The Ballroom

[Okami Ameras]

The Ballroom is one HUGE room, with a wide hardwood floor that has become dusty and dirty from lack of cleaning. It is dark here, save for on one wall where a large fireplace with crackling flames... but oddly, the flame is a bright cyan blue! It makes you colder as you approach it...

More slashes have been torn through the peeling wallpaper. The Year-round tree in the corner is covered in spiderwebs and brown pine needles, and something with glowing red eyes seems to be hiding in the branches...

Suitably creepy music is playing, and the place is lit by floating candles candles... and the flames are the same chilly blue as the fireplace.

Halloween Playlist so far

Moon Trance
Monster Mash

 

[Okami Ameras]

As Moonie strode and explored around the ballroom, she heard the floorboard creek under her shoes, and the scurry of what seemed to be rats in the walls. A few bats flew overhead.

Near the Year-Round Tree is a raised platform not discreetly obvious... infact well hidden in the gloom. It was empty... at least until she started playing with the tree.

Small blue flames lit in various places of the stage, growing larger and taller slowly...

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I wandered around the ballroom, my hair swishing about behind me as I walked; eventually approaching the tree and standing next to Moonie.

This place has quite the atmosphere. I said, looking at a bat flying around the ceiling.  

[Okami Ameras]

The flames continued to grow, until they emitted a sound that echoed through the ballroom. The sound of a breath, a heartbeat, then the sound of a plucking string; a disembodied human voice, as the flames grew taller and took on the forms of... spirits. One was clearly female and held a violin; she was dressed in all black and had a black mourning veil falling before her eyes; there were others with instruments of different verities; though they seemed more 'faded out' then the ghostly violinist. As the sounds continued, she put the bow to the violin and started to play. And with that, the rest of the ghostly band started to play as well.

((Current song: Moon Trance - Lindsey Stirling.

And the Violinist ))

I giggled as I watched the flames. Looks like the band was waiting to make an entrance!

The music echoed through the ballroom, and I smiled. I bopped my head and tapped my foot to the music, then starting to sway to the ghostly tune.  

[Okami Ameras]

I returned the smile that Moonie had given me. I followed her towards the center of the dance floor slowly, timing each step with the music.

Soon I had reached the center as well, and I stood on my tip toes, starting to dance and move to the music that echoed through the hall. I swayed, spun, clapped and leapt, taking a little bit from every dance style I knew.

I even took my gun off my back; the sniper rifle was very long, taller then I was; capable of firing large shells as well as arrows. It was rather heavy, but I handled it with ease as I spun it around like a baton and danced with it almost like it was a partner. Then I slammed the butt to the floor (which gave a loud creeeek in response) and spun around it like a pole-dancer as the beat picked up.  

[Okami Ameras]

Soon the music drew to a close, and the ghostly spirits that were the band started to shuffle among themselves for a moment. The violin vanished from the lady spirits hands.

Everyone~! The young spirit's voice echoed through the ballroom. It sounded very young, like a child was speaking. It is a pleasure to welcome you all back to the Why Not Mansion. It's been so long since we had the pleasure of playing for guests. We will play for you all night long, and if you have a request, feel free to ask. She bowed deeply, as the band with their new variety of instruments started to play. She seemed to vanish for a moment, before re-appearing.



She was wearing a long white lab coat stained with green sludge, with a pair of silver goggles on her head. Her long silvery blue hair had been tied back into a bun.

The music started with a long creek, the some rattling of chains, some drums and the bubbling of chemicals. I got a big smile when I landed on my feet after a rather... enthusiastic twirl. I quickly strapped my gun to my back.

The spirit started to sing, but not in the light, childlike voice that she had spoke in before, or even the more womanly vocalizations of the last song. It was much deeper, and sounded like a male's voice this time. She started to sing, swaying slightly back and forth.

♪♫ ~ I was working in the lab late one night,
When my eyes beheld an eerie sight,
For my monster from his slab began to rise,
And suddenly, to my surprise...

He did the mash!
He did the Monster Mash!
The monster mash!
It was a graveyard smash!
He did the mash!
It caught on in a flash!
He did the mash
He did the Monster Mash!

