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

B, ish

[estrayer]

[ Jace's time at parties is usually spent around the bar, or in a booth with drinks already in front of him. Dancing and costumes? That's not usually his style. If it had been his style, he probably still wouldn't have dressed like this - and not just because the name 'Nightwing' really doesn't mean anything to him. Tonight, though, he's been all too happy to follow Clary's lead. She wants matching costumes, she gets matching costumes. She wants Jace on the dance floor, she gets...

Well, she gets him in her arms, at least, and distracting her with kisses. His drink of choice has involved fireworks, tonight, so the taste of them will still be on his tongue. He smiles as they break, and touches his nose to hers. ]

We could just do this all night. I wouldn't mind, I'm not that friendly anyway.

[ With other people, he means. Also, he's probably going to try and reclaim her whenever she goes to dance with other people. What? He's waited for this moment long enough, okay? ]

[creatio]

( She is very touched by his costuming sacrifice, he has earnt many a brownie point in his favour and can redeem that at a future ( and non deadly ) time.

For now she's too busy letting him kiss her, the two of them entwined on the very edge of the dance floor, his smile pressed into the curve of her neck and Clary's hands against his hips. ) Dance? ( There's a laugh in the question, something lyrical as she shifts to catch his mouth and press the lightest of kisses to it. ) Because I don't think that's really what we're doing.

( Swaying, yes. It doesn't matter to her though, she's enjoying this far more than actual dancing. )

We'd have to go home at some point, otherwise we're definitely overstaying our welcome. ( Then, innocently. ) And this costume is tricky, you know? I might need your help getting out of it. So I thought maybe I could come home with you. Somewhere private.

( Like she's stayed anywhere else, recently. But don't be fooled by her fluttering eyelashes and sweet smile, Herondale. )

[estrayer]

[ It’s a totally unnecessary question. Can she come home with him. She’s been home with him, almost every minute since they got back to this world. Jace hasn’t complained about a single second of it. He can’t get enough of her. He’s been in love with her for so long, it felt like there would never be anything more than that. Unrequited feelings and the memory of what might have been, and never got the chance to be.

Now they have a chance, and it’s literally the only chance they’re ever going to have. For Jace, there is no world outside this one. No home to go back to, and no hope of a future with the woman he loves, unless somehow they can make it here.

And why shouldn’t they? Why do they always need to be denied everything? Jace isn’t in the mood to deny Clary anything at all. ]

Well, I can’t have you struggling by yourself. [ He says, playing along. ] But I have a lot of space, and I had no other plans tonight, so. I guess it’s just you and me. Doing more of this.

[ He tilts his head in, kissing at her neck and nudging his nose against her jaw. His hands tighten on her hips, pulling her a little closer against him. This is probably not the kind of thing Magnus would want to be going on at his party, but right now Jace doesn’t care. He’s getting lost in the moment. He starts to kiss his way along Clary’s neck, rising up towards her ear. ]

[creatio]

( High Warlock, who?

The noise she makes is lost to the music around them, a single pleased note in a cacophony of sound. Clary's own hands move, press up his back and then shift so that she can lock them around the slope of his neck, her fingers knitted together to keep the two of them in place. When she moves it's only to bare more of her skin to his questing mouth, nose crinkling when it tickles. )

Mm. ( "I guess." She leans back a little to smile at him, eyes bright and mischievous, her cheeks warm. )

Hey. ( She loves him. It's in the curve of her mouth and the depth of her eyes and in the way her eyelashes move as she takes him in. It's an impossible thing to contain. ) I'm really glad you came here with me.

( To the party. To Xistentia. To whatever ends of the earth he has to follow her to. It doesn't matter which, they're all true. )