[ORP] Spooky Wedding Reception and Costume Party!

[StarieMichie]

WELCOME TO THE PARTY!

Mooncake and Lemure of Love Lost would like to welcome you to their costumed wedding reception!

These two lovebirds have spared no expense while preparing the party. There are decorations everywhere. In fact, it's bordering on too many decorations. Lemure turned into a spooky Bridezilla and wanted everything PERFECT for the party. So if you see her, please be nice and don't tell her that there are too many pumpkins, bats, and skeletons everywhere.

She's walking around the house, playing the perfect hostess, and carrying a tray with drinks. The martini glasses are filled with some kind of red punch, and peeled grapes are floating in each one. You think it was supposed to be eyeballs, but you're not sure. Between that and the "spooky spaghetti", you begin to wonder where Lemure found these weird recipes.

Mooncake is standing behind the bushes at the front door, and begrudgingly scaring the guests that arrive.

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Phonies and non-Phonies alike are welcome to join in! Please have your characters in some sort of costume. You'll make Lemure cry if you show up wearing nothing.

 

[Byagane319]

Scent Puff was more than thrilled to be attending her grand daughter's wedding. Lemure was one of her favorites....well ALL of her grandchildren were her favorites but she loved Lemure's dark coloring. And now she had more great-grandchildren!!! Her costume was Ursula, the sea witch. Being mostly black she wore a love tentacle themed long dress and coiffed her hair up higher.

Bon Appetit loved parties even if some things were a bit scarier than others. The petite painted mare wore an Alice in Wonderland costume.

Honeysuckle came along idea Bon to ensure her peace of mind dressed as the March Hare, he had bunny ears bobbing on his head.

Draft Punk made his appearance at his neice's wedding as Jareth, The Goblin King. How he had gotten his hair to behave in that manner was anyone's guess. With him was his son, Blue Suede Horseshoes; no question he was Elvis Presley!

Jasmine decided to be something spooky this Halloween so she dressed up as a witch, big hat and broom ensemble.

Poet Lariat had more costumes than he knew what to do with, so he was about 30 minutes late due to trying to find just the "right" costume for the occasion. The blonde showed up as Emperor Nero, the insane ruler of Rome!

Macarena always loved a party, as long as their was plenty of dancing. He could do the Monster Mash all night! The purple stallion arrived as Gaston from Beauty and the Beast.  

[cursedandwandering]

For once in his life Mooncake had his hair down out in public... Well, sort of public, as he was currently stuck waiting in the bushes for guests. At this point all the popping out of and then ducking back into the shrubbery had made his hair shoulder length hair acquire several leaves and twigs, which he was constantly picking out between guests. The flutter was dressed as a vampire equipped with fangs and a cape, as his now wife had requested. His usual updo had made little sense with the costume and so he had been convinced to let his hair down for the sake of his outfit.

Despite the slight chill of the night air, the stallion was bubbling with nervous excitement and it certainly wasn't about how he had to go scaring all these other phony. Not only was he married, but he had foals now! Which, he was constantly sure he was taking care of wrong. None of the myths he was really familiar with actually had good representations of parenthood. From children being born from foreheads to fathers eating their own children... Well, none of it actually sounded like something he should learn a lesson from.

Proper childcare was what the purple male was pondering as he stuck his head out of the bushes as more phony arrived (some of which he was now related to). No one ever said that Mooncake was good at being scary or any other sort of social interaction.  

[Scaramouche Fandango]

End of an Era was glowing with pride. This might have been hard to see past her general ectoplasmic glow, but it was definitely pride creating most of the aura. Mooncake was a wonderful young man, and she couldn't possibly be happier. She'd worn her traditional Halloween costume, which in her opinion was a perfect disguise. Nobody could possibly tell who she was dressed as a ghost... and besides, one of her granddaughters was going as a necromancer. Every good necromancer needs a friendly ghost and an army of skeletons, right? As soon as she swept into the party, she floated over towards her daughter, enveloping her in a big hug. "Lemure, the party is wonderful! We're so happy for you!" she cooed.

