Thornton & Coombs Dinner Party (Closed)

[jamesthorn]

The table is set with the family's finest china. The candles lit, and doors are open at Thornton Estate this evening. While the estate has seen countless elegant affairs throughout its long history, there's never been one quite like this one. Tonight, the Coombs are coming for dinner as William Thornton's personally invited guests. Despite the recipe for drama, there's still a dinner to be thrown and William has spared no expense for his son's newest girlfriend, Amelie. Fine wine, gourmet breads and cheeses, fruits, and appetizers are laid out in gorgeous displays by the caterer. To be certain that no nosy members of the press learn of tonight's momentary truce, the invitations were hand delivered and the family's private staff are serving.

Promptly, at eight o'clock dinner will be served, but in the meantime, there's plenty of time for mingling...and drama.

OOC: I've always used this particular property for Thornton Estate even though I believe it's more traditionally furnished than the one pictured. However, if you want an idea of the layout, there are plenty of photos and even a movie on the link above, lmao.

William is played by Pierce Brosnan. Obviously he's American in the game. If you wanna talk to William one on one, Rachel and I both have control of that old fart.

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[summersong]

Alodia accepts the offered glass with a smile exactly as polite as James Thornton's and not even a degree more. She's never actually spoken to him before - he and Moira were friendly a while back, but she'd stayed well clear of that entire fiasco - but she doesn't trust the man a whit. He seems far too much like his father's son, and any resemblance to William Thornton, as far as she's concerned, is to be considered nothing less than an unforgivable character flaw.

"Thank you for the invitation," she says evenly. "This is all quite lovely."

[jamesthorn]

James senses the stand-offish greeting that Alodia gives him, and he simply smiles a little taking a sip of his wine. The truth is, their families do have things in common. Rich beyond reason. Always in the spotlight. Histories that spanned back the town's founding. Still, they may never see eye to eye.

He glances around when she comments on the party. "Good. We wanted only the best for Daniel," he says, pausing a moment. "And Amelie."

[summersong]

Huh. He's better at this than she'd been expecting. The pause is a little too pointed, but it's not a half-bad attempt - and one she has to leave unchallenged. It's galling, and for a minute, Alodia regrets her decision to be properly polite this evening.

Be the bigger person, Al, you can do this.

"It certainly shows," she says, injecting as much genuine appreciation into her voice as possible. If she's lucky, he'll realize she caught the slight and is choosing to ignore it; if not, he'll probably assume she's a little dim and it flew right over her head. She can work with either outcome. "I think it's wonderful that you're so happy for the two of them."

[jamesthorn]

James definitely catches the strain in her voice to be polite to him when she clearly wouldn't do the same otherwise if circumstances were different. He wonders if her loyalties to Amelie are the same as his own to Daniel. If they are, it's easy to understand her willingness to go along with this ridiculous charade of a dinner party.

"I've always made it a point to encourage my brother, Daniel's happiness. No matter what his areas of interest happen to be at the moment," he says not exactly willing to give his vote of approval. He couldn't call himself happy for the two of them.