Parties! Everyone likes parties, right?

[awitchdidit]

If everyone is done with the latest misunderstanding and no one's wound up in the floor, I have some slightly less exciting but far more pleasant content for you.

[Her announcement was pre-empted by a shooting. It figures. Serves her right for trying to wait until midnight to put it up, but she'd thought, why waste actually having a clock around? Either way, this is a basic communication rather than a fancy video one out of respect for Thorne likely being indisposed for a while.]

That is to say, by the closest reckoning I can manage, it's been one year and eleven months since I arrived, and since my arrival clearly coincided with Halloween, that means that it's the beginning of October now, and also that we're going to be on a Jaunt for the holiday itself.

Both Halloween and the beginning of October are very important to me, as well as Battler and Maria Ushiromiya, two very important people to me you may be acquainted with. It's something of a tradition for us to combine a personal holiday at the start of the month with a Halloween party if there's a chance we might be apart on the day itself, and this year I thought I'd extend an invitation to all of Liminal Space to have such an early Halloween party. It would be a time to celebrate the more positive aspects of spirits and the afterlife after the ghastly business that was Harrogate, and more importantly, to enjoy each others' company and gorge ourselves on Liminal candy.

I will more than happily provide the venue - I'm rearranging my Mansion into something more suitable as we speak - but I wouldn't mind help from any volunteers, especially people who have thrown Liminal Parties before. I'll make an announcement at the time of the event, but I figure it will be ready in three days - about the right amount of time to party until the Jaunt starts, if my napkin-calculations are right again!

Anyway, I'm rambling and don't have an editor here, so everyone, consider yourselves invited to an early Halloween Party, as both guests and, if you like, co-hosts.

Comments

[awondrousplace]

Any sort of party, darling, I am more than happy to lend any of my powers to. Simply tell me where you need me and what you need of me, and I shall be there.

[awitchdidit]

Ah, I'm glad. Your skill at organizing masquerades is second to none, although I see this being a fair bit less formal than the Winter ball. I think my main help is in logistics from someone more experienced. I go all out with parties, but I usually have a guest list of two dozen or so at most...

[morethanashadow]

Not sure I'd be a good co-host, but I can help if you need it.

[awitchdidit]

Ahaha, it was a nicer word than "assistant" or "peon". Although most of the manual labor can be handled with Summons and magic.

You're American, right? What are the essentials of a Halloween party over there?

[crouching_sin]

Heh. I'll help along with that. I've been getting better at liminal manipulation. I prefer Halloween to some of the other holidays that are around.

I'm a decent baker and chef, so I can help with the food if you'd like.

[awitchdidit]

Oh, excellent. It wouldn't do to have only candy...even if that's probably all Maria's going to eat.

[otomechapilot]

That's a great idea. Halloween means a lot to me. Are we doing Day of the Dead stuff too?

The closest thing I've got to a costume is my desert over-robe from Jiangwa, though. I might need help with that if there's a costume party.

[awitchdidit]

The Day of the Dead...ah, that's a good question. I'll need to defer to Thorne and I suppose you and anyone else from that part of North America, though.

There's a number of people who can help with costuming, though, myself included.

[thornsofmalkav]

[Wow the perfect thing to cheer a Thorne up after assholes with guns.]

Will costumes be involved?

... that is to say that as long as there are also no haunted elevators involved I am so fucking in. So. Fucking. In.

[awitchdidit]

Thorne, who are you talking to? Of course costumes are involved.

And all accessibility features in my mansion will take the form of either ramps or entirely mundane, ghost-free lifts.

[fearguard]

Halloween.

Really?

[awitchdidit]

What? It's basically Christmas for Witches.

I mean, there's also Witchmas which is something entirely different, but the importance of the holiday is similar.

[rustyhonesty]

I can likely help with making and placing decorations.

[awitchdidit]

Are you going to use that rope-jetpack thing? Because if so I can vault my ceilings a lot higher.

[butthemiracleneverhappen]

I suppose I should not at all be surprised you would suggest this.

Although. After last Jaunt, and the earlier excitement today, some nicely cathartic celebration is probably called for.

[awitchdidit]

We were spooky witch-ghost-concepts long before our paths intersected with the Crawling Chaos. This is my way of reasserting that our nature has nothing to do with those shenanigans.

Also, I like parties.