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Dramatis Personae was the necromancer in question. She had every intention of spending the night casting spells on other phonies and raising the dead to ensnare the living into her thrall. She knew her massive extended family would probably all be there, so she could probably enslave at least one of them, if not outright turn them into liches. Nearly as soon as she entered the party, snuggled on her grandmother's back, she hopped down and bolted, eager to find kids her own age to play with. She could congratulate Aunt Lemure later; right now she had souls to steal. Why weren't there more kids at this party?

Pale Moonlight, be-caped and be-masked as the Phantom of the Opera, was just as pleased for his sister as his mother was, but his empathy tonight was with her husband. The flutter was hiding in the bushes, attempting to scare guests as they came in. He chuckled as he headed into the house to hug his sister- he knew full well what the purple stallion was up against. After all, he'd grown up with Lemure.

Swiping a couple of glasses, he carried two eyeball martinis out to the shrubbery and tried to look inconspicuous. "Need a drink... brother?" he said, trying the word out for the first time as he proffered a glass wrapped in a golden tendril of magic. It wasn't like he didn't have actual brothers, but he really did want the flutter to feel welcome. He understood just how overwhelming his family could be- thanks to Mama Taquita's side of the family, things got big and complicated fast.

cursedandwandering

PARTY showed up to the party dressed as an ABBA-lanche and already he was regretting his decision. Whose brilliant idea had it been to buy up a bunch of old ABBA albums and make a cover for himself with them, some glued into position to make it look as though they were sliding off his body? His? Oh. Man, this costume had seemed HILARIOUS when he was describing it to his musician buddies. Now it was just bulky and awkward, but he didn't want to disappoint his niece by not wearing a costume. He decided to make himself useful and help dole out appetizers; if he was standing around behind a buffet table, he wouldn't have to walk and risk an ABBA-lanche avalanche.

Bohemian Raspberry didn't really know who exactly was getting married or exactly how she was related to her. It was the daughter of one of her half-sisters from one of her dad's flings... so... half-niece? Either way, it seemed like a cool party. She'd brought a present- a really big pillar candle with a bunch of embedded bits- and was wandering around holding it, wondering where to put it. She'd decided to dress up as Ziggy Stardust for the party because that was a costume where it was pretty much acceptable to glue a mirror to your forehead. From the look of things, she wasn't the only Bowie in the room- her half-brother Draft Punk was the Labyrinth edition. How many Bowies could you fit into one party? As she wandered around greeting various relatives, she eagerly looked for more.  

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Scaramouche Fandango

Hiding in the bushes wasn't exactly the most exciting thing the flutter stallion could've been doing at the moment. Though the brief moments of solitude allowed him to be introspective, he was quickly growing exhausted and wasn't entirely sure when he'd be relieved of this duty. Running a hoof through his hair he sighed, brushing out the occasional leaf as he wondered what sort of ghosts and ghouls would be out at a time like this or even showing up to the celebration.

It was while he was doing this that he was surprised by the sudden appearance of his brother-in-law coming back outside and with a glass in hoof. Mooncake flushed, accepting the drink. "That would be great, thank you." He sipped the martini quietly for a moment, looking up at the sky. "It's a beautiful evening, don't you think?" He smiled, shyly casting a glance towards his new relative. "Are you enjoying the party?"  

[Scaramouche Fandango]

"I am- I think we all are, my kids scattered to the four winds as soon as we got here instead of hiding behind me like they do when they're nervous." Pale Moonlight chuckled as a streak of pink chased something blue across the lawn. That'd be one of his chasing a cousin- probably Dramatis, if he knew his little flutter. "You two sure picked a lovely night for this. Fall's always such a nice time of year, with the leaves crisping up and the moon getting brighter- though I'd have to say Lemure outshines it tonight. You make my sister so very, very happy, y'know?" The unicorn took a sip from his glass, remembering all the fictional romances she'd swooned over. He wagered they didn't hold a candle to what she had now.

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[Syrcaid]

(SO late to this party...)

Cherpumple trotted along, dressed (naturally) as a sandwich. He thought he'd be a "scary" sandwich and arrived as a submarine sandwich with no pickles. That'd drive anyone bonkers, right?  

