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SKELLINGTON HOUSE
Who: Jack Skellington and ANYONE!
Where: Goldenrod City
When: Oct 9-25 + Halloween
Summary: Jack's haunted house attraction that he's been working on during the year is finally open and everyone is invited to come have a SCREAMING good time!
Rating: PG for spoopy
Log:
Boys and girls of every age, wouldn't you like to see something strange?
Come with us and you will see:
THIS, OUR TOWN OF HALLOWEEN!
The house is impressive to say the least.
It towers over the street with all its crooked windows lit in ghoulish green. The siding has all been painted black. Pumpkins overflow from every available ledge and smile grimly out at passers by. What seems to be a localized thunderstorm boils overhead but has not yet released its downpour. On the front lawn, Jack stands behind a rickety ticket booth dressed head to toe as a carnival barker in bold red and white, his face painted in a grim echo of his true self. He waves his straw hat to the gathering customers and laughs darkly to himself as screams reverberate from the house behind him.
Guests are herded in as groups as small as two and as large as five and are spaced out fifteen minutes apart so that one can always hear the others' terror.
Within the house, any great number of things can befall the guests! Once upon a time, the house was a normal mansion. Several long months of hard work have turned it into a funhouse of fear. Floorboards give way to hidden tunnel slides. Jets of air hiss and startle those who let their minds wander. Rugs drop away into what seem to be deep pits with glowing green fire at the bottom. Who knows what holds the guests aloft and safe? Cobwebs stretch across narrow passages, making the house look like it hasn't been accessed in years. Some rooms require a little detective work to pass through. A turn of a candlestick or a few notes on a piano will open the way. Wall panels rotate and split up whole parties. Halls of mirrors cause visitors to lose their way and sometimes their reflection seem a bit...off. The deeper into the house one goes, the grimmer the decorations become. Bones strew the walkways and the red splatters of struggle paint the walls.
If navigating the three story maze isn't nerve-wracking enough, there are the pokemon to consider. No less than six Gastly, all trained by the King of Halloween himself, lurk the corridors, phasing in and out of sight. They have all been outfitted with Psychic and poke and prod into the minds of guests. These spooky little spherical pokemon then turn the visitors' fears upon them in twisted, though rather convincing illusions. A Yamask can be heard blubbering and wailing in despair within the walls. A Stunky arches her back and hisses at those who come near. A Driftloon hovers near the ceiling, blending well with the lanterns and baubles that are hung there. The balloon pokemon may attempt to lift up those who aren't paying attention. There are also pokemon from close friends and the Breeding Center outfitted in monstrous costume ready to pop out at, snarl, snap at, and snag the feet, hands, and hair of those rushing past. There is also the occasional human haunt. Jack himself may be tempted to sneak away from his ticket booth long enough to deliver a well-placed shriek.They appear from cleverly hidden doors and from around corners.
Those whose who are very young or need not see blood or grim illusions will be guided on a less traumatizing path. Gentle as it is, it still has all the TLC put into it that one would expect from the Pumpkin King.
The house takes a good twenty to thirty minutes to go through at a brisk walk and that's if you don't get lost or distracted with the mirrors and puzzles. The tail-end of the maze will land guests in the foyer where they began with the entire ghoulish cast of pokemon hot on their heels, seeing them all the way to the exit. Any guests wanting to go through a second time will find a completely different experience. The walls seem to have...to have moved! The maze has changed!
FEEL FREE TO TAG INTO THIS ALL MONTH AND BACKTAG UNTIL YOUR HEART'S CONTENT.
This post is like the Poke'Prom or a meme! Grab some CR, start a thread, and have a blast!
Happy Halloween, love Wolfy
Where: Goldenrod City
When: Oct 9-25 + Halloween
Summary: Jack's haunted house attraction that he's been working on during the year is finally open and everyone is invited to come have a SCREAMING good time!
Rating: PG for spoopy
Log:
Come with us and you will see:
THIS, OUR TOWN OF HALLOWEEN!
The house is impressive to say the least.
It towers over the street with all its crooked windows lit in ghoulish green. The siding has all been painted black. Pumpkins overflow from every available ledge and smile grimly out at passers by. What seems to be a localized thunderstorm boils overhead but has not yet released its downpour. On the front lawn, Jack stands behind a rickety ticket booth dressed head to toe as a carnival barker in bold red and white, his face painted in a grim echo of his true self. He waves his straw hat to the gathering customers and laughs darkly to himself as screams reverberate from the house behind him.
