🎃 HALLOWEEN MINGLE 🎃

[benames]

You are cordially invited to Cisco and Winn's Not-Too-Terrifying Halloween Costume Party!

Who: everyone ( yes, you too!)
Broadcast: N/A
Action: aboard the Iskaulit!
When: current



[ on the night of the 28th, the lecture hall will open its gates though it'll look remarkably different. Winn and Cisco would have decorated the corridors leading to it with Jack-o'-lanterns made from the pumpkins gathered at the little patch on the planet. The hall itself will be similarly decorated, along with other traditional scary Halloween decorations made from paper and fabric ( don't ruin the little paper spiders, they took hours to make! ). There will be music from various times of Earth-1 and Earth-3, so don't be surprised to find Lady Gaga playing alongside the Spice Girls! Feel free to make requests or otherwise, just show your skills on the dance floor!

There will be a bar run by Nami offering free sodas, though you'll have to pay for your own alcohol ( remember, don't drink and fly! ). Alongside the bar, characters will find a few tables offering candy from Earth-1 won by Cisco at the game room with a little sign reading TAKE ONE, LEAVE SOME FOR OTHERS and quite a lot of space chips and protein dips as well as various candy from all over the different planets ( cleverly hoarded by Winn! ) and a large selection of pumpkin pies and pumpkin treats. Characters will also find a line leading to Cisco's trusty ice cream machine, though it'll only offer peanut butter flavored sorbet.

At the corner of the hall there will be a karaoke machine with a little sign-up sheet. Characters could sign up solo or in groups and list the song they'd like to sing. Keep in mind though, the entire hall will be able to hear your rendition of Sexy and I Know it!

Adventure-seeking characters will be able to follow signs reading HAUNTED HOUSE and reach a large hall that was turned into a maze by large cardboard blocks painted black or covered by dark fabrics. Making it out of the maze won't be too hard and the maze itself won't be too frightening but will be mildly startling. It'll include some nifty engineered animatronics of witches, scarecrows, scary clowns and skeletons as well as holograms of ghosts! The song featured in the invitation will also be heard here, on repeat. It's a good break from the dancing and for some private conversations and moments.

Remember, costume are mandatory! you don't want to be caught by tonight's pumpkin kings, do you? ]

Comments

[beathach]

[he still can't believe he let Winn and Cisco talk him into wearing this and yet, here he is. It probably had to do with Winn making it for him and Cisco making faces, and him being unable to refuse but details. It's their fault, not his.

You'll likely find him standing in a corner somewhere, being the wallflower he is. You won't catch him on the dance floor on his own, anyway, but it isn't all that hard to drag him away from the safety of the wall.

Otherwise you can catch him at the bar, or taking a trip through the haunted house to see what his nerdbros came up with.

But you can pretty much find him elsewhere, too. He's prone to wandering around to say hello to friends and whatnot]

[athru]

[ It doesn't take long for Raven to come and find Hank, especially with how obvious it is that they're a matching pair, considering her own costume. She might have cheated a little and just transformed hers onto her body, but at least she's not actually wearing their friend's face - that might be taking the Halloween theme just a little bit too far. Instead, she moves up to stand beside him at the bar, slipping her arm through his. ]

... You know, I never actually found out the male version's name. Supergirl and Superman, right? So Kara and...?

[ As if Hank is somehow knowledgeable about all these things. ]

[beathach]

[it would be incredibly awkward if Raven went the whole nine yards, especially considering the brief, brief almost relationship Hank and Kara were working towards years ago before Raven showed up. He leans into her just a bit when she takes his arm and tilts his head with a thoughtful hum]

I don't - remember his name, but I know he's her cousin.

[athru]

[ They make a good pair, at least, and Raven has gone as far as to put her hair in curls, just like Kara's, even if she hasn't stolen the other girl's face. That might make things a touch awkward, especially since she's still a little sour at the almost but not really thing she had with Hank once upon a time. At least it's just a costume, right. ]

I remember her saying that, too. I can't remember how we got onto the topic, though...

[beathach]

[had Winn not had plans to shove him in a costume, he would've suggested something a little more traditional - or even just suggest they remake their X-Men uniforms. That counted, right?]

