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Party!!!, Purposefully Creepy Mansion, Wednesday Evening

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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Show off your costumes!

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.

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

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.

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

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.)

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.

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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!"

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.

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.

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.

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

Mike definitely appreciated the cleavage. Though his own costume also had that happening - in a different way - and neither of those things were actually why he came over.

"So hey, I have news."

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.

"This better be good news or you have to tell me when you're not dressed like that," she laughed.

"I mean, I could wait to tell you after everyone's gone and I'm not wearing this anymore." Because yes, you were staying over tonight, Brooke. "But, uh. That thing about renting Derek's old room out? Yeah, that happened."

A beat.

"And in such a Fandom way, too."

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.

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"Already? How? Who?" she asked, looking around in case she knew which of these people might eventually accidentally see her naked.

"New guy showed up with a newspaper ad I had not yet actually placed." So that was the Fandom part, and Mike looked just resigned, at this point. He nodded towards the snacks. "Name's Eddie, over there by the food."

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.

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.

"So..." Hardison said, slinging himself into a chair in his homemade Star-Spangled Cap costume, "you're at a party. It's time to think about peer pressure."

"I hope you never give that costume up," Tony replied with a laugh.

Poor, poor Steve.

Why did he even like them?

"You kiddin'?" Hardison asked, aghast. "My Nana crocheted this helmet for me. I'm wearin' to my grave."

"Oh. That is very Fandom," she agreed, looking Eddie's way. "Any idea what his deal is?"

Because everyone in Fandom seemed to be from a different time or place or do many things.

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