Soiree (Afina)

[Ebiris]

Afina briefly fixes her hair, or at least what pokes out from under her hat. "No, I'm ready as I am."

[Anastasia]

Down you go. You swim along and down, to an underwater hall. Here marid mix and chat, a classical party. Everything's the same except it's underwater - servants swim instead of walk, the dress is light to account for being underwater and made up for with jewelry rather than cloth and so forth. There's easily over a hundred marid here - ?

"Ahem," Lucas clears her throat, "Assembled lords and ladies, Shahzada and all friends. I introduce Lady Afina Devilsbane, General of the Aurora." His voice carries far better than it should, surely heard all across the hall.

[Ebiris]

She's here to provide entertainment and diversion, though not in her usual way of dancing and such. So upon being presented Afina will meet the first person to approach her or otherwise go help herself to the hors d'oeuvres.

[Anastasia]

"Afina!" Shahzada Badahur approaches you before anyone else can even move, and once he does, no one dares move to intercept him. "Good to see you again. I see you're taking a shine to marid life and culture."

[Ebiris]

Excellent, a familiar face! "Fortune favours me to see you here, Shahzada. It's a pleasure to see you again," Afina swims over to meet him and then curtseys. "I must thank you for introducing me to Bubbles at the Padisha's court as well, she's been a great help and we've grown close."

[Anastasia]

"You're welcome," He says, "I'm surprised she's not with you."

[Ebiris]

"Well I'm coming here as a favour to Guluba after she helped me out of a tight spot recently," Afina answers. "It wouldn't be fair for me to bring along company of my own to monopolise my time when I'm sure there's many others she'd like me to meet."

[Anastasia]

Speaking of, she's coming over, "Afina!" she calls, burbling and bubbly. "Oh, thank you, Shahzada, but Afina really must meet everyone!"

[Ebiris]

Afina gives Badahur a wry look before nodding to younger marid. "Well then, why don't you show me around, Guluba?"

[Anastasia]

What's going to follow is a lot of hobnobbing. What's your goal and general attitude here?

[Ebiris]

My general attitude is to be gregarious and welcoming (I may indulge some alcoholic social lubricant to help that), my goal is to provide everyone that listens with lots of interesting stories about life as a fey assassin, a general of Aurora, a magical artisan, and a fashionably prismatic pixie. I won't get into grim and grisly details about the fall of Lifasa unless someone really digs for that story, the idea is to keep conversation light and amusing.

[Anastasia]

Diplo check then, +2 circumstance bonus.

[Ebiris]

[19:32] <@Ebiris> roll 1d20+20 diplo Rei junior do me a solid
[19:32] <Rei-Junior> Ebiris rolled 1d20+20 diplo Rei junior do me a solid --> [ 1d20=4 ]{24}

[Anastasia]

What happens next is a few rather boring hours. It's petty socialization and small talk, soul draining in a stupefying way. Lots of the same questions and curiosities, inquiries about your nature and Aurora dominating. The booze does help and makes thing more pleasant the more you drink of it. One such encounter...

"Ah, General Afina," This marid is dressed in a green military uniform, medals and ribbons pinned to his chest. He is strong, square jawed and muscled. He carries a trident on his back, even in a situation like this. "Inspector Shamza of the Royal Dolphin Infantry." He offers you his hand, his other firmly wrapped around a mug of booze. Whatever the booze is, water doesn't mix with it and it doesn't leak out. The taste is only so so, though.

[Ebiris]

Indeed, some sort of fruity gel-based alcohol suspension would be a far better method of getting sauced under the waves. "A pleasure, Inspector," she says with a tepid smile. "I take it the dolphin part is iconographic, as it's not the dolphin cavalry?"