(1408) Court XXXI Super Heroes & Villains

[Edwin Bridges]

In truth, Edwin had tried his best when trying to come up with an idea for the Court but all he knew about superheroes and villains came from movies. So, he went with that. Something simple yet symbolic, an image that had remained with him ever since he first witnessed the transformation between man to something more....super.



The suit? A cheap two-piece that a simple journalist could afford. The tie, also. The spectacles on his face were horn-rimmed and felt weird on the Lord's face but he put up with them. It was the sweep-over that was really hard for Edwin to get used to. No products (well, a little bit), it just felt....wrong. Still, it was only for one night. Tomorrow, everything would be back to normal.

He could appreciate the concept behind the Court, the duality. Inside, the Beast warred for dominance. Sometimes, it gave its strength but needed to be controlled otherwise one could quite easily turn quickly from hero to villain, if one was looking at it in such black and white terms. Edwin grinned.

Around him were some pretty awesome outfits, many of which he had no idea who they represented, but it certainly seemed the ladies of the domain had definitely gone all out to impress. A Hel of a lot of tight leather and spandex. Adjusting his glasses as he walked down the steps, Edwin made sure the symbol was on full display as his shirt was partially torn open and tie loosened, tossed across one shoulder. Without anyone in particular, at least for now, Edwin mingled.

[Martha Villiers]

Martha had so much to watch and do!

She smiled as Asa acknowledged her, nodded to Velma, waved to Tracy Burns and the others... looked at Velma's costume with wide eyes and then, as Konrad Roth spoke to her, she gave him her full attention and giggled with a bashful chirp as he praised her costume.

"Goodness me! Thank you, sir! I do like yours too! The cowl makes it very menacing!" she nods, eagerly taking in the little details of his costume.

Leaning on her cane, she rubbed at her crippled thigh and nodded to Velma, Tracy and Domino.

"I see the Swampy creature was our newly arrived and pious Father Thomas Galleli!" she identified the gentleman for Konrad's benefit as she now sees many of the Kinred pairing up and grouping to chat.

Making use of her cane she points to Velma, Tracy and Thomas in turn, adding; "There's Regent Roxie and her Hound, Mr Dog...as, I think...a wolf or some such beast..." she briefly shakes her head at feral Dog's antics.

"Miss Star as Carnage... Resplendent, as always, in her scarlet..." she nodded and looked at Velma's sleek legs with a wide eyed studiousness.

Turning her attention back to Konrad she smiled and added; "How are things, sir? I hope you are finding your feet in the Domain!" she asks as if it's a sincere question, not mere tattle.

[Konrad Roth]

Menacing sounds to Konrad as a positive critique. "Thank you," he replies almost bashfully as he fingers the fabric. The newcomer Gangrel is quick to pick up on the Seneschal's quick survey of the room, noting the names and faces of those she mentions. His eyes linger a little too long over the red symbiote.

Martha and Konrad continue here

[Edwin Bridges]

This is one of the reasons he hated Court. His Beast always seemed to react with fear. It recoiled at the strongest around it, squealing like a bitch. Without his gift of Protean covering his actual demeanour, Edwin always felt the fear.

It was enough to want to cry out. Still, after how that pussy, Roderick, had been like when they last met, Edwin wasn't going to be a whiny little bitch about it. Instead, he was gonna go when his Beast would be more confrontational.

Spotting the Shaggy wannabe, Edwin grinned and moved with confidence towards Blake ( RockBane ).

"What's up, Shaggy," he quipped before making an overly dramatic look around, grinning. "Where's Scooby?"

[RockBane]

"Hiding out in the kitchen, like, where I should be too." Blake replies, doing his best to sound like Shaggy. He takes a moment to look at evidence of the costume the other is wearing.

"How's your night been so far?" He inquires, the man before him didn't cause his Beast to shake with fear. "Blake Flint, Gangrel." He introduces himself.

[Velma]

Velma had been unleashed with a purpose.

