boys and girls of ev'ry age~

[innocentloveholic]

[ With all the hubbub Aligula's been up for few weeks now and especially today, it should really, really not be a surprise that closing in around the evening, flyers start appearing pretty much everywhere, in true Aligula tradition.



There's an extra notice slipped under everyone's doors as well: i made costumes and you're not allowed to tell a ghost story unless you wear one!!!! they'll be in the bar with everything else so don't worry it's all taken care of~~~~ ♥

...yeah.

8pm sees the bar decorated with a lot of toilet paper—mummies were here, obviously—as well as cut-outs of cats, bats, ghosts, owls, and a few freaky looking things that are probably native to Aligula's world. Additionally, the bar counter is laden with dozens of treats, ranging from slightly overdone cookies (sugar, chocolate chip, double chocolate chip, snickerdoodle) roughly shaped like popular Halloween motifs like bats, ghosts, and something attempting to be a pumpkin; thumbprint cookies with some sort of raspberry jelly on them that's a little too sweet, thick, and sticky; to somewhat lopsided chocolate and vanilla cakes, topped with whipped cream frosting and mixed berries. There's hot chocolate and water for people who prefer not to take any of the alcohol that's naturally in the bar, and...

True to her notice, there are costumes laid across several tables and chairs that have been pushed together: bedsheets with fancy embroidery around the hem for some expensive-looking bedsheet ghosts, witch costumes, robes for every monster occasion, cat-ear headbands + tail combination and a marker for whiskers, the same except dog-themed, black capes with red insides for vampires...

If you told her a preference and let her measure you, your costume set aside with a piece of paper with your name attached to it! If not, well. Bedsheet ghosts and capes are one size fit all, though she attempted to eyeball (ha) most everyone, so maybe one of these other ones fit you? Or maybe you don't care and you're not going to tell a ghost story anyway, so whatever.

The ghost stories, by the way, have their own little throne—there's one table pulled away from the others that's covered with a blanket and has a pillow and a few of those cute Cerberus plushes that come out of the machine with it. Take a seat and share something spooky—tis the season in this room, after all. ]

Comments

[chessturner]

With your destruction and despair, right? What exactly were you doing before arriving here?

[As much as she'd like to deny she is curious, she can't. She really is curious just what kind of despair a god can cause[

[hentopan]

[ Terumi just grins. ]

What I'm always doing, handling all the bullshit and lies that make up my world.

[chessturner]

That's a bit vague. You can't grin, say that and expect me to believe you're as much of an influence as you say you are, god or not.

[hentopan]

Don't believe me do you, office lady? [ He looks kind of amused at that though. ]

Do you know who taught humans magic? Me. Do you know who eradicated all the mages and that shitty idealistic island of theirs? Me.

[chessturner]

[She's going to be skeptical forever, yep]

...why would all mages stay in one island? That's kind of counterproductive.

[THAT'S NOT THE POINT HERE, KYRIE]

[hentopan]

[ Terumi laughs. ]

Because they were dumbasses, didn't want to share with the rest of humanity. Worked out well for them, didn't it? They've wasted the past hundred years trying to get the most basic of magic down, it's freakin' pathetic.

[chessturner]

Those selfish mages...it's true mages seem to like secrecy. Rin-chan, she's a mage and has to kill anyone who finds out about mages.

I wonder if normal people would do the same to them...kill them because they're afraid of their magic. Humans in general can be rather cowardly towards what they don't understand.

[Kyrie sounds so derisive, as if she believes she's above such behavior]

[hentopan]

Heheheh, sounds about right. [ On all counts it sounds like. ]

Humans are just selfish, no matter what bullshit they try to spin. But if you know that, then you're one step ahead huh?

[chessturner]

Of course. I think I'm above that kind of petty behavior.

[She definitely isn't]

[hentopan]

Keh, I'm sure~.

[ Yeah he doesn't believe her. ]

[chessturner]

Oh, you don't believe me? I'm a kind, selfless person.

[Yeah, at this point she's struggling to keep a straight face. Not even she can lie so cheekily about this]

[hentopan]

Hyehahahaha and I'm actually a guardian!!

[ Why keep a straight face. ]

[chessturner]

It's obvious you're not, the scare quotes in your occupation kind of gave that away.

[There's a very slight grin on her face. It's not often you meet someone who openly shows how awful he is. It'd be refreshing if it wasn't kind of annoying for her, hah]

Who'd make you the guardian of anything, anyway? They'd have to be daft to think that's a good idea.

[hentopan]

[ Ah, he kind of... settles a bit. ]

You can ask my sister that. She's always tryin to get everyone to do whatever she wants.

[chessturner]

And you let her make you do whatever she wanted? You didn't, did you?

[It'd be embarassing if you did, mister I-spread-despair-everywhere]

[hentopan]

Let her? She restarts the whole fucking world every time she doesn't get her way.

[chessturner]

Like a child having a tantrum...I never thought a goddess could be so immature.

[hentopan]

Bingo, bingo!! She's done it oh....eight thousand times or so now? Give or take a few times of course.

But not anymore! Bitch was stupid enough to fall into my trap, so this it. The last time, no more fucking do-overs, no more fucking lies!!!

[chessturner]

Why doesn't that fill me with relief.

[If it was your trap, then it can't have been good]

[hentopan]

Keheheh that's too bad~.