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Liliana Vess ([personal profile] deathsmajesty) wrote2024-10-31 02:59 am

The Creepy And Now Holiday-Appropriate Mansion, Thursday Evening

Once again, the gate that blocked off the bottom end of Phoenix Way was opened, inviting everyone to the creepy (though much less abandoned) mansion. This time, however, instead of being guided around to the gardens, the lit path led them to the front door, where the a tall figure in a tattered robe and deep cowl gestured for them to step inside the door and get onto a...boat? Once people had climbed in settled themselves, the ferryman began to guide the ship down the River Styx. Or, okay, their long entrance hallway, with blue lights to either side of their boat to mimic water and bathing everyone in an eerie blue glow. (Yes, okay, the boat perhaps wheeled down the hallway rather than floated, but they had not refinished this house just to flood the hallway for verisimilitude. Even if Liliana had considered it for a few minutes.)

The double doors leading to the ballroom were opened, with thick fog rolling out of the doorway. And through that doorway, people could descend the stairs into the Underworld proper. Black and gold were the prevailing color, with deep red nods to a pomegranate motif. Gold coins and loose gemstones added to the decor, a nod to Hades' wealth - but even amidst all the dark opulence, touches of other colors could be seen: tucked away in various corners and small niches were flowering plants, a surprise kiss of springtime to be found in the least likely places. Rather than one large chandelier, they had several, creating areas of both light and shadow around the ballroom.

Welcome to the Underworld, dear friends.
okteiviakom: ([neu] yuh huh)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2024-10-31 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yes, for you," Octavia drawled. "Since you haven't seen the sun in... who knows how long."
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] texted3times 2024-11-01 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
"A thousand years," Eric answered promptly. "I like to not burst into flame."
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2024-11-01 07:39 am (UTC)(link)
"And in exchange, you don't get to feel the warmth of it on your skin at all."

Octavia may have had some feelings about that detail. After the bunker years.

"Doesn't feel like a fair deal."
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] texted3times 2024-11-01 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Eric smiled. "I've had centuries to become accustomed."
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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] okteiviakom 2024-11-01 06:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"I wouldn't."

No one had asked, and no one was asking her to.

(Also it was a lie. Octavia had become accustomed.)

"No deal."