[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

[moviemagic]

I've been here for a few months myself if that helps any.

[Now she was just swaying side to side, for the time being, can't focus on steps when talking sometimes as much as she was a perfectionist.]

Kind of wish I had more catty wit about me.

[chocobosnap]

I didn't think it'd be that long, I don't know what I thought.

[He hasn't thought about it, that's all. That...would be a long time not to see Ignis and Gladio.

He smiles again at her puns.]

Well, at least I guess, the prince is here.

[moviemagic]

No one really knows until time starts slowly going by.

[She just lived day by day really, but when days turn into months it was something she thought was obvious.]

But it's nice to have people you know here. As for me, I like it here because I get to discover more about myself that I might not have back home. I'm sure you'll end up doing the same.

[chocobosnap]

[He sighs slightly and offers a little half a shrug. It's hard to say how long he'll be here, but he supposes as long as he's doing his job and hanging out with his friend, it's probably good.]

O-Oh, no thanks. [He shakes his head. He's learned enough about himself lately.]

I mean, I just, uh...th-this is pretty much like at home.

[Except he's seeing Noct a lot less, it's closer to high school, or when he was training for Crownsguard.]

[moviemagic]

This world is pretty much like home or the situation you are in right now?

[She looked to the side, stopping dancing for a moment as the song started to slow down. Would look weird at dancing to nothing.]

I mean if it was the situation you must have gone to a lot of parties. If it isn't then... Well, it could be worse possibly.

[chocobosnap]

I just mean in general. Um, l-like sometimes I couldn't see Noct, and everything is so normal here.

[It's good, he doesn't mean it in a bad way.]

Like how things were before Insomnia fell. B-But no, I didn't uh, do a lot of parties.

[moviemagic]

Ah, I see. So that kind of normal is normal. [A pause.] Minus the whole...Insomnia thing, I assume.

[She had moved to get off the dance floor, for the time being, gesturing for the other to follow if he wanted to.]

Well I am sure while here you'll end up going to plenty.

[chocobosnap]

Really?

[He looks mildly alarmed by that, but he does follow easily.]

Insomnia was the name of the city I lived in.

[moviemagic]

Strange name. I mean it sounds like a city that doesn't ever sleep.

[Since she knows a word similar means something along those lines.]

[chocobosnap]

Haha, everyone makes that connection when they're young.

It's not like that though, or wasn't. It was just sort of...normal.

[moviemagic]

I guess normal if you live there your whole life.

Are things the same here than back there?

[chocobosnap]

Pretty close, I think. S-Seems mostly safe and everyone just goes about their lives.

So it's like that, somewhat.

[moviemagic]

[She nodded slightly, the beat had started to pick up again at least so she could get back to moving and grooving.]

Somewhat is probably the best way to say it. I mean you get strange things go on here that aren't necessarily safe. But hey even here you get some really nice people who help you when you need it.

So it begs the question apart from the wonderful me, who else have you met? Getting along with anyone?

[chocobosnap]

You are pretty wonderful! [He winks, okay, even joking that was pretty cheesy and he laughs a little, ah well.]

I've met a few people. M-Mostly girls for some reason. I'm n-not complaining! And a kid with a spider.

[moviemagic]

I know, you aren't bad yourself I must admit.

[She laughed slightly, she could see why it would be mostly girls, even if he might not.]

So you're bringing all the ladies to the yard? You must have some serious swagger.

[chocobosnap]

[He blushes and glances away, oh no please don't flirt with him, it's very embarrassing.]

What? No! [He laughs more boisterously, shaking his head.] N-Not at all! I didn't do anything!

[moviemagic]

If you were being yourself that is still something you know. Some people these days might not be like that at all and put on a front.

Ladies love honesty.

[chocobosnap]

[He blushes a little and stammers out something unintelligible at first. He pauses and takes a little breath.]

I d-don't really know. I haven't..don't usually lie...ugh. S-Sorry.

[He looks mildly frustrated.]

[moviemagic]

How cute.

[She is not going to help him not stammer at this rate.]

But it's fine, no need to say sorry to me. I'm just being honest. Girls prefer either a true gentleman, those that are adorable, kind and caring or the 'bad boy' trope which simmers down to bad boy with a heart of gold.

[chocobosnap]

[What, no don't say that Krista. It only makes it worse.]

No! It's n-not! [He sputters a little, turning red. It's going to take him a moment to recover and breathe and not look so flustered.]

I d-don't...um...I haven't really...

[He waves his hand, look he doesn't know much about dating since he can barely talk to people, he can't ask anyone out!]

[moviemagic]

[She crossed her arms over her chest, she really doesn't know much of anything considering, but she knows she pulls off the confidence enough to make it seem like she knows what she is talking about.]

Haven't really what? You can tell me.

[chocobosnap]

[Okay, but this is just embarrassing.]

Dated. I'm n-not good at it!

[moviemagic]

Watch some romantic comedies. It will help you get some idea of what dating is like.

[Not at all helpful, but hey Krista knew pretty much nothing personally.]

[chocobosnap]

I've seen some! [He blushes darkly.] I'm n-not like that!

[moviemagic]

Really. You get some charmers in some of them.

[She crosses her arms over her chest.]

What are you like then? Tell me, if you asked a girl out what would you do for a first date?