ROUND 4 DAY 4 - HAUNTED HOUSE PARTY

[snackcakeordeath]

[For some reason, you feel good today...stronger. Which is great, maybe you're just psyched up for the latest ~fabulous event~ cooking from the ConAgra-McKee Foods kitchens...

[The Newlydead Game^TM ✨Super-Special✨ 👻Spooktacular🎃! 🗡Murdermance💘 at the 💀Murder Manse🏚!

[The house is a huge, Victorian monstrosity straight out of the mental idea of an Edgar Allen Poe story--delicate wrought-iron chandeliers and candelabra hanging from vaulted ceilings; ornately carved molding and flocked wallpapers, mosaics and inlaid wood floors. Most of the rooms seem legitimately old, cobwebbed and musty, with dusty dropcloths laid over the faded furniture, and distressing shadows cast in the flickering candlelight that never fails to not light up every corner, no matter how many candles are set up. You're not sure how the cameras are picking all this up with how dark it is. You honestly wouldn't be surprised if some of the taps in the bathroom actually run blood. A few of the rooms are locked, in particular a few bedrooms on the upper floors, and a heavy door off the mud room that's chained and padlocked; presumably it leads to a cellar.

[The exception to this is the conservatory, the one large room in a building filled with tiny, closed off rooms. One wall is lined with massive paned windows, another a huge fireplace, the others covered in stern portraits and other random Victorian-area knick knacks. And sprinkled around all of that are Halloween decorations, the kind more Pottery Barn than Party City. It's set for a party, complete with games like bobbing for apples and a spread of fancy Halloween "finger" foods and drinks that glow under black light. A playlist of seasonal hits like Spooky or The Addams Family Groove toots along near a dance floor. Need an outfit for the costume contest? There's plenty. There's also a smoke machine and a photo booth. In the backyard is a corn maze.]

Hellooo contestants, guess what time it isss? Why, it's only the best time of the year for sweeties like us! Time for Pumpkin Delights and Black Cat Brownies, the perfect treats to give to your trick-or-treaters this year! Now, even though someone's given US a trick today, we've provided a treat for you--a Halloween ball! Play with your fellow Casanovas, make your best impressions, and grab your favorite Sexy Pizza Rat cosplay! At the end, you'll get to choose from all the remaining contestants for your Marry-Kiss-Kill. And remember what we talked about last night--this time, if you deal to make it even, you're all going to be punished!

[With murder, Swiss Miss adds. In case you weren't quite sure.]


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[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[flips through sexy ebola nurse and sexy fidget spinner and sexy ballpit and like three variations on sexy sonic the hedgehog]

...That might be too tall of an order. Where did these things even come from...

[there IS a large clown selection?]

[fastandloose]

[she flips past sexy Donald Trump to linger briefly on sexy Formula One racer. but that's not really much of a costume...]

Are people really into this kind of thing? Even if someone is, I'm not sure it'd be anyone here.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[sexy dragon and sexy spiro the dragon and lame?]

What sort of deviant would you have to be to actually find these "sexy"? Where's the armor? They don't look like they have many life points at all.

[fastandloose]

[she misinterprets that thoroughly and turns away from her browsing to raise an eyebrow at him]

Armor? Is that what you think is sexy?

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

What? No. ...I mean, sure, functional protective clothing being a part of a human that can take care of itself, that is attractive in and of itself. And if you have a thing for armor yourself then that is your business and you are free to it, but I don't have some...armor fetish or anything.

[fastandloose]

Uh-huh. Not sure I've ever even seen real armor, if you mean the kind that you wear for a battle and not just padded racin' leathers.

[still. she scans beyond the sexy section for the first vaguely armor-looking thing she finds, which turns out to be a Gal Gadot Wonder Woman costume]

Maybe I'll go with this.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[nods]

It's not completely impractical. The boots look functional as well.

[fastandloose]

[she sighs, but she's accepted that's probably the best she's getting]

I'll get changed, then. Maybe you can find somethin' for yourself too.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

[probably, yes. at this point even kaiba feels kinda bad that a cool person like cassica is stuck with all these socially dysfunctional weirdos]

I guess it wouldn't hurt to get into the spirit of things. Perhaps something historical, unless you had a better suggestion.

[fastandloose]

Funny as it'd be to see you in the sexy cat costume or somethin', prob'ly you can go with your instincts. Try to look handsome.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

...Don't I always?

[finally lets her dress. in a move that even surprises himself, he forgoes anything dragon-related and ends up with an >ancient egypt theme instead. handsome or no, he's not sure, but he finally gets to wear a cape, plus his eyeliner game is on point]

[fastandloose]

[she crosses her arms over her newly armored chest and looks him over]

Not bad.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

You're not so shabby yourself.

I guess if nothing else,after all this is over, we'll be able to take home fond memories of seeing each other in a number of different fashions.

[fastandloose]

[grins]

It’s a pretty fun way to spend the time, by me. Better than nothin’, for sure.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Nothing clotheswise or nothing to do?

[fastandloose]

...Better then no fun memories. This would be a real different game if there was nothing clotheswise.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

I imagine it would devolve into Lord of the Flies-style savagery fairly quickly. There was quite a bit of sand the other day.

[fastandloose]

[snorts]

Dunno what that means exactly, but I guess sand could get in some uncomfortable places that way. Prob’ly not great for the snow, neither.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Given that this time had enough risk of frostbite on its own, I would agree...

Speaking of unpleasant things, is there anything in particular of this "party" that you're interested in? It may be worth exploring a bit.

[fastandloose]

...Might as well grab some food and look around.

[blueeyeswaifudragon]

Lead the way.

[There is a ton of Halloween-themed food to try, basically anything you can think of. He gets one of those peanut butter apples with the marshmallow teeth]

[fastandloose]

[she is not really sure what any of these things are so she just grabs something at random and nibbles on it. it's pumpkin flavored.]

Lots of stuff around this time, huh...

[she wanders over towards the smoke machine with vague curiosity]

[snackcakeordeath]

[Typical smoke machine puffing out every so often to give the effect of an ankle-high fog, though it's half placed behind some cloth to look less conspicuous. Obscured by the fog as it is, you can see the shape of...something behind it]

[fastandloose]

[Tilts her head a little and swings around to try to get a better look]

[snackcakeordeath]

[It doesn't move from behind the smoke machine, which is kind of wedged behind the drape and a nearby table. It smells quite strongly of smoke machine, but nothing more sinister. (Possibly someone put some pumpkin spice essential oil into the fog mix?) She could always crouch down and stick her hand in if she wanted to try and grab it?]