Name:  Count Titus<br/>Location: Banquet Hall near the corner.<br/>Tagging: NA<br/>Titus and Mina (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E_u21VRet_o/S-hMK0lYR3I/AAAAAAAAApU/iaWkszaUpds/s1600/JoanAllenPhoto_RedDress.jpg)<hr/>Name:  Countess Mina<br/>Location: Banquet Hall near the corner.<br/>Tagging: Open<br/>Titus and Mina (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_E_u21VRet_o/S-hMK0lYR3I/AAAAAAAAApU/iaWkszaUpds/s1600/JoanAllenPhoto_RedDress.jpg)<br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/e6/28/fc/e628fc54c2bd126af7edf8c4adac66c3.jpg)</div><hr/><br/>Titus had wandered his way around the ballroom floor after the announcement had been made for the banquet and made small talk. At moments he would look up and catch the form of his wife wandering around the room, seeing the eyes that followed after her red swathed figure hungrily. Titus always enjoyed seeing the way his wife made others react, it simply reinforced his own fascination and adoration for the dark haired woman. He had never been a jealous man and even though they had an very open relationship he was secure in the knowledge that she was married to him at the end of the day. Mina had her lovers that she had fun with but she always told him all about them and they shared everything with each other and once the dalliance was over she always returned to him and vice versa.<br/><br/>He had just looked up and met Mina's eyes when the poisoned blade slipped into his side and the sinister voice spoke in his ear. Titus gripped his side and groaned as the couple in front of him screamed and his wife's eyes widened and she ran over once he collapsed to his knees. Titus pulled his hand away from his side and saw it covered in blood, his eyes were going hazy and it was getting harder to breathe. Mina had fallen to her knees next to him as his body fell to lay on the ground and his head pillowed on her lap. Security was busy locking the castle down so that people couldn't leave and the sheriff had been called as well as paramedics but they were very far away from the castle and couldn't get close in time. Mina pressed her hands to Titus' side and leaned her face closer to his, her eyes were welled with tears but she did not let them fall.<br/><br/>"I'm sorry beloved," Titus whispered and lifted a hand to cup Mina's cheek, "you will be alright. I love you." Just like in a movie, with his last words, Titus' hand slipped from her cheek and his eyes closed as the poison and his wound took it's toll and he breathed his last breath.<br/><br/>Mina's fingers clenched in his clothing, her hands stained red with his blood, and a tear slid down her face below her mask. For a moment she knelt next to his body silently as the security ringed around her and started to move to pick Titus' body up after taking pictures to give to the police. She sniffed and stood to let them pick up Titus and move him out of the crowd, she accepted a cloth to clean her hands. Composing her face and wiping her tear gently she turned to see the small crowd which had gathered their fearful faces and growing concern made her frown for a moment. She would lose it later, right now she had a castle full of people and a murderer among them.<br/><br/>"I apologize for this everyone. The sheriff has asked that no one leave, so I hope you will continue to dance and enjoy the food and the castle but please be careful," Mina smiled and tilted her head, "who knows what's out there but security will be extra vigilant while you are here." Happy Halloween indeed.<br/><br/>Name:  Hudson<br/>Location: Ballroom<br/>Tagging: Auden, Isobelle, and Elia<br/><div class="floatright">(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/42/a3/5a/42a35abe713de6973b48c08310d19270--bearded-men-dont-care.jpg)</div><br/><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">costume</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2b/d0/d6/2bd0d682c42f9eab7a107e3e2f0cc518.jpg)</div></div><div class="spoiler_container"><div class="spoiler_header" onclick="hideSecond (this);" role="button">mask</div><div class="spoiler_body">(https://i.pinimg.com/736x/16/ac/e5/16ace5367f9e9629bae9f9fd0da47828--raven-mask-mask-ideas.jpg)</div></div><hr/><br/>Hudson didn't care if his partner was male or female or identified as any other gender, he simply enjoyed company as he found it. If they were a horrible dancer and couldn't hold any sort of conversation then he would no doubt not enjoy himself but it seemed like this 'woman' was interesting at least. As he swept them out onto the dance floor he felt a slight struggle on his partner's part to find their rythm but it was soon corrected and they were dancing across the floor as the Paso Doble played.<br/><br/>"You are doing very well," Hudson rumbled with a smile behind his mask, broad hands settling themselves easily into the curve of their back and holding their hand in his. He didn't put much extra thought into anything else as they danced, catching the triple dance going on out of the corner of his eye and turning his head to look for just a moment before looking back at his partner. "I am sure as you keep dancing it will all come easier, have you been to a ball like this before?" The song was slowly coming to an end and the Countess was standing up at the dais once more when the song finished, Hudson twirled the fairy in his arms and then bowed at the end of their song. He took their hand and kissed it softly with a smile before stepping back and away, "I hope you enjoyed our dance, maybe you will save another for me later."<br/><br/>As he heard the Countess mention food Hudson grinned wider and headed to the banquet hall, as he stepped into the hall he heard someone scream and saw a group huddled towards the back. He frowned mightily as they were told what happened, knowing the people in the ballroom couldn't hear what happened as the music was playing once more. Hudson wondered what would happen now that a murderer was loose in the room. He caught a glimpse of the leonine woman he had danced with before sitting with a beautiful pixie dressed in white and headed over to their table. "Might I sit with you ladies? Are you doing alright?"<br/><hr/><br/>Meanwhile the orchestra played on in the ballroom, the people still dancing unable to hear the commotion in the banquet hall. The perceptive might notice the increase of security at the edges but other than that no announcement was made in the ballroom of what had happened. And the song changed again . . .<br/><br/>https://youtu.be/QBXBcVJ7ARA