A Charity Gala to End Whatever Important Thing

[ngm_miscellaneous]

New York City high society had been absolutely buzzing over this April's charity gala by a certain Mr. Tony Stark. It was seen as exclusive, or as exclusive as his 200 person guest list could be. Some invitations were a given, like Tony's daughter Alexa, whereas others came from what the party planners figured as the right people to make the party memorable or talked about.

The charity event was for the charitable arm of Stark Inc., Stark International. Despite being for charity, it was also seen as a good way for businesses to be seen and network.

The event was held at the Hudson in the Library and Private Park space. It would comfortably fit the people into its 2,600 Square Feet.

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Re: Library Garden

[valeria_richards]

The Gardens wasn't quite a place of escape. Everyone who wanted to escape the madness probably went out here with everyone else who was going crazy and pretending they weren't. It helped that Valeria had means of escaping if she didn't want to be seen. But not as much as she would want. She had a date.

Her cousin, not her blood cousin but cousin enough for her. She brought Ryan.

She looked adorable enough, fresh and young enough in the peach bandeau dress she wore with a simple black stole and matching pink peach heels. When she arrived she flashed her smile brightly, as if nothing had changed. Questions about her parents but she smiled, shook her head, and pretended she had nothing better to do. Oh, the pointed out the singleness but she didn't care.

That's what you're supposed to do when coming out of the word work. Smile. Pretend. She didn't think she'd be any good but Valeria was shocking herself. She clutched to a Roy Rogers as she quietly people watched. Though she did warn Ryan she'd be off in the Gardens for a while to get her breath and regain her composure before drifting to cameras and people she knew.

Re: Library Garden

[realstarpower]

Ryan surveyed the crowd around him. Beautiful women. Great looking guys. Impossibly rich, most of them. He was aware that a good section of this crowd probably also wore their spandex costumes beneath their elegant finery, or they were wearing something created out of unstable molecules that could suddenly switch from elegant to practical.

For his part, Ryan carried in his hand a strawberry nojito and looked - if he thought so himself - quite stunning in his casually undone tuxedo.

"How's it feel, dipping ye old toe back into the social whirlpool?"

Re: Library Garden

[valeria_richards]

Oh, Valeria should have thought about that when considering what to wear. The whole switching to unstable molocules but the dress she bought. (She really did!) But then again, it wouldn't be the first time she came to a party not ready to fight. And she managed.

"... that looks good. That isn't something your brother is going to clobber me for, is it?" The drink looked fruity and yummy but for all she knew there could be vodka in there. And of course her little cousin did. Undone tuxedos were a classic.

"It would be better without the cameras. I think I should have worn a dress with straps." She shrugs, "Happily, I've not seen any of my celebrity crushes here." She had one or two but c-list might be the best thing to call them. "So I'm not ditching you for now. But if I see Neil deGrasse Tyson - who I am a fan of - not a crush - you're on your own, kiddo."

Re: Library Garden

[realstarpower]

"No, no. This is all kinds of non-alcoholic," Ryan said. He waved the glass under Val's nose for a second so she could inhale the non-alcoholic strawberry-mintiness of it all.

"Don't worry, you're far from the first person who's going to have some nip-slippage going on," he said, eyeing a particularly cougar-y looking socialite.

"Well, hey, as long as Mike Tyson's brother doesn't, like, bite your ear off, I'd say you're good to go with him. Though I don't know how Frankie would react to it."