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ryebrooks

the cut on his cheek was the least of his worries. there were people hurt out here, people scared, running around. animals that were most likely frightened too. though he wasn’t so much concerned about the animals, knowing pegasus could handle it, ryder was more concerned about the rocks that had fallen, the people that had gotten hurt. it was their job to ensure safety of the place. his com was on, as he and nyx had rushed out of their home to help those out here. a rock slip was not something that they wanted or needed, and ryder was channeling a rocks molecules to keep it where it was, to secure it, before he’s moving and getting bumped by someone running.”whoa, hey. just take it easy alright? we don’t need anyone else getting hurt.”

she had to be moving too fast, but it was out of habit being small to dart between people taller because it wasn’t like she was going to be seen if she didn’t and not being seen meant she was likely to get bowled over. salem was already unsteady on her feet, needing to find bynx and rose, needing to be able to see straight to accomplish those things. bumping into a solid wall of a person she was groaning and squeezing her eyes shut, it radiated an ache through her head. “sorry, working on it.” she tried to move around him, pushing the sleeves of her shirt up her forearms to get more cool air on her skin.

#con;;rye

real-life-waterbender

When the nurse saw her friend walk through the doors, Lucina took a moment and walked up to them to give them a hug. “I’m glad you’re safe.” She stated before dropping her embrace and looking over them. “Is anything hurting?”

“hey now.” salem let out a small sound, not in protest, but in surprise feeling lucina’s arms around her. salem was shaking, and she could taste blood in her mouth. she was stubborn as all shit and seeing her in eridanus was rare to say the least. it took a lot to get her in here but she was wincing at the brighter lights and the room spinning around her. everything hurt, but she knew that was for the way her head hurt. “my head, jus....just my head.” she managed before swallowing and tasting more blood. she had blood on the cuffs of her shirt from wiping her nose and the second she spotted a row of chairs it was like she had no control over herself, she needed those chairs, sinking down to lay across them and curling herself up.

#con;;lucina

your-fellow-moon

Luna was awake as Lackluster had fell into havoc. She did what she could to keep her eyes closed and her mind off, but what was going on outside was really getting to her. She went outside to try and help, but it brought back so many memories, memories of Caleb. Luna went into full panic mode, began to shake and she couldn’t stop screaming, a loud piercing scream as she fell to the ground outside her house.

her head was killing her. after getting the broadcast out....all of her signals she had been using to pull in news from the world above had been cut off from her. salem had spent an hour trying to get them back on but her head gave out on her, blood on the cuff of her shirt from wiping under her nose where it had started bleeding from the pounding headache caused by the high-pitched frequencies she’d been working with. she needed air and being in the radio station it was just too hot for her. she walking when the sound of the scream interrupted her steps, making her eyes wince and her hands move to her temples, a groan leaving her lips. even still, she pushed through to get to the side of the girl the sound was coming from, thinking she was hurt. “shit, what the hell happened?” she asks, still thinking she was hurt salem’s eyes were darting over her.

#con;;luna

bynxiisms

her smile grew hearing salem’s words, before she’s chuckling softly, looking around them as the alien hisses.”those poor people seeing that on her back.” she says, before she’s placing the controls down, eyeing her friend up.”decided to come out of your bat cave, batman?”

“i know, right? they never saw ‘em coming.” salem sighed, looking down at the kids and their wide eyes on the alien queen bynx was controlling, salem stepping more to her side to be out of the way of them because they were a little jumpy and always felt awkward standing by when they bounced themselves into things and landed on their little butts.”batman without his buddy is just a pretentious prick so yeah.”

#con;;bynx #lacklusterhalloween #e001

mila-bwitz

it’s the great pumpkin, mila / open

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mila-bwitz

Mila munched on a few more popcorn before she replied. “Um, Casper, I think. We’re going from PG to PG-13, so that most of the little kiddies will be on bed by the time the scary Sanderson Sisters are on the silver screen.” She whispered and tilted to popcorn bucket back to the brunette next to her.

salem hummed in acknowledgment, not wanting to disrupt more than needed. “wonder whatever happened to christina ricci.” she muses, reaching for another few pieces of popcorn. she had to stay for hocus pocus. “need anything over here? more drinks, snacks? any requests?” if she was hunkering down here for the night she didn’t anyone here running out.

#con;;mila #lacklusterhalloween #e001

bynxiisms

“no it’s not real.” she says, as the alien scared a few of the children, which had bynx smiling, her hand still wrapped up as she moves the alien with the controller in her hand.”i mean. it is real. the little aliens are around here somewhere. those are the ones you’ve got to be careful of.”

