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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!]
flourish_or_perish: ([an] joy)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] flourish_or_perish 2021-10-22 05:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Just wait! They made it even better!

"I didn't know people could do stuff like this," Faye admitted, gesturing to the ceiling. "I mean, I guess I knew about magic? But I've never seen it like this."
stykera: (gold)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've never seen this before either. Any of it," Stark said. "I wonder if they do this often."

Did they always have a starry sky instead of a ceiling? Could he have that?
flourish_or_perish: ([an] stretch)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] flourish_or_perish 2021-10-22 06:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"I hope so," Faye decided. "I'm coming to all their parties if they do."

Spoiler: she would also want to go to all their parties if they didn't.
stykera: (little smile)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think you might come even without the magic," Stark said. "And if you come to an the parties here I probably ought to as well."

In case she needed someone to stumble home with. And because it was an excuse to do something with her.
flourish_or_perish: ([an] flirt)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] flourish_or_perish 2021-10-22 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, of course. Who would hold all my stuff?" Faye teased. Not that she'd brought much to this party -- and again, she had some manners and also didn't want to piss off a pair of magicians, so she also wouldn't be leaving with anything new. "My clothes never have enough pockets."
stykera: (little smile)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"You can always borrow my pockets if you need them."

Someone had accepted his fate as an accessory to petty theft.

"I usually have pockets." The leather pants didn't leave much room for ill gotten gains but everything else he owned ought to have room.
flourish_or_perish: ([an] cheek kisses)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] flourish_or_perish 2021-10-22 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think I'm good tonight," Faye assured him, leaning over for a kiss and minding everyone's masks, "but good to know."
stykera: (close to you)

Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 07:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Working around the usual mask was easy. He was used to that. They probably both were by now. Adding in 2 more pieces made a kiss slightly more complicated but maybe that just meant more practice was needed.

"We do know most of the people here," he said, pulling back slightly. "It might not be the best place for filling pockets."