They did the mash! They did the Monster Mash!

[givemeyouranswerdo]

Who: ERRYONE
What: Halloween Party!
Where: The haunted ruins What remains of the arena
When: October 31
Warnings: S for SPOOPY

The academy may have been mostly in ruins. The moon may have been falling from the sky. People may have been feeling hopeless.

But life went on nonetheless. That was the point Daisy wanted to make when she busted her butt for the few days before Halloween, gathering up whatever supplies she could to make sure that she and her friends would have at least one night to enjoy themselves. Something to take their minds off of things for at least a little while, and raise everyone's spirits.

The arena projectors actually managed to work, despite flickering a bit, and Daisy was able to program a nice haunted house scene to hold the party in.



She grabbed some snacks from in town, some mood music, and made sure that everyone would have themselves a good time.  Hopefully nothing bad would happen.

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ARRIVALS

[givemeyouranswerdo]

Re: ARRIVALS

[givemeyouranswerdo]

Oh look, Daisy was dressed as her hero.

[trustycrowbar]

Gordon was there, in a makeshift astronaut costume that was mostly constructed of white pajamas, duct tape and a fishbowl helmet that was actually made out of a fishbowl.

It steamed up whenever he wore it, so subsequently he spent most of the night with the helmet heroically tucked under his arm instead.

[mach_n_roll]

Sonic had a awesome costume all lined up for a party like this!

...Well okay, at least HE thought it was awesome.

With a flappy cape and a tacky plastic wineglass filled with red punch, he's around and mingling. Those who speak with him might notice that he's trying to keep everyone's spirits up by showcasing the worst Transylvanian accent possible.

"Good evenink."

Sonic, please.

[iamtheeggman]

Oh goodie, Eggman showed up.

...In a cape and fake fangs.

He stared at Sonic for a few moments. "Well, ONE of us is going to have to go home and change," he grumbled.

[vela_nova]

Blaze greeted Sonic with a smile behind her visor. She had decided to dress up as a knight. Something about it just seemed right.

"You look charming tonight," she said.

[tempus_fixit]

There's a clockwork witch by the entrance.

Not being able to go into the city meant that had to use what they had to work with. As such, Lucca had welded together a metal witch hat and added as many gears and diodes to a dress as she could fit.

... ...Wait, does that broom have pedals? And a thruster?

[megabuster]

What witch would be complete without a black cat?

Rock quickly joined her, and he was. Dressed up in a fuzzy black cat suit with fake ears and whiskers.

"You look really cute!" he said with a big smile.

Re: ARRIVALS

[punchtheflute]

Sunshine Mortimer is here! Dressed as Botticelli from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Squirtles show he loved so much! Sure, it was his same costume from last year, but he didn't mind. It still fit just fine!

Re: ARRIVALS

[charmingribbons]

Oren slinked into the room as quietly as he could. He was never very comfortable in big groups, but he figured getting out and away from that dreary shelter would cheer him up a bit. He had had trouble coming down with a decent costume that fit, so this year he was going as the Statue of Liberty. He wasn't sure what that was exactly, but he thought it was a cute costume regardless.

He spotted Sonny Moe nearby and approached him cautiously.

"Excuse me," he said. "You're that Snorlax I've seen around campus, right? I love your costume." He smiled sheepishly.

The arrival of the century, bitches

[sexyspybat]

Rouge arrived fashionably late as always. This year she came dressed as a bunny, and not the fluffy kind.

Bring on the fun, Smash Academy

[monotreme_101]

Knuckles was dressed as a treasure hunting, body building, martial arting Echidna who was wound up in bandages.

OK, so, it was his attempt at a mummy outfit. But it was pretty basic.

He spotted Rouge coming into the room.

"Hey." He said, giving a small wave and taking a deep breath. Man. Who knew Rabbits could look that good? (Apparently Vector, considering how much he seemed to like Cream's Mom. But that was beside the point.)

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[babylonmechanic]

Wave managed to put together a quick hippie costume, which was ironic because peace and love were things she didn't exactly give two hoots about. She didn't want to go to this party, but with everything going on, perhaps a bit of a security presence wasn't a bad idea.

STUFF YOUR FACE AT THE SNACK TABLE

[givemeyouranswerdo]

You know what they say about feeling down....

[blazebottom]

You'll binge it like whoa! Good thing Riwane was a literal furnace for consumption and building of energy! Because she wanted to be in a good mood, and yet that damned moon was still there, ruining everything.

But at least there was this food... And she'd eat as much as she wanted to till she felt better, or sick. Either or. Ironically, she was dressed up in 'dragon slayer' regalia so it looked more like a sullen knight feasting after a rough conquering.

Re: STUFF YOUR FACE AT THE SNACK TABLE

[punchtheflute]

......so what did you THINK Sonny was going to spend his time here doing?

To be fair, he concocted some stuff and brought it along with to help out. Pizza bagels, cupcakes, bags of Doritos and containers of seven layer dip! If you want to try and go toe to toe with the snackmaster supreme... well. Tonight might be your last chance.

