http://levilup.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] levilup.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] taxonomites2009-12-31 04:31 pm

five | [Location: Levi's Mansion] | got my boots on, the right amount of leather

New Years Eve.

Levi is ready, decked out in his party suit, and a lot of makeup. He's just finished his preparations, and he's sitting in his living room, waiting patiently for Cordelia to arrive, and then the guests. Of course, the party isn't taking place in his living room. That's much too small for such a large event.

He's having a party in his basement.

His basement is huge, and he's decked it out in lights and such that he's hatched. All of it has a New Years theme, somehow; Levi's good at throwing parties, he knows how to decorate. The room is basically like a nightclub. It's dark, but clear of most beams and supports; there are couches and chairs, and a bar to the far end, stocked with just about every type of alcohol imaginable (as well as a few different types of blood). Here and there, there's potted plants and trees in clumps, as well as a giant throne, surrounded by those plants, further along on the back wall. There's also a large stage towards the middle, with a dancing space out in front of it. And right above the stage is a giant clock, which Levi had set up earlier for the countdown later that night.

As for music, he's got a whole playlist, just waiting to be started. It's a huge mix of things, from pop-y dance music to slow songs for the couples. There's a few setlists, of sorts, pinned to the walls and the bar.

It's about ten minutes before the party arrives, and Levi is waiting impatiently.



[[ooc: Vaguely organized planning post here! If there's a song you suggested and you want it to be played, it will be. Just handwave it. So yes! Have fun. :D

EDIT: Subthread labeled for the countdown to midnight is up! Grab your date and tag there for kissy tiemz. :3]

[identity profile] undoing.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 12:37 am (UTC)(link)

Angel could dance, rather well in fact, he just chose not to most of the time. Parties and dancing were things he grew tired of in a different century when he'd been soulless and still Angelus. And the last time he'd danced, it had been at Cordelia's prom and with someone he'd just recently broken up with before he left Sunnydale for good.

He nodded. "I know. I'm...worried about that, too. But, they're going to have to deal. If they can move on, so can we."

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[personal profile] aintnoconvict 2010-01-03 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
"Good!" Glitch replied with a grin and took a respectable pull from his soda. Nice when folks are cheerful off the bat, makes life easier. Skipping to introductions. "Name's Glitch, sorta. Are you here with Levi or...um. What's her name."

Okay, one out of two, not bad.

[identity profile] undoing.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 12:44 am (UTC)(link)

Oh yeah, Levi definitely reminded him of Lorne, who called him 'Angel Cakes' most of the time and refused to refer to him as anything else more appropriate unless it was absolutely necessary and vital to the situation. He didn't answer the question about being called 'honey' vs 'kitten,' merely looked annoyed.

"Playing matchmaker?" There's another Lorne point for him, for the green-skinned demon had tried to encourage him to go after Cordelia as well.

Angel stood there a moment longer, before taking a long sip of the flute of pig's blood and handing it back to Levi. "Consider me nudged," he told him, then headed off in Cordelia's direction.

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[personal profile] valaunbound 2010-01-03 12:47 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't that he didn't look very nice, actually he looked pretty hot. But that wasn't the point. Vala stepped back and cocked her head to one side, giving him a proper once over, an expression that... well an expression that was clearly giving him a mental mark out of ten.

"I suppose you'll pass," she conceded not hesitating to gesture at her own outfit. Comment now please Mitchell, and make it good.

[identity profile] sirachi.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 12:47 am (UTC)(link)

Siri nods in understanding. Choosing something that was appropriate for this gathering was something she could relate to-- after all, it was why she was wearing this red dress instead of her Jedi garments and wasn't carrying her weapon.

"You have the ability to alter your appearance at will?"

[identity profile] sirachi.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
"Thank you," Siri says. "Your dress is quite lovely as well. I admit this is somewhat of a series of firsts for me. Usually I'm playing bodyguard at these sort of events, not attendee."

[identity profile] sgmitchell.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 01:01 am (UTC)(link)
He nodded in general gratitude, the sort where a dubious compliment was appreciated even if it hadn't been prompted, before gesturing for her to spin around. At a glance, Vala looked more than appropriate for the general atmosphere of the party, and was, in fact, decently attractive in her chosen outfit.

Neither was a particular surprise, however, and neither meant very much without first making a point to check out her outfit. "Spin."

pathetic short tag is pathetic and short.

[identity profile] sirachi.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 01:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Isn't that your last name?" She arched a brow at him in what was quite possibly amusement.
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[personal profile] valaunbound 2010-01-03 01:16 am (UTC)(link)
Spinning was a request she was more than happy to oblige, tell Vala she looks great and you've got her eating out of your hand, or she thinks she has you eating out of her hand, but we quibble over points of view.

So Vala span, replete with hand on hip action as a flourish to the end. "Well?"

[identity profile] sgmitchell.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 01:23 am (UTC)(link)
One would argue it involved which one was the more sincere in the gesture.

He nodded, and offered a slim sile. "Looks great. M'sure you'll knock em out tonight." Not that she needed fancy dresses for the unprepared. He'd seen her in action before.
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[personal profile] valaunbound 2010-01-03 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
The compliment's reaction was all too fleeting, as it was quickly replaced with a much more puzzled look.

"Well I wasn't intending on knocking anybody out, I'm not entirely sure how effective I'd be at hand-to-hand combat in these shoes." Oh Vala, there'll always be the occasional Earth idiom you'll fail to get.

[identity profile] sgmitchell.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
And here he'd been hoping it'd be good enough to unleash her on the unsuspecting crowd with. Not that he condoned such in general, but this was a special occasion, after all.

