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Loving your ha! How cool! I can't wait to make some creations :O
thank you! cant wait to see what you will come up with c:
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Super cool, I can't wait till I can get started. Even more, I can't wait to see everyone else's creations!
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Oooh, I'm definitely jumping into this, I already spend hours crawling through the wardrobe to make HAs for fun. :D
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I'm interested, but it may be too much for me. I have my daily item, of course. I'm also involved in another pretty intense HA competition. In that one a designer gets kicked out every challenge - so if I'm booted, I'll definitely have time for this. Otherwise, it depends on the next deadline and challenge. But I'd love to try :).
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I am so excited to see what you all will create! And remember, a simple HA can go a long way...
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Birds of a feather flock together. Especially when there aren't that many other classy corvids on the dance floor. In a rustle of raven feathers and ruffles they dance, happily oblivious to everyone else. They might as well be the only ones in the ballroom. Outfit Not FoundOutfit Not Found
My lady is wearing Charcoal Feather Plume, Gold and Silver Jeweled Headpiece, Black and White Triple Layered Skirt, and Black and White Skull Corset. My gent has the Used Napkin on.
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Here's hoping I have enough time as I do have an ideaXD
Can we use more than one item from this year?
Cerise wore the same outfit to the ball year after tear. All pearly white and blood red, her favorite color combination. Everyone else in her seaside town wore brass and gold, green and blues. She spent year after year turning down dance partners, thinking that their outfits would clash too much, waiting for someone who would compliment her on the dance floor.
"Can I have this dance?"
Cerise looked up, ready to turn down the dance. A woman was before her, hand extended, a smile on her face. Cerise looked over her outfit, ruby red and sparkling white, and smiled. Taking her hand, Cerise was swept out onto the dance floor, finally finding the right dance partner.
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Ok I'm sorry I don't know how to make them stand together like that so Here's what I can do:
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New items used: Black Neck Corset and Caged Onyx Chain
Story
Lillith wasn't very excited for the ball. Her mother insisted she wear an outfit she didn't feel comfortable in, and reminded her often how this was the last year she could find a match.
She didn't want her parents to take over the process, but she couldn't help that the men who she met were bullheaded buffoons who couldn't charm a fly, let alone herself.
Hopefully this ball would be different. . .
Across town, Adam was preparing for his first ball. After assisting his family in their status rise, ridiculous ball functions like this had become common. He didn't enjoy the social politics, or the backhanded compliments discussions were full of.
He had been raised a worker, and to see the upperclass from the inside, he was disgusted. However, he needed their new standing to keep the connection to the high class doctors so his ailing mother could get her medicine. Unfortunately, that meant he needed to find a match. Or pretend to.
Hopefully, this ball wouldn't be so boring. . .
Adam was staying near the walls, watching the men manovuer into dances with the women. There was nothing he liked less, to spew empty compliments to get a dance. However, it was expected, so he went towards the nearest available woman. She was striking in her dark colors which complimented his own, and grimly he thought this should at least keep up appearances.
Lillith had initially been struck by the dark stranger's clothes, but his demeanor was less than pleasant.
"Dance with me." It was less an ask then a command, and she was going to deny him when she caught her mother's eye. Her mother gestures for her to accept with a sickly smile, and she turned back to the stranger with a forced expression of interest. "Of course." She gave him her hand, and they made their way to the floor.
Adam was surprised by the girl's hesitance and her clearly fake acceptance, but he none the less led her to the floor. They talked, platitudes and empty compliments, but he sensed a sharp intellect under the fluffy words they each spoke. Similarly, Lillith was certain this was no simple aristocrat. He spoke less like he was trying to win her over and more like she was an equal.
Perhaps, she would ask for the next dance.
(I wasn't sure how much to write so I went with putting it in a spoiler thing I hope I did this right)
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Me neither, I did the same thing as you. Great story! Wish I could write like that.
