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.)
all7seas: (hempen halter)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-10-31 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Jack Sparrow isn't glad to be at the party for once. Oh, he's got a bottle of rum that he smuggled from Good Spirits, and he's comfortably huddled against the fountain beneath his ghost sheet, but he'd much rather be hiding out someplace else.

At least under this tent he isn't dead.]


[{ETA: Sorry, Jack shows up during the ball, not before.]
Edited 2010-10-31 02:49 (UTC)
markofthewise: (Chin scratcher)

Any point before or during the ball

[personal profile] markofthewise 2010-10-31 02:47 am (UTC)(link)
[After hearing that this so-called ball was safe, Sokka shows up. He's still dressed up like this, still no wig though. He'll be sticking around there until this is all over. He enjoys the sanity. Even so, he's still avoiding talking to people. The last week hasn't been kind to him.]
Edited 2010-10-31 02:47 (UTC)

Any point before/during the ball

[identity profile] esper-flight.livejournal.com 2010-10-31 02:55 am (UTC)(link)
[ooc: I'm assuming one of her friends brought her there, since she was probably too busy spazzing to manage it on her own.]

[Well, Terra (http://www.moonlessgarden.net/Cosplay/DoneImages/moogle01.jpg) is there. She's hardly looking or feeling her best, given the stress of the week and then that particular day. That the tent provides some much-needed reprieve is appreciated, but it doesn't erase the strain she has been under.

Despite not feeling at all festive, Terra nonetheless remains inside. Having learned the hard way that the hallucinations return upon stepping outside, she opts to linger despite her exhaustion. The moogle girl ignores the punch and other refreshments for the time being and merely wanders around in search of a friendly face or somewhere out of the way to curl up and rest. Perhaps both.]
Edited 2010-10-31 04:02 (UTC)

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-10-31 03:00 am (UTC)(link)
[The catgirl maid (http://kdtu.hp.infoseek.co.jp/runa21.html) Ami is here. She finds the sheet and, as the first person she's acquainted with that she spots inside the tent, she gravitates towards him.

It's an improvement over her normal inclination to stay by herself. Maybe. But inside the tent is safer, so...]


Good afternoon.
consultmybooks: (Default)

8:00 Halloween Night

[personal profile] consultmybooks 2010-10-31 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[Eventually, once it becomes a choice between risking the tent or another night outside, Giles risks the tent. And he knows it it the instant he passes through the protective bubble - it's like a fog lifting from his mind, and suddenly everything around him is real and safe again. Giles does not like parties, or crowds, or noise, but he also doesn't like being psychologically tortured and so the ball, in his mind, is definitely the lesser of two evils.

The first thing he does is find a quiet corner and, with his newfound clarify of mind, attempt to properly heal the knife wounds in his arm. That takes about fifteen minutes. And then Giles grabs a seat on the fountain and...sits. His policy of "walk and it can't get you" comes back to bite him once he's no longer jumping at his own shadow, and he is very tired. But he will also be keeping a worried eye out for his friends, seeing how they've fared this week.]
vermified: (lean on me)

[Some time shortly after the tent is decorated]

[personal profile] vermified 2010-10-31 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[So... Edward is lost. Again. The signs that Brave Vesperia put up around town would be helpful, except right now his view is obscured by the helmet of the costume he's been stuck in for days. Add the hallucinations he's been trying his best to handle and he's pretty much at the end of his rope, temper-wise. Getting lost? Only adds to his irritation.

So when he spots the plaza tent and ventures in, the sudden relief from any kind of hallucinations is tempting enough to make him want to stay. He's not a fan of parties, so instead of making himself comfortable and checking out the food and drink, he leans against the first wall he comes to and parks his metal-coated butt in place. He'll be there all night if the place allows it.]
Edited 2010-10-31 03:07 (UTC)
ayu_nee: (felling any foe with my gaze)

[shortly after the tent appears and... onward]

[personal profile] ayu_nee 2010-10-31 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
[There is a ninja prowling about the tent (or is there, wooooo~ ninja) for a time, trying to unobtrusively determine the nature of this... thing. And its contents. The fact that the interior is far quieter than the outside isn't lost on her, and she's quite curious to find out why. The others might benefit from that effect, but she doesn't trust that it doesn't come without a price.

