voidtreckerexpress | it's halloween, lo-ween, everybody!

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it's halloween, lo-ween, everybody!

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!

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O-oh no.. Why are they splitting up?

[ Madoka understands the implications here, at least, a bit better than Alfredo. But considering the fact she isn't exactly someone who likes to watch horror movies, she doesn't realise that the Necessary Splitting Up is just a trope in play. ]

Isn't it better to stay together to be safer..? [ Especially with that scary guy putting all those teeth everywhere! ]

I think he went to get help...

[But now, what's this? The oldest girl in the group has disappeared - there is another ominous shot of the house keys, which she was in charge of.

And then, when the rest of the group runs outside (together, thankfully), there's ANOTHER scare chord as they run across a hanging group of masks!

Doctor's masks... Or are they nurses' masks, one of the remaining teenagers jokes faintly.

Alfredo squeezes Madoka's hand again.]

Not sure what that was supposed to mean - what do you think, Madoka?

[ But you never go to get help by yoursef, Alfredo! Not in a dangerous situation! This is why we have the buddy system!!

Madoka is now totally trying to cover up her face with her free hand, only watching the movie through the slits of her fingers. It's too much. ]

U-um, maybe he's still trying to scare them.. [ With all these odd, medical-themed things. ] I-I hope he isn't waiting for them outside.. They should quickly run away!

Whatever's going on, it doesn't seem very safe there...

[At least there's no blood spilled?

In any case, the teens pool their resources and decide to camp by the docks overnight while they wait for the boat to return - apparently some other cabin down the river decided to rent it or something?

It's very suspicious, but at least they're not splitting apart further.]

[ Madoka looks a little uneasy as she watches the teens gather on the dock like that.. ]

Do you think they'll be safe? [ She whispers to Alfredo. And while Madoka would usually already whisper during a movie to be considerate towards the other people around them watching it as well, this time it's more because of the sheer tension that this moment in the movie is creating. ]

... I don't know.

[The last movie he'd watched like this, everyone had died at the end - though the monster haunting them HAD been defeated.

Not that he wants to mention either, just now. It was all rather sad, with all the death.]

I can't say I'm good at predicting these, though. I'm sorry.

[That last part is a very quiet whisper - someone just knocked one of their lanterns into the water!

The medical man, however, makes no appearance. But, what could all these suspicious shots of the house with the windows being shuttered and curtained-off mean?]

[ At the very least Madoka doesn't seem to blame Alfredo. Of course she doesn't. It's not like she's much better at predicting these sorts of things - and even if she was, she wouldn't want to think of such a sad ending! Surely everything will be okay in the end somehow, right? Would they really show such a sad movie here during a party?

So she shakes her head, mumbling 'it's okay' at him under her breath. (Still very much clinging to his hand, too. She needs it!)

After that she goes quiet though, just staring at the screen, not wanting to be caught off guard by a jump scare if the medical man suddenly returns! ]

[With a quick jerk of a nod, Alfredo lets the movie keep playing. ~~Not that he's anywhere near close enough to the ICP to stop it, really...~~

The next scene is the next day, with the boat arrived - but no one in it.

It's played as a sort of inverse jump scare: if the boat is there, but no one saw them return, then where'd the person go?

The temperature drops with a sudden gust of wind, and everyone rushes back towards the house...]

[ Why is it getting so omnious, please!!

If Madoka wasn't the polite sort of girl, she may have abandoned the handholding in favour of just bodily clinging to Alfredo altogether at this point. It's just so scary! But no, Madoka is not the type of girl for it, so instead she's just gripping his hand as tightly as she can. ]

H-He's not going to be there, is he? [ But he must be around - who else would have brought back the boat?! ]

I think so- unless he was using a road or something?

[Alfredo sounds quite confused on the matter himself - but, once everyone gets back to the house...

It's clean. It's homely. And the previously-missing teens, the one with the phone and the oldest girl, are both there and trying to suppress laughter.

And there's something about one of the kids celebrating a successful surgery???]

What?

.. What?

[ Talk about a x2 what combo over here. Madoka suddenly stares at the screen so blankly, dropping the hand she was half-holding over her eyes. Maybe she should be a bit more wary, or expect yet another jumpscare, but..

What. Just what? This is so confusing. ]

They're all okay..? [ Not that this is a bad thing! It's just.. very confusing!! ]

[The medical man is apparently one of the kids' parents; any 'spooks' were intended to scare the kids straight on taking careful note of their own health...

Alfredo can only shake his head.]

