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not_a_goddamn_princessParty 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!]
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!]
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:04 pm (UTC)Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 06:05 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:06 pm (UTC)A few months for her, six or seven years for other people.
"But good on you for being a good host," she added, reaching out to affectionately tap Eliot on the arm. "Nothing worse than being discovered in the altogether and then ushered out of a house party."
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:07 pm (UTC)You could tell she really didn’t get out to much parties.
Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 06:07 pm (UTC)Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 06:09 pm (UTC)In case she needed someone to stumble home with. And because it was an excuse to do something with her.
Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 06:09 pm (UTC)Just hopefully there was no abundance of fireworks or the like
"Have to admit" he said, giving Irene a slight smile "will be nice to not be celebrating alone again this year."
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:10 pm (UTC)He started mixing the drink with a great deal of showmanship -- while also ensuring that everything going into the glass happened well within Seivarden's view. There would be no roofying at this party if he could help it, and no suspicions thereof, either.
(And if doing so allowed her to see that no bare fingers touched any part of the glass that her mouth would also touch, that was non-deliberate on his part, but hopefully a perk for her sensibilities.)
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:11 pm (UTC)Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 06:11 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:11 pm (UTC)(He was a little worried that without him Duke would be showing up to these things in jeans, mind you.)
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:12 pm (UTC)But it was fine! She was fine. It wasn’t even the first time she’d experienced her own death.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:12 pm (UTC)He was used to ushering nervous first years into their first Brakebills parties, so easing a nervous townsperson in wasn't a problem at all.
"And do let me know if you need anything. More drinks, more food . . . chemical relaxants, perhaps. . . ."
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:13 pm (UTC)Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 06:13 pm (UTC)So maybe it was better here, even if temporarily.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:14 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:14 pm (UTC)But, she was crashing a party from a space war, she had enough going on, it would be fine...
...right?
Right! No. She looked super cute, dammit.
"Oh, believe me," she gushed, feeling herself recover onto the firmer ground that was false confidence. "I'm extra enough already. But thanks anyway! I'm sure they're super great."
Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 06:14 pm (UTC)It was a classic look for men at parties for a reason, though Eliot was maybe regretting his own choice of outfit just a little, now that the guests had arrived. Next time, he'd be sure to add more flash to his clothes, rather than just his mask.
"I met your lady yesterday. A lovely woman. Tell me, are you a superhero, too?"
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:14 pm (UTC)That was a real big lie.
Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 06:15 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:15 pm (UTC)Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 06:16 pm (UTC)Summer would hate to come back and find out that someone had totally stolen her schtick.
Well...one of them, anyway.
"I am here!" she confirmed, turning to Stark with a grin. "Just for the night, though. I was kind of in the area," l-o-l, "figured I might as well stop by, right? How've you been, Stark?"
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:16 pm (UTC)"I wish I was," Eliot said on a sigh. He pulled his flask from his pocket and tossed back a sip, then shook his head. "Well, I won't let one man's bad taste ruin my evening, and I hope you won't, either."
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:16 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 06:17 pm (UTC)You two were going to have a great time.
“Hey, it’s all up to you,” she said, stepping aside. “Come on in, have a drink, make yourself at home.”