SAMHAIN PLOTTING

[extramural]

Hi everyone, Gadgets here! A few people on Plurk had expressed interest in an ooc post to do plotting for the hippest party of the year, and I figured hey, I'm procrastinating at work, why not throw one up? (That said, please let me know if I'm stepping on any toes!) As per the calendar:

"Everything in the drabwurld stops for Samhain, and this year it will pass from the 25th to the 30th, each new day simply an extension of a misted, starry night, devoid of sun or moon! All feuds are forgotten over Samhain in favor of avoiding the Black Shuck instead, whose shall prowl the drabwurld in search of spirits who have escaped him. His power is so immense that to make his hunting easier, he has altered the manner of the world for these nights; a single step might unwittingly take one out of their room in a castle to a remote forest, from one coast to another... anywhere in the drabwurld. It is custom that all wear masks and behave differently so that they are not made his targets, and all folk, from the loftiest kings to the lowest servants, engage in revelry. All crimes committed in this time are pardoned. Many NPCs (including the monarchs!) will be engaged in this event, and Black Shuck himself will walk among the revelers! At the end of this festival, characters wind up wherever on the map they desire to be."

So! Five days of masked fun and neutrality, along with rubbing elbows with the NPCs and a free pass to commit crime! Also a big scary dog and accidental teleportation.

For ease, here's a handy little form! I like forms.
<b>Player:</b> <b>Character:</b> <b>Outfit:</b> Have one planned? Need some assistance, either ICly or OOcly? Just want to share pretty pictures? (Please link pictures to help on loading times!) <b>Activities:</b> Are they going to be cutting the rug? A wallflower? Spiking the drinks? Committing crime? Adamantly refusing to acknowledge that a party is happening absolutely everywhere? <b>Other:</b> Anything else because I am forgetful!

So! Look for dance partners, partners-in-crime, someone to make out with behind a bush, or someone to go exploring with while the world is altered and it's easy! But most of all, have fun!

Comments

[curser]

Player: Harley
Character: Maleficent
Outfit: I have a mask idea, but I haven't been able to find a dress/outfit that's appropriately raveny enough. Ideas would be welcome.
Activities: If she attends the party, she'll stay for a while and watch everyone. I would love to see someone try to get her to dance.
I'm also planning on having her do the 'oops, popped in on you' thing and am completely open to having people do that to her. Especially at the exact wrong moment. Please. I need this.

Character:Stiles Stilinski
Outfit: Nothing planned for him, but I'd be open to suggestions.
Activities: I expect he'll be hanging out at Cothromach unless everyone wants to go to Caer Glaem for the party. In which case he will be hanging out against the wall being too cool for school and drinking too much spiked punch and hiding out from his dad because goddamn it, dad, he's a man grown and he can drink if he wants. Ask Jon and Gendry. God.

Character: Veronica Mars
Outfit: Nothing planned for her and would again, love assistance.
Activities: Nothing planned for her either. I'm game to tossing her in against anyone/everyone in Caer Scima. Girl needs to meet more drunk people that aren't Jack. Because Jack. =|

[truesight]

wow malia is 500% making stiles be her date
she just wants to dance!!!!1
and get drunk.
but mostly just

[mesmerism]

Player: Megan
Character: Piper McLean
Outfit: You didn't expect Piper to wear a dress did you? She'll be wearing this, and since she's big on feathers, her mask is this.
Activities: She won't be a party animal, but she'll probably dance with anyone if asked (Except for Ganondorf. He's a tool.) I'd be happy to use the opportunity to strengthen existing CR and to make new CR.

[oursavinggrace]

so does jason get to dance with the prettiest girl at the party?

[wisestcamper]

Player:Dalrint

Character: Lumina
Outfit: Probably something like this but I am still hunting around. Her mask will be black and sparkly!
Activities: Lumina will be all over the place, chattering at people and bothering people and making other kids dance and being a little brat to other people and just having a blast. So much fun.

Character: Beatrix
Outfit: Haven't figured this out yet. Something akin to a gown that is more of a uniform than anything else, I think. With a plain mask.
Activities: Wallflowering. Polite conversation. Being forced to dance please.

