( i am at one with a sea of sensations, glitter, silk, skin, eyes, mouths, desire )

[rhinemaid]

Who: Ilde Decima, Jules Grumley, Hasi Ozcelik
What: Girls Night Out
Where: Hasi's apartment, then Gutters.
When: The same evening as this and this.
Notes: part of an episodic story arc! Also, OUTFIT REFERENCE, because you all care as much as we do.
Warnings: Incidental violence, frank discussion of sexual situations. Ding me if I've missed something.

Ilde leaves Ivan's flat shortly after texting Jules, leaving a note behind (out for the evening, call you later) and heading back to the villa to change into something that doesn't say 'I sat around my boyfriend's apartment painting my toenails all evening'. (Is it really necessary to leave her perfume on everything he owns? Likely not.) It's a while before she's expecting Jules, which leaves her time for all the parts of evening preparation that she isn't going to handle with illusion (cuts her make up budget by about two thirds, that); large parts of this involve pushing Orion off the end of her bed before he can sit on the dress she just took off and trying not to speculate about exactly what's going on with Hasi and Mitchell.

She's aware (has long been aware) that she's not exactly ideal to be anyone else's sounding board or anything like emotional support, but at least she can provide alcohol, diversions and in at least the figurative sense a sympathetic ear. Maybe if it's like gifts, the thought that counts, it'll be something just that she tries. The sentiment feels too Disney to solidify and she discards it along with something feather-trimmed and probably too much for clubbing; they'll have a few drinks and do something stupid (there are tunnels deeper into Gutters that she hasn't seen the inside of and would like to) and it'll be fine.

Jules, who she gives a quick opportunity to pick through her shoe collection before they leave for Hasi's, is probably right to be slightly concerned. All things considered.

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[neverbreaks.livejournal.com]

"More leg it is." Hmm. Hmm. Another quick browse, carefully holding the current dress to others so that she definitely does grab one with more leg potential, humming quietly-- and it gives way to a quiet sound of victory as she grabs another two. "More leg, yes? Do we we want 'more leg'" once again, the dress is held up, "or 'more leg'?"

And you best believe she waggled her eyebrows with the second one. Oh, Julia.

[norea]

That gets a quick grin from Hasibe, clearly approving: "Oh, the second. Always. Gutters isn't quite as over the top as, say, where I work, but it's close."

Because at The Vault, she walks around in glorified lingerie, and at Gutters she actually bothers to put on a damn dress, but the objectives at Gutters are different for most people. (Not really for Hasibe, but you know, other people.)

"I bought new fishnets last week that aren't even out of the box, actually, do you want to wear them? It feels a little less bare, but if you sit the wrong way you'll still flash your underwear, so bear it in mind. You know, if you care about that kind of thing."

[rhinemaid]

"They would be fun with that dress," Ilde says, speculatively, flouncing the velvet skirt of her own with her knee as if to demonstrate what fun might theoretically look like. (Sometimes she just does things.) After a beat, "Gutters is a little more like the name, really."

...much as she loves it, no offense Deacon, it is not the classiest establishment in town.

[neverbreaks.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like just the sort of challenge I like." And Jules, being the (somewhat) shameless sort of person that she is, is going to just pull off her shirt and jeans, and grab that there dress and slip it on. "I liked where you work, though. The people there were really friendly." Or, she supposes they were; she wants to say something nice, when in truth she spent most of the night drinking. In the corner. Alone. Healthily.

Battle with the clothes other, she smoothes the dress. "I don't think fishnets would hurt." That said, she looks to Ilde with a bemused smile. "It has an unfortunate smell, does it?"

[norea]

From Hasi's corner when Jules changes there is only this comment, lacking (unsurprisingly) in scandal: "Oh, you are wearing underwear!"

Look, sometimes this one doesn't; she assumes this also applies to other people. Hasi moves to obtain the fishnets, glancing over her shoulder to study the dress's sit on Jules' frame. Package of dark-purple stockings acquired, she drops them on the bed as an offering. "That looks really good. Something in the way of accessories next, and you should be set."

[rhinemaid]

"A necklace," Ilde opines, opting to let Gutters ultimately speak for itself when they get there; Jules will probably figure out more or less what she meant at that point. "I think something...I don't know, something bright."

[neverbreaks.livejournal.com]

Jules chuckles a bit as she turns, rolling her eyes and grabbing the stocking to prepare herself for battle. "Only for special occasions and changing in public."

Of course, she pauses midway through her heroic struggle with the fishnets to tilt her head at Ilde, eyebrow arched. "That sounds very likely to draw attention to my neck. Do you want me to get bitten?" Playful, of course, although she can't help but wonder what would happen if she got bitten. Not anything good for the vampire in question, she imagines.

"What do you girls need to do before we go?"