U/MCAB | REP 5+ | GARDEN PARTY / BALL
What: Fae Ball
Who: Ophelia hosting, UC and MC society types (the sorts of families where girls are debutantes, not employed) are invited as long as they have no immediate scandals.
Cost: N/A
Where: The Devine estate in Ireland (get at Kit Roberto Devine if you have questions about the house/grounds)
Why: Ostensibly Ophelia is a Socialite doing Social Season things but she does have ulterior motives which are essentially to wreck havoc and watch the world burn
When: June 12th, 1891
Unbeknownst to the guests the entire event is affected by a magic inspired by cautionary tales from Irish folklore. In myths, fairies would freely offer food and hospitality to any weary traveler, but anyone who accepted would owe them a favor in the future. During this party, any guest who accepts a "favor" from another (even if it is as simple an innocuous as letting a gentleman retrieve a fallen fan on your behalf) will feel magically compelled to oblige whatever that person's next request is. This isn't terribly strong magic so it won't see any of your characters unwillingly committing murder based on an offhand comment, but it might mean doing things you otherwise wouldn't consider — for example, making a gift of one of your possessions to someone you barely know after they made a comment along the lines of "oh, I wish I had a [thing] like that!" for no reason other than several weeks prior they held your champagne glass for you for a second.
*if your character speaks Irish Gaelic they might catch a hint about the magic for the event in the stanzas but it's masked in poetic language so they might assume it's a metaphor
Contact Player(s): Lynn Ophelia Devine
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