Post by Alana/Opal on Jun 5, 2013 16:32:53 GMT -5
Alana was finishing with the equipment as the caters were starting to put the food out. The owners of the bay-side restaurant were nice enough to let the royal sisters use the establishment for the 'ball' for all the mermaids to gather at. It was amazing to find out that there was actually a decent number of mermaids that had been swept up along with the curse aside from Triton and his daughters.
Ariel and Adella had proposed the idea of the ball, to reconnect with old friends, just cut loose, and to ease their father into this world's culture... while still celebrating their Oceanic heritage. Alana had been a little reluctant at first, not knowing how her father would feel about it... but after some encouragement from Eric, she decided it was worth a try.
It had been a couple weeks since Ariel had her heart returned to her, all the sisters reunited for that event... but it was high strung; Triton was concerned about Maleficent coming for Ariel again, or perhaps another one of his daughters. They desperately needed some time to just cut loose and have FUN. Alana was all for that...but there was something inside of her that was convinced that everything was going to end in disaster. And the Opal within didn't like the idea of being around ALL those people... mermaid or not. She tried to push it aside with a sigh.
She turned on some music to check the levels. She made a playlist, so she would be free to mingle most of the night, except for when she or her sisters would sing sometime in the night. Yes... they were singing. Adella had her guitar, and a piano was set up on the stage, but some of the sisters preferred background recordings.... and of course Karaoke was an option too. Alana was slightly nervous about her singing; it came naturally for a mermaid, but she honestly hadn't used her voice like that aside from humming to herself, either in the shower or to chart out a plan on what to do with her music on computer.
Alana ran over the words of the songs in her head. She agreed to do three... ONLY THREE, and then she was DONE. She was getting nervous as some of the words escaped from her head. She huffed to herself but then turned in Eric's direction.
"Everything looks good, thanks for helping, Eric." She ran her hand through her short hair. She needed to change into her dress, which was hanging up in the bathroom. She felt like such a mess. At one time she had been known for her beauty and ability to work a crowd... but she felt grungy and anti-social at the moment. Curling up on the couch in some loose sloppy clothes, listening to some music: sounded much more appealing at the moment.
"The girls will be arriving soon. So you might wanna..." She felt like a jerk for kicking him out after he had spent the hour and a half with her, setting up. "I'm so sorry... but we're keeping the amount of humans tonight down to the number of caterers serving...Otherwise I would totally want you to stay. I'm... I'm sorry..." She was blushing. Gosh... it had never bothered her before, pointing out the differences between Mermaids and Humans before, especially when berating Hook to Ariel.... but now that she was pointing it out to ERIC... wonderful Eric... It just seemed so petty.
Ariel and Adella had proposed the idea of the ball, to reconnect with old friends, just cut loose, and to ease their father into this world's culture... while still celebrating their Oceanic heritage. Alana had been a little reluctant at first, not knowing how her father would feel about it... but after some encouragement from Eric, she decided it was worth a try.
It had been a couple weeks since Ariel had her heart returned to her, all the sisters reunited for that event... but it was high strung; Triton was concerned about Maleficent coming for Ariel again, or perhaps another one of his daughters. They desperately needed some time to just cut loose and have FUN. Alana was all for that...but there was something inside of her that was convinced that everything was going to end in disaster. And the Opal within didn't like the idea of being around ALL those people... mermaid or not. She tried to push it aside with a sigh.
She turned on some music to check the levels. She made a playlist, so she would be free to mingle most of the night, except for when she or her sisters would sing sometime in the night. Yes... they were singing. Adella had her guitar, and a piano was set up on the stage, but some of the sisters preferred background recordings.... and of course Karaoke was an option too. Alana was slightly nervous about her singing; it came naturally for a mermaid, but she honestly hadn't used her voice like that aside from humming to herself, either in the shower or to chart out a plan on what to do with her music on computer.
Alana ran over the words of the songs in her head. She agreed to do three... ONLY THREE, and then she was DONE. She was getting nervous as some of the words escaped from her head. She huffed to herself but then turned in Eric's direction.
"Everything looks good, thanks for helping, Eric." She ran her hand through her short hair. She needed to change into her dress, which was hanging up in the bathroom. She felt like such a mess. At one time she had been known for her beauty and ability to work a crowd... but she felt grungy and anti-social at the moment. Curling up on the couch in some loose sloppy clothes, listening to some music: sounded much more appealing at the moment.
"The girls will be arriving soon. So you might wanna..." She felt like a jerk for kicking him out after he had spent the hour and a half with her, setting up. "I'm so sorry... but we're keeping the amount of humans tonight down to the number of caterers serving...Otherwise I would totally want you to stay. I'm... I'm sorry..." She was blushing. Gosh... it had never bothered her before, pointing out the differences between Mermaids and Humans before, especially when berating Hook to Ariel.... but now that she was pointing it out to ERIC... wonderful Eric... It just seemed so petty.