#mp; summer gala 2023

[dakotaxmp]

Fascination \\ Skadi & ‘Kota

A double dose of that starstruck feeling for Dakota today!! A gala starter for the powerful and beautiful @mpskadi

//

   Dakota had met so many gods while living on the island that he typically was not all that amazed and not all that phased when he bumped shoulders with them. He’d broken bread with love gods, lifted weights with storm wielders, danced beside old world gods of wine— just to touch on a few. His young life had been blessed by a few and graced by others and so he really didn’t get super surprised anymore.

    Unless it was her.

   It was casually mentioned that Skadi was at the gala and Dakota nearly dropped the little snack he was eating when he heard it. Skadi, a goddess of mountain hunting, of all things cool- literally- and heckin’ skis!! Dakota has to meet her!

   After finding out from someone else where she was he all but makes a beeline directly for the goddess. Approaching her he stops dead in his tracks about five feet from where she is standing and suddenly is hit with the most extreme cases of shyness he’s felt in ages. Oh fuck, he thinks miserably as he stands there. He can’t do this! He wants to turn right back around and go sit the hell down at his little table and is telling his legs to do just that when….

   … she looks at him.

    Dakota’s hazel eyes go wide and his mouth opens without his mind being in check, “You are so cool!”

    Oh my gods, shut up!

#;mpskadi #[[p;// Fascination]] #mp; summer gala 2023 #{{ it’s Dakota’s lucky day!

[mperosx]

Long Time, No See || Athena&Eros

A gala starter for the magnificent @mpathena

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    Sometimes there are faces that we never forget. They’re etched in the caverns of our memories and make up the music of our hearts. Years can go by, things can change, appearances can shift but some faces have things that will never change about them. The way that her eyebrows carried concern, the way that her cheeks carried the lightness of her smile, the way her eyes carried a million unsaid stories; Eros would know her anywhere.

        Athena.

     The last time he had seen her was when he was just a young fluster of wings, the impertinence of youth still rounding his features a little bit. Rebellious was he as he struck out on his own and away from the wild notions of whose child he may or may not have been or if he was made of the same silvery stardust that Chaos loving gave him. Her was a face that watched him go but unlike the others, hers showed calm sureness in him.

       She knew the world wasn’t served on a silver platter, even for gods like them. Still, her quiet calm assured him. Her energy he could pick out of eight billion others. Eros moves through the crowd of gala attendees smoothly before he is able to reach out to her.

     He doesn’t touch her, for his gifts are too strong, but with a gentle voice he gathers her attention, “It’s so good to see you.”

#;mpathena #{para;} Long Time No See #mp; summer gala 2023

[maibeemp]

Hue-tiful Havoc

Event starter for @mpxhephaestus

Mai twirled gracefully on the dance floor, surfing the waves of color the music brought. It enveloped her. In her world, music and color were inseparable, each note igniting a burst of hues that painted her surroundings in vivid shades. The room transformed into a canvas of swirling colors, a breathtaking display of synesthetic magic.

As the melody shifted, so did the colors. Rich purples and deep blues blended seamlessly into fiery reds and oranges. Each movement the Celtic demigoddess made, ignited a new burst of colors, painting the air around her with ethereal beauty.

The demigoddess was transported into another world, lost in a magical forrest. And as tipsy as she was, Mai no longer paid attention to her actual surroundings. So to a surprise to no one, she tripped and fell into the personal space of someone minding their own business.

#mp; summer gala 2023 #beehive :: threads #threads :: Huetiful Havoc #mpxhepheastus #[[ I have given up on specific color puns lmao

[mpxinvidia]

Late Night Riddim ft. Max

Idiot. A not-gala-gala starter for @mpxmaxim

♮

    He’s definitely not here.

      Invidia figured that neither In-Soo or his enemy Maxim would be present at the gala with the injuries the pair of them sustained. He knew it, but still the absence of them both is sharply felt and he knows it’s not just by him. Having already video called In-Soo with Hunter just a bit ago, Invidia decides to check on his idiot co-worker as well.

      Pulling out his phone he pulls up a blank text window and adds Max’s number as the recipient.

{Txt: Maxwell- Do NOT answer}: I see that thankfully this dance is free of sewer rats like yourself. I must say I am impressed at the ability you have of improving my evening by not being part of it.

{Txt: Maxwell- Do NOT answer}: Still being dramatic in the hospital?

