[ open ] for i've grown a little leaner, grown a little colder, grown a little sadder

[holyshihtzu]

Who: Juliet O'Hara + You
Where: Juliet's room
When: December 1st-4th
Rating: PG
Summary: Juliet is getting into the Christmas spirit early by hosting a little get-together at her place. Network video and party post below the cut!
The Story:

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Happy December, Wonderland!

[ Juliet offers a brilliant, if somewhat strained, smile to the network. The camera isn't directly aimed at her face at first--she's still getting used to video chatting--but she reaches out to adjust it quickly before continuing. ]

I know not everyone here celebrates Christmas or... Even knows what Christmas is, but! In the O'Hara household, Christmas is a big deal. I mean, I really big deal. All my family comes in and there are games, and arts and crafts, and a ton of food...

[ People probably get the idea, Juliet. ]

So! I know things always get really crazy during the holidays anyway and I wanted to get on top of things so I'm having a little pre-Christmas get together at my place. So whether or I know you or not, come by room three on the seventh floor anytime over the next few days and I promise we'll have a lot of fun. Open door policy.

[ She pauses. ]

Not literally. Knock first.

[ room 3, level 7 ]

Juliet has gone all-out for the holidays, as an O'Hara is wont to do. With no financial limits and no job to distract her, she's put everything into decorating her place. Anyone walking past room three on the seventh floor will be greeted immediately with an timely wreath and equally festive doormat.

The decorations don't stop there. Juliet has decked the halls to the point that they are bursting, having even extended her living room quite a bit to accommodate food, fun, and hopefully a lot of guests. Every wall is decorated with some kind of garland, wreath, or lights. She's even got a sprig of mistletoe hanging in the corner for any couples who visit that might be so inclined.

And, of course, there is the the Christmas tree in the corner of the living room.

Anyone who visits will also be greeted by an unimaginable spread of food from cookies, cakes, and various snacks to some traditional Scottish fare like mince pies. There's another corner table dedicated to just Christmas crafts, from cutting out paper snowflakes to sewing Holiday themed pajamas.

Maybe it's a little early to go full out, but Juliet couldn't wait. Christmas is her favorite time of year and she hopes that getting to it early will help her miss her family less - and maybe help her find a new family in Wonderland.

[ This is a party/mingle post! Feel free to top level and tag out with other people, or just thread with Juliet, or just respond to her network post if you so desire. Have fun and get into the holiday spirit before shit goes down! ]

Comments

[alsoagirl]

[ She lets out a shriek of a laugh, the ugly, embarrassing kind that only seems to come out around people she doesn't want to embarrass herself in front of. But whatever! She's a badass vampire and she's super cool!

Yeah, no. She's going to down some more blood and hate herself for a little while. ]

Then maybe you can help me make some more? World could always use a little more dick in it.

[ Aaand that sounded stupid. Fuck. ]

Sorry, um. Ain't exactly got the most experience when it comes to talkin' to boys.

[ Between a failed relationship with a human and poking at the sleeping dragon that is Kol, she's doing awwwesome. ]

[teamfun]

[That ugly laugh might just be the greatest thing Louis has ever heard, and he laughs in turn- not mocking, laughing with her, not at her. It's a laugh that dissolves into a proper snort-laugh at her following comment.

He grins, raising his hands to show no offence was taken.]

It's all cool, I promise I saw the funny side. [Because he always does.] I mean, I could sure try to make one but it will likely genuinely look like a weird-ass snowflake dick. A dickflake, if you will.

[alsoagirl]

[ Jessica eyes him curiously for a moment. She eventually senses that the laughter was good-natured and smiles, laughing a bit more herself. It makes her feel better. ]

Well, thanks. I'm Jessica, in case you didn't see everyone givin' me shit for my readin' choices on the network a while ago.

[ Fuckers. Yeah, she's exaggerating some, but Twilight was a goddamn national treasure. ]

Tell you what. How 'bout you help me make some more dickflakes so I can stick 'em around the room?

[ Juliet probably wouldn't mind. ]

[teamfun]

I don't thiiiink I was around then, I'm still pretty new to this place. But art's subjective, so boo on them for shitting on what you enjoy. I'm Louis, totally not judging.

[The arts are important man, people shouldn't be made to feel shitty for something they like. Still, he offers a lopsided grin and some choice thumbs-up.]

Hell yeah! Let's go fucking crazy. Dickflakes everywhere!

[This is what she gets for letting teenagers into her party, honestly. ]

[alsoagirl]

[ She's silent for a moment, comforted by his assertions that she'd been right this entire time. It was the adults who were wrong! ]

Well, thanks. Hope the place's been treatin' you right so far. Mostly.

[ It was Wonderland, after all.

Smiling, she gets back to snipping away at her latest failure, trying to make it look bad on purpose now. She makes sure to shove some of the supplies in his direction first, though. Team effort! ]

How long you been here, then?

[teamfun]

It's WAY better than home, in any case.

[He'll happily go to cutting out some Grade A dickflakes. They will be the envy of literally no one. ]

Not long, only about two months. Showed up in October. How about you?

