[ she leads him off away from the party, hand slipping from his elbow to slide down to his wrist, fingers brushing his before she lets go entirely. she's leading them toward the sections that have been blocked off, but that doesn't seem likely to stop her. ]

My name's on the bloody sign, innit? [ ah there is effie. underneath all the glamour she is still just her usual trash self, dressed up pretty and voice low. ] Did you really not notice?

[ in his defence, the wing has been re-christened in the name of evangeline van horn grey and effie doesn't use her full given name or her father's name in general, definitely not in school, so if he simply missed it she wouldn't be shocked. most people don't even consider effie to be short for evangeline — because it's not, effie comes from a three year old struggling to pronounce evie. ]

Or did you get so many invites to posh galas you don't even read 'em anymore?