Halloween Party, Creepy But Nowhere Near Abandoned Mansion, Tuesday Night

[deathsmajesty]

After basically being dared to do it by Tony Stark (and putting in six weeks of renovations, bless Hannibal for the contractor), Liliana, dressed as an empress, hair pulled back in a profusion of curls by her angelic headpiece, was ready to throw her first Fandom party. Sure, it was for a holiday she didn't really understand, but she'd heard enough about it to make due: there was supposed to be candy and people were supposed to be in costume. Done. Everything else was just the same as a regular party, right?

Granted, the last party she'd hosted had actually been for a bunch of vampires and that had been seventy years ago on a completely different plane, but bah, details. You had food to eat, music to dance to, dark corners to sneak off to, and either enough witty people or enough alcohol to keep the conversation flowing. Liliana was hoping that there would be plenty of the former showing up, but just in case, she'd made sure to stock plenty of the latter.

Though her newly refurbished ballroom was actually very light and airy, she had done her best to recreate some of the spookiest elements she'd seen in her travels. The dancefloor was covered in about a foot of heavy fog that swirled and eddied with every movement. While most of the chandeliers were shrouded in fabric and false webbing, she personally found the main chandelier was decorated in something she much more unnerving. Black and red candles flickered about the room held by ghostly hands, dripping skulls, and the occasional elegant standing candelabra. One of the few concessions to magic she'd used tonight was to have the candles lit with tongues of false fire, which provided light but no heat. And they glowed blues and greens and purples, which was a nice effect. Red roses were placed upside down in vases, while more questionable arrangements sat in decorative vases. Out of deference to her guests' squeamishness sensibilities, all creepy critters, skeletons, and dead bodies were all cunningly crafted fakes, not a single real bone or drop of blood in the place.

Other than, of course, what her guests brought in with them. And should they leave with fewer of either than they'd come in with, well, that was hardly her fault. Probably.

Arrive and Mingle / Photos / Dark Corners [NFB] / Refreshments / Dance / Gardens / OOC

[Please hold for OCD up! Do the thing!]

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Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[pocketpretzels]

"I wouldn't presume to speak for either of them, but we'd have more luck getting Steven to attend such an event than Marc," Watts told her. Both because of the specific kind of alcohol that would be the focus and because of the fact that it was a social gathering at all.

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[pocketpretzels]

"That seems reasonable to me," Watts said. "Though possibly sooner rather than later, as people tend to get busier as the end of the year approaches."

Re: Photos

[hasaknightjob]

"Same," Steven said. "Here, I'll go handwavily get Llewellyn so you can handwavily take those photos of us. I know I've already taken up a lot of your time while you're meant to be working. Thank you."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[hasaknightjob]

"Something like that, yeah," Steven said. "Sort of the idea that magic can be knowable, we just haven't caught up to the ins and outs of it is all. Not yet."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[hasaknightjob]

"Good point," Steven said. "They'll probably be busy with holiday orders and the like."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[hasaknightjob]

"I'm picturing him trying to hold up a tiny phone to his ear," Steven admitted.

Re: Photos

[deathsmajesty]

At some point, they were going to have to figure out the right way to answer this question, especially with them both firmly denying they were a couple...while also tacitly agreeing that they were a couple.

For now, Liliana was able to answer in specifics, at least, rather than the difficulty the generality would create. "Ignis has been an absolute gift these past few days," she said. "I don't know that I would have been able to get everything done without his help."

Well, she could have. Just not as stylishly.

She gave Liz a mischievous look. "Though now I'm wondering what Prompto said."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[pocketpretzels]

"Not to mention their first Christmas with the Little Miss," Watts pointed out. "I'm sure that will occupy a good deal of their attention."

Re: Photos

[flamesburned]

"You're welcome it hasn't been any trouble at all," Liz assured him, "I'm glad we were able to catch up,"

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[deathsmajesty]

"Think nothing of it," Liliana said with a wave of her hand. "That is a lovely suit, darling, and the mask is certainly Halloweenly. I think you're dressed up just fine."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[mylandmyrules]

Nell laughed. "Mine would probably be too busy playing and just let it go to voicemail."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[deathsmajesty]

"Thank you, darling, and no, nobody specific," Liliana said, hand smoothing over her gown. "I don't know Earth culture enough to choose a costume from that, and I felt it easier to just go to my modiste on Innistrad than try to find someone new."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[deathsmajesty]

Tch. So prejudiced against the living impaired.

"You're quite welcome," she assured him. "Sometimes I feel like the only time to meet people is to throw a huge ball and chat with whomever comes out of the woodwork"

Re: Photos

[flamesburned]

Liz grinned at that, "well I think he gets a lot of his information from Gladio," she said, "a lot of it was after 3MD, so I heard about Ignis cooking for you after that," she added.

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[deathsmajesty]

"Why thank you, darling," Liliana said, closing the distance to give Lana's costume a curious onceover. "And it was my pleasure, truly."

She gestured at the costume. "Who are you meant to be, my dear?"

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[hasaknightjob]

"That's true." Steven sighed. "She must be getting so big now. Maybe Liz has photos."

You know, what were the odds?

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[hasaknightjob]

"It's a very busy life being a kitten," Steven agreed. "Have to take probably twice the step adult cats do just to keep up."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[two_idiots_one_body]

Thank you, John said smugly.

"John says thank you, since he picked the suit. The mask is...well, I got it off a cultist that tried to kill me. It seemed appropriate."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[sharp_man]

"If you'd like someone on Earth, I would be happy to recommend a tailor, and I imagine Ms. Adler - have you met her? - could also help; she has extremely good taste. Is this current fashion on Innistrad?"

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[intheeyeofthebeholding]

"Yes, well." Jon smiled awkwardly. "I don't get out much, but Summer frowns if I don't try to make it to parties. She was my, um. Mentor, I suppose you'd say, when I first arrived here."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[doctorgingerspice]

Yeah, Will wasn't putting up too much of a fight with regards to letting himself be led towards the refreshment table.

"Oh, well, you couldn't back down from something like that," Will agreed.

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[pocketpretzels]

"I'm sure she must," Watts said, bumping Steven's shoulder lightly.

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[unusual_sith]

"You know, I'm not entirely sure?" Lana shook her head. "Some sort of warrior or spy, I gathered. I went to a place on the mainland, and this was one of several they suggested. I chose it as being easy to move in and even fight in if necessary."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[hasaknightjob]

"Oh right," Steven said, looking sheepish as he realized.

Which technically worked well with his costume.

"Well maybe she'll have a chance to show me some when we chat."

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[pocketpretzels]

Okay, but the sheepish look was irresistibly adorable, hence the quick kiss. "It cannot hurt to ask."