lucetimods: (Emily)
Luceti Mods ([personal profile] lucetimods) wrote in [community profile] lucetilogs2010-10-30 10:21 pm

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.)

slkdjslkdjls XD

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
[She stiffens the moment he touches her. Something about it just feels wrong, but she's not even sure what. Something beyond her usual shyness. She shrugs it off, but only relaxes once Jack's hand is away.]

Don't do that. Please. I'm sorry if saying that seems rude.
all7seas: (don't say every chance is lost)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
AH! [It would seem that the Beak Doctor has struck; Jack suddenly feels a violent twinge of pain in his wings, which causes him to pull away from the girl abruptly.] Bloody HELL!

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
[That snaps Ami out of it nicely.]

What happened? Sparrow-san? Are you al-

Ow!!
all7seas: (fight)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Jack doesn't answer; his blade is drawn and ready, the sheet rolled up over his elbows for ease of movement as he peers around in every direction. Then he yelps again and whirls around, looking for the perpetrator.]

Wings! Feathers!

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Ami yelps a couple more times - apparently whoever's pulling this stunt likes her. Or her powers. It always seems to be her powers and fighting people are after and want. She, of course, does not put this together, not right now. She flails at her assailant but of course, she gets nowhere and doesn't manage to detain him.]
all7seas: (I'll just sit here and bleed at you)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Jack, however, catches sight of the man with the strange mask as he attacks Ami. But this feather-stealing man is fast: he's off through the crowd before the pirate can even say a word.

The pain in Sparrow's wings, which was rather intense at first, has dwindled to a fiery throb now. Replacing the sword, he looks with concern at Ami.]


Well. That was interesting. How are you faring, love?

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
It's fine. I'm alright.

[Of course, she's been known to say this even when bedridden and passing out every hour or so. It hurts. But she'll be alright.]
all7seas: (hmmmm....)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 04:06 am (UTC)(link)
[Jack is not buying that one bit. Still, he respects the rights of others to lie. Being a great liar, he finds it only just.]

It was a strange-looking chap what did it. He was wearing a mask...[A very thoughtful look, now.]
all7seas: (serene)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
[The sheet flaps a bit.] Would you know who I was, lass, if I hadn't told you? He had on a mask, I say--one what reminds me of something I saw in Italy, once. [His attention drifts as he seems to be caught up in a reminiscence.]

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Ami thinks about this seriously for a moment.]

I knew you were the sheet from last time, so... But otherwise, no.
all7seas: (know thyself)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
The mask he wore---it had quite a long nose, savvy? Do you know what that long nose was used for, lass?

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
No, I haven't seen one like that. But, I haven't seen many people, so...
all7seas: (ewwww)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 04:50 am (UTC)(link)
It was used--[Here Jack sets down the goblet of blood-red punch quite firmly on the side of the fountain]---to protect the physician from the dirty Venetian plagues they got up to every now and then. Filthy city. Rats.

Plagues: not pretty things.

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 04:51 am (UTC)(link)
A plague mask? I know about them, but... everyone is in masks and costumes. Isn't it more likely just another one?
all7seas: (hempen halter)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
Think what you will, Ami, but I find that downright eerie. Why this tent, eh? They obviously want us all here, have made it quite cozy for us. Dancing. Drinks all around. And then the feather plucking? Something foul about this whole setup.

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 04:57 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe, but, going outside isn't good, either.
all7seas: (considering/sad)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 12:37 pm (UTC)(link)
No. It's not.

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Let's stay together for now.
all7seas: (the stars that guide me toward salvation)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 09:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[Jack frowns and reaches back to stroke a long black feather.]

Together?

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It's safer that way, I think.
all7seas: (twice the fool it takes)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Is it safe for you, Ami? Or is it dangerous? The pirate cocks his head to the side and gives her a curious look.]

You'd be safer around another, perhaps. One more official and less prone to damaging the citizenry than I.

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 09:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[She probably trusts teaming up with him more than with almost anyone else in Luceti, with about two possible exceptions. She'll take it.]

It's alright like this. I can defend myself, too. I just think it's better to cooperate for now.
all7seas: (Ouch!)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-11-01 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Mmmm, cooperation. Well, when in Rome, eh? [He finds the glass and raises it, wincing at the lingering pain in his wings.] Bloody hell. They're only feathers; why does it feel like losing a limb?

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-11-01 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[At least for him, it's only one. :|]

Let me see it. If there's a wound, it might need to be bandaged.

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