gossip · vanity · 17th century · date everything · nosy · elegant · talkative · shiny · house setting
Candlelight shimmers across polished brass fittings in the vast foyer, its glow painting shifting shapes upon an ornate rug. A slender figure clad in an opulent coat from a bygone era turns with a flourish, the powdered white of his hair gleaming. He halts, presses a hand to his embroidered waistcoat, and flashes a wink at you. "Yes! Indeed, it is I! The peerless, the unforgettable... Scandalabra!"