Hansel and Gretel Lived in the Woods

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Who: All children and teens welcome.
What: The house made of sweets is begging to be eaten explored...
When: Halloween night!
Where: Only five minutes' walk into the woods...

Once upon a time, a very poor woodcutter lived in a tiny cottage in the forest with his two children, Hansel and Gretel.  And everyone knows how that turned out.  Their story is concluded.  This is the story of a group of children who, alone, amnesic, and weary, wander into the woods chasing a wisp on the darkest night of the year, searching for a glimmer of excitement to light their hearts.  This is the story of a group of children, who, if lost, would never be missed, not even by a poor woodcutter. Who mourns those with no past or future?

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OUTSIDE

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[Following the uncannily sweet scent, it takes no time at all to stumble across the house in question. Hansel and Gretel didn't do this place justice. It's practically a gingerbread palace, or, at least, it might just be so magnificent that you can forgive its small size. Giant lollipops line the peppermint path up to the front door, every wall is composed of a different flavor of pastry from gingerbread to cheesecake to pumpkin pie, the windows are spun candy glass, the lawn is licorice, the lights are... glow in the dark gumdrops? ...And is that smoke coming out the chimney or cotton candy?

In any case, eating to your heart's content results in no consequences at all...]

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[Palom, naturally, can be found pressed against the pumpkin pie wall in a state of ecstasy. Around him lies scatered fifteen (15) gumdrops the size of his head, ten (10) candy canes as tall as him, a pile of frosting that contains about 10,000% of your day's saturated fat, and a lollipop twice as tall as he is.]

This... is the best... night... ever!...

[His costume is pretty wrecked. But before getting covered in goop, it was identifiable as a pirate hat and a long coat.]

[manjuumagic.livejournal.com]

[Mokona has stuck her froofy maid costume to the lollipop like a tiny little mountaineer. It frees up her forepaws for the sacred duty of stuffing her face.]

Hey, hey~

How many licks does Palom think it takes to get to the center?

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

[Palom will stop devouring for a second or two to think about this very important question.]

...Five kajillion. It depends on if you're going through the gingerbread or the hard candies, too.

[manjuumagic.livejournal.com]

The hard candy looks like it'd take a long time to get through!

[Not that it's stopping her. She will have her lollipop burrow.]

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

That's OK. We can take it home if it's too much to get through tonight.

[Palom gleefully pulls out another gumdrop and drops it into his pile.]

...Say, Mokona. What're you supposed to be?

[rainbowbrush.livejournal.com]

[And Relm is happily stuffing as much candy as she can into her normal hat, while dressed as a squirrel. Yes, a squirrel.

She just might have candy stuck to her fluffy, bushy tail.

She comes running around the corner in search of more yumminess and literally runs right into Palom.]

Hey!

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

[Palom goes bouncing away. He's too stuffed to move properly by now.]

Hey what? You should be saying, 'I'm sorry', sheesh.

[........!!!]


H-Hey! I know you! You're the Frog Princess!

[rainbowbrush.livejournal.com]

Ewww, I ran into a gross nasty caterpillar!

[Relm throws some candy wrappers at him.]

[an-captain.livejournal.com]

My isn't this a peculiar place.

[jump-isforkids.livejournal.com]

[Hey what's up yo, Sadaharu is just gonna munch on your hand for a minute okok]

Peculiar? This place is made of freaking cookies. How is that possible? How is that EVEN POSSIBLE.

[Examining the house closely nearby is vampire!Gintoki. What kind of grown-up saves all his extra income just to buy a Halloween costume?

This kind of grown-up.

BTW closely = he is licking it just to see if it is real]

[an-captain.livejournal.com]

...What's more is I suddenly got a headache. Hahahaha, I must be a delayed reaction from getting hit by that train earlier, HAHAHAHAHAHA.

LJ LOGIN'S BACK also I am old & can't summon the energy to tag during my work week anymore???

