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!]
existencemisspent: (because I do)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 06:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"They really aren't. This one turned my fiance into a rat."

Idri was no longer a rat, but their wedding had been indefinitely postponed due to deicide and the total loss of local magic.

"Another one from space, eh? Are you also a stykera?"

Maybe the glowing thing was secondary sex characteristic. . . .
somethingwithturquoise: (brilliant!)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2021-10-22 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Summer would not object to a hug; she honestly kind of expected it when she saw Seivarden, but...she was really hoping at least that she'd be able to eventually get out of that hug.

"I didn't know I would be here, honestly," she admitted as she hugged Seivarden back and then tried to ensure that she'd be able to extract herself. "But everything seemed to have fallen into place, and you know I can't say no to a good party, so...ta-daaah!"

Please, please, please don't make this awkward.
somethingwithturquoise: (explaining arms)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2021-10-22 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
"Not back-back," Summer made sure to get that out nice and quick before anyone in particular might happen to overhear something and start thinking that there was more to this party-crash than there was. "I was just, you know, in the area--"

Insert JenniferLawrenceOkay.gif.

"--and you know me, a good party is like a siren song, I had the opportunity, so I just couldn't refuse! I'm glad to see you, though! How have things been?"

It had been ages, Annie! AGES!
defenderofdesmoines: (annie - you're (secretly) cute)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] defenderofdesmoines 2021-10-22 06:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then we should for sure wear these masks again," Annie declared. "Even if I keep worrying I'm gonna whack you in the face with half of mine."

She was pretty sure they'd get more practice with that as the night went on, though. Call it a hunch.
somethingwithturquoise: (smug summer is best summer)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2021-10-22 06:22 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well," said Summer, in a moment of honesty that maybe surprised her a little if she hadn't nicely drenched it with a sarcastic tone that made it hopefully seem like not an actual genuine concern (which it was), "at least I don't have to worry about anyone swiping that away from me, right?"
1000yearstoolate: (nice)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] 1000yearstoolate 2021-10-22 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Seivarden let her go, grinning, one of Eliot's signature drinks with enchanted absinthe in her hand.

"It's good to see you. I've missed you... your hair."

She frowned a little, distracted by the glowing red.

At least she wasn't going to cry in your hair, Summer.

"Have you tried the drinks?"
grenadesandohana: (pos: big thumbs up)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] grenadesandohana 2021-10-22 06:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"Steve," Steve said, smiling. He was so very used to that reaction.
chef_chocobro: (hand on hip judging)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] chef_chocobro 2021-10-22 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
While Ignis could hardly object to an offer of appreciation for his sense of style as a form of greeting, it did get a faint lift of his eyebrow. "I didn't realize," he noted, "there'd be a gauntlet to pass through, but I'm glad my hard work passes inspection. Anything less would clearly, be quite unacceptable."
firehousehimbo: NIDAVELLIR ([h] ohhh you're in trouble)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] firehousehimbo 2021-10-22 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh man, good thing masks are required," Buck said. "It's hiding all this blushing I'm doing right now."
begmetwice: ([neg] worried)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] begmetwice 2021-10-22 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
That was enough to give Irene actual pause for a moment, and she frowned over at Margo.

"Oh, no, Fandom got you good, didn't it?" she asked quietly, sympathetic. She'd been lucky herself, this time, but she'd certainly dealt with her own share of traumatic Fandom-induced bullshit in her time. (And plenty of the non-Fandom-induced kind, too.) "What an awful thing for the island to throw at you."

She wasn't going to bother asking if Margo was all right. First of all: what a stupid question to ask someone who'd experienced her own violent death. But secondly, Irene doubted she'd get an honest answer to that question, anyway. (She herself wouldn't have given one, in Margo's fabulous shoes.)
scarlet_chaos: ([pos] i'm being cute)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] scarlet_chaos 2021-10-22 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Between the two of us I'm sure we'll be able to find something that toes the line between kitsch and tacky," Wanda assured him.
texted3times: (Default)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] texted3times 2021-10-22 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Eric turned, slowly, as he smirked back. "Ringing any bells?"
texted3times: (Default)

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[personal profile] texted3times 2021-10-22 06:30 pm (UTC)(link)
"Good eye," Eric said, smiling.
chef_chocobro: (pompous asshole)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] chef_chocobro 2021-10-22 06:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"As would have I," Ignis allowed, finding himself slipping almost instantly to the role he'd been trained in since he was a child when around royal company. "You cut a very memorable figure, Margo, not to mention a title like that. May I ask what kingdom it is you lay claim to? The odds of it ringing a bell are miniscule, I understand, but if I'm in the presence of a queen, it would be nice to know more about her reign."
alwaysonguard: (denial)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] alwaysonguard 2021-10-22 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
Dwight noticed the pat. At least he was pretty sure he did. Maybe he had imagined it? Damnit why did he have to be such an awkward idiot when it came to these kinds of things?

"Well, if nothing else, gave me an excuse to finally break down and buy a new suit" Dwight said with a slight chuckle. "Though now I will have to find some other reasons to wear it more often."
stykera: (ok)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 06:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do like the purple," Stark said.

"And yes. A drink would be good, I think. Thank you."
firehousehimbo: ([h] flirt)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] firehousehimbo 2021-10-22 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's very open-minded of you." Buck didn't know any better! "Well I'm glad I have the chance to be at one of your parties before you find your way home."
hashtag_chocobro: (soft smirk)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] hashtag_chocobro 2021-10-22 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
And Prompto was a little bit torn, because while he definitely appreciated the reassurance on his whole get-up, he'd spent the last few weeks being hastled by his older teammates about being pretty much a babe in the woods in the approach to his birthday, so that lad from someone who couldn't have been that much older than him (just like Gladio and Ignis, geez, but at least Ignis was pretty much an old man in spirit) was a little bit of an ooph.

But he was definitely going to focus on the compliment and straightened his shoulders a little for quite possibly the meekest of preens.

"Thanks! I figured all black would have been a bit much, you know? It's a party, not a funeral!"
my_own_advocate: (lucifer - really now?)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] my_own_advocate 2021-10-22 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"You and your Wednesday nights would be nigh-impossible to replace," Lucifer agreed, still ever so serious.
knife_bender: easystreet (spec: hi there)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] knife_bender 2021-10-22 06:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm willing to risk it," Diego said, leaning in for another kiss. That hunch was dead on.

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