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[hellzone]

Who: open to all!
What: The Aqours Spooky Get Yohane Magical Powers Halloween Extravaganza...which is a super extra way of saying a Halloween party. It's a Halloween party, y'all.
When: early October
Where: a local restaurant in Olympia
Warning(s): none!

The Halloween party is in the back room of a local, family style restaurant. What used to be a banquet hall is decorated with fake cobwebs, crepe paper, and garlands of pumpkins, ghosts, and cats. A lot of the decorations are hand-made, courtesy of Yoshiko and You. There's an open space in the middle for dancing and mingling, some food tables along one side of the room, and some games and entertainment on the other side. There's a table with various hats, animal ears, and crowns for people who didn't bring a costume. Most of them are made out of cardboard. There's a very beat-up boombox in the corner, obviously borrowed from somebody, playing the El Nysa version of hokey Halloween songs like "The Monster Mash" and "Flying Purple People Eater."

The food is fairly standard Halloween fair. There's a large bowl full of candy, as well as some pumpkin flavored breads and muffins. There's a large punch bowl of something that's green, but is really your bog-standard lime sherbet/lemon-lime soda combination. The oddest thing on the table is some jet black takoyaki, labeled "Tears of a Fallen Angel." The label does not tell you that these things are spicy as hell and flavored solely with Tabasco. There's enough space on the table to fit more food, should your character decide to contribute something that isn't 'way too much sugar' or 'something that will melt your tongue off.'

The Halloween games are simple enough. There's a 'pin the tail on the donkey' though you're pinning a broomstick to a witch. There's a large tub for bobbing for apples. There's also a table dedicated to touch and feel mystery boxes: you reach in blindly to touch what's inside. The labels say things like 'eyeballs' (they're really peeled grapes), 'worms' (they're really cold, cooked spaghetti), and 'hearts' (it's a peeled tomato). The party's going past the closing time of the restaurant, so enjoy some slightly spooky nonsense!

( ooc: feel free to make a starter and tag around! Even if your character didn't reply to Yoshiko's post, it's possible that they heard about the party from somewhere else or just came in from the street: Yoshiko isn't turning away anybody. )

Comments

[thedarkbond]

Mmm, usually. [At least when it comes to food that will make them sick by itself. Ren can't really guarantee human self-control when it comes to just normal overeating.

He gets very quickly distracted from that subject by Nott's mention of Molly, though, instead looking rather delighted.] Oh, are you one of Molly's friends...?

[Possibly even from the same world, given that remark and her unusual appearance...]

[flask]

[Oh, that reaction. She should've expected it, honestly. Molly on his own is a hurricane of a person, picking up people too easily along the way as he gets into trouble.]

Yes. He's... my ward.

[That's... sort of true, in an oblique way? We don't know what Nott is getting at here.]

[thedarkbond]

[That's definitely an interesting choice of words, and Ren hums slightly in thought as she looks over Nott.]

What's your name? He's mentioned a couple of his friends to me before... [If she's one of the two he lives with, he's pretty sure she'd have to be Nott, unless Caleb is a unisex name in their world, but he'd prefer to hear it from her to be sure.] I feel like Molly would be a difficult person to look after like that, though.

[Considering he's all over the place in much the same way as Ren is, constantly.]

[flask]

Claire.

[Is what she instantly says, but then she realizes, based on what this guy's said... Molly's friends were probably mentioned by name.]

Nope. That was a, uh, joke. It's Nott. Nott the Brave. And you're right. Molly is an intensely difficult person.

[thedarkbond]

[At the immediate false name response, Ren raises a half-curled fist to his mouth to politely conceal his (still somewhat obvious) amusement. It's telling, in a way - he's already gotten an idea from Molly that their world isn't the most welcoming to people who look different.]

Oh, so you are one of the ones he mentioned. He called you "special", I think... [Which Ren is starting to understand the euphemistic intent of, considering she brought eyes for everyone to eat.] I mean, he's not difficult at all if you don't have to look after him, we get on really well, you know~? But then, people sometimes think I'm difficult as well, so maybe I'm not the most reliable person to ask...

