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WHO: ERIDAN AMPORA and ZATANNA ZATARA and THEIR VERY UNFORTUNATE GUESTS.
WHERE: a creepy ~~rose red~~ house on the edge of the city.
WHEN: 11/5.
WARNINGS: fakemurder. gore. trauma. misery. mystery!!!
SUMMARY: since eridan spent the entirety of halloween wweepin and eating stale sugar cookies in his basement leah, he and zee throw a belated halloween party!! BAD THINGS HAPPEN.
FORMAT: ANYTHING GOES.

[the house - it's more of a miniature mansion, really, and incredibly creepy - is just far enough from the city's limits to be quiet. sprawling, dark, and eerie; it's kind of like a cross between rose red and dracula's summer home, which is at least half of the reason why it was chosen. maybe two-thirds.

inside the decorations are done up in lush reds and the occasional streaks of violet; the kitchen is full of food and refreshments, the main hall is decked out, the music is pumping, and the hosts will no doubt be more than happy to tell everyone all about how they heard a rumor from a friend of a cousin of the realtor that like a quintuple murder totally happened in the attic or something (or one of them will, at least). rooms beyond the immediate party area (a host of ground level rooms and anything upstairs, basically) haven't exactly been blocked off, but they're also visibly not as touched up and may or may not be haunted.

well, there's a definite risk. the place is creepy as hell.

doors open at eight-thirty (just to spite vriska). get in there!!

(DIRECT QUESTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS RIGHT HURR.) ]

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[ There is only a handful of costumes that someone like Dracula can wear without looking neither just plain ridiculous or like a vampire version of whatever the costume is supposed to be - none of which he was particularly fond of, so he just decided to attend to the party wearing his usual clothes (which could as well pass for a high-quality Halloween costume, so no big loss there).

In any case, his attention currently seems to be on the decoration as he takes a look around. ]

[ kanaya comes up with her shoulders slumped, taking a swig from a flask. it's only blood. she is not drunk and she kind of wishes she was. she is fifteen years old and considering a career as an alcoholic. ]

Don't tell me they've gotten to you as well! Have you seen the state of affairs at this soiree? [ she makes a wide sweep with her arm, but making sure to include eridan and klarion and their vampire costumes. ] It's utterly shameful!

[ He follows her motion with his eyes, raising an eyebrow when she's done. After seventy years in America, he's seen worse. ]

Hardly new or noteworthy. Do they offend you that much?

They don't have even the first idea what it's like! They only see it for some imaginary glamour.

[ seventeen months in and the honeymoon is definitely over for kanaya. granted, the identity of the one of them doesn't help. ] Have you yet had the pleasure of meeting our host?

[ While his expression remains the same, his voice has a somewhat scolding tone to it. ]

Self-pity is beneath us vampires. It's only mockery if you let it be so.

[ He tilts his head slightly. ]

No, I have not. But your distaste is obvious enough.

I know Eridan well enough to suspect that the mockery wasn't unintentional. Though why he still thinks it wise to draw my ire at this point will ever be a mystery.

[ she takes another swig. ]

If you can't kill him for it, then it's moot whether he meant it. Pay no attention.

[ He isn't exactly impartial, or a good advice giver. ]

It would be far too petty, possibly trivializing the matters I have killed him for in the past. [ said completely serious and without even the slightest hint of sarcasm. ] But ignoring it only allows him his quiet victory.

If he does it to bother you, don't you think it would be exactly the opposite?

It would communicate that he may freely undertake such overtures without fear of reprisal. Just because I can't kill him doesn't mean I cannot investigate some other method of making him regret this decision.