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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 02:15 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:17 pm (UTC)She brought her fingers together to start firing off the spell she’d saved for just this occasion.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:18 pm (UTC)The previous owners had left pizza stuck to the ceiling. It had been horrifying.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:20 pm (UTC)Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 02:20 pm (UTC)"Hey, Amaya" Dwight said as he walked over. "Good to see you. Looks like you've been busy" he said with an appreciative nod at the mask.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:20 pm (UTC)"But if there's something to go with it that could work. I could try that."
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:21 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:22 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:22 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:26 pm (UTC)"The finger thing is cool," she told Margo, holding her arms out at her sides a little and looking down at herself in curiosity. "Eliot showed me some magic yesterday."
It kind of looked like it would produce cool shadow puppets?
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:26 pm (UTC)She reached for the stack by the door and picked up a subtle black-and-purple metal mask. She made an elaborate gesture with one hand, then moved it down, as if she was pulling on something.
Half the right side of the mask came off, leaving just the upper arch.
She held it out for him. “Hold this for me for a second. Your mask’s metal, right?”
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:27 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:29 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:30 pm (UTC)if you have the fanart....Margo-chan struck him as the type of person who would enjoy a particularly dramatic change of scenery.So while he still wore his Shinigami robes and his swords and his sake jug, his blue sash had been switched out with a pink one, his pink haori swapped for one of an autumnal vibe, with a half mask to bring out the blue in the haori.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:31 pm (UTC)“This is gonna wear off by tomorrow morning, ‘kay?” she said, and drew her hands down, tracing the contours of Annie’s dress in the air.
Actual golden sparkles formed around the edges of the fabric, the hem of her skirt and the curve of her dress, not unlike the fireflies in the air but smaller. The sparkly things almost seemed to dance a little bit.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:31 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:32 pm (UTC)Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 02:33 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:33 pm (UTC)Wait.
“Wait, did you say giant hole?”
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:34 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:35 pm (UTC)Her “Hi there,” was a bit heavier on the happy-to-see-you as a result. And “Glad you could make it,” sounded downright dirty.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:36 pm (UTC)"This place is definitely less sad than my apartment," Buck said. "I should really get a plant or something."
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:36 pm (UTC)She should have just stayed in her workshop, she'd never done well with the whole royalty thing, and now she wasn't sur eif she was expected to shake that offered hand or kiss it.
But, since she never really did care for that last thing, Margo was definitely getting a very firm and confident handshake after all.
"Well," she said, "pleased to meet you, Your Highness. Amaya Blackstone the....Blacksmith. So I suppose if you're planning on destroying anything tonight, maybe there's a good chance I can see about what can be done to fix it..."
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-22 02:38 pm (UTC)Did they have a piano by any chance?
"At least it is not a Halloween party."
Re: Mingle!
Date: 2021-10-22 02:38 pm (UTC)