{log ota} a ghostea party

[eucre.livejournal.com]

Pinkies out, teacups up, long sip. Long sip at air, but that's not the point. The point is the lovely sitting across from her -- has he left? No, she can still hear whispers, many whispers. There are a lot now, because it's fall-almost-cold and that's when they come. Just whispers. Once more, but not now.

Piper's found a dress for the occasion - possibly stolen it, but she'll return it, of course. How she procured a table for the occasion? Impossible to tell. And even more inexplicable are the three chairs that are unoccupied, the lacy tablecloth that sits under a china tea set that looks like it's out of a girl's dollhouse. 

Come join her for tea. After all, she's not accompanied by anyone else. Or so it seems.

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HELLO SEXY I mean what.

[eucre.livejournal.com]

Piper claps happily, setting a plate in front of him. He can probably see the teacakes, even if she can't. "Right here, Mister Sir~ Frosty and sugary and sweet, mm~"

[sharpedgedheart.livejournal.com]

They're lovely teacakes. They remind him of tea with Maggie in her villa outside the Castle, and he smiles a little as he picks one up. "Thank you, Miss Piper. You're far too kind."

His eyes flicked over to the other ghostly faces, and he smiles, nodding to the ones he recognizes.

[eucre.livejournal.com]

"Not a problem, not at all~ Isn't it lovely~? Such a lovely tea party." She beams at him.

[sharpedgedheart.livejournal.com]

"It's very nice," he tells her gravely. "Do you have them often, or is it a special for All Hallows Eve?"

[eucre.livejournal.com]

"A special for Halloweeny! Except this time it's ever so coldy."

[sharpedgedheart.livejournal.com]

"There's more of a chill than usual." Though this was the time of year when Georgios always started to long for Greece, frankly. "And something...strange, in the air." Of course, it had been a strange year; even the dead knew that. But something stranger ever since the visitors had finally left.

[eucre.livejournal.com]

"Piper had to hide in Sharpy castle for ever so long - she slept'n slept'n slept with the Butlery." She nods seriously. "Terrible, terrible."

[sharpedgedheart.livejournal.com]

"...With the butlery." He knows of whom she speaks, of course; he follows Zoe too much not to have been in the presence of one of her best friends. "Well, at least he kept you warm. I waited out the storm at Hearts."

Because if there was a plus side to being dead, it was the infinite time to troll his widow.

[eucre.livejournal.com]

"So, so warm~" Her smile is soft, happy. "The Butlery's quite safe, yes? Tartsy or Sharpy or anything else~"

[sharpedgedheart.livejournal.com]

"He seems to be." And that's true; from what he sees, Declan Chives treats Zoe like a precious gift and like a friend, and his princess needs both those things. "If he makes you feel safe, then he's safe." Not quite truth, but there wasn't any need to worry the girl.

[eucre.livejournal.com]

With a happy hum, she lifts her teacup, clinking it against his. "He's my friend, even, sir. That's special."

[sharpedgedheart.livejournal.com]

"It definitely is." He leans back after the clinking, giving her the gentle smile that he mostly just gave his own children. "The most special thing."

[eucre.livejournal.com]

"D'you have a specialest friend, Mister Ghosty?" She asks curiously, leaning forward in her chair.

[sharpedgedheart.livejournal.com]

"A specialest?" Georgios says, and his eyes go over towards Zoe again. "Perhaps. She's my daughter, you know."

[eucre.livejournal.com]

But no, Piper isn't allowed to hear relations. So his whispered answer gets lost in the wind, partially, though she smiles and nods as if she's heard it all. "So pretty and nice and lovely to have one~"

[sharpedgedheart.livejournal.com]

"It is, yes." Better if they could hear him, of course. But Zoe was too practical, and Hadyn didn't know him. Sometimes he thought Maggie saw him.

"And who's yours, Miss Piper?"

[eucre.livejournal.com]

"My specialest friend...?" She thinks for a moment, then perks up. "Ghosty boy~!"

[sharpedgedheart.livejournal.com]

He glances over and smiles. "I've seen him around," he says quietly. "Looks a bit like you in the eyes."

[eucre.livejournal.com]

"Like me? Oh, silly, not at all~" She giggles at that. What an absurd idea! He's ghosty and she's not, after all.