BLACKOUT

[S H A Z A M ?! *]

whoa, what just happened?!

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"This dance really blows."

Brittany, dressed in a low-cut pirate costume, looked over at her boyfriend Kyle, who was dressed a traditional vampire - the kind that looked like Dracula, and not Edward Cullen. Their costumes couldn't disguise their bordom as they leaned against the walls of the gym, avoiding teachers and people that were having too much fun. Kyle snorted, but otherwise didn't respond to her, looking around with quick, subtle movements. It was clear he was the planner of the two. After a moment, he jerked his head to indicate for her to follow.

"That's why we're busting this place. Come on, let's go. Better get into place for the big finale."

They snuck out through a back door that the teachers were guarding less closely, and moved toward the back of the school, which was relatively close to the gym. A five minute walk brought them to a gated area that read, "Danger: High Voltage." Kyle pushed at one of the wooden slats, which rotated upwards.

"Ladies first." He snickered a little as Brittany crept through first, curisng angrily as her dress caught on the sharp splinters of the fence. He followed after her and closed the fence slat after them. There couldn't afford to be any disruptions. He moved over thea large blue-gray box, which had a silver box on the side. It was covered in glass, but the large lever and the words to the right of it that read "ON" and "OFF" were clearly visible. Ignoring yet another sign that read "Danger: High Voltage," Kyle smiled at Brittany.

"I'm cold," She whined. "Just hit the lights so we can go back in."

Kyle rolled his eyes. "I told you we'd get back in only once we hit the lights, so just get a grip, okay? Or if you like, we can stay here..." He finished suggestively, and she giggled loudly at his proposition even as she shook her head.

"But I'll still be cold. Let's just turn off the generator and get back inside. Lucas has to finish his part of the deal, too, doesn't he?" She asked and smiled broadly. "I can't wait to see how wasted they'll all be. The teachers! Can you even imagine?" She started laughing, a high pitched and mostly unpleasant sound, but Kyle laughed along.

"Yeah," He agreed. "It'll be pretty great. Now stand back."

Kyle inspected the glass box for a few moments, and then walked back to the fence and grabbed a baseball bat out of the shadows. Brittany frowned.

"When did that get there?"

Kyle snorted impatiently. "I put it there, sweetcheecks, when we were planning this. Jesus, you can be so dumb sometimes."

Without furthur ado, he swung the bat and smashed the glass with a forcible blow. Shards flew everywhere, and Brittany screamed as her arms flew over her head to protect her. Once the glass was out of the way, Kyle moved forward and grabbed the top of the lever, which was currently in the "ON" position. He grinned mischievously.

"Ready? Lights, camera..." He pulled the switch down and grunted, "Action!"

With a deep tone of electricity powering off, the generator was off. Pallet High School was in darkness in the middle of the night.

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Staff Note !

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You read right, folks - the power has been turned off at PHS! This is not permanent, but it is the current situation! Your characters will be plunged into total darkness, so have fun with that. Feel free to PM us with questions, but in the meantime, best of luck feeling your way through the dark! :][/center]

[S H A Z A M ?! *]

whoa, what just happened?!

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Inside the gymnasium, chaos reigned. Teachers shouted, students screamed in fear, yelled at each other asking what was going on, and there was a jostling as everyone tripped over everyone else, trying to find the light switch, as if that would work.

Lucas grinned. At least someone knew that the generator was off. He had already been in place near the food tables, where the punch was located. He pulled out a bottle of vodka that he had gotten from his parent's liquor cabinet at home and poured as much of the contents as he dared into that bowl, then moved carefully along to the others. Once he had poured a sufficient amount of alchohol into each, he considered his task complete, and pulled out his phone. He stored the empty bottle of vodka inside his torn pants that were a part of his zombie costume. He pulled out the phone and sent Kyle a message: "Got it."

Once that had been done, he slipped back into the crowd, ready to act innocent and confused as the rest of the student body.

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Beep, bip, beep!

Kyle's cell phone went off, and he separated from Brittany, who started adjusting her shirt to where it had been before they had started fooling around. (What else, Kyle reasoned, did they have to do while they waited?) He checked the message and smiled with satisfaction, pleased that his prank was going according to plan.

"Time to head back in. Lucas did his part," Kyle told her as he moved back over to the generator switch and pulled it back up. There was a whirring sound, and they knew that the light would soon be back on. He lead Brittany back to the loose fence board and let her go through first. He followed after her, taking his baseball bat with him. He was ready to watch the chaos unfold.

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Back inside, the lights turned on, illuminating a confused scene with a few bruised students, but otherwise things were fine, at least for the time being.

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Staff Note !

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The gist of this is that the punch has been spiked with vodka (a type of strong alcohol), and the lights have turned back on. The dance will still be continuing, and punch is available. Remember that your character doesn't know the punch has been spiked! (This may lead to having some tipsy students, and maybe NPC teachers too!)[/center]