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It's Not a Spirits Halloween But It Will Do
Date of Scene: 01 October 2022
Location: Lost Pond Mall
Synopsis: Rogue and Kitty hit the mall in Salem Center as they work out Halloween Costumes.
Cast of Characters: Kitty Pryde, Rogue




Kitty Pryde has posed:
The first day of October seemed to want to let everyone know it had arrived. Cool winds swirled down out of the north, enough that people turned to sweatshirts, sweaters, or medium weight jackets. The leaves are mostly still green, but maybe there are a few hints of other colors starting to show through here and there. But it won't be long at all before they are changing colors and dropping so they can be raked into big piles and jumped into.

That is the purpose of them, after all.

But to celebrate the arrival of October, Kitty Pryde and Rogue are out at the mall. Looking for Halloween costume ideas. The place has a pretty good crowd on a Saturday afternoon. "I have no idea where I actually want to spend the 31st," Kitty comments. "I might go into town for a bit and hit a few clubs or something though. I mean, 21 now, so would be fun to get to celebrate it fully, you know?" she comments as they walk through the mall, looking for places to stop and check out costumes. The smell of the food court can be noticed just ahead. There's a small band playing polka music of all things, though their sign indicates they are advertising for Oktoberfest.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue is wearing some blue jeans with the knees frayed out, a black leather belt, and a army-drab-green tshirt that says 'ROGUE' in black font across her chestline. She's got her leather jacket on, over the shirt that ends a little above the low-rise jeans showing off a glimpse of taught tummy beneath. On her feet she's got some heeled boots that go up to mid-shin level, same dark brown leather as her jacket. Over her head she has her aviator shades pushed up, and her long two-toned hair flows freely around her shoulders, a bit wild after coming inside the mall.

"Can't believe this place is still hoppin' as much as it is. It must have like the nexus of 'great location' for a Mall t'still be goin this hard in 2022..." She mutters to Kitty, her fingers in the pockets on the front of her hips.

As they walk, she roams her eyes around, spying the band up ahead. "Nerdy, and annoying. Must be tryin' to draw people in..." She says, glancing over to Kitty with a smirk. "You gonna get a slutty costume for your Halloween New York city adventure?" She inquires in a lower tone. "Nurse Kitty, out on the prowl?"

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde is wearing a faux turtleneck in dark charcoal grey that snugs her body closely enough to show curves, along with a pair of jeans which Rogue knows are colloquially referred to as her 'great ass jeans'. Every girl needs a pair of those. A pair of brown leather boots peek out from the legs of the jeans. Her hair is back in a ponytail as if it is more often than not.

"Am I going to get a slutty costume?" Kitty repeats. "Am I going to get a slutty costume?" she repeats again in a more demonstratively questioning tone. "Of -course- I'm going to get a slutty costume," she tells Rogue with a laugh. "I mean, what's the point of going out on Halloween without one?" she asks. "Feel like coming with me?"

Kitty's eyes shift over to the polka band. "Hey, if you grew up with Polish grandparents and great aunts and uncles, this would be like walking into a relative's house as a kid. Nostalgia," she says of the polka music. "Definitely need to get a crew together to hit Oktoberfest this year," she says. "I want to get one of those giant boot glasses to take home."

She eyes the various stores. "So any ideas for a costume this year?"

Rogue has posed:
Rogue lets out a little laugh at the other's words, slowly nodding her head. "I might. I dunno yet. Remy's weird, as ever, and I dunno what Jean would like to do either. I like t'try'n get her outta the house for stuff like that also, but she gets kinda shifty when it comes to public debauchery. Headmistress status, likely, at the core'a that... But, yeah, it could be fun t'hit up the city for somethin' other than serious reasons."

While speaking, Rogue's eyes go over the store displays, scanning the fancy trendy fashions, and then a random store filled with swords and pewter fantasy figurines. "Oh, Malls... never change." She mutters with a sigh.

At the ad they're walking past though, Rogue steps around one side of it, and squeaks a little at the picture on it. "Oooo! A big puffy scarf! I need a big puffy scarf this year, I think..." She muses before looking back on to Kitty. "Now that I can kinda do costumes like that, without certain fear'a ruinin' someone's life who might accidentally bump in ta me... It is a bit more temptin' too. Though, I dunno what I'd go with. I like t'stand out in a crowd, ya know? And what the hell is a Octoberfest anyway? Just another excuse t'drink?"

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty lets out a cackling laugh. "That's exactly what it is. A two and a half week beer festival. I mean, it is a German thing and they have a bit of a love of beer and all," she says. "Though the Polish aren't far from that too," she says of her family line.

