Devil Dog Dance || Beau and Ashley
The Marines Ball was an event of prestige, and noiteriety. Many of the people that attended these things were highly decorated people, such as Beau, or officers looking to make connections to begin their lifelong careers within the colours. However, even celebrities, such as Joe Manganiello, Natalie Dormer, and Henry Cavill made their faces known amongst the crowd of hundreds in the enormous ballroom hall-- mostly as dates for the people in blues. It seemed a bit like a dog and pony show to him, but there was no minding on how mindless the first few hours were, as Beau felt right at home amongst all the men and women of different creeds, dressed to the nines in their Class A's, saluting each other as they walked by. It was an event of pride and honour, to reflect and give homage to everyone that had lent their hands in service.
Being particularly picky, Beau would have no one believe that his girlfriend was having discourse with a wild devil dog like him. For the night, he'd act and seem the gentleman that he used to be before his time in the Marines, and even picked out the best car in his collection (of four vintage cars, so far and hopefully to grow larger): his 1925 Rolls Royce Phantom. Sure, it still had a few kinks to work out-- and he had yet to modernise it with a brand new engine or even air conditioning, but with the windows down, the two would get as much cool breeze as they needed, and the car itself could run up to 80 without starting to cough and hop in place. As good as things needed to be for the evening itself.
Giving the keys to the Valet, Beau walked over to the other side, to pull Ashley out with her dress on. They'd come quite a long way from Silvercrest for this-- four towns over, in fact-- and he was sure she'd be unsteady on her feet to get off the car with the shoes that had been required of her to wear (heels). Saluting the men at the front, he received them in return, and even more from people of lower rank as they made their way into the ballroom. It would be a long while before dinner was called (and subsequently, the actual dancing of the ball), so it was best to simply either find their seats, or start mingling with particular people around them.
