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

[halloflamer]

[u come into my house]

[Blue feels a bit sorry for saying it like that, but he just scoffs and looks down again towards the sink. Better him than old man Blaine, who saw it all and lost everything.]

[He shrugs loosely. He wasn't the kind of guy that held grudges, or took deep offense even to something like this, really. And it was obvious that whatever Archie and Maxie had done, over there in Hoenn, they regretted it.]

What're you talking about? If I didn't wanna talk t'you I wouldn't be here. [He shoots him a shitty grin, finally, head spinning, and lays it on the counter again.]

[Maybe he should drink some water. Hn. He grabs the glass back, dumps it, then pours a new one of actual water.] They rebuilt the Center afterwards, but that's about it. I used to go there when I wanted to train alone. [And think, about lots of things.]

[magmamia]

Yes... yes of course. [someone's still DYING ON THE INSIDE jesus christ. he stares down at his hands, thinking about a lot of unpleasant shit, like blue going to a wrecked island with only one building left, like all the pokemon that died, the homes that were lost. he's on the edge of losing control of his breath again when an idea hits him, and he looks up seriously at blue.]

Have you mentioned this to Archie? [boy. he hopes not.] I know you have no reason to do me any favors but I must ask you not mention this to him. Please.

[halloflamer]

Huh? [Blue looks up from finally, finally nursing tiny sips of water, squints at Maxie. It was hard to miss how fucked up Archie was over what he'd done with Kyogre, so Blue can guess what's going through Maxie's mind, but still...]

[He sideglances him for a moment, then shrugs.] Sure, whatever.

[He pauses thoughtfully, then looks over again.] 'f you don't say nothin' to Red.

[Not the only one with guilt to hide here, Maxie.]

[magmamia]

[maxie squints at him, surprised at that condition.]

Very well, I don't know exactly why you want that but I won't say anything to Red of this conversation.

[he was getting the feeling blue and red had Complicated Feelings. good thing he was too busy being emotionally destroyed by a gremlin to dwell on that.]

[halloflamer]

[Blue shrugs, still with a shaky half-grin that's hidden in the glass he's sipping from. Archie even hadn't caught onto the history between the two, other than the obvious fact that they were partners and friends now, and Champion rivals in the past; and beyond that, Blue wasn't ever hoping for them to find out. A little bit because, yes, he was still so guilty and full of self hate and thought about it pretty much every moment of the day but--]

[--also because he never wanted Red to have to deal with it. He shouldn't have to. It was, of course, all Blue's fault, and they were supposed to be past it, past Blue doing things to hurt him. But he was always making trouble for Red anyway.] Thanks. [He mumbles reluctantly into his water.] Well, I guess I'm gonna go find Arcanine, chill around some more. I probably won't drink much more. [Much. Maybe. This might be a lie.]

Smell ya later, geezer.

[And as Blue wanders off with his water, there's?? Music?? Playing???]