Party!!!, Purposefully Creepy Mansion, Wednesday Evening

[newroutines]

It was Halloween, and after a long four-year break, it finally meant that there was a party at the mansion again. There were Jack O'Lanterns outside lighting the way to the house, and bat cut-outs and balloons in the shape of ghosts and skulls all around the house, and creepy looking candy on the snack table.

And a bloody goblin in the fridge. This time, it had a name tag identifying it as April, because Mike was a sentimental fool.

There were also way too many kind of jello shots. And too many versions of Monster Mash on the Spotify playlist for this party, but at least Mike had made a sign with instructions on how to find the playlist and add songs to it.

[ooc: OCD up! OPEN TO ALL! If you're an adult, you got an invitation! Happy Halloween and welcome to long overdue mansion party! ]

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Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[newroutines]

Show off your costumes!

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[newroutines]

Mike himself was dressed as a Greek goddess, because of course he was. None of the guys' costumes at the store he'd visited had spoken to him, and they all pretty much just reminded him of Tampa and work, anyway.

Besides, he had the legs for this. (And yes, they were shaved. This was Mike, he always went all out.)

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[magnusrushesin]

Magnus was dressed like he raided a Goodwill blind, topping it all with a pointy hat and an umbrella. Because he was Taako for Halloween.

It was pretty meta.

"Ooo! Jello shots!"

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[solarhippie]

Karolina had opted to go for something waaay removed from her usual style for Halloween. Though, okay, the dress was still a maxi length, if that counted for anything? But you had to admit that the rest of the meta for Morticia Addams look was pretty far from her usual garb.

She hadn't gone for a wig, though, because it was a pain to stuff all her blonde hair underneath one. But the rest of her, from the dramatic makeup to the cinched waist was pretty spot on.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[throughaphase]

Kitty was a little on the nose This year. And despite all her complaining yesterday, she really hoped she Sydney go into labor here because she didn't want to go to a hospital like this.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[gobrookeyourself]

Brooke's costume wasn't the most creative, but it did have a push-up bra and cleavage involved, so you're welcome.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[imafuturist]

A party that had the chance of not going to shit due to the island! Of course Tony was down.

He had gone with an Iron Man colored take on a king costume to play off Steve's. Because he was a nerd. A massive nerd.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[died8yearsago]

Rosa was a grown-ass adult who didn't even like playing dress-up when her job required it, but, on the other hand, she did like people watching at parties, especially parties with booze, and she would never turn down an opportunity to pretty much be covered in leather and looking hot as hell.

Sure, it was a repeat from a costume she'd done a few years ago, but it wasn't like any of these dummies would know that.

And it had a mask. That she mostly kept on top of her head the whole time, but there was a mask to point to when anyone asked.

She was a panther.

Get it?

It was hilarious.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[arboreal_priestess]

The best part of having a closet full of tango costumes and wearing six inch heels on the regular? You pretty much had a 20s flapper costume ready to go whenever you needed it. A feather headband, a cigarette holder, and some fishnet garters completed the look pretty quickly.

Honestly, the hardest part had been convincing the mice to stay home. But then she'd just thrown a handful of Halloween candy at them and promised them they could have till midnight for whatever religious revels they wanted and that had done the trick.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[geniuswithasmartphone]

Was Hardison in a homemade version of the Star-Spangled Captain America costume? Yes. Yes he was. From bright red rubber gloves purchased from Home Depot to a crocheted mask (complete with stupid wings) that his Nana had made for him (confused about why he'd laughed so hard when he'd called her to make it), Hardison was absolutely delighted by his costume.

Mostly because Hardison was a bad friend.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[somethingwithturquoise]

The real trick with Halloween was that you wanted to have a costume that was a little bit cute, a little bit sexy, but not too obvious or try-hard. She figured, though, that she couldn't go wrong with being a little tongue-in-cheek, and decking herself out in a ridiculous retro space-age costume.

If anything, she figured it could make a good conversation started on the laughable mid-century, Atomic-Age Earth's ideas of space and the future and its underlying themes of objectification and misogyny, from the realistic standpoint of a soon-to-be multi-galactic jello entrepreneur.

