[text] lon chaney jr. walking with the queen

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[It's short, it's sweet-- it's Asuka on the communicator.]

Is anyone else going to the costume party? I need some ideas on what to wear. Don't give me anything stupid.

[It looks as if she's about to cut the post off there, but then she adds offhand after a few minutes--]

I guess we can bring pumpkin bread.

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[astrobleme]

What do you consider 'stupid'?

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[interstices]

A pumpkin.

Or a pirate.

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[diplomacme]

How do you want to look-- scary, cute, funny?

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I'm not any of those.

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[paraclete]

[Tentative—]

Oh, I'm sure you wouldn't look stupid...

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[astrobleme]

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What's wrong with going as a pumpkin?

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[interstices]

It's halfassed. You put on an orange shirt and that's it.

Plus pumpkins are fat.

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[interstices]

What makes you so sure?

Hey. You're going, right?

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[paraclete]

I've never seen you look stupid. It would be a surprise for it to start now.

I don't really know anything about it.

[interstices]

You've never seen me in anything stupid.

[For whatever reason, a deteriorating plugsuit just doesn't count.]

There's nothing to know. It's just some costume party they're doing for Halloween.

[paraclete]

Clothes are good, right? If you wear it, it's good.

[Then again, he's pretty hit or miss when he's dressing himself, so his words may not amount to much.

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Well, what are costumes usually like?

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That's not how it works at all.

Haven't you ever worn one? They [Caring enough to inform Kaworu about anything beyond Shinji's well-being is foreign and uncomfortable, but she pushes ahead anyway.] They can be anything. But they're usually characters that don't exist. Or they're trashy.

[paraclete]

[So brusque, but it eats at him less and less, or at least in a different way. Anyway, he's still not sure what constitutes as trashy, where clothing is concerned. And why doesn't it work that way?]

I never have. So,

Fairy tales? Like that?

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[astrobleme]

It could be a little more elaborate than a shirt...

[Someone's feeling defensive about this idea.]

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[interstices]

Yeah, you could wear a green string around your neck for the stem.

[Even over text, the sarcasm's dripping.]

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[diplomacme]

A costume is a chance to be what you want to be.

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[ladybro]

Depends. How spectacular do you wanna go, costume-wise?

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[interstices]

I don't want to overdo it. Mostly I don't want to look ridiculous.

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I guess. I hadn't thought of it that way.

What's yours? If you're going.

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Yeah. You could do fairy tales. Folklore. Witches, vampires, all that.

[paraclete]

It feels like paying tribute to the heart.

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[passingthrough]

You answered your own question. Go as pumpkin bread. [Definitely not a stupid suggestion, right?]

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What do you mean by that?

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[interstices]

That's the kind of stupid I meant.

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[diplomacme]

I'm dressing up as an angel. It's a joke between my husband and myself.