[ Allison looked up at the ceiling before finally looking back at her hands. She put the applicator back into the polish bottle and sealed it as she spoke. It's strange but a little nice.

Easier than talking about it with people not going. Well, people here, not going, who weren't similarly nominated. ]

A lot of really famous, and not so famous yet, people, all dressed to the nines, saying a lot of really nice things to each other. Tension is pretty high, as people are waiting to see what work paid off the best from the last year and where it might direct where things are going in the next few by that, too.