forum "Happy Hallowee- why is there a bow on your forehead?" "I'm going as God's gift to humankind." // One-on-One // Closed, unless I let you join // Stalkers, come hither //

Started October 19, 2020 by @murphysgirl

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Apollo snickered, ducking into her car with a hum. “Still got the eyelashes, I see.” He stated, buckling in and shutting the door. He hummed a little, adjusting his sleeves with a light smile.

"Of course. Mia wouldn't be the same without them." Mia was her car. She reversed smoothly out of the parking spot and headed out of the parking garage.

Chuckling some, he leaned back into his seat with a soft sigh. He smiled softly as he settled into the car.
"You really love this car, don't you?" Apollo asked softly, looking out the window as they drove towards the party.

"Yes I do! We've had some good times, haven't we, Mia?" She patted the steering wheel fondly.

"Mm, it is a nice car, so I see why you like it so much." Apollo continued to snicker, playing with his curls as he leaned against the frame of the car. "Where's this party at, anyways?"

"Um, I think about five, ten, minutes away. It's in the Mountain View neighbourhood, I think."

"Oh, okay… who's house is it?" Apollo asked softly, looking over to her now. He had a gentle smile up, humming softly.

"Mira Ravensbruck. She's a friend of mine from college."

"Oh, alright." Apollo hummed, humming softly. After a little while, when they pulled up to the house, Apollo got out with a light sigh. "You have any idea how many people are gonna be here?"

"I had no idea it would be this many, no." Ayala looked around. Cars were parked up and down the block. The house itself was a behemoth, all huge windows and sharp angles. The front doors were open, and yellow light slanted out, staining the front walk the colour of goldenrods.

"Well, I guess I'll be seeing you later. I'm sure you'll be off who knows where doing who knows what." Apollo laughed, running a hand through his hair. "With this many people, you're bound to be flitting about."

"Well, naturally. Though you can stay with me if you want."

"Correction, I can attempt to stay with you, miss life of the party. I'm going to lose you." He insisted, walking up to the door. "I can guarantee it, Ayala. If I'm wrong, I'll take you to coffee or something."

"Coffee sounds nice." She smiled and caught up to him. The front doors, like the rest of the house, were gargantuan, and she whistled softly. "I had no idea she was this rich. I know her husband does something involving Adobe or some other software thing, but I had no idea you could make that much money from that."

"The randomest things get you really rich. Singing and acting get more money than surgeons, don't they?" Apollo asked lightly, pressing the door bell. He looked over at her with a light smile. "So it doesn't really surprise me that he'd be pretty loaded."

"True." Someone eventually came along and opened the door for them. Inside, the house was every bit as modern as you'd imagine. People in various costumes were bustling around, drinking punch.
"I think I'll go see if there's food," Ayala said vaguely. "Want to come with?"

"Obviously. I don't want to lose you so early." Apollo laughed, following after her. "Though I'll probably just get something to drink. I don't think I've hydrated enough today." He stated simply, following after her to go find food. He had a gentle smile up as they walked, nodding politely to different people.

They found the food table. They were in the process of getting food when there was a squeal of "Aaaay-aaaall-aaaaaa!!!" and a tall, skinny, blonde woman launched herself from the crowd and hugged Ayala tightly.
"Oh, hi Mira," Ayala said, feeling her ribs creak.
"Hi!" Mira let Ayala go, and Ayala massaged her ribs. "How are you?"
The two of them then proceeded to exchange small talk and formalities.

Apollo flinched some at the squeal, but didn't react otherwise. Sipping on his drink, he approached the two with a calm expression. He didn't interrupt, just smiled gently to the other woman, not wanting to be rude.

Mira and Ayala eventually paused talking, and Mira turned to Apollo. "Hi! Who's this? Ooh, Ayala, he's cute~"
"Mira!" Ayala hissed, elbowing Mira in the ribs.
"Sorry, darling, I forget you're aromantic. Oh, but you need to find someone, still! I know Rob is simply the best." She looked around for her husband, who was nowhere to be seen, and turned back to Apollo with a shrug. "Anyway! Why is there a bow on your head? Is it a reference to something? Do tell, I simply adore those kinds of things." She clapped her hands together.

Apollo laughed lightly at the woman's excitement, still holding onto the plastic cup with both hands. He glanced over to Ayala with a little smirk, but didn't mean much of it.
"I'm Apollo, nice to meet you." He stated, holding a hand out to shake hers. With her next question, he couldn't help but laugh a little more. The woman was definitely a very bubbly one indeed. Pulling his hand back, he looked up at her with a soft look.
"I'm God's gift to humanity. I probably would have put more time into it, but I got busy with work, and didn't really know I was coming until short notice."

"Oh!" Mira laughed, clapping her hands together excitedly. "I get it now! I love that!"

Apollo laughed some more, tucking his hand in his pocket. "It's very obscure, I know." He hummed, glancing over to Ayala. He gave her a light smile, sipping from his cup again.
"But thank you. I can't exactly take the credit, my brother thought of it first."

"Your brother's a genius, then. Do tell him that his idea was simply genius!"
Mira and Ayala bubbled on for a few more minutes, and then Ayala got some food and Mira eventually wandered off to talk to someone else.

Apollo nodded, agreeing to tell him for her. When the two ladies chatted for a couple minutes more, he glanced over to Ayala.
"You wanna go find something to do?" He asked lightly, finishing off the plastic cup. He went ahead and tossed it, stuffing his hands in his pockets. "Or find somewhere to sit?"