#para; Late Night Riddim #;mpxmaxim #mp; summer gala 2023 #{{ hit it in the morning: daily life }} #Type: the ultimate enemy

[heatherxmp]

Tiny Dancer 🌊 ft. Kaz

They have to do it their own way. Or it’s just boring! A gala starter for @kazxmp

🌊

    It’s the pinnacle of their craftsmanship! There atop a soft blanket of vanilla froyo is the tower of toppings that Kaz and Heather have spent the last fifteen minutes perfecting. Cookie crumblings, several types of drizzles, gummy worms, little candy bears, fruit pieces, sprinkles- and of course a cherry resting like crown at the top makes up their sugar-based nightmare tower. 

   “It’s glorious!” Heather whispers as he holds out his camera and takes an up-angled video in slow motion of the sweets mountain. 

    Kaz, the one who insisted on the array of decadent toppings, glowers at him around it. In his hand is a little pink spoon from the container at the counter. He’s more than read to demolish their creation now and he looks disgruntled at Heather.

   “Awww, what’s that sour patch kid face about?” He says still filming with one hand as he pulls a little surprise he’s made from his pocket. It’s a tiny flag he’s fashioned to place in the candy mountain. This was not unusual at all- Heather had made many a flag for these things with Kaz. This one though, it *was* different.

    He pokes it down into the mess of things and waits for Kaz to stop glaring as the camera films on. The little flag is facing the camera and away from Kaz reading:

              U + Me = Gala?

     “Okay okay,” Heather says and turns the froyo bowl so the flag faces Kaz now. “Eat up.”

#🌊: Tiny Dancer #getting wavy like an ocean with: Kazden #mp; summer gala 2023 #|| hot for teacher; replies #|| moss baby: kaz ||

[benji-mp]

Can I Have This Dance?

Summer Gala || @ezraxmp

Ben knocked on the door of Ezra's apartment. He was very nervous, and it took him all night to figure out why. Ben had to speak it out loud for it to be real. His chest popped out and he smiled wide as the light from the apartment highlighted the points of his face. "Ez!" His eyes drug down the features of the other, every detail.

His eyes stopped at the skirt. He was a bit taken back by the article of clothing but his weight shifted as his head began to think. There was never identifiers of a specific pronoun - long hair but a slightly deeper voice. He wasn't sure what to say at first but the more he investigated, it suited Ezra very well.

"Stunning."

#mp; summer gala 2023 #ezraxmp #Have this dance

[ezraxmp]

(Un)seen Hearts

Event starter for @mpskadi

Ezra never really did well in social settings, but they found themselves aclimatising rather quickly at the gala. Perhaps since they knew most people attending. Perhaps because no one seemed to notice they were dressed outside the gender norm, though quite a few people were.

The poet had excused themselves from Benji to go to the restroom and as they made their way back, Ezra saw Skadi by herself. With a smile, they approached.

"Skadi!" they started with enthusiasm, and without second thought curtsied to her. "You look beautiful~ How are you enjoying the night so far?"

#mp; summer gala 2023 #phonebook :: threads #threads :: unseen hearts #mpskadi

[mpxnoel]

❝ For as long as my heart is allowed to sing ❞ ft. Invidia

Let's goooooooo. Gala post for the sweetest @mpxinvidia

Scheming. That's what could best describe Noel ever since the announcement was made. Planning, excessive amounts of planning on his part but everything had to be perfect!

He spent every waking minute calling, texting, looking for the things he needed, asked some friends for favors while dragging others (Kaya) into helping him as much as they could. He'd seen the perfect place, he'd been wanting to take Invidia there for a while anyway so the summer gala had come around at just the right time.

Everything was ready and he checked his phone one last time as he walked with the man he liked along the park, their linked hands swinging slightly with each step they took. There was a fluttering in his stomach and rather than feeling nervous, what he was looking forward was the look in his lover's eyes at his surprise.

"I can't give you any more hints, amor." Noel grinned, pulling on Invidia's hand to draw him closer. There was the subtle teasing that they always did, some kisses given and stolen in between and gentle caresses along the way. He'd asked the younger man to join him, tempting him with a treat he'd gotten just for the two of them. "You'll see."

He gave one last squeeze to Invidia's hand before subtly nodding to the small stained glass flowers near their path -- one was blue and one was red. a spider lily and a forget-me-not scattered before two more appeared, catching the sunlight as the sun was beginning to set. They shone like a different kind of stars in the grass, a starry trail leading up to the one gazebo he was able to find that was now covered nearly to the brim with flowers; hydrangeas, lavender and hibiscus bringing the structure to life under the pink and amber colored sky.

