Hypnopics Collective

The reptilian hybrid had barely searched a room when the alarm blared.  She winced but came racing back on all fours to the main hall, rushing down the wall rather than take the time to reach the stairs.  Even then she was the last one back, the guests all had crazy speeds she still lacked.  She raised up on only her legs and peered around, confused by the situation she found.

Listening to the conversation, she zipped around Psyne and peered at her from all angles.  'Was she mind controlled or was she just really in character?'  The mummy seemed convinced that Psyne was mind controlled, and while Morgan believed the friendly vampire in Christmas garb might get really into character, she couldn't imagine a reason Psyne would keep it up after all of this commotion about her being mind controlled.  That's taking a role a little too far.  That was worrisome.... and they'd sort of maybe been friends?  Hopefully she'd be able to figure out how to reverse this.  Despite Psynta not knowing there was anything amiss, a gecko-like hand briefly rested on her shoulder in reassurance.

So lost was she in her own thoughts that she hadn't noticed the other's conversation until the bunny vamp shouted and pointed at her.  The dinosaur spun her head in Yasu's direction in shock, her pupils looking almost round as she realized what was said.  "Yo? En serio?" she said incredulously, a finger on her left hand pointed at chest.  "I experiment on peoples bodies, not their minds!  And I focus on animal traits!  Why would I jeopardize my work on something like this?!" Her claw-tipped hand gestured grandly toward Psynta Claus.  "And why would I target Psyne of all people?  My work is on humans not demons and she's a... well, if I was going to do some sort of experiment, it would be on a fellow human and with contractual consent!"

Taking a couple deep breaths the dino said a bit more calmly, "I was searching upstairs when the alarm sounded, and I can't teleport or fly around or whatever else.  But that doesn't prove anything because I don't know where Psyne was.  I saw her turn to mist and move through a wall, but all she said was that she was going to be 'tying up loose ends.'  What does that even mean in the context of an egg hunt?" Her head tilted as her brain tried once more to wrap around the strange concept.

Shaking her head to clear her thoughts, she began bobbing her head while looking between everyone in the room.  Her legs were bouncing up and down as she turned as if full of barely contained energy.  The motion would potentially drew attention to her swaying cleavage or to the energetically swishing tail that rested just above firm, toned glutes.  "So, so.  What was everyone else up to?  Anyone here normally enjoy messing with people's minds?  I only know the mummy by rep.  Are the rest of you all human?"  Her gaze had turned toward the avian witch with real wings at that last question, curious for both her own research as well as for the investigation.

The Wicked Witch of the Wind
A place where evil may or may not reside
Tag: The eerie sight her eyes beheld.

She shifted slightly in the air as she landed to make her way through another door. Taking to the air was all well and good in a manner when it was foyers or large corridors... Significantly less so when it was normal rooms. Even with the smaller wings of her hybrid form. It did let her move with a surprising turn of speed though! Which was useful. As an alarm blared through the house... Causing her to have to spin around. Managing to re enter the main room somehow from the opposite direction she had left it in. Eyes widening in surprise as she saw the Psynta rapping away with even more vigour then before. Part of her incredibly surprised that she had returned to see the sight. And wasn't currently... Under the impression she was a witch? Well that was good. Where would she find an oar to fly on anyway? And she'd probably look terrible in a kimon-

She coughed politely as the mummy made her declaration. Turning to look at the other witch as she investigated the poor unfortunate soul. She raised a hand to point out the fallacy of her follow up statement, before deciding against it. They really did have to solve the mystery after all!

And the witch and the vampire were already on the case! With an accusation following quickly to boot! She turned to look at the dinosaur. Humming slightly, before turning back to the vampire. "Maybe, but we don't really have any evidence of that?" She tapped a finger to her lips, tilting her head as she started to think out loud. "I mean, I flew off by myself so I don't even know where Psynta or the Dino went... And You vanished into the shadows so maybe you watched?" She shot the vampire a look, before turning to the other witch. "And whilst you could have teleported anywhere, I figure it would be hard to teleport to one of us, without knowing where we are?" She smiled awkwardly. "I assume?"

The Wicked Witch of Auralis
Some terrifying Cursed Location of Horror and Evil!
Tag: The horrifying Pestilent Mummy, the Terrifying Elder Evil Vampire, the Accursed Winged Witch who Brings Only Horror, The Magnificent Dinosaur(non-avian) who stalks the Skyscrapers of the Wicked, and the Rapping Santa who's rhymes bring despair to the just!

So it turned out that teleporting randomly about a house wasn't a good way to hunt of Halloween eggs. "Well fuck, what do I do know?" Kathy thought to herself as she started searching rooms via walking normally between them now unsure of which ones she had already done during her random teleport hunt, oh yes and Silverkat got tired of all the evil witch stuff so fuck it, narrating normally now. Katherine hurried from room to room sure that she had fallen behind on the egg hunt, and hey, you know what they say. 'Egg'.

That was went she heard the alarm call, finally a situation for which teleportation was designed! Katherine appeared back into the main party room with a pop only to find that Psynta... was acting like Psynta! Wait wasn't that expected? "Vee, are you sure she's not just very committed to the bit?" Katherine asked, waving her hand in front of Psyne's face for some reason, that would be a good way to check for concussion but no one had suggested she had that! But still... Vee had said that someone had mind controlled her and that the culprit... was one of them! She offered no evidence of this of course, but Kathy decided to accept her word for it on the grounds that they only had like one day till Noson Galan Gaeaf and she didn't want to add obstacles to getting on with it.

