1st Annual Halloween Block Party!

[iam_senpai]

Perhaps it's the leaves of fiery golds and oranges drifting on the breeze, or the sight of various hard squash being mangled into festive ornaments, or even still the bowls of candy left out simply everywhere in the Nexus that signifies the import of today. Regardless of when you take heed, Halloween has come to the Nexus.

Neat little handmade signs and fliers of all kinds lead to a particularly festive sectioned off block with the Crossroads Cafe at the center. The brick building has more than its fair share of decorations hung from every available windowsill and door. Hanging skeletons, jolly Jack-O-Lanterns, orange and black streamers cascading down and blowing to and fro in the crisp breeze.

The doors are propped open just waiting to beckon you inside. What are you waiting for?

((See the OOC post if you have any questions! Backtagging and threadhopping are fine. Come on in and have a blast :D ))



Coats and Costumes
The Cafe
Bonfire
Dance Floor
Haunted House
Side Halls and Storage

Comments

[westfallcorndog]

Harrow hooks one thumb into his belt and raises his chin in acknowledgement of Josh. "Kid," he says by way of hello. "See you're dressed up like you're from Uldum. You an' Han come as a pair tonight?"

[brother_alone]

"No idea what Uldum is, but I'm dressed as Akhmenrah from Night at the Museum. Add it to your must-see movie list. One of my friends told me a while back I looked sort of like the character, and I've wanted to make the costume ever since."

Josh reaches up with his beer to clink it against Harrow's drink by way of friendly greeting. He's gotten over a lot of his discomfort with this particular undead thanks to several movie nights.

"So nah, not a pair. He's from a whole other set of movies."

[westfallcorndog]

Harrow scoff-laughs. "Duh, he's Harrison Jones. The, uh... The Earth version, not the Azerothian." Duh, dude. Hey, but he'll take that drink clink gladly.

Then he pops open one of the pouches on his belt and hands over a little, spherical, red candy. It looks like a cinnamon ball.

"You ever had magic candy, kid?" he asks before he takes a sip of his drink. That's not at all the sort of question and behavior of a child snatcher. "Eat it. You'll breathe a little fireball. Like uh... Not real fire? Illusion! That's it."

[brother_alone]

You don't argue with drunk folks. First rule of partying. It's just not worth harshing the collective buzz by picking a fight. Harrow's more or less got the right idea. And it says a lot that Josh is willing to let this Hollywood inaccuracy slide. He shrugs in reply and goes back to sipping his beer.

The candy gets a raised eyebrow. He does like cinnamon. What's that?

"You keep it in your unmarked white van?" Because that delivery wasn't creepy at all, Harrow. "...You breathe fire. Like, what. Magic? I'm not magical."

[westfallcorndog]

Harrow tosses his head back and laughs at the van comment, then in an instant he becomes stone-cold serious and stares blankly at Josh. "I can't drive," he deadpans.

Then his attention is back on the candy again and ~somehow~ his open palm with the candy in the center is getting closer and closer to Josh. Eat it out of his palm like a friggin horse, kid.

"Not magical and not fun. Eat the candy, Josh. Josh, I dare you." He clears his throat and opens his mouth, and when he speaks next he doesn't have to move his lips; only the ghostly echo of his voice remains and dares Josh in a tinny, haunted way, "E A T   T H E   C A N D Y,   J O S H."

[brother_alone]

"It's a...nevermind."

He doesn't need to know what a child molester van is. That's a need to know basis nd Harrow does not need to know. Josh isn't sure he wants to be responsible for answering the questions that could possibly come from that. That gets you put on lists.

Both eyebrows go up when Harrow imparts the 'D' word onto this. Is that how it's gonna be, Harrowheart? Not fun? Not fun? Josh will show you what fun is. Harrow and his magic hands and spoopy voices. Josh takes the candy between to fingers and pops the whole thing into his mouth.

"There ain't muh I won' do on a dare, bro."

[twelve_not_fourteen]

"I get the feeling that I turn away for like a minute to go grab a snack," there is a caramel apple being held in his one hand and a paring knife in the other hand, "and you two are about to do something stupid."

Don't let the weird kid in the black know that he's over here dading at Harrow and Josh. Han doesn't want to encourage any more familial accusations.

[westfallcorndog]

"Me?" Harrow splays his hand across his chest in (mock?) offense. He leans back to give Han an incredulous look, but he leans a little too far and nearly loses his balance. He catches his balance with a little flailing of the arms and manages to stay standing, then continues on talking as if nothing had just happened there. "Do stupid stuff? Well, I never!"

He motions to Josh and says, "He's doin' it, not me. Breathe fire, Josh! ... At Han, not me."

[brother_alone]

Josh holds a hand over his mouth (just in case).

"You seh ih wuhsn real righ?" Well, he's not burning his fingers, so that's got to count for something. He shoots Han a mischievous look and pulls his hand away from his face to show off the grin of a man who has been dared to do something. He tilts his head back so if it's not fake it's not gonna hurt anyone and softly exhales like he's trying to see his breath on a frosty morning.

Even his own green eyes widen at the puff of flame that floats up and toward the bonfire proper.

"Whoa...."

[twelve_not_fourteen]

It's not as if Han hasn't seen people in festivals spitting fire to thrill crowds. Or even people doing it on the street to perform for coin - in fact, now that he's thinking about it, it's would make for a hell of a distraction for a deft pickpocket - split the profit with the fire breather and call it a days work after two or three hours.

He slices a piece of caramel apple for himself, ignoring the fact that it seems to be perfectly edible on the stick he's holding and plucks it into his mouth looking unimpressed.

"You guys think I'm gonna start believing I'm gonna start believing in magic just because Josh probably pulled up a 'how to' on his phone for spitting fire? I've seen kids do that in parades."