Still, remembering the state she's seen the Shinsengumi in lately, Ayumu is finally forced to conclude that coming here has to be better than staying at home for the moment, and returns to House 50 to inform everyone of the goings-on. Given that she can't exactly haul anyone about, especially if they're unwilling, she enlists Susumu's aid to drag those who need it back to the tent.]
Edited 2010-10-31 06:36 (UTC)
all7seas: (considering/sad)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-10-31 03:14 am (UTC)(link)
[The sheet flaps at her rather miserably.] And to you, lovely seamstress. They've thrown us a party.
Edited 2010-10-31 03:15 (UTC)

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-10-31 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
You don't sound very happy about the tent.
catus_carnival: (Default)

[at any point before or during the ball]

[personal profile] catus_carnival 2010-10-31 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Tao's here in a spiffy cat costume, and dragging her housemates and any friends along (if they allow her to). Whether they like it or not. AND THEY WILL LIKE IT. At least it's a break from the hallucinations. She is noting that everyone is much calmer and...well, saner here.]

So does this place makes the bad thingies go away?
Edited 2010-10-31 03:16 (UTC)
all7seas: (a hanging)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-10-31 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
I'm bloody thrilled about the tent, is what; I've been mostly dead all day. And you--how are you faring? And what are your feelings on said tent?
de_bel_survivor: (Default)

Before to during the ball, any time

[personal profile] de_bel_survivor 2010-10-31 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
[The tent made him both curious and wary when it appeared, keeping his distance from it at first.

Later, after he heard about the apparent 'safety' it provides, Kouki looks at it before bravely stepping inside.

So it's 'safe'.
]

...At the moment, anyway.

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-10-31 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
It seems to be safer inside here, so...

Ah! And the sewing is almost finished.
crisisrain: ([Event] MY HOBO BOX)

[Before the ball]

[personal profile] crisisrain 2010-10-31 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Tao might notice that despite the fact this tent is relatively empty, there's a cardboard box next to the fountain that seems to be snoring.]
all7seas: (smile)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-10-31 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
Aye. Safer. [But then the bedsheet seems to perk up a bit.] You're a darling for doing that for me, lovely.

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-10-31 03:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Quite an expressive bedsheet, really.]

No, it's nothing. I'll call you in a day or two when it's finished.

...

Can you eat like that, in that costume? I'll bring you something.
all7seas: (It's a beautiful plan savvy?)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-10-31 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Women sewing for him? Bringing him food? This bedsheet might be magical.]

It's not a problem to eat, I just lift the sheet, like so. [And he lifts it back over his head, brown eyes twinkling up at Ami. The sheet abruptly forces itself back down over his face with a starchy SNAP.]

.....I have to eat quick, like.

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-10-31 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Ami gives a short giggle, which she immediately feels bad for, and ducks away to bring back some food and drink.]
all7seas: (leverage)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-10-31 03:44 am (UTC)(link)
[Jack isn't displeased with the fact that his stupid costume made a cute girl in a catsuit giggle. So he'll just wait and watch the crowd from his wearable hiding place.]
Edited 2010-10-31 03:44 (UTC)

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-10-31 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
[Ami returns triumphant! With great loot!- in the form of a plate of snacks and a couple glasses of whatever the blood punch actually is (she's pretty sure it's not blood; pretty sure).]
all7seas: (dungeonsmile)

[personal profile] all7seas 2010-10-31 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
[Jack lifts the sheet tentatively to see what she's brought.]

You're a treasure, you are. [He pats the ground beside him, offering her a place with him next to the fountain.]

[identity profile] no-use-running.livejournal.com 2010-10-31 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe I can help lift the sheet up.

[No, really; Jack's constant praise and attention could probably earn him a cute catgirl servant for life here. Ok, maybe minus the catgirl part once Halloween is over.]
consultmybooks: (Default)

[personal profile] consultmybooks 2010-10-31 03:51 am (UTC)(link)
[It's...a bed sheet]

[From his seat on the fountain, Giles just kind of stares at it.]