1st Annual Halloween Block Party!

[iam_senpai]

Perhaps it's the leaves of fiery golds and oranges drifting on the breeze, or the sight of various hard squash being mangled into festive ornaments, or even still the bowls of candy left out simply everywhere in the Nexus that signifies the import of today. Regardless of when you take heed, Halloween has come to the Nexus.

Neat little handmade signs and fliers of all kinds lead to a particularly festive sectioned off block with the Crossroads Cafe at the center. The brick building has more than its fair share of decorations hung from every available windowsill and door. Hanging skeletons, jolly Jack-O-Lanterns, orange and black streamers cascading down and blowing to and fro in the crisp breeze.

The doors are propped open just waiting to beckon you inside. What are you waiting for?

((See the OOC post if you have any questions! Backtagging and threadhopping are fine. Come on in and have a blast :D ))



Coats and Costumes
The Cafe
Bonfire
Dance Floor
Haunted House
Side Halls and Storage

Comments

[westfallcorndog]

"Dionysia..." he mumbles to himself, eyes narrowed in thought. Something about that word sounds familiar, but the memory is far-off in his hazy mind and difficult to recall.

"What world're you from? I woulda guessed Earth for sure. All the humans I meet around here come from one Earth or another, feels like."

He hooks a thumb at his own chest and says, "My world's called Azeroth. Don't sweat it if ya never heard of it, it's kind of a shithole." He pauses for a swig of his drink, then is sure to clarify, "But it's my shithole, so I love it."

[chiron_survivor]

"It's to honor Dionysius," Adia explains. "One of our gods. We put on plays, exchange gifts... stuff like that. My planet had a lot of vineyards so it was an especially big deal for us." Maybe that will jog Harrow's memory.

Adia smiles faintly. "I've noticed that, too," she confides. "I can count on one hand the number of humans I've met who aren't from Earth. I'm originally from Leonis, one of the twelve colonies of Kobol." There's a nostalgic look on her face that turns bitter when she adds, "Now I live on New Caprica."

"I haven't," she admits. "What's it like?" She's not going to judge Harrow calling his home world a shithole. Based on her earlier expression, she feels the same way about New Caprica. Minus the loving it part.

[westfallcorndog]

"Dionysus!" Well, now you've gone and sidetracked him. "He's an Earth God!" Light, he couldn't be more excited about this now. "He's from Greeks! I got a friend who worships a Greek god! Morpheus! Y'ever heard of him?"

All talk of planets is (at least momentarily) right out the window. He leans down just a bit to get a little closer to face level with her and awaits her answer with eagerly raised brows.

[chiron_survivor]

Adia cringes involuntarily in the face of Harrow's enthusiasm. So loud! Why are drunk people always so loud? Still, she can't really fault him for eagerly sharing what he knows about Earth. She does the same thing. "Yes, I've heard of him. He's not worshipped anymore, but people still refer to him as the Lord of Dreams... I don't know why my religion has so much in common with the Greeks, though. People keep telling me that, but Earth is a myth where I'm from. A lost colony."

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[westfallcorndog]

"A lost colony? Earth?..." Harrow's eyes narrow in the monumental effort of thought. Something isn't quite adding up about that. He slowly points a finger at her and asks, "A planet? Y'all lost a whole planet?... How'd that happen?..."

Better late than never! :)

[chiron_survivor]

"It happened several thousand years ago," Adia says, in the colonies' defense. It's not like they put Earth down somewhere and then forgot about it. "When the twelve tribes had to leave Kobol and colonize other planets. A thirteenth tribe had left before everyone else and colonized a planet they named Earth. They supposedly sent directions back to Kobol, but information can get lost over time..."

She hopes she's making sense to Harrow. She doesn't want to patronize him. "Do you have any myths like that on Azeroth? Lost people or places?"