Character: Annabeth Chase
Outfit: Nope! Annabeth will probably end up needing help getting a dress because otherwise it's going to be something plain and white. Not really sure on a mask yet.
Activities: Making her friends have fun. FORCING THEM IF NECESSARY. They deserve to have fun, and they will have fun and THEY WILL LIKE IT. Dancing with Percy. Dancing with lots of people? Dancing with Luke if he'll let her. Chatting with strangers! Spying on strangers too.
Other: Anything else because I am forgetful!

[digophelia]

/HOVERS OVER LIKE A PROTECTIVE BIG SISER

[sculptor_of_aman]

Player: Ardruna
Character: Nerdanel

Outfit: She will be quite possibly one of the most difficult-to-miss people in attendance in her steampunk-chic ensemble! Her long red hair will be elaborately braided with brass chains. Here is her mask, choker, bodice/gauntlets, pants, bustle, and boots. ...yes, those are 4" heels on those boots, boosting her height to a full 6'7". She is likely to be gorgeous and terrifying at the same time.

Activities: She will most likely be flanked by her three sons, glowering and looming over anyone who gives their mom unseemly looks. But, if you're not intimidated by the Feanorians, anyone is welcome to ask her for a dance or chat with her. Really, everyone needs to come say "hi" to ElfMom. Make friends. Get hugs. Whatever. And I will die of massive, delighted giggles if someone gets a legit crush on her because of this

Other: Not quite sure yet how she'll modify her behavior. Normally, she is a very kind, warm, maternal presence. Maybe she'll up the scary factor. Maybe she'll turn coquettish. Might depend on who seeks her out.

[notavirtue]

Maglor is kind of his bro, so he should probably meet Elfmom at some point! Hugs will be rejected, but Javik could be coerced into a dance (and he'll be like a foot shorter than her lmfao)

[notyetlegend]

Player: Hazel
Character: Merida
Outfit: I have a mask idea coughbearscough but no dress/outfit idea as of yet as I'm at work, I'll addendum this later
Activities: She won't be the party animal she was at the welcome feast, but she may or may not be enticed to dancing with someone if asked. She's excited though because it's SAMHAIN/HARVEST TIME and a pretty important time to her people.
Other: may or may not strike out on her own during it to go Black Shuck hunting out of curiosity. hunting in a party dress no less :D

[athousandcurses]

...omg black shuck hunting

[gracedprince]

Player: Tracy

Character: Celebrían
Outfit: This dress and This mask. Celebrían is dressing up as Ithil (aka the Moon) which is the last flower of Telperion and drawn across the sky by Tilion. So basically Bri is dressed up as a giant sky flower. XD
Activities: She's going to be dragging a ton of her family members to dance, have drinks with Gimli (and discuss Moria), get drunk and have Maedhros carry her somewhere quiet. I want her to be active and meet a bunch of new people if possible and this is the best chance for it. It shouldn't be hard to notice on of the elves with silver hair and she's 6'1" so that'll be noticeable too. (If you want a drunk elf, let me know.)

Character: Greening Grandemalion
Outfit: Probably dressing in black and gold and dressing kind of like a magpie because of all his Lienid bling.
Activities: Dancing with Katsa but otherwise avoiding huge crowds if possible because he still gets a little disoriented from so many people around him. He'll be open for anyone bugging him though because he's a prince and too polite to tell anyone to bugger off.

[survivra]

possible mask idea for Po?

Katsa will be back from two weeks down to Troichean Beinn, so she'll happily stick around and admire his color scheme when either of them aren't otherwise preoccupied.

[greenies]

Player: Sisi
Character: Thomas!
Outfit: I have nothing planned--generally something conservative and not having to do with zombies in any way shape or form. I'm definitely open to suggestions! (Also--something that doesn't match Stiles because the last thing they need is to get confused or is it??)
Activities: Tommy will have just come back from his trip to Quendi. He's going to get dragged into dance lessons by Teresa at some point, but as for the ball itself, he's a bit of a wallflower and will have to be coaxed out to actually dance. But he will if you ask nice enough. ;> As for OOC plans I 100% want to get Tommy dancing with as many pretty girls as possible because he'll get dumb and flustered and it's v. important to me. This is like the closest he's ever been to normalcy so. Enjoying it would be awesome. 8D