[cursedandwandering]

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Syrcaid

Mooncake smiled, wings twitching happily as he listened to his brother-in-law speak. "I am very glad to hear all of this. Your children seem very sweet." He chuckled, taking a sip of his drink as he took a glance towards the house. "Lemure always looks beautiful. No night can compare to her magnificence."

Setting his glass down on the window ledge, he took note of a guest arriving. He ran a hoof through his hair before clearing his throat. "Uh... Boo. Thank you for coming to the party." He looked over the stallion's costume and raised an eyebrow. A sandwich? Was there actually some kind of food monster in existence that he didn't know about? He had met a foal with a leg made of bread after all. Maybe a bread based monster was an actual thing and he just hadn't come across the mention of one in his studies.  

[zippedsiren]

Willow Wisp knew neither the bride nor the groom personally, though the mare knew a distant relative or two. Still, the brown unicorn was as surprised as any to find herself at the wedding reception, but she was never one to say no to an invitation. Wisp was dressed as a merphony, with her hindquarters covered by a tightly knitted wrap of teal sequins. It was much harder to walk in than she expected, and it was times like these she wished she could fly. Instead, she slinked her away into the house to look around and mingle.  

[Syrcaid]

cursedandwandering

"Uh... Boo. Thank you for coming to the party." He looked over the stallion's costume and raised an eyebrow. A sandwich? Was there actually some kind of food monster in existence that he didn't know about? He had met a foal with a leg made of bread after all. Maybe a bread based monster was an actual thing and he just hadn't come across the mention of one in his studies.

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"Oh, hiya!" Cherpumple trotted up and looked at the doorway to the party. "Gee, you sure went all out, didn't ya? Hope my costume fits through the door!"

Cherpumple, costume and all, got stuck at the door. Fortunately, his sandwich was made of soft, bouncy nylon and cotton. The lettuce flounced happily, completely unaware it was stuck in the doorway. Cherpumple scrabbled for a time before finally getting through.  

[Scaramouche Fandango]

"Thanks- they're good kids, all four of 'em. A handful at times, but no kids are ever truly easy-" Pale Moonlight began, and then Aurora showed up. "Excuse me," he said to his brother-in-law before dramatically sweeping his wife into his arms, twirling her around, dipping her back, and pressing a feather-light kiss to her lips. "Darling, you're ravishing. Truly ravishing, bewitching, ensnaring, enchanting." He carefully replaced her, taking extra care not to nudge a single bobby pin from its place. "I've been spending some time with our new brother-in-law here; have you two been properly introduced?"

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Astraea Pandora

Dramatis saw her sister hide in a corner and it made her kind of sad. Clearly her sister needed to be cheered up by the living dead, and she was just the necromancer to do it! But where could she find the true undead at this party? As luck would have it, she caught sight of a mermaid- with fangs. Fangs meant vampire or werewolf or something, and that meant that maybe she'd have necromantic control over the adult. Silently, the little flutter tried to trail the sparkly-butt unicorn with the glowing horn. She tried to be inconspicuous, but nobody can be inconspicuous wearing that many fake spiderwebs.

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[zippedsiren]

At first Wisp was oblivious to being tailed by the small pink flutter. The mare wandered through the crowd of phonies, taking in everything that there was to see: the costumes and the decorations were lovely. As the unicorn started to go towards the punch bowl, she had that tingle in her spine many phony get when being watched. She tried to think nothing of it and took another step, but the feeling was still there, and out of the corner of her eye she saw something pink and webby move. She turned to look, and her golden eyes stared directly at a pair of red ones only a little bit away from her. “Oh… what are you suppose to be there? That’s a great looking costume…” then Wisp lowered her voice just a smidgen “ or that your real self?”

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[cursedandwandering]

Astraea Pandora

Scaramouche Fandango

Syrcaid

"I hope you enjoy the party. We put a lot of work into it." Mooncake chuckled, quirking an eyebrow as the sandwich managed to squeeze himself through the door.

The flutter cleared his throat, returning his attention to his brother-in-law. "I hope our children can get along." He smiled, turning as he looked over to the new arrival, another flutter like himself was decked out at his door. His new sister-in-law had somehow managed to put a lot of extravagant clothes and accessories onto her dainty body.

The purple stallion flushed as Aurora mentioned something he himself had been concerned about. "She seems to be taking it well."