All right, Halloween is only a week away. Since it's all virtual, you can come to the costume ball dressed as the person of your choice from the Deryni universe.
Who will you impersonate at the Deryni Samhain costume ball? You have a week to decide!
And what will you bring for the refreshments? (Queen Araxie's giving the castle staff the night off, so the feast is pot luck.)
Don't let piddly things like reality and practicality and cost weigh you down--sky's the limit!
Melissa
Will need to think about the who - needs to be suitably ostentatious I think, why be modest when it's all virtual.
I can provide the alcoholic refreshments - I have a nice mead (I'll not bring the blackberry mead as I've discovered it is young enough that even one glass brings on a thumping headache, and I'd not have your November 1st ruined) and a blackberry wine which has turned out sweeter than usual, but is still eminently quaffable.
I'm tempted to go as Maryse MacArdry, but only if that wouldn't cause Duncan any undue distress. (Besides which, I'd have to learn a shape-changing spell to go as Maryse, as no one wants to see a blonde wig on my actual features and complexion. Grown men would go screaming for their mamas! :D ) If the Maryse plan falls through, then I can go as Meraude. I already have the dark hair and eyes, and I certainly wouldn't mind dressing as befits a Duchess for one evening! ;)
(If I were going as one of my own Deryni characters, I'd go as Sophie. She's the closest to my actual self in both physical description and personality anyway, and that would give me a great excuse to sit in a quiet corner of the Great Hall thoroughly enjoying myself by watching everyone else's revelry while I sit and take mental notes of the evening's highlights to write in my journal later. Or if things start to get too raucous, I'd slip off to the Library and read a bit.)
Hm...what to bring? Annie's already bringing mead, so I'll put my bottle of Llyrian stock back in the cellar, but I suppose I could bring some mulled cider along. Given Jass's recent reaction to pizza, I'm half tempted to bring in some other delight featuring an ingredient or two from the New World--lasagne, maybe? Or...no, if I'm going to have access to tomato-based products, I might as well go all out and bring my Million Dollar Moroccan Chicken. And, in honor of the spooky occasion, some rum balls dipped in white chocolate and decorated with half a candied cherry each, arranged on a platter to resemble eyeballs....
Have decided that for sheer terror potential it would have to be Oksana d'Enghieux, complete with low-cut scarlet gown - that would scare the bravest of you on here! ;)
But if I'm being sensible, I might pick another of Evie's characters and be Ailidh, complete with trews suitable for tree-climbing. :D
I'd have to go as Rothana, in her pink silks, before everything went to hades in a handbasket for her and Kelson and Conall.
Quote from: AnnieUK on October 24, 2010, 01:55:18 PM
Have decided that for sheer terror potential it would have to be Oksana d'Enghieux, complete with low-cut scarlet gown - that would scare the bravest of you on here! ;)
But if I'm being sensible, I might pick another of Evie's characters and be Ailidh, complete with trews suitable for tree-climbing. :D
Jass dares you to show up as Ailidh, though personally I think it would be fun if I show up as Meraude and you show up as Oksana. We could both pretend to stalk whoever shows up dressed as Nigel! ;) ;D
QuoteDon't let piddly things like reality and practicality and cost weigh you down
Well, as I am anything BUT young, slim, red-haired and utterly beautiful, I think I should definitely come as Richenda :D Wearing the Furstana emeralds of course. At least
she gets to go home with Alaric ;)
What to bring? Hmmm - well, over the years I have had strong men go weak at the knees for these, so I will bring my super special chocolate fudge brownies, with chocolate sour cream frosting.
And in case KK turns up, I will also order a delivery van to bring a tempting selection from one of our best ice cream shops.
Since this is all virtual, I think I'll be Vera. And I'll bring strawberry-blackberry-spinach salad and Kahlua Chocolate Mousse.
If that's the spinach and strawberries salad that comes with a sort of sweetish-sourish poppyseed dressing, I think I'll pack an extra large bowl.... :D
It is!
Yum! I've not tried it with blackberries, but I've used blueberries in it before, and I also add slivered almonds. I made the mistake of bringing this salad to work once for a potluck Thankgiving dinner, and now they won't let me bring anything else. ;D
Who is decorating the Great Hall, by the way? I'll provide some luminaries.
I'll come as the greatest Healer of the 11 Kingdoms.
Rhys
I would probably come as Orin the great Deryni adept. I am about the same age as Orin was when Augarin Haldane founded Gwynedd (at least according to the Codex).
I will come to the ball as..
Morag Furstana, in purple with an aura of myserious, menacing sex-appeal, since it IS Samhain and we're all explorin the dark side. (It's all virtual, as I've already made clear.)
We need a bit of protein at this ball, so I bring some roast venison. LOTS of roast venison! And some baklava, and a bit of cousin Matyas's wines...
Melissa
You can bring cousin Matyas too, if you like... (Annie strolls off whistling)
If both Jass and Matyas show up, "Oksana" might have a difficult time deciding which one to harass! ;)
Quote from: AnnieUK on October 31, 2010, 02:58:57 PM
You can bring cousin Matyas too, if you like... (Annie strolls off whistling)
Fine, if you don't mind MRS. Matyas coming, too. =o) But Morag's more likely to bring Matyas; Mahael's been so boring since being mind-ripped. :D
I always thought it a little weird that a Torenthi Princess (with Torenth supposedly standing in for the Russian/Hungarian/Czech part of our own world) would have a Scots-Gaelic name like Morag. I just chalk it up to KK's not having all the details of her universe figured out when she wrote HD.
Melissa
Poor servants are still cleaning up the Samhain ball mess in the Great Hall.... ;)