-Octavia-

@@EquestrianScholar, I've been sifting through screenshots of both Galas, and it appears there are three standard looks for stallions: (bow)tie, collar and frill (think Prince Blueblood et al.), and tuxedo. An example of the collar and frill look (the brown stallion at the bottom represents it best): A tuxedo (top hat not required; also in the image is a collar with a button-up rather than frill): @, Sure, but I'm taking one thing at a time. I'm ISTP, not ISTJ.

Pfft, yeah right...like I could even do a showesque Enzo/Khris... How even? Edit: Actually, nevermind. I have an idea.

Stupid 3/4 perspective...I hate working with you. Almost done. Just need to reimagine her mane and I'll be golden. Anyone else want a show-style vector? I'm thinking of doing a group shot anyway (because apparently, I'm a masochist).

Out as in...of the RP or for the night?

@, Telling me not to walk down a path is only going to make me want to walk it more. I'm assuming there are other musicians from the Canterlot Symphony Orchestra there with which I can interact (to an extent)?

^Careful not to be reeled in by the Barnum effect. Feeling alright. Almost finished a personal project that'll be rewarding when it's done. Edit: Oh? So I guess blank flanks are blank now.

Dark Star and his penchant for handing out white roses?

My OC isn't even in the OP, and she's providing the music for the event... #blameSpectre2015 Also, I thought Amber only ever said she might join. Could be wrong, though.

You're late! You're late! For a very important date!

I'll keep my distance, thank you kindly.

^Knows what's up. Forum: I'm beyond crushes. Pony: see Forum. IRL: hat-trick.

"They wanted it and they got it." 10/10 hilarity ensues - IGN

I refuse to date any creature that resides on the spoopy scale.

The Gala. If only I could finally get this hair situated.

Do you mean to say that being well-versed in the language, I should recognize him as a literary character? He has a rather common archetype about him, but no, I cannot with any specificity say off of whom he is based.

While I like the whimsical approach...perhaps Dark just invites him as a plus one? Or 3 happens and Dark covers for him by saying Enzo is his plus one? I just don't see the theft of a ticket blowing over well. We don't need Discordesque antics right out of the gate.

And you don't have to be. Yes, we are in this together in a waltz of our own, but it should be what you feel about your own work...not what anyone else thinks of it. If you are roleplaying to the best of your ability, and are having fun doing it, then that itself is a worthy trait.

@@Akari of Duskshire, I would be delighted if 'twere. No, I merely seek ever elusive perfection, holding myself to a standard I can never hope to achieve. It lends itself to the need for constant improvement. Be happy, never satisfied.

Well...that was unfortunate. 2000 characters, and yet the content feels quite lacking. Perhaps I'll redeem myself some other time.

Impossible height and hues of light gave the illusion of an immaculate cathedral. Shadows silently danced upon resplendent decor, though their owners bore themselves with rigid dignity. Lofty pleasantries drifted through the room, detached from the pious ponies from whence they came. The structured waltz of conversation was but florid rhetoric, a means for the affluent to exude their pomp. I'm being cynical again, aren't I? Aria Rosewood gave a small sigh from her corner of the room, a smirk playing upon her lips as her gaze slid over customary exchanges with bemused interest. It was not that she was averse to the idea of climbing the social hierarchy, as she herself was all too familiar with the game as a Manehattanite. Rather, mingling with the upper echelons of society proved to be an exhausting task, for the predictable conversations lead to naught but gossip and superciliousness. She, a mare of few but cutting words, found fluid repartee to be a far more stimulating exercise in mental gymnastics, as 'twere. It was, admittedly, still more than she had imagined, for naught but a week ago had she known she would be attending tonight's affair. It was after a masterclass that a fellow musician had approached her with the offer of performing tonight. The mare, talented though she was, met the invitation dubiously, for her talents were surely not suitable enough for such a regal occasion. Her berating instructor had managed to convince her otherwise, however, bestowing upon her a confidence for which she had been searching these many years. Her time to reflect upon the proceedings had been limited since that day, her mind not wont to wander from her intended contribution. With the night now finally upon her, however, her nerves seemed to fray with each passing second. This was no standard music hall, after all. Deciding that she would rather not be considered furniture, lest the weary should mistake her for a well-upholstered davenport, she floated through the crowd with unassuming poise. Mindful, she allowed the sounds of reserved revelry to wash over her, losing herself in its discordant rhythm. It allowed a certain isolation that could not be found in isolation itself, for though she drifted in this sea of life that refused to live, she felt as separate from it all as the sun was from the moon. Through the crowd she continued, stepping in time to its ebb and flow, subject to its perpetual will. One two three, one two three, one two three...

I dunno about all that. I think 3000 characters should suffice. It'll be a while before it's up, though.

> Not in OP. Why must you do this to me?

@@EquestrianScholar, If you feel it will not strain you to have so many characters active, feel free. 'Tis more up to Akari; you two seem to be legitimate storytellers. Aria is content with weaving "stories" with her music, portraying them with raw emotion. Does tend to leave 95% of the music up to interpretation, though. Plus, it doesn't help that she isn't a unicorn. Though to remedy this, I (and by extention, Aria) have had to theorize a fundamental principle of magic...the details of which I shan't bore you with. Suffice it to say that Earth ponies, with their magic being of the body and impacting the physical nature of things, can weave a magic of sorts with music. Nothing so extensive or powerful as Unicorn magic, mind you, but it rather lends itself to ambiance, heightening ones experience of the music in question. I suppose it's all a rather convoluted way of saying Earth ponies have a proclivity for setting an atmosphere with their work.