🎃 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]

The zombies were really mostly there as set dressing and seemed content to lumber about harmlessly. There was definitely a lot of underage campers though, which meant I had to wear my "responsible adult" hat on more than one occasion.

[Which is fine, he didn't get to be a forensic pathologist by shirking responsibility altogether! But still, it's nice that he doesn't have that same pressure here.]

[winn]

Don't you just hate that?

[ yeah, he's plenty responsible, and he's had to be the responsible adult with some of the teenagers around here - and even some of the adults - which is fine. but being the immature idiot is so much more fun. ]

They kidnap you, and then they try to suck the fun right out of it.

[arfvader]

Exactly my point! They could at least have the decency to not impart responsibilities and jobs on us!

[winn]

Yeah! What's up with that. Especially here, if they're trying to make a reality show shouldn't they be encouraging people to act less responsibly? Instead we have jobs that if we skip out on our ships could fall out of space and kids we have to try to be good role models for. [ drinking his beer in a huff. actually he likes the work and some of those kids are really important to him, but complaining is fun. ]

[arfvader]

The only solution is to double-down on this as our night of foolish debauchery!

[But being huge nerds means it will be super-tame, really.]

[winn]

[ hey, speak for yourself~ (no he doesn't intend to get to crazy and even if he wanted to - he's way too tired from setting all of this up) ]

I'll drink to that! [ raising his beer. ]

[arfvader]

[Raising his own beer and downing it all in one go, as you do!]

Another!

[winn]

[ wait what ok hold on - he'll catch up! taking in a big gulp of air once his beer is done, he nods at the bartender. ]

Two more! [ he's gonna regret this, isn't he. ]

[arfvader]

[There's a decent possibility of that.]

This round's on me!

[And when the beer arrives he holds out his beer towards Winn.]

To Halloween! One of the things Americans have got right!

[winn]

[ where are his designated responsible adults when he needs them?

he clinks it against ravi's ]

To Halloween! One of the many things Americans got right.

[arfvader]

No, no, no, no, wait! Let's talk about the travesty of a sport you've decided to call "football"!

[winn]

No - no no no no - man, if you wanna talk sports let me redirect you to my girlfriend -

[arfvader]

So you don't have a horse in this race?

[winn]

Football has horses? So what's badminton?

[ he's not that clueless. or is he?

no, he's not, but he makes a good show of it! ]

[arfvader]

Alright, you're not a sports-man. I can live with that.

[winn]

You're gonna have to.

[ taking a drink. if kitty hasn't turned him into a sports-man, nobody will. though, to be fair - she hasn't tried. ] Find someone else to wage your round vs. elliptical wars. [ shrug ]

[arfvader]

What about video games? Any thoughts?

[winn]

[ pointing at him for a moment -- before pulling out his comm ]

Check it out, I programmed my own Super StickFigure Bros - [ where you can choose between a super stickfigure man and a super stickfigure woman, each sporting a red cape. ]

[arfvader]

Please tell me that's for sharing. I've been going mental without any solid source of entertainment.

[winn]

It's not done yet, I keep getting sidetracked so it only has 11 adaptable levels so far. I am, however, willing to share my demo version under one condition.

[arfvader]

Anything! Name your price!

[winn]

No sports jokes at my expense with or within earshot of Kitty or Jim. I will never hear the end of it.

[arfvader]

Scout's Honour! Although it might help me to keep that promise if I knew which Jim you were talking about.

[winn]

Right - yeah. Jim Kirk, he's captain of the Tourist. You can recognize him tonight as the dude with no pants on.

[arfvader]

[Ravi just manages to keep his excitement about Captain James Tiberius Kirk at bay.]

You're sure there's only one of those? It is Halloween afterall!