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HAPPY HALLOWEEN BITCHES 🎃

Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion...though you may have once known it as the Crimson Phoenix dorm. As you approach, you may find that the area is hardly recognizable. There are several tables set up outside hosting all sorts of activities, and at the front and center is a small, cheerfully crackling bonfire. Scattered around the outside are several fake tombstones with equally fake inscriptions painted on them and lit by soft glowing lights with various skeletons posed around the graveyard. In the front on the way to the main door is a twelve-foot skeleton dressed as a witch, and from here you can see three inflatable pumpkins on the roof. Approaching the dorm itself, you'll find that the outside has been decked out in lights and decor, and the inside is just as elaborate and extra. Terrible idea to give teenagers unlimited money and time on their hands, huh?

As you enter through the lobby, you'll find that you may be guided to enter a haunted maze. Adventurers beware...

...but for those of you who are more interested in the festivities upstairs, residents of Phoenix dorm will happily shuttle you up to the second floor in an elevator decked out with floating candles. Upon reaching this floor, you'll be greeted with the lounge. There are plenty of couches with red cushions and blankets for maximum comfort, and the entire floor is equally decorated. Various horror movies play on mute from the TV mounted against the wall, and music seems to reverberate throughout the dorm everywhere you go. Loud enough to enjoy, but not loud enough to disrupt conversation. Hanging from the ceiling there also appears to be a large pinata in the shape of the moon, a large wooden stick leaning against the wall with a bandana draped over the top...batter up!

The four bedrooms appear to be blocked off with caution tape, but the two bathrooms and the kitchen are open to everyone. And while there's a third floor...there's nothing of interest up there other than space and more decor to admire as you mingle.

The party's just getting started. Have fun and get spooky.

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I was sprouting flowers for two days and I spend a few hours as a kid. I'm allowed to laugh. [ the joke is that both of those things go against his usual aesthetic. ]

Then again this is actually a personal attack on me, so maybe laughing isn't the answer.

[the way i really want to say that it's been 2 hours icly so that nico just has to deal with darth vader straddling him now. sighs.]

It kind of is a personal attack on you. I guess I'm just collateral damage...

[ i hate that. also i genuinely have no idea how long you decided he'd already been like this by the time nico found him. it's fine. ]

Which really is actually terrible for you, because if it's a personal attack on me, there's no benefit for you either. It's pretty effective in terms of attacking both of us. [ pats tiny vader's helmet with an index claw gently. and there's a mock sigh. ] And here I had all sorts of plans for you...

[ he is completely full of shit and once again has decided it's time to push will's buttons for fun and profit. ]

No kidding. It's -

[fuck it, it's icly been 2 hours now. suddenly, will is full sized and sitting in nico's lap. hello nico.

...he adjusts a bit so he's straddling his waist and drapes his arms over nico's shoulders.]

Plans, huh? What sort of plans?

[again, this is very funny coming from someone who is speaking with darth vader's voice.]

[ there's a very surprised sound when there's suddenly a full-sized will straddling his waist in this chair. this is role reversal of a different kind, and he's not sure how to feel about it. well. it's not bad, at least, but now he has to deal with a separate problem and that problem is will might still have a very hideous mustache and also is shoujo sparkling.

it's very hard to take this seriously, but he does slide his hands around will's hips to hold him steady and continues to spout absolute nonsense. ]

Oh, you know. Plans. [ thanks. ] I've thought about them a little, and I think they might even be plans you like. Too bad about the mustache though, that's a real dealbreaker.

[there is something about how body language and the way he speaks that makes it so, so obvious that will is pouting underneath the helmet. even though his expression is not at all visible and his voice is still going through the voice changer.]

Unbelievable. A guy goes through puberty and suddenly his boyfriend isn't interested anymore.

[ this is so funny? wow. maybe he should use the fact will finds him attractive no matter what the fuck he does against him more often. the voice changer really. makes this worse and funnier somehow, too. ]

Mmhm, sometimes it be like that. [ i hope will regrets introducing nico to online culture actually. ] Suffice to say, I'm pretty into guys I can kiss and not worry about getting scratched in the face.

