Reminiscing #8 :Finally Promoted

The clan was about to celebrate it's one year anniversary. We were settled in our new sim called Divine Blood Land.  Crown Princess Daisy had worked for endless hours preparing and building this new area for us. A formal ball would be the event for the anniversary and the announcement of royal promotions. The ballroom was grand and opulent. Royalty from many other clans came to help us commemorate the occasion. I bought a new dress with nervous excitement in preparation for the ceremony.  I was a bit overwhelmed at seeing not only our royals but all the vampire royals in their finest attire.  The queen of another clan IM'd me and complimented me on my gown. I was overwhelmed by the flattery.

One by one the royals were called up according to rank for promotions. Busy with my notebook in front of me I took notes so I would remember to congratulate each one. My name was called along with Ethan, Durden  and some others to step forward. My huge gown made it difficult to move without hitting anyone with my long train. The heavy prims of those around me didn't help the lag either, but I eventually made it to the stage. . As I was jotting down the names as I stood before Daisy, Queen Amethyst and King Darrell I saw my name in chat.  "Freya, are you there? Do you accept?" I nearly died of embarrassment. "Lag!" I lied. And then I stammered, "Yes, I would be honored. " And then I tried to turn around and move out of the way without knocking down everyone within a 10 meter radius of me. I tried to compose myself and not show my embarrassment quickly. Soon Rikk announced his new knights and I beamed with pride for him as well.

Rikk looked stunning in his Avid suit. We complimented each other. I wanted him to be so proud of me. We  danced for a short while. I encouraged him to dance with his blood doll, Heart, as she was standing without a partner. I took up half the ballroom with my gown anyway and was too self conscious of smacking others with my train. As the party dwindled down I stood on the balcony taking it all in. I wanted to capture this significant milestone  I had waited so long for. It seemed like an eternity. In SL terms, it probably was! Rikk was busy making sure the lands were secure with all the visitors, checking for griefers, and party crashers. I waited and waited. And waited some more. Finally I was the only one left in the ballroom save for two visitors. I called to see if anyone would claim them and Princess Jenypher tp'd in. All was settled. I took a few snapshots of myself. I eventually became very cranky and was tired of waiting. I flew down to the club and collaborated with Heart to beckon Rikk over. It worked and I finally got my snapshot. We still have copies of it hanging in our offices and home.

My role as a royal was just beginning and I liked the challenges it brought. I wanted to learn as much as I could. After the promotion ceremony my training began the very next night! Or rather I was thrown in after stupidly volunteering (I still have not learned my lesson there). Candi said the clan wanted a spontaneous event. So a pajama party was held in the club on Friday night. She gave me a tip jar and said go for it. She DJ'd and I was a bit overwhelmed at not ever putting out a notice, copying a SLURL to chat, using an emote even! The board was broken so Candi took votes  through IM's. Good grief what a rush. Like learning to swim by being thrown in the pool. Baroness Liv would change that in the next few months as I learned more and more about what it was to be a royal.