Not wanting to break the moment, he brought their hands up to his lips, kissing his lover's knuckles before nudging him forward to join him under the dangling flowers and crystals that caught the last rays of sunlight before them. "There's something I'd like to ask you, mi vida."

#mpxinvidia #; what keeps my heart awake is colorful silence | threads #mp; summer gala 2023

[hunterxmp]

May I Have This Gala? - KayaxHunter

Let’s get freaky with it. A gala starter for the hauntingly beautiful @mpxkaya

⚜

    She’s laying with her head on his chest as the pair of them ingest another horror flick, the last few seconds of it playing out before their sleepy eyes. It’s calm in the house even with the last jumpscare snapping up to try and get that last delicious scare into the movie’s intended audience. Against him Hunter feels Kaya jolt just a little before she relaxes again. He jumps just a little too and laughs when he does because he was so sleepy he didn’t think the movie could get him at all at this point but he’s delighted when it does.

    The credits start to roll up and Hunter yawns a little bit before he nuzzles the top of Kaya’s head. He likes this.

                                   This feels natural.

     Kaya has to go home soon because it’s late but Hunter is a little reluctant to let her slip away tonight. He shifts, sliding down a bit on the bed so that he’s level with her face.

     “Hey,” he says smiling at her before he reaches up to gently trace the shape of her face with his hand. “I uh…. So listen, I know it’s late and you know that uh…it’s not proper to stay the night but I was wonderin’…”

      Hunter looks nervous. “I don’t want to take up too much of your time but I was hopin’ I could show you somethin’. It’s a lot better than the movie. Think you can stay a little longer tonight so I can?”

#⚜: May I Have This Gala? #summer moon: replies #mp; summer gala 2023 #{time with: Kaya}

[mpxmalea]

Meeting of Minds 𖤐 Arawn

An introduce at the gala with the handsome @mpxarawn

☽༺𖤐༻☾

🔮

   Well, isn’t he stunning?

     Malea thinks this as she is officially introduced to one of Invidia’s long time clients, Arawn. Of course she had met him before in brief passing as she approved his time slots with the sinner on various days but not a real and formal introduction. One where names were politely given by a mutual friend and open and relaxed mingling was the goal. She doesn’t favor small talk but she is an artist in it, able to segway through it and into deeper conversation if it felt right.

   “Arawn, a pleasure to really meet you,” she says and gives a polite dip of her head  to the god. She also extends her hand out in a greeting between minds. She gestures to Invidia who is beside Arawn now as she says, “Invidia speaks well of you often so it is a delight to talk with you. Might I interest you in a meal with me at a  later date? I have some questions I think you might be able to help me sort out.”

    Malea gives Invidia a little nod as he excuses himself from the conversation to whisk himself away to tend to his date for the evening. Her eyes return to the god and she smiles, a genuine little thing, at him.

#🧿: Meeting of Minds #sin den: threads #mp; summer gala 2023 #seeking: Arawn

[mpxkiki]

Model Friendship 🌿 Kaz

Because sometimes you just need your friends! A gala starter for @kazxmp

🌿

    She’s having fun and chattering with a few of her friends from Minx when she spots him. She’d know the likes of him anywhere! That unmistakable outfit, the shoes, the sharpness of eyeliner!! Bedecked in the blue steel expression that runway models dream of possessing is Kaz. He’s on the elegant arm of Heather and nothing makes more sense than that this evening!

    Her smile melts into a full cheer of joy from where she stands, uncaring of the conversation she cuts through and departs from. “Nooooooooooo biiiitch! You cannot just pull up like this!”

    Understood only by other gays and they’d she waves a finger in approval not disdain before she gestures from his platform shoes up toward the hat on his head. “HE ATE! HE AAATE AND LEFT US NO CRUMBS!”

#🌿: Model Friendship #one smile at a time: Kaz #mp; summer gala 2023 #the bright side of the dark side: threads with friends

[dakotaxmp]

My Kind of Fighter \\ Mingi&’Kota

Just a little starstruck! A gala starter for @mpmingi

//

  There’s no way. There is no freaking way!

   Dakota is chattering away with his friend Eros when he spots him walking by nearer to the tables. That built, those shoulders, that walk like the room is his— Dakota knows this person. Well, not knows, but like, knows of! A zing goes down his spine.

