Y'know, Azal has cropped up several times now - he owns the palace out in the desert, which Meres wrote a whole letter to Veri about, and I'm writing the next bit of the NaNo from his pov (because I needed someone new and today I didn't like any of the other new ones I've created lately)...

And I haven't the FAINTEST idea what he looks like.

Not at all.

Granted I'm still wish-washing on Luce, whether he actually looks a bit Asian or not, but, everyone else (at least everyone else that I've really worked with before), I know what they look like.

Aza? No clue.

This is a slight issue given that I'm writing a scene where everyone's outfits are a bit of a focal point... ah well, as long as he doesn't stare into a mirror too long, I'm good I suppose. ^^;;

Tom is planning on staying up all night to play his game (just because he hasn't done so in forever, and I think he wants to cling to the fact that he still *can*, which I totally understand, I get the urge myself), and I'm still debating if I want to stay up reallylate and novel.. but I really have no clue what's going to happen in this scene. All I knew was that I was inspired by two things:

1) In looking around for new crochet patterns today (I need some winterwear), one of the scarf descriptions I came across was rather unusual. A "Mermaid Scarf", a twisty little ruffly thing. The description ran something like: 'A number of years ago, a friend of mine hosted what she called 'mermaid parties', ladies-only evenings' where they dressed in their finest shimmering gowns and jewelry. And I was really, really struck by that, and wanted to see it.
So I decided to write it. (Sort of.)

2) In trying to decide how to work my mermaid party, I nosed around online for ideas. Trying to find a site on the grand society parties my Phistos' are modeled after.. uh, I turned up NOTHING. grr. But I did find quite a bit of information on the Venetian Carnival, which, omg, gorgeousness. <333 I have several sites bookmarked and bunches of pictures saved. Definitely delving more deeply into that direction sometime - I know it's been done, but it's been done in a general common-knowledge way, and there's some really fascinating historical details.

So, I have a scene, and Meres has done wonders and created an amazing underwater sort of ballroom, and everyone's all dressed up. I can skimp a bit on details because, well, it's not Meres narrating, and he's the artsiest of the bunch. (Probably why I love him so. <3 Despite his, uh, occasional faults..)

Crap and I need to churn out just a few hundred more words before the clock hits midnight--!!!