Joker looked in the mirror and grinned as he adjusted the lace around his wrists with care. He was wearing a fine suit indeed, with a black cravat at his throat and a soft velvet jacket of deep purple that made his eyes more vibrant, the icy blue ring around his pupil much brighter than normal. His pants were black and tucked into glossy black boots folded at the knee, giving him an altogether rakish appearance.

The clothes, dark as they were only made his skin seem that much more golden and his hair icier against the unforgiving black and purple.

He had no idea where he was, or who 'Master Diedricht", the host of this party was that he had been invited to. He had no clue as to why he had been instructed not to leave the premises but all these facts together were suspicious enough to make him attach his daggers to his ornate belt.

The fact he had been walking down the streets of an unknown town, stopped by a carriage driven by horses from hell, and invited to the home of someone he had never heard of were highly suspicious and no doubt dangerous. That he had chosen to come along was only to distract himself from the task he was committed to seeing through and the heartache he was unaccustomed to feeling, let alone showing.

Looking once more at the mirror he grinned and gave an elaborate bow to himself, "Kinrei would say this was all foolishness on Joker's part..." melancholy belying the expression on his face.

"Now Joker must find something to do!" with his cheerful mask in place he stepped from the room into the halls, wondering where or when the rest of those invited would come together - minus the dancers who were ghosts of course.

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