Guests are herded in as groups as small as two and as large as five and are spaced out fifteen minutes apart so that one can always hear the others' terror.
Within the house, any great number of things can befall the guests! Once upon a time, the house was a normal mansion. Several long months of hard work have turned it into a funhouse of fear. Floorboards give way to hidden tunnel slides. Jets of air hiss and startle those who let their minds wander. Rugs drop away into what seem to be deep pits with glowing green fire at the bottom. Who knows what holds the guests aloft and safe? Cobwebs stretch across narrow passages, making the house look like it hasn't been accessed in years. Some rooms require a little detective work to pass through. A turn of a candlestick or a few notes on a piano will open the way. Wall panels rotate and split up whole parties. Halls of mirrors cause visitors to lose their way and sometimes their reflection seem a bit...off. The deeper into the house one goes, the grimmer the decorations become. Bones strew the walkways and the red splatters of struggle paint the walls.
If navigating the three story maze isn't nerve-wracking enough, there are the pokemon to consider. No less than six Gastly, all trained by the King of Halloween himself, lurk the corridors, phasing in and out of sight. They have all been outfitted with Psychic and poke and prod into the minds of guests. These spooky little spherical pokemon then turn the visitors' fears upon them in twisted, though rather convincing illusions. A Yamask can be heard blubbering and wailing in despair within the walls. A Stunky arches her back and hisses at those who come near. A Driftloon hovers near the ceiling, blending well with the lanterns and baubles that are hung there. The balloon pokemon may attempt to lift up those who aren't paying attention. There are also pokemon from close friends and the Breeding Center outfitted in monstrous costume ready to pop out at, snarl, snap at, and snag the feet, hands, and hair of those rushing past. There is also the occasional human haunt. Jack himself may be tempted to sneak away from his ticket booth long enough to deliver a well-placed shriek.They appear from cleverly hidden doors and from around corners.
Those whose who are very young or need not see blood or grim illusions will be guided on a less traumatizing path. Gentle as it is, it still has all the TLC put into it that one would expect from the Pumpkin King.
The house takes a good twenty to thirty minutes to go through at a brisk walk and that's if you don't get lost or distracted with the mirrors and puzzles. The tail-end of the maze will land guests in the foyer where they began with the entire ghoulish cast of pokemon hot on their heels, seeing them all the way to the exit. Any guests wanting to go through a second time will find a completely different experience. The walls seem to have...to have moved! The maze has changed!
FEEL FREE TO TAG INTO THIS ALL MONTH AND BACKTAG UNTIL YOUR HEART'S CONTENT.
This post is like the Poke'Prom or a meme! Grab some CR, start a thread, and have a blast!
Happy Halloween, love Wolfy
10/13; closed to John, Rose, Dave, Jade, Aradia, and Kanaya
[It was quite possibly not possible to be more stoked for something than John was at this very moment.
Unless, perhaps, your name was Aradia Megido.Going to a Haunted House with his best friends put on by the King of Halloween himself? He was pretty sure this would be not only the highlight of the Halloween season, but that this would also not be the only time he visited. Definitely going to have to come back with a costume later on.][Once they've all paid their entrance fees, they split into two groups: Rose taking both the Space ladies and John taking both the Time
ladiesplayers. The latter group first because is anybody really going to argue with Aradia when it comes to this sort of thing? No. She wants to go first, apparently, and that is the end of that.][And so, Team Time
+1(John you're not fooling anybody you're totally a time traveler now) heads inside the house. Wow look at this creepy ambiance.]Damn, he really outdid himself. [John, you're only in the entrance hall come on now. Nothing has even happened yet.]
team time (WHATEVER JOHN)
...And because it seemed appropriate for the theme, she accidentally picked the same shirt as John, which was John's fault for giving her a shirt like his. Sorry, Dave. You are on Team Fashion here. At least she's wearing shorts and hiking boots instead of an exact costume copy??
She's also got her gear out to record, courtesy orders from the resident light player, and also because haunted house. ]
Oooh, which direction should we go first? How about over there?
[ ...yeah, that door couldn't look more ominous. ]
Team Time (because it's time travel and you can't deny that)
They are so eager for this it's like watching two excited kittens. Or birds when you offer them fruit.]
How about you two lead and I'll bring up the rear? [He does not like the look of that door. Ho boy.]
Team Time (NO SHUT UP IT'S NOT TIME TRAVEL!)
Scared already? Come on, man, we haven't even gone through the first door yet. Hehe. But sounds good to me, let's get this show on the road!
