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[sicklysweet]

Who: Everyone!
Where: Guild Name's @ home.
When: Vague Approximation of Halloween
What: pardi pardi pardi
Warnings: General party warnings for things like alcohol consumption, but anything specific is up to y'all heathens.





Not many people have entered Guild Name’s @ home before today, which is perhaps understandable given the demeanor of its owner. The few who have will find the @ home entirely redecorated - if you could even say it was decorated in the first place, with how utilitarian everything was before. Maybe Owen’s taken a leaf out of Telophoroi’s book, or he’s really into halloween. Or both. Either way, Sweets Grunty has done a lot of work to essentially redecorate the entire @ home.

The main hall is where most of the action is, with tables set up filled with snacks and drinks. Most of the snacks are small finger foods, and it does seem to heavily lean towards sweeter options, but all of them have a general spooky flair. There are candy apples, cupcakes, finger sandwiches, hand pies, nothing too outrageous. There’s a selection of wine, ciders (both alcoholic and alcohol-free), as well as harder spirits, liqueurs, and juices if people want to craft something stiffer, and coffee and teas for people who want a different sort of buzz. There’s music playing over speakers, but a piano also sits in the hall. You’ll probably want to get permission before you try to play it, though.

There are chairs and tables for people who would rather sit and eat, as well as an open space to serve as a rudimentary dance floor for people who would rather move, but it’s clear the plans for this party were simply “people can do whatever they want”. There’s even tubs of water with apples if people want to go bobbing, and other random party games for people to fuck around with. The world is your oyster, and Owen doesn’t care what people do (which is why PVP is enabled within Guild Name).

The only other rooms that can be entered without asking Owen about it are a bathroom which hasn’t escaped the halloween decorations, and the kitchen which seems to be where Sweets Grunty can be found keeping itself busy.

Comments

[selfconcept]

... A shining pumpkin with arms...?

[ Close enough?? Maybe? Despite Hien's bandaged head, a question mark seems to bounce off it. ]

[sicklysweet]

Arms? Have you never carved a pumpkin before?

[Isn’t he American? What the fuck?]

[selfconcept]

Like... carving out faces on it? I've done that.

[ Like, throw knives at it when he was stressed because pumpkins are always so bountiful in a particular time in the year. That's not really carving though, is it. Maybe he's just always been violent. ]

cw: descriptive gore

And taking out its guts, right?

[sicklysweet]

Then why did you think jack-o-lanterns have arms? Honestly, I don't understand you at all...

[He tuts a bit.]

But yes, faces and guts. At least one would be good.

[selfconcept]

[ ... ... ... ]

They're called jack-o-lanterns?

[ Not all the pumpkins were shining, so Hien just looks confused behind the bandages.

Anyway, he codes a pumpkin with the owo face and holds it out to Owen. ]

[sicklysweet]

[Why that face...]

Are you okay? Did you get hit on the head again?

[He'll take the pumpkin, though, frowning at it and squinting. Did he include a candle?]

[selfconcept]

[ Yes. Several times, in fact. Hien won't say anything to that though... there isn't a candle inside, because he didn't think candles were what made the pumpkins glow, so Hien codes a few more pumpkins with 8D and >o< faces and dims the lights of the practice room for just a moment to show Owen that these pumpkins just kinda... glow on their own. ]

[sicklysweet]

[Owen blinks at all of the pumpkins, feeling more and more confused with each one.]

Uh.

[Hold on, let him pull himself out of his splits and cross his legs.]

I guess these are fine, if a bit strange. Are you sure you’re up to make more decorations?

[selfconcept]

I can make them as long as I'm given direction.

[ It's not that hard to see that Hien lacks in artistic creativity right now... despite how he can draw well. ]

[sicklysweet]

Not what I was asking. What I really meant was: are you feeling alright?

[It's not every day you get Owen to be concerned, but stranger things might have happened in this game.]

[selfconcept]

[ They already established that Owen cares(?) somewhat in their last meeting, so Hien isn't going to repeat that situation again. However. ]

I'm fine.

[ His head always hurts, but that's been the case for several weeks now. Nothing changed, in his opinion. ]

... I know I'm not good at decorating, but seriously. I'm fine.

[sicklysweet]

[(x) doubt]

You don't have to push yourself for my sake. It's just a Halloween party, and it's not like Halloween even matters.

[selfconcept]

[ ............................ ]

I know that I'm very bad in artistic creativity, but I promise you that I am fine. Really. Nothing different than usual.

[ He's starting to get offended?? Please. ]

[sicklysweet]

[Fine. Keep your secrets.]

…Alright.

[He’s not interested in Hien attacking him because he’s gotten pissed off again.]

Well, how about some garlands? That shouldn’t be too hard, right?

[selfconcept]

... What's a garland...

[ All he can think about is Garfield. ]

I don't know things by their name, but if you describe it, I'll know. Probably.

[sicklysweet]

I-

[This is not what he bargained for.]

It’s like - a fancy string of objects or plants you hang up that look nice? So, like… a bat garland would be a string of bats…

[selfconcept]

Oh.

[ He didn't think there was a word for those, but he carefully codes them in. At his feet, Owen will see a neatly packaged white ghost garland made of paper. They make all kinds of faces. Another one is an alternating orange black pumpkin shaped one, also with various faces. Then there's another neat package with a string of bats. ]

How many do you need?

[sicklysweet]

[Picking up the garlands to inspect them.]

Well, they look fine. Maybe about… two more of each type? That might be enough.

[Or it might not be. He’ll hand them over to Sweets Grunty soon and see what it says.]

[selfconcept]

[ With that, Hien easily makes two more of each type and hands them over to Owen. ]

... Do I really have to put fake spiders for decoration?

[ He'd rather kill them... ]

[sicklysweet]

What’s wrong with spiders? They’re festive.

[They’re cute??]

[selfconcept]

Seeing spiders while people eat... don't they lose their appetite?

[ Sometimes you just don't know. ]

[sicklysweet]

It’s Halloween. Things are supposed to be a little spooky, you know? And if they’re obviously fake, people won’t care that much.

[selfconcept]

Should I code the garlands to look like guts, then...

[ Seems like Hien overestimated normal people's tolerance thresholds. ]

[sicklysweet]

Absolutely not. That would be a step too far.

[selfconcept]

[ :kyuuchan_pout: ]

Fine... I'll keep it... normal.

[ The fuck is normal? He has no idea anymore. That said, in addition to garlands, Hien makes some more decorations, like little acrylic stands of little floating ghosties that glow in the dark, toothpicks with little pumpkin characters on the top for food decorations, and a lot more. ]