Fashionably Early & Fashionably Late- Lolli & Beets
Jun 22, 2022 22:02:24 GMT
Riah, Velania Kalugina, and 1 more like this
Post by Beets The Beetle (Feenix) on Jun 22, 2022 22:02:24 GMT
A Lolli & Beets Fairweather Fashion Pre/Post Party Writeup
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Early afternoon in the back workroom of Fitzgrove Fashionables the day before the Fashion Ball.
"A party...and we have to dress up? Well I don't know Lolli..." Beets trailed off shyly, looking down from the invitations the little harengon had excitedly presented to her from her work apron.
"The last time I...dressed up...didn't go so well..."
“Yeah Beets, it will be so much fun! If you have a nice outfit that makes you feel confident you should totally wear that!”, she radiates enthusiasm.
“However, you never did tell me what happened exactly to that dress last time. Do you want to talk about it?”
Beets nervously wrings her hands, her friend's sweet caring voice and affectionate eyes full of concern melting the wax seal of emotions she had been using to bottle up all her feelings and regrets of the date and with a sudden almighty pop it all came gushing out in a stream.
"Well the date was going very well-Coll looked amazing in his boom-tie outfit, and Velania-whose super beautiful and lovely by the way-was so entranced by him. There was fields of flowers and wonderful picnic food and pixies-who weren't too bad I guess! And then Quirlia-who's a big beautiful dragon from the fey wild- appeared and asked to join in on a story telling contest. We all told stories, including mine about how..I left home...but then as Coll and Vel were telling there's Coll got kidnapped by Yanki with two wyrmy things and we all gave chase. But I couldn't fly very well with the dress as it kept poofing up and pulling me back, so I got all...angry and...shredded it...with my...claws...but I still wasn't fast enough and my boomerang wasn't going fair enough and then...Coll was a bird..and then...he...fell..."
The flow of Beets' words stop along with herself, she had been pacing back and forth in front of Lolli's work desk continuously as she talked, the clacking of her beetle toes drumming on the floorboards of the back room and even causing a curious glance from Brendan Fitzgrove as his head appears in between the curtains from the front of the shop before the ding of the front bell draws him away again.
Lolli listens patiently as her friend tells her what happened. She suddenly gasps “Coll fell? Is… is he… ok?”, Too nervous to ask if he’s dead.
Beets lets out a little shuddery sigh and tries to continue with a strained shaky voice.
"He..did die...b-but then..I...Oh I don't how how..The others did some magic..and brought him back...and..He was alive..but..not...cause it wasn't Coll..it..it was somehow the big flying city..Gy..Grandurr...The one the big muscular people were digging up but then got taken by the Yanki when Coll made it fly...and..And Oh it was horrible Lolli...Everyone was so upset, and...I-I'd never seen Jenna cry before or Aurelia look so mad..and sad...B-but then I went on this other mission with some others! We were to track down this Yanki general-but I was so mad and angry at the time we got caught and put in this fake version of Daring Heights..a-and then Coll was there-REAL COLL-and he remembered dying and everything! And then we busted out and I grabbed this big pinky gem from a Yanki-and Coll was inside that-and then we tried to run away-and we nearly got out..But then there was the Yanki general and he has a huge red dragon..and...Coll..h-he told me...to give him...the gem..to the Yanki and he..let us go...And I know I had to else they would have killed us..and Aurelia said they're now trying to come up with plan..but...owh..."
Beets sinks to the floor and hugs her knees and gives a sniff as she wipes a tear away from her watery eyes.
Lolli goes over to Beets and offers her a tissue and then sits down next to her. After a few moments of processing everything she finally says “Ohh wow! Beets that sounds… so sad. So Coll isn’t dead… but he has been taken hostage in a gem? Do I have that right?”
