#helltownevent3

[interstellarsx]

location. ⁺the settlement - blackout.

well this was it. — the go softly into the night. life was expiring all around them at a constant. this labyrinth of land hadn't seemed to have any reward at the end. it was all the same. life taken. light gone. just as now, all of the light had been blown out like their last birthday candles. stella lifted her cup allowing whatever liquid remained to burn down her throat. a crutch for whatever was to come. "guess that's a wrap." arcadia was calling a curfew on their party. a celebration of life was beginning to feel less hopeful. remembering the dead was becoming their reality. darkness swallowed leaving the blonde woman unafraid. unbothered by the wave of panic, and confusion. "which devil on my shoulder should we listen to ?" stella let a sigh slowly deflate. "the one that's saying we should just drink ourselves to sleep ? ...orrrr the voice that's saying maybe we should get the fuck out of here ?" who was to say this wasn't all a trap ? an invite to all of their funerals.

[hvneysuckled]

✶ 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 ; halfway through the party - before the blackout ✶ 𝐅𝐎𝐑 ; open

She’d been drinking far more than she would back home, but since the world was ending or whatever, Dee felt it was only necessary. Giggled erupted from her as she bit into her last piece of bread. Having started drinking pretty early, munching on some of the food set out seemed like the only way to lessen the alcohol’s effect. There was the obvious option of stopping her intake all together, but what was the point of coming to the party if she didn’t plan on enjoying it in its entirety. She did have water in between each alcoholic beverage, and ensured to take her time with each pour. Serving another set of drinks, Dilara found the next familiar face and extended her hand. “  I wish I knew enough about what was in the mixture to have a proper offer, but uh- drink?  ” she said with a large smile.

[wickedsurrender]

✶ 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 ; earlier at the party ✶ 𝐅𝐎𝐑 ; open

Parties were easy to get lost in. If there was one thing that Joel enjoyed more than unraveling in his paintings, it was getting the chance to fuck around with a pretty girl or two. He didn’t tend to linger for longer than a few hours with them, but just enough to enjoy himself, make them happy in some way, and effortlessly depart. No promises of another time, or even seeing each other again. Just live by the moment and enjoy it while it lasted. That was his defining romance, though he had often yearned for more. Granted their… death? upon entering Arcadia, all yearning of finding more became moot. “  How much of the rumors do you think are true?  ” he asked, taking a sip of his - whatever the fuck they put in the container - drink and turning towards his current partner in crime. He couldn’t be caught dead hanging around alone in that house of horrors.

[tessaendures]

Closed for @baarra | Tessa & Nicolas @ the Settlement after lights out, sometime early morning or something like that?

Planning what she was going to do once the party was over hadn't been particularly high on Tessa's list of important details for the night. It wasn't as if she had a home here to go back to, after all. The cinema was the closest thing to it...and it wasn't really a home anyway, was it? Maybe it depended on one's definition - but Tessa didn't think it fit hers. A cage. A prison, maybe. But no, certainly not a home.

Staying until the first signs of sunlight seemed like the best bet, she supposed, so she'd found a place to rest a few hours. Now, she was watching the windows out of the corner of her eye, trying not to look too closely at the creepy smiling faces on the other side of the glass.

"So are we thinking the lights aren't going to come back on at all at this point?" Tessa wondered out loud, tracing her finger over one of the flicker-less candles, the heat touching the pad of her fingertip but she didn't shy away from it. "I mean, it's gotta be approaching sun up by now, right?" Her eyes lifted to look towards the man near by.

[wickedsurrender]

✶ 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 ; immediately after the blackout ✶ 𝐅𝐎𝐑 ; tessa @tessaendures

At first he didn’t understand the reasoning behind everyone’s panic. So what if the lights went out? They should come back up soon enough, it wasn’t the end of the world. Joel shifted through the crowd, navigating the darkness to try and find his brother. There weren’t too many places where he’d be, knowing well that Dayn hadn’t wanted to go there in the first place, so he was rather irritated when he couldn’t find the familiar head amongst the attendees. “  Fucking hell.  ” he cussed, instinctively reaching for his cellphone for all the help it could provide, “  Hey, sorry, have you seen my twin? Not that we can see anything with the lack of lighting or whatever, but - he was wearing -  like, a black shirt. I think. Or maybe it was blue. ” Moments like this he wished his cellphone worked still so he could show pictures. “  Oh, um, he looks just like me. Less handsome - beggars can’t be choosers or however the saying goes.  ”

[hvneysuckled]

✶ 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 ; during the party - before blackout ✶ 𝐅𝐎𝐑 ; nicolas @baarra

Dancing with the devil. That’s what Dilara felt she did each time their eyes met. Shiver ran down her back without sense for what it all meant, but her dance did not cease. Even as she turned and twirled, enjoying the cadence of the song and the beat traveling through her flesh, she felt a gaze. Or perhaps it’s what she wanted to feel. A want and not a fact. Still, she moved through the dance floor until her feet ached and sore. Until the length of her heels felt embedded in her foot and she could handle it no more. Finding a hallway that lead away from the crowd, Dee made her way through cautiously. She’d never been there before, nor did she know what she’d come across after hearing all those rumors, but she needed somewhere quiet to sit and dismount her shoes. While she knew it did not matter here, Dilara couldn’t help but feel the need for privacy when she felt out of sorts. Taking her shoes off in a crowded room did not appeal to her person. “  Hello?  ” she inquired into an empty hallway as she stumbled in pain. “  Thank goodness.  ”

[bvsyhead]

open starter location: the library after the 4:44am

Everything was a mess, despite Mia thinking that nothing could get worse; it managed to do exactly that. Not only was her sister trapped here, but another creature lurked in the town with abilities that would defy safety in the sunlight. The latter she wasn't exactly aware of yet, hence why she decided to take a morning daylight stroll and get some books. Reading kept her sane in this hellhole, allowing her mind to find solace in fictional stories where the protagonist fought their own battles and won.

Thumbing through the old books, she gathered enough to keep her mind at ease for a few days and was about to make her way out, but an odd creak rang out, causing her to bolt behind a table and stand guard. Mia wasn't sure if she had always been this jumpy; it was hard to think of the person she used to be after months filled with terror, but she swore it wasn't always like this. Squinting her eyes to get a better view, she was able to realize that the noise had come from a person, not some scary demon who wanted to rip her to shreds. With her hands up in a way that showed she meant peace, Mia slipped out from behind the desk and cleared her throat.

[tessaendures]

Closed for @reynahendrix | Tessa & Reyna @ the Cinema

Up until now, Tessa hadn't done a ton of exploring of the cinema she called 'home'. She wasn't really sure when it had become that, to be honest - home. Was it that? Maybe it depended on one's definition. It was where she returned day after day to lay her head to rest on a makeshift bed. It was where she kept her things, few as they were in number (and even less actually useful things here, all electronics seemingly long dead at this point, probably never to be revived). But if she were being truly honest, nothing in this town was home for her. No where felt safe or comfortable, even with the dozen padlocks latching the doors.

She had been wandering aimlessly through the building, scavenging behind the concession stand like there might be some scraps left behind, wandering the aisles and rows of seats. There was something to be said about ducking behind 'employee only' doors, like she was doing something wrong, seeing another side of a place where she didn't truly belong.

Aimlessly she was flipping through things piled up in one of the old storage rooms - movie reels, posters, faded advertisements of times long past. She had gotten so wrapped up in it that when Reyna first approached, she hadn't even noticed. Not until something was bumped and clattered to the floor, startling her.

"Shit - knock much?" she scowled, looking up at the other. As if she had some sort of ownership over the room or something.