Topic: Trappings of a Tender

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-02-23 21:41 EST
OOC Note: This is just another little means to keep track of the infamous Garridan gypsy's shenanigans. On the nights that Lilliana acts as a tender, whatever means of clothing, whatever the theme, the event, or the fun for her evening's shift is going to be, you can be sure it'll be posted here!

The clothes, the tricks of the trade, the style, the theatrics...

That's right, all here!

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-02-23 21:51 EST
In honor of the gypsy's first solo night, she's chosen herself something nice to slip on, but decided against having any sort of extravagant theme or means of entertainment for the night... Well. If one calls flaming shots un-extravagant.

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Tradition is best, so why not her infamous fire red designed corset with her voluminous skirts, and her hair all wild and unbound?

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As for drinks... well. As the saying goes, a theme's everything! Tradition and fire. Tasty AND delicious! Shots and drinks of all sorts will be served (optionally of course) on FIRE.

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-03-01 12:15 EST
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The attire for the evening should remain completely casual, yet colorful. So what is a gypsy to do? Dig down into her wicker trunk and search for just the right bits and pieces to pull onto herself, of course! Something green, something that says the newness of spring and the lingering dark of winter all in one lacy, May-Queen-Mammies-Emphasizing package... perhaps a bit of gold corset to go with it as well? Why yes, yes indeedily-do. And boots, yes. That new pair of boots from her mother would do beautifully.



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Orange Mint Tea-Dried orange mint leaves, china tea, freshly ground cloves, dried calendula petals, then orange and lemon rind are grated in for a truly invigorating, refreshing, ode-to-the-coming-spring tea that'll warm you from temple to toes.

May Wine Punch- Sweet woodruff springs, touches of anise and cinnamon, strawberry preserves, slivered oranges, rind and all, as well as a liberal pour in of Mosel wine. Mind how many cups you take, however, for woodruff is a sneaky plant and can catch you nodding your head earlier than you'd like!

Love Potion Mead- Wildflower honey, green tea, dried juniper, mugwart, bitter orange, damiana leaf; All these flavors and aromatic blends come together in a very heady, very potent mead that has been known to strike king, pauper, and knave alike with a deeply entrenched smile. From the belly out is how its warmth spreads, reaching both the heart and the... hips at about the same time. A brew to turn the mind, body, and soul all sorts of wonderfully love drunk in one deliciously hot cup!



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Honey Lavender Biscotti- Honey, vanilla, dried lavender, freshly grated orange zest, sea salt... These firm, delicious biscuits are best partnered with tea or mead as well as a smattering of taste packed honey, such as spicy clover. So good, they'll make you wish you were licking the crumbs away whilst on your back in a grassy retreat beneath the speckled sunlight of a cool spring afternoon!

Candied Violets- Fine cane sugar, a touch of vanilla, and the barest hint of rose hips. What celebration dedicated to the warmer half of the year be without such an easy to pop-in and deliciously deceiving treat. Though nowhere near as potent as the Love Potion Mead, candied violets have always been said to be sumptuous aphrodisiac.
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OOC Note: As said before, all mind/body altering effects are completely up to the discretion of the player and their character if/when they choose to take any of these things Lilli's offering on her shift.

If your character is not effected by stuff of that nature, then obviously the most they'll have is a tasty bite to eat/drink to drink, if they are? Well, worst case scenario they'll develop a new scope for looking at someone they may not have had before, they'll smack lips with someone, they'll get lucky, they'll get uncomfortable, they'll get in the spirit of spring, they'll be happier, lighter, and in an overall good mood.

Mind you, as I said, they're not OMFG YOU HAVE TO DO THIS CUZ I SAID, but they're fun ideas to incorporate for the evening, or in the forums at a later date, I thought. Like, "Oh, wow, for the first time tonight I noticed so and so is HOT". Fun things can happen, and that's the point. :)

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-03-14 12:47 EST
After that CATASTROPHE of a night away from the city, Lilliana's return was immediate and not-so-triumphant. Where had she been exactly? Why, visiting her mother of course. Imbolc had passed, and she hadn't seen the elder gypsy witch in quite some time. They arranged a dinner, in fact, where Melina would be coming by in the next week or so for a visit of her own, and not just with Lilli, but her recently born grand son.

But what's this? Her hair... That wonderful, voluminous, wildfire mane of lion-proud curls? A SHAMBLES! Since a slight cleaning mishap with her mother, Lilli's hair has been violently bleeding into all manner of colors not unlike the kind one would find in a rainbow! While Melina, her mother, assures her it'll just temper out on it's own, the buxom witch has done everything shy of tearing her locks out to stop the constant flare of color changing.