[jump-isforkids.livejournal.com]

[Sadaharu appears to be trying to eat the hat, so this is all your fault dude if it's on your head I mean come on]

Are you some kind of cyborg from the future?! How'd you survive getting hit by a train? [Looking quizzically over at Sakamoto while simultaneously digging at the house's walls trying to take out a chunk--

--GUH that stupid dog] STOP THAT, what'd I say about behaving around strangers, eh?!

[Sadaharu releases Sakamoto, but only looks at Gintoki with a very disappointed look, head tilted to the side.] THE HELL KIND OF DOG CAN EXPRESS LIKE THAT?!?! STOP IT, STOP MAKING ME FEEL LIKE I'M FORGETTING SOMETHING IMPORTANT

I'M FORGETTING ALL THE THINGS WE ALREADY KNOW THIS, YA PUNK

[dirtytrainslot.livejournal.com]

[And guess who's dressed as a cowgirl (http://www.racheshop.de/product_images/images/big/109930_cowgirl_big.jpg)?]

Oh wow, we match!

FIRST FLOOR

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[The interior of the house is somewhat less exciting than the exterior, but no less impressive. Though the majority of the furniture is normal, the walls remain pastry, and all surfaces are decorated with smaller candies and goodies. There are rooms recognizable as a kitchen, a dining room and a living room, all set in a charming old-fashioned design.

The only thing that seems off is that massive hole in the wall in the kitchen. It's clearly a coal oven, with flames flickering cheerfully away. Somehow, it seems like it would be best to avoid it...]

Re: FIRST FLOOR

[healeveryone]

Ooh...

[Rosalia's enthusiastically dressed up as a cute princess for the day, but the costume means she has to be careful around the house to avoid knocking off her hat. The house looks wonderful (and tasty!), but so far she's circling through the house and admiring it rather than feasting. The only thing she's taken so far is one of the gumdrops from outside, which she's nibbling on curiously.]

Does anybody live here? The oven's still going...

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

[Palom staggers in somewhat dizzily as he holds a hand over his mouth. He looks vaguely ill.]

Are... Are there any flavors in here I haven't tried yet? I think I've got them all...

[healeveryone]

[Oh dear.]

Hey, are you okay? You don't look too good!

[prodigious-mage.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm fine!

[urp]

...Probably. Just wondering how I'm supposed to get the bucketload of candy home.

[dirtytrainslot.livejournal.com]

Maybe we can get some sticks and make smores on them!

[healeveryone]

Do you think so? But if somebody does live here...

[She looks around nervously.]

[dirtytrainslot.livejournal.com]

Well if they were that concerned about it, they wouldn't have left!

Re: FIRST FLOOR

[dirtytrainslot.livejournal.com]

[Fashionably late as always, Selphie, dressed as a cowgirl (http://www.racheshop.de/product_images/images/big/109930_cowgirl_big.jpg) came bursting in through the door a few minutes after most everyone was already there. Hope it didn't scare you too bad!]

Oh wow, this is super mega awesome! Where do we start!?

SECOND FLOOR

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[...Was there a second floor from the outside? The roof had been a little too slanted to accommodate one, hadn't it? Maybe it was just too dark to see well.

If the first floor was a little less exciting, the second floor is downright disappointing. There are only two bedrooms decorated in a most Spartan fashion. One is completely bare; the other, if investigated, will yield the clothing and belongings of an elderly woman. Those with acute observation skills will realize that the outside length of these two rooms is significantly larger than the insides, when put together - that is... there's a space unaccounted for between them. Curiously enough, the delicious scent of candy and cookies is totally absent from the empty room.]

BOILER ROOM

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[Following your nose will reveal a small door in the kitchen that leads to a set of stairs heading downwards. The delicious scent is disgustingly sweet, here, almost nauseating, as if someone is trying to drown out all other scents. The basement is poorly lit, only visible from the glow of the massive furnace roaring away in the corner.

When you try to exit the room, you may have some difficulty. The door is difficult to see, and there is no knob on this side.]