[ninjayeehaw]

Yee-haw!

[Don't mind the loud telepathic scream of excitement, Kinji's just super here for this]

If y'all need a hand with food or decoratin' or-- hell, just about anythin'! I can be in multiples places at the same time - as many hands on deck as y'all need, I'll be right willin' t'help out!!

[awitchdidit]

I am once again confused as to whether you're American or Japanese, but help of that nature would absolutely be appreciated. I could certainly use help putting up decorations.

[cloudpotter]

For Maria?

[so help him, yakumo will do anything to make that kid happy and try to absolve himself of the guilt of his overlay having gotten her into trouble]

I'll help. Costumes, decorations, food -- and we can have everyone set their doors up and prepare for some tick-or-treating. [kids love that, right?]

[awitchdidit]

Mostly, yes. If I can make her happy and have an excuse to throw a party, why would I do anything else?

I hadn't considered trick-or-treating...the entire duration of modern Halloween, I lived on an island with somewhere between 2 and 3 houses on it. That's not a bad idea...

[notadisappointment]

A party sounds awesome right now. I can provide music and stuff. I should still have plenty of stuff in my Hammerspace... though I need to check if any are good for Halloween.

[awitchdidit]

That reminds me, I should ask around and see if we can make a band from trained musicians and people who kept their musical training from California.

You're friends with that obnoxious redhead, right? Isn't she some kind of popular singer?

[rebellioninbloom]

That sounds like a beautiful idea! I wish I could assist... what sort of refreshments are likely?

[awitchdidit]

Depends. How able are you to convince a young Japanese man that you're 20 or otherwise a responsible adult?

[truerevelation]

Heh. As if this place wasn't bein' spooky enough. But sounds good! You know I'm always up for giving folks a hand with costumes.

[awitchdidit]

Bone puzzles? Creepy forests? Spooky, certainly, but hardly creative. Putting our heads together, we have far more creativity than the Arcana do in that regard.

And I'll greatly appreciate that. My tastes tend to run to the baroque, and I'm sure most people here would prefer a modern eye.

[flatteries]

[ Inigo waits a little while to see if anyone else is confused about this as well, but.. nope. It seems to only be him. Awkward. So... ]

Erm.. Would it be considered rude to ask what exactly this 'Halloween' occasion is? Not that there's any bad reason to throw a party, really, I'm merely curious...!

[awitchdidit]

Ahaha, right, I forgot to consider we'd have some new people who haven't experienced modern Earth.

Halloween is a complicated blend of holidays from a couple of different religions, but the basics of it started as a way to honor the spirits of the dead and all the other hidden, strange things in the world, as the season on Earth passed from autumn to winter. The modern celebration is a mix of dressing up as strange creatures, trying to frighten each other in a good-natured way, and devouring a great deal of sugary candy.

Given the nature of the last Jaunt, I'm planning to mostly focus on the first and third this time. It's also meant to be a prelude to a more somber veneration of the dead afterward, but...we do that rather often here without dedicating a holiday to it.

[tookashirototheknee]

Hell yeah I'm in. I haven't done Halloween since I was taking my sister around trick or treating.

I can't do much, but... I'll be there?

[awitchdidit]

You don't have to participate in setup to enjoy the party, of course. Everyone's invited, and I'll be more than happy to see you there!

[smokeandcarbs]

[Did someone say candy?

Candy from witches, if the lady is hinting at what he thinks she is hinting at. Wasn't that the doom of many snotty fairytales children? Chocolate houses in the middle of the forest and whatnot? Shouldn't a grown adult like Jean know better?

Still, candy.]

Thank you for your kind invitation.

[awitchdidit]

Hospitality is the key to this whole "Traveling" enterprise, in my book. Also kept me from getting murdered a couple of times, which is usually beneficial.

[hatefuldays]

[*Hyun-ae, fortunately, has the sense to browse enough comments to figure out what Halloween is before making Beato explain it again.]

I've never celebrated Halloween before, but count me in! I wish I had a costume for it, but all I have is what I was wearing when I got warped in...

[awitchdidit]

A tragic fault in how the Arcana arrange things really, but don't worry, I have you more than covered in the wardrobe department, as do a few other volunteers. As for myself, I've contributed forms and wardrobes to some of Hell's most beautiful demons, so I have no doubts in my abilities as far as creating Halloween costumes.