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

[hasitsthorns]

[ Everyone has bad nights. ]

Well, I mean, it could also be the magic. Might not sit well with some people? I still puke nearly every time I portal somewhere.

[ Rose considers for a moment how strange her life is that 'portal somewhere' is used as almost common vernacular. It's true though. This is her fourth world and even in-between, her best friend Magnus uses portals to get to and fro occasionally. ]

Don't sweat it though. Happy to help, really.

[rootaccess]

Could be. There isn't much magic where I come from. Unless you count David Blaine, or Cris Angel, or any of the hundreds of guys out in Vegas.

[ Darlene pauses, as though considering whether or not she's going to start blowing chunks again.

She feels safe for now. Everything stays down. ]

'Portal somewhere'? Is that a common thing that happens.

[hasitsthorns]

[ Ah, yes, the media 'magicians' that people were so dazzled by. It made her laugh, honestly, to think of actual mages like Feldspar and how they found the whole thing so distasteful... ]

Not quite the same, nah. But we got those kind of guys too where I'm from!

And it's common enough. I got a friend who makes 'em for me when we do stuff together so.

[rootaccess]

[ Patting the floor around her, Darlene eventually finds the bottle of water she'd been nursing and takes a swig from it, trying to rinse the vomit flavor out of her mouth -- and maybe more importantly, rehydrate herself. ]

They're bullshit anyway. Smoke and mirrors, sleight of hand. "Magic" [ She lifts both her hands to make quick air quotes. ]

Portaling places sounds like it's a hell of a lot more convenient than taking the train places. [ Darlene gives a quick snort of laughter, taking another drink from her bottle of water. ] Probably a hell of a lot more reliable, too, right?

[hasitsthorns]

[ To be fair to Darlene, alcohol aftertaste is like the absolute worst. Rose can't blame her at all if she was only using that water to rinse away the leftover tinge of shame on her tongue. The blond had been there herself during the fair when Alec and Magnus tried to get her to drink something that wasn't ]

Yeah, that ain't magic. Not the true stuff, but... lotta' people don't even know the real stuff is out there so.

[ They can't appreciate what's kept secret from them and all. Of course, seeing the way mortals tend to react to the unknown has understandably left the people of her world at least a bit hesitant to share but they know. ]

Sort of! They can be dangerous, I guess. Like, if the person doesn't know where they're portaling to you can just get... lost. In the in-between, maybe. I don't actually know how it all works.