not_a_goddamn_princess: (eyepatch: i am a king)
Margo Hanson ([personal profile] not_a_goddamn_princess) wrote2021-10-22 01:59 pm

MASQUERADE PARTY, 33 Apocalypse Ave, Friday Evening

Party night. The best of nights. An ornate sign on 33 Apocalypse’s door invited all to knock and make themselves known.

The space inside was bigger than it looked from the outside, stretched and displaced by magic. The wallpaper was green and textured, hinting at the English countryside. On one side of the room sat a significant bar offering food and drinks, while the other gave ample space to sit. A large Jenga tower held prominence in a corner.

It was easy to miss it, though, in favor of the little streams of water that ran across furniture and floor. Tiny glass gondolas, animated by magic, made their way back and forth across each stream. The gondolas were real, though the water itself was an illusion. It called attention to the ceiling, doubly enchanted: both to draw all cigarette smoke to itself so it wouldn’t blow in anyone’s face, but also to mimic the starry sky above Venice.

You could watch the stars twinkle, or see the occasional cloud go by. Magical fireflies added to the illusion, dancing through the air like tiny lights. If you listened closely, you could hear the sea rolling in across an invisible beach. Even the air smelled faintly of it: the sea, warm food and good wine.

Welcome to Eliot and Margo’s pad, people. They’d make damn sure you had a good time.

[ocd up, come party!]
scarlet_chaos: ([pos] oh you)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] scarlet_chaos 2021-10-22 04:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"You know, I need to get you and Eliot to talk to my teammates sometime," Wanda said. "I get teased about my hand movements all of the time."

Though Wanda could get a little overzealous with it.
flourish_or_perish: ([an] appreciative)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] flourish_or_perish 2021-10-22 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, I absolutely will, Mr. Bartender." Faye was taken and would even admit it, but not flirting with a bartender? Especially one who she'd seen with a cigarette? Perish the thought. "Is this your house?"
stykera: (mask)

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[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Even with Margo's magnetic addition?

It could probably still use some more sparkles.

"I can't really leave it off," Stark said. "I'll leak."
firehousehimbo: ([h] joking)

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[personal profile] firehousehimbo 2021-10-22 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Buck laughed. "Yes, I guess I am. Travis is a good looking guy, isn't he?"
somethingwithturquoise: (just so happy right now)

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[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2021-10-22 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Knowing (....hoping, ohgod!) that her entrance alone was going to make a pretty big statement, Summer, who had portaled in earlier that day under the cloak of having your own method of convenient interdimensional travel, decided to go with some simple shimmer and a simple mask and was ready to spend the next few minutes with her stomach flip-flopping over what the hell she was going to do if she showed up to this thing and people were just all, like...MEH.

So she squared her shoulders when she finally went to knock on the door.

Congratulations, Margo and Eliot. Your party even managed to pull Summer Smith out of space.

....like it was really that hard. She literally paid Leroy to be on party watch for her and to let her know if there was anything she shouldn't be missing, because, yeah, hello, personal portal gun, and it just so happened that she was between missions right now, so it just kind of worked out, and who even knew when she'd have the chance to just drop in like this again?
alwaysonguard: (smirk)

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[personal profile] alwaysonguard 2021-10-22 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh Amaya, the fact that it was mostly magic was probably going to mean it would be around for a most of the night. The two of you might as well just get comfortable hiding in the corner cuz the glitz was probably gonna go for a while. Though there was a lot worse people that he could end up chatting with at a party, so Dwight was gonna count his blessings and just continue being glad Amaya had decided to come to the shindig too.

"If nothing else at least there are plenty of people here so people watching can definitely be a thing! Just glad there's at least one person here I don't feel intimidated by" he added with a laugh.

knife_bender: easystreet (neu: here's how this goes)

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[personal profile] knife_bender 2021-10-22 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"This is pretty cool," he admitted. "I wouldn't even think to add half this stuff. Even if I was all magical."
somethingwithturquoise: (simple listening)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2021-10-22 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Wow, okay, Summmer was definitely looking around and taking some mental notes, because she was clearly going to have to step up her party game when she got back to this dimension if this was what people were going to start serving up now.

Also, taking mental notes definitely distracted her from the dread in her stomach that she would show up and no one would even care, and she was trying to linger a little for that sweet, sweet confidence boost that she hoped would come from people spotting her and just being all 'like, ohmygooood, Suuuummmmerrrr!' and also trying to decide what the hell she was going to do if that, like, never even happened, because, you know. Ouch. Suddenly, a nice fat suicide mission in space was gonna look awfully appealing...
knife_bender: (pos: approved)

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[personal profile] knife_bender 2021-10-22 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"The mask helps," Diego said. "Where's your more sullen half?"
begmetwice: ([pos] sidelong)

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[personal profile] begmetwice 2021-10-22 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"The university answer to the old swish-and-flick magic boarding school?" Irene asked, teasing. "And you did this sort of thing there, too? Making the house bigger on the inside and everything?"

