🎃 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

[ladybro]

See. This is why we need more clubs. Here, in space. [ she misses clubbing. and body glitter. and tight dresses. and bass so loud it makes your bones shake. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

I'm definitely with you on that. Way more clubs.

[ladybro]

With strangers. [ ... ] I miss strangers.

[takingkarabusiness]

Kind of a weird sentiment but I can't say I disagree.

[ladybro]

I'm not built for small-town life. Or -- small-space life, I guess. Where when you meet someone they're bound to know someone else from your ship or whatever. [ ... ] I mean, I never grew up anonymous in New York. But it was different.

[takingkarabusiness]

How so?

[ladybro]

[ a wave of her hand -- dismissive, almost. ] The paparazzi are just that. Paparazzi. You can see the people trying to record your life, and you can flip'em off. Just like the cute guy at the bar might know the name 'Bishop', but he's not gonna know it's me when we dance for a few songs and then go our separate ways.

Not like here, when you're liable to run into a person on the Iskaulit the next day.

[takingkarabusiness]

Being somewhat anonymous is pretty important in my life, too, at times. It's liberating for me both to be Supergirl and also to be regular Kara Danvers sometimes.

[ladybro]

Ironically, Kate Bishop makes the tabloids more often than Hawkeye does.

[takingkarabusiness]

Your identity is public, isn't it?

[ladybro]

There wasn't a press conference or anything but -- yeah. But honestly? I've been in the public eye since before I could walk. Dropping the act almost made it easier.

[ even if derek bishop will never forgive her. frankly? she can live with that. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Has it been okay for you? Anyone go after your family for revenge?

[ladybro]

Honestly? [ her dance steps slow. ] I'm a little more concerned about the opposite.

[ family coming after her. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Right. Bad terms. I forgot.

[ladybro]

I wouldn't go so far as to call my dad a villain but -- you know, I'm guessing he goes out to eat at a lot of nice, fashionable restaurants with villains.

[ not even an ounce of a lie. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Family can be really complicated...

[ I mean, her aunt was misguided, but probably not evil. Non on the other hand..... ]

[ladybro]

Complicated family should refer to, like, being black sheep'd because you skipped out on bail. Or stole your sister's boyfriend. Or your dad remarried a girl who went to school with you.

[ and not a dad who takes part in ordering hits on avengers. ]

[takingkarabusiness]

Sorry.

[ she doesn't really know where to take the conversation from there ]

[ladybro]

[ she looks askance at kara -- a little confused by her awkward handling of the moment. then, crinkling her nose: ] Wait? Did you think those were real examples? God, no. I was just BSing.

[ ... ] Well, apart from that second marriage thing. That actually happened.

[takingkarabusiness]

That does seem really awkward. I know how it is to have some morally questionable family, though.

[ladybro]

Yeah?

[ -- well, why not. might as well ask. kate figures the full story wasn't something kara wanted to hear, anyway. ]

Why's that?

[takingkarabusiness]

Oh. Well. It doesn't have to be party talk.

[ladybro]

Doesn't hafta be. But it could be -- if you wanted. [ kate shrugs. ] I'm good with it. Your call.

[takingkarabusiness]

Oh, just that my aunt and her husband showed up after I became Supergirl and kind of tried to take over Earth for some reason...

[ladybro]

[ there's always something. ]

Someone always tries. Eventually. [ ... ] Unsuccessfully, I hope. No offense.