The Creepy And Now Holiday-Appropriate Mansion, Thursday Evening

[deathsmajesty]

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.

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Re: Arrive and Mingle

[joan_of_bark]

"Well, I have a weakness for blunt girls, what can I say," Pam said, with a little smile that was perhaps half-teasing, and half-just a touch sad.

She wasn't going to go into it.

"Are you actually big on parties?" she asked, changing the subject.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[the_best_sister]

"In a past life I was more about skulking around and not being seen," Yelena said, grabbing a cocktail. "Now I'm more about enjoying my freedom. Parties help with that though there are still parts of me that enjoy being in a room, with my dog and listening to music. I prefer following whims."

"What about you? Would you rather be here or playing in the dirt?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[joan_of_bark]

"Playing in the dirt," Pam said dryly. "I've been to plenty of these. Oftentimes the kind of parties where the rich like to flaunt their wealth."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[the_best_sister]

"True. Want to overthrow the party overlords and start a class revolution?" Yelena joked.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[joan_of_bark]

Pam snorted. "And redistribute everything they own to the poor," she said.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[the_best_sister]

“Ok, now you are reminding me of my adopted father and it’s getting weird,” Yelena said with a laugh. “Then again you don’t have a crazy unkempt beard and prison tattoos so luckily it’s just the rhetoric.”

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[joan_of_bark]

"And here I thought you felt I'd look good in anything."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[the_best_sister]

"I didn't say you'd look bad," Yelena teased. "You'd just remind me of my father. Do you have tattoos? Do you shave frequently?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[joan_of_bark]

"A lady never tells," Pam said, with a quirk of her mouth.

(She shaved often. Mostly to avoid being covered in deadly fungus.)

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[the_best_sister]

"Okay, well, now I just want to see your tattoos," Yelena laughed. "Because you definitely don't have a beard."