Character: Bran Stark
Outfit: Once again nothing planned i'm useless i'm sorry
Activities: I'm not actually sure if Bran's going to be coming out to the dance at all; by then he should be at Cothromach, and there's really not much a boy who can't walk can do at a dance. However, if the Starks Meera end up going, he will surely end up a tagalong. ♥

[teenyoda]

omg accidental twins and Malia kisses him before her nose kicks in.

ahahahahahh

[digophelia]

Player: Natalie
Character: Alice Liddell
Outfit: yes, i drew it
Activities: Alice will go once she catches wind of some of her friends going, mainly Harry and the Outsider, sob. But she's not the most social person. She'll love to look at the costumes, but eventually, I can see her being a recluse and just hanging around to observe. But don't let that stop any character from saying hi to her! She's just not a chatty person, but it's good social exposure.
Other: NO IDEA. But you can PM me or whatever if you need me!

[embattle]

That drawing is awesome. I guess now's as good a time as any to meet her?

[quest]

Player: A
Character: Percy Jackson
Outfit: Honestly, Percy will just wind up in a suit for the masque. Because at least he cleans up nicely, right? I'm still debating on a mask, though!
Activities: Percy will be taking Annabeth as his date! And probably dancing with girls he already knows (+ Nico and Jason because bro dancing). But otherwise he'll just be wandering and talking to people! Especially cross-court interaction since Percy is of the belief that war is dumb and let's be friends.

[mesmerism]

Obviously this should be his mask.





Or if he wants something more manly, this is sort of coral-looking?

[gordianknots]

Player: Meg
Character: Waver Velvet
Outfit: Archer will be providing costuming. We don't know what it'll be yet, but it is going to be something.
Activities: Waver will be a little side-eye-y of everything, but will be using this ball for networking more than anything else. If there are folks that want to get some future plot or CR stuff laid down, this would be a really good way to do so. Also, lbr. Enforced neutral o'clock? Waver's a happy creature.
Other: Someone please force this man to have fun.

[digophelia]

alice will be happy to come over and say hi!

[extramural]

Player: Gadgets

Character: The Outsider
Outfit: He'll be wearing all black (probably Victorian-style because Alice) with little bits of animal bone, snake skin, teeth/claws, etc. hanging off it and aa animal bone mask. All the bones/claws/teeth will have runes and sigils carved into them.
Mask options: bull, dog thing, big bird, deer
Activities: Outsie will be sticking his nose everywhere that he can find to stick his nose in. He'll dance but good luck getting him to stop levitating in order to do it.

Character: Ariadne
Outfit: purple! as for masks, I think this one
Activities: Dancing! So much dancing! And mingling and exploring and !!!!! also she'll probably get cold bc that dress.

Character: John Grimm
Outfit: fancy ghost. at least if the Krew dress him.
Activities: biggest wallflower to ever wallflower. But he can be convinced to dance and definitely convinced to explore!

[gordianknots]

Someone is going to get a very gentle ribbing about forgetting temperatures being what they are in October.

[andallbite]

Player: Anais
Character: Eren Yeager
Outfit: I have like, nothing, because he likely wouldn't bother dressing himself up. So basically, this is an invitation for those characters who like dragging people and forcing them into nice clothes, should any be out there.
Activities: I kind of like the idea of magically being dumped somewhere else entirely, but I've got no one to do it with, so if there's anyone else who wants to do this too... let me know! I have no solid plans but depending, we could think of somewhere where the most shenanigans are bound to happen. If not, there's always just crashing a party should any be happening in Caer Scima, either by someone pulling Eren along or him being curious enough to see what all the fuss is about. I'm flexible with whatever!
Other: I don't have much plans wise, but Eren is still new so in the end I'm still looking for new cr and hoping to bump into those I've already threaded with to further already established cr more. c:

[sangilak]

>like dragging people


well hey there.

the imps/fairies can help you with your costume, but leave it to korra to do the dragging

[gloinul]

Player: Fae
Character: Gimli
Outfit: He is going as an Elf in silver. No pictures because good luck finding fancy guy's dress in the appropriate era BUT think of the shiniest, non-tacky silver men's get up you can think of, add in a matching mask, and silver in his hair and beard.