Thank you! :D I was worried it was too long - I'm not very confident in my skills as a writer. Thank you for the compliment though!
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Thank you for throwing this contest.
The Belle of the Ball
The Wallflower
Menagerie Items The Belle of the Ball: Steamwork Jeweled Headpiece and Daring Ziaran Tech Beads The Wallflower: Pearled Gold Chain, Pearled Silver Chain, Pink Neck Corset, and Pink and White Skull Corset
Thank you for throwing this ball! I had so many ideas to choose from, but I decided to go with a green, "earthy" feel to the HAs. I also thought that tieing in gold with the background (aesthetic purposes) that it would also unify the theme.
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Hand in hand they walked into the masquerade. The room was immediately enlightened as the couple was then greeted by fellow guests crowding the door. Decorated in pure gold and lavished shades of green, the two immediately became the talk of the event. A royal couple, enthralled in their own love and celebrated by many; the two were a sign of joy in a dark time of greed and ignorance that spread the world.The couple did their social duty by greeting the other guests that were eager to meet them until they finally managed to escape to a west balcony to be alone for the evening. The two stood over the edge looking out at the garden that decorated the ground, listening to an equal sound of muffled chatter and music. To many, it would've been more appealing to dance the night away to their favourtie song or drink till the morning came. But for the couple, this was all too familiar to them. Nearly two years from that day, the two found solitude within themselves. Two people who were lonely and estranged at a dance they never wanted to attend and an event they wish they could avoid, met on that balcony. Now, together, the two held each other as they thought about how they met. Thinking about how happy they were to have taken the chance at happiness.
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Female: Caged Gold ChainOrnate Green Flat Horned Mask
Male: Pearled Gold Chain
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The air elemental sighs heavily, the gust of air disturbing one of the moths that follows her everywhere. "I knew I shouldn't have worn white so soon," she mutters at a different moth that's perched on her shoulder. Her beautiful masquerade clothes turned dingy in the time it took to get to Ziara City from Centropolis, and even the fresh flowers on her headband have withered and dried."For what it's worth, I think you look lovely, sort of metallic all over," says a female voice nearby.
She looks up, and a striking earth elemental is in front of her, dressed in warm metallic colors herself, and escorted by vividly blue butterflies that flutter to investigate her unremarkable moths. "I... thank you. But none of it's anything special, not compared to your dress."
The earthen laughs, a sound like a distant rockfall. "You should see me when I'm working, that's nothing special, just dirt everywhere and mud in my hair."
She perks up. "What do you do?"
"Right now it's mostly constructing flood barriers over in Riverside, and consulting in some of the mines there, but on the side I do some uh. I guess you could call it stealth help, letting people who're struggling find a bit of wealth here and there."
The air elemental feels adoration well up in her chest, so strong that it could almost be visible. "I do things like that too! I mostly work in Centropolis to absorb pollution, but I go out to Darkside as often as I can to make things a little more bearable for the people and animals there. That's what did this to my clothes, there was so much ash on my last visit, even though I got back three days ago."
"That's amazing, good for you! I've only been out there a couple of times but I know how bad it can get. And I still think you look lovely. Would you like to dance?"
"Oh, yes please! And I'd love to sit and talk more afterwards, if you want." She stands up, the mingled moths and butterflies taking flight around them both. They make an unusual pair, these two elementals, but this chance meeting might be one of the best ever.
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congrats on hosting your first ever HA contest! ❤ here's my entry, loved making these ladies ^^
Spirits of the Moon. One is the embodiment of the light side, and the other the embodiment of the dark side of the Moon. They long for each other, but are kept apart, a boundary of light separating them[sup]1[/sup]. Acompanying their anticipatory letters they sent each other their favourite jewels to wear in their hair, and brought roses to exchange. On this very night, the night of the eclipse, when at long last the shadow allows them to come together, they celebrate with a Masquerade. With a breath and a sigh and their sister moons hanging heavy in the sky smiling down on their union, they meet...
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