He shook his head, and his smile twisted wry. How to put it without a similarily confusing idiom? "They'll be eating out of your hand in no time." That one, at least, was self apparent.

[identity profile] tiberiuskirk.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 01:45 am (UTC)(link)

"Yeah well, I take it back," he countered, forever grateful that she didn't remember that kiss at the moment. He hoped she never would, for it was far easier on both their parts to pretend it had never happened at all.

Kirk sighed. "It's..." Why was he telling Uhura this? Because she was from their time, knew what had happened on the day of his birth and was on the Enterprise when everything went down. "It's different, now that I know what really happened and why. Not that it's common knowledge. Temporal Investigations ordered me not to talk about what really happened, but here... That doesn't matter so much."

Which was Kirk's way of saying that if she wanted to know, he'd tell her-- That Nero really was from the future, why he came back to the past, why he was interested in Spock...all of it.

[identity profile] tiberiuskirk.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 01:52 am (UTC)(link)

That golden blonde hair and those ridiculously bright blue eyes probably help. Such features were both a blessing and a curse.

"Don't suppose you carry something exotic like Klabian fire tea," he said, simply arching a brow at the tone, but not jumping to any conclusions about it. Guy could just be a good host for all Kirk knew. "Shot of Jack."

[identity profile] tiberiuskirk.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 01:56 am (UTC)(link)

"Time enough," is the simplest answer he can give, being that his calm demeanor is mostly a mask covering the irritation he feels over what's to come in a few days' time. "Sure a change from the sort of parties I used to go in high school. It's a lot less... Well, I doubt the cops will get called on this. Not that Taxon has cops."

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[personal profile] valaunbound 2010-01-03 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh right." She grinned broadly. "You didn't mean actually knock them out, you meant..." It didn't really need finishing, she preferred not to linger when she tripped over phrases, anyway.

"Time for a drink, I think," and she grabbed Cam's wrist and started towards the bar... hopefully. It was by no means a gentle gesture.

[identity profile] tiberiuskirk.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
"Came on to me," Kirk reiterates, pursing his lips and making a sort of line-face at her jaw-drop. He's detoured from that a bit, however, by her explanation that not only does she not really get along with Levi, but she's kissed him as well. "Yeah, well, I'll be nice. Just not...that nice. To each their own, but no amount of alcohol in the Alpha Quadrant could get me to change teams. Besides, I'm happily taken."

[identity profile] sgmitchell.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 02:06 am (UTC)(link)
Although with Vala, it was always possible they could end up actually knocked out, too. Like, for instance, if her clone were wandering around somewhere, and someone confused the two. That was possible to end in some sort of violence, he was sure.

Generally speaking, Cam knew better than to question Vala's whims. The explanations never made sense, and he suspected many of them were done just for that reaction. Thus, when she yanked his arm forward, he chose to follow after, rather than wreck his wrist.

That she was dragging him along for a drink, though, gave him pause. "Y'know, I don't think they're charging anything I have useable credit for here, Vala." He doubted much of anything charged here, but if they did, Earth credit cards probably wouldn't cut it.
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[personal profile] valaunbound 2010-01-03 02:23 am (UTC)(link)
There was that, so far Vala had deliberately had nothing to do with her clone despite being aware of her. Whilst the possibilities back in her old life (and by that she means pre-SG-1) were endless, I mean how convenient would it be to be able to use her as an alibi or a decoy? Here she served little purpose save for annoying her because she shared the same incredible body and good looks. We'll see how that goes...

"Cameron!" She stopped mid-step and turned back to him. "I'm shocked that you'd think I'd only want to have a drink with you so that you paid. Do you really see me as that shallow?" Well so far the reaction seemed genuine enough, possibly even hurt.

Until she finished it up with, "I just don't want to stand on my own while I decide who's worth my time. It's too obvious when you're alone."
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[identity profile] sgmitchell.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
Cam would have called it...prudent. Not shallow. Apparently his role as designated arm candy--as that was about what he figured his role in being dragged here was--would be more extensive than rescuing her from boring conversations and paying her way.

The fact that he had nothing better to do did not spare her the skeptical frown. "Right. The bar's a good view for that?"
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[personal profile] valaunbound 2010-01-03 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
"Well everybody visits it at some point, and you can tell alot about a person by what they drink, not to mention how bored they are by their current company."

Before she'd barely finished the sentence she resumed with tugging him that way.

"Besides," Vala added nonchalantly over her shoulder, "do you have any idea how long it is since I last had sex?!"

[identity profile] sgmitchell.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
It did beg the question of whether people observe right back at her. Or whether they might decide he was the one who needed rescuing. Which he didn't, really. He was just fine devoting the few minutes it would take for someone to catch Vala's eye at the bar.

It was deciding what to do afterward that he was skeptical about. But he'd cross that bridge when he came to it.

For now, he'd settle with throwing her a sideways look. As sideways as being dragged along made capable. "Why would I know?"

[identity profile] revivedqueen.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 03:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh, really?" Illyria asks, nodding and tucking an errant strand of hair behind one ear. "That's nice. We... we're both from LA. We both work for Angel. Do you know him, too?"

[identity profile] glowingseer.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
"You're worried?" she asked, smiling now. "Good thing you hide it so well, buster, with that cool macho exterior of yours."

Cordelia sighed and leaned her forehead on his shoulder. "Mmm. This is nice."

[identity profile] glowingseer.livejournal.com 2010-01-03 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
"How about a strawberry daiquiri?" she teases him.

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