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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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lovekurts
2016-11-01 11:58 am UTC (link)

While Pippa's chatting with her friends, Kurt beelines toward the balcony for much the same reason Chloe had. His nervous energy has kind of boiled over into some combination of exhaustion and hyperactive playfulness and he feels like he needs the fresh air and the (relative) quiet to compose himself again.

He notices Chloe's tell-tale hair and wanders over to stand beside her, hands in pockets. "Heeey, Chlo." He leans over to bump her in the side, and continues swaying his hips and upper body from side to side. "Having fun?"

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cmdrchloe
2016-11-01 12:43 pm UTC (link)

The Introvert Club is now in session.

Chloe is leaned over examining the fairy lights, which is to say real actual fairies, glowing softly and flitting about, happy to serve as decor in exchange for admiration. She's still amazed, after all these years, at the existence of fairies and unicorns and ghosts and all those other things that weren't supposed to be real.

She was so focused that when Kurt approached, she jumped. "Oh! Oh, hey, Kurt," she says, straightening just in time for the friendly hip check. "Yeah, lots of fun!" she says, and it's easy to believe, because she's still a little flushed and giggly from drinking, well, any amount of alcohol, unused to it as she is. "Are you?"

I looked for you she almost says, but doesn't, because that sounds clingy, like she has to stick to him like glue because she can't make her own friends, and that's not true, right?

"Have you seen my costume?" she says, and maybe she should have prepped him for what she really meant, which is have you seen what my costume can do? Before he can answer, she gives the blade handle a twist: the dress bleaches out white, and copious amounts of blood bloom over the fabric and her arms up to the elbow. Even her eyes go red and pour blood.

"Neat, huh?"

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rageahol
2016-11-01 01:02 pm UTC (link)

“Oh my GOD, isn’t that just the BEST???” Riley’s voice, almost literally a screech, cuts through the moment Kurt and Chloe looked like they were just about to share. Standing by the door back inside, swaying a little bit because there’s music and how can she not move to the music???, Riley smiles wide, waves enthusiastically, and dance-prance-skips over those two adorable little Ribbonbabies, oh my god and gosh, they are so cute.

She sidles up to Chloe and hooks her arm through hers. And then her jaw drops in the most insincere show of shock ever recorded. “Omigod, Kurty?!? Do you know my Chlo-boo??”

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in which Kurt succeeds in acting completely natural.

lovekurts
2016-11-01 01:16 pm UTC (link)

Kurt nods that yes, he's having fun, and is just about to compliment Chloe on her really super costume when he suddenly stops, because he sees... uh... uhhhh... uh. Well, that's an awfully nice dress and it does awfully nice things and now he's looking at–NOPE LET'S LOOK AWAY. That's new. Or rather. Those are new. Hoooo boy, okay. Act natural.

He clears his throat and tries to compose himself. "Yeah! The blood is really–" He can't even finish that, though, because an all-too-familiar voice sounds from behind him. He trails off, "–incredible..."

His jaw drops the tiniest bit and his eyes widen the tiniest bit more as he watches Riley prance out onto the balcony. Act natural.

"Oh." Act. "H-hi, Riley." Natural. Kurt stops swaying and stands still. He feels... very awkward. His eyes flick down for a split-second to where Riley had hooked her arm through Chloe's, then back up to Riley's face. "Y-yeah, um, yeah. She's my–" His eyes then flick to Chloe, and back to Riley. "Yeah."

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A+ Kurt

cmdrchloe
2016-11-01 01:54 pm UTC (link)

Chloe smiles and waves at Riley, bumping shoulders with her when she takes her arm. "Thanks! Trixie helped me get it to work. It's from a video game version of Alice in Wonderland, so she's played it too and knew what I was trying to get it to do," she replies.

"Oh! Yeah, Kurt and I have been friends since middle school, we went to Ilvermorny together," Chloe says, and even though she'd feared he'd get cool outdoorsy friends and forget about her, he hadn't.

"How do you two know each other? Other than being in the same school. And grade," she says, wincing slightly, because maybe she just answered her own stupid question.

She notices, however, that Kurt's got a bit of that deer in the headlights look, frozen in place, with a bit of a stutter creeping in. She glances at him and tilts her head, raising her eyebrows, introvert language for are you okay?

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rageahol
2016-11-01 02:11 pm UTC (link)

Riley giggles and rests her shoulder on Chloe's shoulder. Is she being possessive? Why of COURSE not, this is just how Riley acts with ALL of her friends!! She's just a very physical person!!!

"That's so cute!" Riley exclaims. "Kurty and I are in drama together. Which--" Her mouth drops open as if she literally just now realized something groundbreaking, "you had all to yourself last year. Did you miss me???"

