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Rayna Farrell - as Wednesday Addams

Well the one good turn of fate was that Rayna was able to attend the Bootanical Garden event. Her parents still were upset that somehow their daughter had ended up injured after going missing while on an evening walk. She couldn't explain to them what really happened but just the fact that she was able to leave the hospital only a day or two after being admitted had worked in her favor. Sure there was still an aching tenderness in her arm and it was still in the process of healing but Rayna had hoped that it wouldn't put a damper on the fun to be had this evening.

After she had arrived at the Botanical Gardens she had began to wander the reception area just in time to hear the announcement that rain had set in, limiting the areas that were accessible at the moment. Putting her hands on her hips the teen sighed before glancing at the rather large hall. It was almost comical how she appeared, dressed in all black with her hair done in identical braids running down each side of her head. She had chosen to go as Wednesday Addams if only to get in touch with the side of her that loved anything to do with the paranormal. She'd opted to leave the white face paint at home to appear paler than usual. As the rain ended Rayna was hoping that the crowd would be allowed to move out to explore the maze rather soon.

Seung Kim

While Terry had suggested a group costume idea, with him being cat woman for some reason, Seung had declined the idea - though it was...odd and interesting, he was planning to ask Terry about that another time. It was instead that he had grabbed his old school uniform, glad that he hadn't grown beyond needing to enlarge the arms a bit, and had put it to use as a costume for the event at the cities botanical gardens.

He'd heard, on the news, about the incident last December and was worried about it, enough to try and talk his younger cousin out of going with them, but he'd been out numbered with Terry and Hyeon-hyung telling him in various ways that Eunkyung should go and that it would be a good thing. Unable to win against them both, especially his own hyung, he'd relented and had helped his younger cousin with a costume as his own required almost no work at all.

So far though things seemed to be doing well. Standing with the small group he was with, only three other people, Seung was happy to stand there holding his husbands hand as he glanced about. "When is maze starting....fog is thick - might cause people to not see the ground well." And could lead to people getting hurt. Being inside it sort of felt...eerie, at least to him, considering what had happened last year in December and last year around Halloween and this year was already shaping up to be...less than safe. He'd already mentioned his distrust of this to his own family earlier - on the way here.

Aloysius Sharp dressed as Spine from SPG

Aloysius was slightly interested in the Halloween events this year since he did not have anything scheduled in terms of performances or jobs. There were many faces that he did not recognize and he wondered if anyone he knew was here at all. The thick metallic makeup that he wore as well as the amount of bobby pins that held his hair out of sight under his vest and coat kept his own appearance vague at best. The quick temporary hairspray dye had gone surprisingly well given how thick his hair was, it was now perfectly black instead of brown to complete the look he was going for.

The candy that was offered really didn't pique his interest as he took his place near the wall and watched the crowd quietly. He almost wished that he had brought his violin to play as entertainment so that he would feel more relaxed around such a large group of strangers.

Miles Fury (Dressed as Nick Fury)

Halloween was one of Miles' absolute favorite times of the year, and with very good reason. Granted, he'd already had something of an unfortunate incident with the holiday and some delicious - but detrimental to the comfort of his pain receptors in his mouth - Halloween candy, but Miles was absolutely convinced that he'd simply been the victim of one of those holiday ruining bastards that were the whole reason parents told horror stories to their kids about razor blades in apples, needles in taffies, and other nastiness buried within the delicious goodies gathered via Trick or Treating.

A one in a million bit of bad luck, that was all, not some sort of weird portent of things to come.

Prior to dressing up to attend the Destiny City’s Botanical Garden's snazzy little event, he'd gotten himself quite neatly stoned (Halloween events - indeed, most events - were far more entertaining when one was flying in the sweet embrace of Mary Jane) and had arrived in plenty of time to enjoy the free snacks and candy, to mingle a little bit with the friendlier patrons, and to watch the various presentations that were available. At least, until he got bored and distracted and ended up escaping the reception hall to wander around a bit outside before the rain began and the garden staffers ushered each of the attendees back into the main building to wait out the downpour. "Man, a little rain never hurt nobody!" His words were affronted, but his expression wasn't angry and he didn't fight the staffer that was gently but firmly insisting he rejoined the others; Miles didn't want to be kicked out, after all, he just wanted to make his objections - such as they were - known.