[alsoagirl]

Been here since May. [ A beat. ] God, I can't believe it's been that goddamn long already.

[ She'd very much like to get off this wild ride sometimes...

Her head tilts and she looks at him curiously as she goes back to that first statement. ]

What made your world so bad?

[teamfun]

Longass time. You at least got people you can count on here?

[That's important. Having people, he thinks. People you can turn to when the shit hits the fan, which it inevitably always does here. He smiles, shrugging nonchalantly. When he explains his world to people, they're often horrified or, god forbid, pity him. To him, it's just the world ]

The dead started to get the heck up and wander around eating all the living things they could find. Whole zombie apocalypse deal, even if we don't call them that. [He pauses in his cutting, canting his head.] Been about eight years since it started, so I'm pretty used to it. Wonderland's a nice reprieve from all that mess.

[alsoagirl]

[ She smiles a bit. ] Yeah. I do.

[ Jessica's quiet for a moment. It was nice to think that she had people to care about for once. They'd helped her so much.

It takes her a moment to realize he'd finished talking about his world. Her brain eventually catches up and she frowns. ]

Zombies?

[ She frowns harder. She thinks of Liz. She won't bring the mood down, though, talking about how much she missed her undead buddy. And, of course, now she wonders if her own undead status is going to weird him out.

She subtly pushes her glass of blood out of view behind some sewing supplies. ]

Guess I never thought how this place could be a break from a shitty world. I mean, I got a break from my shit finally, but it's not nearly bad as yours. Sorry you got the lame kind of zombies.

[teamfun]

That's good. It's important, having people.

[Subtle like a NINJA there, Jessica. Louis offers her a small smile, a shrug. He doesn't see it as much of a hardship as most do. ]

Honestly, you live with it long enough, you don't really notice it any more. One of those it is what it is things. But hey, still not dead yet so that's gotta be a bonus.

[Just like. Three of his friends. In very quick succession. It's fine. And, because he does MUCH better helping with other people's problems than his own:]

What about you? What's your world like? I mean, kinda shitty, obviously.

[alsoagirl]

[ He just had to say "dead," didn't he? And now he's asking about her world. Goddammit!

Well, may as well get it out. She doesn't want to waste time with someone who's not going to like her, even if she's hitting it off with him pretty well. ]

I mean, it's Earth. "Normal" Earth and all. Only...there's vampires.

[ Aaand here's the kicker! She steels herself, lifting her chin and shrugging so she seems more nonchalant than she feels. ]

Like me.

[teamfun]

[Living in a post-apocalyptic zombie world does wonders for widening your horizons. When the dead start getting up and eating people...well, what you thought was previously "impossible" suddenly becomes very much possible. Heck, after R and Nageki, Louis has learned that goes doubly so in Wonderland.

Surprise does cross his face for a moment, but he doesn't book it, and there's certainly no judgement there. More curiosity than anything. ]

For real? Huh, I guess that makes sense. All kinds of different Earths here after all.

[He smiles and offers her a thumbs up. It's fine, he's cool.]

Well, now I can add 'vampire' to the kinds of people I've met here, coolio. I gotta admit, you don't look anything like the vampires in the movies. I think sneaking-into-horror-movies-past-me was very much lied to about the whole vampire deal.

[alsoagirl]

[ Her defenses gradually lower and she relaxes. That wasn't so bad! She pulls her glass of blood back into view, since it's safe now and all. ]

You're not the first person to say that. [ She snorts, thinking of Shawn. ] Most all the ones I've met've been super hot.

[ Granted, she only knew maybe three vampires before coming to Wonderland. Kol and Regis brought that total all the way up to five! ]

Wouldn't be easy to steal blood if we looked all gross, would it?

[ There's a pause. ]

Not that I steal blood.

[ Usually. ]

[teamfun]

[Suddenly what was actually in her glass clicks into place. Huh. Sparkling blood. Weird, but sure okay, why not.]

Yeah, that makes sense. What with the whole damsels in flowy dresses and stuff. And that's good to know- the not stealing blood part. What do you do? Get it from the closet?

[Does the closet even give blood? It's mystery. ]

[alsoagirl]

[ She laughs. After Shawn had told her similar things, she'd decided to go looking for some of these old, "creepy" movies. Needless to say, she ended up laughing so hard she got kicked out of the library. Humans were so weird when it came to vampires.

She'd know. She's an expert. ]

Yeah, pretty much just the closets, but sometimes I get a person cool enough to let me bite 'em. [ This time, her laughter's a bit weak. ] That's once in a blue moon these days, though...

[ And she hated it. ]

[teamfun]

Well, that's mean. So long as it's not a fatal thing, it'd be just like donating blood to a blood drive, right? Only probably more...bitey. Is it bitey? I don't know how this works, just slap me if I end up being inadvertently Vampire Racist.

[He doesn't want to insult a new friend, no sir.]

I wish I could help, but my blood comes with a super-duper fun lashing of whatever the holy hell makes us turn when we die. Whatever it is, I don't think anyone wants that in their system, only bad things doth lie there.

[Also Clem would probably kill him. ]