Halloween Party

[cityship]

Who knows why the ship was doing this. Maybe it was some kind of social experiment. Maybe Stacy was feeling festive and somewhere, out there, it was Halloween. Maybe the players just wanted to have Halloween fun. No one would ever know, would they.

In any case, what better place for a Halloween dance than a graveyard? In an area in the center, clear of headstones, there was a dance floor, and there were seats and tables with skeletal frames. Somehow grisly carved torches and jack-o-lanterns of varying sizes and shapes, cast enough eerie light to light up the place, despite the fact it was night. There were places to bob for apples, popcorn balls on strings strung up for people to try to eat for games involving that. The food tables will full of Halloweeny snacks and candy.

Far off, there was a haunted house, decrepit and foreboding. It seemed people could look into it if they dared sent down the dark trail to where it was. [ooc: Haunted house post link forthcoming].

Creepy--but danceable music was playing, from nowhere.

Perhaps most notable was the fact that the moment someone entered the Sensorium, they would find themselves in a costume. Sometimes these costumes would be what the character themselves would choose, but sometimes they'd be dressed as something strange, embarrassing, or just something they wouldn't even recognize. Leaving and coming back wouldn't fix the problem, in most cases. The costumes wouldn't change, and if they did, it wasn't guaranteed that they'd change to something better.

Whatever the case, party hard, Meatship. Somebody's got to teach the Vikings, draconians, aliens, and other sundry people to Thriller dance.

Comments

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

No way.

No freaking way.

Ok, just for the hell of it she decided to come to this party. She ditched the uniform for once and figured she would just see what would happen if she strolled in her civilian stuff, plus the stupid suit Stacy made everyone wear. Why not? She could play along, and she kinda had to so no one would catch on.

Of course, she was not expecting this. (http://0.tqn.com/d/couponing/1/7/C/Q/1/hanna_32844.jpg) Stacy, apparently, has her own sick, twisted sense of humor to dress as her as one of the most annoying teen twits in her world, short skirt and all. Mortifying.

She kept playing with the hem, trying to not look as irritated as she felt, trying to get rid of the stupid microphone with no luck.

Damn you Hannah Montana.

Re: Costumes

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

It seemed that the omniverse was fated for Sasami to forever be a magical girl.

Stepping into the Sensoriums, Sasami found herself garbed in a familiar outfit (http://www.chucksanimeshrine.com/catalog/images/actsta-Nanoha-Takamachi.jpg). Admittedly, she liked this better than that "Pretty Sammy" outfit she saw - fits would be thrown if they saw her in a skirt that short.

With Ryo-Ohki perched on her shoulder as a certain ferret, Sasami looked around, clutching the fake staff in her hands... and noticed the girl flailing with the microphone.

"I-Is something wrong?" Sasami asked, approaching her and adjusting the brown wig on her head.

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Mindy grunted, and then someone was talking to her. Crap.

Oh wait, no one knew who she was, so what did it matter? Most of them probably had no idea who she was dressed as anyway? All the better, not that she liked being in this stupid outfit, and the first person to laugh would be beaten to death with this microphone.

"I know who I'm dressed as is why," she said, then swore inwardly. Crap, it was the girl who had actually seen her without the outfit.

"Who are you supposed to be?"

Re: Costumes

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

The look on Sasami's face is one of utter confusion. Why? Because she's from 1996. Miley is nothing more than an afterthought at that point.

"...who are you supposed to be, anyway?" Sasami asked honestly. "A-As for me? I'm Nanoha! ...I think. I didn't know she was a magical girl as a kid... and had that." She pointed to Ryo-Ohki, who waved and meowed.

A few moments later, she blinked. "Wait... I know you?" she asked. The voice seemed... familiar.

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"An annoying b-um, teen pop star that a lot of girls want to be like," Mindy said, tugging at the skirt. Ugh, It wasn't horribly short but still enough to bug her. She hated this microphone too. "I really didn't like her, so its no fun being dressed as her. I think Stacy has it in for me."

The cabbit, which she had never seen before, she had to pet. She may have been a hardened hero from her world, but that was no reason to not pet a cat rabbit thing.

"Do you know me? No, probably not...princess," she added, winking.

Oh, what the hell.

Re: Costumes

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

Sasami let out a small gasp as she heard her call her 'princess'. Now she knew who she was! As Ryo-Ohki hopped up on Mindy's shoulder to nuzzle her, Sasami slid in right beside her, still clutching at her staff.

"I'm sorry you had to go as that..." she said. "Wanna change, or...?"

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

She shook her head. "No. I hate it, but its probably a good idea I stay in this thing. The less likely I look like my alter ego, the better. As far as anyone else knows, I'm just that scared little girl that pod popped recently. For the, ugh, good of the mission and all that."

She couldn't help but nuzzle the cabbit back. Hey, she was "normal girl," right? Not going to ruin her rep so long as she was Mindy.

"You going to go to that haunted house thing?"

