[Action, early evening of the 11th]

[ledbythewind]

[A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Richard made a certain offer to Asbel because his best friend is apparently incapable of going after the woman who likes him (aka Cheria) without outside intervention. He's already pulled some intervention in the form of mistletoe shenanigans, but since then, there's been absolutely no progress on that front and it's nearly Valentine's Day.

So Richard has decided to take matters into his own hands. As a king, he's had more than enough lessons in manners and the proper methods of courting ladies, meaning that he is going to make sure that Asbel knows how to treat a woman right, and what better way to do so than by having Asbel take him out for an evening the way he (hopefully) will with Cheria later? Of course, there's only one flaw in this plan, which is figuring out how to make Asbel forget that he's with Richard, his decidedly male best friend, and act like he would if he were going out with an actual woman. BUT HE HAS A PLAN. And said plan involves a purple dress, a bit of makeup, some jewelry, and his hair swept up into a slightly messy updo.

There, perfect. Now, to execute the plan...

Feel free to gawk at the lovely lady who is heading to Seventh Heaven to meet Asbel! Or just stare in horror because RICHARD IS THAT YOU.]

(OOC: Will probably be a bit slow with tags because I'm still sick, but this needed to be done before the event! And I am getting to the stuff in my inbox. :|b)

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[ledbythewind]

[Said 'woman' hasn't noticed Frey yet, but he's not above stopping to say hello if Frey wants to attract his attention!]

[falenandawn]

[Well, Freyjadour is worried that he might have forgotten some things still, so of course he's going to ask.]

Miss?

[ledbythewind]

[Are you prepared for this, Frey? Are you really?]

Yes?

[... because that is most definitely a tenor voice right there.]

[falenandawn]

.......Ah....what? [sorry for the impolite staring, Richard.

He'll reboot in a moment.]

[ledbythewind]

You look a bit pale. Are you feeling all right?

[falenandawn]

You are..... [A man. A man in a dress. A man who looked very, very convincingly female in a dress.

Wait.... he knew a man who sounded like.....]

Richard?

[ledbythewind]

That's right. It's been a while, hasn't it, Sir Frey?

[He remembers you, Frey! And it's okay, try not to be too thrown off by the dress, as he's going to be acting perfectly natural in it, as if he dresses like this every day.]

[falenandawn]

It has. [He might be staring a bit in confusion, but the smile on his face belies the fact that he isn't too disturbed by it, more amused.

Geez, Richard.]

Have you taken up crossdressing since I last saw you, or is there a special reason you are dressing as a woman today?

[ledbythewind]

[He laughs.]

As amusing as that may be, I do in fact have a reason for this. I promised a friend I would help him learn the proper ways to court a woman.

dat face....

[falenandawn]

Oh? [It seems like such an odd move to.... dress as a woman to do so, though.]

So you... are dressing as a woman to meet this end?

... damn my phone icon select list

[ledbythewind]

I thought it would help his imagination if I looked the part as well.

/pat

[falenandawn]

I see.... well, I am sure it will help. [If Richard was willing to go to the lengths of putting on a dress for this friend... he must be important, at least to Frey's thinking.]

[ledbythewind]

I certainly hope it does. I wouldn't want to have to go to more drastic lengths than this, as entertaining as it may be.

[... yeah he's totally having fun with this.]

[falenandawn]

More..... drastic lengths?

[How much more drastic could you get?]

[ledbythewind]

Yes.

[USE YOUR IMAGINATION, FREY. Never mind that he's totally trolling you.]

[falenandawn]

[HE IS TRYING BUT HE CAN'T IMAGINE SOMETHING MORE DRASTIC THEN THIS.

Thus the blank stare.]

[ledbythewind]

... on second thought, perhaps you'd best not think about it too hard.

[falenandawn]

.....Perhaps you are right.

[ledbythewind]

Of course, I didn't mention this part to him. I wanted to ensure that his reaction would be natural.

[falenandawn]

I see....

His reaction will certainly be something to see, I imagine.

[ledbythewind]

I'm sure it will. In fact, that's what I'm looking forward to the most.

[falenandawn]

[Oh Richard....

He can't help but laugh at that.] I see....

[ledbythewind]

I doubt Asbel will disappoint in that respect.

[falenandawn]

He has not seen such things before, then?

[ledbythewind]

Not to my knowledge, unless the Knight Academy has classes that I haven't heard about.