#agencypara

The bar, Three Oaks, is near full... all waitstaff filtering about and pouring beers over the raucous of cutlery and conversation in the background. Sauntering through the crowd in a black dress, is blonde woman, dressed different from the rest. She places the menu on the table nearby.  “Hello. I haven’t seen you here before.” She seems to be taking very close note of the people around amidst everything going on. “Anything to drink while you’re figuring out your order? Tap list is on the back...”

(costume)

He’d been idling in his kitchen, thinking and cooking. A wafting smell of cinnamon and apples made his apartment complete and then he heard it... the buzzer indicating he had mail. It was a small annoying din that tapered off and ended with the metallic noise of the mail-slot shutting. He set the wooden spoon down.

Hyun had been trying to get into a fall mood, it was a weekend and the weather was getting a bit colder. All in all, a warm cup of cider made everything complete, and if you were him... well a little something extra in it didn’t hurt. The pot he’d heated it up in on the stove was still bubbling but he walked away from the counter to step past it and towards the door for a moment. He bent over, his shirt riding up and he pulled the back down over his briefs as he stood back up, mail in hand. He wasn’t dressed yet and it was eleven already.

Padding back over to the kitchen he chucked some fliers immediately. The cardstock slipped from his hand and into the trash in a moment. Two things left, he pulled aside a letter about his rent and placing it on the counter he glanced over the last thing in the stack.

It was a magazine, another one of those promotionals except this one... this was for a costume store. Hyun placed it down, turning to the stove again before turning back, flipping it open. His look grew focused, his eyes narrowing as he licked his thumb and flipped the cover open. It was a reminder about the holiday and the AGENCY’s party. He hadn’t quite heard anyone talking about it yet, but it was coming up in the next few days and as he thought he knew just who he wanted to bother about it. “Levi,” his brain thought. He turned the stove off and padded over to cabinets, pulling out a mug before picking up his phone from the charger there.

Hyun smiled to himself as he pressed in the number. He hadn’t quite met anyone else like him, was surprised he was so ready to call the other man despite them only having met a few times but he pushed the feeling down for his usual blunt and unthinking eagerness. The phone rang and he set his cup on the counter, ladling some cider in and juggling his cell between his shoulder and ear as he did so. Hopefully the warlock would pick up.

EVENT: AGENCY HALLOWEEN BALL 2015

BEGINS: SATURDAY, OCT. 17th, 2015 - 12:00 A.M. EST ENDS: SATURDAY, OCT. 31st, 2015 - 12:00 A.M. EST

Please tag all event posts with the tag “agencyhalloween2015″ during the event and try to only use para-style roleplay for the majority of the event. Any and all posts started before the event should be titled with the words “Pre-Event” somewhere in their post title. Everyone participating is required to post OPEN event starters in the “agencystarter” tag. It is not required you participate. Below are the event details:

The AGENCY invites you to it’s most SPOOPY event yet! Get your CREEPY on at the AGENCY HALLOWEEN BALL 2015... perhaps one of it’s biggest yearly events short of Christmas or New Year. This event is 18+ and held in the the cafeteria on the lower levels of the AGENCY’s floors. We will be carding and looking for ID at the front and reception and reception security will be in place as per usual.

A bar and food will be provided at the occasion as well as music and a live DJ. Guest are asked not to sneak in any outside drinks or food. Music suggestions are welcome, but we ask you stick to halloween theme songs and pop or dance hits.

A costume is a must for this yearly event as this is a costume party. Guests are asked not to use their transformed states or magic as costumes. Anyone doing so will be blocked from the party as it’s not a costume and risks the other attendants safety and could bring unwarranted attention.

There will be smaller events around the party:

This includes raffles and games like a spin-the-wheel (giving away gift baskets of liquor and treats) and bobbing for apples along the outer edges of the dance floor.

There will be a Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hitchcock, and other horror/halloween films showing in the Main Assembly room a floor up if you need to cool off and get away from the dance floor. Security will be monitoring this room as well so keep the making-out to a minimum. No drinks or food besides the water bottles provided inside will be permitted inside this room.

Next to the Assembly room in the hall, there’s a photo booth where you can get your “mugshot” taken by yourself or with friends.

Extra charms and security are amped up for the event so there’s no need to worry. Taxis and other services can be contacted at the front desk if you need to leave early or just don’t want to drive yourself home.

Hyun stared at Sun, stared down at her hand on his arm. She didn’t know how much her words meant to him in this moment and his expression contorted for a second before relaxing. His true emotions were too much for something like this. He patted Sun’s hand, putting his fork down to touch her and to distract himself from the feeling welling up. “We care too much.” Then he added, “and we have too much of a past. Chung Ae, everyone in my family...”  

He sighed, putting his hand on his head in a gesture that showed just how tired he was with all the drama. “We’re all just glad you’re okay, it’s one less thing to worry about... so, yeah, you worried us... but we’re even happier you’re okay.” He patted her hand again. “Just know my offer still stands if you ever need anyone.” He picked up his fork again trying to give her a reassuring look that he was okay.

He’d been “on break” for a while now. He was sure the supervisor in the Research Department hated him already and he could only pull this maybe once more before he’d be facing the threat of demotion... or worse, Yoon being notified he couldn’t even handle a position like this. Hyun didn’t care. It was late and he was still working some menial filing job way under his skill-set. Outside in the city he could wander, his thoughts clearing as soon as he stepped down the stairs of the Agency building and he pulled out the flask he had in his pocket as per usual. He was about to check out, check his phone and just sit back for a few minutes. That was before he smelled something, someone familiar. Shuffling everything back where it’d been... he saw her. She’d probably been visiting the Agency before him. Left at just a bit before for whatever reason... Hyun’s pace quickened. He realized he was following, on the other side of the street from her. As she walked away, hair blowing slightly, he couldn’t catch her face but was sure it was her. The light at the corner wouldn’t change fast enough and he was afraid he’d lose her, wouldn’t see her again. Cupping his hand over his mouth he shouted once, drowned out by a passing taxi. Then again, this time audible... “Effy?!”

Daniel muttered to himself.... He slid into Tal’s room after her, still worried and fluttering his hands idly, trying to find something to do with them as he panicked about where and what she was doing with his locket. He visibly tried to calm himself. "I'll.... just sit here and wait for you to wake up then I guess. I mean... or I'll rest here." He slowly squatted, trying to clear a space in the corner as far as possible from her and sat there. The dragon had picked him up earlier and insisted that his locket was “hers,” and then wandered off to her bedroom insisting that "they” needed to sleep. Despite all reasoning he’d tried to use on her she had wrapped the item keeping him in this plane around her wrist. She spoke with a kind of certainty through her chopped sentences that just told him how serious she was about not parting with the object. Daniel was sure he could not remove it without her knowing and he looked at it wistfully as the girl curled up on her bed. Sighing, he surveyed the wreckage that was Tal’s room and tried not to let on how upset he was while awkwardly stuffed amongst the piles of jewelry and shiny metal objects. “.... I-I don’t really sleep...,” he huffed, “So I don’t know what you want me to... do...?”