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

[chiron_survivor]

"What sorts of clothes do they wear, where you're from?" She returns the smile, grateful for the offer, even if it's only hypothetical at this point. "Everyone I've met in the Nexus either dresses in the style I'm used to, or they look like they're from ancient times."

[juststeverogers]

"Dresses, mostly. Oh, but uhm, some of the gals working in the factories cut their hair short and wear pants now, but they don't tend to off the clock still. It's..."

Steve purses his lips and sighs.

"Folks don't tend to treat women the same as men, when I'm from."

[chiron_survivor]

Adia listens thoughtfully. "They don't always treat women the same as men where I'm from, either," she says with a wry smile. "But I think I know what you mean. It used to be like that on my world, but not for a long time now. I don't mind wearing a dress, though." She absently brushes at the skirt of the one she has on. "I don't get many opportunities, these days."

[juststeverogers]

"Even in the future? That just isn't right."

Steve saw firsthand how hard it was to make a living as a woman watching his mother try to raise him after his father passed. She was a damn fine nurse and a damn fine woman. Hardest worker he ever knew.

"...Sorry." It makes him mad to think about, but he doesn't know what all he could do to change it. He's not from her world and can't get back to his own. At least here she has freedom.

[chiron_survivor]

"It's okay," Adia says quickly, surprised by how much Steve cares. She used to get mad about it, too, at the sexism and misogyny she still has to deal with on occasion, but nowadays her energy is focused mainly on staying alive and safe.

"I think it takes time to undo that kind of thinking. We have a lot of women in our military, and we've had a female president." Who got there because she was the Secretary of Education and the actual president and the rest of his cabinet were slaughtered by Cylons, but whatever. "And plenty of women in all other professions. It's a lot better than it used to be."