[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

[mortal_son]

They've got bounties here, too.

[ Assuming 'gil' meant 'money.' ] But they can get snatched up kinda quick.

... That some kind of. Royal ... were you a bodyguard or some kinda royal army?

[chocobosnap]

Oh, wow, really? We always had a ton to choose from. Not enough hunters, I guess.

[He smiles and shifts a little.]

W-well kinda the first one. I joined 'cause Noct asked me to. Gladio and Ignis are way more experienced than me.

[mortal_son]

Yeah, I think there's a lotta people here, who're used to that kinda thing.

[ Blinks. ]

... Huh.

He must trust you a hell of a lot, then. Least, I'm guessin askin you to protect the royalty there is really damn important.

[chocobosnap]

I didn't think of that.

[That might not be a good, steady source of income then. He'll have to think about photography, perhaps.]

He should, he's my best friend! [Prompto grins.] Well yeah, of course it is, but it's not like he's helpless or anything.

[mortal_son]

[ ... Wait. ]

Your best friend is royalty?

[chocobosnap]

[Prompto laughs nervously.]

Y-Yeah, crazy right? He's a prince - well king now I guess.

[mortal_son]

... He really must trust you, then.

[ Looks away from Prompto as he says that. He's only pointing out the obvious, but. Shinjiro knows he's making the guy nervous, and feels a little badly about it. ]

[chocobosnap]

Yeah. He does.

[But he wonders if he still will when he finds out his secrets.]

I mean he wanted me to escort him so...I'm not like Ignis and Gladio.

I'm just a commoner.

[mortal_son]

Hmmm. Maybe.

[ He personally didn't take much stock in that kind of thing, but. Shinjiro wasn't going to shit on what was important to other people, if it didn't hurt anyone. ]

Though, for the record, I don't think that really matters, much.

Certainly doesn't count for a lot here, just so you know.

[chocobosnap]

[Noctis never once said it did. It's only Prompto that's worried about it. He fidgets a little.]

I bet part of him likes that. He could nap and fish all day.

[He smiles fondly. He does know his best friend well.]

[mortal_son]

[ He'd hate to burst his bubble, but - ]

Well, almost. He'll still need a job, too, like the rest of us "commoners".

[ His tone is teasing, just a little. Shinjiro doesn't even know this Noct guy, he's not going to speak badly of him when he's not around to defend himself. ]

[chocobosnap]

[He chuckles softly. He wishes he knew what Noct was doing.]

I bet he's eating a lot of cup ramen too. He can't cook to save his life.

[He knows that to be true, hey he can't either, but he can still laugh about it.]

[mortal_son]

[ Shakes his head, wryly ]

Trust me, I know a guy just like that.

[chocobosnap]

I can't either, but I eat a lot of salad. Noct doesn't like vegetables.

[Salad is totally a good food group, once you're used to it.]

We had Ignis to cook for us, and he's totally amazing.

[mortal_son]

... That's a better option than most people go for.

[ Catches him by surprise, really. Most people opt for cup noodles. ]

Least it's healthy, I guess.

[ Thoughtful: ] I'm guessin they're all in your photos?

[chocobosnap]

Yeah, well that's a long story.

[He flushes a little, he's embarrassed of who he used to be. He brightens up at the question.]

Yes!

[He smiles and flips back through the photos until he finds one with the four of them.] That's Noct. Iggy and Gladio.

[mortal_son]

[ Shinjiro lets Prompto change the subject, seeing how embarrassed the guy was. He wasn't trying to step into anything, here.

He looked at the pictures. Suddenly, Shinjiro realized two things - one, that he had no photos of his friends from home, and two - that he regretted that, suddenly.

Akihiko was always more of the photo-person. Having personal stuff on Shinjiro ... didn't really work well when he was homeless. And that was a hard habit to break, even once he lived in the dorms. Even now, he couldn't manage to leave the apartment without carrying a lot on him. He felt ... really antsy without it.

But pictures? No. Nothing. Nothing of anyone from SEES at all.

He frowned, and kept that all to himself. ]

... Are those their actual names?

[chocobosnap]

[Somehow, it's a lot easier to talk about everyone else over himself.]

Oh sorry, sorry. [He laughs a little sheepishly and points.] Noctis Lucis Caelem. Ignis Scientia. Gladiolus Amicitia.

[mortal_son]

[ Smirks ]

You said at least one of 'em was here, right?

Would've been awkward if I said, 'Hi, Noct, I've heard of you.'

[ He's teasing, just a little, but his tone is friendly. ]

[chocobosnap]

[He smiles, and chuckles openly.]

That would've been pretty funny actually. I'm sure Noct would take it in stride, you know? He's used to everyone knowing him.

[mortal_son]

[ Smirks ]

Well, so long as his highness doesn't get a stick up his ass, I could do that.

[ He's joking, obviously, since there aren't a lot of people he gives real nicknames to, beyond "that guy with the hair." ]

[chocobosnap]

Nah he's really not like that.

[Prompto smiles warmly, because he likes Noctis and everyone should like him. He's a good friends and he needs more friends.]

I'm sure he'd like to talk to you. You s-seem cool.

[It's really not Shinjiro's doing that he's skittish, he's always been shy and nervous around people.]

[mortal_son]

[ Shrugs ]

I'm actually really boring. Isn't it obvious?

[ Now he's definitely teasing. But, seriously. Shinjiro doesn't think he makes good friend material. ]

[chocobosnap]

I don't think so?

[He smiles wryly.]

Noct's favourite hobbies are fishing and sleeping, you can't really get more boring than that.

[mortal_son]

[ All right, that gets a wry chuckle out of him. ]

You’re really sellin this guy.