One Night Only

[edge_of_nothing]

Who: OPEN TO EVERYONE because of Julian
When: October 30th, 2012
Where: The Xino E. Mao Corp building
Summary: MASQUERAAADE: A costume party of the swanky kind! Yay!
Warnings: None...?
Notes: Forward-dating so there's more time to tag in. Action and prose are both okay! ALSO: tag yourself in on the log!

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Halloween doesn't just belong to the young and young-at-heart. Candy isn't hard to come by. So why not spend some time partying it up?

Thanks to a mistake and Network spam sent via Julian, Xino E. Mao has been dressed up for precisely that line of thinking. Thanks to Xigbar's quick fixes (i.e. connections and a few spells for the occasion), the rooms reserved for special events have been opened up for the masquerade. Yes, masquerade. All are expected to dress in costumes that aren't corny.

The lighting is dim, overlaying fitting decorations which fulfill the eerie ambiance necessary for such a Hallowed Night. These are far from cheesy store-bought decorations, of course. It's stylish and...alive. Why yes, those are Heartless Shadows creeping along the walls.

Don't get too caught up staring at the details – the details will stare back at you.

To all who enter here: enjoy.

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Comments

[phazeandblood]

[He wasn't expecting the compliment, a bit taken off guard by it and distracting himself by glancing back over at the creepy wall shadows. That quickly becomes just as unsettling as it was before so he instead turns to watch the other people dancing. No, it was just a casual statement and nothing more than that and there's no reason to feel pleased by it.

But he totally is.]

I figured this one called for a little more effort than the last. Not to mention the other was a last minute deal I hadn't really thought through.

[renaissance_ninja]

[Dirk took note of Karkat's body language and he decided it was probably best if he refrained from too many compliments, maybe it was insensitive? Maybe it was one of those culture differences? You don't just go around complimenting aliens or something.]

You noticed them too huh? They ain't normal, not in a long shot.

[Walking over to step closer to the troll, nodding up at the direction of those shadows.]

[phazeandblood]

[Despite his personal bubble, it's actually a bit more comforting to have Dirk step closer like that. Like being closer to an ally in the middle of a battle when you know you're surrounded by the enemy.

Which he's getting the feeling is a lot more likely than initially thought but fuck if he was going to let that ruin his time here.]

Kind of fucking hard not to. Trolls are made to see at night, and those are not shadows.

[renaissance_ninja]

They look a lot like some other strain of that beast, Dave is trying to track down. Hm...

[All said cautiously as he carefully looked around. Being sure no one was listening in on him talk like that. Dirk turned his attention back to Karkat, deciding that acting normal was the best thing to do. Or at least use it as a cover.]

Shall we?

[He asked, then turned a look at the dance floor.]

[phazeandblood]

Either less violent or less stupid.

[The question catches him off guard though, unsure on so many levels.]

Dirk, I don't know about you but I don't know the first fucking thing about dancing and I'll make an ass out of myself.

[But it's not really a no, because part of him feels that it's not a real ball without some dancing going on. He's just not sure if he should pull Dirk down to his level of possible humiliation.]

[renaissance_ninja]

Then just leave it all to me.

[Dirk did a few moves as he walked out into a more centre space on the floor, his fingers hooked under Karkat's fingers to lightly drag him along onto the dance floor.

Dirk paused a moment, nodding his head and tapping his foot to get a feel of the beat. It didn't matter what kind of music it was, Strider's had the ability to bring their own flavour of dance to any style of music.

-And away he went. Dancing around the troll like he was Hilty and Bosch combined.]