[trustycrowbar]

Is there beer? Gordon was told there would be beer. Actually he wasn't told, he was just hopeful. It's been an intense week, a whole lot of pressure with absolutely no way to resolve it as far as he could tell.

As far as he's concerned he could use one or two. Or three.

"You know... specific gravity is used to measure alcohol content." He mutters to someone nearby. "It's a measure of the sugar that's left over. Th' less sugar, the stronger the drink."

...is that all, Gordon?

"I want to get the moon drunk. Maybe it'll forget all about whatever the hell it's doing and... you know, ffffuck off back to its orbit where it belongs."

Maybe he's had more than just three by now.

DO THE TIME WARP or just dance

[givemeyouranswerdo]

BE A SKULKER or just lurk

[givemeyouranswerdo]

Re: BE A SKULKER or just lurk

[will_be_god]

Cyrus arrived.

He was devoid of his usual intensity and seemed...tired, distant. Even in the chaos which he usually met with distain, he stayed without expression.

Chaperoning! Yes, that's what teachers did right?!

[shiest_sunbeam]

Or at least that's what Ronnae felt she should do, make sure things went well considering you never knew what was going to happen with that thing of impending doom right around the corner. She figured she could take a break from enforcing the Bunkers to enjoy a bit of festivities.

This one being celebrated here felt a lot like Hallow's End from Azeroth and it made her feel nostalgic. She was donning a Murloc costume and keeping watch... a bit sheepishly but she was still doing her job!

[moon_leaf]

Rio never needed a reason to wear a costume--he loved dressing up! And playing a role! Halloween just made it socially acceptable to make sometimes questionable fashion choices and boy, did he have the perfect thing for this.

He stood against the wall, dressed in the finest guro lolita outfit that he could manage from his stash of dresses, wigs and other accessories. The bear in his arms also wore bloodied bandages and had a pair of scissors stabbed through where one beaded eye would normally be. There was a smile plastered on his face as he watched the party with a vacant stare, looking very much like that one giant doll in your grandma's spare room that you always threw in the closet before you went to bed, because screw that doll.

...suddenly

[star_punched]

Mac was ready. He was going to do this. He had been waiting to do this for...a year? Over a year maybe. But he wasn't ready then. No, he had to learn a whole bunch. Mac learned from his superiors; Falcon, Samus, Ziio. None of them were there to see this; but he hoped they would get that gut feeling that their student who tried his very best to listen to what they had to say. Through all of the oblivious drivel he knew he spat out when he was so confused initially, he was going to come out today as someone who learned. Someone who grew up enough to learn what he really wanted out of his life. Boxing was great, it would always be great.


But he wanted to feel complete.

His "costume" was a well furnished tux, white. He spoke to no one about this beforehand, that was because he didn't want any second guesses.

He had enough of that. At least about this. He got on the stage and took a microphone from the stand. Any music was silenced, all anyone would hear was Mac's voice. He cleared his throat.

"M-may I have your attention please?"

This would be when everyone hopefully shut the heck up to listen.

"H-how's everyone doin' tonight? Good? Party okay?"

Crickets. Mac cleared his throat again. C'mon Mac, you got this. You GOT this. Oh god, he felt himself sweating already. His temperature went up a few degrees. Screw this, do it, man. A look of pure determination shown on his face, this guy had something to freaking SAY.

"Look, I get it. There's a moon in the sky and this school's gone on haywire. People are workin' hard, we all are. Sometimes it gets hard to keep it together. But look, we've all lived through the bad times. I ain't stupid, I know what's at stake here. Everythin' is."

With the mic still in his hand, he left the stage.

"But you know what? I think a lot of us have seen the end of the world. Lost people. Made some friends. Lost some friends. Some left. A lot of us have been here for many years. We all grew up in a way. I know I did...sorta."

He laughed at himself a little; a brief pause.

"I learned a lot here, and none of that is stuff I wanna give up. That's why I was glad we all had this get together, we can at least try to pow wow like we always did even when times got rough. Y'know what I mean? I ain't a guy who gives up. No, I got people who matter too much to me to do that. People who've been there for me since the beginnin'. So, y'know...I'm gonna keep thinkin' we're gonna get outta this okay. But even if the world blows up tomorrow, a man's gotta know when's the right time to do somethin' he's wanted to do for a long, long time."

He then motioned to a woman on the dance floor, wherever she was.

"So there's stuff I wanna say. To this lady right here."

Re: ...suddenly

[givemeyouranswerdo]

Daisy looked left, and right. Finally, she pointed at herself, quizzically, to ask if it was her he was speaking about.

what an asshole

[itsjustrats]

Later in the evening, while festivities were still going on, Garrett steals away from the party and to Gordon's lab in the science wing. Everyone else was preoccupied, hopefully including everyone on security. He didn't doubt his skills against most of the people here, but those robots might be a bit of an issue, what with them being from the future and all.

He found the masks easily enough, still enclosed in the glass tubes. Perfect. He produced his blackjack and made short work of the glass with two quick smashes, then paused to make sure nobody had heard him. Quickly, he grabbed his prizes, each one tucked under one arm, and exited as quickly as he came. Too easy.