@thedamsel-rp a closed starter.
Beltane, Stonehedge, May 1st, afternoon.
To Rodolphus, Beltane felt the same every year. He had attended the celebration every year for as long as he could remember and while technically every year was different with another family providing the feast and another family outshining the others, every year it was the same bonfires and the same gossip and intrigue. It was another year, another Beltane, and another opportunity for Rodolphus to remind the other families of the Lestrange’s wealth and status. Yes, it was old hat.
Not everything was the same, though, and Rodolphus was reminded of that as he made his way over the terrain. It looked like he was wandering aimlessly, but anyone that knew him must have picked up on the fact that Rodolphus did nothing without any meaning or reason. His suit jacket was discarded over his left arm, sleeves of his format cut shirt rolled up until the elbows - to him, prestige was a matter of blood and family, not of clothes and hairstyles, even if he of course made a point out of wearing heirlooms and an expensive suits made specifically for him. Just because he didn’t believe in showing off prestige didn’t mean he had the luxury to refuse to do it when everyone else was.
Checking the time on his watch, he concluded that Bella’s luncheon must have ended by now. Exactly as he expected. Therefore it was no surprise to him that he caught Hazel Fawley heading back to her tent. Knowing that she must have seen him from the corner of her eye, he approached her slowly and joined her as she walked. “Hazel,” he greeted, words soft and only for her to hear. It felt very reminiscent of every time he approached her during a soiree or ball or what not when he had slowly been pursuing her. That had been an interesting time.
“Are you having a good time so far?” he queried, the only indicating that there was anything ironic about that statement seen in a slight quirk upwards of the corner of one of his lips. “I would ask how the luncheon was, but I don’t ask what I don’t want to know.” If only everyone lived by that rule. This society would have been a lot easier to be a part of. “Unless you absolutely feel like discussing it, of course.”