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She's since conceded and has opted to let her hair do what it will until the magic-gone-awry wears off. As for her evening's attire, she's decided on a much more calm, almost neutral underbust with an equally earthy, sweet, short chemise gown to boost up with the tight pull of the corset cords and flow out at the hips and down out past her knees.

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To try and work WITH her disastrous hair, instead of fret further about it, Lilli's pulled out a few old recipes that include a wider spectrum of the rainbow that has become her noxious-bright wasteland of a head!

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BLOODY KISSES
1 part Vampire vodka
1 part strawberry liqueur
1 part lime juice
1 part cranberry juice

SOMETHING BLUE
1 part vodka
1/2 parts lemon juice
2 to 3 dashes triple sec
Champagne

ORANGE CREAMSICLE
1/2 parts Whipped Cream Vodka
1/2 parts. Orange Curacao
1/2 parts Triple Sec
1 part Orange Juice
1 part Cream

HOT PINK SUNSET
2 parts Schnapps, peach
2 parts Tequila Rose
2 splashes Cranberry Juice
1 splash Sprite

EVER-CLASSIC APPLETINI
1 1/2 parts Green Apple Twist vodka
1 part Sour Apple Pucker schnapps


CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-03-23 18:05 EST
A mildly melancholy gypsy makes for a subdue-ly dressed gypsy. Although Lilliana's since cured her rainbow nightmare of a head, this recent holidays have left her a bit downer than usual for reasons most don't know about. Also, given the slight impasse between herself and a certain Draconian lord, her temperament's taken another blow.

No special drinks this week, folks, but a simple corset and a comfy wrap to keep her warm through these chilly days that still stubbornly cling in the face of spring. And yes, despite the sudden drop in temperature, it was really spring, but the day had seemed to pass her by with little more ceremony than a private sabbath prayer amongst the winter-dead grass behind her wagon.

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Though a bit down, Lilliana was at the very least aiming to keep up with honoring Ostara, and managed to find a few fine little blossoms to bring with her on shift to pass about to the ladies and gents as well as decorate her hair with. Tulips, violets, and irises were her blossoms of choice, given the Fire festival of spring. The flowers were a symbol; a promise and a gift all in one.

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Ostara

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-03-30 10:48 EST
Small, but not yet so small as she was on the first night after the magical mishap of age reversing, Lilliana has since flitted between the homes of Tag and Brishen. Having had a long series of talks with each of them, most of which ended up with the eensy fire child in abject horror, denial, and then eventually, curiosity, the little witchling's trying her best to balance the idea that she's not truly a ten year old child, but in fact an adult who's had a terrible brush-in with magic gone awry. To an extent she's imagining it's a giant hoax, but instead obliges her 'peers' by playing along.

While no one's yet told her about a certain Draconian, Brishen annoys the beans out of her, fully taking advantage of the fact that he's insisting they're related as she capitalizes the whole of his house and time to visit the fun playmate she's made in child-Niamh. Tag's home with his little daughter Penny, meanwhile, remains her most favored sleeping haven. As much fun as she has tormenting Brish with Niamh, the little lady does like her sleep from time to time, and practicing her big-sister skills.

She's about the thinnest now as she's ever going to be in her life, because at her mother's constant behest, she's trying to work less, rest a little more, and sit down for five whole minutes to eat something more than candied rose-hips and cinnamon buns!

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Someone made the mistake of letting her see the schedule posted in the RDI, however, so she's decided to take up the immense task of tending the bar despite her age...

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-04-04 13:53 EST
Teenage Dreams Night

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She's big, she's beautiful, and she's coming to a bar near you; it's a seventeen year old Lilliana McClae! Her hair's a bit on the medium side, but it's still violently bright and curly as ever! She's been filling out and shaping up right in all the best areas without so much as a second thought. Blame it on good genes, because she borrowed'em from her mama! Black and red are her colors for the night, and there's nothing but mischief on her mind. Beware folks. She's got a bite to her now that she's seventeen, mean, and the hormones have been raging. She knows that plush curves dilate a man's pupils...

Aside from the man-killing, having had several talks and made several observations, little Lilli's begun to realize that she might actually be the one that's got something wrong with her. As in, Magic's Gone AWRY! Fearing how she'll look come the next week's end, the witchling has decided to party it up before the wrinkles set in and have a Teenage Dreams theme night for her tending shift. There's a list of devious little games she's been planning, and they're all ensured to keep the night interesting.

