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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: (plotting)

Re: Truth or Drink

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-23 12:41 am (UTC)(link)
“You’re so cruel, Bambi.” Eliot let out a sigh. “I love it.”
begmetwice: ([spec] beg me twice)

Re: Truth or Drink

[personal profile] begmetwice 2021-10-23 12:42 am (UTC)(link)
You know what, Irene had an answer right away. She could even picture where it had been, and what it had felt like, and how that bathrobe had smelled, and how warm and safe she'd felt, for the first time in the longest while.

But for the first time in the game, she just quietly took a long drink in leu of answering. Some things were private. And some things were just gonna bring down the party vibe.

(But hopefully everyone would just think she was drinking because all she thought about was sex.)
Edited 2021-10-23 00:56 (UTC)
existencemisspent: (king shit)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-23 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
Eliot attempted—and failed—not to laugh.

“You sound like a comic book.”
sake_shinigami: (and....there it is)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] sake_shinigami 2021-10-23 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
Shunsui ducked his head with a sweeping gesture of his arm in gratitude for the compliment.

"I've had some practice ♥," he offered. "Although, technically, I am far more a Soul than a dead man; if I ever was a dead man, it's been so long that I honestly can't even remember a life before this one..."

Which also meant that Shunsui may have also never have actually been a dead man, and was one of the those rare Pule Souls, but...

He never really did care to sort through all of those technicalities.

"So, to the point," he then drawled, "where I'm from is the...very creatively named Soul Society, where most Souls in my world are sherpherded after life. It's terribly boring, incredibly tedius, and finds itself threatened by nefarious forces far too often, if you ask me, but what can be done? Everything there exists in a delicate balance that if it were to be upset, it all ends with it. The mortal world, the afterlife, and everything in between and beyond..."
Edited 2021-10-23 00:47 (UTC)
somethingwithturquoise: (nervous laugh)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2021-10-23 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Mmm, welllll," said Summer, flinching slightly. "I, uh, I'm actually the one who asked her, if I could come and join her. Not the other way around."

And she was honestly still a little shocked that Beth had even said yes. What with the whole going out to space to speficially avoid her family.

"I don't think she regrets it yet, though?"

That yet felt very tumultuous, though.
what_the_shock: (science!)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] what_the_shock 2021-10-23 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Miguel snorted. "Wish I could say that's coincidence. You did see the outfit, right?" Yeah, he knew what it looked like, okay? Never get scientific inspiration from comic books, even ones about real people.
stykera: (side view)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-23 12:52 am (UTC)(link)
"The island is very different from where I was and everywhere I've gone here has been different from the island. So nothing is what I'm used to, really. I might be used to the island, as much as anyone can be."
somethingwithturquoise: (uh well...)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2021-10-23 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Slowly," said Summer, grinning into the nudge a little and risking potentially having her hands sliced off with an axe or something later that evening by giving him a nudge back, "but steady. Sometimes, that can be a good thing. We've got a rare opportunity to start building up some defenses before things really start getting wild. That's really the main reason I was even able to stop by for this whole thing, honestly."
begmetwice: ([neu] thoughtful)

Re: Truth or Drink

[personal profile] begmetwice 2021-10-23 12:53 am (UTC)(link)
"Aw, little marmalade devil," Irene crooned, actually scritching the phone with her fingernail. "I love him."

Maybe Irene had had enough to drink.
somethingwithturquoise: (doubtful summer is doubtful)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] somethingwithturquoise 2021-10-23 12:57 am (UTC)(link)
Summer took a moment to just sort of look at Jon as she waded through all those fragments and ums and sort of wondered exactly what it was that he was referencing that she was still here for, and then just nodded a little.

"It is," she said. "Kind of chill at the moment, but who knows when that's going to change? So I knew I had the chance to stop in while I could. Plus, you know, even when I'm all the way out in bum-fuck space, I can't resist the siren call of a good party."
alwaysonguard: (yeah buddy)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] alwaysonguard 2021-10-23 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
"Well you have done a stellar job tonight" Dwight said with a smirk. "And yeah, Margo and Eliot are alright. I've been pleasantly surprised, even if all this" he waved his hand a little "is still way beyond me, on so many levels."
stykera: (serious)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-23 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
"She said yes then," Stark said. "Almost as good as asking."

It wasn't, really, and he knew that. It still seemed like a good thing to say.

"I don't think she'd regret it."
texted3times: (i laugh at you)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] texted3times 2021-10-23 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
"I have been counting on that for a very long time," Eric said, smirking.
sharp_man: (Default)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] sharp_man 2021-10-23 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Never worry about that," Hannibal said. "You couldn't possibly be less teacher-like than some of the past faculty. If it's something that interests you, you should do it."
sharp_man: (thinking about it)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] sharp_man 2021-10-23 01:07 am (UTC)(link)
"Thank you." Hannibal bowed and took it, then drank. "Mm. Very interesting. Not flavors I might usually choose, but you've done an excellent job."
intheeyeofthebeholding: (Default)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding 2021-10-23 01:09 am (UTC)(link)
Jon nodded slowly as he followed that. "Do...I'm curious if you miss where you were. If it's very different from here."
intheeyeofthebeholding: (Default)

Re: Truth or Drink

[personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding 2021-10-23 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
Jon smiled dopily, which was equal parts Jon had had enough to drink and Jon adored cats. "He reminds me a little of The Admiral. My...friend's...cat, back home. Only The Admiral is fluffier." Was? Hopefully still is.
grenadesandohana: (neu: thinky think think)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] grenadesandohana 2021-10-23 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
"This is apparently more normal than conducting a background check," Steve said, "which I'm told is creepy and invasive."

At great length, with a lot of waving arms.
existencemisspent: (harumph)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-23 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
“Ugh,” Eliot said with feeling. “Worlds can be so fragile sometimes, can’t they.”
existencemisspent: (king shit)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-23 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
“So what you’re saying is, you’re a superhero and a super-nerd?”
stykera: (looking sideways)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-23 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
"I miss my friends," Stark said after a moment. "And Moya. Our ship. I...I might go back to visit. Sometime. I've been thinking about it. Not to stay. It's better for me here. Almost always."
firstofitskind: (grin)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2021-10-23 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Better you than me," Liam grinned. "The mask is colorful enough as far as I'm concerned."
firstofitskind: (smiling)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] firstofitskind 2021-10-23 01:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Don't mind if I do," Liam said. "I don't think we've met, by the way. Liam Kincaid-Price. I run the Trooper Station in town."

For values of 'run' that 'blah blah there's basically no crime here blah', yes.
intheeyeofthebeholding: (Default)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding 2021-10-23 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
"Well, it's, um. Good to see you," Jon said, giving her a little smile. "Oh!" he suddenly remembered, and scrambled for the polaroid camera he'd brought. "Say cheese? Or something."
intheeyeofthebeholding: (Default)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding 2021-10-23 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
"It's...where you were isn't good for you, then." Jon tried very carefully not to make it a question.

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