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

[okteiviakom]

Octavia, in her suit (and please clock the Louboutin loafers, Irene!), made her way over eventually.

"Irene," she said, by way of greeting. "Been a while."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[begmetwice]

"And aren't you just a picture, Octavia?" Irene replied, her grin spreading slowly across her face as she gave Octavia a very deliberate toe-to-head once-over. (Those shoes alone -- fabulous.) "I love this suit. Always adore a Halloween costume you can wear just as easily on October thirtieth or November the first."

Though, of course, Irene would likely never wear this particular dress again. But she could!

"How have you been?"

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[okteiviakom]

"Fine," Octavia said, which was of course a complete lie, but she knew how these conversations were supposed to go, and nowhere in that was there room for an 'I got cursed and now I'm struggling'. "You? I thought you moved away, I haven't seen you at the store."

Re: Arrive and Mingle

[begmetwice]

"I did -- I'm in Daventry these days, with Amaya," Irene replied, somewhere between vaguely sheepish at not having said goodbye, and faintly proud of having found a new corner of the multiverse to explore with her favorite person. "We're just back for Homecoming, but -- you know, please, I'm not showing up the day after a fabulous party."