This would be a party. Although, perhaps more of a ball, it's more formal after all.

[Carmen takes a sip of her drink, smiling at Ruby and her get up. She'd noticed the younger girl seemed to have trouble getting around in her shoes, but perhaps more obvious was how uncomfortable she looked.]

I'm grateful you agreed to come with me. After all the stories we'd heard, I wasn't expecting our first world hop to come with an event like this.