It's St. Paddy's day! Everyone's Irish tonight.

[uberboned]

Who: Staff and patrons of The Purgatory. (SO TOTALLY OPEN)
When: March 17th
Where: The Purgatory.
Summary: So maybe St. Patrick's Day has nothing to do with Gabriel or the Purgatory- that's no reason not to have a huge shindig.
Warnings: Drinking and excessive partying.

[The Purgatory has been decorated to resemble a large Irish pub, all metal and glitz replaced by elegantly carved wood with green-glass mirrors and lamps and cozy green drapes and velvet chairs and faux-emeralds giving it the impression that the Emerald City may well have thrown up on an Irish Pub. Drinks tailored for the holiday are all half-off and the cover charge has been removed for anyone who remembers to wear green inside- if you don't, then you'll have to pay and the wait staff are under orders to pinch you all night long. That's what you get for not participating, moron.

The music, thankfully, is just catchy Europop and nothing with fiddles or folk tunes, so the dance floor is as active as ever, but there's nothing on stage tonight, just the general atmosphere of a bunch of people with an awesome and socially acceptable excuse to get drunk.... Getting drunk.

YEEEEAH.]

Comments

[defineshinky]

You have a lot of friends, huh? How long have you been here?

[ella_of_frell]

Friends and casual acquaintances, yes. [ She grins. ]

Me -- I've... been here a little over a year, actually.

[defineshinky]

Wow. That is a long time. [She swallows a large mouthful of her drink.] Is that... normal? Being stuck here for so long?

[ella_of_frell]

I think I've given up on trying to determine what's normal in a place like this.

[ Pause. ]

To be honest, I think it's pretty much fifty-fifty in terms of the duration of your stay. Some people return after a month or two - others are here for even longer. Some have been here more than a year.

I'm not sure what it is that determines how long a person stays. I wish I did know.

[defineshinky]

Wow.

[Again she takes refuge in her drink.]

Guess I better get used to the Canadian money.

[ella_of_frell]

It could be worse. [ A pause. ] I'm not sure I want to say exactly how - I might end up jinxing everything here.

[defineshinky]

Usually I'd worry about that, but tonight you should be covered. [She raises her glass, green drink inside.] Luck o' the Irish.

[ella_of_frell]

Isn't that reserved for the Irish?

Though I could use a little luck.

[defineshinky]

But everyone's Irish tonight! Unless The Boondock Saints lied to me, and I just don't think they'd do that.

[ella_of_frell]

Good point. ... Boondock Saints?

[defineshinky]

It's a movie. Man, nobody gets my references anymore. I'm gonna have to, like... learn a new language.

[ella_of_frell]

[ Ella laughs. ]

Don't take it so hard. I'm from 1523 and I don't watch television. I wouldn't get your ...er... references anyway.

No harm in learning a new language though.

[defineshinky]

Oh, you're another... er, maiden. Is that the word you use?

[ella_of_frell]

[ Ella swallows back a laugh. Seriously? ]

Person, actually.

Only the most formal of knights address young women as maiden, and that's only when they're speaking in that flowery prose of theirs.

[defineshinky]

Ohh. Now that, I did not know. See, I'm from 2008. My point of reference is pretty much Shakespeare and A Knight's Tale.

... Which probably isn't a thing I should be looking to for accuracy.

[ella_of_frell]

Seems like a lot of people are from a more modern timeline. I've never seen either of those movies, actually.

But you're probably right about their inaccuracy. I'd hope it's not that bad though.