Shadow Prom

The Shadow Prom, shortened to the ASMP Prom, was an event on May 28th, 2021. Various members were invited by a mysterious host, later revealed to be Jupy3D. The event encouraged members to get along and brought temporary guests to attend, some of who have now settled into the SMP.

(Editor's note: there were a few other attendees and +1s, but I don't know who brought who, sorry!)

## Background

Days before the prom, various members are given lodestone compasses. When followed, they lead to chests (usually underground) carrying written invites by an unknown writer. They contain the event's name, date, time, dress code and coordinates. The event had been mentioned before, but came as a surprise to most of the members- especially considering they were not sure who was actually hosting it. It was advertised as a masquerade, so members would not recognise each other on arrival.

## Arrivals

Members began travelling in groups, proceeding to get utterly lost for around 30 minutes. Some made it, though most were teleported.

Some of the first members to arrive were Taffy, Finn and his guest Eileen, Arty, Tilly and her guest Shado, and Bucket (who was Radi's guest). Double and Bill arrived last because of Bill's insistence that he knew where he was going- instead actually travelling in the totally opposite direction- and his refusal to get teleported.

Some people weren't even invited, like Henki and SillySugarGliders, only knowing of the prom due to hearing of it from PastelFlurry's invite.

## Main Event

On arriving, the guests were greeted with an island area decorated with hot air balloons, flowers, and an indoor area with a stage, fountain and bar. The building had a large painting of Jupy's smile outside. They were all greeted and proceeded to mingle, with people splitting off into different groups to hang out. The bar was open and had drinks such as mojitos and appletinis, all of which gave players different potion effects. In one barrel, there was a supply of a mysterious black potion, named 'Jupy's Drink...'. Inside, various SMP members performed live impromptu music- most notably Derivakat, who had scarce been seen before- all of whom were met with excitement and rounds of applause. Some of the members (mainly Squiddo, Taffy, ohnoheshere and CupBee) started illegally dealing 'blood' (redstone dust), which became a saught-after currency once members realized it was in highly limited supply. It was traded for more mojitos and Jupy's Drink, which CupBee ended up with the majority of. Consequently, Squiddo became the first to consume the Drink.

Outside of the public view, Henki watched as Jupy3D and The Mesial fought, The Mesial revealing that it had created Jupy to do it's bidding, with Jupy ultimately rejecting it's intentions to control the members of the server. This was inspired by them talking with Arty, who convinced them that obeying the Mesial was wrong. They were then slain by The Mesial- taking his first canon life- who removed their powers and cast them down, with Jupy losing a second canon life as he hit the ground. This caused the venue to start collapsing, with explosions and chaos ensueing. All of the attendees scattered into different directions.

## Jupy's Drink...

Before Jupy split away from The Mesial, the venue was stocked with a special black potion which was tagged as having 'no effects'. Currently, the members known to have drunk it (in order) are Squiddo, Bucket, CupBee, Eileen and possibly a few others. Jupy has since described it as his saliva, which is apparently good, like how bees "vomit honey". Bill currently owns a vial which he is holding on for a later date. As Squiddo tried to bring Bill the potion, it seemed she was talking to herself, desparately claiming that it wasn't her but also Jupy pretending to be her- eventually leaving telling Bill to "Stan the Mesial".

It would seem that the potion is, in fact, NOT without effect.