Rhy'Din Citywide Trick or Treat

[BardGallant]

Governor Driscol Presents
The Rhy'Din Citywide Trick or Treat Night


Festivities begin near sundown on the evening of Saturday, October 29th! Get the youngsters ready in their cutest or spookiest costumes and arm them with the largest candy collecting sacks you can find. Decorate your houses and get ready to hand out sweets, treats, or trinkets to any little ghouls who might come knocking on your door. The citywide sprint begins when the clock tower bell tolls the sixth hour of the evening, and will proceed throughout the night for a minimum of two hours. Every trick-or-treater who visits the Governor's mansion will be given a special treat and trinket filled goodie box, with a variety of options for the dietary needs of all peoples. (Rumors abound that there will also be adult goodie bags containing miniature bottles of booze and candies as well.) Cups of hot cider, cocoa, or coffee will also be available to energize visitors should they need it.

Gardenhome Orchards will be hosting Trick or Treaters, afterward, for a hauntingly good time of pumpkin picking and stories told around the campfire. A variety of foods and drinks will be available for all to enjoy. Those unable to attend that wish to contribute a story are asked to contact one of the following: Maggie Harker, Minister of Children's Services; Rhiannon Brock Túr Gairdín, Minister of Health; or Eregor Túr Gairdín, primary proprietor of the orchard for details on recording your story for others to hear. Weather permitting, tents and camping gear will be available for those that wish to have an overnight stay. Parents and adult caregivers who will not be staying are asked to arrange supervision for your own children for the overnight. Those involved in the Rhydin Big Siblings Program are welcome to accompany their younger companions or invite their elder ones for the overnight.



(( This is not a live event. Participation is completely optional but encouraged. Everyone is welcome to post to this thread such things as how their characters may have decorated their houses or businesses, what sorts of treats they are handing out, how their characters and/or the children of those characters have dressed up for the evening, and even if they may be tricking other people (with their permission) such as toilet papering the trees. References may also be mentioned in live play. The only limit is your own imagination with respect to your fellow writers. This event is inspired by my own city's annual Trick or Treat night that is always held on the last Saturday of October, and it is my hope it will continue to be an annual fictional event in our community as well. Enjoy and Happy Halloween! ))

[Zack Alcar]

Zack chose to dress up as Aquaman. He even had the trident to go along with the outfit. Grinning as he helped Nicole to hand out deserts, free pizza, drinks, and candy set up in the garden behind the Bistro.

[BardGallant]

The fine folks over at Etude have decorated Governor Driscol's storefront to look like Oogie Boogie's lair from the film The Nightmare Before Christmas, complete with dayglow skeletons hanging from the walls and tables decorated to look like giant gambling dice. The shop kids themselves have dressed up as Lock, Shock, and Barrel. They even got Berta to play along and dress up as a pretty Oogie Boogie.


( Images found on Pinterest: source 1 & source 2. )

They will be handing out safely sealed packages of gummy worms as edible treats, in addition to small plastic toy spiders and snakes. Every trick or treater of every age will also be given one free complimentary kazoo or miniature maraca shaker toy.

[Nicole Brock]

Zack was not the only one handing out candy and treats at the Bistro. Nicole chose to dress as Mera to compliment Zack as Aquaman.



The Bistro's garden's terraced waterfall has been transformed in a spooky swamp between Friday, 28 Oct and 1 Nov.



((Mera costume is from https://aiptcomics.com/2019/06/05/aquam ... in-kaycee/
The swamp is from https://media.istockphoto.com/ ))

[Rhiannon Brock]

Gardenhome was prepared to be the end of the trail for Treat or Treaters and their escorts. For those remaining overnight, tents with sleeping bags, pillows, and a bundle of necessities were circled around the firepit and seating. Spooky tales, s'mores and other snacks were ready to be served up!

Some of the stories for the younger set:
The Whistling Scarecrow
It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
Ghost Afraid of the Dark
The Berenstain Bears: Trick or Treat



One of the featured games was a life sized version of Candy Land. Each major stop had a bag of candy or other treats.


Rainbow Trail - Rainbow Gummies

Gingerbread Tree - Haunted Gingerbread Dog House

Peppermint Forest - Peppermint Soft Candy Puffs

Gumdrop Pass and Mountain

Licorice Forest - Soft Licorice

Peanut Acres - Marshmallow Circus Peanuts

Lollipop Woods - Halloween Themed Lollipops

Snowflake Lake - Halloween Ice Cream Cups

Chocolate Swamp - Chocolate Alligators

Candy Castle - Make Your Own Candy Castle



((Campfire photo from https://coolofthewild.com/
Candy Land game was inspired by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qlw1MdaWUJI
Candy Land Version used is https://candyland.fandom.com/wiki/Candy_Land_(2002) labeled as 2002/2004
Candy and treats are from: Walmart.com, michaels.com, target.com, https://hoosierhomemade.com/gumdrops-recipe/, https://www.finnstyle.com/halva-black-licorice.html, https://quichemygrits.com/halloween-ice-cream-cups/, https://oldenapleschocolate.com/product ... -alligator, https://recipeforperfection.com/hallowe ... dy-castle/

Players are invited to contribute stories via an appearance from their characters or a recording of the character's voice.))

[BardGallant]

Governor Driscol could be found at the Governor's Mansion for the first few hours of the evening, dressed as Farmboy Westley from the popular classic movie The Princess Bride, also known as Drisley to one of his young, feline fans. Of course, he was in the companion of his loving life partner Rhys Germain (also known as Rhyttercup). Best girl Gussie and her little brother Tommy were in attendance, as well, dressed as Rats of Unusual Size.

