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Vivianne Lautrec (dilettante_vive) wrote in breaking_point,
@ 2010-12-18 12:28:00

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*complete, 2025 12, character: astoria malfoy, character: bill weasley, character: hestia jones, character: julius rosier, character: józsef khuen von belasi, character: katherine yaxley, character: katie bell, character: lenora walker, character: leopold mayr von melnhof, character: magdalene mckinnon, character: margot mckinnon, character: marlene mckinnon, character: pansy nott

Eternal Oasis Open House
Who: Everyone (add your tags if you attend)
Where: Eternal Oasis Spa in Dorinta
When: Saturday, 18 December, 2025
Summary: It's time to put up the tree

The Eternal Oasis Spa. Vivianne adored the imagery that name suggested. Unending. Never-changing. Relaxation. Luxury. And that was what she'd built into the establishment that would act as a gateway to her other, more exclusive, endeavours here on this backwards little island.

Décor ran toward a simple, yet lush style. Lines were clean in both functioning design and the spare pieces of art adorning the walls. Candles afforded most of the lighting, set in precise groupings in each room. The fabrics and colours, however, were anything but plain. To offset the neutral cream walls, chairs and sofas, linens, etc. were in rich browns, vibrant oranges, and deep golds or greens for accents, crafted from silks and satins, chenilles and egyptian cottons.

The reception itself was held in the front part of the property that would serve as the day spa and drop-in centre. The waitstaff was made up of a combination of spa employees and assorted other members of Vivianne's staff, serving hors d'oeuvres and champagne. In the main reception area, a string quartet was playing, while out in the central garden a small area had been set up for select performances in voice and dance -- all performers chosen from amoung the young men and women who worked for Vivianne's more exclusive interests.

Tours of the weekend stay facilities that made up the back of the property, consisting mostly of small 'bungalows' for private pampering, were conducted every half an hour through the length of the party.

And, of course, Vivianne herself, in a 1890s inspired vintage dress of gold silk and brown velvet, was on hand to greet guests as well as looking for prospective future clients -- for all her business ventures.

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Re: Leopold and Vivianne

bp_leopold
2010-12-24 08:05 am UTC (link)

"As if I would be anywhere else today." He replied easily, grinning more openly now. "You know I always take a personal interest in local business owners." Particularly those who were involved in Belasi business ventures as Ms. Lautrec most certainly was.

A product of his upbringing, even now more than a century later, Leopold took the hand she offered bringing it to his lips briefly. "It is a rather different environment here than either Los Angeles or New York wouldn't you agree?" England would never have the same lust for life that Americans latched on to so readily, they were always much more sedate in their pleasures. That was was part of the reason it was always a pleasure to come back to places like this, though England was a poor alternative for his homeland.

And of course Leopold was simply very fond of Europe.

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Re: Leopold and Vivianne

dilettante_vive
2010-12-24 08:41 am UTC (link)

She laughed lightly, smile warming now that the opening gambits were out of the way. It was so much nicer when one could flirt with a charming man than standing on ceremony. "That must by why so many of them are loyal business owners, as well.

"Very different indeed." Vivianne nodded, thinking of the evenings spent on the town in New York, or Hollywood. The English needed quite a number of lessons in letting go and simply enjoying life in all it's facets. Always had. "This country is very...quiet. What is the saying? Water runs deep?"

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Re: Leopold and Vivianne

bp_leopold
2010-12-24 09:01 am UTC (link)

He chuckled, first contacts like this were always important, but Leopold found it much better for further relations to make sure they both left feeling less like a business transaction had taken place and more like it had been a simple talk between acquaintances. "It wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if that ended up being the case."

He knew that Josef enjoyed America, and the many amenities the country had to offer, and yet, for all it's benefits Leopold would always chose Europe over the younger country. "There is something to be said for the sort of quiet that these English seem to embrace so happily." He nodded, "Yes, that is the expression, I think they will be only too happy to return to that way of life after all the recent excitement."

It was no wonder the English held so tightly to their traditions and histories, it was a comfort to know that some things needn't change after so much had been upturned thanks to one spoiled child.

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