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Gooseberry Mods (goosemods) wrote in gooseberry,
@ 2016-10-31 13:23:00

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! ic/ooc, coralee wong, henrietta gray, philippa nightingale, ravinder dhaliwal

HALLOWEEN DANCE

Afternoon classes are cancelled in preparation for the beloved Halloween Dance. Chaos overtakes the school as everyone scrambles to perfect their costumes, or the Atrium's decorations. The dance may not start until 7:00 PM, but there's a lot of work to be done before then. And after that particularly vicious anonymous post, some students could use the distraction.

After dinner, students have a little more time to run back to their cabins, throw on their costumes, and find their date if they have one. Joanna May and [Dateless Character Y] are mistaken for a couple when they stop to discuss a very large squirrel they saw. They impulsively decide to go to the dance together, because why not.

Finally, the sun starts to set, and it's time for the dance. Upon entering the Atrium, students discover it's been transformed into a stunning haunted Victorian manor... with a rather rustic log cabin feel. Cobwebs are carefully arranged on dusty velvet curtains, and fake bats flutter around the upper levels in time to the music. Books occasionally rattle on fake bookshelves, and stern-faced portraits will scream "boo!" at any wallflowers who let their guards down. The Atrium is lit only by blue, green and purple lights, giving it an appropriately moody feel, and all teachers and staff have decided to get into the spirit by donning their sharpest-looking Victorian costumes.

At the refreshments table, the eerily lit punch bowl constantly emits fog from dry ice, and an array of spooky snacks have been created by the house-elves. Decorated skulls, bloodshot eyeballs, vampire teeth, giant spiders, tiny tombstones shoved into cups of chocolate "dirt"—these creepy offerings are in fact incredibly delicious, even if some of them might look just a little too realistic. Vegan options are also available, and will be pointed out by Prospero.

Outside on the large balcony overlooking the lake, potted trees and magically flowering bushes have been scattered about, along with little benches and soft fairy lights, giving a fairytale feel that cooperates nicely with the idea of a Victorian garden. The surrounding area is full of jack-o-lanterns and candles.

Anyone who needs to go to the restrooms will find that someone has taken cutouts of aliens and UFOs and decorated the doors, walls and mirrors with them. A small musical device is playing the X-Files theme on repeat.

Afternoon classes are cancelled.
By 2:00 PM, the Atrium is fully cleared out and decorating begins.
Dance starts at 7:00 PM and lasts until 11:00 PM.

Setup: After lunch, Event Committee, staff and volunteers help to get the Atrium looking its best. Event Committee has thrown up magically impenetrable curtains around the Atrium, so even students headed in for dinner at 6 PM won't be able to see what they're working on.

Before the Dance: Glitter, hairspray and bloody makeup fills every cabin as students ready their costumes!

The Beginning of the Dance: Students are allowed into the Atrium and get to admire the decorations and one another's costumes. The student band, The Holy Rosicrucians, plays a short set to get things started. (~7:00 PM)

The Middle of the Dance: Finally, things really take off! There's dance music, refreshments, and everyone is milling about freely. (~8:00-11:00 PM)

The Balcony: The balcony overlooks the lake, and some students mingle out here to chat or appreciate the scenery. (~8:00-11:00 PM)

Outside by the Docks: Even more privacy and quiet. It's a little eerie down here, though... (~8:00-11:00 PM)

End of the Night: The dance is wrapping up, and everyone begins to return to their cabins. (~11:00-12:00)

Detention: Sylvester Stoker, Rosemary Stoker, Reid Wainwright, Ursula de Luca, Kurt Wolfhart, Riley Stamper, Olivia Sanchez, Casper Kim, Casey Patterson and Jacob Wood are all expected to show up for detention. They will be assisting in cleaning up the Atrium after the dance. If your character does not show, there will be IC repercussions. (~11:00-12:00)

Late Night: After the dance has long since passed, is there anything else happening? (12:00 AM onwards.)

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casperkim
2016-10-31 09:18 pm UTC (link)

You smell weird isn't exactly what a guy wants to hear from his date and Casper grimaces slightly in response. "You'd rather I smelled like actual blood?" he answers dryly. Then, as Katya continues, a startled look of understanding passes over his face. Because he thinks he knows where this sudden and slightly bizarre turn in the conversation is coming from. Probably. Maybe. He tenses visibly, but all he says in response is, "...Yeah?"

Because asking if she's talking about the Amortentia is more than he can actually bear to do. Especially if she'd pegged him on the anonymous post last night and saw everything he said too, which seems...likely.

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catseyenebula
2016-10-31 09:26 pm UTC (link)

Actually getting into detail about all of this was way more than she wanted to say, just more of a small explanation. "Oh yeah. Of course there was more than snow." But Katya left it at that, if it was him hopefully that was enough for him to understand that she wasn't so empty inside. She blushed a bit before returning to her talk of just normal random every day crap.

