EVENT ➜ COSTUME BALL TAKE THREE

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2SPOOKY, MUCH TERROR
➜ If this event looks familiar, it should! It's almost the same thing we did last Halloween and the Halloween before with some added stuff thrown in. Most of this will be copy pasted from last years post, but look out for the new stuff!

➜ Part of Halloween is not only trying to scare the piss out of someone, it's also about dressing up, getting your drink on, and eating a shit load of candy and other confections that you'll regret in the morning. Since the last rounds of events have been pretty stressful, here's your chance to just relax and live it up. But honestly it wouldn't be a true event if there wasn't a chance to get something back.

➜ On the night of the 31st of October at 7 PM CST the log for the party will go up. The specifics you ask? Well, since it is a party, here's your invitation specifics:

WHERE: The 4 school's main gym, just like all good parties
WHEN: October 31st, 7 PM CST - November 1st 4 AM CST
WHAT: Halloween Costume Ball
HOW: Driving your happy hiney down there, man
WHO: Everyone and their skeleton (yeah it sounds strange now, but there'll be more on that later)
OTHER: Please bring food, costumes are optional, but please dress formally.

➜ Because it's held in a school, it's going to be geared for a younger crowd, but every party needs chaperones, meaning adults are welcome and will be treated with liquor and whatever else your heart desires. Decorations, food, and all that jazz are left up to the mind of the players, but it's too be assumed that there is music playing, lots of food, balloons and cobwebs, and all that good Party City junk strewn everywhere. The type of decorations, the type of music, and the type of food will be up to the players discretion. Keep in mind that the Landlord typically knows what kind of stuff you're into, so expect a plethora of cultures and styles of food/music/etc included.

➜ Costumes aren't necessary, but would make the event more festive! Catfights over wearing the same costume are welcome and encouraged. This year, wearing a costume will get you an advantage when it comes to a certain category of a certain competition.

SO ABOUT THOSE SKELETONS...

➜ Those who were here last year will remember that on the 7th, there was a certain setting change that involved decorations in relation to Halloween everywhere. This year, this will happen on the 13th.

➜ The 2SPOOKY part of the event is thus. The same time you get your invitation? The same time your skeleton comes to life. Don't be alarmed, though, fair residents! The skeleton won't do you any harm, and will actually just act like it lives with you. They have access to your house without keys, have a penchant for taking long baths and using all the hot water, and hiding in the food cupboard. However, trying to shove them out or antagonizing them in any way will make them, for lack of a better term, come at you. The good news for you is that the skeletons can't leave your yard. Also, removing the skeletons will result in another one popping up, creating two skeletons. If this is the case for your house, this goes for however many skeletons you have.

➜ But what on earth does this have to do with the costume party? Because if you decide to go, this is the only time your skeleton can leave your yard and house space because guess what, it is going with you, come hell or high water. So basically, your party is going to be 2/3 residents, 1/3 skeletons knocking stuff over, eating stuff (aka putting it in their mouth and having it fall through their rib cages), and just causing a big scene.

➜ In this same vein, the bats too will come to life. They will of course be rubber so there is no need for concerns about horrible guano everywhere, but this also means they aren't nocturnal and fly about all the time, get into your food, and generally make your life hell. Naturally, the outside hanging bats will just be outside doing pretty much the same thing. Attacking people, hiding in mailboxes, making horrible noises constantly. You're welcome. There will be some bats at the party.

➜ This will be new to the 3rd Halloween cycle. In accompaniment with the bats and skeletons, the NPCs during this time will become, well, undead. It may not be a big inconvenience on the zombification front: don't worry, you don't need to go into survival mode and fear infection.They will simply be very traditionally zombified. Typically, they will just be roaming around, doing stupid zombie things. Trying to get into your cars, coming into your house for no reason and falling apart in the living room, getting stuck in a bush. They're more comical than scary, honestly.

BUT WAIT, HERE'S THE BEST PART

➜ The best way to think about this dance is a Halloween Prom. The way to get your items back is pretty simple: you have to be elected Ball Royalty:

BALL PRINCE: The title for the elected male in a child slot. ( PRIZE: a crown, a sceptre, a sash, a regain of their choice )

BALL PRINCESS: The title for the elected female in a child slot. ( PRIZE: a tiara, a sceptre, a sash, a regain of their choice )

BALL QUEEN: The title for the elected female in a spouse slot. ( PRIZE: a tiara, a sceptre, a sash, a regain of their choice )

BALL KING: The title for the elected male in a spouse slot. ( PRIZE: a crown, a sceptre, a sash, a regain of their choice )