“Y-eah..sniff I don’t understand how it happened but…I failed Coll when I was trying to make him happy…and then again when I wasn’t thinking…”
Lolli reaches out her hand and places it on Beets. She says softly but with confidence “Beets, I know you and I know how much you look up to Coll. I just know that you would have done everything you could have done to help him at the moment. You’re buggin’ amazing”. She gives a small smile after saying that. She is trying to cheer her friend up using one of Beets' words she uses regularly “Unfortunately though bad things happen to good people… and that is absolutely horrible. Coll was always so nice when I’d see him. You mentioned Jenna and Aurelia are on it to find him. They’re like super powerful people. I am sure they’ll send an amazing team to find him and he’ll be back before you know it”. She reached to give Beets a sideways hug.
Beets can't help but smile at her friend taking on her speech, but it falters slightly and she gives out another small sigh as she returns the hug.
Qirilia asked me..’If I could be..'the inspiration.' Someone's reason to never give up. I-I never thought my first encounter with a buggin'dragon would be to give me a motivational speech. But after facing that huge...honestly flittin' terrifying yanki dragon..and then breaking my pit fighting win streak...I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do..."
Lolli keeps holding Beets “Well… that I can’t answer that for you. But all I can say is in tough times it’s always best to keep on going. Some days will be better and some will be worse. Don’t lose your faith. Things will get better. I have to believe that”.
Then she’ll look at Beets and say with a smile, “Speaking of, that’s exactly why you should come to the fashion ball. Look, you don’t have to dress up. I can help you find something there. Just come with an idea of something you’d like. You know like how I made your last outfit. It’ll be fun. It can take your mind off things at least? Plus it’s for charity. Hoping to raise some money for the kids in the orphanage”.
Beets smiles and wipes the last of her tears away with the piece of cloth Lolli handed to her. "You're a very wise bu-I mean ha-ren-gon - Lolli, your sweetness doesn't do you justice!" She gives her friend a final big squeeze of a hug as she stands up lifting her in her arms before setting her down on her feet. "Well if it's to help raise money for orphans then I guess it's still following Qirilia's words of helping those in need...And..." She adds, a smile now forming on her lips as she stares at the piece of cloth in her hand. "...I think I've got an idea of what I'd like to wear."
Lolli gives a big smile “Oh… amazing! Yay! Yes, let’s go discuss things. I can help make or give you stuff at the event. This will be fun. I really hope so anyway”. Lolli starts to pace back and forth “I can’t believe it’s actually happening. I'm excited and nervous, at the same time.”.
Beets watches her friend pace and talk at the same time, mirroring herself. They may be different ages and of different makeups, but they really were like sisters from another mother sometimes. "How’d you end up organising a fundraising party for orphans anyway?"
Lolli looks excitedly “Well I had been visiting Thia’s Refuge in my spare time. I was telling lots of stories to the kids. I just wanted to do more for them. Recently I got to go to the Feylight Gardens Theatre and I couldn’t get over how amazing it was. Like Merla made it, so of course it was gonna be amazing. And oh I got to talk to Tassel there. Shortly after that, the idea came to me. I’m just glad people liked my idea and it’s going ahead”.
Then suddenly she gets a bit frantic “And speaking of… I have like, so much to do before tomorrow. Things to finish off… and sow”. She looks hopeful to Beets “But you’re definitely coming though?”
Beets flits over and takes her hands in hers and spins her around with her! “Of course I’m coming, I wouldn’t miss a Lolli party if all the yanki’dragons in Gandathor were attacking De'Avalon!” She stops suddenly, “That would be pretty bad though…But eh, I’m pretty sure King Verin could deal with’em! Anyway, I wanna help too! What's left to be done, Lolli-bun?”
—-------------------
After the Party
It's late in the evening, the kids have been escorted home by Pippa, the final guests have made their departures and the rest of the fashion party have turned in for the night.
Beet's hovers over to Lolli sat on the floor of the swan boat, taking in the view of the starlight through the hundreds of glass windows. "Hey you doing okay fashion girl?" She says with a grin, landing with a small loaded platter in one hand onto the boat next to her. “I saved you some cake earlier before all those richies gobbled the lot!”
Lolli looks to her friend and is beaming “Omg is this not the BEST DAY EVER! Beets it’s been so amazing. And omg did you see that I got to talk to MERLA?” Lolli is quite hyper still despite the day’s events.
