Thalyssra took a sip of her wine, closing her eyes and relishing it's flavor for a moment. A man, stately poised, droned on and on about politics to her and a number of other nightborne huddled together in a circle. Like everyone else, he had a mask on which concealed his identity, though his words gave more than a hint as to who he really was. Perhaps if she cared enough she could identify him. She didn't though. Thalyssra took another sip of wine, glowing silver eyes scanning the crowded room while the politicking man's words mumbled unrecognizably in her ears.
The place was packed full of nightborne and even the occasional blood elf. Dancing, talking, drinking, getting frisky with each other and dashing off to a secluded area or room, all reveled in the liberation of Suramar at this masquerade. And good for them, they had all been through so much. Thalyssra was looking to have a bit of fun of her own and was clad in a sexy red dress that earned more than a handful of leering glances from both male and female party goers. Sleeveless and open shouldered, it was a split dress that showed off her bare thighs and legs with a long cut of fabric hanging between. It hugged her at the waist, highlighting her womanly hips while the train of the dress swept behind her, short yet graceful. At her chest, there was a diagonal split running from her upper stomach to her left shoulder, teasing perky breasts that were on partial display.
"And what do you think, my dear?"
Thalyssra sensed that the question was, unfortunately, directed at her. Of course, she hadn't been paying much attention and the man probably knew this for he had a smug look upon his face. She turned towards the self-obsessed man and briefly looked him up and down. He looked like a peacock. A peacock that mismatched his wardrobe and put on the wrong feathers.
"I think you're a fop whose words would bore even the deaf." She nodded her head up towards him in a gesture indicating his clothing. "That is if you don't blind the poor man first."
Thalyssra turned and walked away, ignoring the man's blubbering anger and the giggles from those around him. He pursued her for a moment and not much more, for he accidentally bumped into a woman who did not take kindly to the wine spilled on her dress. She gasped and splashed her drink across his face, staining his mask and expensive, mismatched clothes. The woman then stomped off with a satisfied "Hmph!" while Thalyssra melded into the crowd, putting plenty of distance between her and the man.
Eventually she settled near a refreshment table with expensive and tiny, hors d'oeuvres stacked upon it. Thalyssra took one that seemed to glow cool and blue with mana. Infused as it was, it would be delicious regardless of what the actual food was. She ate it quickly and took a sip of her wine, feeling invigorated from the little mana biscuit.
Renewed of spirit and purpose, she did not forget her reason for being at the masquerade party. She took another mana biscuit and scanned the crowd, chewing softly as she did so. Her eyes drifted over and through the sea of people, looking for one to catch her eye and spend the night with. Despite the masks, there were far too many people who seemed a tad familiar. An unfortunate result of being trapped in a bubble for 10,000 years. Thalyssra wanted an anonymous fling and this crowd simply wouldn't do.
The peacock of a man from earlier caught her eye, angrily pushing through the crowd and in as much of a search as she was. She turned quickly, facing her mostly naked back to the crowd. An excited and smug smirk adorned her pretty face. Even if she didn't get any that night at the very least she had gotten some fun out of insulting that buffoon. Thalyssra reached for another mana biscuit, the last of the night she assured herself, and nearly brushed hands with another party goer.
"Pardon me." A man's voice.
She looked up towards a man standing on the other side of the table. He was tall with silver hair and wore a traditional nightborne garb, albeit with shorter sleeves obviously cut to show off his muscular arms. Nothing fancy, but a respectable choice none-the-less. You couldn't go wrong with tradition and amongst a crowd of flamboyant frills and gaudy patterns he actually stood out like a sore thumb. How had she missed him before?
His mask was in fact not a mask at all, but a blindfold. A very curious blindfold.
Thalyssra leaned in with a friendly smile, taking the man's hand into both of hers. Her breasts squeezed together as she did this, the split dress she was wearing leaving little to the imagination. If not for the cloth hiding the man's eyes, she would have perhaps caught him stealing a glance at her cleavage. Instead she hesitated, finding it a bit awkward to look at a man whose eyes she could not peer into. Immediately shaking herself off and embracing her curiosity, she pressed him for conversation.
"Is that man still over there?" She spoke in a hushed whisper as if the man from earlier would overhear.
"Man?" His voice was a smooth rumble.
"The one looking for me." Thalyssra discretely yanked her head to the left, pointing with it instead of her finger.
He looked over her shoulder for a moment, scanning the costumed crowd. "Do you mean the colorful gentleman over there covered in wine stains?"
A smile tugged at her lips. "That's the one."
"Not happy with you is he?" His voice was accusatory but not without mirth.
"I assure you it was an accident... not that he didn't deserve it." Thalyssra put on her best damsel in distress impression, acting pure and innocent.
He nodded and smiled back. "I believe you, though I imagine I'll soon be hearing the other side of this story."
She glanced back and immediately spotted the angry man rushing towards her from across the hall, shoving partygoers out of the way and looking less than pleased.
"That's my queue to go." Thalyssra made to leave but the man with the blindfold grabbed her by the hand, not painfully so but enough to keep her for a moment longer. She looked at him questioningly, hoping for a quick explanation.
"Come with me, I know some place private."
With that he let go of her hand and turned, beckoning her to follow. Always eager for a new adventure--and not wanting to deal with the upset man looking for her--Thalyssra followed him, darting past a number of revelers and through a series of well lit hallways before arriving in a quiet room. It was small but cozy and contained nothing but a bed, table and a half empty bookshelf. An unused guest room perhaps, dimly lit compared to the outside halls but not so dark that it was difficult to see.
"You should be safe from him here." Her anonymous savior looked at her, a faint green glowing from beneath his blindfold.
She eyed him for a moment, noticing for the first time purple tattoos etched into skin that was silvery rather than purple like most of their fellow nightborne. The skin was unusual but common enough, however the tattoos were downright bizarre. He seemed slightly withered with a slim build, toned muscles and sharp cheek bones. Whether he was truly withered or just naturally willowy she didn't know, but he was pleasing enough to the eyes regardless. While she wasn't one to believe in fate, he had fallen right into her lap and she wasn't about to pass up this kind of opportunity.
"But am I safe from you?" Thalyssra took a step towards the man, a mischievous smile on her face.
"I'm not sure you should be the one asking that."