GP - dreaming of a black christmas

[lcrpg_npc]

The repurposed railway arches that housed Beagle's bar and restaurant were decked in shades of black: black christmas trees glittering with sparkly and satiny black ornaments, black wreaths with perfectly tied bows, black garlands draping along the walls and bar, ribbons edging the long banquet benches in the restaurant dining room. A gentle snow seemed to fall from the ceiling, a specially designed lighting effect much more pleasant than the cold and wet that would've accompanied real snow. Christmas music played over hidden speakers, setting the mood without interfering with conversation.

The Kraken Black Christmas feast was a different spin on the holiday than you'd find most places, and yet, a christmas feast all the same. All the flavors of the season were there, both in the bar's specialty cocktails and in the feast itself, served banquet-style to those fortunate enough to get tickets - mulled wine, egg nog, roasts and stuffing and puddings, and so much more. Yet the food and drinks all shared the same theme as the decor, shades of black augmented with squid ink, charcoal, or black sesame seeds.

Guests had been encouraged to continue the theme with black festive attire, but it wasn't required, and spots of color could be found here and there along the table or mingling in the bar. There was one thing everyone could agree on, though. No matter how black the theme, the mood was anything but dark.

Comments

[shannonteverius]

"He lives here in London?"

[wandandawolf]

"He does," Remus replied, and hoped the conversation wouldn't get any more deep than that. "Your family is not exactly suburban, I gather?" Changing the subject was a tried and tested technique.

[shannonteverius]

Shannon laughed. "Not exactly, no." He couldn't imagine what his family would be like if they hadn't been in politics.

[wandandawolf]

Remus offered him a smile: "I can't imagine Felix would be satisfied with the charms of suburbia, so you seem like a well-matched pair."

[shannonteverius]

Shannon agreed. "I shudder to think what Felix would do if he didn't have the entertainments of the city so close at hand." That same could be said of him.

[wandandawolf]

"I grew up in rural England, but Sirius has always been urban. And he does crave his entertainments," Remus acknowledged dryly, before finding Sirius in the crowd, toasting whoever it was that he'd just met. "Although I'm sure what is an entertaining life for both of our men just means a lot of work for us. Do excuse me - mine's probably being an idiot." He offered Shannon an apologetic nod, matter of fact about the way a great dealt of his life was spent, had been spent, looking after other people. "Have a lovely rest of your evening!" he called back, before turning and disappearing amongst the crowd.