#lioncssv

The darkness was suffocating in more ways than one, the vast emptiness yet cramped existence had been threatening to snuff her out since things went dark god knows how long ago. And now that Shona was free of the nightmare and the gripping hold it kept her in, all she wanted to do was be outside. Colder now than it had been, she thought? Shona actually didn't know how long the horror ran, all that was on her mind was getting a warmer jumper and maybe a hug.

"Hey Vi..." She began, her voice cracking as she tried to hold in the emotion. Shona felt the tears well up as her heart ached for the sight of her friend. This is real. This is not a trick. "Hot jacket-- is it new?"

With: @lioncssv

Shona cleared the stray hair out of her face, sloppily as she held a black Americano in each hand. Approaching Vitani, she could feel the knots in her chest get tighter & tighter with every step forward. Shona didn't know how to be a good friend, but she was trying her best to earn that title. She smiled awkwardly as she held the paper cup in front of her best pal. "Pitch black like your cold, dead heart." She offered, teasing Vitani before taking a seat. "I'm really glad you came to meet me. I've been worried about you since..." She trailed off, wondering if it was rude to bring up someone else's panic attack. "I just wanted to check in. See if you're still breaking hearts and kicking ass."

Shona sighed as she offered her lit cigarettes to Vitani to take a hit, sometimes she thought Evermore was cursed. Despite the fact that this town was full of people it just never seemed alive. She nudged her friend lighting on the shoulder and reached out a ring decorated hand to entwine with Vitani’s “Let's be lonely together.” she smiled, now aware of how close their bodies were. “A little less lonely together.”

Shona Samhain for @lioncssv // behind a nightclub/bar?

Shona was screeching with giddy laughter, her stomach twisty into knots as she tried to keep upright and not keel over in hysterics. She couldn't remember what the hell Vitani had said in the first place, but it had been so goddamn funny she thought she might pee herself. "You're a fucking riot V" she cackled, wiping away tears of joy that had ran down her face. "Fuck me I have a stitch!" Balancing against the wall to catch her breath she turned to her friend with a mischievous glint in her eyes. "Hey lets stay out all night. Like old times! Luis and I stashed a blowtorch nearby, we would set some trashcans on fire!"

"Don't you just love to flatter me" Shona grinned, taking a considerably longer look at Vitani's ass, but c'mon, she was dating someone not dead. "Careful V if I wasn't a taken woman I might just fall for your sweet nothings." Shona crooned as she trailed behind her friend and wandered inside. She looked around and nodded, it was like a palace compared to Shona's old place. "Fuck had I known you had a nice place I would have tried room with you years ago."

Shona grinned as she spotted her friend in the distance, waving fiercely at Vitani with an unopened bottle of wine in the other hand. Strutting to where she stood, Shona started to call out, "I got your note hotstuff." Shona held out the bottle towards Vitani and then rummaged in her bag for a box of chocolates. "For you and your sexy face, but if you wanted to share, I wouldn't be mad."

Berlioz wasn't thrilled to be at the masquerade. He thought the whole thing was sort of neat, but also there were way too many people for him to deal with. He hadn't surfaced much since his overdose, trying to stay on the down low, but that didn't mean his habits bit the dust. He'd had a few drinks already, and was avoiding his sister all night like the plague. He was about to head outside for a cigarette when he saw someone who he thought he might know. Someone familiar enough that he should know, but couldn't place it. The person in question had a beautiful dress, Berlioz could appreciate that much, but with half her face hidden with a mask it was difficult to determine who was behind it. Berlioz approached her despite that, two champagne flutes in hand. Had he known it was Vitani he likely would have avoided her too. He hadn't been to work in weeks. "Champagne?" he offered in greeting, holding out the glass. A smile crept on his face, a rarity it seemed for too many days to count. "We know each other, but the question is from where?" He cocked his head slightly to the side. "Or, maybe we don't. I guess...that's sort of the point of this thing. The mystery and shit." Berlioz shrugged and took a sip of the champagne. "Oh, well. I'm certain we could figure it out."

❄️ have a snowball fight

SHONA THREW HER HEAD BACK INTO A LAUGH as she thudded along through the snow covered paths, alongside Vitani. Despite her lack of layers Shona's body exuded heat from all the alcohol she'd consumed that evening, it was almost enough to distract her from her near-frozen toes. "I have an idea" she grinned after stopping in her tracks, and ran a cupped hand along the roof of a parked car. She eyed Vitani mischievously as she rolled the snow into a ball and aimed at her friend. "Loser gets the next round?"