The Face of True Beauty

Greetings... I am Florent L'Belle, beau divine and FORMER aide to Mayor Tenma. All of you PEASANTS should be grateful I have decided to grace you with MY presence. Don't waste my time, though. I am a VERY busy man. (An independent RP blog for Florent L'Belle from Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies.)

[boxobones]

"Cease your infernal yapping!"

Jane narrowed her murky eyes and sneered, “No more talking, love?” She bit her glove, “Is that how you feel?” 

[boxobones]

“Then by all means,” she said pulling her glove off with her teeth. “We won’t say another word. She took a step towards him, her smile stretching from one ear to the next as she said quietly, “But you are free to whimper a little.”

[thebeaudivine]

“Wait, what?”

This was starting to take a strange direction, as did most of their encounters. He took a step back, his expression uneasy as he surveyed her own look.

“What are YOU doing? Why would I be whimpering to a whelp like you!”

[thebeaudivine]

To the mun: Your blog is A++++

“Indeed. But no thanks to that UNSEEMLY mun, just so you know. This is ENTIRELY a Florent L’Belle production. Without me, he wouldn’t know what to do with himself!”

[boxobones]

"Cease your infernal yapping!"

Jane narrowed her murky eyes and sneered, “No more talking, love?” She bit her glove, “Is that how you feel?” 

[thebeaudivine]

“Well, of COURSE. All you do is talk about things I couldn’t even CARE to understand, and your voice is just! UGH!”

Sometimes all she did was talk, and it irritated him to no end.

“Unless of course, you wish to grant tribute to my BEAUTY. Then, by all means, proceed.”

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[boxobones]

Jane ducked back, almost slipping from backpedaling too hard. She gave a laugh, then darted forward to meet his face. His efforts were rewarded with a quick lick on the cheek and she said, “You’re still a snake if there ever was one! Your fangs missed me this time!” 

She knew better than to stick around after that, and took off into the crowd.

[thebeaudivine]

“GAAAH!!?”

He recoiled in utter disgust, when she licked his cheek. Perhaps he should have just sprayed her and ran instead of telegraphing his maneuver like some second-rate anime villain.

“Don’t you dare- Agh! Security!”

He quickly went to contact the security team on his phone. Within a few seconds, they congregated around him.

“If any of you half-wit NUMBSKULLS see a girl in a black dress with a mask on, eject her at ONCE!”

“Sir… that describes at least 15 different people here…”

“JUST GO, you idiots!”

He gestured wildly, clearly losing his composure, again like a second-rate anime villain while the security team hurried off, though finding their target would be akin to finding a needle in a haystack. It was better than dealing with an angry Florent L’Belle, Diva Divine.

“Bah… Curse that… GAH! What was her name again?!”

In an attempt to calm down, he began to spray another of his perfumes, taking deep breathes as he did.

“…This is a calming, tropical blend. Yes, that’s what I need to think of… The tropics.”

For now, that was all he could take solace in. He was doubtful those louts would find her, though all things as they were, he could do without seeing that girl for the rest of her life.

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[boxobones]

“Just pulling your petals love, for old time sake.”

[thebeaudivine]

“Hmph!”

How dare this girl play with his emotions so cruelly?! He seethed before shaking his head and laughing casually.

“Oh, but of course... Well, here. Let me give you THIS, for old time’s sake, DEAR!”

He proceeded to quickly pull out his perfume bottle and went to spray Jane directly in her eyes. Now that would be a wake-up call, he was sure.

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[boxobones]

“And what bright colors they are. They entice and and seduce, stirring hostility and hunger in any beast who sees them,” she said. She held up her hand and pulled off one glove. Flexing her fingers, she continued, “Oh, what a beast wouldn’t give to run off with your ribbon. There’s nothing this world delights in more than….deflowering.”

[thebeaudivine]

“I-I...”

He began to wonder if perhaps there were some subtle undertones to what she was saying. And the implications were none too pleasing.

“I-I told you before that I could call security and have you removed from the premises before you even could run away. I am FAR too beautiful to be harassed like this!”

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[boxobones]

Jane narrowed her eyes again and a wide grin split across her face. 

“How about you…..love? Do you still have your….red ribbon? Have you given your color away?”

[thebeaudivine]

“What? ...No! I mean, I don’t usually incorporate red ribbons into my outfits, but I have plenty at my home. And you’ve seen me! I’m just as colorful as I always am. As any man should be.”

He was beginning to feel unsettled again based off the way she was looking at him. But he wouldn’t let it show or affect how he acted. He was too prideful or stubborn for that. His expression faltering revealed a bit of weakness behind his proud stature.

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[boxobones]

“I seem to recall you giving me fashion advice before, it didn’t end well,” she noted. “As it happens, I gave my only color away. It was a red ribbon. I’m not sure how to respond to it being gone.” 

[thebeaudivine]

“Well, why did you go and give it AWAY, if it was your only color? That’s just stupid, if you ask me. Not that I especially care about your TRITE problems, but you have no one to blame but yourself for your drab attire.”

Despite his better judgment, there was something about whats-her-name that raised his ire and made him even more willing to share his opinion on her, with no awareness of how unwanted it might be.

“Oh, well. I suppose not all are meant to be BEAUTIFUL.”

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[boxobones]

She glanced back up at him and then shook her head with an amused sigh. It was weird to think he hadn’t changed at all after everything she had been through. “That won’t be necessary, Buttercup. By the way, you see this dress? I got a patient at an asylum to make it for me.” 

