HALLOWEEN DANCE

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HALLOWEEN DANCE

Students start to file into the gym as a siren plays over the loudspeaker. [Student Council Member A]'s voice gives a monotone command on repeat, asking everyone to stay calm and file into the gymnasium in an orderly fashion. Red lights flash on and off as everyone gets settled in front of the stage that's been erected on the south end. Venus Rosales gets in front of the crowd, with a banner hanging behind her that says "CONGRATULATIONS 2018 SURVIVORS!" She gives a speech to the students, playing the part of a government official. She welcomes the attendees to this new safe house. Good job surviving the zombie apocalypse!

As soon as the dance starts, [Character B] is startled when a freshman in a hockey mask wielding a chainsaw rushes them! It's quite a scene as they're chased across the dance floor. The music starts up (provided by student-band The Dolly Llamas for the first forty-five minutes and by a Student Council-approved playlist after that), the fog machines get to work, and it's time to party! Happy Halloween!

Besides dancing, the main attraction is a zombie and mutant filled haunted house! Its walls are made of plywood and prayers, so... don't bump into anything please. Freshmen haunt its corners, ready to jump out and scare you. A sign on the entrance reminds students to not touch (or punch) the actors, thanks! Student Council managed to get a fake chainsaw, which is probably the scariest thing in there. Sullivan Sinclair and Russell Reeve didn't enter the maze together, but ended up stuck in the same corner. With one another's help, they make it out alive!

The freshmen are really enjoying their roles as monsters, and they will not share the fake chainsaw. [Character E] tries and fails to steal it, but Slade Winchester actually gets along with the freshmen. This allows them to access the fake chainsaw. Time to terrorize some upperclassmen!

Near the end of the night, Selby Denman is scared so badly in the maze that they trip and crash into one of the delicate walls. The whole thing goes down like a bunch of dominos! Luckily, no one was hurt and the dance is almost over anyway.

HOW THIS WORKS

• The dance begins at 6pm and ends at 11pm, at which time all students must return to their dorms. Student Council arrives early and stays late to do set up and clean up.


• The gym in the athletics building is hosting the dance. It's been decorated to look like a post-apocalyptic safe house, with the refreshments labelled as rations, and fake emergency alarms on the walls. Signs around the gym display maps of where the zombie outbreak has spread, diagrams tracing the decline of humanity, and helpful survival tips!


• The windows have been covered with sheets depicting a city on fire, and the doors have been decorated with planks of wood to give the impression of being boarded shut. Unused doors are barricaded with spare chairs and tables.


• Fog machines have given the dance floor a moody, misty atmosphere.


• EMERGENCY FOOD RATIONS: There are vegan treats available alongside the regular candy and cupcakes (... and a somewhat neglected veggie tray). There's also sherbet punch, which is labelled "ZOMBIE VIRUS CURE". Dry ice leaves wisps of mist among the snacks.


• Some teachers are attending as chaperones, and they've even got costumes on! Ms. Voss and Ms. Hayward are dressed up as Velma and Daphne, respectively, from Scooby Doo, with Dakota in tow wearing a Scooby collar. Mr. Bhattacharya's got a large white beard and a hat, and is dressed as Walt Whitman (not just an old man, kids!!). Mr. Moreno has come dressed as Severus Snape. Maybe he's an even bigger dork than they realized... hopefully he won't take anything out on Liam Mr. Potter.


• COSTUME CONTEST:
  • A freshman with a Polaroid camera is running around the dance, snapping photos of anyone in a costume. Those photos end up on a board with a voting box below. Whose costume was the best?!
  
  
  • At the end of the night, the votes are tallied up, and the top three are...
  
  
  • Click to see the winners!

    3rd place: Hadlee Loxton & Selby Denman
    ($25 gift card to the ice cream parlor)
    
    2nd place: Zinnia Howe & Ulrich Roth
    ($50 gift card to the arcade)
    
    1st place: Pearl Kline
    ($100 gift card to a clothing boutique)

» Before the dance: Set up the dance floor and/or get your costumes ready! It's time for the first dance of the school year.

» The Dance Floor: A moody, knee-high cloud of mist flows across the dance floor, mostly hiding the basketball court below.

» Refreshments: A table covered in camo webbing is labelled EMERGENCY FOOD RATIONS, and offers a selection of candy, cupcakes and punch. Notable items are pre-wrapped Twinkies (because they last forever), and cookies that look like roaches (pretzel sticks for legs).

» The Maze: Student Council and Shop have been working hard to transform one of the adjoining training rooms into a maze full of mutants, zombies, and maniacs with chainsaws! There's nothing scarier than freshmen.

» Costume Contest: Congratulations to the winners! Hopefully you'll enjoy your gift cards.

» After the dance: After a long night of dancing and running from fake chainsaws, it's time to call it a night. Students are send back to their dorms to wash up and go to sleep... hopefully.

» OOC - QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, CONCERNS!

Comments

Hadlee & Quincey

[gaydhd]

Quincey stops his escape attempts and winces - one of his eyes crinkles closed, his nose scrunching up in distaste right along with it.

"Please do literally none of those things."

Hadlee & Quincey

[trailerparkprincess]

The sound that comes from Hadlee's mouth can only be described as a cackle.

"I'm doing all of those things. How many cellos do you want? You only get one bass because they're just too big and they'll distract from the outing you two are having."

Hadlee & Quincey

[gaydhd]

"I will call up Di right now and I will propose marriage to her." He's already reaching for his pockets. One of his pockets. Shit, he has too many pockets. "I will also give her your Magic Supreme Sparkle Crown or whatever-the-shit one it was you beat her out for the last time you two squared off."

Hadlee & Quincey

[trailerparkprincess]

Hadlee immediately tries to slap Quincey's hand away from whatever pocket he's attempting to go for. God, he has too many pockets.

"No marrying my pageant enemies, we had a deal, and you know that's not what it's called."

Hadlee & Quincey

[gaydhd]

Quincey sticks out his tongue but ultimately gives up on the pocket he was wrestling with. He's genuinely not sure if it's the right one and there are currently too many options left to still get smacked over.

"She's ruthless and she won't play cellos when I'm trying to talk to boys," he shoots back. "Also, that's pretty damn close to what it's called."

Hadlee & Quincey

[trailerparkprincess]

"Playing cellos while you're trying to talk to boys is romantic and you should thank me for it," Hadlee argues, feigning a pout. "You're a jerk and you know the real name, anyway. Point is, I guess, no, I'll kill you in a bad way if you call her."

Hadlee & Quincey

[gaydhd]

"Playing cellos while people talk to each other is only romantic if you live in a musical." Not that he'd mind that. Like who hasn't wanted to be part of a spontaneous song and dance number? It's - not the point he's making at all.

Quincey blinks. Shakes his head. "Which we do not. At all."

Hadlee & Quincey

[trailerparkprincess]

Hadlee comes full stop in their "dancing" (are they even dancing anymore?) as she ponders this argument. It doesn't take long for her to start moving again. And start talking.

"One, untrue, definitely romantic outside of a musical, two, I can definitely MAKE it a musical if you want. Choreograph some dance numbers too."