Paper Faces on Parade

[happysweets]

[ Okay, so, assuming everyone got a crossword and an invite on Tuesday, one would assume that pretty much everyone knows that Misa's planning something. A sign on the door of the music room will indicate as much, a nice big "KEEP OUT PLEASE ♥" to make sure everything's set up just right before the festivities start. The tables are set up just right for snacks and all, the stage is set, the room is even decorated with hand-made streamers and lots of bright ribbons from the art room! When Misa goes hard, she goes hard, apparently. The floor isn't exactly a dance floor, but it should be nice enough that people can dance if they want to, and though she had a really hard time pushing everything around to make the perfect amount of space, it looks like it's about as good as it's going to get.

The guests'll be happy to know there aren't any penalty snacks this time around; nothing set out on the table looks gross or horribly out of place like at Truth or Dare. Everything looks pretty cute, actually; between the desserts and the actual cocktails set out, she and Aqua kind of outdid themselves in terms of meal planning. As for the host herself, she'll obviously be running around too, making sure everything's going okay; one would think that between prepping the food and the party itself, she wouldn't have much time to get herself all dolled up, but a model always has to look her best! And Misa certainly isn't giving anything less than 110 percent, between her short black dress and her ma-- jesus Misa save some glitter for everyone else

In any case, the party is definitely intended to be a late-night affair! And all are welcome, so feel free to come in and dance the night away! Misa even has a bunch of masks in different colors made for people who didn't have time to make one themselves, so don't be shy to grab one and have fun! ]

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[happysweets]

[ Finding Misa herself shouldn't be horrendously difficult after the party starts; she might be dressed up, but it's difficult to miss the bright blonde pigtails sticking out from the crowd. Don't even think about wallflowering; the second she spots someone off to themselves, she'll pull them aside and towards the center of the room, insisting that they dance with her if only for a bit! When that's not happening and she's not socializing, she'll probably be by the food tables, shoving dessert down her throat and making sure everyone else is enjoying the festivities...

Relying on other people for the music, though, seemed like a good idea in theory, but it's not exactly a foolproof plan of attack, so, if there's ever too much of a lull, she'll take it as her cue to hop up on stage and take requests!! She might not know all the words to everything by heart, but, hey, can't fault a girl for trying, right? And her singing voice isn't too bad, either, as expected of such a celebrity!

Overall, not too bad of a distraction, if she says so herself. ]

[captainobnoxious]

[Not bad at all, and Misa's one of the only reasons Sigrun even came. To show her support. Fancy stuff are just not for her.

So yes. The tables. They can eat together. Sigrun's maskless herself, but, you know. She is not looking for one.]

Well, pigtails, you have too many hours in a day. Your usual schedule really shows between this and... last night.

[goodforsomething]

[Stan wasn't exactly wallflowering, but he actually seems a little hesitant to be drawn out onto the dance floor.]

Woah, hey, c'mon! Go grab the doc or someone, he ain't doin anything.

[isafraid]

[How are you possibly dragging him this way, sure Speedwagon was a bit of a wallflower, but he's also a Jojo.

At least he doesn't seem too bothered by this.]

What? ...Ah, Miss Misa?

[Yeaaah, sorry. The mask doesn't do much for a guy that could smell people's moral aliments. Not like his is much better...?]

I was just fine where I was!

[cherryblooded]

[Okay, it's not like Cherryblod wouldn't be recognizable to everyone. Even with his mask and suit - look, he learned how buttons work! - he very clearly still has hair antennae and a shrimp tail, so any chance of actually being mysterious is out the window.

That said, he's still having a great time. When he's not sipping on one of the cocktails, he's approaching people with one question.]

Would you do me the honor of a dance?

[prismbloom]

[ So there's not much to work with in the sewing room, but Aqua's managed to throw together a fairly simple dress and matching mask. ]

If we're not busting out any moves like we did in the arcade, of course.

