The monster mash, it was a graveyard smash

[assistanting]

Who: April Ludgate-Dwyer and everyone ever
Where: Realside Ballroom
When: HALLOWEEN
Rating: PG-13?
Summary: ITS A HALLOWEEN PARTY
The Story:






[it's no secret that halloween is april's favorite holiday - she'd been planning this since her network post in september. she'd been ignoring the network and the tapping on her own mirrors in favor of just having this one stupid thing, and she really does go all out. it's a testament to the fact that when april puts her mind to something she can do anything she wants (with the help of a few gracious wonderlanders, and the magic here) and somewhere, leslie is just so proud, she's probably exploding. gross.

when characters arrive, they'll find the ballroom transformed into a creepy halloween paradise - tons of pumpkins, fake spider web (or is it???), fake dead bodies (or are they???), and a plethora of other decorations carefully handpicked by april. she didn't just ask the ballroom to do this, she worked out every detail.

there's an open bar and more candy than you ever needed in your life, plus a bunch of different Halloween themed food (spagehtti for brains, apples for bobbing). there's a dance floor playing a mix of mostly halloween music but also some other stuff even she can concede her taste in german death reggae isn't for everyone. and honestly, she actually wants people to have a really good time.

april is dressed up as moritica addams from the addams family and will actually be around mingling with people and being sociable - maybe that's the true horror of the holiday.]

Comments

[pottershotter]

[He laughs a little when she uses his own words to describe it - they do sound a bit funny coming from her. But it's good too see that his excitement is as contagious as ever.]

Eh. Don't let anyone tell you it's too soon. Lily and I only waited about four months - just long enough to have that period of being engaged, really.

[By the standards of most worlds though, that's atrociously fast. It shouldn't have been enough time at all, but somehow it was.]

Short engagements will probably become traditional here. When anyone could go home at any time, it's probably wiser not to wait too long.

[And they both know Wonderland has a knack for shipping people off at exactly the wrong time. James fretted about it himself for weeks before his own wedding.]

[lightgunhustler]

[If nothing else, James' enthusiasm is always catching-- at least she's always thought so, and it's one of the many reasons she's always thought of him as being particularly good for morale.]

Trust me, I'm not interested in listening to anyone who might disapprove of how we're doing things. Kind of feel like I've earned that right.

[Given how rough her first two years here were, she's all about latching onto something good while she has it and making the most of it, though it had taken her awhile to admit she had something with Simon at all.]

That's what I figure. Strike while the iron's hot. Don't want to take too many chances. I've taken more than enough for someone my age.