october: free for all | ❝ lurking in the shadows ❞

[quickfingers]

WHO: EVERYONE? Anyone. (And Peter.)
WHERE: X-Fam House, Nonah.
WHEN: Friday the 13th!
WHAT: Giant ass Halloween party. On Friday the 13th. YOU ARE ALL INVITED.
WARNINGS: tbd, probably some disaster.
NOTES: So this party's invites are pretty scattered so if you have CR with Peter, you can feel free to assume you've been invited (if he hasn't literally ic inboxed you) or found an invite/ heard about the party from anyone else and are still welcome to have fun! Feel free to plurk me (valleyheart) if you have questions but aside from Peter's top level, it's free game to do what you want!



The Invitations

[If you're a friend of Peter you might've been invited personally, but even so you might find one of these bad boys slipped your way, in your mail or taped to the inside of your next pizza order leading up to the 13th. On the back of the invitation is a hand scrawled address in Nonah, the home of Charles Xavier and Erik Lehnsherr - if you're familiar, you're familiar. If not, doesn't matter, 'cause it's Peter's disastrous party about to go down and you're still welcome.]

The House

[The party takes place at the "X-Fam" house in Nonah, which some of you may remember hosted a bbq not too long ago. Yeah, the place where Erik and Charles live - not that this party's sponsored by them in any shape, way or form. In fact it's more of a "while the cat's away, the mice will play" type scenario because asking permission to hold a killer party is not something Peter did.

He was responsible enough however to use caution tape to cross off the doors of the bedrooms in the house, preserving the privacy of his housemates to a degree. The other rooms aren't off limits and neither is the backyard, all of which are decorated festively for the occasion. Cobwebs litter corners and hallways, weaving through the banister rails complete with fake spiders nestled in them. The curtains are somber, as a variety of stick on decals are covering windows and mirrors alike. Decorations sit on mantles and door frames, with each window sill featuring a lit candle or something equally spooky.

The backyard is lit by dim orange lights, featuring seating and open night air for those who wish to get out of a hot, loud house and admire the stars. Just mind the witch legs and don't litter cigarette butts everywhere, alright?

The door's open and a variety of tunes are playing, audible from the street.]

The Party

[So you were invited (or not,) and you found your way to the right house. The lights are dimmed and the music's loud, so come in and get a drink from the fridge or the creative yet nerdy 'keg'. Peter's no Martha Stewart nor is Wanda really in a mood to make a lot of cute treats so you'll have to put up with standard party fair: potato chips, pretzels, a huge stack of pizzas and a few large bowls of candy corn. That shit is everywhere, there's no escaping it. You need ice? Just don't choke on the critters.

Rooms not cordoned off are yours to wander and get wasted in, same with the stretch of grass in the back yard. Wander with your goblets of definitely spiked punch and a handful of candy corn. Because if you're not eating it then you suck.

At some point there will be a cake pulled out because Peter's drowning in sisters and Lorna's birthday is this month. Clearly the thing to do is to (monster) mash it in to the Halloween celebrations with a creepy cake. Say a spooky happy birthday to the girl with green hair when you get the chance.]

Comments

[d33tached]

[D33 averts his eyes at the observation, clearing his throat a bit. He sure as shit does look cute, but D33 has no idea how to admit that himself.]

The costume does suit him, I suppose. [He glances back at Magnus.] Were you truly convinced?

[d33tached]

[D33 raises an eyebrow. Jealous???]

Is that so?

They speak back to him?

[halloflamer]

[You're not the only jealous one, D33.]

Um, yeah. Obviously.

So, like. Anytime my team wants to tell me somethin' they just have him tell me. It works out pretty great.

Why, you got somethin' you want him to ask? Didn't know you had animals.

[d33tached]

I don't.

[Wait. Just kidding. He totally does and he totally wants to ask Tommy a question now.]

I wasn't aware that animals possessed the necessary intelligence to uphold a conversation.

[halloflamer]

Oh. [Blue pfts quietly, but shrugs.]

Red says they're different, sometimes. Um... he can't talk properly to fish or bugs, really. Bunnies only think about food or predators...

Dogs and cats talk, though. Probably other big animals, he works at the zoo so he talks to all sorts of animals these days. Y'could go visit.

[quickfingers]

Why would I lie? I'm a full fledged adult - how old are you?

Two can play this game.

[d33tached]

[Boy, does D33 ever hate this question.]

I'm a full-fledged adult.

[Said in the flattest voice possible. If he doesn't know his birthday, then how would he know how old he is, Peter?]

