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callipygos) wrote2012-12-01 06:44 pm
callipygos) wrote2012-12-01 06:44 pm
holiday party post
Aphrodite's New York loft is done up to the nines.
The first good look as one enters is of twinkling Manhattan through the big windows, lights bright against a dark winter sky. The windows take up most of two walls; the rest of the space is largely empty, the star of the show a glowingly polished hardwood floor perfect for dancing.
There's a cluster of low-slung couches and chairs at one end of the room, velvet and leather and very inviting. They're situated by the fireplace, which lends them a cozy glow-- though it isn't cold anywhere in here, despite the windows.
Aphrodite is very proud of a few things about tonight:
1) The music, which spans a decent range of time periods and tempos, and will be playing for most of the evening.
2) The decorations, understated but quite lovely: softly glowing lights, silver and gold ribbons wound around columns and draped from the ceiling ... the occasional strategically placed bit of mistletoe.
3) Her dress.
And yes, darlings, there is a very well stocked bar and counter full of snacks.
That's what happens when you enlist the Three Graces to help you plan your shindigs.
The first good look as one enters is of twinkling Manhattan through the big windows, lights bright against a dark winter sky. The windows take up most of two walls; the rest of the space is largely empty, the star of the show a glowingly polished hardwood floor perfect for dancing.
There's a cluster of low-slung couches and chairs at one end of the room, velvet and leather and very inviting. They're situated by the fireplace, which lends them a cozy glow-- though it isn't cold anywhere in here, despite the windows.
Aphrodite is very proud of a few things about tonight:
1) The music, which spans a decent range of time periods and tempos, and will be playing for most of the evening.
2) The decorations, understated but quite lovely: softly glowing lights, silver and gold ribbons wound around columns and draped from the ceiling ... the occasional strategically placed bit of mistletoe.
3) Her dress.
And yes, darlings, there is a very well stocked bar and counter full of snacks.
That's what happens when you enlist the Three Graces to help you plan your shindigs.
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To make up for gatecrashing -- if the Lord of Dreams can ever gatecrash an event -- he comes bearing a gift.
Perhaps it will make up for his forbidding countenance -- a standard part of his partywear.
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Or at least, not if her smile is any indication.
"Hey there."
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He proffers the gift he bears -- a handsomely-wrought amphora.
"You may find this familiar. I hope you find it welcome."
It is wine -- very old wine, from the isle of Cythera, from the days in which the goddess first came to shore.
(It is land he knew well, once.)
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To be fair, she doesn't hang out with him much. (She doesn't hang out with any of her family and assorted deities much.) But there's something she thinks she recognizes here, and hell, it's not as if there aren't a million Greeks walking around Milliways.
"This ... this is lovely," she murmurs, reaching out gently to accept the wine.
A faint, careful smile.
"Are you who I think you are?"
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There is something amused in the glint of the stars in his eyes.
"It is a nice gathering."
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She cradles the wine in one arm, smile widening.
"Thank you for this."
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Tales are his province; tales are one means by which to worship this goddess. Morpheus lays blame for his romantic failures at Desire's doorstep; he has no problem with Aphrodite.
"May it serve you well."
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