driftfleet | 🎃 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? ]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Mutant? [he shakes his head] No, they're both human.

Is it a spontaneous thing genetically, or are you adopted?

Ah - no, I'm theirs. It's more the former. For my generation, the favorite theory is that the nuclear age had a hand in the gene mutating when it was passed down. Humans carry the gene - probably have for generations - but something happened that, when my generation was born, it began to manifest.

It's not a solid theory - we have evidence that mutants existed long before those of us born in the 30s and 40s, but - [he shrugs a shoulder] - we're still learning about it. Especially now that mutants are having children of their own.

Couldn't there have been a similar but naturally occurring event at other points through history? But also some things are just randomly occurring.

There absolutely could have been. That's why it isn't a solid theory - there's too many factors and what ifs that don't line up well with it. And it's likely that it just - happens randomly, too.

It is interesting, though. Uh, not that your existence is novel or weird or anything but you know what I mean.

Do you want to get something to drink? I could probably use something after all that singing.

I know exactly what you mean, yeah. It's fine. Not a lot of people are interested in the details.

[not even mutants, really. He nods and makes a gesture for her to lead on]

I wouldn't mind one, no.

Well, I very often am interested in details.

[ she heads over to the bar and orders a soda ]

What do you want?

Don't tell me that - I can go on and on about mutant genetics for hours. As you know.

[but he won't, because he's much better about his rambling nowadays. He follows her over]

Juice, please.