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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 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"You simply can't go wrong with classic black, can you," Eliot said with approval. "Especially when you want to make your mask pop! Well done, lad."
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] hashtag_chocobro 2021-10-22 06:37 pm (UTC)(link)
And Prompto was a little bit torn, because while he definitely appreciated the reassurance on his whole get-up, he'd spent the last few weeks being hastled by his older teammates about being pretty much a babe in the woods in the approach to his birthday, so that lad from someone who couldn't have been that much older than him (just like Gladio and Ignis, geez, but at least Ignis was pretty much an old man in spirit) was a little bit of an ooph.

But he was definitely going to focus on the compliment and straightened his shoulders a little for quite possibly the meekest of preens.

"Thanks! I figured all black would have been a bit much, you know? It's a party, not a funeral!"
existencemisspent: (king shit)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
To be fair, Eliot would happily call anyone "lad" who wasn't visibly at least a decade older than him.

"Your instincts are dead on," he assured him, appreciating the little baby preen. "Would you care for a drink?"
hashtag_chocobro: (bzuh?)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] hashtag_chocobro 2021-10-22 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Being the most inexperienced and the youngest member of his otherwise very elite team was definitely leading into a whole ass complex, really.

"Yes," Prompto gushed out, more emphatically than he realized, but his eyes had gone a little wide behind his mask, because this whole fancy party thing was already exhausting and he'd just gotten through the door. "Please."
existencemisspent: (signature cocktail)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Eliot chuckled, moving to clap Prompto gently on the shoulder. "I love that enthusiasm. Cocktail? Wine?"
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] hashtag_chocobro 2021-10-22 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
And Prompto did appreciate the generous application of the word enthusiasm there.

"Cocktail?" he guessed, because that was definitely more his speed than wine. "What would you recommend?"
existencemisspent: (king shit)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
“Our signature for the evening is absinthe and champagne, available with or without hallucinogenic properties. Or if you’d like something sweeter, our mati is sure to bring you good luck. . . .”
hashtag_chocobro: (serious side-eye)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] hashtag_chocobro 2021-10-22 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Hallucinogenic?

"Sweeter's usually good," Prompto ventured. "Maybe I'll try that?"
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 10:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"One Mati, coming up. Sure to ward off any evil eye."