http://bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] bluffing-ruffle.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2010-12-19 10:37 am

C&C HOLIDAY JAMJAR ICE HOTEL HELL: PARTY

WHO: AHAHAHAHA. Just... just tag yourselves in.
WHERE: The Gorsewick Hotel
WHEN: December 19th. 5PM-7PM for setup, 7PM onward for dinner.
WARNINGS: Let's just cover for your basics unless something more specific comes up.
SUMMARY: Miles Edgeworth and Remus Lupin are hosting the second comm-wide holiday party and have rented out the dining hall in the Gorsewick for the night. Everyone comes in for food, warmth, and (relatively... hopefully...) civil company. Whether or not they can leave is another story.
FORMAT: IF IT FEELS GOOD, DO IT! Long prose, action brackets, rapidfire dialogue, present tense, past tense--whatever floats your narrative boat!



The Gorsewick is not all that large a hotel, although it would very much like to grow up to be one someday, a mere five stories tall and having only a small parking garage to its name. The owner is clearly an optimistic sort of fellow, building a place like this in the City despite the risk the existence of imPorts poses to it and the hits the tourism industry has taken from their antics; bigger places than this have been smashed to pieces by enormous grey lizards with bad cases of heartburn.

Sadly, it just isn't paying off. At a time when people should be on vacation, packing his rooms to the max, the Gorsewick is... really, really empty. The groups renting out the dining hall are pretty much the only things keeping it afloat this month.

Still, appearances must be upheld, and although it is mildly understaffed, it is currently no less well-cared for. The handful of people on duty that night are friendly and the place is clean as a whistle--no bugs, no rats, no dust, nothing like that. He may be running a sinking ship, but the owner is damned determined to keep it a tidy one on the way down.

Come on in.

[identity profile] unastregadoro.livejournal.com 2010-12-28 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Beatrice's eyes widen.

She has never been thanked like that all that often. Not so sincerely. Only Maria had shown her that kind of gratitude. She actually looks about to cry a little, before she finally smiles back.

'Kind', he'd called her. If only he knew. If only he knew what she had in store for Keith. But her wish to punish him stemmed not only from her desire to save Matsuka...but also, from a hidden pain all her own.

"No. I thank you, Jonah." She says, after a pause. "You're not troubling anyone. You have friends who care about you----you have to believe in that. You have to believe in yourself."

She points to his heart. "Without love, it cannot be seen."

[identity profile] loveyourenemy.livejournal.com 2010-12-28 03:21 am (UTC)(link)
For a moment, Matsuka is a little worried he's said something he shouldn't; Beatrice's smile reassures him, but he still watches her with concern as she speaks.

And then confusion, at those last words. He mouths them back in a silent echo, unconsciously lifting his hand over his heart as he does: without love, it cannot be seen. He's not sure what it means, but it strikes a chord in him all the same. "I'll remember," he says, "...although I'm not sure that I understand."

[identity profile] unastregadoro.livejournal.com 2010-12-28 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
He kind of did...but...that's no concern of his for now, in Beatrice's mind.

"You'll know. In time." She says, putting a hand on his shoulder to reassure him, smiling at him in a rather motherly fashion. "And when you know...your own Golden Land will be lying before you."

[identity profile] loveyourenemy.livejournal.com 2010-12-28 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
He's still not sure he understands, but Matsuka smiles hopefully back at Beatrice at her encouraging gesture. "Then, thank you again," he says, feeling somehow slightly more at ease than he did when he'd first arrived. A Golden Land might be nothing different from the illusion of Terra that the Mother System used to control its pawns, but Matsuka thinks it sounds kind of nice. Maybe it wouldn't be a bad thing to think about, at least.