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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.]
mccreehaw: (uprising)

[personal profile] mccreehaw 2019-11-11 03:50 am (UTC)(link)
Heh. Think I know who you're talking about.

[ He offers his hand for a shake. ]

Name's McCree, and I know that misfit Maya pretty well.
wrightingwrongs: (37)

[personal profile] wrightingwrongs 2019-11-12 11:44 pm (UTC)(link)
(It might just be the costume, but he reminds me a bit of Jake...)

[He takes the hand, shaking it.]

Phoenix Wright. Thanks for taking care of Maya. I feel like I've had to say that to a lot of people, lately.
mccreehaw: (santa fe)

[personal profile] mccreehaw 2019-11-13 05:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Phoenix... are you the one she named her bird after? Nick Jr.?

[ Why is he focusing on this instead of the thank you? ]

Yeah, she's made a lot of friends here.
wrightingwrongs: (54)

[personal profile] wrightingwrongs 2019-11-13 10:38 pm (UTC)(link)
I... suppose that would be me, yes.

(Never thought I'd have to compete with an actual Phoenix...)

But... I'm glad she found a lot of friends here. I hope she's not been too much of a hassle to keep safe.
mccreehaw: (uprising)

[personal profile] mccreehaw 2019-11-14 08:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ McCree's lips twitch with a smile. ]

Oh, I'd say the whole moon base finds itself in some sort of trouble on a regular basis.

[ He doesn't want to throw Maya under the bus when they've all had their moments — him included. ]
wrightingwrongs: (57)

[personal profile] wrightingwrongs 2019-11-17 08:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I suppose that's a fair point.

I'm used to her dragging me along in one way or another, so I'm sure she's had to find someone who fits that bill to help her along while she's been here.

[It's a blind shot in the dark, but he's a perceptive time, McCree.]

But I guess it would be like her to wind up with a group of people who get into trouble as regularly as 'Reclaimers' do, huh? She must fit in well.
mccreehaw: (america)

[personal profile] mccreehaw 2019-11-18 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, she's contributed a lot; I can tell you that. But what's your story? How do you know her?

[ Would you believe he doesn't know much beyond the name? ]
wrightingwrongs: (75)

[personal profile] wrightingwrongs 2019-11-18 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
She hasn't told you?

(I guess she wouldn't want to get into it, but.)

Well... [He thinks. Where does he start.]

When we met, she had no one there to defend her from a murder she didn't commit. I tried to find more experienced lawyers who would take up her case, and they all refused.

So, in the end, I defended her myself. The rest kind of builds off from there.

[That makes him sound like some kind of hero, so he's got to quickly make sure McCree gets the right impression.]

I don't think I was very good at helping her, back then, but she's paid it forward and helped me out more times than I could count.
mccreehaw: (trainhopper)

[personal profile] mccreehaw 2019-11-19 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He squints at the description, because it sounds very familiar. ]

What is it about her that she gets accused of murder this much?

[ Because, oh yes, that's happened since joining the Bureau. ]

She's good at that. Paying it forward, I mean.

[ And maybe getting arrested too. ]

And this friend you're dressed up as? Why the whip?
wrightingwrongs: (02)

1/2

[personal profile] wrightingwrongs 2019-11-25 10:36 am (UTC)(link)
...!
(Don't tell me she's been accused of murder here, too!)
wrightingwrongs: (62)

[personal profile] wrightingwrongs 2019-11-25 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly, your guess is as good as mine. Though I have some guesses... [Like the Fey clan all being very, well. Ruthless in how they operate. But perhaps that's another story for another time.] Should I ask what happened, there?

As for my costume... would you believe that it's a co-worker of mine? [It turns out you're not from the only world with strange business attire, Jesse.]
mccreehaw: (bounty hunter)

[personal profile] mccreehaw 2019-11-26 02:39 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe it's better if you ask her.

[ Mainly because he has no clue. ]

Co-worker, huh? Didn't know whips were necessary to a courtroom, but I do try to stay out of them.
wrightingwrongs: (77)

[personal profile] wrightingwrongs 2019-11-27 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
I suppose I'll have to, in that case. [There's a lot Maya hasn't told him. Shockingly.]

I wouldn't necessarily call them necessary... let's just say this one is a rather special case.
(I'm still pretty sure whips aren't even legal in the courtroom...)
mccreehaw: (calaveras)

[personal profile] mccreehaw 2019-11-27 03:47 am (UTC)(link)
Sounds like it. Wonder what she'd think if she saw you.