🎃 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]

-- Or if you're accustomed to military ranks, instead. Captain this, Captain that. It's all a bit cross-wired.

[namisan]

Thaaat would also do it. Military, huh?

We've got marines in our world as the main authority, but I understand they're just one part of it for others.

[mucked]

Army. [ ... ] And a bit of a flirtation with the air force. Never went anywhere near any marines, however.

[namisan]

What's the difference between the three? I mean, I assume air force is... air...? Jurisdiction?

[mucked]

Ground troops, versus anyone associated with aerial defenses. [ ... ] And the navy, but that's rather self-explanatory I suspect.

[namisan]

Very, yes.

We don't really have anything in the way of aerial defense, but I guess we're not that far along yet. And marines are also ground troops where I come from, but given the world is mostly islands, that's not surprising. Each kingdom has its own standing army, but the marines operate under World Government jurisdiction.

[mucked]

-- A world government? [ well, goddamn. ] How do they manage that?

[namisan]

With a whole bunch of confusion, disorganisation, and corruption. Some places are far more "governed" than others, you could say. A lot of the smaller islands can be completely overrun by criminals and either go under their notice or not be deemed worthy of their attention.

Most of their war is focused on piracy. They want to eradicate it.

[mucked]

Must make things a little hairy for you and your crew.

[namisan]

Sometimes. Sometimes I could smack my captain for not avoiding it. Lucky he's got such a good navigator.

[mucked]

And that would be you, hm?

[namisan]

That would be me. Highly sought after, which can be just a little irritating.

[mucked]

Much better than being made redundant, my dear.

[namisan]

It'd have to be a pretty permanent redundancy in my line of work. That might be preferable to working for the wrong captain.

...working for him with no other choices, anyway.

[mucked]

...Are there many 'wrong' captains?

[namisan]

I used to think they were all wrong. [Dryly.] But thankfully, nowhere near that many.

Some captains have too much power. If they're the ones threatening an entire sea's worth of inhabitants, I don't have much desire to work for them, that's for sure.

[mucked]

The bullies.

[ there's a quirk in her smile. ]

[namisan]

That's definitely one way of putting it. [Literally in Arlong's case-- he couldn't handle it with the big pirates, so he went to a small sea where he could pretend he was just as powerful.]

My captain doesn't hold with bullies. Sometimes our goals tend to align with the marines, on that score.