[Content enough with John's decision, John moves to stand in front of the door but opts to let Aradia be the one to actually open it. Because, you know, babby's first Halloween and all. So just what IS behind door number creepy-as-fuck?]
Team Time (time players have the Authority on what is time travel, john!)
They're absolutely going to fall down a trap door at some point.
There doesn't seem to be a trap door on the other side of this, though - just a dark hallway, badly lit. Although what light comes from the torches shows - is that a pile of bones?
Yes, it does seem to be. Aradia gives a little laugh and makes a beeline further in, going to poke around those. Hopefully she doesn't trigger something while she walks. ]
Do you think they're real? Oh, I think some of these are Pokemon instead of human. Neat!
Team Time (yeah and they know whats up)
Yeah some of these are pokemon. See how it's a little more solid right here? Probably a rock or steel pokemon.
Or I dunno. It's smaller than a human bone would be. Too long to be a finger bone.
Team Time (8|)
[He stands a few feet behind the two, arms folded over his chest as he lets his eyes roam the dim hallway. Very nice Jack, still digging the spooky lighting and creepy ambiance. Such nice spiderwebs. Though part of him does hope those bones aren't real... That might be a bit much.]
[After a few minutes though, John finally catches sight of something that attracts his own attention. That something is a rather austere portrait of a man hanging a little way down the hall past the pile of bones. The portrait in and of itself isn't what's interesting, it's more the fact that john is 99% positive he just saw it look over at him. With a light chuckle, he walks over to it and stands in front of it. Sure enough, it's one of those pictures that's painted to look like the eyes are following you no matter where you are in the room.]
[John giggles, leaning to one side and then the other in front of the picture. Because this doesn't make him seem easily amused at all, no sir. However, barely a minute later those giggles come to an abrupt halt.]
Gah!
[Good job, John. Barely five minutes in the house and you've SOMEHOW already managed to trigger a trap.]
[The segment of wall containing the picture spins around, taking John along with it. But perhaps the most disturbing thing is the fact that it doesn't stop at a 180 spin, revealing something else on the other side of the wall. Instead, it spins a full 360 degrees...and still manages to make John vanish completely once the trap comes to a stop again.]
[A+ Haunted House skills.]
Team Time (:D)
Maybe I should pick up a book on skeletal structures for pokemon - I suppose the only one I've really seen would be Cubone and Marowak, and I'm not sure they really count, you know? But some of them do look a little familiar, if you just imagine them, you know, with flesh and blood.
[ ...That's a conversation started while John wanders off to giggle at himself. Aradia seems more willing to ignore that up until they cut off, with the exclamation. ]
What - [ ...OH HEY THEY LOST JOHN...
...Will they get in trouble for this. ] - where...?
Team Time (B|b)
Oh my god. It's like he needs a kiddie leash. See that's what we need to do. We'll get this snazzy little bell for his neck too.
No one will ever lose track of him again and he won't wind up being a pin cushion for some-
[Shit. Shit. He turns and calls with his hands cupped around his mouth. Shit, shit shit. Jack wouldn't hurt him but there's the chance he'd fall bad or something stupid. It's John. If anyone can somehow die from tripping, it would be John.] John! Hey, John! Yell if you can hear me!
Team Time (john has a bone to pick with you two...)
Dave? Yeah, I hear you! Hey uh...word of advice? Don't get too close to that picture frame, hahahaha. [A beat.] Holy hell it's dark in here...
Team Time (he can't have any of the bones, i've claimed them all)
The picture frame got you in there?
[ She pauses for a second. ]
Didn't you say that you touched some sort of house frame at home before doing the weird thing? Maybe you should stop touching framed things, John.
[ ...Aradia really wants to touch the picture, too. ]
Team Time (you mean we've claimed them all B|)
Now here's the question. Can we circle around and get him? Probably not. It's either go yeeehaw and go for it, or risk getting seperated.
Votes?
[Why is he even suggesting votes. Aradia and John are both nuttier than fruit baskets with complimentary cans of mixed nuts.]
Team Time (i feel like suddenly we're team bones)
[There's a short pause from the other side of the wall.]
...did you seriously just say yeeehaw?
[Yes, John. Because that was clearly the most pressing issue here.]
Team Time (i'm okay with this development)
Dave gets a puzzled glance, as Aradia continues to fail to be properly worried about the whole disappearing John thing. ]
"Yeehaw"? [ HUMANS ARE WEIRD.
Also, he's right: she's nuttier than a can of nuts, and shrugs cheerfully. ]
Even if we did circle around, wouldn't we risk just getting more split up? I say we trigger the trap and go from there!
