🎃 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

[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]

[arfvader]

Nah, this was all me. I wanted to be Indiana Jones as a boy, so now I can tick that off the list!

[Ravi orders two beers with a what he imagines to be his best rogue-ish smile and slides one over to Hank and holds the other up towards him in a small salute.]

To bullies with excellent taste in costumes!

[beathach]

[his eyebrows furrow for a moment] As - ohhh. [a bit wryly] The first movie's only about two years old to me. I was confused for a moment.

[he picks up the beer and laughs, lifting his own beer in a similar salute]

To bullies who aren't really bullies.

[arfvader]

Ah, right, time-discrepancies. I'll do my level best to keep spoilers to a minimum.

[Even though it is taking an enormous amount of self-control for him to not tell Hank to skip the second movie, nevermind the travesty that was the fourth one.]

In all seriousness, your mates have put together a pretty stellar outfit for you! Think they'll take requests for next year?

[beathach]

Mm, it's 1983 where I'm from. I'm just a little bit behind. [but he grins] I don't really mind spoilers.

[if Ravi doesn't tell him, surely one of his students back home will when it comes out. He usually gets his movie gossip from them]

They'll definitely take requests - [he nods to where the hosts are] They're the ones running all of this.

[arfvader]

[Aaaannnd, it's like the floodgates have been opened. He can finally impart all his wisdom on someone the way he wish he could on himself, should time-travel ever be invented.]

Skip "The Temple of Doom", but I'd say "The Last Crusade" is still worth watching. Oh, also when the Star Wars prequels come out further in the future, avoid it at all costs. They're complete rubbish and your life is better for missing them, I promise.

[... belatedly, he remembers that a certain Senator Amidala is amongst their ranks, and he has the decency to look ashamed.]

... or watch them, I'm sure there's something of value to be had there. Probably.

[Going to wash away that awkward moment with some beer! Thank God for beer!]

But next year, I'll definitely have to hit your friends up for a Batman costume! Cross off another childhood dream!

[beathach]

[he blinks in surprise, but he waits until Ravi's done explaining before he bursts into laughter]

I've already heard the Star Wars warning, but I'll keep the one about Indiana Jones in mind.

Though I'll probably end up watching them all sooner or later with my students.

[there is nothing awkward here at all. He takes a drink himself, both eyebrows raising]

I - don't know who Batman is. Another superhero?

[arfvader]

[Ravi looks pretty delighted at Hank's burst of laughter, like he's achieved some kind of important milestone.]

I guess there's some kind of merit to watching mediocre-to-terrible movies with a crowd. At least there would be lots to discuss afterwards! And yes, Batman is another superhero I've heard of.

[He tries to keep his answer somewhat vague, even though he's secretly dying to try out his Christian Bale Batman impression.]

[beathach]

Pretty much, yeah. It's a little hard to discuss it in relation to my classes, but - [he shrugs] Sometimes I'll find something. Though I try not to do it too often, they'll end up thinking I'm tricking them into more homework.

[or they'll realize their teacher is a bigger nerd then they first thought, either or]

What sort of superpowers does he have? [Batman's a new one to him, but so far most of the superheroes he's heard about had some kind of power. Maybe this one flies?]

[arfvader]

I don't know if he has superpowers in the traditional sense. Maybe it lies in his unlimited resources to have a truly kick-ass suit and all sorts of gadgets and bat-themed modes of transportation!

[There, that probably shouldn't get him in too much trouble in case Batman decides to also show up in space!]

[beathach]

Ah - that makes sense, yeah. I know a couple of people like that - no powers, but they have their own ways of being heroes.

[Kate and Clint come to mind]

[arfvader]

Always makes me wonder where I went wrong in life.

[Ravi would probably be a terrible hero though, so it's really for the best.]

[beathach]

Is this where I tell you that people like you are the real heroes?

[don't make him give that talk, Ravi, he'll do it]

[arfvader]

[He chuckles at that.]

It never hurts to hear it! The ol' ego could use a boost once in awhile!

[beathach]

[he laughs and lifts his beer]

Then to real heroes?

[arfvader]

[Ravi mirrors the gesture with a grin.]

I'll drink to that!

[And so he shall! He downs his beer in one go, look a good Brit.]

I've certainly performed enough heroics in the kitchen this past month. Of course, I may have caused the disasters in the first place, if we're going to be technical about it.

[beathach]

[he downs his beer too, not like a good Brit even if his actor is British but because it won't have much of an effect]

Uh oh - well, they say cooking is a lot of trial and error, don't they?

[arfvader]

So I'm learning! Now I find myself pining for the lab support augment, but que sera sera, I suppose.

[beathach]

Ah - that I understand, but I pine for the engineering augment instead. I miss building things.

[arfvader]

Yeah? What kinds of things did you build?

[beathach]

Anything, honestly. The last thing I built was a training room at the school, and I rebuilt our jet. [he says it like it isn't meant to be impressive at all. He shrugs a bit sheepishly] I just like to tinker.

[arfvader]

You make that sound as if it's on par as the car with the little helicopter blades on top that I built out of Lego blocks. Take a little more pride in your work, mate!