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

[drehnifusbahi]

Wealth I can acquire for myself easily enough, [says the hakama-clad man with the tiny dragon daemon wrapped around his shoulders like a stole] so I suppose it would have to be love by default.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki briefly squints at the man. ]

Unlimited wealth does not seem like an easy task.

[drehnifusbahi]

I wouldn't call it unlimited quite yet, [he admits.] But if the list of things people are willing to pay me to do for them continues to so heavily outweigh the list of things I need to spend it on...

[dothelokimotion]

I am curious to know what sort of skills you possess that you seem to garner coin so easily.

[ He has his own guesses, but Loki is willing to hear what he says before stabbing in the dark. ]

[drehnifusbahi]

[He smiles a touch wryly as he answers.]

I've perforce become something of an herbalist and alchemist, and those skills are in fairly high demand in Skyrim. As is the ability to perform healing spells, and to enchant weapons and armor - much as most Nords disdain magic otherwise.

[dothelokimotion]

[ Hmm. ]

What form of enchantments can you weave armor and weaponry?

[drehnifusbahi]

On armor? [He starts ticking them off on his fingers.] Resistance against poison and disease, against magical attacks in general or specific kinds. Or things like enchanting boots to make less sound or even no sound, or shields to be more durable or reflect a foe's attacks back at them. Weapons I can enchant to shock, or burn, or paralyze, or to be more effective against certain types of enemies in particular - the undead, for example.

[His tone is level, matter-of-fact. Not boasting, just stating what he knows himself to be capable of.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Useful. Loki has some basic enchantments laced in his weapons, but he has never bothered with poisons. It was frowned upon on Asgard, but Loki was no longer on Asgard, no longer a part of them. Perhaps now was the time to look into new means of protection. ]

Do you still offer such services?

[drehnifusbahi]

[In that, Asgard's culture and Skyrim's aren't so terribly different. But Vanyel, at least, has the benefit of not having been raised in Skyrim, and thus not particularly caring what they think of his methods.]

Yes. Though given the situation here, I've found it easiest for all concerned to take my payments in trade.

[dothelokimotion]

What kind of trade?

[ Loki is used to bartering. And he is no slouch when it comes to creating what he needs. ]

[drehnifusbahi]

[Vanyel's an old hand at it as well, hence the considering look he shoots Loki before answering.] Doesn't seem quite fair to say 'a service for a service' when I've no earthly idea what you can do... [Which may or may not be a roundabout way of asking about Loki's skills in turn.]

So, in lieu of that, I have a list of herbs and other reagents I can always use more of. I'll also take books of any kind, if forestry isn't your strong suit. [In other words: he's both cheap and flexible. There's no reason not to be, when he's honestly got more soul gems than he could ever possibly need, even to recharge his own weapons.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ Loki waves his hand flippantly. ]

I am a full fledged sorcerer. I can travel between realms, shapeshift and cast illusions. To name a few.

[ He may not be as versatile as some of the other mages in video games, but what Loki may (seemingly) lack in repertoire, he more than makes up in power. ]

[drehnifusbahi]

Impressive. [He says, and means it. He's well aware that knowing a few spells well often serves a mage better than only barely knowing a multitude. And short though that list may be, it still implies a fairly varied knowledge base.]

[dothelokimotion]

[ He tilts his head in acknowledgement. ]

Thank you. I have accumulated what I could over the centuries.

[drehnifusbahi]

Centuries? [He repeats, a note of surprise in his voice. Elves and vampires are the only creatures that have those sorts of lifespans, in his own world, and this man is quite clearly neither.] You look fantastic for your age then, I have to say.

[dothelokimotion]

[ A soft chuckle. ]

Gods tend to age well, all things considered.

[drehnifusbahi]

[His brows rise at the word 'gods', but meeting at least one in Eudio leaves him more inclined to believe it. And his gaze flicks over Loki from head to toe even after hearing it because, well... damn, son.]

That would definitely explain it.

[dothelokimotion]

Would nothing else?

[ He noticed that look over. ]

[drehnifusbahi]

Nothing I know of from my own world, certainly. Though I suppose blessings or exceptional genes or some combination of the two aren't out of the question either.

[dothelokimotion]

Not all Gods are blessed with good looks.

[drehnifusbahi]

No, I suppose that would be statistically improbable.

[dothelokimotion]

Statistics have little to do with divinity, I find.

[drehnifusbahi]

You would know better than I would, I'm sure.

[dothelokimotion]

[ He gives an affected shrug. ]

I try not to boast about godhood.

[drehnifusbahi]

I don't imagine gods would have much need to boast, anyway.

[Desire, possibly. But need? Probably not.]