Beets grins her sharp toothed grin at Lolli and gives a laugh! “ Yeah Marto’s Big-BIG-sister is pretty cool!” She joins Lolli on the deck of the boat, staring up at the twinkling stars through the glass work above.
“It was all pretty..and cool…”
"Um...yeah...I mean... Marto told me she looked a bit...Well, ‘fey'ee’ from living in the Feywilds for so long... Honestly though I don't think from just looking at her that I'd of know she was related to him either..."
Beets gives a thoughtful look up at the stars..."She was really buggin'nice though..and..well..I should know better than anybody not to just judge people by what they look like.
“Oh wow I can’t believe that. They’re related…. WOW. I didn’t know”. Lolli gets lost for a few moments processing everything. Eventually she snaps back to reality “Sorry that’s just new information for me. Wow! Ok I’ll have to ask Marto next ti-… ohhh wait, maybe he doesn’t want anyone to know…? Ah I’ll figure something out… Anyway yes Merla was awesome. Wait did you judge her before you met her? Ohhh what did you expect?”
“What?! No of course not, I mean I knew she’d be awesome being related to Marto…When I was talking to her one point I even thought I saw…mgh..” Beets stalls at one point, her eyes a little glazed then shakes her head. “Nah it was probably me just buggin’out meeting her.”
“What I meant was, a lot of people judged me by these, before even getting to know me, they called me a monster!” She looks down at the ripples in the water. “Everyone deserves a chance to show who they really are…”
“O.M.G. I was so nervous meeting her. You were too. Like she’s a Queen. Have you met a Queen before? Also that’s so true. Giving people a chance to show who they are is always good. How long have you known Marto and Merla were related?”, Lolli asks curiously.
"Umm.. " Beets grins nervously and rubs the back of her head, causing her perfectly styled hair to stick up slightly. 'Well..there was that time..I kinda...challenged...Queen Nicheven...a giant...Fey Queen...to a fight." Her ears and cheeks glow red
Lolli’s eyes go wide and she giggles “BEETS! What? Queen Nicnevin? How…. ? What did she say?”
"Well I'd fought King Verin and he was all awesome..so I thought how buggin'cool would it be to fight a queen? How was I supposed to know she was buggin'gigantic!?
"She nervously looks up at the stars and says very loudly-"UHm! Not that there's anything wrong with that..uhm..." Then quietly..."Bug I hope she didn't hear that..."
"Uhm anyway uhn, it was when Marto came to see me back when I...first caught my little 'bug'...We talked a bit about families and he told me how he'd only recently met his sister and how she was kinda the reason he came to the dawnlands..."
Oh wow! Haha Beets. Well I’m glad Queen Nicnevin was kind around it. And wow that’s so amazing. Yeah I’ll have to talk to Marto about it when I see him next”. Lolli smiles happily at Beets’ comment. “Thank you Beets”. And she does a twirl on Feb spot and laughs after. Then she points to Beets’ outfit “And I have to say I love your outfit tonight. You also look amazing. Everything works so well. It suits you. Soooo did you have fun? Was this better than you thought?” Lolli looks to Beets hopeful.
"Haha well she didn't smush me like a bug like she showed me how easily she could so hopefully that says something!" Beets laughs nervously, then blushes under the rogue..Well I'll be honest..this is properly one of the first time I've worn makeup..properly makeup too and not my mud paint...I nether thought I'd ever wear anything like this either, thank you for letting me pick something out. "Yes it was buggin'wonderful!" she says standing up and taking her hands and flitting Lolli up and around in the air in a twirl before landing her back on the deck.
"It's kinda also the first real 'party' I've gone to, besides the ones on my birthday with Gramps and Pa.
Lolli is laughing and giggling as Beets flys them both around. Lolli has a big smile on her face “I’m so glad Beets. You deserve a nice day out. Oh this day has been so…. magical!”
Lolli turns to Beets smiling “Hey Beets. Can you show me how you do your dance? It looked so amazing and fun. I’m sure I will be nowhere as good as you but I’d love to try”. Lolli lifts up the bottom of her dress so she has her feet ready to follow Beets instructions, if she’s willing to show her.
