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

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.]

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[ Jesse takes a fast step back, eyes wide as he gives Kaneki a disturbed up and down look. Now he's looking closer, he notices little details he should have noticed before: Kaneki's Adam's apple, sharper than a girl's would be; his hands; other finite details that all once make Jesse realise how stupid he'd been for not seeing her - him - as a guy. ]

...That's just a Halloween costume, right? You're not, like, you know...

[ Jesse is absolutely thinking something utterly transphobic right now. ]

[ should kaneki feign ignorance and act offended when jesse screwed up at stating what he means? No, kaneki is not that mean, he already messed a bit too much with the man, poor Jesse ]

No, I'm not a transvestite. You have seen me at the coffee shop, I was wearing male clothes. [ well, it's not a hobby either. In any case ]

Just for halloween, really.

[ Eyeing Kaneki warily. A dirty kind of humiliation is starting to sink into him, the fact that hooking up with Kaneki had been crossing his mind. ]

That's, like. Too convincing to just be a costume, though, yo. Like... just sayin'.

[ geee what a drama queen, jesse. ~~get it? queen? ahaha so witty~~ ]

I learned everything from books. [ he is not lying, kaneki literally grabbed magazines and books and just applied what was in them ] I guess I'm good at this sort of thing?

But it's not the first time I dress up like this. [ since jesse knows he is a man, kaneki will just do a very manly thing which his reaching for his wig and scratch it at the back of the head because that thing is actually pretty itchy ] I did it back home for a big investigation, and did it during a mission to Lichtenstein while in this world.

[ Yes, but. Dude, argues Jesse at Kaneki in his mind, I was seriously macking on you! And what he's thinking is more or less exposing itself through his facial expression while he keeps guardedly eyeing her - him. He supposes there's some comfort in knowing Kaneki doesn't make a habit of this...? Cold comfort, though. ~~Jesse, you transphobic asshole.~~ ]

Mission to what?

[ Asked with a wariness matching the way he can't stop looking Kaneki up and down. Like his brain is trying to unscramble the Kaneki he knows and this trap Kaneki here in front of him. ]

[ kaneki only feels like rolling his eyes, honestly. He has learned through the years to accept most people and not to be judgmental - after all, kaneki himself is a gross monster. Jesse shouldn't be worried that he danced and hit on a man dressing up as a woman - he should be worried that he danced and hit on a cannibal.

still, those are details kaneki is not going to get into. When Jesse asks about the mission, kaneki hums softly and finally pulls a hair pin out of his wig. So that's what was bothering him ]

Lichtenstein. A country allied to Russia, located in Europe. OTO's laboratories are located there and we had to infiltrate to get information, but they couldn't know we were imPorts, naturally. [ and kaneki's face has been on the news a lot of time, so he couldn't afford to just waltz in without any preparation. ]

We got a lot of information out of it, at least, but not enough to stop the clones. [ kaneki speaks as he tries to put the hairpin back in place ] I'm not sure how much you know about what is happening in this place but OTO is our current enemy. Among many.

[ Jesse may have just finished his last smoke only minutes earlier, but he badly needs another one now. Digging his hand into his jeans pocket, Jesse's heedful gaze grows slowly distracted with curiosity at what Kaneki says, as Jesse purses a cigarette between his lips and lights it. He takes a quick, needful drag, dissatisfied as always with the way nicotine does absolutely nothing for him when his body can regenerate itself so fast, but soothed slightly by the familiar taste of nicotine all the same.

He turns his head a little to exhale smoke away from Kaneki's face. ]

Uh. Sort of? [ His hand comes up to give his face a quick preoccupied smear. ] Honestly, been so much I've been tryna wrap my head around since winding up in this place. Hard to keep track of it all.

It's probably the best I don't bother you with details then. [ they are a lot and somewhat confusing, after all ] This is a party and I don't want to ruin it with work talk. [ because kaneki considers this sort of part of his work - face imPort enemies, bring them down, find information.

well, in fact, it's more like a hobby, isn't it? ]

[ It's not that Jesse isn't interested - he is, somewhere underneath how dead inside and apathetic he is towards this whole place. So, is his head in the right place to be absorbing detailed information about stuff he still can barely wrap his head around? No.

