Halloween Party

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Characters: Everyone!
When: October 29th - early evening and on into the night
Where: The Park, southwest quadrant
Rating: Variable!
Summary: Everyone in Paradise received an invitation to a festival in the park at the start of the event, though it's blinking again on their 3STPs to remind them to come. The whole park has been decorated for a party, and while there's fun to be had, danger looms as the hours tick by. This is the night where the monsters come alive, with all afflicted residents losing themselves to their transformations for the next three days. Will your character be on the hunt, or be the hunted?

As the sun touched the horizon, the lights in the park came alive, lanterns in the trees shining brightly against the darkening sky. Though no one was around to light them, the candles in the jack-o-lanterns crackled and burned, their flames dancing in the chilly breeze. Despite the monsters that had been terrorizing the citizens, it seemed the party was still on as a few of the local shopkeepers took their places to man the games, ready for anyone to try their luck at everything from bobbing for apples to pumpkin-carving to pie-eating.

One of the playgrounds had been moved for the evening, replaced with a dance floor surrounded by tables and chairs. There was plenty of room for party-goers to mingle, long tables covered in all kinds of treats and assorted finger foods to keep them company as the night wore on. As for drinks, they were plenty: water, sodas, alcoholic beverages, and even a few concoctions that billowed colored steam from their containers. Those were the special brews, some with fanciful effects on their drinkers while others held only bitter tastes and unpleasant results. The spirit of "trick or treat" was strong in whomever had chosen the drinks for the evening.

Lively music (appropriate for the holiday, of course) set the mood, the lighthearted intent of the party evident. That didn't mean all would stay lighthearted, especially when midnight approached, but there was fun to be had until then, right?

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From:

badtothebonne

When the invitation had arrived at her hangar weeks back along with the costume, Tron had no intention of attending the Halloween party to mingle with the folks of Paradise. None of the residents were close acquaintances of hers meaning she'd spend the entire night of the party off alone in the corner with only her Servbot to converse with. Yet here she was, clearly at the party sipping at a cup of soda in her not-so modest Halloween costume the gods had given her. Tron cursed at herself for making the end choice of coming after all despite her inner protests. She had bigger fish to fry concerning her machines, which had been severely tampered with beyond working condition. Rather than spending time at the party she could be pulling on all nighter to get the Drache and Gustaff back up to working order. But no, here she was keeping to the corners and avoiding mingling (only because she didn't want her costume attracting anymore attention as previously had over the network) with the other guests at the party. Plus there was a main reason for her coming tonight and being here at the party, something long overdue she needed to stand up and admit to.

A huge, and very ugly iron collar was in her hand, her fingers brushing over the smooth metal while her eyes kept tabs on the people mingling about. She was on a lookout for Sissi, whom she hadn't spoken to in weeks since their petty argument. Tron had been furious and generally had had enough of Sissi's constant complaining. As such she had lashed out in anger by insulting her guest. As the weeks went on, Tron's temper had flared down considerably enough for her Servbot to screw up his courage to have a decent talk with his master. Tron listened and took his words to heart. Indeed she hadn't been nice to Sissi by treating her like she had. Despite how Sissi acted, she was Tron's only friend and true ally she could confide with at the moment. Without her brothers, Tron was alone and a girl her age needed the support of others.

In truth Sissi likely didn't come from a world covered by an endless ocean, where life's survival rested on flying in an airship from island to island to dig up Refractors from ancient ruins. Sissi's world probably didn't even have to deal with constant rival sky pirate attacks or coming face to face with deadly Reaverbots underground. Sissi seemed to be a girl who lived the life of luxury rather than a girl who sat out in the field blasting Reaverbots and annoying Diggers named Volnutt to smithereens from the cockpit of a mecha. If Tron was in Sissi's shoes, well sure she wouldn't be able to mingle in an entirely different world either. A culture shock that's for sure.

Tron decided to make it up to Sissi by finishing up the collar in secret. If she could just find Sissi at the party and hand it to her, their friendship could start anew and hopefully start along a better path. Although Tron did admit to her Servbot she shouldn't be the one apologizing for her behavior, but rather Sissi owed her the apology. Whether she liked it or not, Tron was in for a rough night in trying to admit to her wrongs.

In the meantime, she was content at keeping next to the table currently housing the particular drinks. From that vantage point Tron could see most of the layout of the party and wouldn't have to wander around aimlessly for Sissi. It also helped that her costume came equipped with wings, so her form was levitating just above the table. Her Servbot companion in his bat costume was floating upside down near her.

Edited Date: 2012-10-30 03:06 am (UTC)

From:

lyokoprincess

"Hi! Are you new to Paradise too, or were you here before I arrived?"

The question came from a pink-haired girl, who had come to the party mostly to try and get acquainted with the residents. She knew some people, like Odd and Sissi from back home, and she'd met other faces like the boy who called himself James. She'd only been here for over a week but she told herself to take it one step at a time.

Aelita might know of Tron because Sissi had mentioned her once, but that was it. She approached the table with the drinks, feeling pretty thirsty and having learned from past experience as well as movies that aside from the dance floor people mingled and talked near the refreshments table. When she got there, her eyes widened a bit at seeing another girl standing idly by with a...very provocative-looking costume, but she wouldn't mention it. Or, she would try not to mention it much.

From:

badtothebonne

Tron raised her eyebrow at the newcomer who questioned her. She hadn't seen this girl before in her life and couldn't recognize her from the past events in Paradise. Through the Set uprising and the network Aelita's face didn't strike a memory with her. Seeing how Paradise owned many shops perhaps Aelita was one of the keepers in charge of hosting the entertainment to the on going party.

Tron wanted to ignore Aelita in hopes she'd go away, but Sissi hadn't shown up to the party as of yet. Perhaps answering the question and getting a conversation going could kill time up until then. "All depends on when you arrived if I'm new or not. Been here two and a half months, give or take" Tron's smile wasn't that friendly but she stopped her costume's levitation and gently put her feet back onto solid ground to make easier eye contact with Aelita.

From:

lyokoprincess

...Wow. This close to Tron, Aelita almost redacted her earlier claim; the costume was very revealing, but she did her best to answer the question in turn while wishing she'd acquired one of her own.

"Actually, I barely arrived over a week ago and I don't know that much yet. Have you met my friends Sissi and Odd? They came before I did; I'm Aelita - Aelita Stones."

From:

badtothebonne

Another person claiming to be a friend of Sissi. What a small world. With all these friends Tron couldn't comprehend why Sissi couldn't stay with one of them for the time being.

"Sissi? Yeah, she's staying at my living quarters momentarily. Happen to be waiting for her to arrive to this party. As for Odd we've...met." She forgot how Odd had ogled at her costume over the network and quickly shot a glance over her shoulder at the crowds. So far so good, he hadn't made his appearance yet either, and for the better. Last person Tron wanted to meet at the party was him.

"A-anyway, name's Tron. Tron Bonne. Since you know Sissi she probably told you all about me, right?"

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