☬-Thorn of The Rose-☬ 2x2 W/ Wolfrunner & Spiritstar3

[wolfrunner]

The girl turned around tilting her head to the side as she watched the entire posse of Himura Women march into the shop filling it to what had to be near cramped space. This was unexpected. The girl had expect one, maybe three, of them to come inside with her but all of them? Well not like the girl could really blame them since there were only two of their number left who'd yet to manage to locate a suitable gown for the Ball. A Ball that was pretty exclusive at that.

So Aralynn didn't shoo any of them away. Rather, the Changling gave the owner of the shop an apologetic expression for having brought so many inside with her and all at once at that. After which she began her rounds searching among the offerings of the shop which, to her relief and joy in equal measure, there appeared to be plenty of still. Seemed at though not many people choose to shop here. More then likely they preferred those shop closer to the center of the Capitol then where their group was currently as they were nearly as close as they could safely be.

"White or silver. White or silver.", Aralynn repeated under her breath as she searched the gown offerings. Not that it lasted too long though, for the cloaked girl soon went silent freezing in place during her search.

Aralynn had seen many dresses, fine ones as well, and yet this dress-

Solid white.

The dress was the purest white Aralynn had ever seen, almost as though it had somehow managed to copy the same colour as freshly fallen colder months. The entire dress was covered in an almost lace-like pattern that was only visible when the light hit the dress just right making it stick out from the solid background of the rest of the dress. It was off the shoulder, thus exposing said shoulders and the neck while being held up by a collar of scrunched up fabric. From this so-called collar were attached long sleeves which were really, upon closer inspection, no more then lighter panels of fabric attached at the shoulders giving the illusion of sleeves until the one wearing it moved her arms.

There was enough fabric in the gown for there to be enough of a train that it followed just behind the wearer, it was covered in true lace as opposed to a pattern like the rest of the gown. Particularly around the edges.

And the back? Aside from the medium length lace-hemmed train that was part of the back of the gown’s skirt, the back of the dress was winched up. A thick yet silky like chord carefully woven all up the back from the small of it to the area where just under the shoulder blades would begin. There was much of the silken chord left over which was simply allowed to hang and appeared to be just a part of the dress as it did so.

Aralynn was speechless just staring at it.

[owl0430]

"My word" suddenly sounded beside Aralynn. Upon a quick glance over her shoulder, Aralynn would find that the voice belonged to Marilla- the brunette excitedly peering over the other woman's shoulder to gaze upon the dress.

"That gown is quite stunning indeed! Is that your pick- oh, it must be, isn't it?! One does not simply gaze upon a gown the way you are unless they truly love it. Like a child gazing up at an object of wonder, you stand there awestruck. Oh- you absolutely must try it on!" In a similar fashion to how she'd ushered the household's women out of the manor earlier, Marilla delicately picked up the beautiful gown and practically herded Aralynn over to try the dress on.

"Hurry up now- we're all excited to finally see you try something on. Do not keep us waiting too long alright?"

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A moment of time back at the Himura manor-

"Al, what do you think of this tie?

" That you look rediculous?"

"What?! That's awfully rude"

"It's not rude, it's the truth. That particular shade clashes with your complexion. You look like a jester. Speaking of which, I've heard the local tavern is hiring-" a tease cut short but a suit jacket being tossed at him.

" At least I know how to tie a tie."

"Rude".

[wolfrunner]

The blonde took the coat back nodding before standing back to wait.

A few minutes into his wait, the younger Renier had taken to eyeing up some other garments on display near by when he heard Haruna’s unmistakable voice. He ends up looking back just in time to see the human reappear from where he’d gone to try out the suit he’d found. Tilting his head to the side, Rigel dropped interest in looking at the clothes on display in favour of eyeing up Haruna instead while walking over towards him.

“You got everything on just fine by your own doing and, at first glance, everything seems in order. But first glances are often fooling.”, he said, “Does everything feel to your liking? If Tis too tight we can keep looking or have a seamstress fix it for us.”

