The Samhain Ball - Come as You Aren't

[u_can_have_it_4_a_song]

A woman strides through the Nexus, garbed in royal finery of a distinctly Elizabethan style. In the crook of her arm, she carries an ebony scepter shod and capped in silver. There may be something familiar about her confident bearing, her angular features, her mismatched eyes. When she pauses to speak, the cadence of her words might spark recognition--is this Schön?!

"People of the Nexus, friends, in the world from which I hail we stand on the cusp of a special day, a harvest-fest when the walls between worlds grow thin, when masks and costumes are worn to frighten away the wicked spirits--or to invite them in on more congenial terms. So on this day, I invite you, each and every one of you, to join me in a revel to bid farewell to Summer, and welcome with fire and song the coming dark! Join me, won't you?" Letting her gaze sweep the crowd, she raps the heel of her scepter once against something solid, vanishing in a flash and leaving a sparkling trail for the curious to follow.

A cool wind herds dry, crackling leaves through the gathering gloom. On the cusp between the parklands and the residential district, darkness and cloudy skies have been slowly coalescing for days around a stately house of Gothic style, ivy-encrusted and showing its age somewhat. A square tower stands vigil over the entryway, tall windows overlooking the flagstone drive looping around a fountain gone dry. The house’s angular wings stretch to either side, the windows dark save for occasional glints and gleams of colored lights bobbing within. A glow does creep over the line of the roof, however, and the faint throb of distant music hint at something happening behind the house. The door stands open, a silent invitation to every brave soul who passes by.

((Happy Halloween! Enjoy the festivities. All LOLs are optional. Threadhopping is encouraged. Backtagging is forever, so don’t worry about missing out: we’ll still be here when you get back from your more mundane ghosties and goblins.))

Playlist
Visualosity
The Entrance
The Ballroom
The Banquet
The Bonfire
The Corn Maze
Dark Corners
Costume Icon Requests
The Photo Booth

Comments

Trick or Treat Poppers! https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Party_poppers.jpg

[magnetite_plz]

It is most certainly an enchanted costume, as she's actually wearing more clothing than normal. She's holding a bowl full of what look to be party poppers carefully in her fluffy white paws.

"Nyo idea what you're talking about~ I'm superstar Felicia, super spy extraordinaire and queen of the DarkStalkers!" Not that it means anything to the Shade Seeker. "But nyah really, it was me Nekomata all along, nyohohohoho~!" She bounces eagerly holding the bowl out.

"Go ahead nyaa! Take a popper, pop some streamers to celebrate!"

((No LOLs here, just party treats))

[gate_crasher]

Shade-Seeker is a little taken aback, puzzled by the little objects (and Nekomata's... everything), but takes one delicately in his claws. "What does one do with them?"

[magnetite_plz]

"Oh! You've never done it? Here, don't worry, it's your first time so I'll be gentle, nyaa~" Nekomata fishes into the bowl procuring one of the poppers and bites down on the string. With a tug of her head back there's a distinct

Pop!

And a bunch of little streamers fly out!

[gate_crasher]

Oh! What a surprise! Shade-Seeker gasps, then gives a delighted laugh. "Charming!" He tries pulling the string on his own (without a bite), and after a moment, Pop! He's added to the decor, too.

"How delightful, thank you."

[magnetite_plz]

He has opposable thumbs. She's making due.

"Take some extras, pass 'em out! I get an extra fish if I get rid of all these things, and I"m nyot allowed to just use them all myself." The ears droop somewhat and she holds the bowl out.

Go on, take a few! And if it lulls the rest of the party goers into a non-LOL sense of security, all the better for her later.

[gate_crasher]

This sounds suspiciously like a miscellaneous side quest. (Shade-Seeker never could resist a miscellaneous side quest.) Smiling, he takes a handful, promising, "I shall do just that. I hope you get your fish."