he was walking down the hallway, when he stops, a shiver sending up his spine when he hears a strange noise coming from a hallway. he bites his bottom lip, before looking around to see where it came from. another person is coming, so duri decides to stop them, to see if they made it or heard it. “hey!” he says, before waving them down. “did you make that sound?” he asked, clear that he was a bit spooked out. “or did you hear that sound?” he also asked, just to see, incase they didn’t make the sound. “i don’t know how to explain it... but i hope it was just my mind playing tricks on me.”
setting: gold star halloween party 2020, 31 october 2020
with: open!
lightly, minah tapped the shoulder of the person standing in front of her. “hi, sorry to interrupt you, i kinda could use a helping hand.” she started off, apologetic smile on her face to indicate she did in fact feel as bad for randomly approaching them as she looked. minah wasn’t convinced yet if this was the right course of action either, not because she feared getting brushed off but because there was no telling how helpful the other would be judging as a large part of the attendants seemed to be some degree of drunk. “i don’t mean to ruin your night i just... i lost one of my earrings and i could really use an extra pair of eyes to help me look for it.” she motioned at her currently earring-less ear to emphasize the problem at hand. “i know it’s just a piece of jewelry but it was a really nice pair and i’d hate to waste them like this so i’m sorry for being a nuisance but would you maybe want to help? please?”
she’s lying in wait, ears perked up and eyes focused on the prize. she’s like a cat, a cat in a blue ballgown, crouched behind a hors d’oeuvres table, covered by a tablecloth that just about gives minhee the coverage she needs to pull off a halloween prank. she never got to go trick or treating, or anything like that, but nowadays halloween is her favourite holiday. she doesn’t have to spend it with her mother, she can pig out and drink all she wants and she can do it fancy dress. score! it’s a shame that she has to be a little classier this year. even so, it’s her prerogative to have fun!
her prey finally approaches. good, because staying crouched down like this is starting to get her funny looks from people at her side of the table, who she waves off with a shh. one step, two step... it’s time to pounce!
minhee jumps up from her hiding spot and shouts “boo!”, though she can’t really be heard all that well over the sound of the dj. she almost wishes she did it while the band were still playing, but she’d thought that maybe that would’ve been a tad bit too disrespectful. “aha! did i get you?”
starter for: OPEN!
location: the lawn during the scary movie.
Sooah's first thought after getting involved in this situation was to, somehow, figure her way around it and solve it by herself. And she had tried to do it, she did. But this is Sooah, and she does need some help and a little push to get around situations she’s not used to. The scary movie is already running, and Sooah had tried to watch it by herself for the first five minutes but gave up on that silly idea. She decided to take a quick walk around, and maybe she would find someone who would be willing to watch this movie with her. Or who wasn't interested in watching a horror movie at all and would just talk to her while they were there. She didn't mind either. She was hunching forward so she wouldn’t bother that many people and tapped someone’s shoulder almost shyly when the opportunity presented itself. “I’m sorry to disturb you, but I was trying to watch the movie on my own, and I don’t think that’s a very good idea. Would you mind if I stayed here with you? I’ll be quiet as a mouse if you want me to, I just don’t want to watch this alone.”
[ARTICLE] GOLD STAR MEDIA TO HOST HALLOWEEN PARTY FOR SECOND TIME
Following the media success of Gold Star Media’s Halloween party in 2018, fans and press alike waited for news of a followup in 2019, only for Gold Star to pass up hosting the event for a second year in a row.
Gold Star Media has now announced they will once again be hosting a Halloween party this year with attendees from their own company as well as BC Entertainment and Dimensions Entertainment and several other hot figures in the entertainment industry. According to industry insiders, an invite to the party was a hot ticket after Gold Star’s inaugural event saw such praise for attendees’ exciting Halloween looks.
This year, Gold Star has announced the party will have a theme beyond Halloween; it will be a masquerade ball with a “Modern Fairy Tale” theme. Media insiders suggest an even larger amount of attention will be showered on the event’s red carpet by media and fans this year.
The party will happen on Halloween night at an undisclosed venue.
ADMIN NOTES:
It’s time for a Halloween event! Gold Star Media has decided to follow up their successful 2018 Halloween party with another one two years later, this time themed as a masquerade ball. In addition to being a masquerade ball, the event is “Modern Fairy Tale” themed. All idols are expected to attend unless there are major extenuating circumstances such as illness or injury (which should be cleared with the admin, please!).
