Halloween Masquerade Ball

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Who: The Newcomer Political Party and The Newcomers!
When: October 27th, 7:00pm till Morning Sirens.
Where: The Newcomer Community Center
Summary: Time for some Halloween Masquerade Fun!
Warnings: Anything is possible!

The Community Center has been transformed into a sophisticated autumn dance hall, with bits of Halloween decorations around the room. When the door opens, you find yourself in the hall before the main room, someone ready to take your coat, if you have one, and another ready to give out bracelets. That way no one who shouldn't be drinking won't be able to.



The dance floor is surrounded by a number of small, round tables, each with an elaborate centerpiece of cobwebs. There are lights within the hanging decorations, with draped fabric over the sides, to give it a more close knit feeling. At the head of all the tables is a bar serving free drinks and cocktails to anyone over age. There is also a buffet



And then, of course, there is the dance floor, where people are dancing to the music supplied by two talented DJs, lights blinking and the room ready for everyone to have a good time.



Last call for food is two hours before sirens, and then the last call for drinks is an hour before the party finishes. You might want to be careful when it gets to be that time, though. Around 1:00 am, the party is going to change, due to a series of unfortunate events. You may not be very hungry or thirsty for awhile after.

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Comments

[debtor]

[Impressive sleight of hand, sir.

Well. Okay, it can't hurt. He reaches for one...]

Ah. Thank you...

[maddeninghatter]

[ There's a little flicker in Break's expression, talking about Gilbert. Hopefully Allen is too focused on the candy at present. Misdirection. ]

By the way - how long have you known him, hmmm?

[ He doesn't jerk his hand away, allowing Allen to pick up the caramel worms. Enjoy that wiggling sensation. They're pretty good, apart from that... ]

[debtor]

[He grabs one! But doesn't eat it quite yet.

What's with that face you're making, Mr. Break?]

Gilbert? I met him when I arrived here. That was in July...

[maddeninghatter]

July?

[ He scrabbles in his pocket for another caramel worm, holding the cellophane between the tips of his long fingers. ]

So you'd only known him a month when...

[ ...when Allen had been so upset and so quick to try to save "Gilbert." ]

1/3

[debtor]

[It takes him a moment to figure out what Break's alluding to.

...Oh, right. The prank. Then he frowns, evidently still quite irritated about that whole thing.]

That's right.

[And he'd still have been upset if he'd known Gil for even less time.]

[debtor]

[Though you'll have to excuse him a moment, because he's also taken a second to pop a worm in his mouth.]

3/3

[debtor]

[And then he's busy gagging and spewing caramel chunks at you and your fancy frock coat BECAUSE OH GOD IT MOVES!! GROSSGROSSGROSS]

GUH-!

[maddeninghatter]

Ha! Ha! Ha!

[ He's just going to be gracefully dodging your chunk-blowing, Allen, as he was TOTALLY EXPECTING that! ]

They're good, right?

[ He waggles the second piece of candy enticingly. ]

Want another?

[debtor]

[YOU'VE BETRAYED HIM, BREAK!!! BETRAYED HIM WITH FOOD]

NO! What the hell was that!?

[maddeninghatter]

Caramels! Special for the holiday, or so I'm led to believe.

[ He pops one in his mouth. His eyes widen a little as he chews. Finally he swallows, grinning madly. ]

A little more exciting than regular candy, you know, but that's the fun of it!

[ He puts his hand to his stomach and giggles. Apparently they're still wiggling! ]

[debtor]

[Candy shouldn't do that. Allen looks downright offended.]

That's really disgusting!

[maddeninghatter]

[ Why yes, it's wrong. Very wrong. But since the seal on his mad, mad Chain came undone a couple weeks ago, he's been feeling a bit nuttier than usual. ]

Oh weeeeell~!

[ He waves at Allen; his floppy lace cuffs flutter. ]

I didn't realize you had such de~li~cate sensibilities. ♥

Want to try something else?

[ Is that a dare? It might be! ]

[debtor]

[You should get that looked at.

And while Allen is, by nature, a very competitive fellow who's not above rising to such an obvious challenge... he still has a lingering, wiggling sensation in his mouth. It's very off-putting, you know.

His eyebrow twitches.]

No, thank you...

[maddeninghatter]

Even someone with such an obvious hero complex, hahahaha!

[ He's scrabbling in his pockets for something else. ]

[debtor]

[Haa. His expression turns a bit wry.]

It's nothing like that...

[What are you gonna pull out now...]

[maddeninghatter]

I think it's exactly like that.

Offering to save a relative stranger, without knowing anything about the risks involved...

[ Just a normal hard candy which he... eats himself. CRUNCH! ]

That's a hero, I'd say.

[debtor]

[JERK.

He thinks it's a bit silly, putting his reckless behavior on a pedestal like that. Especially after recent events back home.]

It isn't anything that noble. I'm just a person who's bad at looking past something like that, when it's in front of me.

But I'd had the situation totally wrong, after all, hadn't I?

[It'd just been embarrassing and aggravating, not heroic.]

[maddeninghatter]

Noble? Ha! Ha! Ha! Dear me, that isn't what I meant. Not at all.

[ Now he extracts one of the taffy balloons and blows it up, tying it off expertly. A tap of his hand sends it floating towards Allen. ]

[debtor]

[Allen catches it, eyebrow raised.]

Then what do you think a hero is?

[maddeninghatter]

[ Brightly: ]

A fool~♪

[debtor]

[He makes a face when he realizes what this balloon resembles... and just quietly lets it float away.]

That's quite cynical, isn't it? It's usually a compliment...

[maddeninghatter]

[ Another mad little giggle. He leans down, intending to drape his arm about Allen's shoulders. ]

Come, come. Admit it. That's not the first foolishly heroic thing you've done.

[debtor]

[He allows it, grudgingly...]

I still wouldn't call it that.

But I said, didn't I? The sort of prank you pulled— I'm not somebody who can ignore something like that.

[He's just hardwired to shounen at anybody who might be in danger.]

[maddeninghatter]

[ Forehead poke ]

A fool who cares so little for his own life and safety is definitely a--

Or perhaps...

[ Conspiratorially ]

...you might be stronger than you look.

[ He has ~no clue~ about your clown costume, Allen. ]

[debtor]

[DOES HE LOOK WEAK!?! Were you not impressed, that one time you saw him!! He is so intimidating in this clown costume right now, you are missing out.]

How strong do you think I am...?