   He’s not often one for fanboy behavior nor the the type to really waltz (no pun intended) up to perfect strangers but… it’s a fighter he admires the skill of!! Eros follows his gaze and chuckles before he laughs and shoos Dakota along.

   “I swear we’ll keep talking! I just- he-“ Dakota stammers a bit.

     ‘Just go!’ Eros laughs and gives him a nudge in that direction, blowing just a little more magic into the act so Dakota has the self-love he needs to be brave and say hello. It doesn’t take him long to cross the space through the maze of people to reach where the other demigod sits at a table.

   “Excuse me,” Dakota says to gather his attention. “You’re Mingi, right?”

#;mpmingi #[[p;// My Kind of Fighter]] #mp; summer gala 2023 #{{ when you see someone you think is hella cool in public

[mperosx]

My All || AmaEros

Even forever is not enough, but it’s a good start! A gala starter for the goddess @amaterasuxmp

—*

    Eternally.

      He swears, with all that is him, he will love her eternally. 

       Ama sways with him as the music swirls around everyone that is on the floor and he knows he’s falling again. There’s heaven in the way that she feels in his arms as the goddess leans herself against him happily in the dance and bliss in the way that it makes him feel like he’s floating. He nearly has to check his wings, folded close to his back, to see if they’re moving because of the affect she has on him.

     She’s saying some story from earlier in the day when she was getting the kids ready for their babysitter that amuses her and he has the pleasure of hearing her laughter. That sound. That babbling brook of a sound lives in his head rent free chasing out the worries of the day or of his responsibilities as they try to press down on him.

     Eternally. He’s hers with all of himself, eternally.

     “I love you,” he breathes. 

#;amaterasuxmp #{para;} My All #mp; summer gala 2023 #;amaeros

[amaterasuxmp]

The Summer gala is one of Amaterasu's favorite island events and as per tradition, her outfit for this year matches that of her husband, @mperosx, a creation of real gold meant to cast soft light against the god of love's magnificent wings.

#;mirror #;snapshot #mp; summer gala 2023 #mp; summer gala style

[mpxinvidia]

Smoker’s Corner ft. Kaz

Sometimes you need quiet assurance. A gala starter with @kazxmp

♮

    Invidia’s eyes widen as he sees something. Or rather someone. The sinner freezes, the words he had been saying to his friend dying on his tongue as he registers that what he is seeing is not only real but really hurtful. His hazel eyes are locked on a form that crosses the room for a moment before they go just a little glossy. Oh…

    Those eyes drop and he feels something sharp lance directly through his heart- so sudden and harrowing that he nearly thinks it just might end him. Then he lifts his eyes again to bring them back on Kaz who he had been speaking to. It seems his friend’s whole demeanor is different; cold, suddenly no longer holding the warmth that the festivities had bestowed upon him. That classic RBF is back as Kaz’s gaze snaps away from what Invidia had seen and falls back on him.

    “Can…can I borrow a cigarette?” Invidia asks. And that’s all that needs said before he is making his way calmly toward the side door out where there is an area for smoking set up.

#para; Smoker’s Corner #;kazxmp #mp; summer gala 2023 #{{ hit it in the morning: daily life }} #Type: WormNation Leader

[heatherxmp]

Cinder-Hella 🌊 ft. Eden

When she puts fairy tales to shame! A gala starter for @edenxmp

🌊

    Now that is cool! Heather is midway to the finding another glass of water when he spots her. A woman he’s not seen before in a gown fit for a fairy tale. The ice blue-purple and white gradient calls to mind a much cooler and updated version of Cinderella. Heather marvels at the dress and the beautiful accessories chosen to accentuate the look without overwhelming it. She really nailed the dress code! He’s about to keep going when she adjusts her dress so as not to step on the bottom of it and he spots her shoes.

   Talk about completing a look!! 

   “Wow,” he says as he watches her seem to glide as she walks. She advances a little bit but doesn’t enter the dance floor, just stays on the edge of it. Alone.

   Most might let her sort out if she wants to find someone to dance with or stay there just watching but Heather’s friendly demeanor moves him. He walks closer than shifts to stand beside her with a good space and observe as well.

   “Don’t look now but someone is giving Cinderella a run for her money,” he says eyes still on the dance floor. He turns then and smiles at her, “It’s you honey. Thinking about going out there?”

   He gestures to the floor with a little nod.

#🌊: Cinder-hella #getting wavy like an ocean with: Eden #mp; summer gala 2023 #|| hot for teacher; replies