whenshewasnice: ([pos] Sultry.)
Envy Adams ([personal profile] whenshewasnice) wrote2016-07-19 04:51 pm

Envy's Birthday Party, New York, Tuesday FT

It was February 15th once more. Envy Adams was twenty-five years old today. So of course, there was a party.

A pretty huge party, in fact. Gideon didn't do things in half-measures, in particular not when said party was also a part of a larger marketing effort. Making sure Envy was as cool as she could be. So far, it seemed to be working: for the past couple of weeks, Gideon had had his phone ringing constantly with calls from people trying to score invites to this event. Only few had succeeded. It was a selective kind of party, even if the crowd was pretty big. Trustworthy journalists, a few select socialites with the right kind of street cred, and of course rock stars from all across the scale from worldwide renown to the hippest and coolest of the new crop. And maybe a couple of actual personal friends in the middle of it. But not too many.

Waiters wound their way through the expensively-dressed crowd carrying trays of champagne and appetizers. At one end of the packed room, there was a small stage, and above it, a fancy banner proclaiming HAPPY BIRTHDAY ENVY on it.

Pretty different from a birthday with bowling and homemade cake.

[ooc: NFB, but open for anyone who thinks they may have been invited! Smol OCD up.]

Talk to Gideon [Envy's BD]

[identity profile] bigbadproducer.livejournal.com 2016-07-19 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
When he wasn't by Envy's side (often shuffling her in the direction of the People To Talk To), he was mingling while looking pleased with himself.

Sorry, he couldn't shake the smug air. Because he didn't want to.
Edited 2016-07-19 14:21 (UTC)
lockestheway: (peter: one day hegemon)

Re: Mingle [Envy's BD]

[personal profile] lockestheway 2016-07-19 02:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Had this party taken place just a few months prior, Peter - and his two bodyguards - wouldn't have bothered to show up. But that was then and this was now, and so he arrived just on the right side of fashionably late, dressed in a suit that befitted the Hegemon of Earth.

Complete with the at-a-diplomatic-function smile. He had no illusions about this party.
lockestheway: (peter: hopeful)

Re: Mingle [Envy's BD]

[personal profile] lockestheway 2016-07-19 03:47 pm (UTC)(link)
"My face looks more competently fake than that of half the guests at this party," Peter said, "Excluding the ones that are already coked out of their minds, of course."

He nodded at her. "I like the dress," he said. "It's classy."
pursuedthestars: ([spec] drink)

Re: Mingle [Envy's BD]

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2016-07-19 03:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Jim was on a fairly tight schedule but he'd gotten at least a few hours of leave time to slip out of Starfleet and go to a birthday party. He didn't make a big fuss when he arrived and he quickly grabbed a drink before mingling with a few people he didn't recognize.
lockestheway: (peter: watching)

Re: Mingle [Envy's BD]

[personal profile] lockestheway 2016-07-19 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'd say I'm sure you'd look elegant at any time and age," Peter said, "But you know that already and it's hardly the point."

He nodded at the people behind her. "Is everything going as you'd hoped?"
pursuedthestars: ([neu] a little of that)

Re: Mingle [Envy's BD]

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2016-07-19 04:38 pm (UTC)(link)
"Hello," Jim greeted, face softening into a smile as she approached. "You look...well, you look great but I bet you already know that. Happy birthday. Heard you're pretty old now."
pursuedthestars: ([hap] optimism)

Re: Mingle [Envy's BD]

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2016-07-19 05:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"Thirteen," he corrected with a shake of his head. "That whole year makes me a teenager so don't you forget it again. It's important."
pursuedthestars: ([neu] cleans up well)

Re: Mingle [Envy's BD]

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2016-07-19 05:55 pm (UTC)(link)
"Farming," he said, deadpan. "Flirting. Drinking. Driving Bones up a wall. What else would I have been up to? I haven't run from the Academy yet."
lockestheway: (peter: fixing my tie)

Re: Mingle [Envy's BD]

[personal profile] lockestheway 2016-07-19 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"So you've finally fine-tuned the specific image you're going for?" Peter asked lightly.
pursuedthestars: ([neu] sideways upways)

Re: Mingle [Envy's BD]

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2016-07-19 06:16 pm (UTC)(link)
"Oh, don't look at me like that," he said, shaking his head. "I was teasing you. It was supposed to be funny and you're supposed to laugh and enjoy my hilarious words."
pursuedthestars: ([hap] optimism)

Re: Mingle [Envy's BD]

[personal profile] pursuedthestars 2016-07-19 06:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Uh huh," he drawled and took a long pull of his drink. "I'm surprised you're even having a party. That seems like something someone would expect you to do. Or did you just want attention and presents?"

There certainly seemed to be a lot of people around to give her both.

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