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[herr_bookman]

Would anyone be interested in a fancy dress party with food and light and dancing?

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[dejah_thoris]

YES PLEASE. A holiday party? or a just because party?

[herr_bookman]

A just because party. It's been too long since we've had one of those.

Thanks for your enthusiasm!

[the_force_abides]

I like this idea and will have to figure out which pup to have attend. =]

[herr_bookman]

Glad to hear it! The more the merrier.

[sunbaked_baker]

^_^?

(because it does need to happen)

[bjornwilde]

Is that suggesting the Luidaeg? And her and Rae meeting face to face or Yrael? Sorry, being clueless, but I'm open to either!

(And now to see if I can find Tatiana in ball gowns!)

[mogget_cat]

See, this is what I get for commenting and then being away from all screens for the afternoon. I meant to be signed in as Yrael. He and the Luidaeg could probably get into all sorts of mischief at the party. :D

[salty_witch]

I fully endorse this, let's try it at once!

(Even had to log in with her account for a proper icon.)

[sunbaked_baker]

I'll try to EP Yrael tomorrow, if that works for you? That way they'll already know the other is of a similar temperament, beforehand. ^_^

[bjornwilde]

I can work with that. And it's funny how your cat face emojis immediately make me think of Yrael.

[sunbaked_baker]

He does cat-faces incredibly well! :3

[bjornwilde]

FYI I did see Yrael's EP and will tag it later. I'm afk working on a video project of my daughter's.

[mogget_cat]

No rush! I'll be around on-and-off tonight and tomorrow.

[yinyangwizard]

Maybe...does shapeshifting count as fancy dress? I mean, if Seimei transforms himself into something fancy? ;)

[herr_bookman]

Sure! Why not.

[genarti]

Is this the British or US sense of "fancy dress"? Either way, at least one of my characters likely would be!

[herr_bookman]

The US sense, I think. I'm not sure what the difference is.

[genarti]

In Britain, as I understand it, "fancy dress" is what Americans would call a costume party, rather than meaning fancy formalwear like tuxes and ballgowns. (Somebody correct me if I'm getting any nuances of transcontinental terminology wrong!"

[guppy_sandhu]

Ahaha yes, fancy dress in the UK means costumes (Halloween, vicars and tarts, etc). Formal parties have various names but a 'ball' springs to mind with what you described.

[fate_or_chance]

This is true! Also, man, I had no idea it had a different meaning in the US.

[shinyhappygoth]

Well, it does, but in my experience we don't actually use the full phrase "fancy dress party" or "fancy dress ball" very often (although obviously someone just did, so maybe it's regional or something). "Fancy dress" does just mean dressing up fancy, though.

I think the first time I encountered the UK sense of "fancy dress party" was in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, when Arthur was talking about when he and Trillian first met Zaphod, and until I found out it meant a costume party I could not for the life of me figure out why formalwear made it plausible for Zaphod to have a birdcage over his second head.

[herr_bookman]

Ah, okay! Well, then, yes, definitely the US sense then. Thank you for educating me!

[veryvorkosigan]

I like the sound of this. :D

[ceitfianna]

I think that sounds like a great idea.

[yakalskovich]

Yes please party!