Open Yes, My Outfit is Made of Actual Gold

[Pearl Parra]

Pearl was not the type of person who had ever been to a ball, she'd gone to the halloween feast but this, this felt different. Pearl had watched as other girls had began discussing dresses and outfits, as boy had been asking girls out, or boys out. It was just a flurry of activity and Pearl had been trying her best to keep up with it. She had gotten an outfit to where, which had taken some arm pulling via a letter to her dad to get her an outfit, but Pearl was never going to be able to attend the ball if she didn't have something to wear. Really she felt a bit of out of place. She was wearing a pretty outfit, with gold colours, the skirt was gold and she wearing a little cardigan over the top. It was all nice and she felt a little out of place against the ball gowns and formal suits around her, but she wasn't going to let that affect her night. She ventured into the great hall and went to get a drink, that would be a good place to figure things out. ​

 

[Professor Angel Castillo]

Angel didn't he'd ever been more ready for a break than he was for the upcoming holidays. If he thought handling his job while having one kid was rough, he had not been ready for what things had been like this year with two.

He'd been tiredly watching the ball from the side of the hall, hoping that his mere presence alone would make up for how little actual attention he was paying to the proceedings around him. In fact he only glanced up from where he was tiredly considering his punch because he'd spotted something glittery from the corner of his eye, recognizing one of his new first years. "You're looking festive this evening," he said to Pearl, raising his own drink to toast hers as she collected one herself.

 

[Pearl Parra]

Pearl was trying to sparkle in the lights and looking for something to amuse herself with, but was interrupted from it by a professor. By her head of house. "Thank you professor Castillo," she said with an air of politeness, "It's all made of real gold obviously," she assured him with a very serious tone as she lied. "Are you wearing any real gold?" Pearl asked.