hexappeal: (this ain't no disco.)
Zatanna Zatara ([personal profile] hexappeal) wrote in [community profile] capeandcowllogs2013-04-12 06:23 pm

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WHO: The Birthday Boy and Friends. And acquaintances.
WHERE: Bewitched.
WHEN: Friday, April 12th. 7pm - 11:30pm or so.
WARNINGS: Soon enough.
SUMMARY: The worst surprise party in the history of surprise parties.
FORMAT: Just make your own sub-threads and jam! Please remember to tag yourselves in!


Zatanna's club is more than modest in size and has a distinct art deco feel to it; the structure remains almost entirely as it was when she bought it aside from minor fixes (mostly make sure it was safe and clean). The glass ceiling that spans the lofty entrance makes for an interesting start. It's easier to get lost looking up than down the halls that curve to a vast library of strange and esoteric texts, dressing rooms, and various currently unused rooms that the magician has sealed and locked.

Past the ticket booth (and what appears to be a currently-closed gift shop of sorts) is the main show room and a few others to each side of it. While these aren't closed, there's nothing special about them for the moment. The interior of the main room is as it usually is, with no new decorations aside from plenty of balloons littered across the ceiling. The floor has left room for those who choose to dance, but plenty of tables and chairs for people to sit at. The bar is busy with more than one man behind it mixing drinks. On stage, there's a live band. Her employees are in the crowd mingling, entertaining guests when they see fit (and if they so choose); mostly, they're keeping to themselves and chatting with whoever catches their fancy.

Outside there are chauffeurs and large, burly men taking the invitations in exchange for entry. It isn't impossible to sneak in with fake ones or through other means...
doubleoohbaby: (packing the heavy guns)

[personal profile] doubleoohbaby 2013-04-20 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
Hn. I didn't want gifts either. I can already get whatever I want, I don't need this lot wasting their money. [Because he's not woooorth it. He's a shitty friend and as much as he appreciates the thought of it all, it still makes him hugely uncomfortable.]

Yours better be damn good if you intend to make up for this. [Not that he needs or expects much beyond the evening together and maybe even him getting his own way.]
doubleoohbaby: (grab your coat you've pulled)

[personal profile] doubleoohbaby 2013-04-21 01:33 pm (UTC)(link)
What is it then, this gift? [Obviously that's the thing on Bond's mind, not the group of people here to stare at him being grumpy. Zee and whatever gifts she might have are of far more interest.

With a slowly growing smirk, his right hand slides down to rest at her thigh, fingers creeping just under the hem of her skirt.]
Handcuffs?
doubleoohbaby: (dreaming of a happier time)

[personal profile] doubleoohbaby 2013-04-25 12:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[He only tries it once, but the slap of a hand has him behaving after that. Sort of behaving. As much as he can behave.]

Who said anything about you wearing the handcuffs? [But James is a bit of an escape artist himself, at times. When he's not tied to chairs. Chairs are one of the few things he seems incapable of escaping.]

You know I don't need anything, darling. I have all I need right here.
doubleoohbaby: (watchu talkin bout mallory?)

[personal profile] doubleoohbaby 2013-04-26 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[If nothing else, Zee has at least found a good partner if she likes them capable and able to do magic stuff without the use of magic. James is a regular little action hero when he wants to be, after all, in and out of the bedroom.]

I thought it was an open bar. [He's been getting a hell of a lot of freebies all night if it isn't. But then again... birthday. Whatever. He's not going to argue about the offer for more alcohol.]
doubleoohbaby: (what are you even)

[personal profile] doubleoohbaby 2013-04-28 12:49 am (UTC)(link)
Last one? Hn, best make it strong one. Vodka martini. [Because really, he's got to have a martini at some point tonight and no better time to have it than when most the party has cleared out and he can savour his drink. He's not exactly been savouring the other drinks through the night, using them more as a reliance to keep him going.]

Did you tell everyone I have a strict bed time? Seems to clear out quick.
doubleoohbaby: (shaken not stirred)

[personal profile] doubleoohbaby 2013-04-29 11:35 am (UTC)(link)
[James can't help but offer up a mildly suspicious glance at the magic, used to it by now while living around Zee and yet still carrying his deep seated paranoia that it's something he can't solve by punching that has him a little on edge at times.

Still, he's not going to turn down a well made martini, which he reaches for the second it presents itself. And damn, it really is a well made one.]


You must have scared a lot of people to get them here. Most my acquaintances- [He struggles to use the word 'friend'.] -aren't exactly a social lot.
doubleoohbaby: (microscopic admiration)

[personal profile] doubleoohbaby 2013-05-02 12:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Hn. [It's not that he doesn't believe Mitch wouldn't come willingly, it's just... well, the idea anyone felt even a necessity to come out of politeness is enough to annoy James. Anyone coming to any party for him is annoying, no matter what their intentions. Unless they want to kill him, that could have made things interesting.]

We'll forgive him, if only because he's British. [Solidarity sisters, wooo.

But my, isn't that skirt ruffling distracting. Sort of tempts him to start trying to get his hand up there again, but he's behaving, plus he's drinking.]


Is it present time...? [A tiny little smirk curling at his lips, because he's still fairly certain it involves mostly just sexing.]
doubleoohbaby: (still smiling)

[personal profile] doubleoohbaby 2013-05-08 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[He's noticed the extra little things tonight, the stares and the actions that are just a little more than usual. Of course he noticed, he's spent most of his life being paid to notice such subtle changes. They're appreciated, but not something he'd raise vocally, naturally.]

Better finish this quick then. [He comments, yet still sips it lightly. A good Martini is to be savoured, after all.

The hand on his, the blushing, the soft words, they're all something he tries to reciprocate in some way, if only by the light smile on his features.]
Mm, I'm glad you're here with me.