What, was &quot;Rudy&quot; on cable last night?

"No," Raiden said firmly when he saw the boxes the staff were hauling out at Pizza Planet. "Absolutely not. No Christmas until after Thanksgiving." He was going to have enough to do with fending off Gray over at Over Easy; he didn't need to be waging the real war on Christmas on two fronts. "Come on, guys, give me a break here--no, we're not putting a peppermint mocha pizza on the specials board? What is wrong with you?" In more than one way.

Specials
Pizza Capricciosa
Spicy Korean Kimchi Pizza
Apple Crisp Pizza

Pizza Planet is open!

solo_sword posting in

Good morning, everyone. This is Jaina, who only just now realized the date, am wondering where time went since May, and now you should, too.

Not a lot of notes again. Gregorith was at the museum checking out portraits of former students- Questions about that- before reporting home, and Steven came in to bring food and answer some questions about things. And at Stark's, Rey was dealing with what the notes call "Christmas creep," but Grandfather invited her to Thanksgiving so at least he's got the order of holidays right.

And that's all. See you next week, and enjoy probably drowning in Halloween candy.

sith_happened posting in

"Commander McGarrett is away in London on some sort of assignment right now," Anakin said, "so you only have me today."

He gestured at all the pool noodles and grinned. "Therefore, he can't see us playing noodle jousting. Everyone grab two noodles, one to sit on and one to hit each other with. The last one not knocked into the water wins."

giveittoyoursister posting in

The Halloween decorations were still up, because they were too cool to take down right away, especially with Little Bot still showing off his glow-in-the-dark paintjob.

Besides, Vi had an equally important holiday to observe. Half-price candy week.

suitably_heroic

The last couple of days had been... weird. A tension in the air, that wasn't really Jack's to break, but that no one else wanted to break either. So he was glad when they finished their last show and piled up into the van. Relieved.

Many hours later, having been forcibly talked out of the driver's seat yet again, he found himself in the back seat. Still tense. Not sleeping.

Everyone else was silent. There was rain ticking against the windows of Trent's van. And he reached for his phone, and turned it on to the new Yellow Eyes album. Let himself get lost for a while, then.

( It had stopped raining by the time they pulled into the Waffle House parking lot. )

[[ nfb, nfi, unless you're dying to call him at 3 AM ]]

imafuturist posting in

Oh, c'mon. I helped out yesterday!

*chittering*

The party notes were at least half Liliana's fault too, you know. Just because you're afraid she'll make you squirrel zombies or something... Just. Just give those and we can get this over with quickly. We had Riri taking advantage of the elusive Waffle House with Erasmus while discussing future holidays here. Raiden, unsurprisingly, also took advantage of the Waffle House. Steve and I took a morning to recover from the party. All the better to be ready for the week ahead.

And that's all there seems to be. Hopefully everyone is just in a pleasant candy coma.

thatwaslucky posting in

All right, this week Rey was in the right mindset to get a lot of things accomplished, which meant catching up on anything from last week that had gone unfinished.

Despite the Mariah Carey song that was playing occasionally at random from somewhere that Rey couldn't determine. And with a pumpkin spice latte because the gremlins had warned her the winter drinks were coming.

Happy holidays, apparently!

[Open!]

apologizeswithpie posting in

Today, in between helping any visitors what needed it, Gregorith was spending most of his time up in the art gallery. Partly he was seeing if he could match any of the paintings, photos and sculptures with events that had exhibits downstairs, and partly he was looking for inspiration for his own creative endeavors.

And then one of the plaques caught his eye. Two portraits of former students, on loan from a museum in another version of Faerie it seemed. The sign said they were Momoko and Karla. Apparently they were good friends of the last queen of Faerie, Leda Danan.

That had been the name of one of the ambassadors he'd met some years ago back home. He'd have to look it up later.

In the meantime he went to the desk to grab his sketchbook.

(Museum is open, portraits used with players' permission.)

Current Music: Mummer's Dance by Loreena McKennit

imafuturist

Well, the one too many outfits that Tony may or may not have ordered for Steve after getting free reign at the party last night had arrived. The wonders of shipping when you were in a multiversal nexus point. Also rich. Being rich helped a lot.

So, he was carefully just hiding it all away before Steve could realize just how much it was. Just so, so much.

[for the husband]

mindofageneration posting in

There was a brunch place in town, yes. And it was even a really great brunch place at that! But sometimes it wasn't really in your budget. And sometimes you just wanted the comfort food of a really shitty 24 hour chain of restaurants where the servers will throw hands.

And that was where Riri was this morning, still in the pumpkin onesie, blissfully enjoying these overly greasy potatoes and overcooked eggs.

Life was good!

