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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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He saw this in a movie once.
Chances are good it was on PBS.
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PBS is not entirely inaccurate.
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"But please, call me Mike. Where I'm from full names serve only one purpose: to let you know you're really in trouble."
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"I believe I met a friend of yours on my first visit to Milliways, Lady Thayet. She spoke kindly of you.
"It is my pleasure to finally make your acquaintance, Mike."
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"The pleasure is all mine," he says still a touched confused.
"Theyet said something nice about me?
...
Wow. That sounds bad," he covers quickly. "It's just, I mean she's great! I just didn't think, you know, that she paid me any attention, to be honest."
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"She definitely called you a friend, which would seem quite an honor coming from a Lady such as herself.
She also told me you are the barman at Milliways. I confess I expected someone... different."
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He's looking awful chuffed all of a sudden.
"You were expecting someone taller, weren't you."
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"Milliways is a very strange place, yet you seem remarkably normal."
Dinner jacket and all!
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"I do, don't I?"
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"What secrets are you hiding?"
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She has her ways of finding information about anyone in London society, it cannot be so different in Milliways. Gossip is universal.
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"Let the games begin."