COURT JESTER: This is the joke title, but still gets prizes. Nominate anyone for this. ( PRIZE: $1000 cash, a jesters hat (halloween coloured) )

BEST COUPLE: Each person in the couple will receive the prize; this can be two people who are together/are almost together, or two just random people you want to just crack ship the hell out of. ( PRIZE: $1000 cash each, sashes for each person)

BEST COSTUME: The title for the best costume at the party. Only self nominations. ( PRIZE: $1000 cash, a sash)

➜ Nominations for the first round will take place in the threads below. You may nominate your own characters, other people's characters (with or without permission because it's Halloween, time for tricks and treats), and you can nominate the same character for two categories. FOR EXAMPLE if you'd like to nominate X and Y for Best Couple, but also nominate Y for Court Jester and X for Ball Prince, then that's perfectly okay. Only one title per person, however.

➜ If you won last year (ie Hong Kong/Minako for couple and Kaede Kaburagi for costume since they are the only remaining winners from last year) you may not be nominated for that category again. So there will be no returning champions. You can, though, be nominated for a new category and win that one!

➜ From each nomination pool, there will be a randomized drawing of six names so as to keep it fair (for instance, if things were on a seconded, thirded, fourthed, etc basis, then it would be likely that casts and friend groups would have a bigger power over those with smaller in game friend bases and lone canon warriors). From those six, a poll will be put up on the night of the dance. How long the poll will run has yet to be determined, but at the end of the poll period, those in the lead will win the titles and the ability to get an item. Also, voting for yourself is okay if it's IC and voting for characters your friends play is fine if it's IC. Try to keep this to an IC popularity contest and not an OOC popularity contest. Keeping the voting IC will dispel this. Also, they don't have to vote if they don't want to.

➜ Nominations will be OOC, but voting will be ICly decided. For instance if you play Character A and you want to nominate Character B and T and G, then go right ahead. But as Character A, if you are more in character to vote for C than for T or S, then vote for C. Nominations are what the player would like, voting is what the character would like. ICly, also, a voting box will be at the door to the gym on the night of the party.

➜ Characters will not know they've been nominated until the night of the party. There will be no IC interaction with this until the day that voting will take place.

➜ Also, the Landlord will have a gift for each resident that can be received at the party.

➜ Any and all questions can be addressed in the thread here. For any confusion on how to nominate people, just go here to see an example of how to do it. Plotting and etc can take place on the post as well. Shortly after this event, 4th wall info will be put up! Invitations will be sent out for this on the 23rd (meaning this is when your decorations will come to life too)!

➜ What happens in your house after the party, probably won't stay in your house after the party.

Comments

NOMINATIONS

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(frozen comment) BALL PRINCE

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[bauhinia]

Jaws! I mean, Rin Matsuoka, please.

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[hoasen]

Following the above with Makoto Tachibana! Just look at him.

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[witchplz]

prez
for once let his dream come true

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tamaki suoh

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[dreah]

Gokudera Hayato

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[vintage_magic]

Eagle

And hopefully, he won't really die of embarrassment...

(frozen comment) BALL PRINCESS

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(frozen comment) Re: BALL PRINCESS

[honcho]

rahzel anadis
also hisami hishishii

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[hoasen]

Kaede Kaburagi! She ice skates like a princess.

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[reloves]

erina nakiri!!!

(frozen comment) Re: BALL PRINCESS

[honcho]

don't forget veronica either

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hoshizora miyuki

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[symphonise]

ryuko matoi

(frozen comment) BALL QUEEN

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(frozen comment) BALL KING

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(frozen comment) COURT JESTER

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(frozen comment) BEST COUPLE

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(frozen comment) BEST COSTUME

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QUESTIONS

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Re: QUESTIONS

[coldiceflower]

are there any consequences for killing the npcs while they're in zombie state?

Re: QUESTIONS

[adoringdaddy]

another question; are there a limit to how many skeletons a person can have, if they, say, increase them on purpose?

[vintage_magic]

How does the Best Costume category work? Should a costume be submitted with the nomination? Or does it need to be submitted at some point before voting starts? Or do we just describe what our characters are wearing when the ball log goes up? Wondering because I'd like to enter my character but haven't decided on her costume yet.

[vintage_magic]

Plotting stuff... I just submitted info for a shop for Lily last night. It'll be called The Witch's Wardrobe and like her canon shop it'll carry vintage clothes as well as some costume items. But more of the latter than usual with Halloween being this month!

I'm planning either a post including action options or an open log about it within the next several days. So, if any characters want retro/historically based costumes, there will be a chance to play out choosing costumes from there!