All attendees to the party are expected to adhere to a roughly creative black tie dress code and are required to bring a masquerade-style mask to accompany their outfit. They are also asked to keep in mind the fairy tale theme of the event, though they may interpret this as they wish; they may choose to dress up in a way that recalls a familiar fairy tale character or simply embody an elegant fairy tale-esque look, and they may choose to modernize it as little or as much as they want. A regular Halloween costume look isn’t expected or likely possible due to the dress code.
Idols will work with company stylists to choose their outfit. They’ll have more say in their look and more freedom than they normally do, but their outfit must still remain public-friendly and appropriate to their group or canon soloist image, i.e. a WISH or Lucid member won’t show up in a daring V-neck cutout dress.
Idol attendees will not be permitted a plus one and couple outfits must be avoided. Idols who serve as ambassadors of brands lending themselves to black tie attire at the time of the event may be encouraged or required within their deal to wear that brand in some way.
There will be a red carpet before entering the event for pictures that will be released as publicity. Group members will arrive at the event with their managers in vans and the rest of their group and photos on the red carpet will be taken in groups and then individually. Appointments at their regular salon will be made available for idols to schedule in advance if necessary. The red carpet will begin at 6pm, while the main event inside the venue will begin at 7pm.
The party will take place at a large modern ballroom-style event venue outside of Seoul proper, which will be decorated with modern, elegant decorations matching a typical modern masquerade ball look with a gold, white, and black color scheme.
Managers and other company employees, including CEO Bang Sunyoung herself for a period of time, will be present at this party, though press will not be allowed inside the venue beyond the red carpet.
Having a masquerade mask will be mandatory, and wearing it inside the venue is encouraged in the spirit of the event.
Activities & Locations Overview:
The entrance lobby is where all attendees will congregate after exiting the red carpet to have their invitations and identities checked before being allowed into the event.
The main room of the event is a large ballroom set up with elegant decor in shades of gold, white, and black (decor examples: 1, 2, 3). Attendees are free to seat themselves as they wish at the tables places along the exterior of the ballroom, though they are reminded that staff is in attendance at the event and they must be on good behavior. Waiters and waitresses will still be present with trays of hors d'oeuvres such a gourmet cheeses, caviar, spiced walnuts, and crab and avocado toast and flutes of champagne, as well as sparkling mineral water for those who do not drink. A live string quartet has been hired for the evening and they will play a mix of classical favorites, songs from fairy tale media, and spooky classics such as horror movie themes. From 9pm onward, the string quartet will leave and be replaced by a DJ to end the night on a more high-energy note. At this point, the central dance floor of the ballroom is expected to become a central part of the event.
Escape room, a section of rooms of the venue have been set aside and taken over by a top escape room company, who has set up a personalized escape room situation within the venue created just for the event. They’ll allow in groups of six to eight people in at a time to solve the fairy tale-themed escape room. The escape room has a time limit of forty minutes with a predicted 60% success rate.
A lawn outside the back of the ballroom. At 10:30PM, there will be a viewing on the lawn of a scary movie on a large screen. Blankets will be laid out on the ground to keep attendees’ expensive outfits from getting dirtied and a smaller selection of small tables around the outskirts of the lawn will also be available.
A garden also outside the back of the ballroom. This features a walking path through a professionally-designed flower garden. Past the flower garden is a small hedge maze lit by lanterns to keep in the spirit of the event.
Photo booths are set up throughout the venue which are free to use. The photo booths include a variety of Halloween- and fairy tale-themed props and offer the option to have the photos sent to your phone or printed off in a traditional photo booth manner.
A scavenger hunt will take place during the full duration of the event. A sign in the entrance lobby before entering the ballroom informs guests that there are six small white jack-o-lanterns hidden throughout the venue with numbers attached and guests that find all six numbers for a special code will win be entered into a lottery to win prizes such as tickets to Everland, a free stay at a resort on Jeju Island, etc. (The jack-o-lanterns can be found as follows: one in the ballroom on a table, one in the ballroom next to the stage with the string quartet, one in the entrance lobby on a white chair, one in the garden against the edge of a flower bed, one down an incorrect path in the maze, and one in a photo booth.) Winners of the lottery will be announced at the end of the event.
Timeline:
6pm-7pm: Red carpet for press photos.
7pm~12am: Masquerade ball main event.
7pm-9:25: String quartet as musical guest in ballroom.
