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ximilialog2021-10-22 07:39 pm
🦇🎃 🦇🎃 Halloween Mingle Log 🎃 🦇🎃 🦇
LOCATION: All around the station.
DATE: Last two weeks of October.
CONTENT: Time for some Halloween holiday shenanigans: spooky decorations, scary movies, pumpkin carving, sweets and a costume party.
WARNINGS: None, will update if needed.
[ Peter contacted Viveca to request some Halloween food and items in the next supply drop, but until it happens, he has decided to decorate the stations the old-fashioned way: making the decorations himself.
He can be seen in the communal room, surrounded by color markers, scissors, glittery papers in varied colors, and doing different kinds of arts and craft: cutting papers plates in the shape of black cats, doing some spiderwebs, ghosts, and even a few origami pumpkins. One of the markers has rolled off of the table and onto the floor, anybody who comes by should be careful not to slip on it by accident.
Or perhaps someone spots him in the kitchen, doing what Peter would call 'cooking' and any other normal person would classify as biological warfare. He's a bit of a messy cook, please ignore the chocolate stain in the ceiling (who knew souffle could explode?). He will clean the kitchen later, now he's busy adding the finishing touches to the spider peanut butter cookie cups, while the covered orange slices he's making for Yelena cool off in a tray.
There's flour in his hair, a streak of chocolate in his cheek and the apron he's wearing has seen better days, but Peter looks honestly happy, and he's humming a song under his breath as he works.
Another day, he's on a ladder trying to hang some paper bats and spiderwebs on the station walls. His right shoulder is still healing, so he can't raise it with ease, making the whole process a bit slow. some help would be welcomed. Maybe some orber happened to walk by Peter when one of the giant balloon spiders he was trying to stick to the ceiling falls off on their head. Or perhaps it was one of the bedsheet ghosts, obscuring their vision for a little while. Peter looks down once he notices; ]
Oh, oops, sorry about that. Could you give it back?
Welcome to the simulation room, ladies and gents, and variations thereupon. The moment someone crosses the door, they'll find themselves transported to the wonderful 80s. Bright lights, colorful clothes and questionable hairstyles.
There's a massive theater across the street, and it's clear the place is the main attraction. The giant marquee sign and the movie posters on the walls announce four different movies available to watch: The Shinning (🎥), Poltergeist (🎥), The Little Shop of Horrors (🎥), and Night of the Living Dead (🎥). Grab some popcorn, something to drink or snack on, and take a seat. It's all free, worry not.
A sign at the entrance of the movies reminds people that this is fiction, that no real people or animals got hurt making the movies, and that zombies ( probably ) aren't real. No such claim is made about talking alien plants from deep space, because Peter did end raising one as part of his family, after all. Leaving the simulation is possible at any moment, just wishing to do so will make a door will appear, allowing to return to the control room.
[ On the large tables in the kitchen, pumpkins of different sizes and colors are waiting to be disemboweled, next to them there's also a large tray with the ghost cupcakes Peter promised The Doctor (11). Next to them, one could find several sharp knives and large, empty bowls perfect to use to keep the pumpkin entrails. That way they can be used later to make soup or perhaps bread. Wasting food when you are stuck in space is a crime, be mindful of the resources.Or...not. Perhaps some orber gets fed up with how sticky is everything, or frustrated that their pumpkin isn't looking the way they wanted, and thinks it would be more fun to start a food fight. Peter's no one's dad, he will let people run wild and have fun as long as it's not the knives that start flying.
If anybody needs him for anything, or they have questions about what exactly is pumpkin carving, he's busy working on his own project, but he won't mind being interrupted. The music that can be heard comes from the Guardian's Zune, connected to a portable speaker on top of a shelf. It's now playing "Dancing in the Moonlight," the 1972 hit by King Harvest. ]
↠ IV. Party Time | October 31th | Common Area
[ People can choose not to come to the party in a costume, but it's highly encouraged. Viveca even brought costumes and supplies for the occasion in the last supply drop. The costumes are a variety of different ones, and not all of them are Halloween-related or even unique. Are you in the same costume as someone else? Damn, awkward. Maybe you can convince other people that you're doing some sort of group costume.
Like the rest of the station, the common area has been thoroughly decorated, although some decorations here are a little...off. There are balloons resembling eyes, ghosts, or pumpkins, and the eye ones sometimes follow people across the room or blink at them. The purple and black curtains as well as fake spiderwebs covering the walls are as normal as they get, but the plastic skeletons seen in corners or handing from the furniture are of a questionable nature. Some have the wrong number of arms and legs, others have horns, and a few show bones where no bone should be. The skeletons with top hats let out squeaky laughs at random, scaring the shit out of anybody walking near them. There are black paper bats handing from lamps that flap their wings on occasion and, to complete the look, LEDs candles of different colors give the room some ambient light. Viveca has tried her best to bring decorations for the party, but multiple universes make for a varied and complicated mix to chose from.
If there is a Halloween party, then of course the pumpkins are also a must. On one of the large tables, the different messy masterpieces created during the pumpkin carving contest can be admired or even grabbed if you want to take a picture with them.
