🎃 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

[stretchy_girl]

[The snakes on her head curl and hiss softly, their eyes watching Winnie closely.]

I've seen better, but they certainly put in the effort.

[seanced]

[she gives the snakes a nervous, wary look before glancing away from them]

Mm, they did. I-It's cute.

[stretchy_girl]

I suppose that's one way of putting it, Halloween is supposed to be a time for monsters after all. Speaking of which, perhaps you'll tell me just what you are?

[She lays a clawed, scaly hand on Winnie's shoulder and smiles with too-sharp teeth.]

I won't judge, I promise.

[seanced]

[she can't quite hold back the flinch at being touched]

Um - I'm um, Joan of Arc. I-I didn't want to be something scary or - or a monster.

[stretchy_girl]

[That flinch only encourages her, her hand giving Winnie a 'friendly' squeeze, the digit as cool and lifeless as Winnie's own.]

Each to their own, although I wasn't talking about your costume. I've seen you on the Bishop at night looking, shall we say a little deathly?

[seanced]

[she politely ducks out of the grasp and takes a step back, wrapping her arms around herself with a frown]

You've been on the Bishop at night? [she shrugs a shoulder, uncomfortable] It's - it's nothing.

[stretchy_girl]

Just the once. Belthazar likes my hair. [She lies, the snakes hissing in agreement, twenty pairs of beady reptilian eyes fixed on Winnie.]

I thought that at first, but I know there's more to it than that. What are you hiding?

[seanced]

[she purses her lips and tries to stand up a little straighter]

That's a l-little rude to ask, isn't it? I-I'm not asking what you're hiding.

[stretchy_girl]

[In reply Gemini steps closer, she's at least a foot taller in this form and happens to have very sharp fingernails, which Winnie can feel for herself as she runs one along Winnie's jaw, careful not to break skin.]

You think I care about being rude? You're keeping something from me and I want to know what it is.

[seanced]

[as much as she wants to take another step back, this time she stands her ground, arms crossed tightly. She huffs a little noise, leaning away from the fingernails]

I-It's none of your business. I don't know who you are, and - and it's not something I like talking about anyway.

[stretchy_girl]

[The hair snakes hiss menacingly, bearing their fangs, although Gemini just folds her arms and smiles...with a great many too-sharp teeth.]

It's my business if I decide it is. You can either tell me now or we'll have a much more unpleasant conversation sometime in the future.

[seanced]

[if one of the lights just happen to flicker to the woman's side, it's totally by chance and not at all because someone's losing her temper]

I said it's none of your business. Don't threaten me like - like it'll make me want to tell you or something. G-Go bother someone else.

[stretchy_girl]

[Gemini notices the flicker and doesn't dismiss it as coincidence, her eyes narrowing suspiciously.]

The hard way it is then. Next time I ask I won't be so polite. [Just to illustrate her point she hisses right in Winnie's face, her features briefly contorting into something even more monstrous before turning and stalking off without another word.]