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[eternityalone]

Who: Anyone!
What: It's a Wine Tasting at the Lux
When: Saturday Evening
Where: The Lux.
Sugarplum Fairies: PLENTY.
Notes: ANYONE is welcome. Prose or brackets. I'm just having Katherine start it off, but feel free to have your very own thread. This is a party-post of sorts. It's at the Lux and there are plenty of wines and platters of small bits of food that are meant to accentuate the flavor of the wine. Cheese, Chocolate, Fruits... etc.



The Lux isn't Katherine's first choice of social locations, but it does have the luxury of being somewhere that has been deemed as off-limits for the Salvatore brothers. She'd put the math together through the journals and from over-hearing conversations of employees and the ghosts. Such gossips. She'd already resolved to go to that Speed Dating thing, just trying to make some effort to figure out just who all was in this place and just how vulnerable some of them were.

For the moment, she's milling through the crowd, glass in hand, and keeping an eye on everyone. She's fully capable of slipping by most of them undetected. Knowing that her speed would easily put her out of anyone's line of sight if she didn't want to be seen. Tonight though, she wasn't planning on shying away from too many of them.

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[huntersdaughter]

Eliot used to host wine tastings, but sadly they'd gotten off track of the schedule when he left. Considering the last loss Jo had been on made her a slave to the kitchen, she's been trying to stay out of the kitchen as much as possible. That put her in the wine cellar, realizing just how much wine they had stocked up in there.

Wine tasting night seemed to be something they needed to have and she's more than happy to bring up the bottles. Besides, with all the kissing that'd been running around rampant - maybe people needed to have a drink.

[alias_savant]

Neal was at the bar when she came back up, and he gave her a small smile, before reaching forward to take some of the bottles from her. "You have some really nice vintages downstairs. If I had known I might have snuck down there sooner."

[huntersdaughter]

"I thought you were aware of just how stocked the cellar was. We've got a damn near phone book full of names that I can't hardly pronounce."

[iamdamnloyal]

[She's working on the speed dating plans and as much as she wants to do that at Caritas, she's just so worn out that she's opted instead to just hang out at the castle bar and stick to a booth to herself.

There's wine, which is always nice, but there's also chocolate. That's even better.]

[letmetouchit.livejournal.com]

Meanwhile Cas is among the group of others sampling wine.

Castiel still didn't quite get it. He'd come, mostly to loiter and wait for the Winchesters or their group but had stumbled upon something entirely different and confusing.

"Why should I spit?" He didn't understand the purpose.

[msattentionspan]

The laugh that came from behind Cas is low and a bit throaty. Faith's been drinking for a while.

"Wait - why would we spit it out?" Faith had heard about the free alcohol, but she isn't aware of all the rules that go along with a tasting. She's just happy to be able to drink.

[letmetouchit.livejournal.com]

"I was told that was what needed to be done," Cas turned around his eyes falling on the shorter brunette.

[assassino]

Ezio was still exploring when he found the Lux. He hadn't been in the castle for even twenty-four hours yet, and it seemed fitting to end the day at a party with wine and snacks. It would be a good place to mingle and get a feel for the castle's residents, and possibly see what people from the 21st century considered a party.

Not too far off from what he considered a party, apparently.

Out of his Assassin robes but still discreetly armed, Ezio had changed into a regular doublet and slipped in with the crowd. He helped himself to a glass of wine and started scoping out the place for interesting people.

But who was he kidding? Everyone was interesting in a world that combined all sorts of planets and time periods.

[eternityalone]

Katherine was the best at being unseen. She was quiet and found it easy to eavesdrop on whatever conversation suited her in the moment. The Lux was filled with conversations, filled with people drinking - laughing, most of them trying to forget that they were hostage to a castle. It wasn't an easy task, but like most things it seemed plying yourself with alcohol helped.

For the moment, it helped her curb those cravings - dull those feelings that she knew she could shut off - even if she knew she much rather preferred to keep some of them lingering.

Even when it meant the ones she didn't want to recall had their way of creeping in.

She cut across the room, the wine in her glass aerating with every turn she made, the liquid hitting high on the side of the glass.

"Enjoying yourself?"

[assassino]

Ezio was leant against the bar, utterly relaxed in a place that was so absurdly unlike his usual surroundings. Before, a trip into a tavern or inn meant a wood floor long stained and moulding from spilled drink, instead of polished floors. The elegant lights would be replaced by flickering oil lamps, the bar and its taps replaced by barrels and a crude shelf. Nobles entertained guests in their private villas, never in these cramped public spaces. Ezio felt at home already.

He made eye-contact with her, long and lingering, and he let a smile curve onto his face.

"It's not bad, for a first night in Paradise."

[howruthless]

Being discreetly armed wasn't really a poor choice in a place you didn't understand. Tess would have had her usual nine millimeter herself, but since the castle saw it fit to take that particular skill from her, she was making due with other forms of protection.

None of that is shown, however -- maybe it is with the confident way she moved through the room, but as far as she is concerned, she's a lot more comfortable when she feels adequately protected.