"Heh sure thing fluff'bun!" Okay so first you..." The camera slowly pans up as the two friends start to work through the steps, their laughter tinkerling together in the starry moonlit hall of the Feylight Theatre.
Co written with emmag
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Early afternoon in the back workroom of Fitzgrove Fashionables the day before the Fashion Ball.
"A party...and we have to dress up? Well I don't know Lolli..." Beets trailed off shyly, looking down from the invitations the little harengon had excitedly presented to her from her work apron.
"The last time I...dressed up...didn't go so well..."
“Yeah Beets, it will be so much fun! If you have a nice outfit that makes you feel confident you should totally wear that!”, she radiates enthusiasm.
“However, you never did tell me what happened exactly to that dress last time. Do you want to talk about it?”
Beets nervously wrings her hands, her friend's sweet caring voice and affectionate eyes full of concern melting the wax seal of emotions she had been using to bottle up all her feelings and regrets of the date and with a sudden almighty pop it all came gushing out in a stream.
"Well the date was going very well-Coll looked amazing in his boom-tie outfit, and Velania-whose super beautiful and lovely by the way-was so entranced by him. There was fields of flowers and wonderful picnic food and pixies-who weren't too bad I guess! And then Quirlia-who's a big beautiful dragon from the fey wild- appeared and asked to join in on a story telling contest. We all told stories, including mine about how..I left home...but then as Coll and Vel were telling there's Coll got kidnapped by Yanki with two wyrmy things and we all gave chase. But I couldn't fly very well with the dress as it kept poofing up and pulling me back, so I got all...angry and...shredded it...with my...claws...but I still wasn't fast enough and my boomerang wasn't going fair enough and then...Coll was a bird..and then...he...fell..."
The flow of Beets' words stop along with herself, she had been pacing back and forth in front of Lolli's work desk continuously as she talked, the clacking of her beetle toes drumming on the floorboards of the back room and even causing a curious glance from Brendan Fitzgrove as his head appears in between the curtains from the front of the shop before the ding of the front bell draws him away again.
Lolli listens patiently as her friend tells her what happened. She suddenly gasps “Coll fell? Is… is he… ok?”, Too nervous to ask if he’s dead.
Beets lets out a little shuddery sigh and tries to continue with a strained shaky voice.
"He..did die...b-but then..I...Oh I don't how how..The others did some magic..and brought him back...and..He was alive..but..not...cause it wasn't Coll..it..it was somehow the big flying city..Gy..Grandurr...The one the big muscular people were digging up but then got taken by the Yanki when Coll made it fly...and..And Oh it was horrible Lolli...Everyone was so upset, and...I-I'd never seen Jenna cry before or Aurelia look so mad..and sad...B-but then I went on this other mission with some others! We were to track down this Yanki general-but I was so mad and angry at the time we got caught and put in this fake version of Daring Heights..a-and then Coll was there-REAL COLL-and he remembered dying and everything! And then we busted out and I grabbed this big pinky gem from a Yanki-and Coll was inside that-and then we tried to run away-and we nearly got out..But then there was the Yanki general and he has a huge red dragon..and...Coll..h-he told me...to give him...the gem..to the Yanki and he..let us go...And I know I had to else they would have killed us..and Aurelia said they're now trying to come up with plan..but...owh..."
Beets sinks to the floor and hugs her knees and gives a sniff as she wipes a tear away from her watery eyes.
Lolli goes over to Beets and offers her a tissue and then sits down next to her. After a few moments of processing everything she finally says “Ohh wow! Beets that sounds… so sad. So Coll isn’t dead… but he has been taken hostage in a gem? Do I have that right?”
“Y-eah..sniff I don’t understand how it happened but…I failed Coll when I was trying to make him happy…and then again when I wasn’t thinking…”
Lolli reaches out her hand and places it on Beets. She says softly but with confidence “Beets, I know you and I know how much you look up to Coll. I just know that you would have done everything you could have done to help him at the moment. You’re buggin’ amazing”. She gives a small smile after saying that. She is trying to cheer her friend up using one of Beets' words she uses regularly “Unfortunately though bad things happen to good people… and that is absolutely horrible. Coll was always so nice when I’d see him. You mentioned Jenna and Aurelia are on it to find him. They’re like super powerful people. I am sure they’ll send an amazing team to find him and he’ll be back before you know it”. She reached to give Beets a sideways hug.
