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Liliana Vess ([personal profile] deathsmajesty) wrote2023-10-31 05:32 am

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

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!]
begmetwice: ([neu] appraising)

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] begmetwice 2023-10-31 06:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"I feel like you could just wear this. Like as an outfit," Irene observed with a smile when she sauntered her way over, gesturing to Margo's whole leather-clad person with one hand and gripping her cigarette holder and drink with the other. "The bird's a bit much for just Tuesday, though, I suppose."
not_a_goddamn_princess: (eyepatch: so here's the tea)

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] not_a_goddamn_princess 2023-10-31 06:18 pm (UTC)(link)
"I dunno," Margo said, glancing at it as well as she could under the circumstances. "I'm starting to dig the terrifying witch vibe."
begmetwice: ([neu] implacable)

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] begmetwice 2023-10-31 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"So different from your usual terrifying magician vibe," Irene teased lightly, carefully patting her wig to make sure it stayed in place. "Though the crow does sinister things up a bit for the occasion."
not_a_goddamn_princess: (eyepatch: smug)

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[personal profile] not_a_goddamn_princess 2023-10-31 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hey, there are two ways to go on Halloween when you're as badass as we are," Margo said. She nodded at Irene. "And you already got 'sex me up' covered."
begmetwice: ([neu] come on now)

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] begmetwice 2023-10-31 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"I try," Irene replied, cocking one generously padded hip. "Though maybe next year, we ought to lean out of type and do mascot costumes, or the like. Maybe a giant inflatable unicorn, or a tyrannosaurus rex everyone has to negotiate their way around all night?"
not_a_goddamn_princess: (eyepatch: you think that's clever)

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[personal profile] not_a_goddamn_princess 2023-10-31 07:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"A costume that'll fuck up somebody's day?" Margo asked, tilting her head. "Okay, I'm interested."
begmetwice: ([pos] looking at you)

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] begmetwice 2023-10-31 07:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Maybe something with an absurd hoop skirt that whacks everyone the whole party," Irene mused. "Help maintain personal space, too."
not_a_goddamn_princess: (eyepatch: so here's the tea)

Re: (Eventually) Arrive and Mingle

[personal profile] not_a_goddamn_princess 2023-11-01 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
"I'd have to find a spiky hoop skirt," Margo mused. "That's also fucking cute."