...there has got to be some way to get rid of this stupid mustache.

[his voice is the verbal equivalent of 🥺 right about now despite sounding like vader.]

[ he raises an eyebrow. and brings a hand up to tap him on the nose...or at least where his nose probably is under the dumb helmet. ]

Probably. Maybe if you say the magic words it'll wear off on its own. [ he has no idea how long this mustache curse lasts. ]

[magic words, huh...]

Nico, I really want to kiss you right now.

[ that makes him laugh again? but it's a little more fond this time. ]

You really think that'll work?

If I'm lucky it will.

[he says, still straddling nico's waist.]

Funny. Can't really tell when you're still wearing the stupid helmet, but I'm almost afraid to look again.

[ he really is just. dressed as darth vader and straddling his goth ass, huh. his thumbs are still rubbing little circles over will's hips since he's there, but he's also letting him stay there while slowly becoming aware of the fact his legs might fall asleep just because will's taller and outweighs him by like forty pounds. ]

[nico don't just let him stay there at your legs' expense.]

You've got good instincts. I bet whenever you have me take it off, it'll be gone.

[ why not, will would just carry him anyway? ]

That's a lot of faith in me and my instincts, you know. What if I pick at the wrong time? That's also assuming I want to kiss you back.

[ he says, as if that was even a fucking question. literally who are you trying to fool. idiot. also i guess will is close enough to also see his fangs so that's fun. ]

[this is true]

I have complete faith in you. You know that. [he says this completely genuinely ... in darth vader's voice.] But I guess that's fair. If you don't want to kiss me I'll just have to wait until you do.

[he may be staring at those fangs but it is literally impossible to tell with the helmet on.]

Yeah, I do know that. [ musingly. it is something will tells him a lot and something he thinks on, and something that is. really fucking weird to hear in vader's voice oh gods he cannot keep doing this for much longer but no. he's determined to win. "win what?" the game he decided he's playing. so he leans back in the chair slightly, and he's staring at the helmet anyway before there's a slight movement of his tongue over one of the fangs, and he looks down at his claws for a bit. ]

And how long would you be willing to wait, exactly?

...as long as it took.

[there's a slight tilt of the helmet as will's gaze lingers on the way nico's tongue moves over his fangs before looking down to follow the path of nico's gaze to his claws.]

I might be waiting impatiently, but I'd wait. [softly - ] You're worth the wait.

[ no...stay strong...he cannot see what will's actually looking at but he can absolutely hear everything he's saying and feel himself starting to crumble.

which is why a hand comes up to gently push at the front of the helmet. ]

You cannot be really cute right now when you're wearing a voice modifier. It's terrible.

[will smiles. and then, hopefully, as the front of his helmet starts to get pushed up - ]

Does this mean you think it's safe to ditch the helmet?

[IS HIS MUSTACHE GONE.]

No, but I literally can't keep listening to this. [ originally he'd been pushing the helmet into will's face to shut him up, but now he's doing the ultimate cat move of "fuck this thing in particular" and trying to push the whole helmet off. begone!!!

ALSO YOU TELL ME, BRITT, IS THE MUSTACHE GONE OR ARE THERE EVEN MORE MISTAKES FOR SOME REASON. he really hopes its gone, gods. ]

[oh i misinterpreted that.

anyway the mustache is not gone!]

[just kidding, it is gone, i just wanted to use the icon char made. anyway, with the helmet off, his voice is back to normal.

he smiles at him warmly.]

Hey, Nico.

[ i. deeply. hate this. icon. char how could you do this to me personally. anyway this thread is now officially last so everybody else can see this 'stache in person icly. anyway. there's no helmet and there's no mustache and he seems very pleased with himself. ]

Hey yourself. Much better.

[he leans in, pressing his forehead to nico's.]

...does this mean I can kiss you now?

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