the zombies were having fun, the party had just begun

[tenimuho]

[Early on Thursday, everyone (not including Blaze, but including Price) receives a handwritten invitation slipped under their door.]

COSTUME PARTY + STORYTELLING
Today in the mess hall, 5:00 PM-whenever everyone gets tired
Please join us for costume judging and the chance to win a prize.
Refreshments will be provided.

[At the appointed time in the mess hall, there are some refreshments made by Noctis, Cheryl, and Oda - Oda's share includes curry, naturally, but also sandwiches and other light fare, and some chocolate chip cookies that have come out lumpy but edible. He's also put up some orange and black streamers in an attempt at party decorating.

One of the tables has a bunch of benefactor regains on it - that's definitely the prizes. Win a brand new car! Or a heckton of chocolate!

Storytelling will be later in the evening. Win prizes for that too, it's not like Oda can use most of his stuff. And maybe it'll keep people's minds off tomorrow, for a little while.]

Comments

[heartswapped]

[Cheryl arrives in a dark-colored prince outfit made from an altered butler uniform, a tiny silver duct tape crown atop her head. She's helping Oda with that curry, along with making some potato croquettes and little pastel-hued cookies with rainbow sprinkles on them. They have a faint space anise flavor, if you take one.

Later, she'll be listening to the scary stories other people tell, but she doesn't really have too many of her own: well, not unless you count horrifying things Pokemon can do or accounts of her own travels.]

[neverheardofhim]

[Locking eyes with Cheryl, Varric picked up one of his new stories and leaned toward her.]

How do you feel about the undead, sweetheart?

[heartswapped]

[That elicits a bit of a giggle.]

Hard to say, are we talking the normal zombie kind or the sexy vampire kind?

[mom, no]

[neverheardofhim]

[The most upset expression.]

The rotting, oozing kind. Andraste's tits, is that something your people are into?

[heartswapped]

Usually the ones people get into are... I'd say more like Kiss-shot, but she looked like what, eight? Like what she would theoretically have looked like if she looked like an adult.

[If only she'd known Soma was also a vampire. ]

We do have lots of stories about the oozy kind, but if anyone has a fetish for those, good luck getting them to admit it.

[neverheardofhim]

[Listen, I'm not saying his eyes glazed over, but his eyes totally glazed over. He's definitely not a romance writer, no matter how hard he might try.]

So. Do you have something to admit to me?

[heartswapped]

What? No...

[NEVER]

[neverheardofhim]

No fantasies about rotting corpses or anything like that? [Chinhands with the most devious of grins.]

[heartswapped]

I don't know what you're getting at...

[Gosh no, you're making mom all self-conscious

u filthy kinkshamer]

[tokencanadian]

That's an amazing costume. You really put some work into it.

[And here she is. Wonder Woman. She looks over the treats set out and gently picks up one of the cookies.]

I'm sure you're a shoe-in in the costume judging.

[heartswapped]

Actually, Oda said he wanted me to help with that.

[After telling Pyrrha her real name, it's a little awkward talking to her about the only other person who knows, but.]

The winner gets a brand new car~

[tokencanadian]

[Pyrrha laughs heartily. It's pretty funny, Elaine.]

I would rather have a vacation to somewhere, but that works too!

[a vacation far, far away from this.]

[pr159]

[ Oh, croquettes... He's trying to limit what he eats here, since at this point he's not sure how well he trusts anyone not to poison the food, but. Sure, he'll put a few of those on his plate. And go ahead and try one. ]

Not bad.

[ Same goes for her costume, actually. It's not that impressive, but it's not atrocious, so. That's something. ]