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(cogito ergo sum.) ([personal profile] bu773rfly) wrote in [community profile] balance_logs2019-10-27 10:50 pm

boo

Who: All troublemakers and part-time ghouls [that means open]

Where: The movie room, then the Quad

When: The very night of Halloween!

What: Get SPOOKY, get SLEEPY, get STUPID, it's a sleepover costume party.

Content Warning: none for the post; byocw (bring your own content warnings)

[It starts a few nights before, with a network post.]

10.27.xx 19:28:16 un:hudie

20:00....Halloween night...the movie room...

You'd better be there. You'd better be in costume.


10.27.xx 19:29:43 un:akapassionista

I can't wait to see everyone's Halloween costumes!! ♪♪(o*゜∇゜)o~♪♪

[You'd better. Because it's a party!

Kaede and Erika have dressed the room up for the spookiest night of the year. It's nothing professional - lights dimmed, music playing, store-bought balloons with jack-o-lantern faces on them, paper cutouts in pumpkin and ghost shapes stuck to the wall. A "bat" is fluttering around, but if you squint, it's actually just Erika's familiar with black paper stuck to her wings. There's some kind of plastic tub in the corner full of water and...apples? Is it supposed to be bobbing for apples? All in all, it has some kind of DIY charm to it all.

Of course, everyone's actually here for the refreshments, and there's plenty of those. Some Bender specials, mostly the non-enchanted fare, but you might find a couple of the milder curses and blessings on the table. Bowls of popcorn and chips and every other genre of snack food you can scrounge up at Fantasy Costco. Candy galore. A modest assortment of Faerunian treats familiar from missions. Paper cups and plates and napkins. Soda bottles and a water pitcher and a few big bowls of punch. (One is labeled "alcoholic". Be ye ware.)

And by the way, costumes really are mandatory. There's a sign out front saying so. If you came unprepared, there's a bin of costume components outside to choose from, capes and headbands and masks and whatnot, but they might not coordinate well. If you think you're getting in without making an effort, Kaede and Erika (themselves dressed in bargain bin warlock and bard kit, respectively) are ready and waiting to chase you down and apply whatever degree of force or Sleep they need to correct the issue, with costume accessories and water-resistant face paint in hand.


About two hours into things, the two get everyone's attention and move the party outside to the Quad. Out there they've got a campfire going, picnic blankets spread out for sitting on, ingredients for s'mores laid out, and...pumpkins! And tools for carving or painting them. A sign out by the campfire announces a contest for the best decorated pumpkins, but nobody ever comes along to apply judging standards, so everyone's just free to show off their creation.

Things wind down a little after midnight. You can head on home...or just sleep out here, between blankets under the stars. It's that cozy kind of night.]
rockymountaindie: (west virginia‚ mountain mamma)

[personal profile] rockymountaindie 2019-11-05 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ Okay, Alex takes another step back and then covers about...the same spot on his body, with both hands. ]

Holy shit please don't stab me.
protegge: <user name="peaked"> | dnt (🔫 with the beefcake pantyhose)

[personal profile] protegge 2019-11-05 05:10 am (UTC)(link)
Oh. I'm not gonna, that wasn't a threat. I'm just saying.

[He shrugs one shoulder.]

'S not Italy, it's just my life, I guess.
rockymountaindie: (take me home‚ down country roads)

[personal profile] rockymountaindie 2019-11-05 05:21 am (UTC)(link)
Jesus... [ He swallows, still a little on edge but starting to cool down. ] Segue better next time.

...A guy stabbed you and he still became your best friend? [ Alex, first time you two met in-person Mista stole your wallet- ]
protegge: <user name="peaked"> | dnt (🔫 with the vitamin d)

[personal profile] protegge 2019-11-05 05:30 am (UTC)(link)
Nah.

[JUST "NAH". HE WILL NOT AND YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM.]

I mean, it wasn't a big stab or anything. Flesh wound. I've had worse. [From . . . the same guy, once or twice, but.] I'd die for the guy.

[Time to pull a Sayori and push right past the fact that he completely failed to do so — he grins.]

