dendarii: (half pint of trouble)
Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan ([personal profile] dendarii) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2016-10-29 07:59 am

[OPEN] Dendarii Halloween Party!

WHO: Dendarii staff Halloween party! Staff friends/CR and café employees are welcome. Party crashers in general also very welcome-- it's a café, feel free to show up and demand coffee! Or assume Miles invited you.
WHERE: The Lucky Cat Café!
WHEN: Today (Saturday October 29), in the evening.
WHAT: The Dendarii Security Corp. is having a staff party for Halloween, costumes mandatory strongly encouraged. Guaranteed night of silliness and meeting your coworkers you have probably forgotten exist.
WARNINGS: Tacky Halloween decorations?


to the Lucky Cat Café and the first annual Dendarii Halloween party! Since this is the first Halloween that the Barrayarans have ever experienced, they’ve gone for the full experience. Fake cobwebs hang from every available surface. Someone (it’s Miles) has dumped out several bags of those plastic spiders all over the place as well. Mostly into the webbing, but. Well. He was a little overenthusiastic.

Which goes for the rest of the café in general. Name a tacky Halloween decoration and it’s totally here. Fake plastic skeletons hanging from the ceiling? Check. Motion-activated witch that sings an annoying song when you pass it? Double check. Fake bats, crudely carved jack o’lanterns, black cat silhouettes … All of these things are completely necessary for a proper Halloween celebration.

The spread of food is equal parts lavish and hackneyed as well. It’s being tended to by a dour, large-nosed wizard and his hyperactive bird familiar. Who are totally not the Emperor and his pet boyfriend, what are you talking about. In addition to the array of finger food, there’s a huge bowl of spooky punch - made with blueberry-stuffed lychees for that authentic eyeball look! Be careful, though, as there’s two bowls … and one of them is a little more adult than the other.

There are tables set out for traditional Halloween activities as well. One is home to a slew of pumpkins and plenty of carving knives to go with it. There’s also a big ol’ metal tub with ice cold water and apples for bobbing. And don’t forget your goodie bag before you go home! They’re filled to the brim with candy and snacks.

There’s only one catch: if you’re at the party, you must be in costume. Fortunately there’s also an assortment of cat ears and alien bopper headbands available if you forgot to wear something slightly less embarrassing.

Join the party! Carve some pumpkins! And enjoy an evening on the Dendarii.
 
jacksonian: (drunk)

Mark, OTA

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 12:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Mark, of course, thinks this is all fairly stupid. Now, if he'd been exposed to the true meaning of Halloween - unchecked gluttony and girls in skimpy costumes - he might have been more on-board. But instead, this silly-skeleton-and-plastic-spider version of Halloween leaves him rather cold.

So he wanders in without any sort of costume on: he's dressed as he normally is. And he takes a look around himself with distaste - then strolls over, not talking to anyone, just making a beeline for the food. And once he's there, he experiments - namely, with finding how many peanut butter cups he can stack before the structure collapses. ]
jacksonian: (drunk)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 12:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Miles, please. Mark is an assassin, trained in unarmed combat. You can't just put a headband on him. He jerks his head precisely out of the way and regards his brother in displeasure. ]

I'm wearing a costume.

[ He pops a few candies into his mouth, chews and swallows. ]

You if you stop minding your diet.
jacksonian: (displeased)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 12:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A displeased grunt. A point to Miles on that one. ]

I'm not putting that on.
jacksonian: (incredulous)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Intensely: ]

Definitely not cat ears.
jacksonian: (displeased)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 12:55 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Irritably: ]

I didn't say yes to that!
jacksonian: (incredulous)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He crosses his arms and shoots Miles a Look. ]

I'm not going to take that at all. But I'm especially not going to take that from a bird.
jacksonian: (displeased)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 01:01 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Mark is unmoved by this distinction, and keeps his arms crossed. ]
jacksonian: (incredulous)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 01:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[ And Mark does pick it up now, frowning dubiously. This thing looks dumb. ]
jacksonian: (looking down)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 01:23 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm paying for this, aren't I?

[ Indirectly. He folds the cape over his arm and takes the punch. ]
jacksonian: (drunk)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 01:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He gives a little wave of his hand. ]

So I'm obligated. To make sure you're not misspending my money.
jacksonian: (displeased)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 01:37 pm (UTC)(link)
What if I'm not?
jacksonian: (stressed the fuck out)

[personal profile] jacksonian 2016-10-29 01:43 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Mark sees that sudden concern and looks away, feeling suddenly very uncomfortable. Jesus, Miles, be cool. And anyway, Mark barely even knows what it is that he likes and what he doesn't like. ]

It's fine. It's not the worst.

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