Pausing by the store that has lead figures, Kitty leans to look at a few in the display window. "I bet Doug would love a few of these. Would make a great surprise present for him. Have him wake up Christmas morning and have recreated the Fellowship crossing the bridge and Gandalf standing off against the Balrog," she says.

She slowly turns her head to say to Rogue in stage whisper, "That's a geek thing." She grins and chuckles warmly, obviously including herself in that culture. Because, obviously.

"You definitely should show some skin. You've had to do the overalls costumes for too long," Kitty agrees. "So going to need something for the school, and something to wear out. Bobby wanted to come up with a group costume, for the school," she says. "And was it Jean that wanted a theme for all the teachers?"

Rogue has posed:
Rogue pauses outside that store too, though she takes a minute to come over to it, tearing herself away from a sunglasses display. She joins Kitty at her side, staring at the figures, and smirks over at her. "I mean, I dig the little waterfall thing they're standing on." She says, only what is she talking about?

Further inside the store, she's staring at a table that has a display with even more all around a waterfall that has smoke and mist coming out of it too. "I bet that'd be a challenge to keep clean." She says with a grin before she glances over at Kitty.

"Yeah. Jean digs the themed costumes. Scooby, Disney, so on." She mutters before shaking her head side to side. "We got St. Patrick's Day, now Octoberfest... people should own up to it and just call it 'Drink till we can't see anymore Day'."

She smirks again before she glances across the mall toward the food court. "Hmmm. I should bring something home to Remy. He gets all giddy like a boy if you get him presents while out..." She says while rubbing her upper lip with the tip of her tongue, her hands going up to the pockets of her jacket.

A couple of young guys walk past, and eye Rogue and Kitty, which gets a smile from Rogue toward them, even though they're likely young enough to be her students.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty is leaning forward to look into the window, "Yeah, one of those things that looks great but probably more of a pain than it's worth to have out and going," she agrees on the waterfall.

She does look back in time to catch Rogue preening at getting eyed up. It makes her gives a soft laugh. "We could do Scooby Doo. Maybe for when we go into the city. Slutty Velma and Slutty Daphne?" she suggests. "Maybe we can talk Rahne into coming as Scooby," she says, though in a tone that suggests she's just kidding on the last part.

"Hrm, what kind of stuff do you get for Remy anyway?" she asks. "I know his interests but that doesn't necessarily relate well to present ideas," she comments. She begins resuming their walk, a hobby store up ahead that has all sorts of costumes plus material and other items for creating costumes. "Wonder if there's a way we could make mermaids work but not be stuck sitting in one place with fish tails for legs," she muses aloud.

Rogue has posed:
"Probably everything in that store." Rogue fires back at the Remy question, hooking a thumb over her shoulder at the fantasy-themed store behind her now. She smirks softly then, before she motions up ahead down one of the hallways. "Or Victoria's Secret." She motions toward the food court. "Or, food." She grins now, before looking to Kitty again.

"Nah... I did Velma a couple years ago with Jean. We had Scott as Fred, and yeah... it was fun though. But, I'm thinkin' somethin' a little darker this year. Maybe a Vamkpire, though I don't want Jubes to shout like... 'Cultural Appropriation!' at me..."

She turns then to walk again, glancing around some more. "Gamestop. Remy would like that also. Ya know, really, he's not that hard t'shop for...."

"Hmm... Sexy Zombie could be kinda cool. Like, ya never see a zombie that is basically fallin' outta its tattered clothes. That doesn't make any sense...."

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty Pryde lets out a breath at the cultural appropriation comment. "Yeah," she says. She's never really been a fan of Jubilee going through that change. Though tried to be as supportive of it as she can. "Could do a sexy mummy? Carefully placed rags," she says. "A belly dancer thing wouldn't be a horrible idea either," Kitty comments. Her voice lowering to just loud enough Rogue can still hear her as she says, "And might happen to have one of those already." She begins whistling idly in a way that seems to proclaim innocence on the topic though.

"Well, could have Remy dress up as... who is even still alive on Walking Dead? The biker guy? I don't even remember his name it's been so long since I watched it. Darrel?"

