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Dionysus ([personal profile] vineleaves) wrote2025-07-04 01:23 pm
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Open: In a shout of joy at the only shrine where you come benighted and leave benign

Dark has come and gone again, which means it’s time to party.

In some ways the party is very similar to last year’s - same large banquet room in the mansion, a similarly large abundance of food and drink, and the promise of a night full of letting loose for everyone in attendance. It’s far from a direct clone of the previous party though. For starters, Dionysus has had Claudius help him in all of the planning (sometimes a god’s blessings come in the form of enrichment for one’s enclosure). They’ve gotten several of the mansion’s residents to agree to play live music during the night, and Dionysus was able to find some, ah, more widely appreciated CDs to play during the breaks between performers.

The room has been decorated to the nines again, but where last year he had green vines draping on the walls diffusing the glow from the twinkling fairy lights, this year he has strung up swooping vines of silver, glittering almost like tinsel. The large food tables have an almost ridiculous amount of things to munch on; there should be something for everyone there.

It should go without saying that the beverage tables are well-stocked, considering the host.

The festivities are starting a little earlier this year than last, out of respect for those who may or may not have earlier bedtimes. Come dressed in your finest, it’s a yearly tradition now!




Just as there was last year, there is to be an ‘after party’. If your character is part of the standard Orgy Invite Crew, they will have received another invitation to that half of the evening as well. Just like last year, this part of the event is to be handwaved, for obvious reasons.
futaille: (snark)

[personal profile] futaille 2025-07-19 02:11 am (UTC)(link)
"I would be happy to." He takes Lancelot's hand. "You came to the right man, it's nearly impossible to find a drink around here." With that, he pulls him over to the closest extremely large and obvious drink table.
lanselos_du_lac: (seriously)

[personal profile] lanselos_du_lac 2025-07-19 02:12 am (UTC)(link)
Lancelot raises an eyebrow at him and then turns to leave, fully expecting to be stopped. (This is a gag, of course, though he is not terribly good at telegraphing that.)
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[personal profile] summerdude 2025-07-19 02:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Bro, if you need a minute to hide the depth of your secret fondness emotions, that's fine, I can look the other way."
lanselos_du_lac: (charmed)

[personal profile] lanselos_du_lac 2025-07-19 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
"I'm so grateful to have a guide."
lanselos_du_lac: (questioning)

[personal profile] lanselos_du_lac 2025-07-19 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
He does turn back, "Fondness?"
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[personal profile] summerdude 2025-07-19 02:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, that's what I said."
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[personal profile] futaille 2025-07-19 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Happy to serve the purpose, of course. Is there anything in particular you'd like?"
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[personal profile] sagramore 2025-07-19 02:54 am (UTC)(link)
"I've always been slow with that sort of thing. Laertes has the head for science."
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[personal profile] notalone_anymore 2025-07-19 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Well, don't worry about it. Does it actually matter? Nah."
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[personal profile] higginbottom 2025-07-19 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
She nods.

"See, you've got it!"

Now, Esther will start to sway, slowly and gently. She smiles at him as they (sort of) dance.
lanselos_du_lac: (oh really)

[personal profile] lanselos_du_lac 2025-07-19 02:50 pm (UTC)(link)
He seems to consider then says, "Something new or interesting."
lanselos_du_lac: (oh really)

[personal profile] lanselos_du_lac 2025-07-19 02:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"For thee?"
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[personal profile] futaille 2025-07-19 03:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Grantaire grins. He made sure to have some specific requests in for the offerings and Dionysus was of course kind enough to make sure they were fulfilled. "I can provide both." He scans over the bottles. "It's the distillation of a fruit I discovered since arriving."
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[personal profile] sagramore 2025-07-19 04:24 pm (UTC)(link)
He smiles at her. "Perhaps you're right."
lightbearinglord: (gazing)

[personal profile] lightbearinglord 2025-07-19 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I could not forget that if I meant to."
lightbearinglord: (from behind)

[personal profile] lightbearinglord 2025-07-19 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
This strikes Lan Wangji with enough resonance that he turns to look at Sagramore, his expression a little more sharply assessing. "I have felt that way for much of my life."
lightbearinglord: (pensive with bunny)

[personal profile] lightbearinglord 2025-07-19 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
"Once Apollo is finished. Will you be ready?"
lanselos_du_lac: (oh really)

[personal profile] lanselos_du_lac 2025-07-19 09:00 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh really? What sort of fruit?"
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[personal profile] futaille 2025-07-19 09:04 pm (UTC)(link)
He finds the bottle of durian liqueur. "It's called durian. It's from some tropical islands in the Pacific. The exterior is spiky and the flesh is pungent."
lanselos_du_lac: (oh really)

[personal profile] lanselos_du_lac 2025-07-19 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Aye, Kade indeed -- he is very talented, and thankfully also patient."

He shifts a little, so that he can have a hand at the small of each of their backs. He still feels a touch overwhelmed, but in a rather pleasant way.
lanselos_du_lac: (oh really)

[personal profile] lanselos_du_lac 2025-07-19 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
"Pungent?"
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[personal profile] timebethine 2025-07-19 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Then let me protest. He knows thee, and loves thee. He is not deceived or confused. Slight not the sweet man whom I love so well."
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[personal profile] timebethine 2025-07-19 09:15 pm (UTC)(link)
"An thou wouldst not attend, I'll find another to pass the hours with thee," says Laertes. "I would not have thee attend their wedding with groans and sighs."
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[personal profile] timebethine 2025-07-19 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"On thy head be it," Laertes laughs.
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[personal profile] timebethine 2025-07-19 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
When his fingertips brush Laertes's at Susan's back, Laertes remembers himself, and lets his hand fall away as though the touch has scorched him. "Shall I bring thee something to drink?" he asks, looking between Susan and Lancelot.