+ Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright! | OPEN +

[vitaelamorte]

Who: EVERYONE (if they want to live)
Where: EVERYWHERE (inside the mansion, knocking on doors)
When: 6/24 - 6/27
Rating: PG-13?
Summary: The Summerween Trickster has made his decree - Trick or treat...or die! This is a mingle log for Trick-or-Treating!
The Story:



On the morning of the 24th, everyone will find that the mansion was inexplicably decorated for Halloween...sort of. The idea behind the decorations is mostly the same, except that every jack-o-lantern is made out of a watermelon instead of a pumpkin. No, this is SUMMERWEEN.

For the first day it will be harmless enough, just a change in décor and a little spooky summer fun. However, by the second day there will be sightings of the Summerween Trickster, a creepy fellow made entirely out of unpopular loser candy, and he is not happy. In the entrance hall, there will be a giant jack-o-melon container with a counter and a count-down clock ticking away to the end of the event.

Your job, Wonderland, is to trick-or-treat for your lives. You have until the end of the event to deliver one million pieces of candy to the jack-o-melon before the end of the event, to appease the Summerween Trickster.

What was that? You'll just sit this out and wait for the event to end? I wouldn't do that if I were you. You see, the Summerween Trickster could be lurking around any corner. If he catches someone not fully embracing the spirit of Summerween (refusing to trick or treat, not wearing a costume, etc), they will not survive the experience. The Trickster will kill them and swallow them whole, making them part of his horrible loser candy body.

More details about trick or treating can be found here. This is a mingle post for trick-or-treating, if you'd rather use this than make a post! [Brackets] or prose are both welcome.

Comments

[mypartnerincrime]

Chloe knows she and Alex put Max in a tight spot. The last time she saw her best friend this stressed over friends was when Kate was calling her and she had to choose between taking the call and following Chloe. At that time, Chloe was pissed that Max took the call. But after finding out what happened to Kate, and what she was going through, that annoyance turned to boiling, hot guilt. She should never have asked Max to choose. Max is a nice person, plain and simple. She wants to help everyone, not just her best friend, not just Chloe, but everyone. Jesus, she'd save the whole Arcadia Bay if she could.

Chloe looks at her best friend's distressed expression, then to Alex's sort of retreating figure. It's obvious that Max cares for him, just as she cared for Kate. Would Chloe really make the same mistake again? Or would she make the effort to get along with this guy, just because he's Max's friend and that she knows it'll make Max happy?

After a minute of silence, Chloe finally opens her mouth to speak. She doesn't know who to address really, so she just kinda talks to the air between them.

"Well. It's up to Max. Whatever she wants to do. I'm just her sidekick."

She shrugs and keeps her tone hard and a bit forced, still not ready to show either of them that she is actually capable of softening up.

[mypartnerintime]

Max still can't stand the attention, even though her two friends are hardly even addressing her anymore. She hides her face by bending to pick up her bag of candy, taking the chance to wipe her eyes again.

...Just Max Caulfield being silly.

This isn't her choosing between friends. She really, really hopes it doesn't come out that way. "I'll call you after the event, okay, Alex?" Right now they have to actually be trick-or-treating. That feels a lot like being saved by the bell. She holds onto Chloe's forearm again, pulling her ever so slightly down the hallway. "I promise."

These last few moments actually feel like... things are okay with the three of them. Sure they're all kind of nuts and there's this weird pact going on with killing each other, but... but there's much less tension than there was before. And Max doesn't feel so much in the dark anymore.

She tries to read Alex's expression, to see if he's really feeling okay about all of this deep down. He plays it off casually, but... nobody can be that detached from their own life, can they?

[rosswood]

Rather than engage in what would probably be the most awkward trick-or-treating experience of his life (and this is saying something, considering that he grew up in Alabama, the state in which every holiday must involve copious fireworks and firearms), he'd prefer to not tail the chick who nearly put a bullet in his skull, and is probably still secretly hoping he'll drop dead any day now. Well, that makes two of them.

"Yeah, okay." He fiddles with some of the fraying threads of his pillowcase to give his hands something to do. "Think the mansion hates me anyway. Got three raw eggs to the face this night alone."

Play it off. It's fine. It's cool. Not the first time he's been threatened, though the gunpoint thing made a nice change of pace. And Max...well, he can't really say how it'd feel to have someone from his world he gives a damn about, not unless Amy ever showed up. But if Amy were here - yeah, he'd probably do some pretty intense shit for her too. So. Fair enough.

[mypartnerincrime]

Chloe shrugs. So they both pass off on the opportunity to stick together. That's cool. She doesn't know what she was expecting, to be honest. I guess it would have been hella awkward if they ended up trick or treating together.

I mean really. What do you say to the guy who stabbed your best friend and you threatened to kill just a few hours ago?

...

"Hey, want some of my candy corn?"

...

Awkward as fuck.

Guess splitting up is the best thing to do for now. Max will probably deal with him once we separate.

Chloe lets Max pull her through the hallway, but not before she glances at Alex and says with a hint of her usual snarky but playful tone, "See you around, asswipe."

[mypartnerintime]

That comment earns a sharp elbow to the ribs for Chloe- and no, it's not playful. She starts leading her down the hallway, but turns to glance at Alex with a worried expression. She mouths Sorry at him, for... well, for a lot of reasons.

This first meeting is not how she imagined it for her best friends. Though, come to think of it, this would be the second meeting. She heaves a heavy sigh as they head down the hall.

They're probably not getting much candy after this.