Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

[lucetimods]

Who: Everybody!
What: The Halloween Ball is finally here.
When: Evening of October 31st. (Or earlier, for those who arrive pre-Ball to take advantage of the safety bubble.)
Where: In the village's main plaza.
Summary: After one of the most grueling weeks Luceti's ever known, it finally all comes to a head when a massive, spooky tent appears over

Comments

Before to during the ball, any time

[de_bel_survivor]

[The tent made him both curious and wary when it appeared, keeping his distance from it at first.

Later, after he heard about the apparent 'safety' it provides, Kouki looks at it before bravely stepping inside.

So it's 'safe'.]

...At the moment, anyway.

Some time during the start of the ball maybe?

[liketofu]

[Rise wasn't very keen with wandering around too much in the tent herself. Sure, the place offered a change from the things that'd been bothering her -just like everyone else in Luceti- but was it really safe to remain here for too long?

...that was why she was hanging out so close to the doorway anyway. Sup, Kouki.]

Safe, you mean?

Okay!

[de_bel_survivor]

[He nods, both to greet her and to answer her question.]

That's right. A tent that provides relief after a hard week...something like that made me wonder.

1/2

[liketofu]

It's almost like they wanted us to be here. And here we are. Sitting ducks.

[liketofu]

[And she catches herself. Damn, she's been getting iffier as the days went by with less and less sleep.]

...sorry.

[de_bel_survivor]

It's alright, we're doing our best to bare with it.

[Even if he agrees with her and feel his usual demeanor being tested during this week.]

We should relax for now, until whatever might happen, happens.

[liketofu]

But is that really the right thing to do? If we don't know what's going on until it happens, we'll just be playing into their hands. But if we stay out there...well, everyone knows what'll happen then.

[Throughout her speech, she's darting glances toward the exterior of the tent. The fog has already rolled in outside and looks every inch as unwelcoming as the stories everyone had been hearing about it.]

[de_bel_survivor]

It might happen or not, but I think it's better to clear our minds so we can handle whatever it is while being cautious.

[He notice the fog. It's dangerous to go out now, from the warnings and stories he heard over the journal. Including those sounds and visions...]

Let's do what we can. It'll end, sooner or later.

[Hopefully, soon and without incident.]

[liketofu]

[She doesn't look too pleased at having to admit to that fact but nods nonetheless. Sigh.]

You're really calm about this, aren't you? [Haha...] I guess you're right though...if we're going to become some kind of lab rat to whatever tests they're running here, we can at east make it a point to make it as much of a problem for them I can.

I'll do my best.

[de_bel_survivor]

I'm trying my best not to let it get to me. [After seeing and hearing things...]

But yeah, we'll get through this.

[liketofu]

...yeah.

[Inhale. Time to put on a more pleasant face because really, frowning all evening wasn't going to help her any either.]

Anyway. How've you been, Kouki-san? I haven't heard from you in the past few days.

[de_bel_survivor]

Certain things aside, I've been doing well.

[Nothing much, mostly keeping what he had seen to himself. He doesn't want to explain the lockdown, the demons, the Death Clocks (with '0' being the most common), to anyone else outside of it right now.]

Doing my best to live as normal as I can this past week.

[liketofu]

[Ahaha...] Any luck with that?

[de_bel_survivor]

I've done my best, but I found myself jumpy at times.

[liketofu]

I see. [sigh, and she lets the smile drop a little.] I guess everyone has their share of things don't want to see.

This place just gets really good at pulling those out of you.

[de_bel_survivor]

We do, we just handle with them our way but...

Being able to do that, this place's dangerous that way.