Beets can't help but smile at her friend taking on her speech, but it falters slightly and she gives out another small sigh as she returns the hug.
Qirilia asked me..’If I could be..'the inspiration.' Someone's reason to never give up. I-I never thought my first encounter with a buggin'dragon would be to give me a motivational speech. But after facing that huge...honestly flittin' terrifying yanki dragon..and then breaking my pit fighting win streak...I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do..."
Lolli keeps holding Beets “Well… that I can’t answer that for you. But all I can say is in tough times it’s always best to keep on going. Some days will be better and some will be worse. Don’t lose your faith. Things will get better. I have to believe that”.
Then she’ll look at Beets and say with a smile, “Speaking of, that’s exactly why you should come to the fashion ball. Look, you don’t have to dress up. I can help you find something there. Just come with an idea of something you’d like. You know like how I made your last outfit. It’ll be fun. It can take your mind off things at least? Plus it’s for charity. Hoping to raise some money for the kids in the orphanage”.
Beets smiles and wipes the last of her tears away with the piece of cloth Lolli handed to her. "You're a very wise bu-I mean ha-ren-gon - Lolli, your sweetness doesn't do you justice!" She gives her friend a final big squeeze of a hug as she stands up lifting her in her arms before setting her down on her feet. "Well if it's to help raise money for orphans then I guess it's still following Qirilia's words of helping those in need...And..." She adds, a smile now forming on her lips as she stares at the piece of cloth in her hand. "...I think I've got an idea of what I'd like to wear."
Lolli gives a big smile “Oh… amazing! Yay! Yes, let’s go discuss things. I can help make or give you stuff at the event. This will be fun. I really hope so anyway”. Lolli starts to pace back and forth “I can’t believe it’s actually happening. I'm excited and nervous, at the same time.”.
Beets watches her friend pace and talk at the same time, mirroring herself. They may be different ages and of different makeups, but they really were like sisters from another mother sometimes. "How’d you end up organising a fundraising party for orphans anyway?"
Lolli looks excitedly “Well I had been visiting Thia’s Refuge in my spare time. I was telling lots of stories to the kids. I just wanted to do more for them. Recently I got to go to the Feylight Gardens Theatre and I couldn’t get over how amazing it was. Like Merla made it, so of course it was gonna be amazing. And oh I got to talk to Tassel there. Shortly after that, the idea came to me. I’m just glad people liked my idea and it’s going ahead”.
Then suddenly she gets a bit frantic “And speaking of… I have like, so much to do before tomorrow. Things to finish off… and sow”. She looks hopeful to Beets “But you’re definitely coming though?”
Beets flits over and takes her hands in hers and spins her around with her! “Of course I’m coming, I wouldn’t miss a Lolli party if all the yanki’dragons in Gandathor were attacking De'Avalon!” She stops suddenly, “That would be pretty bad though…But eh, I’m pretty sure King Verin could deal with’em! Anyway, I wanna help too! What's left to be done, Lolli-bun?”
—-------------------
After the Party
It's late in the evening, the kids have been escorted home by Pippa, the final guests have made their departures and the rest of the fashion party have turned in for the night.
Beet's hovers over to Lolli sat on the floor of the swan boat, taking in the view of the starlight through the hundreds of glass windows. "Hey you doing okay fashion girl?" She says with a grin, landing with a small loaded platter in one hand onto the boat next to her. “I saved you some cake earlier before all those richies gobbled the lot!”
Lolli looks to her friend and is beaming “Omg is this not the BEST DAY EVER! Beets it’s been so amazing. And omg did you see that I got to talk to MERLA?” Lolli is quite hyper still despite the day’s events.
Beets grins her sharp toothed grin at Lolli and gives a laugh! “ Yeah Marto’s Big-BIG-sister is pretty cool!” She joins Lolli on the deck of the boat, staring up at the twinkling stars through the glass work above.