[isafraid]

....Are you quite sure you're asking the right person?

[Not that he isn't flattered...]

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri is here, with a mask and all! Made by Misa, too. Usually he wouldn't have come to a party - this is no place for parties and while he knows keeping morale high is important this isn't how he thought it would be done.

Still, he is here, and his objective has been achieved: go eat some of Misa's baked sweets]

Oooohooo, these are delicious! Amaaazing! [nom]What an experience, bwaaahah!

[He likes them]

[happysweets]

Misa-Misa's so glad you love the food! The secret ingredient is love, you know! ...And just a bit of spice.

[captainobnoxious]

[First a fancy date, now a fancy dance.

Well.

Sigrun isn't dressed for success nor does she want a mask of her own -- the thought of having something pressed against her like that isn't exactly pleasant, judging from her own reactions to a straitjacket earlier yesterday, but she's supplying some music on her lyre, obviously intending never to set a foot on the goddamn dance floor. Nope. Your leader is a wallflower.

When she's not playing the best dancey music she can think of that doesn't have bloody tales attached she's enjoying herself with the food and drinks. Still not touching the dance floor if she can help it. Not her scene. Not her people. Feeling vaguely out of place.

... And when she doesn't want to feel out of place anymore, Sigrun is going to be staying outside the dining hall, plucking at her lyre looking the most relieved until she decides it's time to get going. She gave it a shot, okay.]

food and drinks

[notjustawriter]

[Gabriel isn't the world's best dancer, but that doesn't mean he's not going to show up at the masquerade-- that would be silly. He doesn't exactly have anything fancy from the machine to wear, so as a result, he's in the outfit he arrived here in, which means a t-shirt and a leather jacket.

He picks up one of the drinks, sipping from it carefully.]

I bet this is the first party this place has ever seen.

Food and drinks

[sleepingkogoro]

[Since Mouri is camping around the food table he is still there when Sigrun gets near. Huh, this isn't what he expected]

[nom] I thought you'd be out there dancing until you were too tired to move. Kind of weird to not to see you doing that.

[pokexplorer]

[Colress is pleased to catch Sigrun while she's not concentrating on her music. Klinklang is too, but it's just hovering nearby for now while Colress speaks.]

Are you enjoying the evening, Miss Sigrun? Ah, I highly suggest one of the desserts by the way- they are very good.

[...living the no-dancing lyfe, basically.]

outside the dinging hall

[isafraid]

[There's always the people at an event that have to get out of it every once in a while, breath some fresh air... or whatever could pass for it in this place. Speedy's not too surprised to see her there as he follows the lyre plucking. That's his curiosity again.]

Quite the party, wouldn't you say? [Speedwagon noted with a nod and a slight smile as he tugged his mask off.]

[goodforsomething]

[Stan appears to have taken the invitation to a masquarade as an excuse to be exactly as horrifying as he feels like being. He's just wearing his usual suit with it, since the color schemes go together and all. The only change is a neat red bow-tie in place of his usual one, plus a sharp black hat. He thought about a wig, but...well.

As far as his brand of costumery goes, it's actually pretty low-bar; he didn't have the time or materials for a proper Summerween outfit. Besides, it's a lot more fun scaring little kids!

He's still definitely going to creep up behind people though.]

Boo!

[cherryblooded]

[Cherryblod's reaction to someone creeping up behind him and startling him is an instinctual one: smack whoever it is with the nearest available body part, his tail.

...Smack them fairly hard with his tail. He'll apologize once he actually turns around.]

[sleepingkogoro]

[You jerk, who startles people while they are eating.

Mouri almost chokes but manages to avoid it, instead turning around and glaring at Stan. Really, man?]

[notjustawriter]

[Gabriel might be a writer, but that doesn't mean he's the most creative person when it comes to making costumes. Sure, he can describe them but not much else. That's why his mask is on the simple side.

