Halloween 2010

Rollout

October 3rd? (Could have been as early as the 1st, perhaps)

The Happy Art Student began to talk about the upcoming event when asked about Halloween.

October 4th

• A rally occurred on The Quad
• Various people related to the university had things to say about the upcoming Halloween celebrations:
  • Andrea the Grad Student
  • Dave, the Horrible Poet
  • Dr. Myers
  • The Happy Art Student
  • The Insulting Punk
  • Professor Evans
  • The Student Selling Books
• Rachel from Channel 2 News interviewed an administrator about the university's announcement.

October 9th

• A nervous frat boy showed up in the VIP Room

October 10th

• Halloween Candy Drive showed up on the Quad
• University Bookstore starts selling fundraising buckets
• the Halloween Server can be accessed through the Open Computer Lab, allowing enterprising hackers to cheat their way onto the list of fundraisers
• Each night, whoever is at the top of the fundraiser list is awarded an Emerald Gift ticket and a fundraising ribbon, and their score (# of buckets sold or hacked) is reset. Everyone else's scores carry over to the next day.

October 24th

• Ecliptic Books shows up in the VIP Room
• Everyone received this message from Emily:

From: Halloween Committee (System)
Sent: 2010-10-24 16:10:24
It's come to the committee's attention that a collection of tickets from last year's Halloween party were released earlier today. Only tickets labeled 'Emerald Gift Ticket' are valid for this year's party. Thank you for your understanding.

Happy Halloween!
Emily Davers
Committee Chair

October 25th

• basement-ballroom-2010 zone opens up
• Guard Heading Home starts heading home from the Waterfront
• A Counter-Party Plan is formulated in the VIP Room
• Halloween Crates appear on The Quad
• An Apathetic Argument breaks out in the Happy Hour about Halloween plans

October 26th

• With the stage set up, some encounters in the basement-ballroom-2010 have changed, including a portal that you can see or even fight if you are Etheric.

October 31st

Emerald Gift Party
& Happy Hour Halloween

Aftermath

The Happy Hour has a permanent (?) DJ now!

at the dorms, Nov. 1

I got:

A student in fraternity attire makes his way over to you. "Thanks for helping us out. It seems like this party went off without a hitch but… well, a lot less people on a lot less Eclipse this year and we helped with that."

He stares back at the dorms for a moment, taking in the bricks that are still charred from last year. "Anyway, because you were helping out, I got you something. I think you'll like it."

"It's a wreath of laurels, symbolizing awesomeness to the ancients… and, you know, fraternities. Anyway, take it." He hands you some branches twisted into a crown.

"Oh, and celebratory booze." He hands you a box filled with bottles. "Didn't have enough for everyone that showed up, but it's good stuff."

He holds his fist out like you're supposed to do something for a second, then realizes your hands are full and looks abashed.

You found: wreath of laurels

You found: 4 bottles of hard pumpkin cider

and appended:

There are also a couple packages here with your name on them, saying they're from the "Volunteer Committee" and "Trick or Treat Committee" respectively.

Hey, more candy!

You found: 5 pumpkin lollipops

You found: candy corn

You found: candy eyeball

Happy Halloween!

Emily Davers notices you hanging around and heads over, smiling. "Well, this certainly worked better. Out with the bad memories and in with the good."

She smiles even more broadly for a second and leans over to whisper conspiratorially. "And at this rate, the University won't give us grief about Christmas."

"Which reminds me… presents! Thanks for all your help!" She hands you a pile of candy wrapped in a shirt. "You really were one of our best volunteers. These shirts came in, well, a day late, so I thought you might like one."

You found: STAFF shirt

You found: 5 piles of candy bricks

There are also a couple packages here with your name on them, saying they're from the "Volunteer Committee" and "Trick or Treat Committee" respectively.

Hey, more candy!

You found: 2 candy eyeballs

You found: 3 pumpkin lollipops

You found: peanut butter candy

You found: 4 handfuls of candy corn

Happy Halloween!

A student you don't recognize, other than his trendy clothes and glazed look, greets you as you approach the dorm. He gives you a thumbs up as you approach. "The Man kept us down, but I saw you fighting the good fight. Here, I grabbed you some swag."

"Now, I only got a couple of these, but they wouldn't let us sell them inside… jerks. Anyway, I think you should have one." He hands you a stuffed representation of Emerald Gift's singer along with a pile of lollipops.

You found: Emerald Gift doll

You found: 9 Emerald lollipops

There are also a couple packages here with your name on them, saying they're from the "Volunteer Committee" and "Trick or Treat Committee" respectively.

Hey, more candy!

You found: pumpkin lollipop

You found: peanut butter candy

You found: candy corn

You found: 2 candy eyeballs

Happy Halloween!

Presumably, there was also a punk result. Text and image are unknown, but it probably gave an anarchist crowbar.

Miscellany