it's halloween, lo-ween, everybody!

[sos_pilot]

Who: Everyone's Invited!
Where: Various decorated carriages!
When: Horseshoe 31.
What: Della is hosting a Halloween party! Come for treats, tricks, and trouble!
Warnings: N/A, will update it needed.

The room is dark…why aren’t the lights on? But as the doors fully open, a voice begins laughing darkly…

… although if you’ve ever heard the voice of Della Duck, you’ll recognize her immediately.

“Boys and girls of every age, wouldn’t you like to see something strange?”

Suddenly there’s a big THUD as someone drops from the ceiling, the lights flash on, and Della herself, dressed as a zombie – ripped apart clothes, fake blood here and there, drawn on scars - wiggles her fingers before laughing joyfully. “Happy Halloween, everybody! Let’s party!”

Tasty Treats

A big buffet table of candy and punch has been laid out! Mini chocolate bars and multi-colored lollipops, gummy worms and candy corn, all sorts of sweet and sour shenanigans, ghost-shaped cookies and mummy-looking muffins! There’s plenty to eat, with absolutely no healthy alternatives.

There are also small wrapped bags of candy with the letters “T.o.T” written on them. If someone tells you, “Trick or Treat!” you have to share your candy! Or keep it to yourself, you monster.

Haunted House

Thanks to Seto Kaiba’s projections, a neighboring carriage has been converted into a Haunted House! While it’s all a trick on the eyes, it gives the illusion that there are several floors of spookiness. Each floor has a different theme –

#1 Serial Seriousness – Every so often, a masked intruder pops out at you, with long claws or chainsaw, ready to give chase! Be careful, or you’ll be the next victim!

#2 Zombie Zaniness – Moans and groans of the undead can’t be unheard. Rotting arms will try to swipe at you through the floorboards!

#3 Ghostly Games – You can see through them, and they can see you too! Each mirror reflects a different dastardly demon!

#4 Deadly Doctors – In this hospital, it’s not the awful health insurance that’ll kill you! Beware the bloody nurses and their extra big needles!\

#5 Fishy Fears - … Wait, what? … Okay, this last floor was clearly designed by Della. It’s like Under the Sea, but with sharks and octopi and kraken - and Della insists this is the worst floor.

Feel free to have your characters braving the house, or trying to scare people within!

Dance Floor

If being haunted isn’t your thing, nothing wrong with getting your groove on! Ask DJ Della what kind of song you’d like to play, and she’s happy to put on the list, from a classic Monster Mash to something more somber and soulful for you slow-dancing-romantic-vampire-types.

Turnip Carving
… Look, they didn’t have pumpkins. Anyway, you’re encouraged to carve scary and silly faces in these veggies! There is a contest, but everyone will be a winner, from “Most Realistic” to “Most Depressing” !

Movie Mania
Kick back and relax – and be horrified – at the otherworldly horror films! Like the horrific monster mime, “That”, the relentless umpire-mask wearing killer, “Monday the 20th”, and the endless array of the undead, “Midmorning Of The Not Wholly Alive”!

Some of you awful people might be thinking of popping up and scaring the theater-goers and this is /winkwinknudgenudge/ totally not approved. /plausible deniability/

Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
In one secluded, quiet, and verrry dark carriage, lit only by candles, here you are encouraged to tell the scariest stories you can think of! What eerie legends will you share from your world, or do you dare to make it up as you go along?

Make your own top-level, and happy haunting!

Also, if your character would like to dress up, costumes are available for this night only!

Comments

[fun_thementalist]

[ Gen wasn't hiding the persona of a beautiful soldier in a sailor suit, but he was hiding a bit his non-combat uses. Listening. Persuading. Information-gathering. Manipulating. ]

[ He laughed softly, and it seemed like she was indeed lifting his spirits. ]

Thank you, my friend. And you're ... doing a pretty good job, yourself. Here I am trying to cheer up everyone, and you're cheering me up instead.

Blue Team - no, the train as a whole - is lucky to have you here.

[fun_thementalist]

What, scared? Of me? I'm pretty harmless, Roland, you should know that.

[ Such an innocent smile. ]

And, you're very welcome. I'm sure you're stubborn enough to see your good fortunes come true. In the end ...

[ He shrugged a little. ]

My cards don't see the future. They tell a story about how people can bring about the futures they want to have. The actual power is in their hands.

[fun_thementalist]

You wound me, Senku-chan, I'm never that cruel to you.

[ That'd be more convincing if he wasn't giggling so much. ]

Yes, yes. I think the kraken at least is a rather neat design?

[ But he'd leave the haunted house with his boyfriend. ]

[10billionpercent]

Liar.

[ Somehow these insults sound more fond than anything, completely lacking vitriol and instead it's full of fondness. ]

Yeah it was interesting, just not scary. I don't think anything in here could actually scare us.

[adropofsunlight]

"I see. I guess that is not something I need to focus on here, I suppose." She wasn't sure what religions people had here honestly, but they never seem to be anything that got brought up either.

"But hey, the movie is over what are your plans next?"

[loveandduty]

Thank you. Though I could always stand for some improvement.

