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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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"I was hoping to see my sister Artemis, don't tell her I said so. But so far the only gods here aren't exactly from my neck of the woods."
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Elle... tilts her head.
'Neck of the woods' is a tenuous phrase for her even at the best of times.
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"You'd have to ask them their histories."
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Beat.
"... different places?"
Mythologies? Worlds?
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"And different people believed in them. Believe, sometimes, I guess."
Freaking Kali.
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Instead, it's just -
"Your dress is pretty."
FYI.
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Aphrodite smiles.
"How does the rhyme go? Roses are red, violets are blue, sugar is sweet ..."
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'Sweet' isn't a word she'd use on herself, but -
"Maybe that's you."
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But there's sweet and there's sweet."
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But she also doesn't show that whens she asks, "Is one better?"
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"Like ... a chocolate truffle, or a ripe peach."
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Elle's desperately hoping she's right in guessing this is a metaphor.
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And she laughs.
"I hadn't decided."
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"How do you decide?"
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"Seventy-five percent in the attitude. At least half."
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Beat.
"Which are you now?"
Elle's not incapable of understanding metaphors, but it helps to have a push in the right direction.
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"I was going to see where the night took me."
She slides her hands down her sides to her hips, and smiles.
"But in this dress, I feel a little bit like champagne in a tall glass."
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Not like chocolate or peaches, anyway.
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"I think you've got that down."
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"Just let me know who you want to be tonight, Miss Elle."
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"Chocolate or peaches?"
Or champagne? Elle doesn't feel too much like anything edible.
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Elle's not too great with figurative language. But after a pause, the electricity that was crackling at her ankles is now sparkling across her shoulder.
It may be obvious, but it can't be said it doesn't suit her.