Kitty chews her lower lip as she considers, looking at some of the costumes they have on display. "I can't think of too much topical from this year worth doing," she says thoughtfully.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue laughs at what Kitty says, shaking her head gently. "I don't wanna know what you an' Bobby are gettin' up to in your rooms together." She says openly as they start walking once more. "And Daryl, yeah... I loved Daryl the most, but that show fell off a damn cliff. I can't believe it's even still goin'... what a pointless show it turned out t'be." She draws in a breath then, her chin rising up some as she rubs her lips together. Pop. She parts them and speaks up then. "Daryl Remy would be pretty sexy though... and I could be his chained-up Zombie lova." She casts a grin over to Kitty.

"You should do Calvin an' Hobbes with Lockers. My mom used t'love those comic strips. I remember she had the books of them on our coffee table, and I'd flip through them, havin' no idea what they're actually about t'day though. It could be a good school costume, though maybe super dated at this point... What happened to cute animal movies anyway?"

Rogue glances inside Gamestop as they walk past it, furrowing her dark eyebrows. "Guns, war, death, destruction games... Is it any wonder our world is like it is?" She asks then, having never been a gamer fan herself.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
It's Kitty's turn to laugh now. "If we did, I'd have to get Lockheed a wig and little black pants and Calvin shirt and let him be Calvin. Then I can walk in in a bit tiger costume," she says, laughing at the thought of turning on its head which of them most would think to have as which character.

"That is a great idea, though yeah, the kids today wouldn't have any clue," she says. As if she's all that much older than them. But Kitty Pryde is pretty retro.

She takes a glance in the video game outlet as well. "Eh, not going to blame it on the video games," she says. "It's not those that lead to the real thing. It's just simple greed and lust for power," she says with a sigh. "Speaking of, haven't seen Erik in awhile," she comments in a bit of a cold voice. Dude did nearly kill her. More than once.

"Well I think the zombie idea is a great one, and he'd make a great Daryl. How are you at that kind of makeup?" she asks. "I kind of like the mummy idea. Going to keep that one in my back pocket in case I don't think of anything better."

Rogue has posed:
Rogue just snickers softly then as she shakes her head. "Maybe so." She says of the video games. "It's just kinda interestin. I heard someone sayin' the other day that games are more popular than sports are these days. Which will lead t'all the kids being ultra competitive but not great at working as a team. Which seems like it could hold some credence. But, what the hell do I know.I'm just the Poetry teacher." She states with a big grin cast over at Kitty as they draw closer to the Polka Band music.

Rogue's eyes scan over the band members as they play, and some of the crowd watching, with kids running around their parents, and the parents taking pics with their phones.

Rogue leans over to Kitty then. "Ya know Zombies in movies are actually about like a take on people shoppin' at Malls and shit, yeah? That's us, we're the real zombies!"

Her eyes peer for a moment then. "Wait, are Mummies and Zombies the same thing? What's the difference? Just the bandages?"

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty snickers softly. She stops to look at a costume that is meant to be a dancer from a hip hop video. It has a gigantic butt insert which makes Kitty just cover her face and shake her head. "No. No no no," she says, putting it back on the hook she found it.

She turns over to Rogue. "Well, some of the most popular games now, like League of Legends, and Heroes vs Villains, are group games. Takes a lot of teamwork to be at the top level. But yeah, kids should definitely get out and play more sports. For a lot of reasons. You just don't interact the same online as in person," she agrees.

She stops to turn back to Rogue. "Zombies and Mummies? Zombies are normal dead people who got reanimated. Just dead people, or who were buried normal like. Mummies are specially entombed to preserve the body. They do all kind of things, removing the organs, pumping them full of stuff that will keep the body from decaying. And then the classic Mummy appearance of course is wrapping them up. But real ones aren't necessarily wrapped. Maybe Egyptians did that, but some other places that did mummies don't," she says. "But in a way they are the same as both are dead who are still moving around."

She pauses. "Yeah I'm kind of liking the idea of sexy mummy. I can strategically place the wrappings. Just put some pasties on the places that need covering and then I can have the wrappings reveal as much or as little as I want. Leave it looking like there's nothing beneath the bandages."

Rogue has posed:
Throughout what Kitty says, Rogue starts to have a grin grow on her expression. She shakes her head at the huge botty costume too, but then waits until Kitty finishes before she leans in again. "Did you know that they wrapped King Tut's wang while it was stiff as a board up too?" She asks. "I heard it in a video the other night. Shortly after they found him... it broke off too. So somewhere out there is King Tut's hard-as-a-rock mummified wang, in some rich lady's nightstand..."

After relaying that hot take information, Rogue steps over to a rack loaded with pirate costumes.

"I do have a fondness for sexy pirate gal too though... might be warmer than Zombie too, and less makeup..." She notes while moving costumes around to look at the different styles. "Okay... maybe not warmer." She notes at how revealing they are.

