The Boards, Thursday, All Day!

[furnaceface]

Well, it had been a while since Jono had done anything in some sort of official capacity down at the Boards, between breaks and so on, and it was high time he do something about that. And that was why he was down in the lobby today, putting up cotton cobwebbing and strategically hiding rubber rats. Outside, he'd rearranged the marquis for his nefarious purposes.

HAUNTED THEATRE
All day, Weds. Oct 31st
Want to get involved? Drop in today to sign up and help decorate!

There weren't many holidays that Jonothon could say he actually enjoyed. And, as much as he complained about America otherwise, he had to admit that he had a certain fondness for the way they celebrated Halloween. And so it was completely possible that he was humming to himself as he decorated and waited to see if anybody was as interested in spookying up The Boards as he was.

[OOC: I've been meaning to post this for weeks, but vacation wasn't having any of it! Involvement in the haunted house is open to all, and Jono will take last-minute signups on Halloween if today doesn't work for you. Open post is open, yay!]

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Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

If you're interested in getting involved, or you just want to, you know, talk to Jono for whatever reason. He missed his office hours this week for New Warriors reasons, because foiling bank robberies is important, but he's here now!

Yay!

Re: Talk to Jono!

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

Hey, Jono, look, another broccoli muffin! And an April!

Who, after tossing the muffin his way, promptly dragged a chair over to sit next to him, gestured at the latest batch of decorations, and asked, "Whazzis?"

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

Somebody was getting much better at not being beaned by veggie muffins, and that somebody was giving April a sideways glance and a little grin.

"This?" Wasn't it obvious, April? "This is the beginnings of my personal homage to the greatest holiday there is. You've never seen a haunted house before, luv?"

That last bit sounded maybe a bit on the teasing side. He sincerely doubted that she hadn't seen something like it before, after all.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

"'Course I have, I'm from the Midwest," April retorted. "All there is to do around there is overkill on holidays and shop."

She picked off a piece of muffin to eat, then asked, "So what's the deal? Haunted mansion type thing?"

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

"More or less," Jono replied, "but in a theatre, naturally. The theatre community has enough superstitions on their own, it isn't as though it's much of a stretch, for that matter. And have you ever seen that Andrew Lloyd Webber musical? I wouldn't be surprised if we had a phantom of our own in here, honestly."

It would definitely make the whole thing that much more authentic? But he was planning on just faking it with his sound-tech.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[hatesmoststuff.livejournal.com]

April considered that. "I can see that," she said with a nod. "Goes with the architecture. Probably comes standard in half the buildings in this town."

Hey, she was just basing her observations off tropes, mkay.

"Need any help with anything? My fake blood expertise is all yours."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[throughaphase]

It'd been a while since Kitty'd talked to Jono, so she decided it might be worth popping in for a bit. And once she saw the decorations, she was glad she did.

"Are we getting in the holiday spirit?" she asked.

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

"Only one I've ever really bothered to get into," Jono confirmed, shooting Kitty a grin as he tossed a rubber spider at her. "Should've seen some of the costumes I threw together while I was with Generation X, luv. Pure nightmare fuel, and I loved every minute of it."

Occasionally, being a flame-faced freak was actually useful! Who would've thought, right?

Re: Talk to Jono!

[throughaphase]

Catching the rubber spider, she put it on her shoulder for the moment, because why not. "Does that mean we should be worried for this year's costume?"

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

"Perhaps," Jono mused. "That is, assuming I'm not stuck up in the sound booth the whole day through, keeping tabs on the soundtrack and the mood lighting."

He seemed fairly pleased as he pulled a few more rubber spiders from the box they'd been shipped to him in.

"Have you any interest in this sort of thing, Kitty?"

Re: Talk to Jono!

[throughaphase]

"I'm not so much into the horror thing as much as I like a reason to dress up and have fun," Kitty said. She'd just woken up atop a floor full of dead bodies recently; she didn't need more scary stuff. "Pinkie and I are even throwing a party this year."

