(I've decided to make this one not-private...)

The three cousins, led by Odile, leave Flora's quarters, and head toward what Odile says is Lance's suite...

"Ah! And there he is!" says Odile, gesturing ahead.

Odile's happiness at the statement is perhaps unsurprising. Lance turns out to be about 6’2”, 200 lbs, maybe 30 years old, with dirty blond hair and blue eyes that a girl could get lost in. Lance turns and smiles-- his teeth are perfect, just like the rest of him.

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"Ah! And there he is!"

Lance turns, in case this refers to him.

It turns out that it does.

The speaker is a young woman in a maid's costume...

But the three people with her! More cousins, surely.

The dark-haired bearded guy is about 24ish, with dark brown eyes. He's about an inch shorter than Lance, but more obviously muscled-- kind of the outdoors type.

But the ladies...!

One has green eyes and green hair that looks natural, not dyed (so apparently that's a thing...?) and the other, wearing Earth-clothing, is a tough-looking short-haired brunette. Both of them are slightly-better-than-movie-star beautiful... okay, Lance sees that in the mirror every day, but to see the female side... One is soft and sweet-looking, the other sharp and fierce-looking, but either of them could give even Flora a run for her money in a beauty contest... Lance smiles, without thinking about it...

*smiles* "Prince Lance, good evening, Cousin." gives him a brief bow. "I am Jon Hawk, this is Jade" indicates the green eyed, green hair young women "and Ariadne." indicates the short haired brunette.

Her hair was in long soft curls and she wore a gold tiara with a dark blue gem at it's center.
Her eyes shimmered  a bit from the light coming in from the windows of the hall. (or lantern light)

Jade smiled and could see that Florimel's genes passed on to her son Lance.

She gave a short curtsy, "Hello, Prince Lance, it is a pleasure to meet you cousin."

She then moves to allow Ariadne to make introductions.

And then, just as more mutual introductions are about to be made... a 5th cousin shows up, wearing silver, green, and black. Her eyes are eventide blue, in a face framed by a lot of pale hair, braided elaborately and artistically.

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Ballad decides to head on down to the stables, to take a look at the horses, maybe pick out a horse to use tomorrow, or the next time she decides to head on back down to the city or anywhere else...

But as she turns a corner, she sees Lance and three more people who are probably cousins-- a young, muscle-y, darkly bearded fellow, and two gals-- a beautiful lass with green hair that seems to be naturally that way, and a sharp, tough brunette with short dark hair...

(And a maid. Also a maid.)
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Whispers to Odile, "Is that Ballad ?"

"Based on her colors, I'd say yes," Odile whispers back.

"Thank you Odile."

Gives a brief curtsey to Ballad, "Hello Princess Ballad, an honor to meet you. We are doing introductions all around."

She gestures to herself, "I'm your cousin Princess Jade."
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As she rounds the corner, Ballad is nonchalant grace, all lyrical swagger as she spins a drinking-slash-hunting horn around on a short chain in a c’mon physics be a pal don’t let the liquid inside splash out sort’ve way.

Here’s the last descendant of Oberon to the hall party: pale silvery-gold hair (“my grandmama was the Moon, but that doesn’t come with special privileges”), braided elaborately out of her face and pinned here and there with black jewels, silver at her throat, and — new since Lance last saw her, what, not quite thirty minutes before? — wearing a rakish black coat, a bag slung across her shoulder. Ethereal cavalier, baby, elphin punk.

Anyway, she's not wandering lost as poor Lance was but has a purpose from which few could dissuade her except oh hey. The surprise appearance of Lance and (holy radiant Hells, two absolutely gorgeous, feast-for-the-eyes, women + another handsome gent) gives her brief pause, though never quite enough she stops moving so maybe say, rather, a caesura. Then she engages.

“Hail and hello!” Ballad calls, as she closes the distance. Here's the spark-flash of a lopsided smile, a sharp dimple in one cheek that speaks more of mischief than her general appearance. She sketches a graceful courtesy, something very like a bow, to Jade when she introduces herself, expanding it to include Ariadne and Jon. And the maid. Also the maid.

Earnestly: "What a pleasure. I'm so glad to run into you all!" Here, a slightly laughing look for Lance, a fancy meeting you again so soon sort've thing, before her attention belongs to the newcomers. “But if we're doing introductions all around, here's my very proper one: Ballad verch Julian et Yvaine, Princess of Arden and Amber, Brecheliant and so on, Lady Errant, etcetera, but of course to you please just Ballad. Are we all survivors of the talon-fingered gray men and new to Amber Castle?
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