Dec 19, 2011 18:32
[It may not be Christmas yet, but this room doesn't seem to know it. You've just walked into a huge hall which is decked out in incredibly tacky decorations, with irritating Christmas songs blaring tinnily from speakers set in the wall. A large robotic Santa is chuckling out an Oh ho ho!, and fake snow is drifting down from above. Near the entrance is a sign. It reads: "Merry Christmas! Welcome to the Dressing Room Grotto. Collect the present labeled with your name, and then you may proceed to the exit." And no, as you may have guessed, you won't be able to leave until you've done exactly that.
In the centre of the room is an improbably vast tree, reaching up to the far-away ceiling, and around it is a sea of boxed presents. Some are small, some are large, and each of them is individually labeled and tied up in gorgeous ribbons. Some of the presents are even rocking slightly...Go on, don't you want to see which one's for you?]
[This is a ballroom post and a form of Horror Hall. Whatever present you receive will be something you definitely didn't want, ranging from the annoying to the highly unpleasant. Some lucky people may be receiving a fresh sheaf of Cross's debts, their very own Huggable Inspector Lvellie doll, or even their own wrapped-up corpse. And then, there are some presents which require immediate care and attention. Remember the rocking packages? If one's for you, or you're really curious, or maybe just if you tarry too long and what's inside manages to break free, you may find out that they contain a lovely Christmas Eshii or Level 4. Or a zombie: this is a horror hall, after all.]