Halloween

So I suppose there's a fair amount of interest in this Halloween event. So here I am making a topic. Leave your ideas below and I'll make up a list of what we have already.

• Masquerade Ball - Originally Darren's idea but he was ignored
  
• Haunted House - Shrieking Shack
  
• Fortune Teller Booths - We could get real Seer's
  
• Costume Contest - Self Explanatory
  

If you guys need some help or anything here's a map of Hogsmeade from the Lexicon


GO NUTS!

I don't know where you could do the Haunted House, possibly where you said, but what if people assumed that the Shrieking Shack was the centre of the Haunted House and the few that headed there - not reading the signs or whatever - encountered something horrible like a werewolf or a particularly ugly band of Death Eaters?

And that's why I have this topic. I love that idea, we could have the shrieking shack as the main haunted place because it's already haunted. And perhaps a haunted maze somewhere. The more the scarier.

Do you remember the Friday Fun Night? Something in that style works well for haunted houses, I find.

I like the haunted maze idea.

We could sort of turn the area around the Shrieking Shack into a maze and have some dead ends with some kinds of scary creatures or boggarts or something. And the only way to get out would be to head for the Shrieking Shack. Once they were there, you could have Eli's idea come in where they encounter a werewolf or DE's?

We could have a few of each style of magical (scary) creature. Vampires, werewolves, dementors, and a lot of black cats. All of which could be summoned through magical means and therefore making them all unable to threaten anyone's life. Then we could add a way to be summoned back to the shrieking shack if it gets to be to much.

But we should say in the beginning that you can't use magic to subdue whatever creature you encounter. You can only run, scream, and do everything physically possible to get the creature off your tale. This would be able to allow fun side plots of a few people being separated or groups getting cornered and having to restart.

Well i love all those ideas but how about starting the maze on the empty plot next to the three broomsticks then as Jake said have it end at the shrieking shack. I have a charrie who is a vampire we can get him involved too hes the owner of The Leaky Cauldron

I think maybe we should just have the Shrieking Shack as our haunted house. Then e could use the Garden & the Three Broomsticks as a sort of chill area. Inside we'd be playing music and tables would be set up. Outside in the garden it could either be a romantic situation for characters or a place were little kids can escape from the horrors surrounding them.

But let's not focus too much on that simple stuff. Also think about ho your characters could get involved IC. I think we should be running various booths/milling about as a secret guard kind of thing. That way if anything goes wrong The Order can be ready ASAP.

Also on the note of magical creatures. I'm not sure that we should have any involved too much. Because magical creatures/half breeds can be very unpredictable in the books and IC.

Also on the note of magical creatures. I'm not sure that we should have any involved too much. Because magical creatures/half breeds can be very unpredictable in the books and IC.

We could have a few of each style of magical (scary) creature. Vampires, werewolves, dementors, and a lot of black cats. All of which could be summoned through magical means and therefore making them all unable to threaten anyone's life.

Sometimes I wonder why I post.

Anyways I was going to say Leah and I could run around and have a bunch of red liquid all over our white fur and just act crazy. But now that I think about it..... I'd rather watch a movie or something that night so whatever.

In or out of the Order meeting, we do love the tension don't we?

Perhaps we should dream up some holiday festivities for wizards that could be compared to what muggles do. IE: bobbing for apples, pumpkin carving, toilet papering/egging houses....

I'm sure there's a more interesting magical equivalent to some common Halloween activities that the kiddies (and adults) would enjoy. I'll have to try and think of some when my brain isn't so dead, but thought I'd get this out there so that it may inspire greater minds than my own.