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(cogito ergo sum.) ([personal profile] bu773rfly) wrote in [community profile] balance_logs2019-10-27 10:50 pm

boo

Who: All troublemakers and part-time ghouls [that means open]

Where: The movie room, then the Quad

When: The very night of Halloween!

What: Get SPOOKY, get SLEEPY, get STUPID, it's a sleepover costume party.

Content Warning: none for the post; byocw (bring your own content warnings)

[It starts a few nights before, with a network post.]

10.27.xx 19:28:16 un:hudie

20:00....Halloween night...the movie room...

You'd better be there. You'd better be in costume.


10.27.xx 19:29:43 un:akapassionista

I can't wait to see everyone's Halloween costumes!! ♪♪(o*゜∇゜)o~♪♪

[You'd better. Because it's a party!

Kaede and Erika have dressed the room up for the spookiest night of the year. It's nothing professional - lights dimmed, music playing, store-bought balloons with jack-o-lantern faces on them, paper cutouts in pumpkin and ghost shapes stuck to the wall. A "bat" is fluttering around, but if you squint, it's actually just Erika's familiar with black paper stuck to her wings. There's some kind of plastic tub in the corner full of water and...apples? Is it supposed to be bobbing for apples? All in all, it has some kind of DIY charm to it all.

Of course, everyone's actually here for the refreshments, and there's plenty of those. Some Bender specials, mostly the non-enchanted fare, but you might find a couple of the milder curses and blessings on the table. Bowls of popcorn and chips and every other genre of snack food you can scrounge up at Fantasy Costco. Candy galore. A modest assortment of Faerunian treats familiar from missions. Paper cups and plates and napkins. Soda bottles and a water pitcher and a few big bowls of punch. (One is labeled "alcoholic". Be ye ware.)

And by the way, costumes really are mandatory. There's a sign out front saying so. If you came unprepared, there's a bin of costume components outside to choose from, capes and headbands and masks and whatnot, but they might not coordinate well. If you think you're getting in without making an effort, Kaede and Erika (themselves dressed in bargain bin warlock and bard kit, respectively) are ready and waiting to chase you down and apply whatever degree of force or Sleep they need to correct the issue, with costume accessories and water-resistant face paint in hand.


About two hours into things, the two get everyone's attention and move the party outside to the Quad. Out there they've got a campfire going, picnic blankets spread out for sitting on, ingredients for s'mores laid out, and...pumpkins! And tools for carving or painting them. A sign out by the campfire announces a contest for the best decorated pumpkins, but nobody ever comes along to apply judging standards, so everyone's just free to show off their creation.

Things wind down a little after midnight. You can head on home...or just sleep out here, between blankets under the stars. It's that cozy kind of night.]
cuttingremark: (:D)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2019-10-31 01:42 am (UTC)(link)
They would have rotted in the field as well. At least now they provide some amusement.

I don't believe I caught your name?
parfaitgirl: (passion)

[personal profile] parfaitgirl 2019-10-31 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Oh, right. ]

I'm Natsuki.

[ She stares at him pointedly, waiting for him to introduce himself as well. ]
cuttingremark: (:D)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2019-11-02 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Loki.

[He offers a smile and straightens back up]

I only just arrived.
parfaitgirl: (parfait)

[personal profile] parfaitgirl 2019-11-04 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
Oh ... yeah. [ She frowns, thinking about it for a moment. ] I think I remember seeing you at the jellyfish-juice-drinking-station or whatever. [ She was there, too! Making a fuss! ]
cuttingremark: (:D)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2019-11-04 02:35 am (UTC)(link)
Ah yes, I think I remember you. Good to see you decided to drink.
parfaitgirl: (jump)

[personal profile] parfaitgirl 2019-11-07 02:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... Her cheeks flush a little. ]

W-well it was weird! Anyone normal would refuse up front!
cuttingremark: (hrm)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2019-11-07 11:46 pm (UTC)(link)
It was odd, but we had few other options.
parfaitgirl: (lazy)

[personal profile] parfaitgirl 2019-11-08 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She folds her arms across her chest. ]

Yeah, exactly. Nothing would have made any sense otherwise ...

[ What with all the static covering up crucial details to why they're there and what they're meant to do. ]
cuttingremark: (:D)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2019-11-09 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Though in general it is a good policy to not take odd drinks from strangers.
parfaitgirl: (vanilla)

[personal profile] parfaitgirl 2019-11-09 02:52 am (UTC)(link)
Exactly! I don't know how they can expect that pitch to not freak everyone out!

[ She huffs. ]

At least it ended up being okay.
cuttingremark: (hrm)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2019-11-09 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Relatively speaking. We have no been on our first mission as of yet.
parfaitgirl: (marshmallow)

[personal profile] parfaitgirl 2019-11-11 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
[ She frowns. ]

Do you think something bad will happen?
cuttingremark: (hrm)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2019-11-11 11:47 pm (UTC)(link)
My hopes for a positive experience are low.
parfaitgirl: (twirl)

[personal profile] parfaitgirl 2019-11-12 02:59 pm (UTC)(link)
... Yeah.

[ Kinda same, Loki ... ]

What's your path ... thing?
cuttingremark: (smirk)

[personal profile] cuttingremark 2019-11-13 01:25 am (UTC)(link)
Sorcerer, apparently. It is a bit more restrictive than the title back home, but at least I still have magic.

And yourself?