http://laszlo-jamf.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] laszlo-jamf.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] tampered2009-10-06 12:30 pm

You Mean You Can't Take Less...

When; Oct 6th, Mad Hatter Day Curse
Rating; G - PG-13
Characters; OPEN!
Summary; On a day that you can be sipping tea with friends one moment, passing sugar to an enemy the next, only only to find yourself eating cake with a deity, this is merely one of the tables the City's inhabitants may find themselves dining at.

Log; The City is the City is a city, and it is down in the streets, in canyons of steel, "it's making me feel I'm home." It's autumn in New York the City. It's good to live it again.

So Laszlo has set a table too, in sharp and stark and bright and direct and pointed and intentional contrast to the greenery and garden party out in Xanadu. Garden parties. Like picnicking in a cemetery--oh, but they did that, didn't they? The Sunday afternoon walks out to go and spit on ol' Laszlo Jamf's grave.

This would do better if it were indoors, in a penthouse, in some corner apartment--name your other city, he's been to them all. But, close enough, to set it in the street, under the windows and brick and steel. It will do.

A red table. Red and sharp. Dark wood, yes, but red cloth over it, neat and straight--no flow or foam or excess. Tailored--that's the word.

Formality and modernism, that is the center of this table. Black and white dishes, Art Deco, lines and angles and planes. It's an era with which he is familiar. But the effect is striking and cold.

He would have set it in white with stainless steel--medical, clean, efficient--but that idea had been nixed. Damn it.

So red and black and white. And a smattering of steel. He couldn't resist. And better still to sit at the head of the table and observe, the sweep and stretch of the table, the moods and ways of those who sit there--and, always, room for one more.

At least until the bell rang, the gun fired, the call came, and the rush began again.

The Unmoved Mover.

Note; See here! Mark your subject lines with "open" or "to ____" if you like. Prose OR comment log style is alright. Laszlo will speak with any marked "open" or "to Laszlo". Enjoy, and feel free to pop your character in and out as it pleases you and the curse description goes!
dreamsofnoah: (Road - [cute] cute as a button)

[personal profile] dreamsofnoah 2009-10-06 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[She's sitting across from him, selecting an assortment of sweets for herself]

There isn't~! I think I liked the other tea party better though, Papa.

[identity profile] warandteaplz.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[Places the cup down.] It was quite entertaining, wasn't it?
dreamsofnoah: (Road - [cute] teatime)

[personal profile] dreamsofnoah 2009-10-06 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Very, very~ entertaining. We'll have to tell the Duke all about it once we get home ♥

[holding out her teacup for him to pour her some tea.]

[identity profile] warandteaplz.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 08:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[Picks up a tea pot to pour her a cup, still smiling.]

Indeed we must! A shame Tyki couldn't join us today...~
dreamsofnoah: (Road - [cute] pretty as a picture)

[personal profile] dreamsofnoah 2009-10-06 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh well. You know he's not too fond of tea parties. But next time we could drag him along!

[It's not like he could resist the two of them working together.]

[identity profile] warandteaplz.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I would rather he be here than running amongst the... less fortunate. [AKA hobos.]
dreamsofnoah: (Road - [cute] pouty mcpout face)

[personal profile] dreamsofnoah 2009-10-06 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
I always prefer it when he's with us.

[she shrugs, a tiny pout on her face]

But I guess if it makes him happy...

[identity profile] warandteaplz.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Mhm, strange indulgences. [Picks up his tea cup again, taking a small sip, his smile wavering only very slightly.]

dreamsofnoah: (Road - [cute] gimme back my Tyki)

[personal profile] dreamsofnoah 2009-10-06 09:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[She leans across the table to pat at his arm.]

There there, Papa. You know he cares about us the best.

[identity profile] warandteaplz.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[His smile returns then and he picks up a sweet peppermint. Unravels it with gloved fingers.]

Of course, of course~ [Takes her hand, much like he would a lady's.] But today there is no need for complaints! I have the best company a loving father could ever want~
dreamsofnoah: (Road - [cute] laughing at you)

[personal profile] dreamsofnoah 2009-10-06 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[Letting him take her hand, smiling prettily] And I've got the best Papa to look after me ♥

[and to hand over that peppermint I'm eyeing so fondly her eyes seem to be saying.]

[identity profile] warandteaplz.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[Of course he'll catch that look. Hands it over to her; he enjoys his tea more anyways.] Only the best for my darling daughter~
dreamsofnoah: (Road - [noah] brb napping)

[personal profile] dreamsofnoah 2009-10-06 10:18 pm (UTC)(link)
[Ooh, this really is the life. She'd missed getting everything she wanted so easily, happily sucking away at the peppermint and looking cute at the same time.]

We should hold a party of our own someday. You missed my birthday party~!

[identity profile] warandteaplz.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 10:36 pm (UTC)(link)
[A horrified look.] How horrible! We absolutely must now.
dreamsofnoah: (Road - [cute] gleeful delight)

[personal profile] dreamsofnoah 2009-10-06 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Really~?

[Delighted grin.]

An especially nice one~?

[identity profile] warandteaplz.livejournal.com 2009-10-06 11:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Only the best for my beautiful princess~.
dreamsofnoah: (Road - [cute] I can wait)

[personal profile] dreamsofnoah 2009-10-07 06:40 am (UTC)(link)
[giggling]

Of course~ ♥

[hopping up and looking around]

Can we move on to the next party?

[identity profile] warandteaplz.livejournal.com 2009-10-07 11:16 am (UTC)(link)
We may~. [Sets his tea cup down, not caring if he finished his cup or not and stands up with her. Straightens out his suit when he does so.]
dreamsofnoah: (Road - [cute] cute as a button)

[personal profile] dreamsofnoah 2009-10-07 11:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Going over to his side of the table to slip her hand into the crook of his arm so that he can escort her to the next tea party.]

It's almost like being home ♥