[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

[illusionarytactics]

What would I want a drink for? It's entirely unnecessary.

The point stands.

[Not that he's especially nice to Demyx either, but details. He doesn't yell. He scolds.]

[melodiouspacifist]

They make you feel kinda floaty. It's pretty nice.

[Mostly because he's drunk Zexion, and he thinks Zexion should be too.]

The point...?

[He pauses.]

Which point again?

[illusionarytactics]

Floaty sounds... rather unpleasant. Why would I want to feel floaty?

The point of keeping better company.

[melodiouspacifist]

Because it's pretty nice! Come on...just try it!

[He grabs Zexion's sleeve and gives a little tug to lead him to the bar.]

It's totally different from eating!

[He hums.]

So you're better company?

[He grins. Uh oh. Run Zexion.]

[illusionarytactics]

[He sighs at being pulled over to the bar. It really doesn't sound appealing to him, but it seems pointless to argue when Demyx is so insistent. He can probably have one drink, just to shut Demyx up.]

Fine, I suppose one won't hurt anything.

[Zexion frowns at Demyx's grin. He didn't mean it like that.]

I never said that I was better company.

[melodiouspacifist]

Great! You'll like it, it's relaxing!

[He tells the bartender to get them something like he had before and they're served Long Island iced teas.]

Mmm, this is good. [He sips it, what else could he have?]

Oh, well who am I supposed to hang out with then? Axel?

[illusionarytactics]

[He eyes it suspiciously when it arrives. He sniffs it. Well, it doesn't smell particularly offensive, anyway. Finally Zexion sighs and has a small sip. That's... surprisingly good, actually. He has another sip.]

It's not terrible.

You probably shouldn't hang out with Axel, either.

[Really, none of the Organization members were exactly choice company.]

[melodiouspacifist]

See? I told you it would be. I like sweet stuff, just don't drink whatever Larxene is drinking.

[He waves his hand a little.]

Well... [He tilts his head, scratching it.] Who am I supposed to hang out with? No one?

[It's weird.]

[illusionarytactics]

I wouldn't want it much sweeter than this, anyway.

[He doesn't want things too sweet, after all. Moderation, Demyx. Learn it.]

No one is certainly a valid option.

[Who do you think Zexion hangs out with, after all?]

But if you must, someone unlikely to try to kill you would be a good start.

[melodiouspacifist]

It's good right?

[You can't make him!]

Oh, is that a death threat? [If anything, Demyx looks amused.] I'm pretty sure I'm stronger than you so I'm not worried.

[illusionarytactics]

[Well, his drink is significantly lower than it was when it arrived, so that should probably tell Demyx something. He cuts Demyx a look.]

Not at the moment, but I wouldn't suggest pushing your luck. We both know I'm stronger.

[melodiouspacifist]

[He offers Zexion a neutral smile.]

We'll see. But I don't feel like fighting, I feel like drinking, and dancing.

[He grins.]

Wanna dance Zex?

[illusionarytactics]

[Zexion waves a hand dismissively.]

I have no intention of fighting you anyway. What purpose would that serve?

[And it wasn't like he had a grudge against Demyx or anything. Sure, the other Nobody could be annoying, but Zexion didn't especially like or dislike him. Neutrality wasn't worth making a fuss over. He makes a face at the question when Demyx brings it up.]

No, I don't want to dance. Why would I want to dance?

[melodiouspacifist]

Exactly, perfect!

[Demyx downs the rest of his drink.]

Because it's fun. Don't you like fun?

[He grins brightly at Zexion.]

But I guess if you don't want to, we can just talk.

[illusionarytactics]

Reading is fun. I'm not convinced dancing is fun. It doesn't sound that way, though admittedly I've never done it.

[After some more alcohol, he could probably be convinced.]

Talking is fine, I suppose. What do you want to discuss?

[melodiouspacifist]

How do you know it's not if you haven't done it?

[He teases with a snicker.]

I don't know, anything! What do you think of this place?

[illusionarytactics]

I don't, for certain. Hence me admitting that I've never done it.

[He gives a token look around at the second question.]

More comfortable than I would've thought.

[melodiouspacifist]

That is why you should. Obviously.

[He nods a little bit.]

It's all kinds of weird.

[illusionarytactics]

So I should do something simply for the sake of having done it? That doesn't really make sense.

I agree, though. It's strange.

[melodiouspacifist]

[He hums, pleasantly drunk, because he's several drinks ahead of Zexion by that point.]

You should do all kinds of things. It's this whole experiencing life thing! We're not in the castle anymore, Zex.

[He nods in agreement, it is strange.]

I haven't been somewhere like this in awhile, away from the castle, for any length of time.

[illusionarytactics]

[Zexion is well on his way to finishing his first drink, which is really an indication of how much he likes it. If he didn't like it, it would just sit untouched. He sighs at the "experiencing life" thing that Demyx says. What is that about, even?]

But we're Nobodies. Can you really call this a life, being what we are? We can't even experience those experiences properly without emotions.

[Sorry, Demyx. Apparently the alcohol is bringing out the more philosophical side. Not that he's a bundle of laughs to begin with anyway, but details.]

This is the longest I've been left to my own devices in... well, ever.

[He doesn't really know what to do with himself even besides working all the time.]

[melodiouspacifist]

[Demyx has had way more than one drink and he shrugs.]

Yep. [There, decided.] So live it! And when we get our hearts back, do it again!

[He sighs.]

I get it. Me too. I don't know what to do half the time so I play sitar.

[illusionarytactics]

I suppose that's a way of looking at it.

[He finishes his drink and puts the empty glass down.]

At least the sitar gives you something to do. I've simply been working as much as I can.

[melodiouspacifist]

Well what else are we gonna do Zex? We can't go home.

[He rolls his eyes.]

Well that's essentially what I'm doing but that's my job now. [He shrugs slightly.]

Except right now, I'm drinking a lot! [He grins.]

[illusionarytactics]

I don't know, I haven't really figured that out yet. As it stands, when I go home, I'm done.

[Another drink appears in front of him and he picks that up. Why not. Might as well drink himself into oblivion at this point.]

I can see that.