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[Monster Mash]

Aries feet started moving a little more and his body swaying just a little. This was the time to let loose all the amount of stress built up over the years. Being cooped up in a boring old library with your boss breathing down your neck was not at all fun but it was something he has to do to survive. With his mind not thinking about anything, his started to dance a little more. This was much more fun.

(Entrance)

"It is cold." Alastair's companion murmured quietly, watching his breath escape into the still air. Bauta shifted uncomfortably, his arms full of packages that his neighbor insisted they bring. It would have been a perfect night to close up shop early and enjoy the quiet sounds of a flickering fire and a warm mug of spiced cider, but his peaceful night had been rudely interrupted.

And he had been forced to dress in costume, horror of horrors. For some reason, Alastair had been firm. He had no clothes for All Hallow's Eve, but his collection of carnival costumes would have to suffice. Bauta had chosen one of his most elaborate masks, stitched with gold thread and horned with sparkling jewels of glass. His high collar and ornate robes made the harpy uncomfortable, but he never spoke his displeasure. As unseemly as this public display was, he would be a dutiful neighbor when Alastair had asked for his help. He kept his mottled brown wings tightly held against his body, the only outward display of his discomfort.

"Is there a reason we're here in costume?" he asked softly, looking at the man beside him out of one, honey brown eye. "In fact, Alastair, I find it strange one who has been a lawmaker would choose the guise of a criminal."

((Entrance))

"Law enforcer," he clarified brightly. "That beuracracy stuff was never for me. But 'tis the season! Makes it more fun to dress as something you're absolutely not." He laughed. "Don't you think?"

The blond didn't actually wait for an answer, instead he paused to give the house up ahead a calculating look. Seeming to come to some decision with himself he began to walk again. "There aren't that many excuses a year to just let loose, Bauta. Gotta take 'em where you can," he nodded along with his own statement, knocking on the decorated door.

After a moment's pause Alice gave the door a nudge, blinking when it opened. He poked his head inside the frame, glancing about. "Helloo?" He called. it certainly was a nice house.

He considered his obtions briefly- very briefly- and then took a step inside.

((Entrance))

"Because it's my first Halloween in three years without a cane." He said over his shoulder, grinning widely. "And you're indulging me." Then, lifting his voice a little so as to be heard over the music he called into the hallway.

"Hello? Stranger with candy present!"

[Monster Mash -> Junk Shack]

With his eyes closed and a rather large smile on his face, Aries kept on dancing. It was a dramatic change from the unusually quiet library but it was a much needed, refreshing change. Aries gave a smile as Alex started singing. His mind just taking it all in and enjoying every moment of it.

After a while, he got tired. It wasn't everyday one get to dance like that and he got thirsty so he gave a bow, thanked Alex and excused himself to get some drink. Aries then slowly made his way to the kitchen.

Once he enter the kitchen, he noticed three people talking. Aries didn't want to interrupt them so he slowly made his way to the table and got himself some Apple juice, eyeing the chocolates that's around it.

(Entrance -> Junk Shack)

This was probably the most undignified experience of his life, it really couldn't possibly get any worse. Maybe next time, he would be able to tell Alastair 'no' when his neighbor asked for his help though...that would probably be rude. Ugh, caught by his own morals.

"I will not get wrinkles, Alastair, I am quite young for a harpy." he said, following the other man. "And strange though you may be, it seems a bit unsavory to announce such things in someone else's home. It is like you are, well, trying to lure away their children and small pets into a van of some sort."

[[Entrance]]

The young boy slowly made his way down the staircase from the upper more private regions of the home. He didn't mean to take so long, but putting on his white face make up and adding the careful lines of black around his eyes with black eyeliner took him longer than he expected. He hoped to be finished by the start of the Halloween party (which, he still didn't understand how came to happen), but he had miscalculated. He didn't mind, though, he didn't like being there at the start of events. He was so much easier to pick out from the crowd when the crowd was as thin as a poor man's soup. Despite recent events, Isi was still in a foul state of mind, so he had no intention of being out in the open where he could easily be found. This conflicted viciously with the color of his outfit: bright stark naked white. Isi wanted to be I Pagliacci (Italian for "Clown"), though, so he was going to be it, even if the bright white would make him stand out in the incoming crowd.

As he pushed through the black curtains and hobbled down the steps, his forearm crutches placed themselves firmly where he directed so he didn't slip or fall as he came down the stairs. Well, he could already spot the furry white mask that was his adopted brother bobbing through the crowd and he could spot various other familiar faces in the growing crowd. He felt a small pang of agony as he glanced at Aphismet. Just the fact that he had to wear a mask at a Halloween party seemed to hurt him somehow.

Isi glanced behind him, cocking an ear for the mischievous raevan that was his ward. He had been helping the young raevan with his costume and he was sure that he should be down at any moment, but there was still no sign of the frei. Isi sighed, forced himself not to rub at his face or scratch his cheek lest he ruin the carefully painted black tear drop that he had spent so much time on, and stepped into the crowd.