OSTARA MASQUERADE

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ostara masquerade

what's up?

It's just after 7:00 PM when all those who decided to attend the mysterious masquerade begin to hear traditional Celtic music coming from the stairwells. If they follow it, it leads them to the mysterious 5th floor, where an opened door has appeared. Walk through it, and they'll enter another world.

Party-goers immediately find themselves in a mossy forest, where the trees are decorated with tiny flowing lights and a small stream is all that parts them from a path that leads them to a beautiful party deep in the woods. As soon as the hop over the stream, their outfits change and they're suddenly wearing masks that completely disguise them. Their new outfits are reminiscent of old Celtic dress with a hint of the fantastical, from long gowns to tartan to doublets. Flowers are abundant, both in their hair and on their masks, which are shaped commonly like spring animals. Rabbits, deer, lambs, and (of course) chickens. With the mask on, no one can recognize them, even if they otherwise should be able to by their voice or appearance.

There are giant toadstools that serve as seating, or they can lie down on a patch of moss. Drinks, which are plentiful, are served in large acorns or as improbable dew drops that retain their surface tension despite their size. If they want a snack, there are two bowls of bottomless eggs. The white eggs are the richest, most luxurious soft boiled eggs they've ever tasted. The rainbow colored eggs are a candy shell full of chocolate.

Meanwhile, beautiful snowy white chickens wander through the clearing, unconcerned by the humans.

A ?man? who must be one of the residents is teaching people to make Ostara egg charms: blow out an egg, paint it with something that represents your desires, and then either hang it up if your wish it about a person, or bury it if your wish is about prosperity.

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how this works!

⬥ How the Anonymity Charm works: Someone wearing a charmed mask is unrecognizable to those looking at them. While it can't immediately be determined who they are from their appearance or their voice, maybe something from their speech patterns will tip your character off — or something they choose to tell them.

⬥ Characters will know intuitively when they're speaking with someone they're related to, but they won't know the nature of that relation. For example, Rose Weasley would know if she were talking to someone she's related to, but she wouldn't know if it was Hugo, Roxanne, or Albus.

⬥ The party begins a little after 7:00 PM, and will last until 3:00 AM. If your character doesn't leave the party on time, they'll fall asleep and reawaken in their bed.

⬥ When your character does exit the party, they're still wearing the fantasy costumes the magic put them in, and they still have their masks, although they no longer disguise the wearer. Hopefully they weren't too attached to the "sexy" outfit they arrived in.

locations!

⬦ WHAT'S UP?: What did your character arrive wearing, and what did the magic of the 5th floor dress them in instead? What's your character up to tonight in general?

⬦ THE TOADSTOOLS: A patch of gigantic toadstools for sitting on, and baskets full of eggs and strange drinks.

⬦ THE WOODS: The woods are quieter, more private.

⬦ EGG CHARMS: Does your character make an egg charm? What are they wishing for?

⬦ SPIN THE CHICKEN: One of these chickens seems keen on facilitating a strange sort of spin the bottle. Pick up the chicken, set the chicken down, and it will choose a (supposedly) random person somewhere in the circle.

⬦ LATE AT NIGHT: The lights all dim, and it seems to be time to head back to the real world. Or perhaps your character already has.

⬦ OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

Comments

THE WOODS: A Focused Young Man

[corriespondence]

Through luck and will Corrie manages to turn a startled bark of a laugh into a semi-innocuous throat-clearing. "Dammit, you got me," she says, making a mental note to tell Siân all about this. Aggressive and defiant? She'll love that.

Wait -- hadn't he said something about Weasleys too? Her eyes narrow, taking him in: owl mask, kilt (not any tartan she knew, but it could just be generic). That's just cut her list down significantly, especially since it's no way this is Louis.

She grins. "But I just got you too, roomie."

THE WOODS: A Focused Young Man

[hugogogadget]

Hugo's not sure Siân would admit her identity that easily. Then again, maybe Siân would know that people would think she wouldn't admit her identity so easily, so to properly trick them, she would admit it? Or maybe--

This "Princess Bride"-esque logic loop is mercifully and suddenly cut short when Hugo realizes that he's now presumed to be Freddie.

"Busted!" Hugo grins. "So..." What the hell would Siân and Freddie talk about anyway?? Unionising, probably. But, glancing around, Hugo doesn't see any creatures doing hard labor at the party. "...you scheming to get up to any trouble tonight?"

THE WOODS: A Focused Young Man

[corriespondence]

Siân would absolutely not admit her identity that easily, but he'd already given in so Corrie still won. No way out but forward at this point: she's running through a list of everything portable at the party. "Taking home all the eggs I can carry," she says conspiratorially. "Dewdrops too if I can. Think you can rig me up something to carry them, Mad Lad?"

THE WOODS: A Focused Young Man

[hugogogadget]

Ah, a rather simple request for Freddie. But there are a few problems here. First off, Hugo's not Freddie. Actually, that's pretty much the only problem. But it's a big one. He might be found out. Imminently.

But fate decides to intervene. Hugo dries his sweaty palms on his kilt and--

"My kilt has pockets!" A spontaneously vocalization of a fun discovery, as well as a possible solution to the present problem. "Let's fill these suckers with eggs and drinks."

THE WOODS: A Focused Young Man

[corriespondence]

A kilt filled with eggs sounds horrifying. This cannot possibly end well.

"Perfect," Corrie says. It's not her pockets, after all, and she doesn't actually want the leftovers. If Fred's having an off night but is willing to be an egg mule, who is she to judge? "How big are they?"