Re: Talk to Jono!

[glacial_queen]

"Making a spooky house, hmm?" Karla asked. She wasn't all that familiar with the concept, save having been at Fandom for Halloween over the past three years, but anything that had Jono in that good a mood automatically got an A+ from her. "...Were you whistling when I came in?"

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

"Whistling, me? Never."

Ever. Honest.

"Humming, perhaps. We'll see if I decide to try to convince you that you were hearing things, later. Have you ever seen one before, Karla?"

Re: Talk to Jono!

[glacial_queen]

"Not really, but I've heard of them before," Karla said, poking around amongst Jono's decorations. "I'll be in Sunnydale over the weekend and I think Tara, Warren, and I are going to a party in one."

She pulled out a 'blood'-covered rubber knife that flopped over to one side no matter how she held it. "Is this supposed to be scary?"

Re: Talk to Jono!

[furnaceface]

"With the right lighting, just sitting around...?" Jono glanced at the knife. "... No. No, it really isn't."

It had looked a little more sturdy on the order form.

"I'll probably end up throwing most of that out," he decided. "Some of it isn't too bad, and you can cheat a fair bit in the dark. But some of this..." He picked up a string of plastic garland that looked like pumpkin-shaped confetti, but was all bent and folded out of shape. "... No."

Decorate!

[furnaceface]

Or go through the costumes for something you can wear for the haunted house, or just for your own personal Halloween costume -- to be returned after Wednesday, of course. Or do whatever else there is to do in the Boards. Jono isn't going to nitpick if you get distracted playing on the piano or something instead, since this is all just for fun.

Re: Decorate!

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

Bucky showed up at the Boards dragging an upright vacuum cleaner behind him. He managed to get it inside the door and then collapsed, breathing heavily.

Re: Decorate!

[furnaceface]

Jono eyed the cat. And then eyed the vacuum. And then eyed the cat some more.

He had a cat of his own. He was pretty certain he could guess what was up, here.

"Most terrifying thing you can think of, hm?"

Re: Decorate!

[monkeymonkeydie.livejournal.com]

"Not the most terrifying, no, but Donald Trump's hair is hard to get on short notice," Bucky answered. "Don't worry -- it's dead. I made sure of that." He held up the vacuum's severed power cord triumphantly.

Re: Decorate!

[furnaceface]

"You do indeed seem to be victorious," Jono agreed, biting back a smirk. "And do you suppose the ghost of vacuums past should be given a place of honour in the whole haunted theatre setup?"

They could probably find some way to spooky it up a bit. Perhaps.

Re: Decorate!

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie was at the piano. And actually a little annoyed to find that the day she decided to use this as a distraction was also a day there were actually other people showing up at the theatre.

But whatever. She was still going to play for a while. No happy tunes. Sharp and haunting went nicely with Halloween preparations, didn't they? Not to mention her mood.

Re: Decorate!

[furnaceface]

Jono would apologize for the people, knowing Natalie's aversion to being crowded in, but she seemed content enough to play whether there were people around or not.

He stepped up behind her and listened for a few minutes.

"Mood music, luv?"

For the Halloween preparations, or for her own mood in particular. She was welcome to interpret that however she wanted.

Re: Decorate!

[whenshewasnice]

Natalie shrugged just slightly as to not mess with her playing. "It's just music," she said, usual mildness in place.

Yes, Natalie, you go on and say things like that while banging out possibly the most disturbing solo piano rendition of Not to Touch the Earth ever.

Re: Decorate!

[furnaceface]

"It's very rarely ever just music, Natalie," Jono replied mildly, crossing his arms as he leaned back against the side of the stage. "Any reason for this 'just' music in particular, might I ask?"

OOC!

[furnaceface]

This post has been brought to you by stubbornness, with no thanks to LJ's internal service errors and weeping goats, which I fear marginally more than weeping angels.

I'll be at work today working on big exciting WB things, so SP will probably be the name of my game until later today!