#surroundcdbymuscs

Seeing the familiar face in the crowd made the captain smile. He approached her, letting his presence be known to the lady. “You look like you knew exactly what you were going to wear as soon as you heard about the ball,” Kai grinned. “You look beautiful. I hope you would indulge me, Miss Samantha. If you’re not too tired, I was wondering if you would let me lead you to a dance.”

“Hi, have you seen my date?” she asked the closest person she could find. She’d just come back from a dance with the prince of China and when she walked back, she couldn’t find her date. “He’s tall. And he’s wearing clothes to match mine. And he’s lugging around two swords,” she described Wenxiu to the best of her abilities.  “You can’t miss him.”

She was swaying back and forth to the song that was playing, enjoying every note of it. “I love this song,” she declared to the person who was sitting right next to her at the table. “I’ve never heard of this song before. But I love it. Do you know what it is?” She asked them, in hopes of finding out what it was so that she could hopefully track down a copy of it. Then she’d have a memento for this night that would last forever.

“Do we have photographers here?” Madge asked the stranger at her table. She’d allowed herself a few minutes to sit down and rest. She knew she was going to be sore in the morning, hopefully allowing rests in between would diminish that. That didn’t mean she stopped partaking in the joys of the ball, though. She was still actively interacting with people. “I mean it would be a damn shame if no one immortalized you looking that stunning, right?”