The Devil's Nest, Friday Evening

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

The candles on the bar provided enough light for Allie to do her best making sure things behind the bar were ready for tomorrow's party. A party she was going to miss thanks to some plans of her own.

But for now, she was behind the bar, ready for any customers.

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[filleauloup]

"Fine time for the power to go," grumbled a soaked (of course) Éponine, squelching her way into the bar. "Damned island was nice enough to give me a fireplace at least, but this is a bother. It's stupid, is what it is, that I'm complaining about this but now I've got used to electricity I'm not very fond of not having it."

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"It suits my mood," Allie admitted. "But I do understand. I miss my creature comforts as well."

She pulled out a dry, and most importantly, clean towel from the stack under the bar and handed it over. It wasn't big enough to do a complete job, but it would probably get the worst of it.

[filleauloup]

"That's the trick, thanks," Éponine declared, nodding toward Allie as as she began to towel off her hair. "And it's not the dark I mind, really. "I'm used to that. Writing out thirty post labels by hand, though, because some annoying fellow insists all his parcels have got to go out today! Now, that's the part I mind most."

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"I give you lots of credit for not beating him with his own packages. But if you did, I'd probably cheer for that as well," she replied.

[filleauloup]

"Good lord! Don't think I wasn't tempted," Éponine exclaimed. "But then I'd have had to fill out even more paperwork for the damaged goods, and my hand was tired enough. D'you suppose they'll get this fixed by tomorrow night, now there's a party planned and all?"

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

Allie shrugged. "It's the island. Who knows what it'll do? I'm sure it'll be surprising."

[filleauloup]

"S'pose it might be too much to ask for, for it to be a nice surprise like raining candy for the occasion," Éponine remarked, half-chuckling.

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"I'm pretty sure that's happened before at some point." But after a while, all the weirdness rolled together.

"Do you have a costume for the party?"

[filleauloup]

"I haven't thought of one," Éponine admitted. "I'm still not much used to the whole idea, and going in disguise just for the fun of it . . ."

She thought of the boy she'd traded clothes with on the night before the barricades, the one who'd been willing to make the exchange because he thought it would be fun, and laughed wryly.

"Well, masquerades were always for the nobles and such anyway."

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, we didn't have anything like that back in New Covington, at least not in the Fringe." Who only knew what went on in Salazar's tower.

"Now, here? I make a pretty good looking vampire," Allie said, flashing fangs.

[filleauloup]

"Don't you indeed!" exclaimed Éponine, laughing. "And no need to mess about with false teeth or anything of the sort. S'pose I could always drape a sheet over my head and be a ghost. Seems a bit silly after the time we really did have ghosts that wouldn't leave, but I could hide well enough under there."

You know. From people who didn't have the kinds of powers that would make hiding pointless.

[allie-vamp.livejournal.com]

"But a sheet over your head means you can't eat and drink." It wouldn't be a problem for someone like Allie. But for someone who did like ot eat and drink, it could be a problem.