Diana, Vita and the servant continued through the hallway, looking at other pictures depicting various men and women either fighting something or looking important. All of which also has something with water in the painting as well, either a body of water in the background or by seemingly manipulating water to form a halo behind their head. Some even depicted the member of the Seastar family together with a random sea animal that had almost every part of their body covered in jewelry.
Especially that large squid, its tentacles tipped with golden hooks like a pirate. It even has an eye patch.
But the sightseeing came to an end as the servant stopped in front of a large, ornate door. The door, of course, had carvings of anything and everything that could be related to either water or the ocean. Turning around, the servant looked at both Diana and briefly at Vita before speaking.
"Now, Lady Wolfheart, in the ballroom there will be various households, noble lineages and individuals of importance. The normal ballroom etiquette is expected, and this humble servant dares only says this as a..." the old servant glances at Vita. " Wendigo has never been seen in a ballroom before. If any were to act in rude manners, please know that it isn't always that a powerful creature is seen, and some people are more excitable than others when faced with legends." The old servant said with a surprisingly wise look to his eyes, and it seems that the old servant's words had an effect on Diana, as she let out a sigh. She still looked excited, but it was much more contained than before.
"Thank you for your advice." she whispered to the old servant as the doors opened and Diana got to see the ballroom proper.
A large crystal chandelier shaped like a starfish hang from a painted ceiling that looked like a seafloor filled with different forms of life. The obviously magical light coming from the chandelier ebbed and moved as if they were truly under the water with the sea life. There were even the occasional sea creature made out of different colored liquids moving through the air, serving drinks to any of the guests who held a glass up.
Large curtains blocked out the sunlight and had a similar motif as the ceiling, but of a beach with small seagulls embroidered at the very top. But no one really paid any attention to that.
Surprisingly enough, the actual floor where everyone were located at was rather low-key, with the only decorations being found being the various tables with food and snacks on them. Food that rivaled or even surpassed the food in the university with the diversity.
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But there is no more time to explain the details, as the old servant walked into the room and spoke in a loud voice.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Champion of the University, Lady Diana Wolfheart of the Wolfheart Household." Pause, probably unsure of how to address a monster. "And Wendigo Vita" he finished quickly before stepping to the side.
People turned from where they stood to see the newcomers, most of them showing little interest in either Diana or Vita. The ones that didn't turn at all simply glanced at the two before continuing their own conversations. Although, Diana did have some people walk up to her, but it was no one she knew well. Acquaintances or relatives of people that knew her father. She spoke with them all, greeting and speaking with them all as they moved closer to one of the tables with food. They even had the decency to only give as much attention to Vita as one would a random house pet.
Although it was rather fun or even exciting for Diana, Vita couldn't give a shit. It. Was. Dull. Imagine the feeling you get when your friend is speaking with a group of friends that you don't know, and then pump it up a bit more as they treat you like a pet. The only saving grace was taking different samples of the food within vine's reach. Not to taste anything, no. That was a function deemed useless by Vita long ago, its only use was to sample anything that could be used as a weapon or if it reacted to anything funnily.
A rule of thumb when it came to sea creatures; they usually had some interesting biological properties not found in land dwelling creatures. For while creatures on land tend to be bigger, the money is in the tiny buggers and fish. And this mindset of Vita's was proven right once more, because these snack-sized cuts of meat had some pretty interesting goodies hidden in their DNA. Nothing too impressive, unfortunately, the only remarkable thing was a creature that looked like an extra large lobster. On its hardest points, human teeth would break on it. But a solid shell didn't mean anything if the rest of the creature had a normal amount of hardness that could be broken with a normal amount of force.
But with Vitas ability to give evolution and normal growth the middle finger and do whatever, the structure could be used as a one-time shield. Or maybe it could be mixed with another existing shell creature? If the right one is found, it could lead to some pretty cool things to make. Maybe like a living armor type thing or a big brute version with a hard exoskeleton.
"Ladies and Gentlemen! The inheritor of the Seastar name, The Ocean's daughter, Lady Michelle Rachel Seastar has arrived." The same old servant spoke out loud, this time everyone turned and paid attention. She gracefully walked in to the room with a head of blue hair falling down over her left shoulder similar to a waterfall. Cold, blue eyes matching a variety of blue jewelry and a white blue dress. She could be called a stunner if it wasn't for how stoic and cold her face was, like an ocean with no waves. And the few who could feel magic, like Diana, feel the power coming from her uncomfortably similar to water.