[She didn't know what exactly she needed improving, she figured she was perfect in most aspects, but she knew there could always be something.]

But hey, you are doing good work by doing the fortunes. I'm sure these have cheered people up to.

[seacub]

"Oh- that's a good point...if I think about it actually, I guess I'm pretty lucky to have recognized this one? Everyone's from such different places, there's probably all kinds of different holidays... ...Being able to even celebrate these ones is one thing, but it feels exciting to think about having parties for other ones..."

Maybe they should make a group to set up plans for more parties? That could be nice...

[salutosinedelectat]

Aziraphale's been privy to many different cultures, both currently alive and dead, where he's from, and their own celebrations, and so he's more than open to the idea of others he may not know. It would certainly make being stuck in a train more bearable.

"Indeed. In fact, this may be someone's first time hearing about Halloween."

[reluctantjinrou]

"Probably not, unless it's something you're interested in, then probably there's people that can teach you about what they believe." Natsuno mused thoughtfully.

"I think I'll watch another one. Interested?"

[soldier_blade]

"We had some family," She admitted. "Johnny's sister stepped in when she could, but..."

So many months away, and then feeling like a stranger when she was home. No one told her how fast children could grow up and how much could really happen in several months; sometimes it was just easier to focus on her job and trying to keep her family safe.

"It's just the sacrifice and one in the Service would make. We're lucky if we have the time and means for phone calls."

[fun_thementalist]

Yes, fortunately for us, there wasn't an 'everyone you know is turned to stone' room.

[ If he talked about it lightly like it was a joke, than that diminished how terrifying that was to both of them, didn't it? ]

I am dying to know whose magic created this, though.

[fun_thementalist]

Aw, thank you. I certainly hope so.

[ He grinned playfully. ]

And my magic tricks too have brought some smiles - I might need to do this whenever our train here brings us through rocky territory.

[ Emotionally rocky territory, at least. ]

[10billionpercent]

[ He exhales, yeah, that's terrifying, let's just pretend it's not collectively. ]

It'd be okay. I have you.

[ He murmurs. It's both sappy and true, Senku was most afraid of being alone again. ]

No clue. I guess it's impressive to do magic like that, since I can't.

[agathokakological]

"Those are the rules of Halloween, angel. They have been for hundreds of years!" he exclaims, scoffing heavily every moment that be can.

"Oh, now I'm not original." he laughs, hands shoving deep in his own pockets as he puts more space between them, "I don't see anyone else dressed like this. Except maybe you." He'd wink, but the glasses he wore wouldn't show it anyway.

[myblueskies]

"I think so..."

He looked around, it wasn't actually like being under water at all. They could walk and breathe and even talk. But it was all watery and there were shadowy creatures...

"We best watch out for bad news jellyfish!"

[hisblueskies]

"Jellyfish?"

Alfredo does not know the History, Romeo - though he does know of jellyfish, at least.

"Why them in particular?"

Talking is no reason for them to stop moving now, however, so he'll do his best to encourage Romeo to walk alongside him.

At least until they need to run...

[irrationally]

Wow, look. A kid claiming to be obedient to someone who definitely is not their parent and also doesn't care about their obedience. It may just be a small miracle.

"You are? Considering the whole thing where you certainly don't seem to mind stabbing and are very stubborn about your beliefs, I thought you'd be more free-spirited than that."

What can Alice say, the girl just fits a certain type. And obedience usually isn't a defining trait of said type.

"You know, the type who makes up their own rules."

[consider8]

[You're not winning hostess of the year, Della.]

Should I leave?

This looks fun, but I do not want to cause disgust just by existing.

1/3

[consider8]

[She stares at him for a moment, the horribleness of the pun is so spectacular that it demands further scrutiny.]

2/3

[consider8]

[Seriously, that was the Fat Man of pun bombs.]

[consider8]

[Yeah, it's so bad, she can't help but let out a short but genuine laugh.]

[consider8]

Lots! [She exclaims cheerily.]

We have a holiday like this back home called Splatoween! There's a lot of spooky music being played, and then there is the Trick or Treat Splatfest, and costumes, and fun!

[She let's a small sigh.] I was going to have my first Splatoween this year, but this is almost as good.

[The fact that she's never had one is also why she isn't completely 100% on the specifics of the whole candy-giving thing.]

[adropofsunlight]

"I will be down for another, but do you think we should get snacks this time?" She remembered when people watch movies that were usually a thing.

[adregem]

[ Eight was always so refreshing to talk to. How could Roland burst her bubble now? What's important is she was just enjoying herself. ]

Splatoween? [ So, another alternate world, Roland supposes. ] Heh. That sounds like a blast. You'll have to tell me more about it. All right, my turn then.

[ Serious as he usually is, Roland's great at playing along! ] Trick or Treat, Eight. [ And he gives her some of his own candy, a handful or two. Maybe he snuck in some of the ones he gave her but she'll never notice! ]

[loveandduty]

We always need to do something when that happens. I just never know what to do exactly sometimes. I mean with what we have.

[So her ideas can sometimes take a while.]