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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] intheeyeofthebeholding 2021-10-22 11:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"'Easily overlooked' would be nice for a change," Jon muttered. He shrugged awkwardly. "I, um. Tend to get...kidnapped?...a lot. Or just, um. Attacked."
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding 2021-10-22 11:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Jon sighed and nodded, submitting himself to her judgment. "I'm not emo, though," he felt the need to say.
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding 2021-10-22 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm not like...like My Chemical Romance or anything," Jon protested again, partly to distract from the fact that his hair was glittering.

Fine, he did have a guilty love for some Panic! songs, but he wasn't about to go around wearing all black or anything.

...this one suit excepted.

He brushed his hair from his face, squinting at it. "This is distracting," he murmured, mostly to himself. He probably needed a haircut, too.
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding 2021-10-22 11:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Jon winced. "I, um. Yes, right. I haven't had much time lately, with all the...um. Everything. But I'd forgotten I guess I can now? So, yes, um. I should do that. I'm sorry! I'm sorry, I do appreciate the...um, the help. I don't mean to belittle it."
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding 2021-10-23 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
It was at least a few more inches than Margo! Not many more, but hey.

"Right." Jon nodded. "Right. Well, um. Thank you, again. I'll go, um. Grab a drink and let you get on with it, then." He glanced around the place. "It really does look very nice."
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Re: Arrive and Say Hi

[personal profile] intheeyeofthebeholding 2021-10-23 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Right." Jon had no idea what to answer to that. "Well, um. Thank you again."

He was just going to take his beglittered self off to the bar now.