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lovekurts
2016-11-01 02:25 pm UTC (link)

Kurt replies yeah, i'm fine via the teensiest shrug and nod of his head. He can't shake all the universal introvert subtext, though, which is i'm really not comfortable. He tries very, very hard not to let that part show.

He feels convinced that Riley's deliberately using the PDS to rile him up (no pun intended), but he can't figure out why he thinks so; all he knows is that seeing Riley cling to Chloe in such an affectionate way hurts him in some inexplicable way. It's probably just because Kurt doesn't like Riley as much as he likes other people.

Kurt bites his lip and nods. He is not one to lie on principle, but sometimes you have to avoid the truth in creative ways. "Y-y-you were definitely m-missed." He assures the Azurcrest.

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cmdrchloe
2016-11-01 03:09 pm UTC (link)

Chloe's not convinced, and her expression is minutely concerned, but she chalks it up to the fact that Riley is... well, a small, loud canon ball, and that takes some getting used to. Sure, Kurt has had way longer to get used to her, but maybe he didn't interact with her much? She was exactly the kind of person they would have avoided as preteens. But under the loud, judgmental side, Riley wasn't so bad once you got to know her.

"Ooh," Chloe says, nodding. She knew they were both in drama, but hadn't put two and two together. "Are you guys trying out for the play?" Chloe lets her opposite hand rest lightly on Riley's hand grasping her arm. Because it's cold. Yep. Not because she's a little bit tipsy and Riley has been flirting with her all night, nope.

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rageahol
2016-11-01 03:27 pm UTC (link)

Riley knows she was missed. Everyone keeps telling her she was missed. Usually after she said something about how she totally missed all her besties last year :(((( but, like, that wasn't fishing or anything. People definitely missed her last year. Definitely.

"I am so ready for that play I am, like, breathing the script." Which wasn't exactly true. She'd been trying to run lines with Katya, but Shakespeare was hard to read with a Russian, and they ended up just painting each other's nails instead. But, with her adorably manicured nails wrapped around Chloe's arm, with the other girl's hand lightly resting on her own, well it kind of seems like that wasn't worst decision she's ever made.

"I haven't tried out for a play in over a year," she says, turning her brown puppy dog eyes on Chloe. She lightly tickled the palm of her hand with one of her fingers, maybe possibly trying to make sure Chloe's eyes were on her. "I'm so nervous."

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lovekurts
2016-11-01 03:46 pm UTC (link)

Inside his pockets, Kurt balls his hands into fists to try and distract himself from the confusion/frustration combo that he totally hadn't ordered. "Y-yeah, I am too." He means that he's auditioning, not that he's nervous — because he doesn't want Riley to know that he is nervous. ... Even though he is. BUT THAT'S IRRELEVANT, OK.

He feels like he should offer something else in the conversation, but literally nothing comes to mind. If he was only chatting with Chloe he could fill it up with literally anything (and often did), but Riley's presence (and attitude) kind of left him at a loss for words.

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	cmdrchloe 2016-11-01 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	There is a palpable tension between the three of them, and though Chloe doesn't understand its source, she feels it like a literal, claustrophobia inducing weight. "Well! I think you're both going to do great!" she says, maybe a little too loud, and definitely overly chipper. "Maybe you'll both get the lead roles!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

rageahol
2016-11-01 05:01 pm UTC (link)

"Oh yeah, wouldn't that be so good?? I would LOVE that, Kurty book, wouldn't you?" Riley's smile looks a little...smug? Mean? Or just cheeky? She tilts her head a little, runs her fingers down Chloe's arm, and briefly squeezes her hand.

"Mm, hey Chlo, wanna go down to the docks with me? I wanna see if we can get Goosey to come out and play!" And then she shoots a Look over at Kurt. "You can come too!"

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lovekurts
2016-11-01 05:18 pm UTC (link)

Kurt shakes his head, "T-thanks, but, um, no. I should go find P-pippa." His hands still jammed into his pockets, he bites his lip and tries to come up with some clever exit. Buuuut nothing comes to him, and his current priority is to be the heck somewhere else. "S-s-see you guys later," he says, wincing when he gets stuck. He looks from Chloe to Riley and back to Chloe, lingering on her for a second before turning and walking back into the atrium.

For once, the loud, pounding music and excited party-goers' noises are welcome, because at least they can drown out his thoughts long enough for him to cool down.

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	cmdrchloe 2016-11-01 09:27 pm UTC (link)
	Kurt's stutter makes Chloe frown in earnest, but before she can ask about it, he's turning to walk away. She considers going after him, and telling Riley she'll meet her down at the docks, but Kurt does have Pippa to get back to... She decides to let him go, and takes Riley's hand so she can lead them down to the docks. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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