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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!]
existencemisspent: (timeline 23 death)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's . . . quaint," Eliot said. "Certainly not the worst place to pass the time, if I can't be on my throne or with my friends. I could have done without the whole 'spending a weekend as a ghost' thing, though."
crimson_sister: (smile)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] crimson_sister 2021-10-22 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
"On your throne?" Lucille asked, raising an eyebrow. "Being a ghost must have been unpleasant. If you wish to remain yourself I recommend not dressing up as something or someone on Halloween. At least that should be avoidable."
existencemisspent: (royalty bitches)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
“I’ll keep that in mind, thank you,” Eliot said. “And my apologies, my full title is High King Eliot the Spectacular, back in Fillory. Around here, though, I am but a simple shop boy and magician.”
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] crimson_sister 2021-10-22 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
"Titles are rarely important here," Lucille said. "Spectacular?"

The unspoken question being 'did you pick that yourself or did someone pick it for you?'
existencemisspent: (the spectacular)

Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] existencemisspent 2021-10-22 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Please. Choosing your own appellation was terribly gauche. He'd let his friend do it for him.

"So I'm told, yes. Quite the name to live up to, but I do my best."