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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.

Comments

[succubitch]

"Probably not." She agreed. She brought her glass to her lips, taking a drink. "It's nice to talk to someone else who does, though."

[alias_savant]

He raised an eyebrow a bit, and watched her for a moment, considering. "Because it's something we have in common, or because it's a better way to see the world."

[succubitch]

"A bit of both," She replied, after thinking about it for a moment.

[alias_savant]

He shrugged. "Personally, I don't like to be cynical all the time, but there's some things you have to be smart about."

[succubitch]

"Exactly. Optimism is nice, but sometimes it can mislead you. There are definitely times where it's important to play things smart, see things as they really are," She said.

[alias_savant]

"It's important not to get too jaded, however. Seeing things as they are too often can end in your losing out on some things as well. It's hard to balance."

[succubitch]

"Balance is always important to have, in almost all areas in life." Of course, Lilah probably fell into the too jaded category herself, but that's just the way she was.

[alias_savant]

For some people, too jaded worked for them. Neal, on the other hand, was too much of a romantic to ever really get "too jaded." He needed to believe in something -- romance was it.

"I couldn't agree more."

[succubitch]

Lilah believed in something -- herself. Anything else was bound to let you down, especially romance.

"I don't think I've met you before," She said, offering him a smile. "Lilah Morgan."

[alias_savant]

He smiled back as he turned to extend a hand. "Neal Caffrey."

[succubitch]

She took his hand, shaking it. "A pleasure."

[alias_savant]

"Likewise. Have you been in the castle long?"

[succubitch]

"Almost a year now." Which seemed almost strange to say out loud, but it didn't make it any less true.

[alias_savant]

He nodded a bit. "I just passed my year anniversary yesterday."

[succubitch]

"Mine will be next month," She volunteered in return.

[alias_savant]

"It's a little unsettling. I've never stayed somewhere this long without an agenda before."

[succubitch]

"Neither have I." It wasn't a lie. Sure, she had been in Los Angeles for years now, but she sure as hell had an agenda there.

[alias_savant]

He smirked. "Still. I can't say I'm complaining. I've met some very interesting people."

[succubitch]

"That I can agree with. There's no shortage of interesting people here," She mused.

[alias_savant]

"I guess that's the benefit of a castle that acts as a nexus -- you get the chance to meet people you never would otherwise." A beat. "And the downside would be not remembering it after you leave."

[succubitch]

"That's definitely a downside," Lilah mused. "There's lot of useful information about different worlds and other things I'd like to take home with me."

[alias_savant]

"Agreed," he nodded. "It would definitely keep the world at large on it's toes."

[succubitch]

"Wouldn't it? But I suppose we don't for a reason. Especially for those of us who had learned about our own futures, and things like that. Might mess with the natural order." She said, taking a long drink from her glass at that thought.

[alias_savant]

"I haven't been that lucky." To know about his future, anyway. "I guess that's the benefit of being the only person from your universe."

[succubitch]

"It's not always lucky. Some things are better off not being known," Lilah murmured. After all, learning of her future death was still a sore spot. Why Fred had waited so long and then suddenly decided to tell her was still a mystery.