From somewhere the spirit was getting backup from a bunch of female voices... or was she singing it all herself?

I was dancing already; the Monster Mash was the type of dance that mainly meant you were flailing around like a limb was about to fall off.  

[Okami Ameras]

((Nope! Actually, I was going for a general mad scientist vibe. But it's funny to think of the coincidence.))

The Spirit continued to sway to the music, singing with the deep voice.

♫♪ ~ From my laboratory in the Castle East,
To the master bedroom where the vampires feast.
The ghouls all came from their humble abodes...
To get a jolt from my electrodes!

They did the Mash
They did the Monster Mash!
The monster Mash
It was a graveyard smash!
They did the Mash
It caught on in a flash!
They did the Mash
They did the Monster Mash!

The zombies were having fun,
The party had just begun!
The guests included Wolf Man...
Dracula and his son!

The scene was rockin', all were digging the sounds,
Igor on chains, backed by his baying hounds.
The coffin-bangers were about to arrive,
With their vocal group, "The Crypt-Kicker Five!" ~ ♫♪

More flames started to form in the air as they had on the stage, this time,twirling around in pairs. They grew and formed into many fully fledged spirits, dressed in funky retro costumes that included things like Frankenstein, Werewolves, vampires, and other monsters. They were all dancing some 70/80's dance.

As I danced around, I found myself getting one of these ghostly partners. He looked kind of someone had dressed Elvis as a werewolf...  

[Okami Ameras]

They played the Mash
They played the Monster Mash!
The Monster Mash!
It was a graveyard smash!
They played the Mash!
It caught on in a Flash!
They played the Mash!
They played the Monster Mash!

Out from his coffin, Drac's voice did ring,
Seems he was troubled by just one thing...
He opened the lid and shook his fist,
And said, "Vhatever happened to my Transylvania tvist?" As she sand this bit, the spirit lifted her arm and shook her fist towards the ceiling.


It's now the Mash!
It's now the Monster Mash!
The Monster Mash!
And it's a graveyard smash!
It's now the Mash!
It's caught on in a flash!
It's now the Mash!
It's now the Monster Mash!


Now everything's cool, Drac's a part of the band
And my monster mash is the hit of the land
For you, the living, this mash was meant too
When you get to my door, tell them Boris sent you

Then you can Mash!
Then you can Monster Mash!
The Monster Mash!
And do my graveyard smash!
Then you can Mash!
You'll catch on in a Flash!
Then you can Mash!
Then you can Monster Mash!

The music quieted down again, and once again did the spirit vanish. She returned again, with skull facepaint on her visage and wearing a black and red double breasted jacket and a black and red skirt.



I took one look at her outfit and smiled.

Of course! You can't have a halloween Masquerade without...

The music started up again, a steady haunting beat. With this song her voices started to change after every two lines or so, mimicking the singers of the original...

Boys and girls of every age,
Wouldn't you like to see something strange?

Come with us and you will see...
This our town of Halloween!

This is Halloween! This is Halloween!
Pumpkins scream in the dead of night!
This is Halloween, everybody make a scene!
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of fright!
It's our town, everybody scream!
In this town of Halloween...

I am the one hiding under your bed,
Teeth ground sharp, and eyes glowing red!

I am the one hiding under yours stairs,
Fingers like snakes and spiders in my hair!

This is Halloween! This is Halloween!
Halloween! Halloween! Halloween! Halloween!
In this town we call home...
Everyone hail to the pumpkin song!

I was still dancing with the Elvis dressed werewolf. I was laughing as I watched him dance. This certainly wasn't really Elvis-- the man could dance better!  

[Leprechaun_Sean]

After leaving the bathroom, Sean returned to the ballroom feeling slightly refreshed. As he entered, he noticed that a female zombie dressed in ragged police attire was following him. She had been following him for a while now, but she didn't seem to be making any attempts to attack him. Nevertheless, the gaina entered the ballroom. things seemed to have changed. Everyone was having a merrier time. People were dancing. Not one to be left out of the fun, Sean worked up his courage to ask some to dance with him. "Who to ask?" He said looking around. There didn't seem to anyone. Yet again, Sean was left in the corner sitting by himself.