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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!]
sword_chocobro: (serious listening)

Re: Food and Drinks

[personal profile] sword_chocobro 2021-10-22 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"I could take it or leave it," Gladio admitted with a shrug. "But maybe this drink'll change my mind. I mean, with a name like that, I almost have to try it, right?"
existencemisspent: (have a drink)

Re: Food and Drinks

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
"I agree entirely." Eliot picked out the necessary bottles and glass, then gave Gladio a coy glance out of the corner of his eye. "Final question: would you prefer it with hallucinogenic properties or no?"
sword_chocobro: (serious listening)

Re: Food and Drinks

[personal profile] sword_chocobro 2021-10-22 09:39 pm (UTC)(link)
A question like that was going to earn Eliot at least a little bit of a look that seemed to suggest he could probably guess the answer to it based on their conversation yesterday, but still, he'd let actual words do the talking, too.

"Yeah," he said, "definitely think I'm going to go with the non-hallucinogenic angle on that one, man."

He barely ever let himself drink enough to get past a buzz, so...
existencemisspent: (signature cocktail)

Re: Food and Drinks

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
Eliot was going to end up with a lot of leftover enchanted absinthe at this rate. Mental note: Fandomites preferred to get fucked up on alcohol alone.

"Absolutely," he said, and scooped up a green bottle to finish off the cocktail.

"Here you go!"
sword_chocobro: (wtf is this arm??)

Re: Food and Drinks

[personal profile] sword_chocobro 2021-10-22 10:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Or he was just talking to a few of the wrong Fandomites on that regard.

But Gladio now had a drink, and he nodded his thanks, before lifting it up in his massive hand. "Thanks," he said. "Cheers."
existencemisspent: (flask cuddling)

Re: Food and Drinks

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
"Cheers," Eliot returned, tugging his flask from his pocket so he'd have something to properly toast back with without messing up his bar's mise en place.