I see trouble on the way.

[lacquers]

Characters: Everyone! Yes, you too!
Summary: Mandy's Masquerade hosts a fantastic Halloween party with a costume contest, some very special cocktails, and a few other surprises.
Date(s): Late in the month of October.
Warnings/Notes: Please mark any threads that need content warnings.

Mandy's is looking a bit festive this evening. Arrayed with spiderwebs, pumpkins, and other ghoulish decorations, the interior resembles a spooky haunted house. Spooky, not scary! Everyone's invited to stop by and celebrate All Hallow's Eve with spirited drinks, excellent company, and a lot of that Magnus flair.

You can loosen up on the dance floor to Monster Mash, Thriller, Dead Man's Party, or maybe something from this list. The spooky sky's the limit! Visit the bar for one of several special drinks you won't soon forget. You can also sample some tasty and holiday-appropriate baked goods, courtesy of the other Mr. Lightwood-Bane. Finally, stop by the table with the MAGIC 8 BALL to learn a little more about your fellow partygoers.

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Potions.
drink list

Siren Song
If you're a little tone-deaf, don't fret. This drink will turn you into a master at serenading. It won't actually give you the ability to influence anyone via magical means, but maybe if your song choice is apt, you'll woo someone either way!

Firework!
A drink that comes with a portable fireworks show hovering over its surface. Drinking it will give you the sensation of ingesting liquid pop-rocks.

Blacklight
Does what it says on the tin and makes the drinker glow under a black light. It's also kind of sour.

Frankenstein's Monster
This drink is quite shocking. Not dangerously so, but when you drink it, you'll have the impression of getting a tingling little jolt of electricity down your spine. It's aliiiiive.

To Be or Not To Be (A Daemon)
Drink this and you will find you've been magically swapped with your daemon. It only lasts ten minutes, but hey! You'll get to see how the other half lives. A note: you won't inherit one another's abilities!

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Who Wore It Best?
costume contest

Congratulations to our costume contest winners!

In first place for individual costumes...

Rafa wins for his devilish costume and he'll be awarded 2 potions: the first of which will up his luck stat, granting him good fortune in an endeavor (it says "Deal with the Devil" on the bottle) and the second will up his persuasion stat, helping him to be more successful in an argument (it says "The Devil's Advocate" on the bottle).

In second place for individual costumes...

Nico plunders the second place spot and will be given a treasure chest full of chocolates that are rum flavored. Careful, they pack a bit of a punch and when consumed, they'll make whoever eats them feel especially happy. No sad drunks here!

In third place for individual costumes...

Zeke and his amazingly sunny costume are in third and he wins a sunflower plant that will never cease to bloom and seems to have a bit of a glow about it. Plus, perpetual supply of sunflower seeds?

In first place for couples costumes...

Magnus and Alec came first for their portrayal of... each other... and they win a pair of seemingly mundane t-shirts that say "Bennet" and "Darcy" on them. What's that about?

In second place for couples costumes...

Vex and Kenzi delighted with their take on the Addams' family patriarch and matriarch and won second place. As a prize, Kenzi will be given a shampoo and conditioner set that seems pretty innocuous until you check out the writing on the bottles: 'Have YOU ever wanted hair like Cousin Itt? Are you ever in luck!' Just a small amount will make her locks lustrous and smooth. Vex will be given a very lifelike and animated hand in a box.

In third place for couples costumes...

Rose and Kaz were drop dead gorgeous in their mafia-inspired garb. As prizes, they will receive the following: for Rose, a pair of magical die that make music when thrown, and for Kaz, a set of playing cards that are intricately illustrated with astonishing art that seems to move. Watch out for the face cards, they get very opinionated about your playing. They both also receive a chip that can be relinquished to Magnus for a small magical favor.

Comments

[smileslie]

In theory, I think the paperwork where I'm from is meant to keep people from entering into a union on a whim. In practice it just makes it harder to part ways when things get bad.

['bad' is an understatement, but she doesn't want to start airing the dirty laundry the whole world saw here, and not just becuase she's not sure how much Era would understand of just why she had to leave.

She does chuckle a little at the next comment, though]

Fair enough. Although I don't recognize where your lovely getup is from. Home is a few decades earlier than a lot of people here, so it might be something I haven't seen yet.

[astralera]

That sounds unnecessarily complicated.

[ As if traveling the realm and receiving blessings from the deities of her world is any less complicated. Though if Mandy had been suffering abuse at the hands of her husband Era were certainly understand the need to leave - she has aided enough women in distress to know how they can suffer at the hands of men.

Her expression brightens at the idea of being able to share relevant with Mandy instead of it always being the other way around - ]

The Lord of the Rings was a trilogy of movies that Rose introduced me to. Aymeric and I both found them enjoyable, and not solely because the setting is reminiscent of our home.

[smileslie]

It really is. There's a reason I never intend to do it again.

[it's hard to get too salty when Era lights up, though. That's part of the reason she's living with Arthur, she knows she's needed someone to balance out her bitterness for awhile. She blinks a couple times, then laughs]

Wow. They made films? I read those books just a short while after I moved to London. [which makes her feel old for a second, becuase they were still pretty new then] I can't imagine how they'd trim them down into something a person could comfortably sit through, but I guess considering some of the art films I've seen it's not out of the realm of possiblity.

[there are things that even a great deal of illegal substances can't make her forget seeing, as much as she'd like to. That's one thing she deinfitely envies Era for]

[astralera]

They did - three films of approximately three hours each. There were also three films of the prequel, The Hobbit of comparable length. Aymeric and I made costumes inspired by Thranduil and Galadriel respectively, though I would have been better suited to someone such as the shieldmaiden Éowyn.

[ or a Hobbit, as she has originally planned. given her height - or lack thereof - she feels odd dressing as something meant to be more similar to an Elezen. ]

Unsurprisingly, Aymeric fit the role of an elf king rather well.