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

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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[ 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!

[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.]

[ They were, and piglets were too, but Usagi didn't think about those sorts of things a lot - like most people.

She nodded: ]

I guess that makes sense. It'd be weird if your planet had little versions of you guys walking around who couldn't talk.

[ Usagi carefully does not even think about Luna and other talking cats, or the planet they came from.

Instead, she looked excited at the prospect of food, and sighed happily. ]

Oh! That sounds really good! I can't wait to try it.

Do you need me to make anything and bring it over?

[ That's what a good guest did, right?

~~Dray. Say no. For your own good. You'll be better off if Usagi doesn't cook for you.~~ ]

[ Understandable. Dray's species is more animalistic than anything, hence his behavior.

He has to laugh at Usagi's answer, sorry girl.]

Yes, that would be really odd. Our babies don't start talking until the fourth month or so. Do you have children?

[Usagi still looks fairly young but you never know with those things. Dray himself had the first twins when he was 16 years old.]

You don't have to, really, you'll be my guest. Don't worry about anything.

[~~His own sense of hospitality saved them all, bless.~~]

Eehh, me, with kids? Ahahaha. I'm not even - I'm only just engaged - I can't -

[ Congrats, Dray, Usagi was flustered and embarrassed and blushing as deeply as a tomato.

Must be because of her sweet, innocent nature.

~~And not because she knows she has a daughter in the future and isn't sure how to answer the question without giving secrets away~~ ]

Oh! Engaged. To whom? Are they at the party too?

[Dray love weddings, okay. He hasn't seen one in years. He doubts humans weddings are anything like Eidions one but weddings are always wonderful events.]

Oh! His name is Mamoru Chiba, and he is really the best and -

... and ...

[ Usagi's face falls a bit. She wants not to think about it. She keeps reminding herself that this isn't like before - Mamoru was at home, alive and well, not dead, not dead, not dead and -

She bites her lip, swallows.

Then, she gives Dray a smile. ]

... and Mamo-chan isn't here, but. That means he's at home, and he's okay!

Oh [Dray might not have to know Usagi for long but it's easy to tell this is a bit of a sore subject.

His ears drop slightly and he moves closer to put a hand on her arm and give it a light squeeze.]

It's okay. He might show up here or you will find a way back, I'm sure.

[ Usagi laughs, trying to play it off, but she does really appreciate Dray trying to comfort her. But she still gives him a wider smile, trying to be more convincing. ]

Yeah! I'm sure we can work hard to find a way back for everyone, if they want it!

And, if he does come here, that'll only be more help! We'll get everyone back in no time.

[Usagi, smiling to avoid talking about problems or hiding your pain is something Dray had mastered down to an art. But because of that, he understands when not to press the issue. ]

Yes, I'm sure that one way or the other all will go well. [Dray looked at the ballroom, then back at Usagi.] Would you like to dance for a bit?

[ooc: Do you mind if we start wrapping this up/end it like this? :3 seems a nice way to finish the thread.]

[ Usagi's smile this time is much more genuine. ]

Oh, let's! That's a great idea!

[ And she bounds off towards the dance floor, certain Dray will follow. ]

(( OOC: not at all! let's leave them here - it's a cute way to finish it. :D ))

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

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