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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 628838" data-attributes="member: 114">She is standing near the entrance to the kitchens, and she overhears one of the waiters whisper something to another who is carrying a tray of drinks.“Don’t forget, the flagon with the dragon is for Baron Purry. It has been fixed”Anne-Marie watches as the waiter expertly weaves his way through the crowd of people towards a wealthy and well dressed man laughing amidst his courtiers. She waits until the servant reaches him. The Baron reaches out his hand, plucks his drink from the tray - and Anne-Marie springs into action.At least, that was her intention - she plans to cartwheel impressively through the gathered throng to the Barons side, but misjudges the footing and her flouncy dress. She crashes into some of the delicate ladies, bringing them all to the floor. As she gets up the ladies she struck cry out in pain and start weeping hysterically. All eyes turn away from the entertainments and focus on the (now somewhat disheveled) Anne-Marie. Several of the gentlemen present move to help up the distraught women and want to know what in the seven depths this sword-coaster woman was up to. Luckily, the commotion has distracted Baron Purry from his drink, and Anne-Marie is able to gasp out “Stop! The drink is poisoned!”.While Trajan soothes the tempers of the young gentlemen, Anne-Marie explains that she overhead one of the waiters saying that the drink was poisoned. Guildmaster Ravi saunters up and waves a magical periapt across the top of the glass.“Ah, I don’t think you’ll be wanting to drink *that*, Baron. Very nasty magical poison in there I’m afraid.The Baron looks shocked, and glances around before fixing his eyes on Arilyn, still standing on her own near the food table.Other eyes turn in her direction too, and whispers run around the hall before Ravi calls out “Enough interval! Back to the show!” and he conjures a fountain of rainbows which directs everyones attention back to the stage and the rest of the entertainment.As the masquerade ball starts, Dala decides to make himself scarce to avoid the unwanted attention of some of the gentlemen at the event, and decides to kill two birds with one stone by dancing with Arilyn, drawing attention away from her a little. Arilyn doesn’t really want to dance, and isn’t any good at it, continually treading on Dala’s feet or attempting to turn the wrong way.Trajan’s attention is attracted by a delicate tap on his shoulder, and he finds a lithe woman in a catlike mask looking to dance with him. He spends the ball in a surprisingly intimate fashion. He suspects that he is dancing with the countess Naomi herself, but he doesn’t ask and she doesn’t offer any information, although nobody comes to cut in on the dance.Anne-Marie is upset that things haven’t been going to well, and she was expecting to have the final masquerade ball dance with her paramour, Jordan; but he isn’t around. Unless - is that him over there, talking and laughing with his mates? “I’ll just creep up on him and give him a surprise” she thinks.</blockquote>

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