[open, of course!]

mustbeawitch posting in

Lydia: Good morning, everyone, and welcome to November! My, the year is flying along, isn't it? I hope no one celebrated overmuch last night, but if you did, fear not, I am here to tell you what you have forgotten.

( It's a dead man's party... )

thatsmysword posting in

Would Henry learn what Halloween was this year? Too early to tell.

As it was, he was back at the forge, thinking about the conversation he'd had with Adrian and-- well. No one seemed to have yelled at him for getting the fire going last time.

So there he was again, slaving away by the roaring fire, trying to remember some of the things his father taught him about forging tools.

[[ open ]]

ifwebeworthy posting in

Thor was not dressed in his usual armor today, but rather in a surgeon costume of such pitiful quality that he was regretting not just buying a pair of scrubs in his size. He wasn't sure if this fabric, and he was being generous in calling it that, was going to survive the day.

"Today is All Hallow's Eve, or Samhain, or Halloween, depending on where you are and how you celebrate. It is, they say, the day when the veils between worlds thin, and spirits and monsters come to play...and be appeased with candy, of course. I thought today we could learn about a sort of atmospheric phenomenon, rather than a particular weather event, that is tied to the holiday.

"Will=o'-the-wisps are strange lights that dance in bogs and marshlands, leading travelers, who think they are seeing another traveler's torch, or perhaps light in a house, astray. Throughout history, these were believed to be spirits, perhaps the fae, causing mischief and leading travelers to their doom, but in modern times we know that the lights are caused by natural phenomena, such as the releasing of certain gases caused by the decay of organic matter in the swamps...or are they?

After letting that sit for a moment, Thor added, "Will-o'-the-wisp sightings are relatively rare in the modern era, perhaps due to the draining of large swathes of wetlands. They have many names in many different cultures, but one of them is jack-o'-lantern. For anyone who may be unaware, the carved, lit pumpkins set out for Halloween, meant to frighten malicious spirits away, are also jack-o'-lanterns. The same name for a spirit and the ward against its kind. Interesting, no? Happy Halloween, and be sure to take some candy from the bowl on your way out." He had tried to make sure to provide an assortment of the popular sorts.

heroic_jawline posting in

*chittering*

No, I'm not putting on a costume yet. I'm waiting for Liliana and Tony's party.

*chittering*

Of course I was going to mention your costumes! I didn't know they made Trooper outfits this small!

*chittering*

...I do not want to know how you got access to a 3-D printer.

*suspicious silence*

Right. This is Steve Rogers with the news of yesterday. In classes, Liliana's class played hide and seek with zombies while their supplies dwindled, and then she held office hours that were mostly devoted to last-minute party prep. Raiden took his class to Paris, Tony and I pretended we were still in the Maldives with a tropical fruit-themed baking week, and the library was hosting craft day for the gremlins.

In town, Luma was sorting through last-minute costumes at Pixie Dust, Liz worked on month-end spreadsheets, Thor leaned into Halloween-themed drinks at the Devil's Nest, and the Supper Club went to a tavern in Baltimore that was an ode to Edgar Allan Poe, but I don't think any of the participants would immediately know who Poe was.

*chittering*

If I see them at the party, I'll ask. And that's everything for yesterday! I'll see you all at the party!

totalwildcard posting in

Harley had gone AWOL for a few days after the vacation. Why and where were none of anyone else's concern, and anyway, she'd come back for the real important bit!

The WE GOT HAUNTED STUFF! sign was still in the Needful Things window, but it had been joined - among all the vintage decorations - by a bigger sign:

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!!

Yes, all of those exclamation points were important. Every! last! one!

Also, Bruce was in the store with Harley, and he was wearing a Halloween headband with kitty ears on it. Or at least he would be until he'd eventually decide to shake it off and destroy it. Which would probably be within the first five minutes, but Harley had already gotten a picture so it was fine!

(open!)

needsacatchphrase posting in

Today, the classroom held a truly massive bowl of candy. Because that's what everyone wanted today. That right there. And the teachers knew it.

"Welcome back," Jane said. "We know it's a holiday. And a Friday, so we thought we'd make this easy for you."

"Other teachers might attempt to make the candy a learning experience." Anakin. "But that's boring and judgmental." And Cara knew judgmental.

"So, we'll be playing Mario Kart. With candy." Possibly the best class ever.

"The candy is not prizes." Though Cara had considered that, it feel under making the candy a learning experience. Which defeated the point. Anakin. "We won't stop you using it to win though."

noonedecidesmyfate posting in

Sometimes Belle was thrilled by gremlin antics in the library. Like today while a group of them were busy making masks. Possibly for tomorrow but you never could be sure.

Another group was watching one of the movies from yesterday and apparently arguing about the merits of it.

Belle enjoyed the movie, herself, and was very entertained by the masks that ranged from adorable to funny to rather terrifying.

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