chrys] Amira, [@princess] Count Emil, [@Potter] Elena, [@remram] Magnus [b][color=Palevioletred]Mentions[/color][/b]: None [center][SUP][sub]___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________[/sub][/SUP][/center] [indent][indent] Nora couldn't help but overlap Emil's face with another she had regrettably become familiar with. A braver Nora would have had the desire to punch him, knock his lights out and make him regret ever talking to them. Nora was not brave. Remaining where she stood instead of hiding behind her sister already felt like more than enough bravery. [color=00aeef]"It is a joy to meet you, Lady Elena,"[/color] Amira greeted her sister, her voice soft. Oh, she was so cute... Her jaw twitched the instant Emil said her sister's name. Heat prickled across her fingertips, sharp enough to make panic curl in her stomach, and instinctively she reached for Nox. [color=white]'I am here. Do not worry.'[/color] She didn't like the way this man looked at her siblings and the anger welling up inside of her was threatening to spill into something she refused to acknowledge. As she felt Nox slip closer to her, she felt the tingle in her fingers dissipate again. Her disgust remained. Then he looked at her. Her fleeting courage faltered instantly, every thought scattering like frightened birds. By the time she realized his attention had shifted away again, Amira was already staring at her for help. However, Nora was somewhere else entirely. Before she could even process it, the looming figure of her sister stepped in front of her. She glanced up, confused. [color=#fff4b1]”Ladies, why don’t you go find us a table and bring food?”[/color] It was not a question–Nora would recognize it as her command to get out. She gave her a look that read: “don’t argue with me, go.” She felt the swell of emotion that came with her siblings protecting her. She hated this feeling. Hated always being the one protected instead of the protector. Part of her wanted to rip the words straight from his throat for speaking about her sister so casually. But wanting and doing had always been very different things for Nora. Still, she knew better than to argue with her sister, despite her desire to. She turned to Amira and gently placed her hand at the girls' elbow. [color=tan]"Let's be off, hm?"[/color] She asked in a trembling voice she couldn't quite mask. It was then that she heard the booming voice of her brother. [color=#35A8F0]"Do we have a problem?"[/color] Yes. It was absolutely time to go now. She did [i]not[/i] want to be near Magnus and how he would be treating that man. As she tugged Amira, however, a servant approached her carrying a beautiful bouquet of flowers for the girl. Nora blinked, seeing the name. Her head snapped back to her brother, her eyes wide. A look that said, [i]"When did you meet someone?!"[/i] [color=00aeef]"I - I do not know a Magnus! This - this must be a mistake."[/color] Amira called out, trying to stop the servant. [color=00aeef]"I... do not know a Magnus."[/color] Now, Nora was torn between her sister's earlier command and her desire to know what the heck Magnus was doing sending this woman flowers. Why hadn't he told her that he fancied someone? Was he keeping things from her?! [color=tan]"I'll tell you [i]all[/i] about him..."[/color] Nora grumbled, looking back at Magnus as she turned back to Amira again. [color=tan]"Let's go. I promise you, we [i]will[/i] ask him later."[/color] She told Amira, gently tugging at her wrist to coax her into coming with her. [/indent][/indent] [/color]