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.

Comments

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[chef_chocobro]

Ignis was about to make a wholly different comment, about how one might distinguish the line where those myths ceased entirely to be attributed to their apparent source material, but that last part had completely derailed it.

There was...a hesitation, but then Ignis realized that there was no moving past it.

"...well now I have to know about the stupid goats," he admitted, though he did sound slightly apologetic about it.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[deathsmajesty]

Oh good. Because Liliana wanted to know, too, and it saved her from having to ask.

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[my_own_advocate]

"My brother, Amenadiel, an otherwise humorless lout of an angel, thought he'd be funny," Lucifer growled. "He started-- showing up to bacchanals and summoning-- events at the pivotal moment, bearing goats."

He waved a theatrical hand around. "Now everyone thinks I come in the shape of a bloody goat. Or well, not everyone. But Satanists. And-- archeologists who spend too much time futzing about with ancient Greek 'deities'."