On the left side of the room, there's a small stage with a haunted mansion backdrop, different boxes with spooky props, and what seems to be a Polaroid camera. Black cats and wolf plush toys, fake bloody weapons, giant glasses, plastic tombstones, all sorts of different hats, a vampire cape, and a plastic skeleton dressed as a firefighter are available to play and pose with. That's right, it's a selfie corner! Come take some pictures or drag someone to the stage with you to pose and complete the scary look.
The big cleared space in the middle of the room is the dancefloor. The music playing once again comes from Peter's Zune, so enjoy those 80s and 90s playlists, currently blasting Michael Jackson's thriller. Get out there and shake your bones, try not to step on anybody's toes.
For those who aren't into dancing or get tired, there are plenty of chairs available, party food, and all sorts of drinks -alcoholic and non-alcoholic- by the buffet and bar. There's enough candy to give people a sugar coma: pumpkin buns, fondant ghost cupcakes that make the person slightly see-through for 10 minutes after consuming them, Halloween brownies, candy apples that make people fall asleep for 30 minutes unless someone wakes them earlier with a kiss, pop rocks candy, oreo cookie bats, a variety of halloween themed drinks, and voodoo doll cookies...some of those might look like the orbers. If you find a cookie that looks like you, well...eat it or protect it, it's all about personal choices. ]
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The party is a definite spirit lifter, no lie on that. Good job, Peter. That's one hell of an achievement. And work. God, Majima knows how much goddamn work goes into organizing the party and making sure everyone has fun.
So you just gotta show appreciation for the host. Even if it's with a silly paper ghost. ]
Ah— kinda just figured it out. [ He resists the urge to touch the nape of his neck, stopping halfway. If the paint gets off there he has no way of fixing it ] My employee was into that kind of handcraft thin' and she made us all take turns in helpin' her with it. The rest, is just channellin' some early childhood memories.
[ He sure did not remember school overly fondly, but origami was actually fun. ]
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[ They're color good and smell great. Just because Majima and Peter are guys, that doesn't mean they don't like nice things. Or fun things like this party. Peter is very pleased that everyone seems to be having a good time, that's reward enough for his efforts. ]
That's great, you're very talented with your hands. It's good to keep childhood memories alive. [ Says the man who has never been able to let go of the past. Peter places the paper ghost in a pocket in the front of his clothes, so he's half hanging out of it, visible and adorable. ] There, perfect. Can I ask were are you from? Did you have any special Halloween traditions?
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Now ya hired a bodyguard— [ He mutters, amused. If he knew that it's how it will end, he'd make it look better. Kinda! Awkward! But just kinda. Now onto the answering the question tho... So he grins cheekily ] Japan, Planet Earth, Solar System and so on... Halloween hasn't really caught around 'sides for the scary movies. We got ghost time in August, it got everythin'— dances, paper lanterns floatin' down the river, and of course the best festival food.
[ It's also about family time, visiting the graves, and all things someone else could tell better stories of ]
Nights are shorter then, so there's less time to tell all the scary stories, tho.
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Lucky me, right? He will ward off the other scarier monsters this Halloween night. [ The ghost looks good enough! More than that, Peter really likes it. Once he's back in his room, he will put it in a safe place to make sure he doesn't lose it. ]
I know Japan! Well, I read about it as a kid and I liked the cartoons. My family couldn't travel much, we weren't exactly rich, but I always thought that one day I'd have the chance to visit, Japan.Funny how that turned out...
[ Not well, Peter doesn't say. He hasn't set foot on Earth for more than a few days in 30 years. ]
Leaving paper lanterns on the river is a cute idea. What are they for? I like scary stories too, we should have told some before Halloween, I can't believe I forgot.
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Sometimes tho, sometimes it's not there, and you just pretend that it is to carry on the conversation. Speaking of which— ]
Everyone takes turns with a candle or a flashlight, the best mood for some horror. The party could end that way! [ Depending on how many people stay that late. ] See the lanterns guide the spirits of the dead, so they don't get lost on their way back. Lights up the whole river, music playin' everywhere— not like the last one is anythin' new, the district where I lived never sleeps.
[ But the music is different, and that's part of the whole atmosphere. Even if observed from a dingy, little apartment. ]
So if ya ever get to visit, come in August to see Obon.
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[ But yeah, silver lining: Peter probably went to places no human had ever been before, Captain Marvel not included. Now those first days are long past gone. Peter is still as enamored with the universe now as he was back then, but he missed knowing more about Earth's cultures, and he listens carefully to Majima. ]
I love horror stories, I wouldn't mind hearing new ones. But the lantern tradition is really sweet, it's important to honor those who are no longer with us. If we manage to go back to our own world, I might visit, in August of course. [ The song playing ends, and after the few notes of the new one, Peter can tall which one is it. All the songs come from his Zune, after all. 'Modern love' by David Bowie might not be very Christma-sy but it's fun to dance to.]
Zombie trick aside, which was great, you don't feel like dancing? A handsome, strong guy like you must sure have offers.