He also didn't bother with trying to make a fancy outfit for himself, so he's in the clothes he arrived in-- a t-shirt and a leather jacket. Not fancy in the least, but he doesn't actually expect to do much in the way of dancing tonight.

Still, even if he's not going to be asking people to dance, he will be approaching people throughout the night to chat.]

This is a nice night, innit?

[sleepingkogoro]

[Mouri waves at Gabriel, he's still busy eating stuff]

Suppose so. It has been a while since I went to a party. [nom]

Not interested in dancing, though. I don't know to dance.

[isafraid]

[A party. An honest to goodness party. And, for the first time in Speedwagon's memory, he was invited!

Maybe that's why he's a tad nervous about the whole idea. He's hardly the type that would have been allowed to the extravagant events of home. It was merely a party among friends, but Speedwagon didn't want to appear lazy. As far as dressing up went, his mask was pretty simple - blame his terrible art skills. His suit is the same one from the vending machine, minus the hat. For this evening, he's actually put his hair up for once. How long will that rubber band last? We just don't know.

He's... he's definitely Speedwagon though. No way to hide that. But really, he's just here to have a bit of fun. Not that he's expecting to do much dancing tonight, but there are plenty of desserts to try.]

[sleepingkogoro]

...huh. I didn't think all that hair could be held.

[You could at least say hello, Mouri]

[ratingspoint]

[Someone told Mettaton fairly early on that if anyone could make those stupid jumpsuits fashionable, he could. It looks like tonight he is bound and determined to...if not make them fashionable to at least make them interesting, and he seems to have succeeded on that front.

His is neon pink as hell, and a lot of the modifications he's made seem to have been in the general direction of "I'm going to cut just, like, a heroic amount of this off"; the sleeves went, most of the length on it went, the...separated legs on it went, a good amount of it has been taken in so it's not so loose, and while he couldn't find any black fabric apparently if you dunk Yato's scarf in a hideous dark mixture enough times it'll come out close enough. So that's around his waist, and the result is a fairly bizarre but functional sleeveless pink minidress with a high collar, covering the chestplate and the dials and god knows what else, with Yato's darkened...thing tied tightly enough to function as a belt.

And it's a fucking dress because the hideous pink matches the boots, and why have legs like these if you're not going to show them off.

Seeing as he's got all of one functioning eye the mask is going to come out closer to this sort of thing, and he's got that rose that Sigrun glittered up to hell and back tied around one of his wrists like a corsage as envisioned by a nine-year-old because why the actual hell not.

SO BASICALLY ALL OF THAT IS...WELL. IT CERTAINLY IS. Jury's still out on "what".

...But look, he's here to have a good time, and have a good time he shall. He may drag several of you out onto the dance floor if you're wallflowering too hard, just as a warning.]

[cherryblooded]

[Oh my god, Mettaton-

But no, actually Cherryblod seems to think he's working it?]

You've pulled out all the stops for tonight, I see. Don't think anyone here holds a candle to you.

[...he was fairly pleased that he made something resembling a suit. With buttons. He definitely did not go that far.]

[pokexplorer]

[Masks are a bit hard to pull off when glasses are part of the equation, so Colress unfortunately had to forego one for the party. He can't sacrifice his ability to see clearly, after all! But he does show up for sure, and he gets as dressy as he possibly can. That mostly just means taking off his labcoat really, as much as he finds it fancy as well. His hair is also done a little differently, his long blue bang neatly tucked against the rest of his hair with a simple multipurpose clip from the storage room. Sorry Cherryblod, the kitty hairpin just didn't scream "formal occasion" to him.

He doesn't formally ask for dances for the most part, not wanting to ask someone into a dance when he's not practiced at all, though he will accept them! The majority of the time he can be found sampling the delicious deserts and mingling among the crowd, happy to chat.

Klinklang is also around! Either near its Trainer or floating above everyone, watching the goings-on. It...does have a cute little black mask tied to its minigear, so at least one of the duo got to do the masquerade thing!]

