#silverlakeevent5

The abandoned house isn’t quite as charming as the night ends and the sun rises over Sunset Junction. With feet hurt from dancing or throats sore from screaming, everyone’s lining up their Ubers and Lyfts to take them home, most far less sober than when they arrived. As we bid the month of October farewell, we hope it’s with spooktacular memories to be cherished for years to come.

A FEW NOTES

The event is officially over now! We ask that no more new event-related starters or threads be made from this point onwards. Furthermore, tomorrow we will be removing event starters from the starter blog to avoid any confusion for new members.

You may still wrap up or continue writing your current event threads if you wish, as well as resume your pre-event ones.

Please consider posting a new open starter sometime in the near future to give our next batch of new members something to hit up.

We’ll try our damnedest to have the first round out tonight!

THE TRICK OR TREAT WHEEL

Step right up ladies and gentlemen, and try your hand at the prize wheel! Will you get a treat for your efforts, or will lady luck play a trick on you? Put your fortune to the test, but be warned: the wheel is not always your friend…

OOC: Some of you may remember this from the 90′s party. For the new folks, here’s a little mini-event we’ve whipped up for you all, consisting of a wheel (much like this one) that characters can spin. The outcomes will either be prizes to grab or events that will happen to your character, both good and bad!

HOW THIS ALL WORKS:

If you'd like to participate, either like this post or drop the names of your characters (if you have more than one) that you want to spin the wheel!

We will spin the wheel for each character (completely at random), and drop the outcomes in future posts as the event goes on.

Optional: we’d love to see you incorporate these into your threads, starters, or anything else you wish! You can even write up drabbles or self paras, make an #slsocial post about it — whatever you wish!

Good evening, guys and ghouls, and welcome to the haunted mansion! It may just be that same abandoned house you’ve passed so many times, but with its real cobwebs and potentially rotting floors, it’s the perfect site for the hottest Halloween bash of the season.

OOC DETAILS

This event will last OOC from October 23rd to November 1st at 11:59pm. If you wish, you may put your current threads on hold to focus on event threads, or do both at the same time. After November 1st, please don’t post any new event starters, but do feel free to keep your event threads going if you want.

Don’t forget to tag any event starters that you post and reblog to @slchat​ with #slhalloween! This will make it easier for everyone to tell which starters are set at the event.

Feel free to have your character post about the party (including their costume) to our #slsocial tag! You may tag these posts with #slhalloween as well.

IN CHARACTER DETAILS

The abandoned house opens its creaky doors on the night of October 31st for all who dare enter. There’s room for all sorts of mischief and mayhem, or to just dance the night away if you’re dying to show off your Thriller moves. Grab a costume, a friend, and maybe a flashlight to navigate the darkest corners. Oh, and BYOB.

The front porch is the perfect place to psych yourself up, or meet up with your friends if you need some fresh air... or a spot to sit and plan out a Halloween prank by the flickering light of the many jack’o’lanterns.

The acoustics of the place may not be the greatest, but if you’re not too picky, the downstairs houses the soundsystem and the main dancefloor. There’s also a kitchen which is probably a health hazard but does make a sweet selfie backdrop.

Upstairs is a total of three bedrooms. One will be the location of the trick or treat raffle; one is a virtual graveyard of couches and armchairs found abandoned all over the city. The final one is... well, it’s practically empty and there’s a big hole in the floor. Proceed with caution.

The bathrooms are not exactly functional, but rumor has it the broken mirror is perfect for summoning all kinds of spirits. There’s also some nice porta potties outside for the desperate ones.

If you brave the highly questionable stairs, you’ll land in the basement. The perfect place for any would-be ghost chasers or treasure hunters. It’s chock full of old junk, most of it moldy, so who knows what you might find?

The backyard has three small firepits and some nice seating areas scattered around for those who’d like to escape all the loud music from inside. Roast some marshmallows and break out your guitar for a round of Wonderwall if you wish.

Roam around the property as you wish, but try not to tear the poor old house the rest of the way down.

THE ANNUAL TRICK OR TREAT WHEEL!

It’s back, witch! If you’re feeling lucky on this fine evening, step right up and give the big prize wheel a spin. In the true Halloween spirit, there are treats to be won and tricks to be played, but beware—some outcomes could be very unpleasant.