She cut through the room and made her way to the bar, pausing to get herself her own glass of wine before starting to people watch a bit herself.

[assassino]

And there's another beautiful woman. Ezio watched her for a moment, instantly caught by that confidence. Well, even if this place ended up being an impossible-to-solve mystery or another thing in his life to spend ten years chasing, he'd at least be in beautiful company.

He didn't exactly hide that he was looking at her, either, searching her face for some sort of opening. Only a coward or a little boy would try to sneak glimpses when the other's head is turned. Ezio was just there, smiling pleasantly, and he jumped right in.

"You should try a Sangiovese wine, if you haven't already."

[demonologist]

Wes isn't quite sure that attending this event is the best idea. Especially now that the sugarplum fairies are out in force, but he doesn't like the thought of hiding away indefinitely.

Fred has informed him that she'll be squirreled away in the lab for the evening with her Libet specimens and he envies her a little. He plans to check on her later, but first...

He's intent on whiling away some of the time and this wine tasting seems the perfect distraction.

He selects a wine that is a rich blackcurrant red and swirls it around, then lifts the glass to his nose to sample the bouquet.

[succubitch]

Lilah, of course, was here as well. She's always been a fan of good wine. And though she's already been a victim of the fairies, she's no more of a fan of hiding away than Wesley is.

She was currently sipping at a crisp Chardonnay when she notices him across the room. A smirk spreads across her lips as she drains the rest of the glass and sets it down, making her way over to him.

[demonologist]

He offers Lilah a small but genuine smile when he sees her. He knows she's not the most popular person around, but that doesn't stop him from remaining a friend. Even if it's difficult sometimes.

This sort of event is very much her style, so he shouldn't really be surprised that she's here.

"Evening..."

[eternityalone]

After a few glasses, and a few encounters with the small flecks of bright gold flecks that were floating around, Katherine is feeling very up to being social. After all, this is a social gathering.

"You might want to let it breathe more. There are some oaky undertones to it."

[demonologist]

Wes turned to see who was addressing him. He didn't recognise the beautiful dark haired woman, so he lowered his glass and gave her a polite nod.

"I'll take your advice, then. You seem to know your way around wines far more than I."

[succubitch]

Lilah's a fan of wine. And wine tastings like this remind her of some of the classy events she used to go to back home for Wolfram and Hart. Things she's sorely missed since she's arrived here in Paradisa (almost a year ago now, though that seems beyond strange).

She's currently keeping to herself, watching the other people in the room as she indulges herself, sampling a few of the wines available.

[alias_savant]

Eventually Neal gets bored with keeping to himself and brooding in a corner, and decides to try and get up and talk to people. Talking and smiling when he doesn't really feel it is what he's best at, after all. He makes his way over to the bar, eying the wine's to sample to try and decide his next choice.

"I have to admit," he says as he looks over the vintages. "Whoever stocked the wine cellar has fantastic taste."

[succubitch]

"Don't they just?" She asked, offering the man a smile. It wasn't really geniuine, but her smiles rarely were. Still, he was handsome, and he seemed to know wine. At the moment, that was reason enough to continue talking to him.

"I was pleasently surprised to see such a varied sample here."

[eternityalone]

It seems that there are more than a few people she's familiar with at this wine tasting. Cutting across the crowd, she smiles at Lilah.

"Enjoying the evening?"

[alias_savant]

Neal's year anniversary was yesterday.

He wasn't entirely sure how he felt about that.

The castle wasn't that bad. He didn't normally have issues with it, so long as it wasn't a day that ended in a "y", but for the days that did he had friends. He had interesting people to talk to, and to the place's credit, it was never boring. He was fairly certain that Peter and Mozzie would have a field day.

(He missed Peter and Mozzie. That was the problem.)

Still, even when his days in the castle weren't fantastic, they were things like wine tastings to pick them up. Which was where Neal was now, lounging in one of the booths and people watching, with the glass of wine resting on the table next to him. He wasn't feeling quite up to being his normal, social charming self, but if you come over to talk to him, he might muster it up for just one.

[eternityalone]

Katherine was pleasantly surprised to see Neal at the event. It wasn't as though she had expected any less, he seemed to be one of the few that could enjoy something like this.

She moved through the crowd and slide over beside him, ensuring that personal space wasn't quite an issue.

"At least there's one familiar face."

[howruthless]

[The day that Tess can resist a wine tasting will probably be the day that says very poor things about her taste level. She, in fact, was pleasantly surprised to see that this was happening and made her way down to just have a look around, if nothing else.

She still wasn't sure if this place was something she could trust. She wasn't sure if there was more that she should be reading into this, or if it really was as it seemed at face value, but for right now, she was just looking to enjoy the wine, if nothing else.]

[msattentionspan]

[Faith... loves this party. Free food, free alcohol, and she just made out with that guy in the trenchcoat.

She's back to mingling though and a redhead catches her eye.]

Big wine drinker or just a taster?