Happy Birthday, Caroline! [Night of Oct 10]

[vampire_barbie_girl]

1. Getting ready for the party (for Thomas)

To say Caroline was excited about her birthday would be an understatement. Especially because this was one of those important sounding birthdays, twenty-one. Nevermind that she was in the UK now, where the drinking age was eighteen. It was still a big deal, or at least it felt like it.

She'd been trying on clothes for the last fifteen minutes or so, before finally settling a cute black and gold outfit that was sexy but in a more grown-up way.

For a moment, she wondered what her mother would think of it. She smiled sadly at her reflection before turning her focus to the clock. It was about time for Thomas to arrive to do her hair. She couldn't wait to see what he came up with.




2. Get the Party Started (Open)

Caroline had decided on a pool hall in Haringey as the location for the party, since it seemed like a good, neutral place. She'd basically invited everyone she'd met in London, which mainly included some co-workers (the ones who weren't working tonight), neighbours, and a number of vampires who she was fairly confident wouldn't be snacking on the other guests.

All and all, she was fairly satisfied by the turnout. It made her feel like this London life of hers might actually work out for the best. And so she started making the rounds, smiling at each familiar face she saw - and a few unfamiliar ones too because the more, the merrier.





3. Sorry I can't hear you, I'm kind of busy (Open)

The party has been going for awhile when Caroline heard her phone beeping, alerting her to a text message. She froze for a moment when she saw the notification. It was from Stefan.

Of course he would pick today to end the months long silence. She put her phone away without reading the message, then headed over to the bar for another drink. She wasn't sure how many she'd had at this point but after that, she definitely needed another.




[Feel free to join the party even if your character doesn't know Caroline well enough for an invite, everyone's welcome]

Comments

[goodgraces]

Guinevere is passingly familiar with the Saffron Hill area, at least as it is in current times, having an acquaintance that lives in a luxurious Da Vinci House apartment located there. However, something tells her that Nancy, who doesn’t have the air of money about her, isn’t from that sort of background.

“Such a weird coincidence, both of you meeting her independent of each other like that!”

For a large city, London could be such a small world at times. And Caroline must be a very special woman indeed to have so many people willing to make time for her despite still being strangers relatively speaking.

“You mentioned meeting Caroline on her break. Was that while inside Rhapsody in Red?”

Gwen’s very interested in whatever she can learn about the club, which she intends to visit but with some trepidation given its location in vampire territory.

[stauncherhearted]

"Isn't it? Small world, really." Their world even smaller, truthfully. It seemed nowadays that most members of the supernatural community knew each other. Or at least had a passing idea of who they were.

"Yeah- it's a great little bar. She's great, you should hear her set at some point." Nancy wasn't in any sort of trouble, really now, when she walked in vampire territory. Being the girlfriend of the Marquess of Hackney really did have it's benefits.

[goodgraces]

“That’s the plan. Although, I’m a little concerned about the area. There have been quite a few reports of attacks there lately.”

She lets that go without further comment. The real reason for the violence isn’t common knowledge outside of the supernatural community, so she figures it best to be vague (not realizing that Nancy is well aware of what’s been going on).

“But I won’t let that stop me from supporting a friend.” She perks up. “And I have to admit, I’m really excited to watch her perform. Almost everyone I know is either a member of law enforcement or works in education like me. Being a night club singer is positively dazzling in comparison.”