"Please don't smell of actual blood, it smelled awful."

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casperkim
2016-10-31 09:51 pm UTC (link)

Casper is silent for a long moment, lowering his head and exhaling a deep breath. "I...am such a fucking idiot," he says at last, but he sounds relieved about that. Happy, even. Then he looks up at Katya and says without any ambiguity to his meaning, "I smelled jasmine. And vanilla. And your fucking bird." Then he glances down at the fake gore on his clothes before looking back at Katya. "No real blood," he agrees, "This shit's messy enough. But it's set and it shouldn't go anywhere now. As for drinking your blood..." His offers her a slightly playful smirk that shows those false fangs and shrugs, "The night is young?"

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catseyenebula
2016-10-31 09:58 pm UTC (link)

"Oh god, Mischief is all in mine too. I can't believe how many people like that annoying creature." Katya looked around and sure enough, Mischief was fluttering behind her. It seemed to follow her everywhere. "Don't be an idiot." She kissed the side of his head and laughed. Thank god it was him because if not, well, this would have been a really weird conversation. "I smelled you, like bits of spice and things I figured was you. Wasn't exactly something I wanted to blurt out."

She tried to roll her eyes at the blood drinking, really she did but it make her laugh instead. "Don't you even try, my blood needs to stay inside or you won't smell anymore jasmine."

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casperkim
2016-10-31 10:13 pm UTC (link)

Casper's smirk softens into a smile as Katya kisses his head. "I get it," he says, because he does. Silence wouldn't have bothered him; he'd been silent throughout that entire class himself, refusing to tell anyone anything. It was the claim that she'd smelled nothing that had gotten to him. But it doesn't matter now.

The girl's laughter almost makes him laugh too, but instead he shrugs again. "I can't promise anything, but I'll try to resist. What's your blood type? If you're A Negative, I can't be held responsible for my actions..." Why yes, Casper Kim is teasing her. It's a Halloween miracle.

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catseyenebula
2016-10-31 10:32 pm UTC (link)

"Oh thank god. AB Positive. I guess that means you are only slightly attracted to my blood. Which is a good thing, I do like being alive." Katya felt better, just seeing how his entire mood seemed to shift made her feel awful to begin with but really, a weigh lifted off of her. She was going to have to remember to keep her mouth from saying stupid things again, that was going to be really damn hard.

"So jasmine huh? I'm not even going to question the Mischief because I hate the smell of birds but it's there."

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	casperkim 2016-11-01 12:31 am UTC (link)
	"Lucky girl," Casper responds, his smile finally waning and allowing his expression to return to normal. He slips his hands into the pockets of his leather jacket and shrugs, confirming, "...Jasmine. I'd recognize that anywhere." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

catseyenebula
2016-11-01 12:34 am UTC (link)

"At least I'm consistent." Katya smiled and just happy that hopefully things were going to go back somewhat to normal. Or at least what the hell would be normal for them. "I'm just glad I was in there somewhere." She didn't want to dig too much into this, if Casper wanted to tell her more she would listen but considering how bad she was at sharing, Katya wasn't going to pry.

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	casperkim 2016-11-01 12:38 am UTC (link)
	Casper didn't. Not right now, anyway. Not when he still feels good after so much pointless, stupid anguish. He smiles again, briefly, then jerks his head in the direction of the door. "We should get going, shouldn't we?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	catseyenebula 2016-11-01 12:42 am UTC (link)
	Katya grabbed her bag and looked around. Oh right they had a dance to get to, looking into the mirror one more time she made sure her make up was good. Twitching her ears at Casper she nodded. "You're going to make my ears all twitchy all night. Good thing I don't have a tail, it would never stop." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

casperkim
2016-11-01 02:10 am UTC (link)

"And ear twitching is...good?" Casper responds after a moment, eying the feline ears perched on Katya's head. They are sort of cute. He shakes his head, feeling immediately and irrevocably stupid. He had meant what he'd said to Katya (or whoever) on the anonymous post. He'd never wanted to feel like this and he isn't certain how it came to this either, but. Here he is.

"Come on, Miss Kitty," he says dryly, turning and heading for the door, "If the music's shit tonight, I don't want it to be because the drummer was a no-show."

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catseyenebula
2016-11-01 02:33 am UTC (link)

"Ear twitching is good. It means I'm happy." Or at least that was what Katya was going for. The ears were attached to her head in a way that made her have some control over them, so in a way when they moved it meant she was trying to be happy.

"I'd meow if that wasn't fucking weird plus the music won't be shit because you are there. You can carry them." Katya knew for a fact it wasn't going to be terrible to begin with but why not boost that ego as much as she could.

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