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Welcome to the Party!

The School Auditorium has been taken over to ring in the new year with style! The walls are decorated with streamers, there are helium balloons here and there for ample baby voice opportunities, and of course there are some things to do until the official count down!



The Stage
The projector screen has been lowered, turning the stage into a massive TV streaming live from Halloweentown Square. To the very left is a little DJ booth, and to the far right is a second booth, though this one is empty for now.

Wishing Tree
Come make a wish for the new year! If you're really lucky, and really good, it might come true! (Sandy Claws rules are in effect)

Wheel Game
Spin the Wheel for a chance at some neat prizes!

The "Dance Floor"
We say dance floor, but it could be anything. Any space in the middle that is open is fair game. You can stand and mingle, you can dance, you can sit on the floor and try to avoid getting stepped on...


Pillow Pile
Who knows where they got all these pillows, but here they are, a nice comfortable place to rest and / or nap before the count down!

Game Corner
TVs and couches have been set up in the corner, along with various little game systems and multiple controllers for a little bit of gaming entertainment before the count down.

Food Tables
Along both walls are long tables, littered with snacks and drinks. They are being watched though, so don't try to sabotage it. Or do, and see why SC dressed Alex up as a bouncer.

Tables...?
Yes, there are two long tables there too. They're just...there. Sit on them, or at them, or near them, or make a fort. Who knows, they're there, may as well use them while you can!

Spin the Wheel

Opposite the pillow pile lies a strange but innocuous pile of gifts ranging from small to medium, all in white boxes with pink ribbons; next to them is a large wheel. A gnome is standing guard with perhaps the most joyful expression one of their species had ever managed, though the students might have had to take a second look to make he actually was a gnome and not an escaped elf: he was decked out in a Sandy Claws outfit, had a red plum speared on his pointed nose, candy-striped socks, and funny pointed shoes that jingled with each movement. It quickly turns into a cacophony of Christmastivel cheer upon your approach.

"MARRY KISSMAS AND A NAPPY BLUE DEER!" he belts out before wildly gesturing with excitement at the spinning wheel. You might spy the floating minipets hovering near the pile, sniffing curiously for something. Then again, they grow pretty fuzzy once you're not looking, so it might just be your imagination . . .

We would like to say:

Through good and bad times we've made it another year together. Here's to the next!
- From Aymet

It's been one crazy year...but when aren't they a little strange? Thank you so much to the friends that have stuck by me through thick and thin, and also to the new friends who will hopefully do the same. I wish you all the best in the coming year!
- From Amrita

Another very eventful year has past and I am incredibly happy to say that I think this has been our most gnome-related accident-less one yet! I hope that all of our good fortunes may continue on well into this coming year. May all of our days be frightful and our nights full of terror! Happy New Year, everyone!
- From Alex

It's been one heck of a year, but the Council is just getting started! Please be aware that the gnomes are not to be fed past midnight. Have a happy New Years on us!"
- From Mort

(ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧ I LOVE YOU ALL, EVERYONE
- From Tackbot

Everything had been set up, and checked over, and double checked just in case. All that was left now was to keep Alex away from the food, and wait for some guests to arrive. Amrita passed the time by writing out her wish for the new year, and tying it to the tree as an example.

An endeavour halted as she spotted two suspiciously broken-doll faced gnomes in what were obvious fake beards. Augh. Those dolls. Those damned dolls.

"...Mort. I thought I said no!"

Something that looked suspiciously like a balled of piece of paper soared from over the DJ booth and promptly bonked Mort in the side of the head.

Was it any real surprise that Jory arrived at the party incredibly early? No. Not it wasn't. The boil was notoriously awkward, even this long into his first year he still gave off a painfully obvious 'new guy' vibe. At least he'd managed to dress nicely for the occasion. Exchanging the more traditional looking clothing for something more fashionable. A button down shirt with the sleeves rolled up over his elbows, and a pair of dark jeans with the knees torn out. He was still barefoot. His hair was still pulled back to leave shorter bits framing eyes that were a touch too wide.

He lingered near the door, gaze flicking from the monster boil manning the dj booth to the few other students milling about. Council members, he would guess, familiar from pictures or descriptions.

Quite suddenly he wished he would have waited a bit longer before leaving his room. Maybe looked in on Nat to see if she was planning to attend. He really hoped she did. Anything to have kept him from being that awkward first guest. The one that very obviously didn't have anything resembling a social life.

Well.. maybe he wasn't the absolute first. A couple of other students had arrived pretty much at the same time as he had, though they seemed more at home. Less nervous.

Hel showed up, alone for now, because she liked doing the opposite of what things told her to do, plus the date she would bring had this aversion to school functions or whatever, and that was fine…

That was more than fine right this moment because right after someone accosted her upon entry and explained what the Wishing Tree was, she didn’t want anyone around anyways. She was a sucker for these things…okay? Okay. The Valkyrie gladly took up a piece of paper, and turned her back to those who had gathered so that she could write her wish in ‘private’. She knew exactly what she wanted to wish for, and maybe if she wished hard enough, it would come true! Sandy Claws didn’t deliver (the b*****d), so she was gonna try something else.

Hel lifted the pen to the paper, about to write her wish, but then paused, when a thought came to mind.

Well…there was something else she did want…and not as tame as simply mysteriously catching on fire…

She wanted Alex to burn in hell for all eternity.

But she only could get one…

Ugh.

The dilemma was clear on Hel’s face as she struggled with inner-turmoil about which she desired more…but in the end, one thing won out, since she was pining for this for forever…

But Alex would get what was coming to him. One day. Because there could be only one.

Hel quickly jotted down her wish, and hastily folded up her paper. She looked back and forth, trying to make sure no one was watching her while she tied it to the tree, and her behavior indicted she was very much worried about getting busted by someone…that’s also why she quickly turned around and skittered away from the Wishing Tree…

Only to get distracted by the food table before she got too far.

Dear Wishing Tree:
I wish...to be married NOW
From: Hel