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not_a_goddamn_princessParty 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!]
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!]
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-23 05:48 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
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Date: 2021-10-23 08:52 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-23 09:07 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-23 09:13 pm (UTC)He sighed. "So I just thought, anyway...Probably it won't happen here, but...but there's no telling, so just in case, it couldn't hurt, could it?" He waved the picture vaguely.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-23 09:16 pm (UTC)Oh shit, and now he was thinking about Mike.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-23 09:21 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-23 09:25 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-23 11:44 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-23 11:51 pm (UTC)Look, after awhile he lost track.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-23 11:58 pm (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 12:01 am (UTC)If anyone needed a bit of luck magic and a symbolic barrier to the evil eye, it was Jon.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 12:13 am (UTC)...of course, if it were too much barrier to the evil eye, it might make him catatonic until it wore off, but what was a little dissociative state between friends?
"All right."
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 12:19 am (UTC)He finished the drink, including the clever little concentric circles on the top, and presented it to him.
"There you go. Like a little blue creamsicle."
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 12:32 am (UTC)Of course, Jon wasn't exactly the best at reading people, so it was a bit of a fruitless endeavour. He gave in and drank. "Oh, it's good!" Sorry for sounding surprised, Eliot.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 12:50 am (UTC)Eliot maybe looked a touch smug, yes.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 12:56 am (UTC)Wait, should he ask that? It was good, did it matter? Was there a reason he shouldn't ask?
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 02:06 am (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 02:11 am (UTC)"I...what was I saying?"
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 03:12 am (UTC)Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 03:15 am (UTC)"What's...?" He frowned and kept drinking. What had he been saying? Had he had a question?
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 06:38 am (UTC)This was somewhat disconcerting, yes.
Re: Arrive and Say Hi
Date: 2021-10-24 02:47 pm (UTC)