not_a_goddamn_princess: (eyepatch: i am a king)
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!]
firehousehimbo: ([h] yeah but i'm cute so)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] firehousehimbo 2021-10-22 04:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm still pretty new," Buck replied. "You're all blank slates as far as I'm concerned. Could have totally pretended to be a whole new person and I wouldn't have known the difference."
existencemisspent: (I absolutely love it)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 05:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"We're recent transplants ourselves," Eliot said. "Just arrived about a month or so ago. This is our housewarming."
firehousehimbo: ([h] smile looking down)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] firehousehimbo 2021-10-22 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, welcome," Buck said, smiling. "Now I feel like I should have brought a plant or homemade cookies or something."
existencemisspent: (an illusion of him but yes)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
"Please. We'd only kill the one and probably eat the other while in a drugged up haze," Eliot said. He sounded like he was exaggerating.

He wasn't.

"What's the saying? Your own presence is present enough?"
firehousehimbo: NIDAVELLIR ([h] ohhh you're in trouble)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] firehousehimbo 2021-10-22 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh man, good thing masks are required," Buck said. "It's hiding all this blushing I'm doing right now."
existencemisspent: (signature cocktail)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Eliot pressed his hand to his chest.

"Well, now I'm sorry I'm missing that. But perhaps a drink will help calm your peripheral nervous system."
firehousehimbo: NIDAVELLIR ([h] copy that)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] firehousehimbo 2021-10-22 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fantastic idea," Buck said. "I'm so glad you suggested it."
existencemisspent: (Default)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
"I am nothing if not a consummate host," Eliot said. "What's your preferred poison? We have a wide variety of cocktails and wines."

There might even be a beer around here somewhere, but it would take some hunting to dig it up.
firehousehimbo: ([n] well that's a dumb idea)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] firehousehimbo 2021-10-22 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
"I do like white wine every now and again." Thank you, Abby, for teaching this manchild to be a little bit of an adult.
existencemisspent: (I absolutely love it)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Really." Eliot gave him a faintly impressed look. "Dry or sweet?"
firehousehimbo: ([n] talk talk)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] firehousehimbo 2021-10-22 10:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Damn. Abby had left him before they got this far into wine tasting. "Sweet?"

Shouldn't be a question mark at the end of that, Buck.
existencemisspent: (delighted)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, that was precious.

"I'll tell you what, I'll bring by one of each. And whichever you don't like, I'll drink myself."