“It was all pretty..and cool…”
"Um...yeah...I mean... Marto told me she looked a bit...Well, ‘fey'ee’ from living in the Feywilds for so long... Honestly though I don't think from just looking at her that I'd of know she was related to him either..."
Beets gives a thoughtful look up at the stars..."She was really buggin'nice though..and..well..I should know better than anybody not to just judge people by what they look like.
“Oh wow I can’t believe that. They’re related…. WOW. I didn’t know”. Lolli gets lost for a few moments processing everything. Eventually she snaps back to reality “Sorry that’s just new information for me. Wow! Ok I’ll have to ask Marto next ti-… ohhh wait, maybe he doesn’t want anyone to know…? Ah I’ll figure something out… Anyway yes Merla was awesome. Wait did you judge her before you met her? Ohhh what did you expect?”
“What?! No of course not, I mean I knew she’d be awesome being related to Marto…When I was talking to her one point I even thought I saw…mgh..” Beets stalls at one point, her eyes a little glazed then shakes her head. “Nah it was probably me just buggin’out meeting her.”
“What I meant was, a lot of people judged me by these, before even getting to know me, they called me a monster!” She looks down at the ripples in the water. “Everyone deserves a chance to show who they really are…”
“O.M.G. I was so nervous meeting her. You were too. Like she’s a Queen. Have you met a Queen before? Also that’s so true. Giving people a chance to show who they are is always good. How long have you known Marto and Merla were related?”, Lolli asks curiously.
"Umm.. " Beets grins nervously and rubs the back of her head, causing her perfectly styled hair to stick up slightly. 'Well..there was that time..I kinda...challenged...Queen Nicheven...a giant...Fey Queen...to a fight." Her ears and cheeks glow red
Lolli’s eyes go wide and she giggles “BEETS! What? Queen Nicnevin? How…. ? What did she say?”
"Well I'd fought King Verin and he was all awesome..so I thought how buggin'cool would it be to fight a queen? How was I supposed to know she was buggin'gigantic!?
"She nervously looks up at the stars and says very loudly-"UHm! Not that there's anything wrong with that..uhm..." Then quietly..."Bug I hope she didn't hear that..."
"Uhm anyway uhn, it was when Marto came to see me back when I...first caught my little 'bug'...We talked a bit about families and he told me how he'd only recently met his sister and how she was kinda the reason he came to the dawnlands..."
Oh wow! Haha Beets. Well I’m glad Queen Nicnevin was kind around it. And wow that’s so amazing. Yeah I’ll have to talk to Marto about it when I see him next”. Lolli smiles happily at Beets’ comment. “Thank you Beets”. And she does a twirl on Feb spot and laughs after. Then she points to Beets’ outfit “And I have to say I love your outfit tonight. You also look amazing. Everything works so well. It suits you. Soooo did you have fun? Was this better than you thought?” Lolli looks to Beets hopeful.
"Haha well she didn't smush me like a bug like she showed me how easily she could so hopefully that says something!" Beets laughs nervously, then blushes under the rogue..Well I'll be honest..this is properly one of the first time I've worn makeup..properly makeup too and not my mud paint...I nether thought I'd ever wear anything like this either, thank you for letting me pick something out. "Yes it was buggin'wonderful!" she says standing up and taking her hands and flitting Lolli up and around in the air in a twirl before landing her back on the deck.
"It's kinda also the first real 'party' I've gone to, besides the ones on my birthday with Gramps and Pa.
Lolli is laughing and giggling as Beets flys them both around. Lolli has a big smile on her face “I’m so glad Beets. You deserve a nice day out. Oh this day has been so…. magical!”
Lolli turns to Beets smiling “Hey Beets. Can you show me how you do your dance? It looked so amazing and fun. I’m sure I will be nowhere as good as you but I’d love to try”. Lolli lifts up the bottom of her dress so she has her feet ready to follow Beets instructions, if she’s willing to show her.
"Heh sure thing fluff'bun!" Okay so first you..." The camera slowly pans up as the two friends start to work through the steps, their laughter tinkerling together in the starry moonlit hall of the Feylight Theatre.
Co written with emmag