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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.]
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.]
Re: Meet and Greet
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."
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She assumes. She doesn't really have any idea if it's an accurate depiction, but it's a confidently done one, anyway, for such a rapid sketch.
"What is it made of? All those little triangles, is that stained glass, or something in the stone...?"
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"And you said it's a tower? Why, how large is it?"
Maybe it's very small?
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Wow that sounds hideous to 1830s sensibilities but maybe she's misinterpreting??
Cosette hands the drawing back with a merry little laugh. "Oh, how strange! I can't even picture it -- it's not the fault of your drawing, it's just such a strange thought. Are there many such towers in your day?"
She's vaguely picturing 21st century New York as an entire city of ugly pointy spidery lattice-towers now. It has a certain absurd fascination!
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His smile is a touch rueful. "So yeah, future people like super tall things, that's one change."
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"Well, it still sounds marvelously strange to me!" She laughs a little. "We like tall things, you know, there are cathedrals, there are palaces, there are great monuments. But not so tall as that, I think! Oh, how funny. How do you live among them, in your New York?"
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Twenty flights of stairs!
"Why, it's as if you're all living in bell towers! Is that pleasant, monsieur? I suppose you can look out and see the birds fly, and see them perch on your sill and sing little songs."
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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."