You gotta respect somebody who gets the message across like that. He's a learning experience. He could fuck up anybody in this place.
rockymountaindie: (✈ west virginia‚ mountain mama)

[personal profile] rockymountaindie 2019-11-05 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
[ Despite how relaxed Mista is, Alex still winces. ]

Yeah, I think this is a...fundamental values difference here, a few stabs between guys isn’t my idea of a walk in the park. I mean, I’d really never laugh at ‘im again, but I’d probably try to avoid him too.
protegge: <user name="peaked"> | dnt (🔫 slab of turkey neck)

[personal profile] protegge 2019-11-05 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I couldn't really do that, we were working together.

[On crimes.]

And living together.

[For easier facilitation of crimes.]

His only real flaw is he listened to music way too goddamn loud all the time.
rockymountaindie: (carry on)

[personal profile] rockymountaindie 2019-11-05 06:32 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, yeah, completely worse than ya know, a knife.

[ What kind of job attracted that sort of guy? ]

...You know, I'm starting to realize I...didn't really know anything you did, before...all this, Mista.
protegge: <user name="peaked"> | dnt (🔫 tooth for tooth)

[personal profile] protegge 2019-11-05 06:37 am (UTC)(link)
Not really party talk, man.

[Which probably says a decent amount? Still, he's pretty serious about shutting it down.]

What you gotta know about Narancia is he grew up in the gutter, and you do what you gotta do in the gutter to make sure you don't end up down the drain. Everybody's got their baggage. And he eased up, anyway, by the end.
rockymountaindie: (⚡ and a world to carry on)

[personal profile] rockymountaindie 2019-11-05 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
[ To his credit, Alex recognizes that sort of tone. If Mista says it's not, then he'll let it drop. But, it means he's even more curious, for later...

After a moment, Alex's tense shoulders relax and he sighs. Beaky starts pecking gently at his shoulder. ]


I...guess I can't really judge, you know? My life, uh...went to shit all in a rush, but I had a pretty...normal, happy childhood.
protegge: <user name="rightgunman"> (🔫 are burning in the sun)

[personal profile] protegge 2019-11-05 06:47 am (UTC)(link)
That's good, though.

[Alex is a good dude, Mista thinks, and starts feeding Beaky more snacks. Want a chip? Want to get a chip all over Alex's shirt?]

I guess I never asked anything about your life before it got fucked, either.
rockymountaindie: (coming home to a place)

[personal profile] rockymountaindie 2019-11-05 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
Eh, it was...you know. Boring.

[ But he says that fondly. While Beaky absolutely wants to get chip all over Alex's shirt, she's a bird, of course she does. ]

I got...random trinkets from grandparents, I saved up money to go see games in the city, I hung around dumb teenage parties, I watched my friends do stupid shit at those dumb teenage parties. It was...nice.
protegge: <user name="peaked"> | dnt (🔫 someone keeps saying)

[personal profile] protegge 2019-11-06 05:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Huh. It occurs to him he's never actually . . . been to a dumb teenage party himself. That's weird. This is the first one, right? He's been to formal events in the last few months on his Earth, because that's part and parcel of rebuilding a criminal empire in his particular case, but. Never a party.]

[Weird. He looks vaguely thoughtful.]


Games? God, you people have stupid sports. The rest of it's cool, though. Just doing boring shit is good. I like boring.

[Believe it or not.]
rockymountaindie: (the forest and the streams)

[personal profile] rockymountaindie 2019-11-06 06:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ A little surprised, Alex lets out a short laugh. Maybe it's time for some punch. ]

H- hey, the hell'd baseball and basketball do to you? They're fun!

[ Unlike the conversation they pivoted from, he's...pretty relaxed. ]
protegge: <user name="peaked"> | dnt (🔫 i'm insane to complain about)

[personal profile] protegge 2019-11-13 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
They're fuckin' boring. Duh.

[Obviously, Alex. You should know that your favorite sports are super boring and shitty!!! Gosh.]

[Still, Alex is pretty lucky. For all that Mista's usually ready to throw down over things he thinks are dumb, not this time. He wants Alex to chill the fuck out, so this will be a friendly argument. Probably. Hopefully.]
rockymountaindie: (don't want to go by satan)

[personal profile] rockymountaindie 2019-11-14 09:09 am (UTC)(link)
[ Alex, immediately, seriously (not that seriously): ]

How dare you.