So, it may seem like Jesse has utterly dismissed anything to do with the OTO, or anything else along those lines, by the way he shakes his head and takes an equally dismissive drag of his smoke. Kind of awkward as hell now, standing by dragged up Kaneki. However, after a brief lull of silence, Jesse's eyes skirt back to him. ]

So. You and D-bag, huh?

[ D33. ]

[ why does everyone dislike d33, kaneki has no idea.

actually, he does know why. apparently, D33 is usually rude to people (jesse is not the first to complain) though he was never rude to kaneki. Or maybe the ghoul just has a thick skin and never found any problem with it.

In any case, when jesse mentions D33, kaneki's cheeks turn a bit pink and he looks away ] it's not- probably not like that. [ Kaneki actually has absolutely no idea what he and D33 are. He never asked because he doesn't want to scare off d33, though kaneki is head over heels for him ]

"Probably" not like that?

[ And noticing Kaneki's seeming embarrassment, Jesse eyes him. God, there are so many faggots in this place, Jesse thinks. He's come across more faggots in the last two months of being here than he's come across in his whole life back home. Or so it seems, anyway. The kind of people he hangs around at home - if any of them were faggots, the tough, high-crime lifestyle, full of egos and hardened street life attitudes, would have made them keep that side of themselves hidden.

He's come across so much of it since arriving here that he can't be assed being grossed out about it anymore. An apathetic yet begrudging acceptance towards it instead, because people are free to do whatever the hell they want, right? ]

If you have to question it, then that means it's definitely like that.

[ excuse you, kaneki is 100% bissexual and d33 is byessexual (as in "go away bye")

To be fair, he never called himself anything, but kaneki certainly gets crushes on women more than men. In fact, his whole life is a huge goddamn mess because he fell in love with a woman who tried to eat him at the end of their first date - and not in a sexual way, she literally bit off his shoulder.

He also gets crushes on men, it's true, but this is the very first time it went beyond a crush. In any case, jesse doesn't need to know any of that ]

No, it's- complicated. [ kaneki sighs and shakes his head ] it doesn't matter. And I'm sure if you bring it up, D33 will probably charge you more for every curse you say at the coffee shop. [ and probably tell you to go screw yourself, but kaneki hopes he doesn't say that ]

He'd do that regardless of me bringing it up or not. [ Another drag of his smoke, followed by a long, listless exhale. But then, makes a conceding point to add: ] Not gonna bring it up around him, though, okay, so don't worry. If you make him happy, then that can only be a good thing, 'cause god knows nothing else seems to.

[ Because as much as Jesse is still kind of irked about dancing with Kaneki dressed as a woman, he doesn't dislike Kaneki. If anything, Jesse actually has a lot of time for him. Which is why, irked though Jesse is, he can't bring himself to actually be all-out irked or bothered by what had happened just before. ]

[ kaneki is kind of afraid if people bring it up too often, D33 will pack his things and leave because he is a private person who dislikes it when others poke him about his life. Kaneki would rather never have a name for what he and d33 are than to have that happen ]

Uhm... [ making him happy is all he wants, honestly ] Thank you, Jesse. [ kaneki smiles a little but he shakes his head after. they can change this conversation - ]

Sorry I ruined the party for you. But besides what happened, are you having fun?

[ An aloof one-shouldered shrug, a dismissive shake of his head as he ashes his cigarette. ]

It's cool, don't worry about it. Hard to ruin fun when I wasn't exactly having much of a blast to begin with.

Even when you have alcohol? That's usually the one thing that cheers everyone up. [ somewhat. kaneki never got drunk in his life, so he doesn't know how it actually feels ]

[ Wry, humourless look thrown over at Kaneki. ]

Sure. If you can get drunk.

You still can't get drunk? [ jesse had healing powers before - but kaneki doesn't know if he still has them ]

[ It will always been weird to Jesse, to hear about himself in some previous life he has no recollection of. He doesn't react to Kaneki's question, though. He's resigned himself to knowing there's a whole past life of his he doesn't remember. ]

Nope. The one thing the Porter decided to keep the same about me, I guess.

[ Drag from his cigarette. ]

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