9:25-9:30: Short speech by CEO Bang Sunyoung as a host representative before she leaves the event. The presence of staff members grows steadily more scarce after this point as they begin to leave for the night.
9:30pm~12am: DJ as musical guest in ballroom.
10:30pm~12am: Scary movie screening on back lawn (optional, guests may come and go).
Overall:
In game, this event takes place on the night of Saturday, October 31 from 6pm KST to shortly after midnight, but threads and other posts for this event may be started from Sunday, October 4 at 12am EDT / Sunday, October 4 at 1pm KST (the time this post goes up), to Saturday, October 31 at 11:59pm EDT / Sunday, November 1 at 12:59pm KST.
Threads may be continued past the end date, but must be started before then. Non-event related interactions may be conducted during this time as well.
NOTE: All posts related to the event should be tagged #fmdhalloween2020. Remember to use #fmdcall if you want to post a plot or starter call for the event, which I encourage everyone to do!
POINTS AVAILABLE:
As with all events, there are special points up for grabs.
INTERACTIONS: Having an event thread with a starter and at least three replies (starter ▻ partner reply ▻ op reply ▻ partner reply) by the end of the event is worth 2 points. This is valid for up to ten threads per muse this time and the threads can take place during any part of the event.
INTERACTIONS: Having an event thread going with someone your muse has never had a thread with before is worth 1 additional point for each thread.
INTERACTIONS: Posting an open starter for the event is worth 2 points. This counts for up to one open thread starter (not a text/sms post) per character.
CHALLENGES & PROMPTS: Completing at least three of the six event writing challenges and prompts found here is worth five points. **Solos you may choose to do for this do count toward your monthly total. (This is an experimental addition to events to inspire threads and may or may not be used in future events.)
MISCELLANEOUS: Posting an aesthetic or headcanon of your muse’s outfit and mask for the event is worth 2 points and does not count toward your monthly total.
You can also earn the normal amount of points through writing self-paras, etc. related to the event!
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noeul felt extremely good after the entrance photos and posing with her members. the string quartet wasn’t exactly her vibe, but the champagne certainly didn’t hurt, and from there, she went to wander the venue. it really was stunning, almost a little creepy — it all added to the vibe, though. halloween wasn’t her favorite holiday by any stretch, but she did appreciate the effort that went into everything.
the further she got from the main room, the less she could hear the noises of the party. part of her welcomed the quiet that the brief moment of near solitude brought her, but part of her felt uneasy on her own as well. a noise caught her attention and she turned towards the hallway on her left, expecting to see someone there, only to find it empty. she leaned forward, moving towards the noise curiously, her dress brushing more noisily against the ground, but she couldn’t find any source. she glanced back over her shoulder to find someone familiar, making a face at them. “did you hear that?”
it’s another company mandated event, only this time it’s not bc but gold star’s extension pulling him into obedience with people clad in fancy suits and mask (pretentious, it feels to spend halloween in another tom ford suit). but he holds his reservations aside, a mask still shielding his face with two hands inside his pockets no longer walking with the patience leaving his tongue on stand-by to talk to company officials curious about his long-standing contract with bc. and by the time he smiles, nodding and dismissing what it feels like the hundredth time he’s asked the same question about the face paint on his face — he catches sight of a fellow idol. “hey, you —” he shuttles a hand, freeing himself from the trances of the prior conversation. “where are you off to? have room for one more?” his voice is awfully light, and almost too happy — it’s the effect of finding a momentary escape from the stuffy environment, and suddenly, it’s the ability to breathe. comfortably again.
there’s something undeniably strange about one of ash’s first schedules since returning from his health hiatus being a party. company-hosted parties like this one never really live up to the name of a party, but the social atmosphere sets him on edge anyway. though he’s trained himself to rub elbows like a good idol should, situations like this have never come very naturally to him. he’s not entirely sure if he’s supposed to network with the hotshots on the guest list or seek out the few friends he has in attendance. it doesn’t help that the number of people he could comfortably call his friend is now noticeably lower than it had been two months ago.
luckily, he’s been given a life raft in the form of the scavenger hunt, so once anxiety begins to creep up on him, he excuses himself silently from the main ballroom to a hallway and surveys his options for less-crowded locations of the event. it’s then he catches the eye of another party-goer (ball-goer?) for long enough that he’s trapped himself into greeting them unless he wants to make things awkward.
“hey, found any of the white pumpkins yet? scavenger hunts aren’t usually my thing, but a free trip doesn’t sound so bad. or are you more of an escape room person?”
