[You'll Be Caught In The Night - After Life Halloween Party]

[orlokbutterfly]

Who: Everyone
What: Halloween Party
Where: Nova City - After Life
When: 4 PM October 31st to who knows how early of November 1st
Warnings: B for boos and booze. Also Gale is there so that deserves a warning in itself. Is spooky.

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Welcome to After Life. The entrance of the Nova City nightclub has the additional illumination courtesy of a purple neon bat to welcome the party goers, which that little bat seems more inviting than the almost ominous fog coming out of the front doors. Just beyond the door are a variety of glowsticks, should one feel so inclined to equip themselves with them for the night. The varying colored glass tables are trimmed with fake cobwebs with little spider lights illuminating from beneath it while at each table's end has a jack-o'-lantern of different carvings with color changing LED lights inside. The club's colored strobe lighting reflects off of the club's crystalline walls to help lend to the atmosphere in an almost eerie manner, even adding additional color to the fog hovering over the floor.


As the party begins, Gale makes a special introduction to the ladies who helped make the party possible- Yang Xiao Long, Ayame Sasaki, Gwen Stacy and Mikaela Banes. He wouldn't let the party go on without the much deserved recognition for them.

Food and Refreshments

The bar area has a variety of different foods and snacks for people to enjoy. Brownies, cupcakes and truffles from local confectionaries and other, less sugary options like jalapeno poppers, mummy hot dogs, garlic bread snakes, deviled egg spiders, salsa and dipping sauces with bat chips, dragonfly sushi and spooky fruit monsters are laid throughout the table. At the far end of the table is a little animatronic black cat with glowing green eyes.

Looking for something a little heavier than just snacks to eat, in case you missed lunch? Available to you on another nearby table are shaped pasta with varying sauce options, monster burgers, four different bento boxes, and snake shaped calzones each labeled with different pizza toppings for the stuffing. Yes. A few have pineapple in them. Please do not start a war in Gale's club.

There are various labeled cauldrons of non-alcoholic drinks such as water, punch and soda are on the table while other available are drinks such as mixed soda and punch floats and milkshake shots are there. All of the glasses on the table all have googly eyes attached to them. Also on this table is Gale's Cubone, wearing a tiny vampire cape and patrolling around the cauldrons. Don't even think about trying something funny or trying to spike the drinks, because Cubone will smack the culprit's hand with his bone and start wailing to lure the host over. Just don't even do it unless you want thrown out.

Bar Area

Need a beverage of the alcoholic variety? You'll want to visit the local alchemist over here. Overhead of the bar where the drink glasses hang are little bat lights that occasionally flicker and the cobwebs are lined around the edges of the circular bar counter. A pumpkin with the carving of a butterfly sits on the counter top with a flickering purple light within it. Drinks from the bar will be served in beaker and vial glasses.

Dance Floor and Stage

That stage up there sure looks inviting, as if it's just waiting to have one of its musical guests come on stage and steal the show for a short time. In fact, it's very much encouraged to do just that. While the stage is without a DJ or other performer, a preset playlist of the club's usual music as well as a list of Halloween music will cycle through- just be ready for the Monster Mash to play several times during the night. A skeleton is set up near the speakers, and it seems to 'dance' in time with the music. Up above the stage is a web with an animatronic spider that comes down from its web occasionally with flickering red eyes.

If you look closely through the thin veil of fog on the floor, you may notice reflective decals of monstrous footprints leading to the dance floor, as if trying to hint and lead the guests out to get their dance on. But party goers beware, there may be an impromptu dance to Thriller at some point in the night, and your host may judge every single one of you if you don't get in on it.

VIP Room

The VIP Room is a little less rowdy than the main area of the club, and is meant for a more chill atmosphere compared to the rest of the party. The room has its own stage for anyone to take over separate of the main room, but beware, this stage may have its own different kind of horror: Karaoke.

The tables here also have cobweb and spider lights around them and the lights in the room are a little dimmer, to accommodate the rotating bulb that casts shadow creatures on the walls of the room. You may want to come here if you want to eat an actual meal in peace without all the buzz from the bar area.

Employee Lounge

VIP Room not calm enough? Asking Gale or another After Life employee will grant you access to the employee lounge so you can have a little rest on the couches. The only drinks readily available in here is water over on the counter. The noise from the main area is completely nullified in this room. The party goes on all night, don't be afraid to take a breather.



