MASQUERADE PARTY, 33 Apocalypse Ave, Friday Evening

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

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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Mingle!

[not_a_goddamn_princess]

After all, what else are parties for? Find a seat or a friend, and be mindful not to step on those little glass boats.

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[crimson_sister]

Lucille found a seat, arranged her skirt nicely, and sipped on a glass of red wine, looking around for familiar faces.

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[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Jon might not be a familiar face, and Lucille in that dress seemed a little odd to him, but he was still taking her picture with his polaroid camera.

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[1000yearstoolate]

Seivarden had planned to just lean against the wall and look sad and miserable until she got bored and left, but then it had turned out that Eliot had this enchanted absinthe and was good at mixing drinks as well.

The colours were beautiful, and the music mixed with voices were pleasantly soothing. Seivarden sipped her second drink.... no, third? Fourth? It didn't matter, did it?

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[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Jon barely knew Seivarden, but that wasn't going to stop him taking her picture with his new polaroid camera. And waving hello briefly at her.

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[firehousehimbo]

Wow, there were a whole bunch of people he hadn't met yet. That only told him he made the right decision in coming here tonight. Maybe he'd be able to match some faces to the names he heard on radio.

He was also eyeing the Jenga with interest.

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[knife_bender]

As per usual, Diego had left the greeting and schmoozing portion of a party to Annie, quickly finding a corner to stand in and kind of look like a Ratguy impersonator.

At least he was used to wearing a mask, so that wouldn't bother him tonight.

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[begmetwice]

Parties were for mingling, and talking, and watching. Irene had a cocktail and found herself a quiet spot to post up. In head-to-toe raspberry, she wasn't exactly going to blend in with the shadows, but that was fine -- she liked noticing people and being noticed.

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[died8yearsago]

After scoping out the lay of the land and trying not to think about how unnecessary it all felt, Rosa finally felt she figured out the best people-watching (and people-making-fun-of) spot, made her her drink was nice and full, and settled in to just enjoy the show.

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[flourish_or_perish]

The prospect of dancing, eventually, held a lot of appeal (even if Faye knew better than to employ any sticky-fingered tricks at a house party), but for now Faye had found herself a drink and a corner to lounge where she wouldn't mess up her dress at all. Her mask, which she thought was pretty cute, was absolutely a nod to her date. Wasn't too often they actually got to kind of match.

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[special_rabbit]

As far as Fandom parties went, this definitely went well beyond the level of fancy and magic that Amaya had gotten accustomed to, and she was trying very hard not to seem too uncomfortable about all of it and almost feeling like she should have just stayed in her shop with her new metal mask venture.

Trying.

Not doing a great job.

But trying.

Hey, but the booze would help with that, now, wouldn't it?

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[my_own_advocate]

Lucifer grabbed a drink and a seat in the middle of it all. He stretched his legs out and sipped his whiskey.

It felt nice being among people again.

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[sword_chocobro]

Gladio had to admit, this was pretty great, and he was more than a little impressed by all the work he imagined had to go into it, just so a bunch of people could get together in an excuse to wear masks and get drunk and...

He was definitely going to have to go make bets with Ignis later as to how many people wound up falling in those 'streams' by the end of the night.

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[sake_shinigami]

And of course Shunsui was here to flit around like the autumnal butterfly he was today to mingle and socialize and, although he was sure everyone was being quite well attended to with their drinks, always have some nice sake on hand as a pallete cleanser should anyone be interested.

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[chef_chocobro]

Ignis was just going to remind himself that it could be worse, Prompto could have gone full Chocobo with his mask choices and at least Gladio was wearing a jacket, but he certainly was looking forward to mingling around the party to share his time with other guests who could appreciate an event like this more on his own level.

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[hashtag_chocobro]

At some point, Prompto might stop fiddling and playing with and adjusting and readjusting his mask.

It would probably mean that Prompto had simply eventually just taken off the mask, but, either way, he wasn't there yet.

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[lilac_eyed_lieutenant]

Half of Tisarwat's time spent mingling was definitely going to be taking a few moments here and there to note who was wearing gloves and who was not, and while she'd definitely grown to appreciate that particular aspect of this culture, the ones who were wearing them were instantly lifted in her esteem if they weren't there already.

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[alwaysonguard]

Dwight was doing his best to not stand out too much in the crowd... and he felt like he was failing terribly at it! He would have to grab a drink at some point, maybe that would help him relax a bit...

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[in_sidon_we_trust]

Oh, but the water features were absolutely delightful, even if Sidon had to admit a great deal of disappointment in discovering that they were quite an illusion, but no matter! He had plenty of space to enjoy himself and look over the party from his towering height, which, really, was quite a nice advantage, it was an excellent view for seeing people enjoying themselves and having fun!

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[somethingwithturquoise]

Wow, okay, Summmer was definitely looking around and taking some mental notes, because she was clearly going to have to step up her party game when she got back to this dimension if this was what people were going to start serving up now.

Also, taking mental notes definitely distracted her from the dread in her stomach that she would show up and no one would even care, and she was trying to linger a little for that sweet, sweet confidence boost that she hoped would come from people spotting her and just being all 'like, ohmygooood, Suuuummmmerrrr!' and also trying to decide what the hell she was going to do if that, like, never even happened, because, you know. Ouch. Suddenly, a nice fat suicide mission in space was gonna look awfully appealing...

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[stykera]

Stark was staying predictably close to Faye but he could still do a bit of mingling while admiring the magical decorations. He was quite taken with the indoor sky when he wasn't looking around at all the masked faces.

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[flamesburned]

Liz had a drink and was trying not to be as awkward as she felt as she stood off to the side and watched what was going on. She took a sip of her drink, trying to tell herself that she could handle a party for a few hours.

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[sharp_man]

Hannibal was happy to mingle, and pleased that in his cream suit with gold-thread plaid he stood out from so many of the black-clad men.

He was happy to get a drink of wine and people-watch.

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[what_the_shock]

Miguel was a bit more social than Rosa, so he opted to mingle and talk.

If he kept his backside to Rosa as much as possible, that was nobody's business but hers.

What? There was a reason he'd gone for tight leather pants.

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[intheeyeofthebeholding]

Jon was...well, he was Jon. Look, he was here. And not spending the entire time in a dark corner, just most of it. He even tried to smile at people as they passed, even if was probably coming across as a bit of a grimace.