Or something like that.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[filleauloup]

Éponine was not in a full costume, but she did have a pair of bunny ears on. That was something, right?

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[special_rabbit]

Amaya had...reservations about this whole holiday and the costumes after last year's vampire debacle. It had been her first exposure to Halloween and Fandom's tendencies to change who you are, so she was cautious about the whole thing when she went to this party thing going on at the appropriately spooky mansion.

But on the other hand...she had made from scratch one of those proton packs from those movies from movie class...and she had a basic jumpsuit...so...

Why not? Might as well show off her handiwork, since she had no idea what she was going to use that thing for anyway, and it was much easier to move around with that on her back than it would be to be strapped into that other thing she'd made from that other movie.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[so_hawkward]

Clint wasn't great at costumes, so he'd gone with a suit and a drawn-on goatee. He couldn't pull off an actual Iron Man costume, but an homage to Tony wasn't too hard.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[puppy_fair]

Zack was still maybe kind of missing the point of Halloween. He hadn't dressed up this year so much as he'd pulled on his old SOLDIER armor, though he was weirdly lacking a sword. That was still in the closest back home.

He felt maybe a little awkward showing up alone, but he hadn't heard from Ino in weeks. He was kind of starting to get out and do things mostly as a distraction, but at least a party was a very effective sort of distraction anyway, right?

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[notallbluemonks]

Beau didn't have a phone yet, or a costume. Beau didn't know what the hell Halloween was, but she did have a sense for knowing where the parties and the booze were.

Yes, she was still hung over from last night's tequila bender. No, that wasn't stopping her; she was kind of always hung over anyway. Which was good, in that it covered up a little of her confusion at the decorations, at least.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[battlewithstyle]

Mitsutada had just... leaned into his first inclination. He was wearing full samurai armor, including a helmet with a large, impressive crescent moon on the front.

Yes, he was dressed as Masamune Date.

"So this is... Halloween?" he remarked, to no one in particular.

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[heroic_jawline]

Someone had to be That Couple, and this year it was Steve and Tony's turn. Steve, of course, was the gallant knight to Tony's king, dressed in Cap colors and with a shield that would actually provide protection.

In Fandom, you could never be too careful, right?

Re: Arrive/Mingle [Halloween 2018]

[what_the_shock]

Miguel...wasn't the best at costumes. He had one, and that was more work clothes these days.

So, he had pulled out memories of Xina's favorite movies and showed up as James Dean - leather jacket, tight white T, jeans, and boots. And sunglasses, just in case it was still bright.

Hey, it worked for him.

Snacks and Beverages [Halloween 2018]

[newroutines]

Tons of moddable snacks and beverages in both creepy and non-creepy varieties. Also, ALL THE JELLO SHOTS. Creepy eyeball ones, ones in syringes, ones that glow in the dark, you name it, it's probably on there.

And a ton of candy.

There was also space for people to add their own offerings on there, if anyone brought any.

Re: Snacks and Beverages [Halloween 2018]

[whatdattonguedotho]

To be honest, Eddie had sort of forgotten it was Halloween until the very last moment. Between the moving and fact that his office was apparently filled with deer and... stuff.

So, yeah. His costume was deeply concerned man who was eating way too much chocolate to keep his 'dark passenger' happy. Wow. Much spook. Very scare.

Dark and Shadowy Corners [Halloween 2018]

[newroutines]

Look, it's the creepy mansion on Phoenix Way. On Halloween. Of course there are shadowy corners to hang out in.

Re: Dark and Shadowy Corners [Halloween 2018]

[okteiviakom]

Again, was 'warrior woman' a costume? Because once more, Octavia just looked like herself.

And like an anti-social person, hanging out by herself with a plate of various kinds of weird snacks and a couple of jello shots. She didn't actually know yet what those were.

Dance [Halloween 2018]

[newroutines]

Half the living room's been designated as a dance floor. There's even a disco ball hanging from the ceiling. So dance to your heart's content - to Monster Mash, any other Halloween tunes, or something else you've stuck on the shared playlist.

OOC [Halloween 2018]

[newroutines]

Up early because that's how you throw a party, omg.