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

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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]

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[aintnoconvict]

Glitch nodded. "Yep! My best friend, I've known her- well, it's complicated. We were apart for a long time." Add in the mutual amnesia and complicated just barely scratched the surface.

And...yes, he was also adjusting to living in a place where he wasn't immediately persecuted. For all Taxon's faults he would always appreciate the lack of pitchforks. Still, he had the zipper to mark him out, Levi looked downright normal so why...

"Your kind? What, um, what kind of...kind is that?"

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"But you are back together now, at the very least," Levi adds, and hey, look, he can do optimism too! Glitch is probably a far more likely candidate for Taxon's resident ball of sunshine, though.

Levi looks normal, but he's definitely not. Of course, Glitch would have no way of knowing that, unless he felt Levi's pulse. Or lack thereof.

"Vampires," Levi replies casually, glancing at Glitch. The grin Levi gives Glitch might have a flash of fangs in it.

[aintnoconvict]

A startled expression crossed Glitch's face, but he didn't step back. He'd been...warned about vampires, much the same way one was warned about wild animals: they're around, they can hurt you, but only if you give them reason to. Theoretically that's what folks had said about headcases, but he had so many vague memories of getting hassled while he'd been minding his own business to believe that stuck. If only more people had looked past the zipper.

So he opted to look past the fangs. Thus far Levi (and his nice party, and his nifty fashion sense) had given him nothing to be afraid of, and the fangs thingy was actually kinda cool. So here, glampire, have the smile of a scientist who has just made a fascinating discovery.

"I haven't met a vampire yet," he said brightly. Okay he'd met Drusilla but she hadn't TOLD him she was a vampire so that didn't count. "I mean, well, I have now, but you're my first. Vampire. I...I guess that explains the blood at the bar."

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Well, at least he didn't run away screaming. Unless Levi is actively trying to be frightening, he usually comes off as harmless, and he likes it that way. He really hadn't been trying to scare Glitch, so the reaction is pleasing. And to be honest, he's also happy about the open-mindedness. Just as people don't always look past the zipper, people don't always look past Levi's exterior.

"I'm happy to be your first," Levi replies, chuckling at the double meaning. "There are other vampires here as well, you know. But yes, that explains the blood at the bar."

Levi sips from his glass, which, yes, is blood, watching Glitch with an amused expression. He quite likes Glitch, finds him easy to talk to.

"I hope I'm giving off the right first impression."

[aintnoconvict]

He nodded with such enthusiasm that his curls bounced a little, then took to surrepticiously looking around for more vampires. Scientific curiosity, of course, plus it was always good to be aware of one's surroundings, especially in his case where turning around at the wrong moment could utterly disorientate him.

Wait. Conversation, right.

"Oh, you're doing very well," Glitch replied with another nod. "You'd make a good ambadssador, if if you guys ever wanted to set up a...parliment?" Close but not quite. "Ah! Embassy, right. A vampire embassy."

It could go right next to the Superhero Consulate and down the street from the Bureau of non-Earthling Affairs. Yes, the lack of a central government was beginning to bug him.