{"id":2575,"date":"2013-09-16T10:45:27","date_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2013-09-16T10:45:27","modified_gmt":"2013-09-16T18:45:27","slug":"return-of-cinderella-venice-italy-09132013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bloodinyoursaltwater.com\/?p=2575","title":{"rendered":"Return of Cinderella \u2013 Venice, Italy \u2013 [09\/13\/2013]"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cinderella_by_enchantedwhispers-d4ni64t\"<\/a>Those of you who\u2019ve been following this blog for ages know that there are times when I relish becoming Cinderella, and times when I feel about as much like donning that ball gown as I do following a pack of lemmings off a nearby cliff. I\u2019m never quite sure which it\u2019s going to be at the beginning of the night and sometimes it changes as the night goes on. In fact, sometimes it can change on a dime\u2026or, on a reaction.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact that last night was the Venetian Ball (which is normally one of my favourite nights of the cruise), I just wasn\u2019t\u2026feeling right. My faithful gold corset didn\u2019t seem to want to lace right, my curls didn\u2019t sit the way I want them, everything felt vaguely\u2026off. As Shadow said to me later I had an idea in my head of what I thought<\/i> I should look like and I couldn\u2019t make myself fit into it\u2026but I knew I at least looked passable, and struggling with it was just going to be silly, so I clasped my triple necklace at my throat, donned my hematite bracelets on both wrists and set out to face the music (literally).<\/p>\n

I had a half hour to kill before my shift started \u2013 and an hour before the ball actually began \u2013 so I found myself in the midship lounge where the band was playing. When in doubt, gravitate towards the band. I got myself a glass of wine, and tried not to feel self-conscious as I stood at the edge of the dance floor looking for a free chair. Which is when I started to notice the eyes on me weren\u2019t just from the guests.<\/p>\n

Now keep in mind this is Amras\u2019 band, these are probably my closest friends on the ship, they know me. They really kind of think of me as \u2018one of the boys\u2019 so to speak. I mean yes, logically they know I\u2019m a girl, but I\u2019m just the girl who\u2019s always there, the one who has a button on her lapel that reads \u2018I\u2019m with the band\u2019, who gets their ice water and carries their music. I\u2019m a groupie combined with a roadie. Always have been. So getting a triple take reaction from all<\/i> of them when I walk into a room is something very rare; but that\u2019s what happened.\u00a0 Lark \u2013 the singer \u2013 she just stared at me, at first she didn\u2019t even recognize<\/i> me, then promptly pantomimed what can only be described as \u2018is it just me or did it suddenly get hot<\/i> in here?\u2019. As for my brother himself, once he picked his jaw up off the floor (which made me grin, because no one is as difficult to shock as a relative) he just got this look on his face that clearly said<\/p>\n

Hell yeah, that\u2019s my sister\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n

Of course, my corset is only made for limited wear. I have singer\u2019s ribs, and they don\u2019t appreciate being caged in steel for more than a few hours, normally I can wear it for the length of the ball (which is about an hour and a half) and then I have to escape it. But last night the band was playing to an empty room after the ball was finished, and the musician in me just can\u2019t<\/i> leave my boys to play to an empty hall. I\u2019m only one person, I can only make so much noise, but at least I\u2019m someone<\/i>. The long and the short of it is that by the time the last set finished I\u2019d been wearing that lovely torture device for nearly six hours \u2013 about four hours past its normal \u2018comfortable\u2019 time – \u00a0my ribs were sobbing. As I told Amras when I was helping him sling his music back to his cabin<\/p>\n

You\u2019re lucky I made it through that last set big brother; this thing isn\u2019t made for extended wear<\/i><\/p>\n

And you\u2019ve been in it since what\u20266 o\u2019clock?<\/i><\/p>\n

Yus..<\/i><\/p>\n

Well\u2026you look absolutely slamming, you know that right?<\/i><\/p>\n

Thanks.<\/i><\/p>\n

Vanity\u2026it\u2019s my favourite sin\u2026.<\/p>\n

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