Re: Costumes

[saint-sami.livejournal.com]

"Hee... probably...!" Sasami said, a tighter clutch on her staff. Her mouth opened hesitantly, wondering if she should ask, before going ahead and doing so. "Wanna come with me?"

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Why not? It sounded like fun, and its not like it meant they were friends or anything, she WAS still in Mindy guise. Still, Sasami wasn't so bad. There were worse people she could be stuck with, and the girl DID know who she was under the mask.

"Sure, I guess," she said, trying to sound nonchalant about it.

Re: Costumes

[andyallgrownup.livejournal.com]

Andy walked in himself, blinking as he looked around. Somehow, Stacy had decided to dress him up as Woody. (http://l-userpic.livejournal.com/102293352/28432167)

Well, she could've picked worse, that's for sure.

He walked in a bit... before blinking as he looked at the little girl dressed in the Hannah Montana costume. "... Mindy?"

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Aw crap.

She looked up and saw it was Andy, the boy that had...kinda seen her naked and vice versa. He may have looked like a cowboy, but at least boys could get away with that. Nothing about Mindy screamed Hannah Montana. Also, the blushing? That needed to stop.

"Andy, right?" She said. "How have you been?"

Re: Costumes

[andyallgrownup.livejournal.com]

Andy smiled. "I've been alright. What about you?"

Well, he had been more than alright really, he had become a superhero. But it wasn't nice to brag, so he wasn't.

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Trying to understand," she said casually, trying to sound collected. "It's hard though. Aliens, monsters, demons, all these things on a ship. It gets so scary!"

Little girls got scared by that stuff, right? Right.

"How do you deal with it?"

Re: Costumes

[andyallgrownup.livejournal.com]

Andy sighed. "Yeah, I understand that. I pretty much deal with it by focusing on the fact that there might be a way for this to all be over with eventually with and that our worlds might be restored."

Also, training. But telling Mindy that might not be smart. But if he only knew...

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"I hear that," she said. "But...it might be a good idea to live in the present, right? I mean, what can we do to make ourselves useful here, on the ship?"

Oh, she knew ways. But she had as many secrets to keep as he did right now.

Re: Costumes

[andyallgrownup.livejournal.com]

Andy nodded. "Yeah, it would. I need to get some practice in fighting myself."

Hey, he wasn't trying to keep it a secret, he just didn't want to brag.

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

"Oh," Mindy said, trying to sound nonchalant. "Hey, would you mind if I watched you sometime? I mean, I'm just trying to get the hang of it myself, and I know not everyone here is a fighter, but just in case."

Just so she had an idea that he would be okay: but who knew? He was probably an accomplished fighter anyway.

Re: Costumes

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

There was an amused snort coming from a tall guy with light brown hair dressed as a cop (http://community.livejournal.com/trans_9/551369.html?view=39638729). Also angel wings (Which he wasn't about to explain how why Stacy thought that would be hilarious). He had his arms casually folded in front of him.

"Looks like Stacy's being a bitch to a lot of us."

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Mindy eyed him a sec. "Yeah. Back home, we'd just say you looked like one of the village people coming from a rave. But if I was seen in this thing..." She shuddered. People would thinks she actually LIKED the costume.

That just would not stand.

Re: Costumes

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

"That's harsh, seriously village people? I was hoping for at least CHiPs."

Dean gestured to her clothes, "At least you lose it outside the holodeck. Wouldn't blame ya if you wanted to burn the outfit though because that is creepy."

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

She snickered. "Before my time, old man. The Village people, though? That will last forever."

Just don't ask her to do that YMCA stuff. No one likes that anymore.

She rolled her eyes. "Oh believe me, its not staying, no way. If I wanted to dress like a talentless blond bimbo, I'd be Britney Spears. At least she did it first."

Not that she would. She wouldn't look good with a shaved head.

Re: Costumes

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

"Pffft, ain't that old, kid. And come on, they suck. Led Zeppelin? AC/DC? Now that's forever."

Dean gave another chuckle, "Nah, Spears sucks too. Might as well dress as one of those stupid Spice Girls while you're at it."

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

The old man comment was just to mess with him. If there was anything Mindy knew relatively older looking adults hated, it was being called old. She got a kick out of that, and it was tit for tat with how often people called her a kid.

"Good selections, but don't knock the Spice Girls," Mindy warned. "They were fun."

Re: Costumes

[notadamnangel.livejournal.com]

She had a point there, and if you want to get into souls, he was old. Much older.

Dean snorted again, "Oh come on, it's mindless pop crap. Man, what are they teaching you guys these days? I thought school sucked enough when I was sort of going."

Re: Costumes

[hit-girl-mindy.livejournal.com]

Darn right she did, and she was just about to school Dean too.

"Ok buddy, everyone sings a little mindless pop crap. Case in point? 'Black Dog.' What the hell is that song about? Ac/Dc? 'Big balls.' Seriously dude? Not everything a singer says makes a whole hell of a lot of sense. Some of it is the message behind it."

Not that she was getting all serious about it. It was more of a fun conversation."