“looks super real.” salem corrects under her breath, before bynx corrected words on her own and without having even heard her. there was really no hearing in here; the sound effects were loud. “i think i saw one hitching a ride on a kid’s back trying to get out of this place.” salem smiles.

#con;;bynx #lacklusterhalloween #e001

mila-bwitz

it’s the great pumpkin, mila / open

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mila-bwitz

Mila snapped the film reel on the projector and feed it through the machine. One of her favorite thing about the holidays, was there is always a Charlie Brown special to warm your heart. The Great Pumpkin is always her favorite. Just as she flicked it on and the lights dimmed she snuck back in and stole a seat in the back with popcorn in hand.

“Oh, this is my favorite part.” She whispered to the person next to her and offered them her popcorn.

making rounds before she was stuck in vulpec all night, she had poked her head in to make sure the equipment was running smoothly in various locations. right now it was in phoenix, though the moment she saw snoopy on the screen she was hunkering lower and finding a place to sit. maybe instead of hiding out in the radio station all night she could just hide out in here. nah, music couldn’t run on a loop, but she did have time so she made herself comfortable, looking to the woman beside her when she spoke, then back to the screen. “every part of charlie brown is the best part.” salem smiles, taking a piece of popcorn to munch on when offered. “what’s up next?” she might actually want to stay in here.

#con;;mila #lacklusterhalloween #e001

anatomicalauggie

“Sorry,” he started, hardly budging from his spot. As far as he knew, no one had given her clearance and he wasn’t the one running the show. Augustus’s soft chocolate eyes fell on the young woman, “It’s just standard procedure, especially since no one has given me intell on PTMD.”

“ugh seriously?” yes, seriously, salem. while she knew that the equipment was up to par, she still knew perseus followed procedures. it didn’t stop her from having an incredulous reaction; that was reflex. “okay fine, then where am i supposed to take it so it can be cleared? because without some type of kick-ass surveillance there’s probably going to be more break-ins and it’s already about to get crazy enough around here. i mean, it’s surprising i’m even out right now. i could get jumped and frisked in inappropriate ways by some weirdo. i’m risking my life, is what i’m saying.” she knew he was doing his job, clearly very well, but of course the one time she left vulpec on a mission she was stopped short.

#con;;augustus

growingup-keoki

“Yeah I do have to set up something along those lines. You know what could be fun, if there are big like, inflatable apples and you have to dive after them instead of just bobbing in a bucket for them.” Drumming at his chin over the idea, he looked back at the other with a chuckle. “You know, the lagoon isn’t a terrible place. Have you ever been?”

“like something weighted so they sink?” salem asks, to clarify. that could be interesting, people having to dive for them and maybe struggle a little to get them to the surface. she could get on board with this idea. “me? the lagoon?” she straightened up a little with slightly wider eyes, a little guilty, maybe some denial. salem had grown up here and she hadn’t been down there much. “not since i was little, like five or something. family picnic.” she admits. “my phone doesn’t really like the water.”

#con;;keoki

mass#sms

lux: always low on both.

lux: if i could just be set up with a bed outside the clocktower to insult people as they passed then life would be grand.

lux: i don't want to talk about it. i'm not worried.

lux: but there's also something about it that hurts my stomach. is that what a feeling feels like?

salem: i suppose you could but it might be a tripping hazard. two birds one stone.

salem: this is me not talking about it, just saying...

salem: like..ouchy hurts or like burning fury hurts? 'hurt' is a feeling physically and emotionally so it would be felt, yes.

#tex;;lux

growingup-keoki

“I promise that I won’t give anyone any sort of ideas.” Keoki said with a bit of a laugh. Scratching at the back of his head, the man shrugged. “I mean, I wouldn’t spend the whole day in the lagoon. But, like most of the day I’d spend in the lagoon. Granted, I spend most of my day gathering fruits and hanging out in trees, the lagoon is a good place to spend some time.

“sooo.....in short....would you rather hang out at the lagoon, or.....spend some time at the lagoon, maybe relax at the lagoon or like....be chillin like a villain at the lagoon. with some fruit of course?” she was learning he liked the lagoon so she thought she was being helpful here but just...in her own way. “you could nap at the lagoon with some apples. they float. pegasus is doing apple bobbing yeah? whole lagoon...just...should be full of apples.”