Team Time (fuckin perfect)
Well, I reckon we should do that. If anything bad happens it's not like we can die.
[Before Aradia can say anything Dave turns and triggers the trap. In less than two minutes just to John's right in the darkness, Dave breathes before he dead pans a greeting.] Howdy, ya'll.
[Because screwing with John is the best past time.]
Team Time Bone's Connected to the Accent Bone
[When Dave appears next to him, John elbows him (perhaps harder than he intended) in what he really hopes is Dave's side. With how close he is, surely John can't miss, even in pitch darkness, right? He then proceeds to lay on a fairly thick, over-the-top Washingtonadian accent, because he just has to screw with Dave right back.]
Jeez, I was beginning to wonder if I'd be waiting here till tomohrrow for you to make up your minds, don'tcha know?
[
Poor Aradia, what has she gotten herself stuck in the middle of.]Accent Bone's connected to the Pincushion Bone?
...Into darkness. Ah, well.
She turns towards the sound of the boys' voices as they begin an accent battle, mildly confused at the sudden change in how they're talking. Sadly, her joining in would require Alternian to be a legitimate option. Thanks, random world translation powers. ]
We don't waste time like that!
Sounds legit to me
He just doesn't like it.
Dave takes three steps forward before his foot is grabbed and he goes crashing to the ground. He saves himself by slapping his hands onto the floor at the last second. His shades nearly leave his face as he kicks at whatever has a good hold on his shoe.] Hey! Let go you conksucking piece of-!
we are the most legit. team legit.
Dude, are you okay? [He feels around in the dark for Dave...................with his foot.]
[Sorry about that, broseph, but you ARE on the floor.]
team leg it
...Why didn't we bring flashlights?
[ NOTE TO FUTURE ARADIA: bring flashlights next Hallowen, okay thanks.
John's foot does not find Dave - or at least not on the first try. Aradia, coming back towards the sound of their voices from her absent-minded exploration towards the walls, instead trips over the questing foot, THANKS JOHN.
She skip-teeters a little to try to regain her balance. ]
team awww yeah this rocks
team dog pile on dave
team bury dave
team screw you guys
team we love you, dave
team forever dave
team he will kill you all
team we'll just respawn in the pokecenter
team so there dave
team this sounds so dubious
team yeah this definitely sounds like a really weird porno
team well rose should enjoy her copy of this tape
Team Space
Once it was their turn to step in, Rose gestured for Kanaya and Jade in a sort of 'after you, ladies' manner with a smile, eager to get inside herself. It looked creepy outside, but the inside was sure to be even better.]]
I am of course right behind you both, should either of you need a hand to hold.
[[Insinuating she won't be scared that badly herself, apparently...]]
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[But she still dutifully headed inside, glancing back at Rose with a smirk at that comment and then rolling her eyes.]
I suspect this will not be as frightening as everyone claims.
[Although it certainly would've been nice to have her glow back...]
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[Jade's excited, not just because she's usually excited about running into new things, but Halloween on the ship had been fairly uneventful and meeting (THE!!) Jack Skellington and learning of his little celebration for the holiday was something to look forward to.
But heck, she'd hold Rose and Kanaya's hand anyway just because she likes them a bunch.
In fact, she will do that right now--skipping forward a step to grasp Kanaya's hand and reach out to grab Rose's behind her.]
Let's go, ladies~!
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[[Not that she's not happy to take Jade's hand.
She was pretty skeptical at first too, really, but if this is truly a haunted house made by (THE!!) Jack Skellington, she's deciding to keep her mind open. It'd be refreshing having a truly scary experience that wasn't life threatening.
The foyer isn't that scary as they start on their journey. Sure, it's got the spooky atmosphere, but no real scares. This builds the anticipation for Rose a little as she glances at their travel options. Which are of course just a handful of spooky doors.]]
Which door tickles your fancies, oh fair space maidens?
[[She is the charming prince. It is her. Or something.]]
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[Kanaya asked, as she found herself holding hands with Jade and being tugged into the haunted house proper. She wasn't actually frightened, of course. Perhaps a tad trepidatious. But nothing she had encountered so far could hold a candle to some of the more dangerous creatures on Alternia.]
[If anything, the idea that these things had to be done at night made it less frightening for her, simply because it was her species natural habitat. If not her own.]
[Or so she was telling herself as they reached the doors.]
Mm.
[She glances at the other two teens, then shrugs.]
The center one?