vorbratta: (it takes a little vanity)
sonia (vor)barra ([personal profile] vorbratta) wrote in [community profile] faderift2020-06-24 08:32 pm

[ open: all arise! ]

WHO: you. yes, you there. you're invited
WHAT: Sonia is throwing a big party, because everyone needs an excuse to get good and drunk together right now. And dancing. There is always dancing.
WHEN: Justinian, shortly after the return of the jungle crew
WHERE: The suite at the top of the mage tower
NOTES:have some party jams

The month in the jungle was a long one, made longer by the total lack of any alcohol to mitigate the experience. Utterly unthinkable. Sonia is addressing a public need by throwing a grand party -- a public service, even. Besides, it's what she does. When was the last time she got to plan a party, anyway? Granted, this is not a Denerim soiree for the young nobility, but the venue doesn't matter. Only the people and the drinks, and Sonia is assuredly rich in both. It is also a fantastic excuse not to think about any of the bad things that have happened since she was last in Kirkwall.

The decoration in the residential suite at the top of the mage tower would be best classified as improvisational -- one of those drapes tacked along the wall for ambience may be a bedsheet -- but it's the spirit of the thing that counts. One makes do with what one has. In one corner are a few tables laden with spirits, some provided by Sonia, others by generous partygoers. There are a few Barra vineyard vintages in the mix, highlights of her personal collection, a testament to the celebration she considers tonight to be. There's a small selection of food nearby, mostly for snacking to go with the drinks, though guests are free to bring whatever they like to share.

And there is, of course, music. Someone here has brought a fiddle or a flute or a bunch of pots masquerading as a drum set. Maybe you've brought your very own a capella choir. Whatever the accompaniment, there's something to dance to. Sonia makes sure there is dancing.

Tonight is not for licking wounds or swapping grisly stories of terror and survival. Tonight is for feeling alive, getting properly and delightfully drunk, and having a good god damn time.
bouchonne: (considering)

[personal profile] bouchonne 2020-06-29 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
What would you have done if I'd done so?
bouchonne: (sardonic)

[personal profile] bouchonne 2020-06-29 11:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A laugh. ]

Oh, please, milady. In your eyes, my best quality is my unavailability. It allows one to enjoy feeling desired without ever actually confronting the danger of betraying one's true love. If I were to ever truly become capable of being your paramour, you'd flee.
coquettish_trees: (concerned mad)

[personal profile] coquettish_trees 2020-06-29 11:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Her turn for a brittle incredulous crack of a laugh. ]

Think you I have felt desired? When was it you paid me any bare breath of court?

When you did not so much as acknowledge the first time I dared put arms around you? When you as much as said you had no room in your heart for me? Ah, yes, all marks of such passion.
bouchonne: (i don't like you)

[personal profile] bouchonne 2020-06-29 11:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, come now, dear Orlesian. Surely your training is better than that.
coquettish_trees: (considering cloak)

[personal profile] coquettish_trees 2020-06-30 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps you have outpaced me.

[ although they match in movement here ]

Or perhaps I am too close to see; so are many fooled.
bouchonne: (inteeense)

OOOOPS lost this notif, I am sorry

[personal profile] bouchonne 2020-07-04 04:13 pm (UTC)(link)
You have not seen how you get under my skin? How you disconcert me?
coquettish_trees: (side stare profile)

rejoice for it is found!

[personal profile] coquettish_trees 2020-07-04 05:04 pm (UTC)(link)
And how should I know how you are when I am absent to make comparison?

[ her jaw clenches, releases only after she looks away; a soft focus over his shoulder. ]

You think much of me to believe I might notice such things whilst I struggle to keep my balance in your company.
bouchonne: (sardonic)

[personal profile] bouchonne 2020-07-04 05:11 pm (UTC)(link)
You are bard-trained.
coquettish_trees: (shut that shit down)

[personal profile] coquettish_trees 2020-07-04 05:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Have you not training?
bouchonne: (droll)

[personal profile] bouchonne 2020-07-04 05:35 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A small shrug. ]

Yes, you've taught me a thing or two. For which I thank you.
coquettish_trees: (hat serious)

[personal profile] coquettish_trees 2020-07-04 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
And what was it you learned?
bouchonne: (drunken pontificating)

[personal profile] bouchonne 2020-07-04 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Why, a bit of language. How to communicate.
Edited 2020-07-04 19:45 (UTC)
coquettish_trees: (thousand yard stare)

[personal profile] coquettish_trees 2020-07-04 07:56 pm (UTC)(link)
But you will not.
coquettish_trees: (actually sad)

[personal profile] coquettish_trees 2020-07-04 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she stills a beat too long, he’ll be on the wrong side of her—or she of him—if he goes on without her. ]

As I.
bouchonne: (arch)

[personal profile] bouchonne 2020-07-05 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A beat, an arched eyebrow. ]

That sounded akin to a confession.
coquettish_trees: (considering cloak)

[personal profile] coquettish_trees 2020-07-05 10:03 pm (UTC)(link)
If it was?
Edited 2020-07-05 22:03 (UTC)