[Jill takes her time getting ready, as if to savour each moment. It's been so long since she's chosen her own clothes that she can scarcely remember the feeling; even the dress she wore to the reception had been gifted to her by this place. If that's even the right word for something she was put into by a spell.
She glides the gown on at a reverent pace, adjusting it in small measures every step of the way, making sure that it hangs exactly as it's supposed to. Even the beads on her bodice are adjusted one by one until they're in perfect order. She's not usually so attentive to these kinds of details, but with the reception behind her and the ceremony not far away, she needs something meditative to soothe her nerves, and these gestures are working for her.
It isn't something she can do all alone, though; the zipper at her back ends at an awkward spot between her shoulder blades, and she needs help in getting it shut. Normally, this is the kind of thing she'd go to Clive for, but he can't see her, not yet, and so Jill slips out from her own room, making her way to where she knows Joshua is getting ready.
Staying far enough away so as not to overhear him, she knocks on a nearby wall to announce her presence.]
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She glides the gown on at a reverent pace, adjusting it in small measures every step of the way, making sure that it hangs exactly as it's supposed to. Even the beads on her bodice are adjusted one by one until they're in perfect order. She's not usually so attentive to these kinds of details, but with the reception behind her and the ceremony not far away, she needs something meditative to soothe her nerves, and these gestures are working for her.
It isn't something she can do all alone, though; the zipper at her back ends at an awkward spot between her shoulder blades, and she needs help in getting it shut. Normally, this is the kind of thing she'd go to Clive for, but he can't see her, not yet, and so Jill slips out from her own room, making her way to where she knows Joshua is getting ready.
Staying far enough away so as not to overhear him, she knocks on a nearby wall to announce her presence.]