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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 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"From me, to the drink," Eliot said. "A simple little enchantment, but it does set a mood."
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 09:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"I like the glowing," Stark said before taking a tentative sip. He did tend to enjoy things that glowed.

"And the rest," he added, waving to indicate to the sky and the tiny boats and the water and all of it. "It's lovely."
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 09:09 pm (UTC)(link)
“Thank you. We thought our first party on the island ought to have a good atmosphere.”
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"You're planning more parties then?" Stark asked.

Faye would be glad to hear that.

"It is a good atmosphere. The sky is beautiful. All magic?" No portals or holograms or anything like that involved?
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 09:21 pm (UTC)(link)
“Of course! Margo and I love a good party.” Eliot nodded. “The sky is entirely illusion magic, yes. As are the little canals. The gondolas are real, some transmogrified glasses, and the fireflies are lightly enchanted.”
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] stykera 2021-10-22 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
"Transmogrified?" Not, for some reason, a word Stark had ever learned.

"I don't," he admitted, "know much at all of how magic works. But this is all very impressive. I look forward to whatever comes next."
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 10:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Magically transform," Eliot translated. "And thank you. We had fun."