hell of a party

[middlingalong]

Ivan must be drunker than he thought he was. He could have sworn he knew his way around Vivienne's parents' house, since she wanted to introduce him last week and showed him the place, but maybe they have a... secret... upstairs... bar? where Vivienne's room is supposed to be? And most certainly was last time he checked? He's never going to find the sweater she sent him up looking for here, anyway. Why is there a secret upstairs bar in Vivienne's parents' house?

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[middlingalong]

"Oh, shut up."

[thisvorlunatic]

"Fine, fine," says Miles.

Stalas, although he doesn't get the exact content of the reference, is now blushing.

[dream_me_up]

And isn't that just adorable.

[unmarred]

It is, it is just adorable!

[thisvorlunatic]

"Oh, shut up, Mark-and-a-half," grumbles Stalas.

[unmarred]

"...I mean," says Mark, "he looks to be at least six feet tall, so if one of us is half of the other..."

[warpfairy]

"Bar, I don't suppose you can clarify what you actually mean?"

Mark is simultaneously both an alt of Lalita and also something else.

[unmarred]

Mark comes close enough to read the napkin.

"Huh, so he's half of me after all. I stand corrected."

[middlingalong]

"Must be very cramped in there."

[unmarred]

"Oh, Ivan," he giggles. "I'm sorry Stalas and I are making you uncomfortable. Just not sorry enough to stop."

[middlingalong]

"I'll probably get over it. Or my head will explode! Who knows."

[unmarred]

"I would be sad if any part of you exploded. Please try to avoid it."

[middlingalong]

"Generally do."

[unmarred]

"Good!"

[thisvorlunatic]

"Not everyone is you, Mark," Stalas says fondly.

[warpfairy]

"But Lalita is, apparently. I'm not quite seeing it, except maybe a little around the sense of humor and Ivan's apparent fascinatingness. What do you think, t'hy'la?"

[isthisart]

"That endearment is not translating."

[warpfairy]

"It's notoriously hard to render in English. It's... it's an endearment."

[dream_me_up]

"I'm seeing... something, definitely," says Lalita. "Sense of humour. Mannerisms. Implied attitude to risk. Do they have Alice in Wonderland in your world?"

[unmarred]

"Yeah," says Mark, with a grin of recognition. "Do they have Sherlock Holmes in yours?"

[dream_me_up]

"...Yes... that one's not a point of congruence, though. Interesting."

[middlingalong]

"So Mark is Polecat and Vole, and Lalita is just Vole."

[dream_me_up]

"Who the hell is Vole?"

[unmarred]

"Watson, by process of elimination. I don't think you're a Watson."

[middlingalong]

"It was worth a try. I've only seen a little of it and I wasn't paying attention to it and I don't speak Greek."