It probably just came up. She likes to talk about home and her family. [it's nice; he likes learning about people's homes, and Kara and Winn's is the world he knows the most about]

[winn]

[ you mean it's all THANKS to them! winn is very proud of this costume, hank looks fantastic if he may say so himself, and he is definitely not about to let his hard work be wasted on the wall, so passing by him, hank is going to find a hand grabbing his and trying to drag him along. ]

C'mon, Superman, you're a role model! Hit the dancefloor - for truth, justice, and space YouTube -

[beathach]

[NO HE MEANS IT'S YOUR FAULT. Hank makes a protesting noise as he's dragged away from the safety of the wall, huffing a little bit]

I wasn't aware when I agreed to this that I had to be Superman, I thought I was just dressing up as him.

[winn]

[ hank you should be HONORED they chose you to be superman! ]

You gotta do the uniform proud! And your bros - the wall's not where the party's at -

[beathach]

[HE IS HONORED he's just . . . himself . . . ]

There's nothing wrong with the wall - I have plenty of fun over by the wall, safely away from the dance floor.

bar

[experiencepoints]

[Her costume, for reference.

But she's looking at his costume, to Winn's, to Kitty's.]

I feel like there's a theme I'm missing here...

[beathach]

[yep there sure is a theme. Hank just sighs, those he doesn't look too put out by it]

Superheroes. [he shrugs and glances down at her] Mostly people from Winn and Cisco's worlds, I think.

You look nice.

[experiencepoints]

Do all superheroes dress like that?

[... oh]

Oh, um... Thanks. It's a bit weird, but it seems like a lot of people think so so far, so...

[beathach]

[he glances down at himself and grins a bit wryly]

More or less. My uniform back home is a lot different, though.

[he tilts his head]

Not used to dressing up like that?

[arfvader]

[Ravi - dressed in this - lets out an impressed whistle when he sees Hank go by.]

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!

[He couldn't resist.]

[beathach]

[oh my god Ravi. He wrinkles his nose a little bit - what a strange saying, it doesn't even make sense - before he glances over and - instantly recognizes the costume, making him grin]

Dr. Jones.

[two can play this game sir]

[arfvader]

[In his best Harrison Ford voice:]

That belongs in a museum!

[Then he grins and raises his glass, cocking his head towards the empty seat next to him.]

Drink?

[beathach]

[he laughs]

Not bad.

[he nods and takes the offered seat a little gratefully]

Please. Was the costume your idea, or did you get bullied like I did? ["bullied", anyway; it doesn't really count as bullying if one of your best friends was behind it]

[passingthrough]

Is it going to seem disingenuous if I start making jokes about what the S could stand for on you if I already know it's not really an S? [Also, this is Kitty—wearing an old school Captain America uniform of course—reaching out to take his arm in an attempt to pull him on to the dance floor. Maybe he won't notice.]

[beathach]

[you aren't sneaky at all, Kitty. But he goes with the tug with a sigh, because this is his life now. Being bullied into dancing]

I'm not sure I want to know what you'd come up with.

[passingthrough]

I'm sure it was going to be delightful. You would have laughed and been charmed. [On the floor and it's a faster song so she lets go of him and trust him to make some movements. You can do it, buddy!]

[beathach]

[what movements is he supposed to make here, Kitty, he can manage slow dancing but this? This is asking a lot]

Skinny? Silly? Look, I got you started.

[he is the skinniest Superman]

[namisan]

[Nami's rapidly turning this into a spot-the-superhero outing. She's working at bar, and offers him a wide grin when she catches sight of all that blue and red.]

Cisco or Winn?

[beathach]

[she's got plenty to spot, then. Hank glances over with a sheepish grin, glancing down at himself and picking at the costume]

Both, actually. I was double-teamed.

[namisan]

[Interesting way of putting that, Hank. She glances down a second, fighting off the laugh, and gestures at the costume.]

This another superhero from Cisco's home? What's your superpower?

[beathach]

[he is the skinniest Superman, he doesn't even know what Superman looks like and he's pretty sure he's embarrassing the man wherever he is in the multiverse]

Actually, he's from Winn's world - Superman. I . . . think he has a whole list of powers, but off the top of my head I know he can fly and he has super strength.