[thebeaudivine]

“Ugh... MUST you use those disgusting pet names? My name is Florent L’Belle, Beau Divine! At least call me the divine beauty if you must use a nickname.”

This was a fruitless endeavor, but it was annoying to hear her call him such pet names. She had no right! But as long as she wasn’t going to bite him or otherwise hurt him, he supposed he could count it as a victory.

“Oh yes... I did. It’s well-made, I’ll admit, but the color is so... BLAH. You should wear brighter colors. Purples, pinks, reds, blues, greens! Really, any color but plain old BLACK.”

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[boxobones]

“Ah…..oh, I had forgotten,” Jane chuckled quietly. “You have a way with words, somehow, you know just what to say to make me want to hurt you. Such a spell you’ve cast over me, love.” 

[thebeaudivine]

“W-what?”

He swallowed nervously, not wanting to get her too angry. Why he hadn’t remembered those times she had bitten and spit at him before? Well, now he was, and he was recalling she could be aggressive at times. But he couldn’t nor would he back down

“A-hem! I MEANT to say. This is a party, and I WON’T stand for your baseless threats. And I do still have my perfume, you know. So do not think of trying anything!”

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[boxobones]

“Oh, I don’t know about that, my Poppy,” she cooed, turning back to the crowd. “Some of these characters are quite elaborate. Your mask maybe the loudest here, but you could have down a LITTLE more with that outfit.” 

[thebeaudivine]

“WHAT?!”

He looked around and tried to examine the other party-goers. He had been so self-absorbed in designing his mask that he didn’t consider what other people might have gone as.

“I assure you, my usual outfits are suitable for any formal occasion. HMPH! Besides, all these people might look nice for a night, but putting a suit on a monkey still means it is JUST a monkey. True beauty is encoded in one’s DNA, after all. One need only look at you to see that.”

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[boxobones]

She narrowed her eyes and lowly replied, “The only rats here wear expensive perfume.” 

So he still had the phones on his shoulders. 

She couldn’t help but chuckle for that. “Very innovative. You’re still a business minded artist, eh?” She turned to him and folded her arms. “Well, Buttercup! I must confess, you look far more handsome than the last time I laid eyes on you! Then again, that might be because I cannot see your face for the mask!”

[thebeaudivine]

“Oh, Ah ha ha HA!”

It was clear he was putting on the laughter this time, if his voice and gestures didn’t make that obvious.

“All I heard was that I look HANDSOME. Though, naturally, I prefer to be called beautiful. I’m certainly the most beautiful person in this ballroom, and my mask only adds to my DIVINE beauty. I designed it myself, you know?”

The mask was certainly elaborate, if nothing else. The mask was a bright pink, with purple and green embellishments alone the eyes, and a protruding nose piece as well. To top it off, pink feathers finished the arrangements. One might compare him to a elegant flamingo.

“It is only fitting that even when faces are masked, I, Florent L’Belle, stand out the MOST! Ah ha ha ha!”

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[boxobones]

"I like people watching at events like this. My Lord wants me to come back with ideas for his own ball anyway," she said casually. "If I didn’t know any better-I’d say you were not happy to see me."

[thebeaudivine]

“Well, is a homeowner happy to see RATS infesting his home? I should think not!”

He shook his head, before returning to his usual confident posture. He couldn’t let the return of this girl, whose name he couldn’t yet recall, get in the way of his party that he had planned. He could deal with her with grace and aplomb.

“Very well, then. I suppose if you paid the entry fee, I can’t have you REMOVED from the premises. Still, you better not cause any of our fair patrons trouble. MY employer is expecting great things from this ball, and I won’t have you ruin it! Speaking of...”

Casually, he leaned his head over to one of his cell phones to make a call.

“I recently installed voice detection software on my epaulets, which allow me to MAKE calls as well as take them. Impressive, is it not?”

[boxobones]

"I feel like I know you."

“Has it been so long, Poppy?” 

“Truth be told, I forgot you too.” 

[thebeaudivine]

“Wait a minute...”

His face, though masked, contorted in a sort of knowing horror that came with the sudden realization that he did know this woman. Unfortunately. Groaning audibly, his shoulders fell.

“It’s not... YOU, is it? That girl... That awful, AWFUL, girl. Why are you here? A ball like this is hardly a place for a PEASANT like yourself.”

[redeyedcoffeeaddict-deactivated]

thebeaudivine started following you

je-suis-florent started following you

(Creep-o-meter going off the scales…)

"When you meet a pretty lady, always ask their name.. that’s one of my rules."

[thebeaudivine]

"AH! How DARE you insult my beauty like that!"

Out of habit, he sprayed him quick with his personal bottle of perfume. It wouldn't be the first time someone confused him for a woman, but it didn't make it any less insulting.

"While there is nothing WRONG with the beauty of a woman, I am a beautiful man, and PROUD of it! Besides, that shade of green does you no favors, my friend. Unless you're TRYING to look as if a blind person dressed you! Aha ha ha ha!"

[thebeaudivine]

♫ (( Sot it's come to this ))

Blondie- One Way or Another

(This could fit either Florent or Jane... one way or another, if you will).

Godsmack- I F;ing Hate You

(Pretty self-explanatory.)

Metallica- Die, Die My Darling

(What Jane's current vision probably is.)

[aleksamikhailhova]

Put a '♫' in my askbox and I'll give you a three song playlist for our characters relationship.