knightsoflegend | party ♔ got a black card that let saks have it, these chanel bags is a bad habit

[ ♪ feelin' myself -- nicki minaj & beyoncé ]

WHO || Astrid Mädchen & loads of people
WHAT || Astrid's 23rd Birthday Party
WHERE || Some empty bar in the castle.
WHEN || October 29, 2014; 8pm [backdated]
HOW || Actionspam

Lila had basically commandeered Astrid's birthday months ago, all but demanding that Astrid let her plan her party while... it was still Faye's birthday. By the time she is done decorating, it looks like Pintrest collided with Queen Regina and puked black and white Halloween drama all over the room. Glittery skulls, blood red candy apples, candles flickering in black lacquered candelabras. Is that raven real? Probably. Is that skeleton real?

Maybe. Y'all don't know what tricks this girl can do. Maybe Slenderman will show up.

The lights are dim and there is an entire table stacked with cupcakes and cookies and other assorted nibbles and hor d'oeuvres, shoved up against the bar where bottles of every kind of alcohol imaginable are just spread out willy nilly amongst mixers and juices. Bet your ass there is Fireball around. There's soda and punch for the teetotalers, but with far less variety than the liquor. There are even party favor bags for the end of the night stuffed with nips of peach schnapps, Jagermeister, and cranberry juice (the recipe for a red headed slut) and various jewels and baubles, plastic Starbucks cups, hella neon nail polish. And condoms. They are all jammed with condoms.

Invitations aren't sent so much as Lila and Astrid invite every single person they know and don't loathe. Costumes are a requirement, but presents are just highly encouraged. But it's Astrid's birthday, okay? Presents are a must.

And no one is allowed to dress like Jessica Rabbit on pain of... well, pain.

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Probably harder to do it discretely that way too. Doesn't look like it takes that long now at least.

[She steps closer to take a better look at Elena's new face.]

It's not magic, right? Like its not just an illusion?

Not at all. I'm pretty sure that if I was being chased, I could change in the time it would take someone to follow me around a corner.

[She shakes her head.]

Not even kind of. I couldn't cast a spell if I tried. Until I decide otherwise, this is me. [She lifts a brow.] Freaking you out, yet?

if you mean am I freaked out by how fucking hot I am? Maybe a little. Otherwise? It's just a power. I can set people on fire. You can take their face. It's not a big deal.

Most people are a little unnerved by coming face to face with a literal twin, once they think about what it could mean if I decided to take advantage.

[She shrugs her shoulders.]

Fortunately, it takes a lot to piss me off that much.

Now you've got me curious. Say I got you mad... [She arches an eyebrow and leans in] What would you do?

[The corner of her mouth curls up.]

I might need to drink a little more if I'm going to tell you all my secrets.

Hey, I won't say no to another round. [She waves the bartender to set up more drinks.] Seriously, though. It sounds awesome. You can be anyone.

[That's when Elena decides to shift back into her typical appearance, and it's obvious that, even though she's able to do other changes pretty quickly, this one takes remarkably less time. She doesn't even have to think about it.]

It definitely has it's perks, like when you want people to just leave you the hell alone for awhile. They can't pester you if they can't find you.

Yeah, not going to lie. I'm a little jealous about that one. I'd kill to disappear around this place sometimes.

It's easily the best part, even if it doesn't work quite as well now that we're home.

[She could literally vanish on Andres. It was gr8.]

And if it keeps people from fucking with me or my friends, then all the better.

My preferred method of keeping people from fucking with me and mine is to light them on fire. Yours might be more socially acceptable.

Considering I had half the castle talking shit about me before I even did anything and the only person I've ever heard smack-talking about you is Rose, I'm going to have to disagree with you on that one.

[She doesn't look too pressed about it, though.]

I guess it depends on if you're also breaking someone out of jail in the process. But hey- shit happens.

[She laughs.]

Yeah, just a little.

Has anyone actually tried to get on your case about it? Like since all the war bullshit has died down?

Directly? Only Rose.

[They got into a nice lovely fight about it.]

They don't have to, though. I read minds. I know what they're thinking when they look at me. [She shrugs her shoulders.] They know what Wynn would do if they tried something. They know what I would probably do. It's not worth it.

[Weird to think that now she and Rose are on better terms. Things change a lot around here.]

You do that a lot? Slip in and poke around at what people are thinking?

Only when they give me a reason to think I should. When you're a professional liar, it makes others easier to spot. Most people see what they want to see, but I know better.

I'm sure you do. All you have to do is change your face and ask the right questions and I'm sure you get all the information you could ever want. Or just read their mind? So easy. [Does it sound like she's jealous? Because she's totally jealous.]

You just have to be careful not to run into your twin. Dead giveaway.

That happen to you while you were on the road?

[She shakes her head.]

No, we made sure not to take anyone's face that we'd have a chance in hell of running into again. It could happen pretty easily here, though. Plus I'm pretty sure Wynn would give me that disapproving Dad speech if I ever got caught doing something like that.

Good to know that you're not looking to get on his bad side. I know some people have got to be wondering.

Yeah, well if they don't like it, they can take it up with him. He trusts me and so do my friends. Their opinions don't matter to me.

[She just has so much respect for Elena right now. Wow.]

I had no idea you were so bad ass.

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