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Cosette Fauchelevent ([personal profile] lark_in_flight) wrote in [community profile] milliways_bar2017-01-05 11:32 pm

Twelfth Night Party, Pontmercy style!

You -- yes, you, whoever you are -- got an invitation to the party. All of Milliways is welcome!

If you choose to come, you'll find Bar directing you to a big round tent that went up this afternoon on the lawn outside the bar. Marius and Cosette and various friends spent a lot of time this morning ferrying decorations in, and the waitrats spent a lot of time in the afternoon ferrying food in, but the doors won't officially open until close to sunset.

But this isn't a cheap white plastic tent, oh no. It's warm and domed and made of thick fabric, something like a very large yurt. A bit of magic keeps out the drafts, making everything extra cozy.

There's a fire in the middle of the floor, with a low screen encircling it but also magic meaning that this fire puts of warmth but will not actually burn anything, even if you step right into it. The floor is wood -- great for dancing, if you feel like it! There's a piano over against the wall for anyone who wants to make some music.

Everywhere there are garlands of European evergreen branches and herbs, studded with bright dried fruit and sparkling ornaments. (Mistletoe might very well be among them, though the Pontmercies haven't thought to supply that as an intentional party game.) There are candles and lanterns everywhere, and a big chandelier. There are no electric lights at all -- it's all fire -- but a good number of them are magical, so that nothing's going to get set on fire or covered with smoke. The general intended impression is of genteel, welcoming festivity, in a very French and very early 19th century European way.

There are food and drinks galore. Come in and enjoy the party!

[OOC: Party-style post! Subthreads for various categories and activities, etc. Open from now until whenever!

Edit: As of Joly's arrival, Cosette now has a mini-polaroid camera. Fear, Milliways. Feel free to assume that she's popped up to take a candid picture of your character(s) at any point, as long as they're not doing or wearing anything scandalous! She will happily give the resulting picture to your character if they want; it probably won't be a very good picture, in terms of composition or focus, but it will be cheerfully enthusiastic.]
stilljustandrew: (notebook)

Re: Meet and Greet

[personal profile] stilljustandrew 2017-01-12 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
"No, I'm pretty sure it was always called that? I don't remember for sure when it was built, but I think it was later in your century. Uh, hang on --"

He digs in his pocket and comes up with a small pencil and pad, flips to a clean page, and starts sketching rapidly.

"It looks, um ..." Holding the sketch out to show her. "Sort of like this? Only the lines are smoother, I sort of messed it up there."
stilljustandrew: (serious 3)

Re: Meet and Greet

[personal profile] stilljustandrew 2017-01-12 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
"It's mostly metal? And the triangles are -- a lot of it's a sort of open latticework, you can see the sky right through it."
stilljustandrew: (serious 2)

Re: Meet and Greet

[personal profile] stilljustandrew 2017-01-12 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
"It's massive. I think it's the tallest structure in France? Definitely the tallest in Paris, anyway, it overlooks the whole city. It's like ... a global landmark now, everybody knows what it looks like even if they've never been to France."
stilljustandrew: (smile 2)

Re: Meet and Greet

[personal profile] stilljustandrew 2017-01-12 10:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"No, just the one really -- I mean, New York has towers, sure, it's got a whole skyline, but they're not shaped like this."

His smile is a touch rueful. "So yeah, future people like super tall things, that's one change."
stilljustandrew: (serious 2)

Re: Meet and Greet

[personal profile] stilljustandrew 2017-01-13 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Well -- we live in them, a lot of them," he says, "and others we work in, they're offices and things. And there are elevators -- or lifts, some people call them -- to carry people from floor to floor so nobody has to walk up ten or twenty flights of stairs, or more."
stilljustandrew: (confiding)

Re: Meet and Greet

[personal profile] stilljustandrew 2017-01-15 03:13 am (UTC)(link)
"I've never lived up that high, my place is on ground level, but I like visiting? You get some great views too, especially if you can go up on the building's roof."

He grins. "And some of the buildings are so tall that they get hawks and eagles nesting in the windows, because they think they're cliffs."