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🎃 HALLOWEEN MINGLE 🎃

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? ]

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That's a funny sentiment coming from you.

[Hopefully Steve is prepared for a rather scandalously dressed Russian spy to join him, slipping into the empty space by his elbow like she was meant to be there. Her attention is on the most recent singer, one brow cocked a little higher than the other.

She teases, but she gets he sentiment. Especially from him, it makes sense to her.]

Isn't courage kind of your thing?

Not that kind of courage. The whole jumping out of planes, the battles, that's one thing and this,

[ he doesn't even recognize the song but that's not new ]

this is definitely something else.

[ he smiles at her, making sure to look only at her face ]

you look - beautiful.

[ at least the parts of her he dares to look at do. ]

It's different. I won't argue that.

[She smiles at his compliment, though. As much because of how much of a gentleman he tries to be with her, despite the intimacy that their line of work can force them into, as because of the words themselves.]

And you are looking very dapper. Peggy is lucky—you're here together, right?

Yeah - she's - somewhere around here. It might take a moment, she's blonde. She really went with the whole Ginger Rogers look.

[ and there is more than a little fondness there. As much as Halloween might not be her first choice of holidays, it seems that when Peggy Carter decides to do something, she goes all out no matter what it is. ]

I almost didn't recognize her the first time.

That's how it works with a good costume.

[If Steve thinks he scared Natasha out of an interest in his love life when he brought up hers, he's mistaken.]

I'm glad to hear it, though. You deserve a real date. And some dancing?

It's actually our second one.

[ see, he's in a good enough mood to volunteer some details. as for the dancing, well. ]

Yeah - maybe not to this.

[ he has no idea what song it is, but he does know it's by some lady named Beyonce. ]

Some of it is a bit - too modern.

[ for him, at least. he assumes it's the same for Peggy. ]

You know, you're not that old, Steve. You could try to modernize yourself. Most of this stuff isn't so bad once you give it a chance.

[Her tone is unfailingly light as she says that.]

Or you could make someone find you something you're a little more ready or.

Really, Romanoff? I don't see you out there, modernizing. Can't imagine it'll be hard for you to find a partner.

[ he glances at her ( strictly her face! ) with a little smile. ]

How come you're not out there dancing?

Well, for one I'm here drinking with you. For another, the tape holding this dress on might just give out if I start to sweat.

[She was ready with that answer, too.]

But mostly, no one's asked.

They're probably terrified for exactly that reason. You -

[ no. nope. he looks away the second she mentions the the tape, who wears a gown only held by tape anyway? ]

you know, tape is usually meant for paper, not fabric.

[ he seems very determined to look at the dance floor and there is absolutely color rising to his cheeks. ]

Alright. Once it slows - Nat, will you give me the honor?

[ he nudges his elbow against her arm ]

and you know, you can always have my jacket.

[ just in case. he's honestly anxious for the dress now. ]

I doubt that's why they're terrified.

[There's something gratifying about his blush, but she doesn't rub it in too much. The fact her comfort zones are much wider than his isn't news. Instead, she nudges back.]

After your girl gets a turn, I'll be happy to dance with you. If we keep it slower, I think the dress might make it.

You know, you could just agree to take my jacket, it might keep it - safe.

[ why are they having this conversation for the love of. ]

Where did you get it from, anyway?

[ doesn't seem like her style, after all ]

Anything I should know about?

What, the dress? I am a trained spy, Steve, you don't think I couldn't put something like this together?

[The fact it isn't her normal style is part of the point. It's a break—a chance to be someone else.]

What are you worried about?

[Other than the obvious.]

Mostly of looking at it for too long.

[ it's mostly a joke but his eyes are funnily trained on the heads of the people in front of them as they dance. ]

[That gets a smile out of her.]

You can look, you know.

[Then, because it's Steve and she can say something like this to Steve...]

You know... sometimes I've wondered why I never tried to catch you myself. Then I remember—I would have been too much for you.

[And now he's with Peggy, and she couldn't be happier for both of them. They should soak this all up while it lasts.]

It'd be more respectful not to.

[ she's not exactly traditionally ladylike whatsoever but she's still a lady, after all. he does look at her, however, when she says that, evidently amused. ]

You thought about it? Always figured you saw me as a - I don't know.

[ he smiles ]

Come on, you'd toss me out your door if i'd have dared bringing you flowers. Maybe I would have been too much for you.

[Oh, you are definitely too much, Rogers.]

I'm not blind, Steve. And we make a good team. Of course, I thought about it.

[Her tone is light, neither regretful nor wistful. Just a matter of fact.]

But you're flowers and holding hands, and that is not my speed.

Oh, come on.

[ he makes a face ]

Maybe not me - but you can't be entirely opposed to flowers.

I wouldn't say opposed. More like... not interested.

Flowers aren't something to be interested in, not anymore than handshakes.

[ nat, sometimes, he just can't understand you. ]

You know, back in my day, you showed up without flowers, you could get tossed out the door as easy as that.

[ smiling. he's still not entirely familiar with the modern way of flirting, ok. ]

You don't shake a girl's hand when you pick her up either. That makes giving flowers sound like a professional courtesy.

[Flirting isn't all that complicated, Rogers.]

I'd be more inclined to go out with someone if they gave me something I actually did want.

Well, they have to get to know you first, right?

[ and Natasha is perhaps one of his closest friends but she, even more than him, has a lot she tends to keep to herself. Steve has learned a lot about her during their friendship but he is very well aware that he's not close to knowing everything, nor does he want to be, if the price for that is her comfort. ]

Well. Getting to know me isn't always the best thing for my relationships.

[She makes it a joke, covering the truth in her statement.]

I got to know you, worked wonders for us.

[ a bit of a line face ]

Nat, anyone would be lucky to get to know you, romantically or otherwise.

That's kind of you to say.

[She smiles at the compliment, but it's not a happy or convinced smile. Natasha doesn't have any intention of arguing with him about this though. She knows who she is; she's about the only person who does.

It would be narcissistic and awkward to make Steve defend it to herself.

When the song changes, she says:]

You know... I think it's time to cash in on that dance.

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