He will be a very shiny Dwarf.
Activities: Wallflowering, probably being dragged off by the more proactive members of his social circle, drinking.

[sculptor_of_aman]

Please save a dance for ElfMom? *Bambi eyes*

[gandere]

Player: Mei
Character: Rin Tohsaka (gandere)
Outfit: None whatsoever. I was thinking she could just bully someone she knows into making something nice for her so there's that. It's kind of a work in progress, just imagine she'll be covered up like the proper lady she is.
Activities: WHAT IS A SOCIAL EVENT??? Obviously she won't be wallflowering because that's for LOSERS and she's anything but-!! She won't be overly talkative, maybe pleasant and she'll definitely try to leave as early as she can without being conceived as rude. There's studying to do, she has no time to hang out with you nerds, oh wait :((( Which means obviously IC-wise I WANT EVERYTHING TO HAPPEN. New CR, meeting other people who don't want to be there will be a plus, and maybe anyone who just happens to sound knowledgeable of this world. Someone should force her to dance and realize that oh god, she doesn't know how to, isn't this cute and fun until someone gets a fireball in the face
Other: I'm sorry for all the tsundere.

[gordianknots]

I cannot wait for costumes to go...in some direction.

i'm not saying awkward dancing together but i'm saying awkward acknowledgement of bad dancing soon after.

[scramasax]

Player: Blue

Character: Anthony
Outfit: Nothing planned! I would take suggestions, but I am expecting he'll be simply-but-classily-enough dressed with an equally simple-but-classy-enough mask.
Activities: He's got a rendez-vous with Grell Sutcliffe at some point in the festivities planned - otherwise he's only going to be "floating" - tentatively chatting to people, gathering information on the festival and otherwise, p'raps winding up someplace where his light crystal will come in handy, and possibly being genuinely on-edge on grounds that he is in fact supposed to be dead two times over.

Character: Toboe
Outfit: Tough to arrange - if anything, I might assume he heard how the both the festival and Halloween work through chatting and decided to go as the Black Shuck - namely not doin' much more than finding means to temporarily dye himself black and staying in wolf-mode. Anyone who's only talked to him in his human guise, however, might find that last part surprising enough!
Activities: Nothing at all planned, but he'll probably be making an active effort to enjoy himself, potentially actively trying to "surprise" people if it seems appropriate! And to be a good partner/helper, should he find himself spatial-shifting into the proximity of anyone else on dangerous or far-from-home ground.

[enjoymyatelier]

...you know, I should probably have Kayneth found out that the quaint commoner he met at the feast is an actual doge

...well, wolf, but you know.

[sangilak]

Player: lock.
Character: korra.
Outfit: she'll be dressing up in something raava inspired because despite being part light spirit she is anything but peaceful and serene.
Activities: she's dragging all the benders with her (that means you too, zuko) and making them all dance. she'll also be getting kissed by lloyd irving at some point, after which all attempts at "Zen" will be going right out the window, whups. also she'll be doing an airbender dance with mako for shits and giggles because why not, but other than that, i'm totally open for plotting!! korra's not a huge social butterfly but she'll make the rounds and chat with people so if you want her all up in your biz, let me know!

[digophelia]

/reaches for

[huge_egomd]

Player: Ali
Character: Gregory House
Outfit: Probably your basic tux, 'cause the man looks good in a tux. Not sure what kind of mask he'll wear.
Activities: He's got a not-date with Integra...yeah, someone's gonna get hurt and it won't be her. Aside from that he'll spend most of his time drinking, avoiding dancing and generally being a pain in the ass. Pretty much like usual only in nicer clothes. I'm open to absolutely any and all shenanigans :D

[extramural]

ariadne wants a dance!!!

rachel elizabeth dare . malia tate . teresa

[truesight]

Player: Chrissy ( pickpockets )

Character: Rachel Elizabeth Dare ( truesight )
Outfit: something like this! and she'll be making her own mask, and probably posting to the network about it asking if anybody wants to join her in mask making.
Activities: she's going to ask Leo Valdez to be her date! and will probably be the one asking all the wallflowers to dance with her. cause she's like that. so if you need someone to get your character on the dance floor, Rachel's your girl!

