[OTA] Parties are a Diamond's Best Friend

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Without a doubt, late autumn and winter are prime season for Diamond events. Getting married? You're both Diamonds? It's entirely likely that about five minutes after the proposal, the bride decided a winter wedding would be just fantastic - with all the blue and the white and the crystal. Which, of course, leads to the anniversary parties being the same time of year. The Diamonds also have their fair share of autumn and winter babies, which means that whenever someone turns fifteen and formally enters the Suit - and happens to be from one of those families - a debut simply must be thrown, with all the decorations, guest lists, catering, floral arrangements and et cetera to arrange and coordinate. There's also the holidays. There may not be that many extremely religious Deckbabies, but no one doesn't like holiday parties, whether it's for Christmas, or Hanukkah, or Diwali, or just the Winter Solstice: this is the time of year when everyone comes to the event planning department at Diamond Castle and tells Katriane Berthier and her boss, Valentina Frost, that they have this fabulous idea for just a tiny little soiree, and have they got just a little bit of time?

All that aside, winter is also the time when the Suit invites all of the Deck to Diamond Castle to show off celebrate the season with them, and for some utterly inexplicable reason, Valentina's washed her hands of the whole thing this time around and Silas has decided that organizing it by herself would be good for Kat.

And now it's October. In the past, it's been one of Kat's favorite months - when she goes outside to appreciate the changing leaves, come up with ideas for little (unimportant) parties, organizes them all and still has time for things like dating. But this year? Oh no. This year, Kat is closed up in her office. There's a pile of catalogs on her desk, and she's replying to a nervous Diamond bride who decided to get married Christmas Eve and now is thinking that with everything else, no one will come to her elegant red-and-crystal wedding.

Someone should definitely interrupt the therapy/event planning and make Kat eat a sandwich before the catalogs start looking like a pillow.

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"Ohh. Well, in that case." She paused. She'd been about to suggest talking to Cooper Elliot, over at the Hearts, but the man had brought her cake. "It shouldn't be a problem," she said. "I'll make some calls, but I think between the Hearts and Diamonds we should be able to cover you for it."

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"I would not expect anything less; this is why I keep coming back here for help," he admitted. "You are among a select few who know what is happening in le cirque ahead of time. You will keep my secrets, won't you Fair Lady?" he asked, tapping the bridge of his nose knowingly.

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She gives him a wink. Kat can sometimes be a gossip - but when it's work? No one hears a word. "It's safe with me, I solemnly swear," she says, raising one manicured hand. "And I'll make sure everything's ready for you, come Halloween."