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[cozen]

WHO: Alexandrie, Bastien, Byerly, and their captive audience
WHAT: Mandatory etiquette and dance lessons
WHEN: Justinian 15, 9:45
WHERE: The Gallows
NOTES: See the OOC post and IC announcement for more information! If you didn't sign up, you can still participate in Parts A and D, and just handwave the other two, without needing to sign up or get an assignment. If you want to do B and C, you can find your own dance partner/seating group OOC, or you can sign up now and we'll dole out new assignments if we get enough latecomers to do so. If you signed up and are missing from the lists when you shouldn't be, I'm sorry and please tell me!

disclaimer: event less fancy than pictured

Seating Assignments
— Table One: Gwenaëlle, Iorveth, Matthias, Athessa
— Table Two: Flint, Ilias, Darras, Med Seller, Yngvi
— Table Three: Julius, Thranduil, Anders, Brienne
— Table Four: Benedict, Colin, Valentine, Six, Derrica
— Table Five: Teren, Salvio, Bartimaeus, Osana
— Table Six: Freddie, Petrana, Kain, Merrill, Silver
— Table Seven: Yseult, Cosima, Steve, Inessa
— Table Eight: Sidony, Fifi, Nell, Fingon
— Table Nine: Thor, Nathaniel H., Solas, Skadi

Dance Partners
— Cosima & Nathaniel H.
— Athessa & Anders
— Teren & Flint
— Freddie & Bartimaeus
— Yseult & Darras
— Nell & Julius
— Merrill & Colin
— Skadi & Benedict
— Gwenaëlle & Solas
— Petrana & Salvio
— Osana & the Medicine Seller
— Sidony & Matthias
— Six & Thranduil
— Brienne & Valentine
— Fifi & Steve
— Thor & Fingon
— Ilias & Iorveth

Comments

[radiosa]

For a beat she just looks at the hand. She's aware of the expectation in the gesture; she's aware, too, that she fought alongside nobles' children in the Inquisition army and curtsied to none of them, and that they're equals of a sort here. Between those two awarenesses she's left completely unaware of what she should actually do, and compromises by taking Sidony's hand and dipping her head down only a few inches, rather than all of the way, like the suggestion of a bow.

"Osana," she says, and then, "Are you from Nevarra?"

Clearly so, with that accent, but asking is better than assuming

—and she's still holding Sidony's hand, for several seconds longer than manners demand. It's just that she's very pretty, and it's a little distracting. But Osana realizes, after those several seconds, and slides her fingers away from Sidony's at a speed that's a little lingering, maybe, but mostly because jerking her hand away would be awkward.

[indissection]

Sidony comes close to raising her eyebrow - not in judgement, but in curiosity - before her hand is taken and the woman is leaning down to greet her. It's perfectly charming and there's a moment where her eyes widen, something making her feel as though the wind has been taken out of her completely. Being looked at by another woman, especially one as handsome as this...

No. She forces herself to lean back, taking her hand away and settling, breathing out. Her hand presses against her stomach and her eyes dance away for a moment before she finally, finally gives Osana a small, soft smile.

"I am. Is it so obvious?" Her accent gives it away, surely, but it's always fun to poke, tease and prod at others, breathing out gently.