One for her own pleasure and self-gratification and one for the domain…

Her path took her away from the Prince’s presence, the Ravager continued to skirt around the court properly until she mingled into the crowd, only she had a specific group of five female kindred in mind.

She distributed smiles and winks to Allison Black and Chris Wooding , to Edwin Bridges and to Michael Redfill the newest Regent of Florin.

Once she was confident that she had spent enough time around without actually going directly to Sage and sycophants her last footsteps in her path ended close to that group.

Sage
Burns
Hazelton
Saito
and Snow White…

Velma will join this scene

[Hildegarde Bingen]

Hildegarde drifted through the crowd. Admiring. She still had no frame of reference for nearly all the costumes and was instead relying on her limited knowledge of fancy dress parties and the lurid tales of Carnivale. The practiced professional in her was eying the layout of the chamber with its flashing screens and elaborate decor.

She was also strenuously trying to avoid the Spanish Lady who was dogging her steps with all the placid cruelty of a Faerie Queen. The Lord knew that if the Spanish Lady reached, she be stuck, stiff as a board, while the Elder reeled off minutiae about etiquette.

To confound her pursuit, Hildegarde deliberately swung by the Prince - a simple, well timed moved as the Harpy scurried across the floor. The Lord had no time to admire the aptness of the costume; instead, she gave her formal obeisance and said: "Good evening, your Grace. The Court is loving excellent tonight, yes. I could not have thought of such... variety. I hope you are well?"

The Lord smiled.

Across the way, the Spanish Lady frowned impotently. Playing with fire!

[Yumyumcrow]

Thaddeus Jay
Daeva| Blood Potency: 1| Domain Status (Succubus Club): 3| Clan Status: 1| Barfly

Its the Thaddeus Jay show!

Tonight, Thaddeus acts an Envoy to another Domain.

He's waking up early. Having a good shower. Cleaning his teeth (mmm [insert product placement], yo). He's waring a suit [insert product placement] aaaand applying a generous splash of that new Chanel fragrance.

Because Daeva.

He's getting a hired car [product placement] and stopping off for a quick fortifying snack along the way! [insert instagram pic here] - hey! Taking snaps of your food is all the rage, yo! Gotta keep those twitter feeds rolling. Today is the day of the celebrity and Brand Power is all there is! This reality TV star knows this to be true. Just ask him.

Of course, all of this is just swell, so long as you can stand the press of the Beasts as they play in their gilded cage. This Daeva don't think that far ahead. He struts. He poses. He walks right into the Ballo Della Notte, flashing his calling card to security with a devilish grin.

He gets about five steps into the main chamber... and comes to a grinding hold. At least he can keep his face up while his mind is shrieking and his Cat is bolting like mad down the street...

*Suit supplied by [product placement]. Underwear supplied by [product placement] and [product placement]. Thaddeus Jay does his own dry cleaning using only the best organic cleaning agents. This Cat loves the environment.

[Asa]

Asa turned at Hildegarde's approach, masking the flare of his predator beneath a welcoming smile. There was something special about other Lords. He'd never bothered examining it closely -- whether it was the Man's knowledge or in the Blood -- simply because it was, and he enjoyed it. Lords and Savages alike provoked him in that way, and he could feel the reluctant claws scrape as they were forced back down into the depths.

"A good evening to yourself as well, Miss Bingen," he answered.

For a moment, he considered whether the severe appearance were a costume, but the bulk of his knowledge of comic books began and ended with Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman. The last, simply because it was a staple of the fetish scene. Had he known more, he might have placed her as the Linda Carter Diana Prince. As it was, he decided that she was probably just as ignorant --if not more so-- than himself.

On the one hand, it was delightful to see. Particularly from one of his own.

On the other, he couldn't help but wonder what sort of costume she would have managed had she made the attempt.

"I am very well, although I cannot claim any sort of credit for the evening. Keepers Villiers and Sage have that distinction. You've only just missed Harpy Star."

A small smile crept out as he named the third of their impromptu venery.