Food:

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~Chocolate and Cheese Fountains: A, warm, decadent dark chocolate as well as a hot, delicious cheese fondue fountain will be serving as the food attractions for the evening, along with a variant of fruits, vegetables, sweet breads, savory breads, pretzels, marshmallows, and freshly seared meats. Little prongs and rainbow swizzle sticks will be the only means of eating save your hands and fingers, so pick a friend, pick a partner, or just pick yourself and dive into(but please not literally), the delicious, molten fountains of cheesy and chocolate-y goodness. Try creating little kabobs for different flavor combinations!

Drinks:

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~Pineapple Starbursts: An easy to whip up kock/mock-tail for anyone at any age. Take pineapple juice, lime and cherry seltzer, star fruits, a bit of simple syrup, and tropical rum... You can imagine how tasty THAT is.

~Bubblegum Blasters: Sweet, tongue-tanging, and saliva-inspiring fizzy drinks seem to be the thing tonight, but take a moment to imagine this one folks. Snow cone syrups, double-bubble vodka, crushed ice, and a splash of grenadine. Divine!


Games:

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~Bottom's Up Scavenger Hunt: Think of it as your run of the mill scavenger hunt gone completely hormonal and off the wall. The list of things to hunt for are very open ended and as follows:
Something Sweet
Something Sour
Something Dull
Something Shiny
A pair of Underwear(not your own!)

~Chubby Bunny: Take as many marshmallows as you can, stick them in your mouth, and try to say 'chubby bunny!'. This game can also be subject to change in things to stick in your mouth as the night goes on; such as a delicious drink!

~Suck and Blow: Decks of cards provide people with hours of entertainment, though most folks don't realize how versitile they can be. Take any card from the deck, purse your lips and suck until it's stuck there on your mouth, then lean in to your neighbor and blow as they in turn produce the necessary suction to hold the card to their own lips. This game continues until someone drops the card(which usually happens quite quickly! It's harder than it sounds).

~Never Have I Ever: This is a game much like a more complicated version of truth or dare, except instead of dares, you're revealing more truths than anything, and the only physical penalty is taking a drink! Take a group of friends, take some drinks, and to start, have someone think of something they've never done that others might have. Once announced to the group 'Never have I ever... (ex) rode a dragon', those who HAVE 'ridden a dragon', must take a drink!

~Moose: Take a highball glass, twelve shot glasses, and surround them with a group of people. Whatever the group is drinking must be poured in equals measures from all into the highball(hint, several different drinks in a group make the drink THAT much more scary). Then, in parrallel rows, line up the shot glasses six by six until they touch the highball. Take coins or bottle caps and try to bounce them into the highball without landing in any of the shot glasses... If you sink your coin/bottle cap into the RIGHT line of shot glasses, you get to dole out that many drinks, if your coin/bottle cap falls into the LEFT line of shot glasses, you have to take that many drinks! But, if you coin/bottle cap falls into the highball where you're supposed to be aiming, you all have to scream 'MOOSE', throw you hands up at either sides of your head, and the last to do so loses. Guess what the loser has to drink? Yeah, that mixed highball.

~Seven Minutes in Heaven: This is sort of like spin the bottle, but with a lot more potential. Take a bottle, a bowl of folded up names on paper, a closet, and a group of people. Someone start out by spinning the bottle, and whomever it lands on must pick out a strip of paper from the bowl, and take the person who's name is on it in the closet for seven minutes. What does or does not happen in those seven minutes is up to the pair in question, but they MUST remain in the closet for the whole seven minutes or take a penalty dare decided upon by the group!

~Truth or Dare: Self explanatory... Get a group of people and get crazy with wild truth-geared questions and zany dares and hop to it!

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-04-13 12:55 EST
Guess who's back with a slightly bigger hat? That's right, a one miss Lilliana McClae. She's not quite finished aging it seems, but she's since settled herself down a touch at the early to mid of her twenties. She's taken to wearing a touch of makeup to accent what nature's already gifted her with, and behold! She's stumbled upon her infamous(though she doesn't quite KNOW it's infamous yet), black and red corset... Can you imagine such a lovely thing was lying stuffed in a wicker trunk in her caravan like that?

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You see, it was her duty to wear it, aching shoulder or no.

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Drinks, drinks, drinks anyone? Bah. She's heard about the impending merriment of Beltane, so she'll be pushing the realm's more lovely bouquets of wine and well-matured mead.

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... and what's THIS?! She's found out through the grape vine(and through various posters plastered throughout the city streets), that SHE, Lilliana McClae, is the current reigning May Queen?! Nonsense, unfathomable, miraculous, and just downright amazing! There are blessings to be given, flowers to be strewn, and touches of magic to apply now that she knows that she's still got a crown to uphold.

