🎃 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

[mucked]

Revlon would have been thrilled. [ dry as you like. she doesn't want to think about the comic books and the posters and the cheesecake photos. she barely tolerates the propaganda machine based around his legacy, let alone some hypothetical take on her own hypothetical career. ]

Things played out the way they played out. If we start questioning it, then we start on a road we really won't enjoy.

[ too many possible futures they'll never have together. ]

[uprightness]

They still do.

[ play out, that is. This here, now. It's something that was never meant to happen and yet, here they stand. Someplace in the multiverse, it's bucky who carries the shield. It's an odd comfort to know all of this, that somewhere some version of him was spared - and at the same time, it's humbling. ]

First time that I don't mind it.

[ the change of setting, that is. ]

[mucked]

You say so now. [ peggy cants right, eyeing the bar. he can't feel the effects, but she's keen to let a little more whiskey into her system.

eventually, his sense of responsibility will kick in. sooner rather than later, she suspects -- once the weight of the argument back home settles fully on his shoulders. though, for now, they can fully enjoy the fantasy of maybe next year. ]

And I'd like to drink to now. [ she pulls him towards the bar. ]

[uprightness]

[ he makes a mental note to explore this particular avenue at a later date. now, she says and it worries him a bit. Still, surely that can wait one more day. ]

Now seems pretty good.

[ his concerns, all of them, are pushed aside for the duration. ]

[mucked]

Now is wonderful.

[ more than she could hope for -- and enough to make her want to stay, here, as long as is necessary. but they both have duties beyond the fleet, and they can only dodge them for so long.

with a crook of her finger, she orders another drink. ] -- The question feels academic but, want something?

[uprightness]

It's wasted on me.

[ huh, but he never did tell her - ]

Winn said he and Hank can probably figure something out, though. They just need to work on it.

[mucked]

Oh.

[ -- quick-as-a-whip, she turns on her heel. peggy tries to undersell her fascination with the idea. booze is booze, and it's not the bare necessity for any interaction (least of all between the two of them. but she can't help but feel utterly intrigued.

clearing her throat, she tries once again. almost speechless. ] ...Oh?

[uprightness]

[ well, he was hoping this might shift them away from any somber thoughts, maybe make her laugh but he didn't quite expect this sort of curiosity. Interesting, to say the least. ]

Yeah, he said it's not that difficult. They just need to determine how fast my metabolism is and distill it enough so it'll be effective.

[mucked]

[ steve, sloshed. now there is a sight she'd like to see. peggy smiles, even if she doesn't yet laugh. ]

Then I sincerely hope they succeed.