lucetilogs | Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Who: Everybody!
What: The Halloween Ball is finally here.
When: Evening of October 31st. (Or earlier, for those who arrive pre-Ball to take advantage of the safety bubble.)
Where: In the village's main plaza.
Summary: After one of the most grueling weeks Luceti's ever known, it finally all comes to a head when a massive, spooky tent appears over the plaza. Once night falls, you never know what might happen...
Rating: Anywhere from PG to R for language or graphic descriptions, most likely.

It happens at midnight.

Without even a hint of a whisper, faster than you can even blink, the tent appears; a towering monstrosity of dirty, ripped canvas in stripes of black and red and white, swallowing the plaza whole. For most of the day it sits, silent and empty, with its great main flaps pulled open to show only inky blackness inside.

Step inside, however, and you'll see it's dimly lit with silver shafts of light that streak in through all those rips and tears. As foreboding as it appears, it's strangely peaceful inside.

Come 7:00 on the dot, that quiet, empty interior will instantaneously transform for the purposes of the evening. Even this sudden change, unlike many Luceti resident have undergone lately, is not as eerie as one might expect. Despite the gothic trappings, the blood punch fountain, there's something a little benign about it. Perhaps this is meant to be a reward for all that suffering you've been forced to endure for almost a week now.

Or maybe -- just maybe -- and who would ever think such a thing? -- it's not so benign after all.

(so, so sorry this is late, guys. have at it, comment-spam style! also, optional suggestion: put the time of day in your subject line title so we know if your character is showing up before or during the Ball itself.)

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[No.] Hello, Noel.

[...]

Flynn? Is... Is that you?

[Suddenly, everything makes sense.]

Oh! Yes, it is.

Oh! [ffffff, well, that was silly.] I'm sorry! I didn't recognize you with that mask on!

No, no, it's fine! I didn't think about the mask. [He probably should have said something sooner.]

[She decides to get off the chair and approach him.] ... Do you know what it is?

Not really. I've never seen anything like this before.

Edited 2010-11-01 23:31 (UTC)

[...]

Are you able to take it off?

Yeah, but it'd just reappear on me eventually.

...Ah. That's true. It certainly doesn't look all that comfortable, though.

[And the jaw begins to retract back to its normal position before Flynn just takes the mask off for a better breath of fresh air.]

Much better. It really isn't comfortable.

If anything, you could always refuse to keep it on and take it off whenever it reappears. Maybe the Malnosso will eventually give up if you keep doing that.

I've been trying that ever since I got stuck in this, so I don't think they're going to give up.

[):] That's horrible, Flynn.

I just hope I only have to bear with it for a little while longer.

I'm sure it's only a matter of time. After all, it's already been more than a week now. And with how these experiments are usually like...

[... Experiments. Right.] Speaking of experiments... uh, Noel? I'm really sorry about how I've acted around you the last few times we've seen each other.

[...oh yeah. Thanks for the reminder, Flynn. She could easily be a big bitch to you about this, but that's not like Noel. Nor does it cross her mind.] ...oh. Don't worry about it, Flynn. It's okay--I understand.

[She changed into something better, too, back then! ;_;]

[He shakes his head.]

Are you sure? Back in August I was awfully cruel. [...] And the last time we spoke was a major misunderstanding. [He doesn't want to go too in-depth on that. It was bad, yo. >>]

[A misunderstanding?...]

The circumstances were different back in August. It's not like you could help it. [However, she does remember what he had told her back then. Putting two and two together from the other day...

...] But...

Edited 2010-11-04 01:01 (UTC)

[... He's going to have to explain it, isn't he? This is going to be bad.]

Well... I had just returned from being kidnapped, and the Malnosso tampered with my vision. [...] I saw everyone naked.