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

[pillz]

[you know, kavinsky already could have guessed that zeke is a lot of man— you only have to look at him, despite his silly flower hood and everything, to know he's a lot of man. but somehow, the little pink slip of tongue is what goes through him, mouth to groin. fun. he always liked them big— bigger than he was, certainly, but just big by universal standards.

so his narrow sly little mouth opens up vulpine, like a fox going for a rooster's jugular, except this is bloodless-- for now. he just sucks up zeke's kiss, greedy and mindless about it.]

[salveo]

[ Joseph's mouth was like a feast for Zeke, steeped with lustful energy that he could lap up just like his tongue stroked towards his tonsils. He was tempted, very tempted, to find some little hide-away to keep going with this, but he tried to rein it in.

Instead, he give Joseph a 'spark' of his power on his lips, a hot tingling left behind which blossomed and threatened to slide to his groin, but stopped around his nipples to give them a reason to perk and tighten. After one more squeeze to his ass, he whispered. ]

Convinced?

tw homophobic language

[pillz]

[since his latest ~breakup~, kavinsky's libido has come and gone. he'd thought initially perhaps that vampirism had fixed it, but he proved to be more like himself than he'd wanted afterward. unhappy dreams, he replaced with ruminations. liquor and reckless driving and shooting guns, he'd replaced with blood and running in the dark, testing the limits of his power.

the incubus' power feels good. it feels like himself— the parts of himself that he's ever cared to acknowledge, anyway. mindless fun, power over people and nightmares and death itself. he likes the rush, he likes the crunch. he opens his eyes when zeke's hand closes on his ass, his tongue poking visibly through the wall of his own cheek, tasting what's left of the older man in his mouth. his stare is focused.] Yeah, [he says.] But if you wanna push me around and call me 'faggot' a couple times, that could be fun too.

[salveo]

Is that what you're into?

[ Zeke asked without an ounce of judgment on his face. In fact, he grinned. ]

That's really kinky, man. If you're up for it, so am I.

[ He had to say he's done weirder stuff in the name of sexual arousal. It definitely was the opposite of what he normally tried to promote: healthy body and healthy mind with a positive outlook and all that but hey... what was a little degradation roleplay? Totally harmless, or so he told himself. ]

Just pick a word if you want me to stop whatever I'm doing to you, something you'd never say in intense circumstances... like marshmallow.

[pillz]

[kavinsky shrugs his shoulders. manages to look kind of demure, instead of uncertain-but-drunk, pretending-careless-when-sad, or just eager-to-forget, which he is. is that what he's into? he thinks he could be. with someone he doesn't know, who doesn't know him. he's a vampire now; he could fight his way out if he had to and--

he barks a laugh, jackal-loud. marshmallow. shit.]

Okay, [he agrees.] Marshmallow. Hey, can you make my fucking nipples go down? Fucking chafes, man.

[salveo]

You're blaming me for how hard your nipples are, beautiful?

[ Granted, it was his fault, but he liked to blame Joseph for it. He reached out to give them both a tweak through his shirt, which made the sensation stop- no, he didn't need to tweak them to do that, it was totally just an excuse to cop a feel. ]

I think that just means you like me.

cw sexual vulgarity, the most pointless warning in the world

[pillz]

[whatever ezekiel is, it seems like a lot of fun. maybe someday the endless good-naturedness will get old, but until then, kavinsky feels pretty good about punching the demon in the arm, his narrow face crinkling with laughter.]

Motherfucker you know what you look like. a sniff. [he needs someone to bite. maybe to fuck, before the night is out. running on an incubus high.] Guess I'll see you around. Don't drain them brown nuts, baby.

end! <3

[salveo]

[ That made Zeke smile, wide and mischievous. The punch felt like nothing and it was downright adorable. ]

I'll save it for when I drain 'em in your tight ass. See you, sexy.