[Event Post] Halloween Haunted Hotel Party at the Equinox

[duelacademynpcs]

::Welcome, welcome to the costume party at the Equinox, which has a quasi Victorian air to it.

The party is located in the front foyer and the main garden grounds of the hotel, with tables of food and drink prepared, and plenty of conversation pieces. People are wandering about in costumes both elaborate and simple.

There's plenty of merry making, you should all gladly talk to one another, but if you're feeling risky, maybe venture into the closed Western Wing of the hotel that is under renovation.

If you're wondering who could afford to rent out the hotel for this nighttime event, it appears to be a group called the Tannhauser Society, which if you look it up, seems to be some generic something or other NGO or Charitable organization.

In the back of the Foyer is a Romanticism style painting of a red-haired maiden in armor with what appears to be Celeb Blade - Death Wild, leading a revolutionary pose. It adds to the antiquity of the building tonight, which adds a bit of a chill.

Otherwise there's general pumpkins, skeletons, bats, cauldrons and the like to add to the Halloween atmosphere.

The host is a cloaked figure with the name tag "Sister Fingers". Probably an elaborate costume.

But feel free to interact, nothing strange will happen tonight.::

Comments

[knowinginthedark]

It's best to take any precaution possible when it comes to something like that. It's got...

Best thing I could describe it as is just a compounding of curses and magic? But it's being kept in the "bottle" that is the dorm itself.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

... Hrm, how it's been explained to me is someone related to my benefactor, who helped me get the job, can make much better use of that compounding cauldron of curses and magic, then letting it stew in the bottle.

Personally I think it should just be shot into the Warp Primordial.

[knowinginthedark]

Ah, the conflicts of people who think such matters can be used "the right way", of course.

Personally, I'm inclined to agree on the latter point, as fascinating the place is.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

The way it was explained to me is less "Tool" and more "Taco".

[knowinginthedark]

"Taco?"

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

A food from Mexico.

Meat and vegetables in a curled bread-based container.

Think of it as an open ended pastry.

::Doing hand motions.::

[knowinginthedark]

Yes, I know what a taco is. I've had tacos before.

I'm just wondering how it relates in this situation.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

I think the idea is to somehow. Eat it. Based on the use of a Taco.

No, I don't know how.

[knowinginthedark]

Oh, wait, I think I get it.

"Don't eat any power source bigger than you", or something like that. I've heard that vaguely before.

It sounds like they think they can handle "eating" whatever is plaguing the dorm and taking it into themselves.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

... That sounds incredibly reckless.

[knowinginthedark]

It certainly does!

Which is why I vote for "casting down into the ever-expanding empty abyss" instead.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

I'll bring it up, but I feel like my benefactor has much bigger plans and she isn't being honest about them.

::Sighs, annoyed.::

[knowinginthedark]

*hangs his head* Well, what can you do about the person signing your checks, as it were?

Hopefully you can present enough well-conceived evidence to say why she shouldn't try to bring in more than necessary into herself.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

... So, what brought you to the party?

::Trying to pop his shoulder a little.::

[knowinginthedark]

Cultural research, actually! I love seeing how different places celebrate different holidays, and part of my own "check signing" ties into me keeping my research up. I'm trying to tell if the presence of non-human entities in the city and surrounding areas have any effect on commonly observed customs!

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

Would a year be enough to shift things yet... or do you mean something else?

[knowinginthedark]

Even a year can have an influence on the local culture, but obviously, it's going to be slight at the moment. I haven't been "around" for so long to have seen the roots forming when it comes to all of this, since I believe the fabrics have been rather thin for quite some time...?

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

Fabrics?

Hrm. I mean, what do you change about Halloween.

... Other than I think that whole 'incident' happened on Halloween.

::Pondering.::

[knowinginthedark]

Yes, it's fascinating how that really all only did just happen last year, but I don't consider that to be counting as a change of customs in itself-- but perhaps a catalyst for customs changing as time goes on.

[forgottenfrozenfloe]

That'll probably require a bit of time, but I do speculate Halloween will be heavily associated with The Uncrowned Queen, yes.