"So what we have here is a classic locked room mystery" Kathy explained, even though it was nothing of the sort. One of them had ambushed and hypnotised Psyne into acting like her costume! Fortunately none of them had dressed up as any perverse! Surely their only hope now was to split up every time so the assailant could pick them off one by one! Errr wait or maybe the opposite of that. Oh, of course she knew what to do! "Right then! We have to solve this mystery! Everyone! Where were you when the... honestly rather mild crime all things considered, took place?!"

The colorful terrorsaurian reptilian in frighteningly festive garb was in such a complete disguise that most eyes wouldn't judge her when she returned to her work.  It gave the awkward yet curious scientist a boost in confidence if not a boost in small talk.  And she had yoga shorts on under her loincloth and top that more than covered the important bits!  It was definitely okay no matter which angle someone looked.  That was important since the other guests would likely see her from all angles before the day was over.

She greeted the vamp, witch, and witch in rapid succession before delicately grasping the base of a wing to test if it felt real.  Indeed it did as she muttered away, her uniquely textured fingers catching on the surface before she carefully released them.  "Fascinante, fasscinante," the bird witch heard her say.  More loudly she said to the witch with a creepy, hungry smile that was perhaps supposed(?) to be friendly "I like your feathers too," before placing the remaining wrapped chocolates in her breast pockets and zooming up the nearby wall.  'It worked!' she thought as she scrambled around, getting a bird's-eye view of the main room.

Lifting one gecko-like hand, she examined it closely, her third tuatara-like eyelid blinking sideways across her osprey-like eye as she peered at the detailed texture, her pupils constricting to black lines.  She would have likely been frozen there a while longer, fascinated with her own costume if not for a familiar voice joining the room.  Her head tilted and twisted back and forth as she oriented on the words below.

Golden eyes widened, their black slits dilating wider at the sight of the rapper in Christmas attire.   An involuntary smile of familiarity flitted over her face, and she grinned again at the greeting as she rolled her eyes and gave a half-hearted wave to the enthusiastic rapper.  She could catch up with the peaceful demon later; there was much to discover and explore this night.

Using one hand and her mouth, she torn open a couple more half-melted bombs of chocolaty sweetness fished from her pockets.  Devouring them, she savoured the flavour, an eager smile on her face as she began to zip around, scouting the lay of the place.  Though she was not leaving the main room, she climbed around and peered past the halls and doors on the various floors.

The mummy interrupted her investigations as the party officially began, and back down the wall, the reptilian researcher speedily ran.  An egg hunt?  She flicked her tongue out to taste the air.  There were scents all over, but nothing particularly familiar to her altered senses.  The strongest one, she could tell was coming from the cured, processed porcine muscle on fermented bovine extract covering a coagulated red substance whose base may have once protected the offspring of a solanaceous life form.  This was not eggs though!  Her new sense of taste couldn't help her yet.  As her tongue was flitting around, everyone else started scattering from the room with swishes and boops and flaps and err.. whatever mist does.

Gazing dumbly at the spot where Psynta Claus was, she processed the words a few seconds more.  Turning to the mummy, she opened her mouth and then closed it again.  She was not going to ask if this place even had chimneys!  Instead she climbed the wall to the higher floors, heading in the opposite direction of that bird witch, her flounder-like camouflage finally activating as she zoomed down a corridor.

The Wicked Witch of the Wind
A place where evil may or may not reside
Tag: The eerie sight her eyes beheld.

She smiled and waved back at the vampire. Nodding in response. "I am! I've been burning through a lot of energy lately! So need to keep my strength up" Leaning over, to pick up a few of the delicacies. going for the more savoury for the moment. Placing them on a plate and nibbling at them delicately. At least whilst attention was on her. When others were distracted she'd eat a lot less elegantly. "And you're here for food? Not a drink?" She giggled softly again as she let her eyes flick obviously to the vampire's fangs. Her attention was grabbed though when one of her ancestors a reptilian guest arrived. And she raised a hand to wave excitedly at the fast moving newcomer. "Oh! I like your feathers!" She managed out, in the short amount of time the guest was still enough for her to address her.

But there was still another guest! A... A... She blinked a few times. The existential dread of having turned up too late to a social event filling her. Oh no. Had she turned up too late? Like. Way too late?! She snacked on another pastry, eyes glued to the rapping pinkette as she moved closer. Addressing both her, and the other witch... Whilst wearing the same thing might in some cases create social anxiety. In this case, it was a reassurance that she had not, in fact, turned up several months late. "Nice hat yourself!" Giggling at the laugh and picking up a peculiarly shaped potato based product. "Well I'd be careful. I hear once you start making it pop, you can no longer stop!"

With the Psynta introduced, that only left the other witch for her to talk to! She turned to face her directly. Caught off guard as the other witch spoke up first. "Oh thank you! I like yours as well! Can you fly on the broom?" Pausing as the other woman carried on. Tilting her head curiously and flapping her wings. Her feathers neatening out behind her. "Oh thank you! I need them to fly!" She'd speak more, but was saved from the necessity of small talk when the other witch moved on to talk to the others... And then the mummy carried on with the instructions.

They were doing an... egg hunt? Was she supposed to roost at the end? During? And where would she... Maybe she should explore the attic or roof of the house first? As the mummy announced the beginning of the hunt, she turned to look at the vampire, who was sinking into the shadows, and then there was a sharp *crack* and a rush of incoming air as the other witch disappeared. She grinned and waved at the others, her wings shooting out, extending to the sides of her. "Well then, see you guys later!" Before backflipping up and soaring out of a door on the mezzanine level that was totally there. Disappearing down a corridor, aiming to go higher in the house.