[d33tached]

A zoo?

[D33 continues to know nothing about anything.]

[halloflamer]

[Stares at.]

...You really never....

Whatever, it's full of Poké-- well, animals, here. Usually ones not local or common wherever the zoo is, so people can learn about ones in other regions.

...Y'seriously never been? You should go, really.

[ghoulking]

[ yeah, kaneki is not getting into this at all because he knows archie will argue back.

he will just gently and carefully start... slipping away from this, one small step at a time ]

[d33tached]

No, I haven't.

[Though, he does have to admit, that does sound rather fascinating...]

I don't believe such a thing existed in my world.

[Probably not true, but he's too drunk to get into the specifics - also, he probably wouldn't anyway.]

Where is this "zoo" located?

[halloflamer]

[Blue tilts his head. Well, whatever weird world D33 came from, who was he to question it?]

[He digs into his backpack and pulls out a little postcard he'd gotten at the zoo, with the address and hours on it.] Here, you can have this. This's for the De Chima zoo, anyway, where Red works. There's zoos in lotsa cities, I think.

He'll probably have Pikachu with 'im, so you can pick him out easy. Wears a stupid red baseball cap-- [He mimes Red's typical hat-tug.] Say hi if ya see 'im!

[d33tached]

[D33 hesitates for a moment-- Come on, dude, it's just a postcard. He accepts it, turns it over a few times in his hands, then folds it and slips it into his pocket, drunkenly nodding.]

Very well, then.

Perhaps I will.

[fehus]

Sure. Somehow I'm not surprised Kaneki's got a wild side, though. It's always the responsible ones.

[he shrugs]

[d33tached]

A "wild" side?

[D33 doesn't get it. What's so "wild" about dressing like a woman? Strange, maybe.]

[quickfingers]

[Peter rolls his eyes but alright, decent counter.]

I don't know why people are always so shocked, like. How old did you think I was? I would've thought the gray hair would be working against me here but maybe it's what makes me look young by contrast.

[d33tached]

Considering your behavior, I might have thought you were a teenager at the least. You do appear to emulate their qualities, especially given those in this world.

[Teenagers in his world, after all, tended to be trained assassins.]

[quickfingers]

[D33 is totally calling him immature and it just makes Peter's day?]

Sorry I don't act like I'm forty, like you do.

[bragnificent]

[ Reggie is mostly just taking out the fact that he isn't as drunk by now as he'd like to be out on the beer-- it's fine, really, as far as beer goes. He idly lets his fingers drum against the cup, hoping his powers will still work to booze a drink up more that's already alcoholic.

He takes another sip. ]

So maybe he just wanted to keep an eye on me-- since when does Halloween have to be about the realism, anyway? [ Also not an answer to that first question, but for the second one: ] Lost the key, actually. But I like your version. Just go with "dedicated" instead, commitment's never really been my thing.

[bragnificent]

Yeah, it is too early-- and I am way too sober. I mean come on, who only puts out beer at a party?

[ Not Reggie for any of his parties, that's for sure, but-- very possibly he overestimates exactly how common it is for teenagers who aren't also somewhat reckless and/or bored rich kids to regularly want to knock back harder stuff. Easy mistake to make?

He squints, trying to get a slightly better look at Ronan's costume now that he's closer, but if anything him being closer actually makes it harder to look at, as tends to be the case with bright things. ]

So what are you supposed to be really?

[h2no]

[he crosses his arms. he sees kaneki edging away, but doesn't comment.]

Assuming you'd go by the one simple tradition for coming to a party like this.

[fehus]

That he's having fun in womens' clothes. That's pretty wild for most dudes, fragile macho pride, blah blah, that bullshit.

[D33 probably knows by now that Magnus Chase, despite being an undead Norse hero, doesn't much go in on that racket]

[he explains for D33's benefit:]

Gender roles getting messed around with gets most people antsy, usually. And by antsy I mean low-or-high-key misogynistic or homophobic. It's pretty surprisingly liberal around here, but it's not like this everywhere. It's rarely like this.

[ghoulking]

Oh- well, Archie was the one doing that. I was just invited, really. [ D33 didn't want to come in alone, after all. ]

I can't say he is having fun, but I am. Thank you for this.

[dualismum]

[ Odin NO

Kaneki nods softly ] I am. So are you, so i think our experiences on that are pretty similar. [ though not really ] Are you liking the experience so far?

[ghoulking]

Aha- i appreciate it, but I think I'll be fine. [ PLEASE let him be, he doesn't want to get sick during this party ]