"But yeah, after all that blue paint last year, I am kinda worn out on makeup..." She mutters, speaking of how Kitty had to paint her up for the Mystique-look last Halloween.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
Kitty just covers up her eyes for a few seconds at the knowledge drop about King Tut's... tuts. "Well, I'll know the answer to that one if I ever get accepted onto Jeopardy," she says, laughing softly.

She moves over to look at the pirate outfits. "Yes, sexy pirate lass always is a hit. And you know, there's not really a big overlap between 'warm' and 'sexy' when it comes to costumes. I just figure, wear a coat and then lose it when you get indoors," she says.

"The best costumes," Kitty agrees, "Are ones your face is still normal and not covered up. So you can drink, eat, talk. Masks can look amazing, but who wants to be hidden like that all the time?" she says. "Unless it's a costume ball sort of thing where you're supposed to wear a mask."

Kitty glances over at Rogue thoughtfully. "You know you could go as your," she says, lowering her voice like she's sharing a secret, "Super hero identity."

Rogue has posed:
That last bit has Rogue laughing again. She lets go of the last pirate costume she's got on the rack, and then turns to look at Kitty. "Hmm. That's not a bad idea, really. After that couple'a weeks'a after I absorbed Supergirl.... I sorta got pulled in to the whole skirt look online. Now there's a ton'a artwork of 'Mighty Woman' in green and yellow versions of Supergirl's outfits." She smirks big at this. "I don't have a lotta those kinda skirts, but I suppose I could get some here, or online."

She notes while picking up a witch mask off a shelf nearby. She raises it up to look through it, to test the eye holes. "Yeah. I am not gonna go a whole night breathin my own damn breath inside a mask, that's for sure. Besides, masks are more'a guy thing, I think." She states, putting the witch face back down on the pile, making sure the noses all line up."

She catches up with Kitty then, and looks around the store again. "You ever wanted t'hook up with a guy in a mask before? Like, a one night stand kinda thing?" She asks quietly then, because, well, it's Rogue. "That'd be kinda excitin, wouldn't it?" She asks with a grin while picking up a pumpkin mask off a table. She takes her sunglasses off then, and pulls the mask / helmet down over her head, it resting pretty securely over her shoulders since she's got all that hair.

And now Kitty has a pumpkin head staring at her. "Ey, Babee. You like what you seein?" She asks from within the helmet head.

Kitty Pryde has posed:
"Depends," Kitty replies as she moves along with Rogue through the store. "Does a Russian guy whose face turns to metal count as a 'mask'?" she asks, flashing her grin over to Rogue. "Actually that whole costume ball thing where everyone is wearing a mask and you don't know who the other people are? That kind of is an intriguing setting. I think that anonymity could make for an interesting time. Maybe never removing them, never quite sure who it was?" she says, then laughs as that isn't quite the kind of thing Kitty would seem likely to get mixed up in.

As Rogue dons the pumpkin mask, Kitty bats her eyes over at her friend. She walks over with a slow walk designed to give her hips a bit of movement. "Oh my. I don't think I can stop myself from throwing myself at you," she says, sliding a hand around to the small of Rogue's back and then leaning over to press a kiss to the lips of the pumpkin mask.

A rather meek looking guy in his early twenties is walking past and stops, eyes going wide as he watches. After a moment he continues on, walking with a little hitch in his step as if trying to subtle adjust himself. "Gotta buy a mask like that," he can just be heard muttering to himself. Kitty waits until he's well past to break out laughing.

Rogue has posed:
Rogue can barely see in the pumpkin head, but she's grinning when Kitty gets all up in her business. "Oooh. Why hellooooo..." She says to the other girl. While the heated kiss is going on, the Belle is speaking from within the mask. "Someone is watchin' us, aren't they?" She asks. "I can feel it. Is it a weirdo old man?" She asks further.

"Oh well, give them a show." She whispers to Kitty before stroking up the sides of the other's hips and then raising her right leg up and down the outside of Kitty's thigh. When they part, Rogue raises her hand up then to mockingly rub the back of her hand over the forehead of the pumpkin head.

"Whew! Maybe this is the costume I should wear, if I'm already pullin' in this kinda tail!" She announces from within it before turning and smacking her head on a shelf.

THUD.

"Peripheral isn't so good in this thing though...." The Belle's muffled voice speaks as she reaches up and whips the head off, leaving her hair wild around her head and shoulders! "Gettin' steamy in there too!"