She was still so impressed by that -- even more so now that she was seeing it herself.

"You must've been quite popular."
knife_bender: (pos: flirting or sassing idk which)

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[personal profile] knife_bender 2021-10-22 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"It might be a little fancy for me, but why not?" Diego said, accepting a glass. "Thanks. For the drink, and the party."

Look at him behaving like a normal human being with manners.
defenderofdesmoines: (annie - sensitive)

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[personal profile] defenderofdesmoines 2021-10-22 04:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"They know a girl who can do light magic," Annie shared, eyes widening behind her mask. "It's different from the whole Starlight thing, but they both asked if I do phos-phosphoro--"

She paused, drawing up the unfamiliar word from her memory. "Phosphoromancy? I think that's what they called it? I should bust that out at Ashley sometime."

Even if it wasn't accurate, it would make her sound smart. Maybe.
alwaysonguard: (yeah buddy)

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[personal profile] alwaysonguard 2021-10-22 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Eh I've been known to clean up and fit the role when the occasion calls for it," Dwight said with a playful grin from behind the mask. "Though I have to admit it has been quite some time since I have had a need to go all in like this. And of course you are on point as ever with your look," he said with an appreciative nod towards Eliot.
firstofitskind: (a small smile)

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[personal profile] firstofitskind 2021-10-22 04:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Liam shook his head. “I’ve met one, but I promise I’m actually from this time- and continent.” Sure, there was a little alien DNA mixed in there, but he’d still been born on Earth, so.
stykera: (gold)

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[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 04:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Margo," Stark said, nodding in her direction as he reached up to touch the new mask. Having anything on that side of his face was an unfamiliar feeling.

"She made it magnetic." There was an accompanying hand gesture to indicate magic, though not the same one used for Grogu doing space magic. "So it would fit with mine. I'm glad you like it."
existencemisspent: (no crown - hiding behind hair)

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[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
And Eliot loved a good flirt, even if Faye was only his type on an occasional basis.

"It is! Mine and Margo's, she's the vision in purple over there." He nodded in Margo's direction. "Eliot Waugh, a pleasure."
existencemisspent: (no crown - hiding behind hair)

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[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Annie will be so proud.

"You're entirely welcome." Eliot passed him an expertly mixed and presented drink with a nod. "I'm Eliot."
alwaysonguard: (dressy man)

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[personal profile] alwaysonguard 2021-10-22 04:19 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah Irene, good to see you. Course, no surprise to find you at a party of this level" he said, offering a smile from behind the mask that hopefully was not as awkward as he felt. "I have been known to clean up now and then, though I have to admit it's been quite a while."

Like, a looooong time.... his wedding probably? Back when he was brave or naive enough to have worn a baby blue suit? Anyways, you were getting a treat in either case, Irene.
existencemisspent: (proud parents)

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[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"The heathen-est."

Eliot was well aware that the party was just a convenient excuse, yes. "But look at it this way: no matter how this party goes, we won't have to deal with Todd in attendance."
stykera: (looking up)

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[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Stark was staying predictably close to Faye but he could still do a bit of mingling while admiring the magical decorations. He was quite taken with the indoor sky when he wasn't looking around at all the masked faces.

defenderofdesmoines: i can't take it anymore (annie - hypodermics on the shore)

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[personal profile] defenderofdesmoines 2021-10-22 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Summer. Like. How dare you even worry about that? How dare?

"Summmeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrr!" Tackle-hugging one's best friend was probably a dangerous prospect at a masquerade party, just in case that was not the correct tall, beautiful redhead-in-pink behind that mask, but Annie was willing to risk it. It wasn't, like, the most mask-y mask, anyway. She was confident she had the right girl. "What are you doing here?"
existencemisspent: (because I do)

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[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"We truly appreciate that," Eliot said, with a little more conviction than was strictly necessary.

Look, they'd had concerns, okay?

"And thank you. Margo gets most of the credit. She has a fantastic eye for interior decoration."
existencemisspent: (it was very cathartic)

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[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Eliot Waugh," Eliot said, nodding. "A pleasure. Welcome to our home."
begmetwice: ([pos] smirk)

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[personal profile] begmetwice 2021-10-22 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then it shall have to happen more often," Irene declared, just going ahead and reaching to loop her arm through Dwight's affectionately. "I love this suit. Beautiful color."

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