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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[ameliecoombs]

She relaxes into his touch, not realising how tense she was until she lets it out. She's been waiting with bated breath for Aoife to slap someone or James to arrest someone or William to do god knows what, but so far everything seems to be running relatively smoothly. Maybe this won't be so bad.

"Thanks. You look good, too. Everything here looks amazing, I'd tell James he did a good job myself if I didn't think he'd run away from me."

[under_the_radar]

"I think tonight is supposed to be for exactly that purpose. We've got him trapped." Daniel said. He was relaxing now that she was here and nothing had exploded. Maybe they'd survive this evening. He let her go and moved round to stand next to her, watching people mingle. "Was it a chore to get Aoife here? She doesn't look happy."

[ameliecoombs]

Amelie shifts a little, guilty that she hasn't invited Aoife here herself. She knew that she was on the guest list, but with the current state of their relationship, she made no effort to ask Aoife if she was really coming.

"I keep waiting for her to hit someone," she says under her breath, watching where Aoife is talking to William. "I'm as surprised as you that she came."

[under_the_radar]

"Father is full of surprises, unfortunately." He said, grunting slightly. "This one's going to be a doozy I think." He took a breath and held her hands in his, towing her towards the stairs. "Come on. I want to show you the house."

[ameliecoombs]

She followed him happily, glad to be away from all of the glaring eyes. "Gladly," she said, a large part of her curious to see what the Thornton estate had in store. Coombs manor had always been grand and imposing, but it was touched by magic and enough of Violet that she was sure this would feel a lot different.

Still, this was a Thornton house, and while she knew that Daniel wouldn't hurt her, she wasn't so sure about Papa Thornton. Aoife's words ringing in her ear, she absently drew a protection rune on her side with her finger where she hoped he couldn't see. It wouldn't be much, it wasn't drawn on properly and she was only half concentrating, but it would be enough to warn her before any surprise traps could be sprung. Not that they would be needed. Hopefully.

[under_the_radar]

On the way through, Daniel grabbed a couple of drinks, passing one to her and then looping his free arm around her waist and pulling her close. His father would have eyes on them everywhere but he was done caring about that.

They took the stairs up to the more lived in area's of the house and walked through the large games room with the snooker tables and all the ugly hunting trophies on the wall to get to the place that only Thornton kids knew about. He stood in front of a seemingly random expanse of wall and grinned at her. "So. Wanna see something cool?"