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Regina hadn't been so into her conversation that she'd missed the boy with the pierced lip when he finally spoke to her and Teagan, after standing there and looking around. She looked over, and offered a small smirk, shrugging. "Nothin'. Who're you?" As tactful as a badger to the face, this one. Regina didn't seem at all suspicious of the boy, turning to face him with a curious smile. He was here, right? So obviously he couldn't be bad, since this was a place for good stuff. Her logic was infallable!

Alice didn't watch much television but she had seen some of the Disney movies and her mum had shown her the picture book versions of the Disney movies so she'd know what people were talking about. Her uncle Simon had then proceeded to tell her the stories the movies were based on which had been informative.

This meant that even though she probably viewed such things from a slightly unusual perspective she atleast knew what her friend was talking about. And to be fair they were both very pretty costumes, not enough leg freedom for Alice but still very pretty.

"Neat" Alice commented then made a long statement for her "Do you need to be a princess to have a fairy godmother?"

"good" Alice commented. It would have been mean if you had to be a princess to have a fairy godmother but she was still a bit worried about the beautiful part, it seemed a bit unfair. Still for all she knew beautiful girls needed more help, in the fairytales they always seemed to be the ones falling into scrapes. Alice herself wasn't worried even if she didn't have a fairy godmother she didn't feel that she needed one.

It was more important now to find out what Evelyn wanted to do. There seemed to be plenty of games and food, as well as the maze. So she felt there was plenty to do but she couldn't figure out what Evelyn would want to do. She started looking around for some inspiration.

Garrett shakes his head abruptly, and his feathers follow suit, ruffling up and out so the boy looks bedheaded all over. He clears his throat and turns to his buddy, only to gape in horror in their accidental matching of costumes.

"'M sorry, I didn't, I didn't know you were gonna be a cowboy too, Nah!" he stammers and looks anxiously at his boots. His talons scratch at the thick toes of the genuine cowboy boots, threatening to pop right out by the end of the night, especially if embarrassment such as this causes the boy to be remain sheepish and apologetic for much longer.

His right wing perks up at the apparent shift of wind, catching air along the tips of ruffled feathers oddly.

"Aw, come on!" chided Nahuel, a sly grin sneaking across his face. He didn't know why Garrett wasn't as excited about their accidental matching as he was. "Great minds think alike and all that!"

He swiped a pair of cookies from the nearest platter of junk food, handed one to his friend, and munched thoughtfully on the other.

"Aw man!" he grumbled. "Where's everyone I know?"

No Hana? No Reese? He'd seen Owen, but Owen wasn't really a good friend. No Cain? What about Tea?

"You seen a lemur guy anywhere?" he asked.

They were late, as usual, but this time Qing had an excuse. Some madman of a professor had scheduled a midterm for Halloween night. He didn't really see what the big deal was, but the rest of the class was up in arms about it, so he gathered that it must be some inexcusable offense committed by a teacher that no one liked anyway. Fortunately for Qing, the test was an easy one, and he was able to duck out of the class early to get himself and Aidan ready for a party that they had been invited to. He hoped that Anandi would be able to join them soon.

It was difficult to walk quickly in the long, sweeping labcoat that he had pulled on to protect against the night air, but it was the only coat he had. His glasses were cracked, so he had grabbed a pair of goggles, but they didn't work as well. Qing could only hope that Aidan, dressed in his favorite navy coat, would have an easier time of things.

When they could see the Halloween decorations in the distance, Aidan pulled on Qing's hand sharply. It was awful, waiting for the party that Qing had promised they could go to, only to get there after everyone else. As they got closer, he saw kids in fancy clothes, and started to feel a bit envious. They all looked like they knew each other, but he didn't really know anyone. Yet.

Qing waved to a few people as they entered, smiling, but his expression showed concern. He didn't know that it was a costume party! They were both underdressed... well, hopefully no one would notice.

Kyo quickly knelt down and grabbed onto Riddik and held him in his arms as the gazebo shattered into splinters and flung themselves all across the party.
"What the hell?" he cursed under his breath, "are you ok?" he then looked down between his arms where Riddik was protected.

"Yeah.." The polar bear like boy responded, "I'm getting scared can we leave now..?" Riddik looked up, "I'm so hungry.." he whispered and ignored all the crazy sounds that filled the room. All he could think about was filling his stomach and that was his only concern. Then the wind came and gave a slight tug at his body.

"Don't pull on me like that, Riddik." Kyo muttered as he stood back up as best as he could, while Riddik was holding onto dear life on his leg.

"I didn't do it on purpose.." Riddik looked up at his guardian confused at what he said. He must have not felt that wind... it was pretty strong.

Then the wind picked up and was stronger this time, causing Riddik to loose his grapple on Kyo's pant leg and back he fell flat on his butt.
"Ooww..." He growled and roared and showed his inner bear vocals. Further and further he was dragged and closer and closer Riddik came to the sink hole.

Kyo dove toward his charge, but his reach wasn't far enough.

"RIDDIK, this isn't time for any games!"

"Kyo! I isn't playing!" Riddik tried to dig his claws into the ground as he came closer and closer to the pool, but it was too late.