Character: Malia Tate ( wilee )
Outfit: sheeee so needs help with this, mostly because if nobody helps her she'll try and wear something like this and that's not very formal nope nope
Activities: she's going to make ask Stiles to be her date, but otherwise she'll spend moooost of the time on the dance floor. being Malia. idek. I would love to build up some cr with her just talking to random people on the dance floor, so come at me.

Character: Teresa ( munies )
Outfit: she's going to ask Effy for help! but probably something dark and short and totally embarrassing for her but she'll wear it anyway cause Effy convinced her she looks good in it, haha
Activities: here's my resident wallflower! she's going to make Thomas and Minho go with her, but certainly not as her dates no that's insane. they'll be awkward on the sidelines until Minho makes them dance. or someone else makes her dance? someone ask Teresa to dance :3 she'll be taking lessons beforehand so she'll know how! she's just shy about it. yep. she won't be once somebody asks, but, yeah. what is socialization.

[greenies]

it's gon happen and i'm gonna cry big fat thomas and teresa related tears.

Also I'm definitely down for either of your other girls too if you want it 8)

[nowthatsfunny]

Player: Froda (frodabaggins)
Character: Tess
Outfit: Nothing in particular planned! Tess is still brand new and has very little conception of what "dressing up" actually entails anyway, so I'd love some ideas for how she might get talked or coerced into doing something!
Activities: I'd love to take this opportunity to get her some CR and start making her some contacts! Tess especially will be interested in finding out if there are any smuggling activities happening and hey, a time when all crimes are forgiven and nearly everyone is wearing a mask is a good time to start making shady business deals! So let me know if you have a character involved in this who might be interested in crossing paths with Tess!

[shittybirthday]

Tess will have to somehow make Joel go. You know he won't otherwise.

[notavirtue]

Player: Fastback
Character: Javik
Outfit: Yeah, I have no idea. Besides the comedy option of throwing a sheet over him for spooky ghost, I'm open to suggestions.
Activities: Actively avoiding having fun because he's allergic to it. Get some alcohol in him and he'll loosen up! He'll try to get away from it, but I would LOVE for him to dance with some people! If pets are allowed at this party his two spacedog varren will probably be around to terrorize the local population and steal your dinner.

[huge_egomd]

House would ttly throw a sheet over Javik. He'd even cut the appropriate number of eyeholes ;p

( katherine + luke + zuko )

[atoned]

Player: Jade or something.

Character: Katherine Pierce.
Outfit: mask + dress + her hair will be curly, this is important as someone will be particular about it. 8|
Activities:

— Elijah is asking her, it's great. stab a guy and he asks you out.
— dancing with Elijah like a thousand times.
— death glaring Eljah from across the room.
— having eye-sex with Elijah from across the room.
— networking for powerful allies, also people to use when she's bored or needs something, so!! if you want to get your flirt on and blush at her paying you some compliments.
— dancing with anyone who wants to dance with her! she'll dance with guys.
— she's going to be hanging around the food ...
— flirting with Percy Jackson and a few others for info and the networking I said above. if you wanna sign up for that?? please know she's also trying to get a reaction out of Elijah because she's bored af. this could have some consequences.
— she will not be breaking any spines, shut up, Raos.

Character: Luke Castellan.
Outfit: suit + apparently a Hermes mask
Activities:

— dancing! his dancing card is unconfirmed and not quite full! but he'll be definitely dancing with Clarisse and Hermione, and perhaps get a tree dance with Thalia … would love to get a few more girls! you might have to ask him, though.
— he's coming with Clarisse ...
— probably spiking the punch, lbr here, he's a Hermes kid, he's going to be pranking some people.
— getting drunk off his face!
— he's staying for the long haul.
— George and Martha may sing if he remembers to bring them along …

Character: Zuko.
Outfit: maybe this + hopefully his blue spirit mask!!

ZUKO MAY REQUIRE ASSISTANCE. it really depends if you want to do that shit or not? otherwise, he can just have bought some clothes when he was at The Station before and wear that. he's also currently in Caer Glaem, so … might make that shit difficult for Caer Scima buddies.

