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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!]
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 06:10 pm (UTC)(link)
"I've enchanted this bottle to give you a nice, gentle trip," Eliot said, holding the bottle aloft. "All good feelings and happy colors. And I assure you, I know my hallucinogens."

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.)