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? ]

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It was even better when he'd had a few.

[ Raven shrugs it off, focussing, instead, on the idea of Hank trying to dance while big, blue and beautiful - and it inspires a soft smile on her face. ]

That must have been uncomfortable. [ She frowns, lifting a hand to touch his cheek. ] It's not too loud now, right?

I can imagine.

[he shifts his weight from foot to foot, the memories of the masquerade a little - not uncomfortable, but awkward, maybe. It had been a tiring night, between dancing and keeping the music tuned out and everything else, not to mention he'd gone on his first date in years.

He purses his lips and shrugs, even as he tilts into her hand a bit] It wasn't bad, per say. Just - exhausting.

It's not bad now, no. I can tune it out better nowadays - especially like this.

[ Raven's fingers brush over his hair and down to his cheek before she nods her head. If she thought that Hank was really uncomfortable or it was too loud she'd tug him elsewhere and distract him somehow, but she believes him. He wouldn't be here if it was too bad, even if she wanted him to be here.

Tilting herself up, she draws him close for a quick, soft, kiss. ]

Good. I suppose the serum has some perks, then.

[he leans in for the quick kiss, and reaches up to push some of her hair behind her ear before he smiles. He knows she'd pull him out of he was having issues - but that was years ago, too, when he'd spent more time under the serum than without]

It does have its advantages. Though even without it, I'm better about it now.

[ Tilting her head up, she softens a little, relaxing into the touch of his hand. It makes her feel warm, and the way that they're slowly getting more and more comfortable with idle intimacy in public makes something soft flare and relax in her body. ]

Does that mean you'll come and dance with me?

[he's still incredibly conscious of it, and if a little of it is because of who they're dressed as, well. He doesn't want to make it awkward for anyone else, either.

He sighs a little bit and quirks a wry smile]

Yes, I'll dance with you.

[ Raven cares less about the awkwardness and she focuses completely on Hank, shifting to drop her hands to his, tugging him close and softening. She doesn't want to make him feel like he's on edge or pushed, but...

She wants to dance, and when he agrees she beams, leaning close again. ]

Yes! Let's go -

[far be it from him not to make a few sacrifices now and then to make her happy - and sacrificing what little dignity he has is easy to do.

He can't help but smile at how pleased she is, and he leans down to kiss her nose before nodding to the dancefloor]

You'll have to lead.

I think I can manage that.

[ It's easy to settle herself down, nose wrinkling before she grins and tugs Hank out towards the dancefloor. It doesn't take long for her to wrap her arms around his neck, and then she softens, smiling. ]

All you need to do is sway.

[he lets himself be tugged, and even if he's very conscious of all the people around them, he doesn't tense up nearly as bad as he would have, once. His arms go around her waist and he huffs a bit, amused]

Swaying I can do.

[ Raven just smiles, urging Hank to focus on her and no one else. It seems to work - they can, sometimes, get incredibly wrapped up in each other in the kind of way that means no one else in the world matters at all. ]

See? It's easy. You're amazing.

[he is completely focused on her - and her feet, just to be safe. But he does glance up at her at what she says and huffs, fond amusement in his tone]

I'm not amazing. I'm barely doing anything.

You're here, and you're dancing with me, and it's wonderful.

[ Even if he huffs and acts all amused, Raven knows he appreciates it too. ]

I could say the same thing about you.

[of course he appreciates it]

I'm definitely not doing anything.

[ But she does move a tiny bit closer. ]

Neither am I, and yet.

[he might be gently urging her even closer than that]

And yet.

[ Her arms are tight around him now and she moves, settling against his body and lifting her hand to brush gently through his hair. ]

Here we are.

[he leans over a bit to make that easier, his own hand coming up to tangle his fingers in her hair]

Mmhmm. But only because you asked me to be here.

[on the dancefloor, anyway]

[ It feels a little like they're in their own little world and no one else can touch them - it doesn't matter that they're at a party, that they're tangled up with one another. All that matters is being here, together, like this, and it warms her so much that she feels it flushed on her face. ]

I'd ask you to a lot of places, I think.

[he makes a faint noise, almost a laugh, and he playfully tugs on her hair before tangling his fingers through it again]

Oh yeah? Like where?

Poisoned moons, for one. [ She grins, her eyes trained on him completely. ] Or normal moons, that works too. Parties, and our bedroom...

Not my lab?

[the most important of places, after all. After their bedroom]

No, because I don't have to ask you to your lab. You go there all by yourself.

That doesn't mean I wouldn't go if you asked me there.

And yet here I am, always asking you to leave your lab...

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