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

[timebethine]

"She likes to draw, and to color drawings made by others," Laertes offers. "And she loves to play with Szari and Dhakdi. She loves to dance and to play pranks."

[vineleaves]

"Ooh the puppies should definitely be at the wedding then--"

[timebethine]

"Szarka can behave herself at such an event; Dhakdi, I think, cannot. He requireth a firm hand, and hath not had the lightest touch."

[vineleaves]

"I think it would be fine, I mean, what's the worst a little puppy like that can do?"

[timebethine]

Laertes raises his eyebrows. "Sweet man, has thou ever had charge of a little puppy?"

[vineleaves]

"I have!" It has been a handful of centuries though, and honestly he prefers cats, but, "I just think it would be fine, even if a puppy decided to be a little terror."

[timebethine]

"On thy head be it," Laertes laughs.

[vineleaves]

"Sometimes when people have dogs that small they get little strollers for the dog to sit in."

[timebethine]

Laertes has never seen a stroller in person, but he's seen pictures in some of the books that he and Sagramore read about babies; immediately, he grasps the idea. "As though Dhakdi were Asmodean's child," he says. Actually, that sounds like an excellent way to limit the potential mischief.

[vineleaves]

"Exactly like that! Ooh, we have to get him one now, it's too cute of a mental image not to."

[timebethine]

"Surely this place could not refuse us such a perfect prank."

[vineleaves]

"I mean, I don't even mean for it to be a prank, I think he genuinely should get one," Dionysus laughs.

[timebethine]

"Then so it shall be--the long season of privation is over; may the era of strollers for dogs commence."

[vineleaves]

"It's going to be so cute!"

[timebethine]

"It would! Only seek not to confine Szarka in such a contrivance; she would be frantic to be free."

[vineleaves]

He laughs. "No, I don't think she would allow it even if I tried. I think she'd prefer to herd strollers rather than ride in one."

[timebethine]

"Shouldst see her playing with Dhakdi--he draws her on to mischief, and she herds him toward propriety. Two more opposite dogs there never were."

[vineleaves]

"That's so incredibly cute."

[timebethine]

"Wouldst thou like a pet of thine own?"