#con;;keoki

mass#sms

lux: taco... pizza. both. both is good.

lux: i mean, i'd be concerned but like... energy and effort.

lux: but i'm not positive enough to cheer her on in her quest to be obsessed with my boyfriend.

Salem: taco pizza it is.

salem: low on both?

salem: i can't blame you, not like she really stands a chance tho, i mean...

#tex;;lux

growingup-keoki

“An alien queen? That’s kind of cool. Why not just go as like one of her minions or something?” Keoki suggested. Breaking the bit of candy he had left in half, making sure to give her the piece that hadn’t been touched, he handed it out to her. “Me? I uh, I don’t think so. I’m not big on dressing up anyway, besides if anything I’ll just go jump into like a lagoon then instant costume.”

“kind of? it’s wicked, so long it stays away from my stuff.” there’s a lot of slime involved with it’s fake ‘saliva’ apparently, and she wanted nothing to so with it. “please don’t give them any ideas.” her nose scrunched up, pleadingly. the piece of candy being offered to her made her smile and she took it gently with a ‘thank you’, bringing it to her mouth to explore the flavor of it. “yeah but...you can’t spend the whole day at the lagoon. i mean, i know i’m a little reclusive but everyone needs people to drag them out sometimes; if i didn’t get out my vision might turn completely into sound waves and matrix.”

#con;;keoki

gold-hearted-dragon

“Well thank you, dear.” She smiled at Salem. Kaliyah knew that this knew hair was going to be a shock for most of the town. However, she wasn’t really planning on keeping it past Halloween. It would be back to normalcy before too long. “I don’t think I’d be able to make those colors look that nice with my complexion. Not to mention, I feel those are far out there for me. However, I think you would be able to pull off hot pink hair just nicely.” When she was asked about if it was the right decision, she didn’t even need a moment to think. “Of course. The kids are so happy that I followed through on the whole Halloween deal. They had to be good in order for this to happen.”

kaliyah wasn’t wrong where her complexion was concerned; neons wouldn’t suit. “maybe not colors that bright but you’d be able to pull off the pastels. like a lavender or a robin’s egg.” she muses, though she liked the darker shade against her complexion; it was different than she was used to which made it pretty damn cool. “me? hmm..” it was a genuine thought, it would make a statement, if hair could even do that really, she supposed. “i remember those days.” did she though? sort of. “once my math teacher wore a count dracula cape and said ‘bleh bleh bleh’ all day.” definitely stirred up the day and separated it from all the normal days back in school, so she knew why kids must love things like that. “you should let me take your picture with all the kids! like for a memory to document it!” salem could print the copies and kaliyah could given each of the kids one for a keepsake. “are they allowed to dress up on halloween in school? or the day before i mean?” she thought they let kids be free the whole day-of.

#con;;kaliyah

growingup-keoki

Tilting his head slightly, Keoki chuckled. The one thing he knew he wouldn’t be partaking in on that list was getting drunk. Even at twenty-four the man still hadn’t had a drink. He’d spent his twenty-first birthday swimming with his brothers and younger sister, instead of getting drunk and not remembering the next day. “Yeah, I suppose you’re right. Do you plan on dressing up? I hear that’s half the fun of this holiday.”

salem was mostly impartial to the holiday, while she enjoyed people having a god time, she preferred more to barricade herself in the underground station or in one of the tech labs where she knew everything within those labs was safe from things like soda spills and or puke. “uh i’m....” she looked down at her typical tattered flannel and her denim shorts and she wasn’t so sure a costume would be as comfortable. “no plans to so far, but....we’re working on an animatronic of the alien queen so you might find me like this plus...slime.” she admits, knowing with that thing it was likely a lot of people would get slime-drool on them. sorry in advance. “what about you? any costume ideas?”

#con;;keoki

growingup-keoki

Keoki smiled as plucked his second piece of the sweet treat from the plate. “You know, I never quite understood the allure behind Halloween. But, if the candy all tastes like this, then I could get behind it.” Looking to the figure beside him, he sighed. “But honestly, what’s the point? Just to dress up and scare people? Or dress up and get drunk?”

“pft, getting drunk.” seemed to be the first thing salem heard and instantly agreed upon, nodding her head as her dark eyes moved to the male. “i mean.....all the candy and the costumes and...the getting drunk.” she wasn’t a big fan of the holiday, but she did like seeing the bustle of the work people were having fun putting in, she supposed. “people seem to have fun so that’s something right?”

#con;;keoki

#meme

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