Guests under 16 will receive a small bag of candy for attending, while guests 16 and older will receive some drink coupons to use at any of the three Gale Force club locations.

Comments

[mother_of_monsters]

She really does, I can tell. [Dray has chosen his own costume instead. He didn't wear clothes often unless he had to but for a party, he wanted to put on something pretty.

Said ears moved up in surprise, then lowered slightly as the girl spoke. So yes, they were pretty much real.]

They are. I grew them myself. [He gives Usagi a grin. Yes, that was a terrible joke, sue him.] You can touch them if you want. Just don't pull at them.

[eternal_sailormoon]

[ She giggles a the joke, before her eyes went wide again. ]

Really? I can?!

D-don't worry! I'll be super-gentle!

[ Usagi almost drops her plate a second time, as she fumbles around for a place to put it down. Once it's set on a table, she tucks her fairy wand in the belt of her skirt, and then reaches up.

As promised, she very, very gently touches his ears. She has to stand on her toes to do so - she's very short. ]

Aaah, they're really soft!

[mother_of_monsters]

Yep!

[Once Dray noticed that she has to make an effort to reach them, he leans forward.Dray's not much taller, being only 1.65 m but the ears are on top of his head after all.]

Thank you. I like to keep my fur soft and clear. It's nice someone notices. I like your hair too, it almost looks like two long bunny ears as well.

[eternal_sailormoon]

[ Usagi stepped away after a few moments - it only occurred to her, then, that it'd be weird to keep petting him, like he was a cat. Well. A real cat. Not that he was fake! Like he wasn't a person. Not that the cats she knew weren't people! (This was confusing.)

She blushed a little at the compliment, pleased. ]

Thank you! It's my signature style.

My name is Usagi Tsukino. [ That explains the bunny-eared hairstyle, right? ] It's nice to meet you!

[mother_of_monsters]

[Deep breaths, Usagi, deep breath. Dray didn't mind the pettings, otherwise he wouldn't have offered. But no, they couldn't do this all night, they had food to try!]

It's a good style. [But no, her name doesn't explain the hairstyle because Dray doesn't even know what japanese is.] Pleasure to meet you, Usagi, I'm Dray Lyell. Have you been in this world for long? I don't remember seeing you on the comm before but maybe I missed your announcements.

[eternal_sailormoon]

Thank you!

[ Usagi grins, and picks up her plate again. She has her prorities. The food here's really, really good. ]

For a couple of days! You probably missed me.

I wouldn't have heard of the party at all, if it wasn't for Minako-chan.

[ She knows, just knows, she'll be sad if she thinks about how much she's going to miss her friends and family.

So she doesn't think about it right now. Remaining cheerful with the aid of sugar! ]

I'm really glad she's here.

[mother_of_monsters]

[Dray understands, those are very good priorities. They're on the same page.]

Oh, sounds like it. I don't have time to check out the comm regularly, sometimes I miss new arrivals and the like.

[Dray offers and apologetic look. he can be a bit clueless about the problem going on around him.]

I don't think I've met her either. What does she looks like?

[eternal_sailormoon]

Oh I don't know if I'm going to be checking this fancy phone all of the time, either! Not if I'll be busy looking for a way home for all of us. It's fine.

[ Om nom. Hope you didn't mind if she ate while she talked, Dray. It seems she's forgotten her manners a bit. ]

She's about my height, maybe a little taller. She has long, pretty blond hair, thicker than mine, and she usually just wears it with a bow. She's got blue eyes, and a cute face, and she'll always greet you with a smile!

Minako-chan is the best.

[ She can say that, because her other friends aren't here, which means that until they arrive - Minako is objectively the best because there was nobody else. She wouldn't choose between her friends like that otherwise. ]

[mother_of_monsters]

Makes sense. You're trying to figure out how to return to your own world? I like it better here, so I'm not even bothering with that.

[The only ones he really miss are his children, and back in his world time is frozen, that gives Dray some reassurance. He can enjoy himself here for a while.]

I'll tell her hi if I see her, she seems nice. It's good you have people here that you already knew from your world. I'm the only one form mine.

[And he doesn't mind Usagi eating at all, he takes bites of his own food from time to time too.]

[eternal_sailormoon]

Wait, really?

[ Her eyes went wide, and she blinked at him, surprised. ]

If you're the only person here - don't you miss your friends, or your family?

[ Unless he didn't have any? But he seemed so nice! ]

[mother_of_monsters]

I don't have friends back home. And my family...they're gone.