[Ren says that with the purely innocent tone of someone who can't see at all why people would find him difficult in any way, ever.]

[flask]

"Special"??

[Nott squints her eyes up at Ren, sounding incredulous.]

What did he mean by that?

[She's completely distracted by the fact that Molly apparently has friends he gossips with about Nott (and possibly Caleb). This is potentially disastrous. Dammit Molly.]

[thedarkbond]

I don't know, you'd have to ask him. [Ren shrugs at that, the entire motion speaking of obliviousness to what was meant. He can probably give her a bit of context, though, because that might make it funnier.] He mentioned it when we were talking about our living arrangements...

[Specifically, why Molly wouldn't be able to house anyone else because of his existing roommates, but Ren's going to be just vague enough to leave it questionable for now.]

[flask]

He probably meant it as an insult.

[And thus, she brushes it off easily. Insulting things are normal. Molly is weird and inscrutable. He probably means it affectionately regardless, in that way of his. She's not offended.

Well, she is a little.]

He's one to talk, anyway. It's like he enters a bedroom and his clothes instantly fly off of him. It's horrifying. I've never seen so much dick and balls in my life.

[thedarkbond]

[Ren's hand darts up to curl against his mouth about halfway through that, because he doesn't quite need to let Nott finish to know she's saying something he's probably going to have trouble not laughing at. Sure enough, by the time she's done with her admonishment of Molly, Ren can't entirely disguise a light little laugh.]

Is that right...? [He's managing to keep his tone airy, at least, despite the struggle against his amusement.] Sounds like an interesting skill for someone to have, though, doesn't it? It'd have to take a lot of practice to get your clothes off that quickly...

[He's making a note of this for the next time he has the opportunity to drag Molly into a bedroom without warning. Because it might be hilarious even if he's not taking her as literally as he's making it look.]

[flask]

Don't let him know you think his nudity is a talent. It'll go straight to his head, and he already thinks the world of himself.

[As much as she gripes about Molly, it's clear she's talking from a sense of familiarity rather than actual dislike. It's almost appreciative, the way she complains about him.]

Before it was just the three of us here, he never stayed in the same room as me and Caleb. But we couldn't let him just stay on his own. I'd just feel bad for him, being naked in a room where no one can see him.

[thedarkbond]

Hmm, there's nothing wrong with a little confidence... [It's part of why Molly and Ren get on so well, probably. They're both a bit like that, so it doesn't really bother them between each other.

He does note the tone, though, because it's the kind of tone he recognises pretty well from his various friends complaining about him (apart from the times when they're legitimately complaining, which is also pretty often). It tells him a little bit more about the dynamics of that little group from the same world as each other, too, even if his amused smile curls up a little more at her "sympathy" for Molly's terrible plight.]

Well, it would be a shame if there was nobody around to appreciate it, wouldn't it...? Maybe that's why he's so interested in bathhouses.

[flask]

[Nott groans and a hand drags down her face at the mention of bathhouses.]

He always wants a bath! It's barbaric!

[Bathing is barbaric, apparently. But when you consider that there's usually water involved, and when you know Nott a little better than Ren does, maybe that would make more sense to hear.

She sighs. And then shoots Ren a suspicious look. That sure was a comment on "appreciating" Molly's nakedness. She can be daft sometimes, but some things are unmistakable.]

If you're trying to get together with Molly, he's not really the "settle down" type. Just a warning.

[thedarkbond]

There's nothing wrong with baths... [Ren actually sounds vaguely offended about that, in the faux-offended sense that he often gets about things that he's not actually that offended about but still wants to complain about. He would make more of a remark on that subject, except then Nott speaks up again, and he blinks slightly in confusion.

A moment later, it shifts to amusement, and he waves a hand.] Oh, I know that. But if someone gets naked as often as he does, it probably means he wants someone to appreciate it, right?

[Molly certainly doesn't not seem like the type to take that appreciation, even if the reason is probably more like that he's just comfortable that way.]