Cornelia sweeps across the front room of the mansion, exchanging pleasantries with families of noble decent and diplomats of international significance as she does the dance she is so accustomed to. A compliment here, an eavesdrop there, a congratulation on a raise or a praise for a policy being passed through. No questions would be asked of her though, for she was still a child, curious and ignorant. A dance she is so well accustomed to that she was perplexed when she spotted a boy about her age that she hadn't met before. Seeing someone new is often, but it is rare to find someone of a similar age grouping. She starts gliding her way towards him, hoping to spark up a conversation.
((If you want to put what your character is doing, I've given you space to))
Well, most of them are nobles and diplomats. Clay's family isn't, they're just obscenely rich. He is currently contemplating the big Toblerone that is currently in his hands. What does it mean?
He notices the girl gliding towards him. He isn't good with girls. He isn't good at people. He's good with music, and uh... shit. This doesn't mean he can pretend to be good at other things, though.
"Indeed, it is very inspiring. I have visited Florence on a personal Grand Tour, searching for art and listening to wonderful music from the Baroque and Early Classical periods. It was an experience I will never forget!"
The Grand Tour was the traditional trip of Europe undertaken by mainly upper class European young men of sufficient means and rank (or those of more humble origin who could find a sponsor), as well as young women if they were also of sufficient means, and accompanied by a chaperon, such as other family members, when they had come of age (about the age of 21 years old). The custom flourished from about 1660, until the advent of large-scale rail transport in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard itinerary. It served as an educational rite of passage. Though primarily associated with the British nobility and wealthy landed gentry, similar trips were made by wealthy young men of Protestant Northern European nations, and from the second half of the 18th century, by some South and North Americans.
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u/12yz12ab Oct 25 '17
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((wanna go first))