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

[servomotor]

[And here is the championship trials of trying to figure out what it was Thor might have told him off-screen. The default assumption is still that Loki's fucking with him, of course. God of Mischief, right? Fucking with people is going to be for Loki like respiratory functions are to the average yeast cell. Or, you know. Courting homicidal supervillains, if you happen to be a narcissist with your own set of weird guilt complexes.

In spite of the alcohol, Tony feels his heartbeat kick up a notch. Riding the fear-cadence of reminder. He got past the Acute Stress Disorder symptoms at this point, mostly, plenty of inadvertent exposure therapy, plenty of actual discourse. It took the sting out of the memories, but it still isn't particularly fun to think about.]

A week.

[He doesn't think about what it'll mean, if he is wrong.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki does smile wider now, a crinkle in his eyes, as if he is simply so amused by the guess that he can't quite hold it in. At the very least, it does not seem biting and cruel, mostly a thread of humor that one can't place. Like a joke held at the expense of everyone else and only Loki knows the punchline.

( he knows the truth now and how ironic is that from the god of lies? how ironic, loki laughs as the blood bubbles up in his veins )

Either way, he does not laugh or mock. He does not see the need to. After all, Tony already carries a sliver of that pain. Loki knows it exists. Adding to it seems highly discourteous. His tone is even gentle. ]

Perhaps it was, Stark. Perhaps it was.

[servomotor]

[There's an intimacy to sharing this pain that Tony isn't entirely comfortable with, and maybe it's not just because of Loki, either. Even in telling Bruce of his scandalous misadventures at length, he'd had his own spin to it, finished it up with a bow and somehow managed to put his friend to sleep. Pepper had had to squeeze tidbits out of him like burping a baby, because he didn't want to spend more time in the doghouse for eating without her on date night.

He's not supposed to have anything in common with Loki dated anything more recent than the inception of Operation Enduring Freedom.]

So you can't die from suffocation or deep space radiation. Thanks for the tip. I'll have to keep that in mind, next time you lose it and try to end the local population plus-minus fascism. [His voice is light.] Appreciate it if you try something different on me, too.

[dothelokimotion]

[ The lights flicker around them, casting shadows over faces but Loki's gaze is still a steady cool green. He no longer has the lean angry look that he possessed in New York, though the hallmarks of it still lingered in his face. Like a creature stitched together but has finally felt out the seams and started mending them. None of them makes him better. If anything, it makes him more dangerous, more self-aware. The Loki in New York was a driven, ambitious thing, hunted and wane.

The Loki of now has no more strings. His teeth flash boldly. ]

Is that a request? Very well, Stark. Next time, I'll make it quick. Will that suffice?

[servomotor]

[Their song is winding down now. You can tell because the lulls between the woman's voice and the pulsing instrumental are growing longer, a subtle way of slowing down. He could have left at any time, but it's not until this moment that it occurs to Tony that this is over. Any tactical benefit, information-gathering, or possibly, masochistic undertaking-- it's coming to a close.

Yes, he can tell. That Loki's different now.]

Appreciate it. And you should look into a gel-based serum. For the newer, less manic you. [And then he removes his armored hands from Loki's waist.]

[dothelokimotion]

I will consider it.

[ He steps back into the shadows with a jaunt wave of his hand before vanishing. Loki always did like a grand exit as much as a grand entrance. ]