Gathering Post - Christmas Eve Party

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Merry Christmas!

You are invited to celebrate the season with Finlay Flynn and Willy Silver.

 

When: Christmas Eve (5pm – Midnight)

Where: Making the Modern World - The Science Museum

RSVP: By Email (SBMNGR@ldnmgmt893.co.uk) Before 19/12

 

Upon entry you'll be given a ticket for one free drink. All drinks after that are 5 each. There will also be a free buffet in the dining area.

 

Dress code: Casual, but tidy please!

 

Raffle: Come wearing a festive sweater and you will automatically be entered into a raffle to win a 65 inch TV.

 

Donate: Bring three tins of canned food to be donated to the local food bank, and receive an extra drink ticket.

Look forward to: A live DJ, live music, an appearance by Santa, gift bags with deluxe swag, and the company of old and new friends!

 

(OTA! Happy holidays! If you know Fin, Willy, Phouka, or Winter, feel free to assume they gave you an invite. If not, you can say your pup got an invite through a friend of a friend, someone who knows someone, ect. It IS invite over (no gate crashing pups please, Fin's a giver and would want everyone to feel included), but the pups hosting the party are pretty active and I believe they know almost everyone in the game. And the people they don't know surely know people who do. Even if you only met them once, you got an invite somehow! This gathering post is open all week, and beyond!)

Comments

[anamusebouche]

"He would have rather had you ate rotten flesh?" Hannibal asked.

[prince_of_nymphs]

"Well, no," Fin admitted with an awkward laugh. "That was... It was unpleasant."

[anamusebouche]

"I can only imagine," Hannibal replied, frowning, disgusted by the thought. "Did he not know the consequences of this... transition? As I understood, he was the one introducing you to the possibility."

[harrowgate]

Felix especially hated being looked at like he was a child, when he felt very strongly that he had never been a child at all. He did not particularly want to alienate Hannibal as a potential friend, when he was so very interesting, but Felix simply wasn't capable of surrendering conversationally.

"Do you subscribe to the school of thought which posits that all of our desires are cemented in childhood? Whether that be a play of power, or a preference for youth and delicacy long past our own youthful days?"

[prince_of_nymphs]

"This wasn't what Will had in mind," Fin admitted. "It happened at Halloween. We woke up in this place, and... It's complicated, but so far it seems safe enough. I'm cold all the time, I'm still getting used to that, but that's the only negative side effect I've noticed so far. ...Though I'll admit I'm not so naive that I'm not worried more will come along."

[anamusebouche]

That was an insult to his relation with Alcuin, surely, but one not unexpected and certainly not one Hannibal was going to react to. Though it did nothing to prevent Felix from seeming like a youngster throwing a tantrum.

"Not at all," he replied. "But past experiences can change and distort the way we perceive ourselves, the way we act and believe we should act. Especially when the past has traumatized." Which Hannibal knew it had, and Felix knew he knew. "And these perceptions are always fully justifiable by the person in question. Truth will always bend to a new reality. At times it will seem cemented. It never is."

[anamusebouche]

"Hard to believe there is no more cost," Hannibal admitted. "I do not mean to ruin the mood; it just seems logical. You are static, neither dead nor alive. The psychological impact alone is staggering."

[prince_of_nymphs]

Fin had deliberately not been thinking about that, if he was honest, and he shrugged uncomfortably as he glanced away.

"Whatever it brings, I'll find a way to adapt. ...And being frozen is better than being lifeless, isn't it?"

[offthebeatenpath]

"You must've missed the one with the upside-down snowman," Em answered. She'd seen it on her way in, but couldn't find it now. "It had Christmas balls 'creatively' placed near Frosty's nose."

In looking for that one, she caught sight of the most painful sweater she'd seen. "There, the girl dancing, black sweater, purple lights, lots of feathers. That one may count as torture."

[anamusebouche]

"I don't know," Hannibal said. "What is the difference? Unless you can be defrosted."

