Happy Halloween! (^o^)

[clockwork_doc]

Halloween! It is here. It is awesome. And awesome holidays deserve some truly awesome parties! As per usual, the Inkwell is all decked out and ready to go – black and orange streamers, paper bats hanging from the ceiling, fake blood on the window, and a jack-o-lantern sitting by the front door outside – one that is carved with a pie shape and what looks like a razor on it. There is a reason for this – this year’s theme for most of the residents is Sweeney Todd. You can thank Lucy for the idea – she herself is dressed up as Mrs. Lovett. Simon has taken on the role of Beadle Bamford, putting on his best shifty-eyed look. DG-Victor has of course become Sweeney himself, with Alice serving as his long-lost Lucy. (Yes, there was an element of amusement about Alice dressing herself up as a Lucy.) Doc is serving as the evil Judge Turpin, and Marty as lesser antagonist Adolfo Pirelli (the “piss and ink” guy). Dee is crossdressing as the unfortunate Toby, and Steve & Gary are dressed up in their puppy forms as pies with arms and legs sticking out of them (and having probably way too much fun as such).

There are two hold-outs on the theme – the two Victors who main haunt these days is tumblr. Butterfly Boy has run with the mun’s old idea for an Avengers AU based on her primary two crossover universes and is dressed up as a steampunk Iron Man. And Forgotten Vows has taken to heart a crossover idea Vic’s friend Reenie had over there and dressed up as Nathan Wallace, aka the Repo Man, from Repo!: The Genetic Opera. There’s been a few nervous looks their way as nobody can tell if the weaponry they’re carrying is real or not. (Not that they would ever turn such on their friends, but – accidents happen.)

At any rate, there’s plenty of good food, good tunes, and good fun to be had, so go ahead and drop by! Happy Halloween!

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[secundus_cast]

The Secundusians are the first to drop by, and it's immediately apparent they've followed Butterfly Boy's theme -- SecDoc is the Hulk, SecMarty Captain America, and SecAlice Black Widow. "Hi everyone!" SecMarty greets the crowd, waving his shield.

[clockwork_doc]

"Hello!" Doc says, waving to his alternate and his friends as Butterfly Boy goes in for a hug. "Good to see you -- and great costumes!" He frowns slightly. "Though, given the nature of the Avengers AU Vic came up with, shouldn't you be Pepper Potts, Alice?"

[secundus_cast]

"Perhaps, but I really wanted to be Black Widow," SecAlice says, smoothing out the black suit a little. "It's an Avengers AU after all, and she's the main female member. . ."

[butterflyboy]

"You look wonderful -- and completely ready to kick some ass," Butterfly Boy assures her, kissing her cheek. "I think I've convinced Delusional Beauty to dress up as her Grasshopper Tea self on tumblr. We'll see."

[secundus_cast]

SecAlice laughs. "Sounds fun!"

"Your mun has actually DONE something for Secundus's Halloween over there this year, hasn't she?" SecDoc asks, sounding a bit concerned. "I know she missed last year thanks to the storm. . ."

[butterflyboy]

"She has! She wrote it up last night and put it in the queue for today," Butterfly Boy beams. "The parade and everything is all set!"

[8docs_n_1victor]

"Yeah, I wasn't going to miss another year -- I was embarrassed enough about skipping last year, even with no internet for most of the day," Vic reveals, coming in with the muses. She's dressed up as a Bioshock Little Sister, while the muses seem to have decided to dress up as the things that have inspired them -- OckDoc, for example, is in a Spider-Man 2 Doctor Octopus costume.

"She did a lot of preplanning yesterday," TeenDoc, as Gil Wulfenbach, confirms. "Queued up posts for both of our tumblr denizens, and made sure this party would be ready to go posthaste."

[forgotten_vows]

"Yes -- although my 'celebration' is rather low-key on tumblr," Forgotten Vows says. "Mainly based around having treats and an apple bob for anyone who wants them. If they can get past my crazy dragon constantly diving into the water," he adds, glancing at Moonlight sitting on his shoulder. Moonlight does a little "I'm totally innocent" preening."

[crossover_chick]

"Well, that's what Victorian parties were like -- a bit more sedate and with lots of apples," Vic says with a giggle. "At least I'm not making you play the crazy game with the apples and the burning candles on the wheel, right?"

[forgotten_vows]

"Oh goodness no," Forgotten says with a wince. Noticing a few confused looks, he adds, "There's apparently this mad variation on apple bobbing that involves sticking candles and apples on alternating spokes of a wheel, hanging it from the ceiling, lighting the candles, then setting the whole business spinning before attempting to take a bite out of one of the apples."

[museicalmarty]

Marty raises an eyebrow. "Oooookay. . .sounds like a good way to get your nose burnt off to me, but whatever. . ."

[butterflyboy]

"It wasn't all insane," Butterfly Boy says. "We have lots of different treats. Weren't you trying lambswool, Forgotten?"

[forgotten_vows]

"Yes!" Forgotten points proudly to a set of glasses on the bar. "Cider, baked apples, cream, sugar, ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon. I think it's quite good."