Activities:

— dancing! look, he's a wallflower, pull him onto the dance floor and he'll spin you around. he's the best dancer out of my three.
— dancing card is so far: Cassie and Korra. I think Cassie's asking him to go? but it'd be great to get him some new gal pals this way!
— he'll most likely sit or stand somewhere and be a loner if no one engages with him as he does this at parties. let him grab some food and sit on a couch and not engage.
— apparently Mako is getting him drunk! he'll be more fun after that.

Other: easiest way to get me is bogans. I'd love to do anything with anyone! I'll look out for you when this happens! my three are staying for the entire duration of the party. I'm up for doing stuff I didn't list as activities, too. ♥

[sangilak]

kisses

[spiritedbow]

Player: Moss stonegathersCharacter: Bianca di Angelo
Activities: Bianca will probably stand around a little awkwardly, watching the festivities instead of taking part. I would love for characters to drag her out and around, because once she gets over her initial uncertainty she'll open up and have a little more fun.

Character: Oerba Dia Vanille
Activities: Vanille will be chatting with and bothering people. Basically? She'll be obnoxiously friendly to as many people as possible. She'll also ask pretty much anyone and everyone to a dance, so if you want your character to get dragged along, Vanille will make a time of it.

Character: Riley Abel
Activities: Will be getting into a lot of mischief and will attempt to drag people along for the ride. If she can find a way to spike the punch she'll spike it, she'll trip people and bump into them and (attempt) to pickpocket them. Pranks galore, really. When she's not being a nuisance, she will be chatting people up and dancing in the most obnoxious way possible.

SO YEAH, my characters have no specific plans as of right now, but I would love to make some.

[oursavinggrace]

totally gonna snag a dance with bianca okay

it'll be super smooth and charming if you pretend he's actually good at dancing

[ziggyzoggy]

ok, i'll play this game...

Player: Coffee
Character: Vol'jin
Outfit: full on t-shirt ninja. The laziest costume. (HOW DO YOU DISGUISE A NINE FOOT BLUE TROLL WITH TUSKS THAT BIG? YOU DON'T.) (Though if he takes it seriously, he will be spending at least part of the week as a snake. "Fuck this, I'm on vacation." /CURLS UP UNDER BED. HISSES.)
Activities: Lounging around, taking a very pointed break from doing "activities" for the court, hanging out with people he's met, meeting new people... attempting to communicate with the dead.... Although, he could probably be talked into things that are less-than-fully-legal, I mean, he IS trying to relax.
Other: I am open to less stupid suggestions.

[boutant]

can ariadne decorate his tusks

[choreographics]

Player: Ty
Character: Ryan Evans
Outfit: Most likely, to be honest, he'll spend more time picking out a dress for his date and will end up in a black suit and tie (sans sparkles.) Notably, this will probably be the first time in Drabwurld he'll be seen without a hat namely because he can't find one to match. Mask options include dragon for the full opposite effect, something to express his musicality, or this cat thing
Activities: Ryan's taking Kelsi as his date and will spend part of his time trying to pawn her off on people to integrate her to Drabwurld and obtain dance partners. He, however, doesn't have any real plans. He'll mostly be mingling around, watching everybody, encouraging people to dance or even going up to them and correcting their form so they're dancing properly. This is pretty much the most normal thing he's seen here and he's going to take full advantage of that.
Other: I don't really have plans beyond at some point he's also going to offer IC dance lessons probably right before the actual party starts, but otherwise I'm pretty up for stuff with new CR and old CR. Let's do this.

[truesight]

rychel dancies please this can be how they meet

Hellsing Derp-ire!

[died_a_virgin]

Player: Mech
Character: Seras Victoria
Outfit: Seras will be going as Odette, the White Swan while Integra is going to be the Black Swan, Odelle. Seras will be wearing this dress with this mask.
Activities: Seras doesn't know how to dance...which means someone needs to change that. Big time. Warning: She will probably trip over her dress at least once during the night. The girl is not used to wearing stuff like that.
Other: Feel free to ping me on plurk at plushietaco. I don't bite unless you want me to~. Seras needs more friends.

[bythewaves]

I SHOULD LIKE. ACTUALLY TAG YOU YES do you want the emo elf shipping Seras' master's master or the noble Prince XD