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-04-27 18:52 EST
That's right, Lilliana has completely, wholly, and entirely been restored to her proper age and mind finally... There's a lot to sift through for the thirty year old lovely, but given the chance, she'd do it again(even though she'd swear up and down she wouldn't). After all, what's one to do if they miss a chance like that?

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Just a simple under-bust tonight is what she's feeling; something to emphasize all of her from the lower to the upper portion. A bit of black to go with the red? Why not!? They are some of her better colors, you see. Given all that red, red hair and those wild, wild molten eyes. And what's this? Odd... She's got bells about her BARE feet and wrists? Oh dear, must be the season.


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Drinks? Beltane's just around the corner, and Lilli's still got a crown to balance until the time comes friday to pass it along to another lucky, lovely woman. So what's a gal to drink other than some fine, sweet spring wines, spiked teas, and local ales? Mind the little designs drawn in the froth of your mug, they might start to dance or wiggle.


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Speaking of dancing and wiggling... While you're minding your drinks, mind yourselves too! The gypsy's got dancing feet this time of year, and if any folks from the season prior remember the May Queen's zeal, she was all too eager to hold impromptu dancing lessons for ladies a little less more than leery of how their hips might or might not sway to the earthy Beltane dancing beats!

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-05-11 22:00 EST
You know something is off or exceptionally special when the gypsy witch isn't bound up in some fabulous piece of corset work; and tonight, if one had a keen enough eye to notice, they'd see it was the former. The wrinkles were slight, but they were there. Lilliana was very, very tired. But guess what? Tired or no, she knew slinging drinks and smiling for folks... Being that person to make someone's night just a teensy bit better. Well. That would just make her evening. It always did...

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Simple, white, and just a bit of leftover Beltane sweetness had no doubt guided the gypsy's hands for the day as far as dress goes. As for drinks? Cold things; chilled things. Frosty glasses and the calm, soothing sound of ice plunking down into the belly of a fresh drink. Perhaps even a few frozen berries instead of the ice, or a wedge of tart lemon or lime...

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RDI Cherub

Date: 2011-05-24 15:03 EST
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Lately Lilliana's been finding herself a bit down due to this and that, so what's the ticket? Something leather, something with brass grommets and ornamental clasps; a new corset! That's just what the doctor ordered after a long couple of weeks...

She may have a bit of the raccoon eyes going on, but that gypsy smile is as coy and enticing as ever!

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CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-06-01 18:38 EST
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A very special gift, for a exceptionally special gypsy, from an extraordinarily special suitor... A hand crafted waist cincher composed of red scales that gleam and shine finer than any precious ruby could ever boast. Curious, those scales; one might even say familiar, especially when made to stand beside Z'ev Zayveon. Each grommet and buckle are not only high in karat, but in polish as well, something which was no doubt a tribute to Lilliana's bright, fiery nature.

Whether she's tending behind the counter at the inn or attending one of the cities finer affairs, the great lord-mage spares no expense when it comes to his gypsy princess.

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Lilliana's drinks of the evening are a preview of the Garridan clan's stock on it's way for the gypsy's favorite event of the year, Midsummer. Blue-fire Chartreuse and Dragon's Breath Rum.

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-06-08 20:40 EST
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It's been stormy, it's been hot, it's been breezy... It's summer! Well. Almost. It's close enough for the gypsy witch, however, to be wearing a few of her more favored maxi style gowns. Though the one in the window was a bit smaller than her own physique might sport, a quick run through with the needle and some letting out in the right places do just as well as any tailor.

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Raiding her jewelry trunk always reveals a bevy of little treasures...

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Drinks for the evening she plans to keep a bit... inspired. Try a taste of the thundering sky in one simple shot glass. She calls it the Thunderclap. Grapefruit zest, Sweet vermouth, Sharply aged gin, and a swish of Picon... all charged with just a hint of magic. One's been known to have a small lightning show behind their eyes after too many!

CherubicMagic

Date: 2011-06-15 21:44 EST
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Gypsy chic; possibly one of the first outfits that Lilliana wore during her first hours on the Rhydin city streets years back. The nostalgia comes to her you see, especially around this time of year. MidSummer you see...

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Drinks? Wine. All wine. Red, white, rose, sweet and dry. You like it? She's got it, or she'll procure it in some manner... 'Tis the season, after all. Nothing can mimic the warmth you feel from summer rays of sunshine on your face like a delicious, blood stirring wine.