[He won't go into details as to not ruin the good mood of the party. His parents and brother were killed, and later his children taken away from Dray, so he's technically not lying.]

But I've met some really nice people in this world.

[eternal_sailormoon]

O-oh.

[ Usagi looked immediately contrite. Not just because he lost his family, which was sad, and something she had faint memories of herself, in a previous life. But also because this was exactly not the mood of this party. ]

I'm sorry, Dray.

But.

I'm really glad you've met a lot of nice people here.

And ...

[ She's forgotten her food, for now. ]

... I haven't been in this place wrong, but you're right. It seems like there are lots of great things here, too!

[mother_of_monsters]

It's all right. Some things can't be changed and I came to accept that.

[He appreciates her attempt at comfort and shifts his stand to get a little closer to her.]

I've been lucky, people is very nice to me most of the time. There are, eve if I don't understand some of them. Like the arcades.

[eternal_sailormoon]

[ Usagi nods, solemn. But, eagerly accepts the change of subject. ]

They have arcades here, really?

[mother_of_monsters]

There's two of them, one is called Axiom Games and the other Aphrodite. They look like fun but I don't know how to use the machines, so i can't play the games.

[He needs help, Usagi :<]

[eternal_sailormoon]

Whaaat, you don't?

[ Usagi wears a determined face! ]

Then I've got to teach you!

They're really easy to learn, but tricky to master!

But that's half the fun!

[mother_of_monsters]

No, we don't have that sort of games in my world.

[He thinks so, at least. He hasn't really been able to check the outside world properly in 10 years.]

Really? Would you? [Ahhh he's so lucky.]

[eternal_sailormoon]

Absolutely!

[ Oh, now she's getting excited. Usagi bounces a little. ]

I'd be happy to! That's what friends are for, right?

[mother_of_monsters]

I..guess. I never had a lot of friends. But I'd like to be yours.

[Usagi is really fun, very cute and they already share the same love for food. Can only get better from here.]

Did you find a new home already or are you still living in the communal building for new arrivals?

[eternal_sailormoon]

Oh! Well, of course we can be friends!

[ She gives him a friendly smile. Dray is so nice, and he has such a pretty dress, and clearly he's very friendly and kind. Of course they're friends already right? ]

I've just got here, so. I'm in the free apartment!

[mother_of_monsters]

Fantastic! Thank you Usagi, you're very nice.

[She can't see it because the dress hides it but Dray's tails are lazily moving under it, happy with how things are going. He doesn't have a lot of friends so making new ones is very important for him. Eidions are social creatures.]


You should come over my home one of these days, have a real home-made dinner. I'm not an expert cook but I'm not too bad either.

[eternal_sailormoon]

You're welcome! You've been so nice and friendly too.

[ The offer of dinner makes Usagi grin quite happily, even with a half-full plate of food in front of her. ]

Really? I'm starting to miss my mom's home cooking already ... it'd be so nice to have something which isn't take-out ... Mmmm homemade dinners are the best kind ...

What do you like to cook?

[mother_of_monsters]

Meat and fishes, mostly. Deer meat is very tasty and healthier than beef. I hunt it myself.

[Nevermind the fact that the deer are almost as big as him. Dray's not a slouch when it comes to hunting.] But if you tell me what you'd like to eat, I'll try to cook it for you.

[eternal_sailormoon]

[ Usagi wasn't vegetarian, but it could be hard for her to reconcile the fact that cuter creatures like deer were fair game to end up on her plate. She thought about that for a moment, biting her lip. ]

Well ... you are a pretty big cat ... and cats pretty much just eat meat, I guess ...

[ She scratched the back of her head, bashfully ]

I really like sweets, I admit! But I like trying new things, too. [ As long as it wasn't too weird-looking, anyway. ] If there's something you miss from home, that you want to make here, I can try that!

[mother_of_monsters]

[Lambs and cows are cute creatures too, Usagi, and people doesn't think twice about eating them. Or at least that's the argument Dray uses when people look shocked that he hunts his food.]

You know, there are no cats in Arcadia, where i lived. But everyone always compares my species to them. [He's come to find the comparison funny and he mistook cats for baby Eidions when he first saw them.]

I'll make you something sweet as dessert then. And what about baked gilt-head bream with lemon and herbs? It's fish. [And everyone likes fish, right? Dray looks so very excited about the idea, he's never had people coming over.]