[hardertohide]

Dutch laughed when she caught sight of her. "Oh my god. I'm kind of in awe."

[prince_of_nymphs]

"The difference is I'm living," Fin smiled. "Not alive, but living. I'm living, not dead in the ground."

[show_me_something]

"No." Victoria scrutinized him plainly. "I don't see such a thing suiting you at all."

[harrowgate]

Felix did not believe in unshakeable, absolute truths, either, so he could not very well challenge Hannibal on that point. He still very much wanted to pick a fight, but the dear doctor was proving more difficult to turn into an opponent than Felix had anticipated. "By that assessment, if I allow myself to be tamed -- your word, not mine, Doctor -- it is because my past experience has made me believe that I deserve it?"

[anamusebouche]

Hannibal had not meant the word in a sexual context, simply in a context of a young man enjoying a wild party, and unlikely to be tamed into moderation. "I very much hope that not everything you enjoy involves sex, as I get the distinct impression this conversation keeps dwelling into. What you enjoy in the bedroom is only a part of you, and cause and consequence when it comes to sex are never as straightforward as some of my colleagues seem to believe." If anything, Felix was proof of that.

[jadedjade]

Jade laughed. "Kinda makes me want to over there and ask if I can suck on her carrots..."

[anamusebouche]

"You were blind, Finlay," Hannibal reminded the young man. "Not dead, nor dying. Or were you?"

[prince_of_nymphs]

"I felt like I was dying inside. I was so nervous Hannibal. I had good days, and good things did happen, but- I feared my attacker, long after he was gone. I replayed my attack over and over in my head. That's not living. Perhaps one day that would have stopped- I met so many people who were far worse off than me, living amazing lives- I hoped I would be like them eventually. ...But this? To have my eyes back, to feel like I'm in control again? Oh, there aren't words for how good it feels."

Even if the fear of being something terrible sometimes crept up on him now and then... Even if he did wonder sometimes just what the price for this life, or lack of, truly cost...

He pushed his hair back from his face, and smiled brightly again, pushing those fears aside in favour of enjoying himself.

"Let's not spoil the night dwelling on the past, hmm?" he said. "It's Christmas after all. We should be drinking and making merry."

[harrowgate]

For Felix, nearly any human interaction came down to sex, especially with men. Doctor Lecter had already perceived the effect of Felix's past traumas correctly: his past had taught him that he was barely worth anything more than what other people could take from him. In his subconscious, of course everything was about sex -- what else was he good for?

However, Felix was terrible at recognizing this unconscious motivation. All he knew was that Hannibal's comments made him angry. Not insulted, not offended, but tempted like a siren toward that black oblivion of his temper which absolved him of all guilt. His response was as cool and smooth as carved ice. "My dear doctor, while your analysis of my id is utterly enthralling, I suspect this session is about to cost me if it continues any further."

[anamusebouche]

"It's not a session, it's a reminder. Sex is only a part of any of us," Hannibal replied.

[offthebeatenpath]

Em only shook her head. But she couldn't leave at that either. "I'm pretty sure there's nothing that would convince me to wear something like that."

[harrowgate]

Felix's brows furrowed faintly. He hadn't thought he'd said otherwise, but there must be some reason that Hannibal would say that. Lest he truly lose his temper, Felix forced himself not to respond. Instead, he gave a formal bow. He wondered if Hannibal had any idea how difficult it was for him not to lash out. "Regardless, Doctor, I should be going. Enjoy your Christmas."

[anamusebouche]

"And you," Hannibal replied, with a curt nod of his own.

[anamusebouche]

Hannibal gave him the smile he obviously wished to see, but did not resist a final comment. "I just wish you had found someone to talk to. And I hope, that if you should need it now, you will find it still. In the mean time, perhaps you can suggest something from the buffet?"

[hardertohide]

"The right amount of money," Dutch retorted with a grin, then laughed. "She deserves to win that raffle." Too bad that it was left to chance.