[Spiritstar3]

Isabella- f- Renier- blue eyed blonde- golden light and dog shift (mix of her parents powers)- married- Lucas is her son, Rigel is adopted- Tags: X

The blonde -X-

Haruna- Haru- male- Embere Heir- homosexual; Rigel is crush- Ai and Nina- Demon (reverse Appaloosa (black with white spots) and Angel (red (blanket?) Appy)- kitten Dream (white with black forehead streak and tail)- manor- Tags: Rigel

The dark haired boy shook his head a couple times. "I....it feels fine, though I think the pants might be just a little long. I could just roll the bottoms a bit," he said. If Rigel said a seamstress could actually remove a bit of the bottom of the pant legs, that would be fine too. He didn't actually know if that was possible. Rolling them up wouldn't be bad. Unless Rigel thought that would look silly...He glanced to the blonde vampire, waiting to see what the other male would say.

He had blushed when the other got close, and was likely still blushing now. He was trying to ignore it, and the heat of his cheeks was cooling a bit. He wouldn't be surprised if they were still colored, though. Shaking his head, he tilted his head a little bit.

Aiya- Ai- f- 4 y- July 12- human- bi when old enough; no crush- sister Nina- Ebony pony (black with white socks and blaze)- wants a pet- Tags: Nina, lady staff members

The reddish brown haired little one

[wolfrunner]

The girl didn’t resist. She let Marilla herd her so she could try on the gown.

Several long minutes and a little help from the shopkeep later Aralynn was staring at herself in the mirror. The girl stared at herself in the mirror, her hands running down the sides of the gown feeling the fabric. It was soft, luxurious even would be a far better word the girl corrected herself and it appeared to fit her. The colours were exactly what she was looking for. It wasn’t too flashy and yet it was extremely well made none the less, though the Changeling wondered if it was still suitable for the event they’d be attending. “Ok I believe I’m ready.”, Aralynn said out loud before taking a deep breath and stepping out to rejoin the rest of the women.

“Well?”, she asked fidgeting a bit, “How is it? Do you all think it suitable?”

[owl0430]

Marilla and Vivvian, particularly, were gazing at Aralynn as if she were a precious gem. Beautiful, beyond words.

" You are.... I've no clue how to describe it really,
for even without your hair and makeup all done up you're far more than gorgeous!" spoke Marilla

Vivian, continuing where Marilla left off, " If this is simply your gown for the ball I cannot wait to see what you. Pick out for your eventual wedding. Though I daresay we may have to venture into other towns to find you the perfect dress in that scenario.

" Mr. Himura won't be letting you levee his side at this rate- he'll be too afraid someone else shall steal a dance from you!" teased another of the household's members.

" That is to say, it's perfect. " concluded Marilla. " But that is just our opinion. Tis best that you yourself feel as though, in that dress, you will be the belle of the ball. Now tell us- how is it that you feel?"

[wolfrunner]

Roland stopped what he was doing and looked up coming face to face with Esmerelda and straightened himself. He had heard the news earlier in the day from Rigel, both about what had happened and that they had an unexpected guest.

"Lady Esmerelda."

He stood there listening to the Rosenwold. Then with a sigh, "Yes I had noticed that he had been especially attached to the young human women, Isabella thinks they rather adorable. I however......" The former head of the family shook his head before going on, "You're family has always been a much valued ally to our own, since the dawn they were both established many years ago. Truth be told I have been aware of the boy's, infatuation, with the human but have held out hope he twould come to his senses and make the match with you." Hearing of what were supposedly his eldest son's plans though drew a different sort of reaction from the male pureblood. It was a reaction that was quickly, expertly, stamped down just as quick as it had happened. An untrained eye could have missed it or casually dismissed it. It was unlikely that one such as Esmerelda could or would have though.

"The boy has always been the dramatic one. From the day he was born twas one of his defining features and one my wife and I noticed almost by the end of the first day we had him with us."