cycleofages | EVENT 3 - HALLOWEEN TROUBLE

Who; EVERYONE!
What; Airy has invited everyone to a Halloween Party.
Where; Cafeteria & Recreation Room
When; October 27th - 31st
Warnings; Horror.

Airy had sent out a video on the 15th of October inviting everyone to a Halloween Party. She'd also plan to set up activities for people who wanted to get into the Halloween spirit. Most of the decorations would be hand made and a day or two before. A few people mentioned that they wanted to help so Airy made sure to send out text with dates and locations of decoration projects. As Halloween neared people will notice orange, purple and black streamers lining the halls. The children were running around in masks even though it wasn't Halloween yet and the tension in HQ had begun to relax as the excitement of the holiday approached.

Those who arrive at the Cafeteria the day of the part will see that it's been completely transformed. There was food and drinks laid out near the kitchen with a drink and candy stations in the opposite corner of the room. The walls were covered in streamers and those who carved pumpkins will see them on a hay display. Some of the tables have been pushed out of the way and there was music softly playing through the room. There were people in all sorts of costumes and some who had decided not to dress up. There were games against the left wall such as bobbing for apples and a Velcro web where you had to toss the spider and make it stick as close to the center as possible. There were little prizes that could be won but all were stuffed animals and all were Halloween themed.

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[10:00PM isn't exactly the witching hour, is it? There's a commotion near the apple bob setup around this time, though, that quickly pales in importance as the lights go out all at once, then begin to flicker in a menacing fashion. All the doorways burst open at once in the gloom, but something isn't right. There are several screams from the party attendees, some of them may even be yours.

With the exits open, the crowd seems at once to decide make for the exits, but escaping into the rest of HQ isn't as easy as it sounds. Other things have appeared in the shuddering darkness, things you didn't know existed, or things that only existed in nightmares...or on the silver screen. You may encounter a giggling, sociopathic doll, scampering about with a glinting knife and a thirst for your blood. Others may find themselves face to face with a seemingly invincible demon that it may be wiser to hide from than to face. Scattered around HQ, you can find aliens, homicidal clowns, a few undead homicidal maniacs, and maybe even an indoor-sized marshmallow man or two. Basically, if it's a monster from a movie or a video game, somehow, it's found it's way into HQ and you need to survive.

At Midnight, no earlier, no later, these attackers seem to disintegrate, the lights return to normal as though nothing has happened. What did happen, anyway? In all the chaos, you might have heard mention of something happening to Airy again, but it was nuts there for a bit. Who knows?]

Edited 2016-10-27 19:31 (UTC)

[Grace eventually finds herself falling asleep in between the hay bails with brightly lit pumpkins on either side of her. The loud crash shakes her awake in a panicked start. Her heart is pounding and the darkness of the room only causes her panic to rise. She can see the lights of the pumpkins around her and then a few small lights of those around the room.

There's screaming but she doesn't know what's going on. A small figure steps towards her and as it moves into the light of the lanterns what looks like a doll comes into view. Grace pushes at the floor to move away from the puppet but slips on the hay scattered around her and falls face first into the floor. She screams as the doll plunges a knife into her forearm. Tears gather in her eyes as she pulls her arm away, dragging the knife down her forearm but freeing herself from the dolls grip. She scrabbles backwards, swinging her feet in front of her and kicks herself back against the wall.

Her heel slams at one of the pumpkins and the candle light spills onto the puppet setting it on fire. Grace looks around frantically while cradling her arm against her chest. She feels a sticky wetness against her chest and then the warmth that spills from her open wound. Her skin feels like it's been touched by fire and each new sensation of pain only serves to overwhelm her fragile senses. She cries out feeling her tears streak down her cheeks.]

Papa! Please Papa! Help me.

[It's just a bad dream. Please let this all be a dream.]

And that is when Harry skids in, having destroyed a thing or two, his clothing tattered and ash on his face. He sees her, there, and crying out, and he remembers...

A flash of green, and a scream, and a laugh...</I. Before he can even think, his wand snaps down and a blast of water, like a firehose on crack slams into the doll, and the surrounding fire, as Harry snaps off a hex to send it flying. He moves to Grace. "Grace! I'm here." He steps between her and the mess, and keeps looking around, even as he crouches to get closer to Grace, and protect her fully.

[Grace closes her eyes when she sees Harry coming to her aid. She's frantic and as he steps closer she buries her face into the back of his shirt. Her one arm stays against her stomach while the other grabs onto Harry's side.]

What's happening? I want to wake up now. Please can I wake up!?

[She continues to cry unsure what to do or what's happened.]

[Harry grimaced as he sent curses and hexes into the creature, sending it tumbling away.] I don't know. But i don't think this is a nightmare.

[he swore as he saw more things, and shook his head, then scooped her up fully in one arm, glad, very glad, he had become far stronger than he looked.] We need to fall back.

[Holding her close, he retreated toward where he had last seen others, a veritable storm of magic shooting from his wand as he bent his mind to protecting them. ]

[Grace saw only flashes of light as Harry proceeded to move her. Her arm ached and it felt as if time slowed to a crawl.]

Where are we going?

[Despite her best efforts her voice sounded frantic and nervous.]

To where the others were, to see if we can regroup with some of them. Failing that, back to my room, where I can guard you.

[He would be afraid for Hermione, too, but he had to protect Grace. It was the right thing to do.]

[Grace nods her head though the movement is ridged and scared.]

C-can't we call them?

[She tries to pull at her costume but her phone is lost in the chaos, having been put in her basket earlier that evening.]

It's so far and dark... can we make it there?

EVENT 3 - HALLOWEEN TROUBLE

OCTOBER 31ST - (After 10pm) Chaos

Grace - Open

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