[cherryblooded]

[That's okay, he doesn't take offense at the lack of kitty hairpin.]

Now, see, I don't know if I want to ask you or Klinklang to dance first.

[bloodisthicker]

[...Tarrlok... is just looking kind of furtively at the masks because his mind keeps throwing out conflicting feelings of WOAH, MAN, I HAVE ALREADY TAKEN THE MASK OFF WHY SHOULD I PUT IT BACK ON, THAT'S SO DEEP and IT'S JUST A FUCKING PARTY LIGHTEN THE FUCK UP BUDDY.

...

Of course, there is another big ol' reason why he feels kind of iffy about masks right now, so he just... you know... gets a plate of food, finds a cozy little corner to wallflower in, and tries not to think about fucking masks. He's not dressed up or anything, but he's actually put his hair up into a neat ponytail at the back of his head, which is honestly better than he's been doing all week.]

[goodforsomething]

[Well geez, standing in a corner totally ruins peoples' chances of sneaking up on you with a scary mask!

No one specific, of course. Just people. Lots of people do that.

Stan approaches, sliding his Jigsaw mask down as he does. Not to be recognized, just because it's sort of hot in there.]

Heyyy, what're you doin' over here?

[penduli]

[ ...god he is so glad for masks.

His is a rather simple mask, but it covers enough of his face that no one can immediately tell he's embarrassed every time someone looks at him and his maid dress for longer than necessary. ...he lost a bet to Sigrun who won a bet against Yosuke, please have mercy.

Most of his time is actually spent providing a little music on the piano! When no one else is, anyway. He's been practicing hard for like two days, and the fruits of his labor are... uh... well, they're not terrible. He can manage at least one or two scores he picked up the other day. Hope you like minuets...? (Come hang out with him, there's enough space on this bench for two.)

Otherwise, he's here for cocktails and sitting on the ground, working at... something... while he's sipping at whatever fruity bullshit he's picked up tonight. He'll dance if asked, but he's mainly here to provide what little music he can and work on the Ophelia piece he's writing for Misa to perform at some point.

And yes, the whole time he's sitting the way you should sit with a dress on. He's a very proper young man. ]

[sleepingkogoro]

I heard about the bet with Eide-san. Sorry to see you were forced to go with this.

[But at least it doesn't look so bad on you?????]

[amygdalae]

[Bruce tried, he really did--but honestly the mask Misa is providing is much better so you know what? Let's go with that.

Bruce, likewise, has also removed his glasses, keeping them in a pocket of his jumpsuit as he... awkwardly bundles around the place. Is it clear that he doesn't do parties?? Yeah, probably, but again. #Trying.

Most of the time he's probably going to be at a corner too (provided all the corners aren't taken), or just wandering around, still a bit fuzzy from his two straight nights of no sleep. And when everything gets a bit too loud he'll be stepping out from the room a bit, taking a bit of a breather for himself.

Tony was always much better at parties than he was.]

[prismbloom]

[ More often than not, he's been on her mind. She's been keeping an eye out for him, and when he leaves fro a moment, Aqua slips out of the room, too. She has a glass of punch in each hand. ]

Bruce?

[garudynamic]

[It takes quite awhile for Yosuke to finally show up- for good reason. After his bet with Sigrun he HAS to show up in the maid dress. His pride fights it the whole way.

But he does finally show up, mask and dress and everything. And even through his mask he looks sullen and cranky, sulking off against a wall.

...at least until he starts getting into the cocktails. As the night goes on he starts getting looser, chatting people up and eventually even open to dancing- and playing his guitar a little tipsily and taking requests.

Anyway, here's Wonderwall.

(let me know which point of his adventures he should be at when ya tag huhuhu)]

[cherryblooded]

[Did you say 'sullen and sulking off in a corner somewhere'? Because Cherryblod seeks him out early in the night.]

Are you hiding?