Avalon

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Diamonds You See

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And in the night, you hear me calling
You hear me calling
And in your dreams you see me falling, falling...

It was so pretty.

Like nothing much else was needed to be said about the fact the great hall looked just as majestic as the ballroom within.

You couldn't tell from the outside that on the inside it looked this amazing.

It was all sparkly and full of diamonds. The huge chandelier in the middle above the dance floor was shimmering small dots of rainbow all over the room and adjoining other sparkles of rainbows from smaller sized chandeliers on the sides.

Despite all the number of those shiny things the light was kept more ambient than anything.

Besides the whole thing had some candlelight too. Although it wasn't feeling like the actual candle emitted light it still had this softness and warmth about it.

El's breath caught in her throat every single time she entered the building. While the outside made it feel old and half abandoned it was just a hoax to drive unwanted attention elsewhere. Because the scruff looking building held some majesty in it from the days long centuries ago. That was what El saw in it anyway. The material held some breath of times it lived through from what she felt touching the wall alone. It was the main floor outer decorative wall. In color it came close to a subdued stormy sky color. As if it could become a tornado cloud any moment. It felt unique coloring for a building but what it made unique was the sensational side of the place. The air it held and made people feel something. Almost magical feel of something that was long in the past but still wanted to be remembered.

So El kept admiring the wall while trying to work out details of how the inside should tie up with the exterior. But that was one part.

Other matter was the next exterior part. The upper façade that held another tone of color. It was much darker but at the sine time it had some sort of sheen over the base tone.

To El it reminded midnight sky blue mixed with silver and silvery-diamond flakes. Or something close to that.

In a way it looked eerily when the night hit. Because dark made it all look shimmer and very pretty while still kinda creepy.

Nonetheless it looked beautiful and majestic.

Now there was a large red carpet rolled out on the front because there was supposed to be entrance from the ground level as well.

But most important was the upper rooftop that will be hosting large number of guests from very high levels of society so the rest invitees which included all the lower level security staff and El's catering staff with the various amounts of reporters and people like that.

What the upper part brought was even more charm. There was also a red carpet but it was a different kind. It had very dark red hue- which oddly enough reminded her of blood, and such reminder for the woman made slightly squirmy on the inside- that was also looking silvery black.

Well while the colors in this world sometimes seemed weird and creepy they also were not only intriguing but also very beautiful and breathtaking.

El just hoped Neal would get to enjoy the whole deal. She didn't know full details yet as Peter kept some things from her regarding their favorite ex-con slash CI.