I think so. Though I'm not sure where that head went. The fake one.

[It's absent in these closing scenes, though perhaps that's for the best.]

Ah, actually.. I think I'm fine with not knowing...

[ Especially if the movie somehow turned out well. Then she can at least be happy about the ending and try to forget about any spooks that happened along the way--

Until the head suddenly rolls across the screen in the middle of the credits, startling Madoka enough to jump up slightly in her seat before realising what happened. ]

G-Geez, I can't believe I fell for it twice.. [ These movies are not for the faint of heart. Like Madoka. The faintest of hearts. ]

[Alfredo shudders, and there's a moment where if Madoka looks, she'll notice he's blocked his eyes outright.]

If you did, then so did I...

[He admits, with no small amount of self-criticism. None of that is directed towards Madoka, however; it's not her fault.]

But, all told - I'm glad it's over.

[ Thankfully she wasn't the only scaredy cat kid here, huh.

Though honestly, Madoka would have prefered for poor Alfredo to not have had to suffer through this as well.. He's so sweet! He doesn't deserve having scary movies like this forced onto him! ]

Me too.. [ She lowers her voice, as if she's afraid of offending any of the people around them if they'd happen to overhear this. ] I don't think I'd like to see another one...

[Alfredo tilts his head and, after a moment's consideration:]

We don't have to stay here - maybe there's something we can help out with in the rest of the party proper?

[Though his side of the aisle IS still full - but if Madoka is looking for an appropriate excuse, she has one now!]

[ Oh god, do they have to walk past all these people to get out of here...

Sure, it's certainly not an impossible task. Not by a long shot. But with as overly polite and considerate of others as Madoka can be, it almost feels like she's being told to climb a mountain here. A huge, near-unsurmountable task. ]

O-Okay, that sounds good, but..

[ She leans a little closer to Alfredo, not wanting the people next to them to overhear. ]

How will we get out of here? [ As if just asking those people if they can please pass is an unthinkable scenario. ]

[Alfredo squints into the darkness.]

I think they're picking the next movie; it shouldn't be too strange for people to leave now.

[Autoplay as a feature is beyond Alfredo's knowledge for now.

The way should be (socially) clear!]

[ Should be.

But even Madoka is realising that if they don't go now, they may be stuck here forever.. Or at the very least for the duration of yet another terrifying movie! Which is just as bad, really.

So she nods. Perhaps just a bit too dramatically for the situation, but look, this is a bigger deal to Madoka than it would be to most people. ]

Alright, then let's count to 3 and get up.. does that sound okay?

[ Because they have to do it together in order to not look weird or impolite by themselves! This is a trust fall exercise, Alfredo! ]

[Any bother Alfredo might be feeling at this is tapered by the movie they've witnessed. Of course he'll support her in this; she's his friend!

He nods.]

On three. One...

Two..

[ She looks like she's getting ready already. Like Madoka needs to mentally prepare herself to Make This Step. ]

Three!

[ It's said relatively softly, to keep them from bothering others, but Madoka does shoot up at three to stand up, already starting to move past the other people sitting there with a lot of polite half-bows, nods, and "I'm so sorry!"s. ]

[And up they go!

Followed, fairly shortly, by out - no one seems to be in a mood to stop them, thankfully, which helps to make this as straightforward as possible.]

I think we'll be okay, now.

[Said once they're on the side of the car closest to the door.]

[ She lets out a sigh of relief. Oh god, thanks. There's the door. They can finally escape this movie hellscape. This is the most relieved she's felt in a while, truly.. Somehow this was almost scarier than the fight back during the last mission! ]

I think so too.. Thank you so much for helping me, Alfredo. [ Even if it's just helping her through navigating terrifying social situations. ] Let's leave here and do something that's.. um, well, more fun and less scary, okay?

[Alfredo nods firmly.]

Yes, let's. Maybe there are more low-key events up by the Kitchen?

Or the car with the crafting materials...

[The one that isn't Games, this time. In any case, ONWARD!]

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it's halloween, lo-ween, everybody!

LOL yes let's make it all have been a fake out somehow and there's just a happy ending

Everyone else is shocked, these two are relieved; let's DO it! \o/

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Maybe another round or two before the SURPRISE movie ending?

sure!!

Re: sure!!

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... The fake head pops up again after the credits, maybe? But it's still obviously fake..

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Almost at wrap, you think?

yeah! we can wrap it here, or you can with your next tag

Sure! /does a rap wAIT WRONG WORD-