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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: Mingle!

[personal profile] knife_bender 2021-10-22 08:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"They would have to be the dumbest person on the planet considering the amount of superheroes that live here," Diego said. "I usually go to Baltimore to find the purse snatchers."
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Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Do you ever consider going villain, just to shake things up?" Eliot asked. "I imagine at a certain point you'll reach critical superhero mass."
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Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] knife_bender 2021-10-22 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh don't worry, my sister blew up the moon and destroyed my version of Earth about a month ago," Diego said. "Villains are covered."
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Re: Mingle!

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 10:46 pm (UTC)(link)
". . . Blew up the moon." Eliot shook his head a little. "That's . . . impressive."

It would be a good couple of years, some unfortunately timed surges in magic, an angry and determined hedge witch from another timeline, and a specific alignment of planets before Eliot accidentally ripped the moon in half himself, so he couldn't be quite as blase about that as he'd eventually be.