Open: In a shout of joy at the only shrine where you come benighted and leave benign

[vineleaves]

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.

Comments

[lightbearinglord]

"Mn." The edge of his mouth quirks in a smile at the predictability of it. "And Alex chose yours?"

[summerdude]

"Well, Alex and Sunny. So I can match, you know, both of them."

[lightbearinglord]

This is sensible; they amount to two of the most important people in Magnus' life. "Wife guy and younger sister guy¹, then."

¹Age specified because what he actually said was "meimei guy." Thanks, translator!

[summerdude]

Magnus's secret language lessons with Uncle D have long since progressed through the main family labels applicable to Magnus (with all the other granular terms still looming on the horizon), and he actually hears 'meimei guy' as intended. "Yep, that's me," he says, happy both from the triumph of one segment of his ongoing education and from the thought of being that kind of guy. Also, as always, it's very refreshing to be near Hanguang-jun at a party. He's, like, a bulwark against the more overwhelming aspects of crowd, both physically, because Magnus can use him as a shield, and emotionally, because he's just so even-keeled all the time. "I'm just a guy who respects girls who know exactly how they want things to be."

[lightbearinglord]

"Mn." Lan Wangji casts another glance of affection down at Magnus, who leans trustingly against him. "And I am a man who prefers to indulge his husband."

[summerdude]

"I also respect girls who don't know how they want things to be," Magnus clarifies, perhaps needlessly. "But Alex and Sunny are both very, very clear and self-aware."

[lightbearinglord]

"I know." His mouth twitches again, almost a smile. "I met Sunny as an older child, too. She had remained that way."

[summerdude]

"Yeah," Magnus agrees, with a smile of his own. "It's good. She's the best."

[lightbearinglord]

"It seems she will continue to learn to play the qin with me."

[summerdude]

"Of course she will," fondly. "She's very creative. Remember her trashbagpipe performance?"