From Dust to Dust - Plot Point 2

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Who: Everyone on the Dust to Dust Mission
What: The hires and their daemons attend a fancy party and follow up on some mysteries.
Where: A ballroom on the mission.
When: After From Dust to Dust - Plot Point One
Warnings/Notes: None yet.

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[walkingballpit]

A: Robbie has gathered what he assumes makes an appropriate outfit: black shirt, black pants, a black and grey brocade vest that belongs on vintage MTV that he would gladly wear anyway, a top hat that he intends to do a Slash impression with if he can climb on top of a piano at some point, and a complete over-the-top cobalt blue velvet swallowtail coat. The coat, pants, and shirt are currently hanging on the front of a dressing cubicle to mark it as his, but he’s wearing the vest and hat already as he looks over the accessories more. The double-breasted vest is only half buttoned, and one side has a distinct round lump over his heart. “I can get away with not wearing a tie if I put a brooch where the bot would go, right?”

Phil peeks out from inside his vest. “I still think you should wear an ascot.”

Robbie hums at this - it’s not technically a tie, that’s true. “I think we need someone else’s opinion or else we’re going to look like Brendon Urie’s prom.”

“And we need to find someone to pierce my ears.”

B: Main clothes and accessories chosen, Robbie ducks into the cubicle. He closes it enough to be decency, not enough for it to look odd if anyone joins him to talk out of sight. It’s cracked like he’s waiting for them.

He hurriedly changes into the shirt and pants and then procrastinates on the rest, listening to everything going on outside. Phil is allowed to roam the cubicle freely, as he will be keeping his daemon on a tight leash at the gala later.

C: When it’s obvious that a few people are nearing fully dressed, Robbie will throw on the rest of the clothes and head over to the jewelry, makeup and hair section to look through the earrings and put a comb through his hair. The makeup he only glances at, at first, but then he starts reading the names aloud in earnest. “Merlot. Carmine. Noir - why is noir red? Who names these? Where are the saucy puns?”

C

[credit_not_blame]

"I'm guessing that they're going for 'pinot noir'," Stacia says. She's skipped the dramatic reds in favor of pastel pinks and peaches, combining it with a dress that downplays her curves for a much more youthful look than she'd usually go for. There's a shenanigan afoot and it's going to be amazing.

...She still wants to play with the dramatic colors, though. She eyes Robbie thoughtfully for a moment.

"You know," she says slowly, "A touch of red would really make your eyes pop."