[alienlisa]

AL and the guys walk in, wondering exactly if there will ever be a party they're not late to (probably the Doctors' anniversary but they're hosting that so that doesn't count). AL has borrowed the alter ego's pirate costume. As for the guys...eh, use your imagination. /lazy...and at work

"Happy Halloween!" AL chirps cheerfully.

[clockwork_doc]

Don't worry about AL -- it's easier to get here on time when you live here. "Happy Halloween!" Doc returns the greeting, smiling. "I like your costume."

[alienlisa]

AL strikes a pose, pointing the sword at an empty chair (because she figures pointing it at anyone would be a Bad Idea). "Avast ye scurvy dogs and hoist the colors!!" She giggles and breaks character. "Or something like that. Thanks." She looks at her clothes. "It's not bad. Actually, the dress didn't come with it. The dress it did come with was too small even though the size is extra large. I don't know on what planet though."

"Well, it could be any number of - " begins Eleven.

"That's okay," she interrupts him. "We don't need to know." She continues. "So the alter ego picked the skirt, shirt and tank top up at K Mart. They go so well together you can't tell it's three pieces."

[save_us_alice]

"And other nautical expressions," Alice puts in with a giggle, quoting the Dodo from Disney's animated Alice. "And I understand women's sizes are rather confusing in the future. Where I come from they still bother to do proper measurements. You're right, though -- it looks very good. Probably better than the other dress."

[alienlisa]

AL nods. "Yeah...one store's 'large' may be another store's 'medium'." She shakes her head. "Or, in this case, one company's 'extra large' is another company's 'really freaking small'. At least the coat fits and that's what she got it for anyway."

[deadgirlslikeme]

"Mad," DG-Victor says, he and Alice both shaking their heads. "I'm glad I didn't run into any of that when I had to get some modern suits."

"Well, they don't usually pull that shit with men's sizes -- and I could handwave your getting proper clothes," Vic points out. "Wouldn't THAT be convenient in real life. 'Oh yeah, I TOTALLY went shopping the the other day and got new shirts and pants.'"

[alienlisa]

AL nods. "Yeah." She brushes a bit of dust off the coat. "So, anything new since Dee's party?"

[clockwork_doc]

"Does discovering Moonlight really likes divebombing apple bobs count?" Forgotten offers up.

"Dee herself ran into Harry Dresden in the Nexus," Doc says as Dee nods beside him. "That's the trouble with having two birthdays and our major holiday party so close together. After the first event, there's never much news to share."

[alienlisa]

AL chuckles. "I thought he was supposed to be lazy."

"Yeah," she says, "I know what you mean. Same here, nothing interesting. Unless you're into Pokemon, which I know you're not really. Oh, and the alter ego is writing up a list of 50 head-canon facts for the 50th anniversary. I think she's got almost 40 thus far."

[clockwork_doc]

"Only when he's not feeling playful," Forgotten says with a chuckle of his own. "He does nap a lot. And he strongly prefers riding on someone else to moving under his own power." Moonlight pretends to look affronted.

"I can't say we are, no -- though some of the new designs do look interesting," Doc allows. "And good for her! I'm surprised she doesn't have a hundred already, honestly, given your own long history with the Doctor." He nods at the group currently hanging out by the bar. "And your romantic entanglements with many of his regenerations."

[alienlisa]

AL laughs. "Aw, but flying is fun. I can't bring my wings out because this stuff's not designed to let them through - " She tugs on the coat. " - but still."

She nods. "Yeah. Let's just say the alter ego has the newest game and so Alnilam's Pokemon population just got added to. I'm glad I have a big planet." She shakes her head slightly, then smiles at Doc. "You'd think so, but apparently doing this is kind of tough because, truthfully, she's never given the 'facts' much thought until now. Like, she knows that the Doctor and I fell in love when he regenerated into Five." She gestures to said incarnation. "The relationship was strained when he became Six and came back full force when he became Eight." Again, gesture to said Time Lord. "But this'll be the first time she'll say anywhere that someone other than her will read it that Six and Seven did still care about me even though they had trouble expressing it. Or why Jackson Lake didn't know of our relationship when he thought he was the Doctor." She feels the need to explain this. "He's a man from 1851 London who got ahold of some Cyberman tech that basically did an info-dump on the Doctor inside his head so that he thought he was the Doctor for a while. He had information on me and knew we traveled together, but didn't know the extent of the relationship." Beat. "Cybermen have no concept of 'love', you see, being emotionless themselves."

[forgotten_vows]

Moonlight whirrs, snuggling into Forgotten's neck. "He likes flying too, but he thinks that he if he can get a ride. . ."

Doc chuckles. "Oh dear. Yes, probably a very good thing you have a whole large planet to play with." He listens to AL's explanation, nodding thoughtfully. "I see. Well, I wish her luck in thinking up and organizing all the information, then. Vic's just not the sort to keep that all to herself."

"Yes -- I'm honestly shocked she stopped at fifty for me," Forgotten adds, looking rather disturbed by the part about Jackson Lake. "Er -- you did help that poor man remember who he truly was, right? I mean, I'm sure you wouldn't let him run around thinking he was the Doctor, but he did get himself back, correct?"