The Governor and his family were ready with smiles to pose for pictures and personally handed out the goodie bags assembled by the interns at the Governor's Office. Later in the evening, they collected their goddaughter Maybelle after her sack was full from all the trick or treating and headed on over to Gardenhome to join in the spooky stories and participate in a few games of giant Candy Land! They were even rumored to have camped out for the night.

[Rhys Germain]

Rhys could be found at Dris’ side throughout the evening. First, at the Governor’s mansion, where he passed out candy and other treats to the city’s children and their parents. To complement his boyfriend’s “Drisley” costume, and to honor their little feline friend, Rhys played the part of Prince Rhyttercup, a genderbent version of The Princess Bride’s Princess Buttercup.

Once all of the treat bags had been handed out, Rhys headed over to Gardenhome Orchards with Dris and their goddaughter, Maybelle. Over the course of the night, he told at least three stories around the campfire, including a collaborative story with Dris, and ate enough s’mores to swear off chocolate for a week.




(( Big thank you to Dris’ player for putting the above image together for me! ))

[Rhys Germain]

The crew over at Classic Customs were dressed as Green Army Men as they handed out goodie bags from the open bays of the garage. Each goodie bag contained several kinds of candy and a toy car or truck. (Very young children were given toys that had no tiny parts and were safe for them.)

They also provided cookies, donuts, hot chocolate, and coffee to help refuel parents and their children before the next leg of their trick-or-treating.




(( Image source: Green Army Men Group Costume ))

[Rachael Blackthorne]

A powerfully built black-bearded man in the black and gold thread embroidered garb of a sheik and a slender veiled woman in black, red, and gold embroidered silk accompanied the other members of the Blackthorne Household along all of the stops on the official route for the Rhy'Din Citywide Trick or Treat Night.

Two open-bed wagons, one drawn by a tan Irish wolfhound and a black and white Newfoundland and the other drawn by a tan Elkhound and a white Dire Wolf, held the feline members in two groups of ten and seven. The kittens wore various superhero costumes: Super Butch, Wander Woman, Pink Witch, Doctor Kitten, Robina, Princess Projectra, Samurai Buster, Duo Damsels, and Bat Kitten. The adult Cats were regally outfitted with gold circlets and black velvet capes with gold embroidery in the patterns of panthers and wolves.

It was rumored before the night’s end that a group of ten children in traditional Halloween costumes including two witches, a pair of identical mummies, Frankenstein, the Bride of Frankenstein, Dracula, the Invisible Man, the Werewolf, and Little Red Riding Hood traveled the route again, accompanied by a slender blond-haired young woman in an ochre wool gown and cape, with the intent to get more treats.

At the end of the route, the majority of the elder members of the Blackthorne Household settled themselves in for a sleepover at Gardenhome Orchards. Bond, Moneypenny, and Cinder, meanwhile, accompanied the kittens to the storytelling event. Mayflower was particularly enthralled with the telling of The Great Pumpkin Story and swore up and down that she in fact did see the Great Pumpkin until she finally fell asleep along with the other kittens that were tucked into their sleeping bags for the night.

[Ebon Ilnaren]

Ebon and Phen walked the route with their daughters and the majority of their fosterlings, eighteen children in all dressed in a wide variety of costumes. The two adult Ilnarens were a matched set as the Monster and his Bride from the classic film, Bride of Frankenstein.



Upon arrival at Gardenhome, the children rush off to the start of the Candy Land trail while Phen and Ebon mingle with the adults, enjoying some more grown-up drinks and treats.

[Mairead Harker]

Maggie and Amaris joined in the fun with the kids from the Rhydin Orphanage and students of Dragon's Gate Dueling Sword School. They put in a call for Jackie and Des to join them as they made the rounds of the homes and businesses handing out treats.

Maggie dressed as a Faery Queen and was shadowed by her Knight.



Gardenhome was the place to be for the storyweaving and overnight campout.

((Gown is from https://www.praisewedding.com/fairytale ... g-dresses/
The knight is concept art from Guild Wars https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Kodan))

[Eregor]

As hosts for the post-trick-or-treat after party, Rhi and Eregor were of course dressed up. They donned matching costumes as Sherlock Holmes and "the woman" Irene Adler.

[Amaris]

Maggie and Amaris joined in the fun with the kids from the Rhydin Orphanage and students of Dragon's Gate Dueling Sword School.

Amaris dressed up

[Reign]

The vaunted Cardinal Inn of Old Market was open to the public for the citywide trick or treat night, allowing trick-or-treaters young and old to venture in to get their share of caramel apples, peanut butter chocolate pumpkins (Reign's favorite), and wrapped, pre-packaged cardinal cake pops.



Reign didn't think about dressing up to hand out candy, so if anyone asked what she was, she replied, "I'm uh... a hipster, I guess."



There was also a donation bin set up for anyone that wanted to drop off new or gentle used sundries for the Old Market Women's Shelter.

[Partly Cloudy]

The staff at Kitten’s Confections Bakery & Café dressed as characters from Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride for the city-wide trick-or-treat event. Gatito and his café manager, Zariyah, took the central roles, dressing as a gender-bent Emily and Victor, respectively.

Over the course of the evening, Gatito and his staff handed out treat bags filled with candy, special Halloween-themed baked treats, and Halloween-themed bookmarks and stampers. They also offered hot chocolate and more adult refreshments, including coffee and champagne, over the course of the evening.

Once the last of their trick-or-treaters had gone, the group headed down to Gardenhome Orchards to partake in the s’mores and storytelling. Gatito himself took a turn in the storyteller’s chair, reading Neil Gaiman’s “Click Clack The Rattlebag.”


Gatito’s costume:


Zariyah’s costume:



(( Corpse Groom cosplay by NipahCos on Instagram. Victor costume by La Femme en Noir. ))