Palace Masquerade Ball!!!

"Sorry sire... I'll be right back..." She goes off with the Silver Rogue.

"Bah, fine." He said, disappointed that his attempt to get his revenge failed. He merely returned to his corner, tapping his claws on his shoulder with an evil grin on his face.

Inu nodded, "Its very awesome, but the King is a little frightening.." Inu said quietly, looking over at the king.

Sir Ryan looks at the King. "Well he just wants to have fun. It's alright Inu." Sir Ryan stops dancing. "Man..I need to step outside for a breather. Enjoy your night Inu!" Sir Ryan steps outside and sits down.

"You too.." Inu's voice trailed off as she watched Sir Ryan step outside. Inu blinked and ordered some wine from the waitor and sat down in a chair.

Bah, round two... He thought as he saw Inu sit in a chair. He raised his claw and started to sneak up on his prey, grinning as he did so.

He looked on over to his King, and smiled at his soon-to-be failed attempt at horror. He snapped towards the musicians once again and the song once again shifted to a more classical piece, "Gin & Nectar", by "Snoopeth Canine".

Inu sighed and took a sip of her wine and traced the rim of the glass while humming.

Hoo boy, this better be worth the trouble I had to go through to get this so called 'Fedora Hat'... The king thought as he got right behind Inu. His grin reached his ears as he thought about the scare he would get as he raised his claw even higher.

Inu yawned and sniffed the air. "I smell.." she stopped to turn around and screamed, jumping over the table backwards and landing on the buffet table.

Oh wow, I didn't even have to shout! He said, laughing. Yep, worth the Fedora. He decided to walk over to the buffet table, both to see Inu and to grab some food. "Hey, you didn't hurt yourself with that jump, did you?" The king asked, pulling back his mask so that his face could show. While his dark hair was still covered by the hat and the top of the mask, his soft smile and blue eyes were now visible. Hoo boy, I hope she isn't mad...

Inu blinked and looked up at the king, seeing his soft smile and blue eyes. "I-I.. I'm fine.." Inu got up, grabbing her mask and cleaning it off and walking outside while wiping the tears from her eyes.

The king put his non-clawed hand on the top of his mask, about to pull it down. ...Well, I'm going to hate myself in the morning. He thought before pulling down his mask. Or rather, tried to. Instead he just took the whole thing off and put it on the table, along with his claw and ran after Inu to apologize. Emrik never meant to make anybody too upset.

Inu stopped and sat down on a bench, holding her mask tightly while tears streamed down her face. She looked up for a moment seeing King Emrik approach her.

"Uh... hey...." He said, nervously fitting his hat on his head as he walked closer to her. "Sorry about that, I didn't mean to upset you too much..." His face looked apologetic, very different than the smile he usually had on his face.

"Oh um thank you.. But that's not why I'm upset.." Inu said quietly, wiping her cheeks.

"Oh... It isn't?" He asked, tugging on his hat. Bah, that's what happens when you start caring Emrik. He thought. "Well then, can I ask what is bothering you then?"

"Its just my father.. He would smile at me like that.. I miss him.." Inu said quietly, looking back down at her mask.

He noticed the mood abruptly change and cued the musicians to play the bardsong of old, the tale of the titanic. "My Heart Will Go On".

"Oh, I see..." He said, pulling the front of his hat down a bit. "I could put my mask back on to hide that smile, if you want." He joked, trying not to smile.

Inu shookbher head, "Its alright I think I'm fine now." Inu said quietly, smiling up to him.

"Glad to hear." He said, lifting up his hat and patting her on the head. "What say we get back inside, hm?"

Inu nodded and stood up, dusting her dress off and putting her mask back on.

"There, looking better already..." He said, heading back inside. "I'll meet up with you later, I'm going to grab my stuff."

The Silver Rogue led Lady Tia to an unoccupied practice courtyard for the pages and squires. He fidgeted, took a deep breath, and then turned around to face a confused Tia. "Uh.. Well... Erm... I-I-I-......" The Silver Rogue kept stammering, just about unable to get out what he was trying to say.