ROMANTIC HIGH TEA

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ROMANTIC HIGH TEA

During lunch, Mr. Hightower hosts a romantic high tea in the greenhouse for couples. Scone, tea sandwiches and delicate pastries are served, along with several fragrant varieties of tea. Mr. Hightower is particularly proud of a rich black tea with whole dried rosebuds in it, which he's named Horatio's Blend. The rosebuds magically bloom when hot water is poured, and float to the top of the black tea, still maintaining their bright pink colour in the clear teapots. (Mr. Oakes is also in attendance, and delights in telling every couple that Mr. Hightower named a tea blend after him.)

Small wrought-iron tables for two have been arranged throughout the greenhouse. Each table features a white tablecloth and a floral centerpiece, of leftovers from Event Committee's flower delivery, along with rose-printed tea cups and plates, and cloth napkins. Mr. Hightower will be instructing interested couples in tea etiquette. If attendees aren't already wearing their school uniforms (seeing how it's the middle of the day), they're expected to adhere to a cocktail attire dress code.

This is supposed to be classy and romantic. ...Except things go awry when a sweet-natured competition is introduced: Mr. Oakes has crafted two beautiful flower crowns and is ready to hand them out to the "sweetest couple." Hightower immediately regrets letting his husband have input.

HOW THIS WORKS

• Characters must attend high tea as a pair. Mr. Hightower isn't going to argue about whether or not you're actually a "couple," but pairs will be expected to spend the whole time together at a little table instead of mingling.


• Post your pair under the SWEETEST COUPLE CONTEST heading, and play out a scene. For every comment with a romantic gesture, the mods will RNG a number between 1–25 to add to your pair's score.


• One romantic gesture per comment will count for your score. You don't get a bonus for writing multiple romantic gestures in a single comment.


• Up to 10 comments per pair will count for your score, i.e. you only get a maximum of ten RNG numbers to add to your score.


• For the purposes of this contest, the definition of "romantic" will be very loose. It can be verbal or physical, sincere or overly saccharine, but it must be a) something that can be observed by other people, and b) directed at your character's date.


• The couple with the highest score by Thu, Feb 16 at 11:59 PM MT will win the contest!

» Arrival: Bright sunlight filters through the greenhouse glass, turning it warm and romantic. Once a couple is admitted, they'll be shown to their table by either Mr. Hightower or Mr. Oakes. Smartly dressed house-elves will be going from table to table serving tea and sandwiches.

» Sweetest Couple Contest: POST HERE to compete for the crowns!

» OOC - Scores: Mods will be rolling/tallying everyone's scores here.

» OOC - Questions, comments, concerns!

Comments

Re: A Swan

[sheepish]

Ennis is one of the ones feeding the swan, not realizing that it's Reid. He thinks the appearance of a swan is just a holiday miracle. He's plucking the berries off his fancy cake and licking them clean of icing before tossing them to the bird.

Re: A Swan

[cygninae]

It's okay, Ennis. No one knows the swan is Reid. He figured out how to do this a week ago and just didn't bother telling anyone.