And truly, a little rain hadn't ever harmed anyone he knew about...except maybe acid rain - or if you counted fictional characters, the Wicked Witch had melted into a gross puddle of goo after being splashed - but beyond things like that, rain was basically harmless. Miles glanced around as he rejoined the other patrons, blinking a bit; with so many of the people around him in some sort of make up or other, maybe this time it was for the best that they stayed out of the rain? Miles' costume didn't require him to use any make up, but it definitely looked like a lot of the others did (some to get those awesome 'undead' special effects going).

"Man, whatever." Miles carefully smoothed the lapels on his stiff leather coat and ran a hand through his curls to check if the black dye would stain his fingers. He'd thought it was semi-permanent, but that didn't always mean s**t - luckily, it seemed as though he'd chosen well, his fingers came away damp, but without beads of colour staining them. "Cool." Once he'd determined that all was well, the stoned Nick Fury headed back to the snack table, not really noticing as the weirdly heavy fog rolled in because he was far more interested in getting more of that delicious looking food into his belly than he was paying attention to stuff around him.

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Hux Evans (dressed as Alucard)

Dressing up was something that Hux never had any problems with, taking enjoyment out of picking one out and seeing if he could get someone to join him in a theme. So when it was clear that Alexandre and he would be going to the Botanical Garden's event, the taller blond of course took the time to pick something out. Though he was sure to choose something easy to move and fight in considering his cousin's tale. When he asked Tink what he was going to go as, seeing if maybe they could theme up, and got told that his little cousin was going to go as a butler, well Hux had a few different ideas he could go with for that. He ended up caving and dressing up as Alucard though he didn't put on a wig or contacts to complete the outfit.

Once they had gotten to the Gardens however, it was a bit disappointing to be confined inside for the moment. "Well hopefully things will clear up soon?" Hux whispered back to Alex.

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Terry Hyatt (dressed as Shinichi Kudo)

Honestly the Cat Woman costume had really been a joke but one that Terry couldn't resist suggesting to his husband. Still it was probably for the best that Seung had turned that idea down over all since this wasn't really that kind of party that they were going to be going to. Though the fact that Seung was wearing his school outfit... it was just as distracting to him as what the other could have been. It also made it hard to try and theme up. In the end Terry had picked out an outfit that at least sort of matched, by way of it being a Japanese school uniform since he had dressed up as Shinichi Kudo.

Now that they were at the Gardens though he was glad for the long sleeves since fog and rain tended to be on the cold side of things if they ended up outside at all. "Hopefully the fog will clear out before we end up doing the maze." Terry said as he gave his husband a smile then looked over at his two cousin-in-laws.

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Hyeon Kim (dressed as Yusuke Hanamura)

He hadn't been about to stay home when Seung and Eunkyung had been planning on going to the Botanical Gardens, so Hyeon had picked out an outfit he had felt appropriate over all. Said outfit happened to be Yusuke Hanamura from the Persona series, just for nostalgia. He absolutely adored how Eunkyung's fairy outfit turned out though and he had been sure to compliment the two on a job well done.

At the current time, he was standing off to Seung's side with his own cup as both Terry and Eunkyung answered Seung's question. He didn't throw in his opinion on top of things since he didn't have anything to add to it at the moment. Instead he was content to stand there looking around at the other guests and see how they all interacted together and separately. It looked like a few people weren't liking the atmosphere and others were loving it. At least from what he could gather.

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Hania (dressed as a Witch Cat)

When Hania had first heard about the event at the Botanical Gardens, he wasn't really sure if he would end up going at all. It wasn't until he remembered what had gone on last year that he decided to go, just to keep an eye out for anything that could go wrong. So he had Kailey pick him up a little black witch hat and he went with her to the gardens which thankfully didn't seem to care if 'pets' were included so long as they were well behaved.

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Joanna Watson (dressed as Commander Shepard)

While it wasn't an anime convention, it was a chance to dress up and to possibly make some new friends. So Joanna picked out a costume, in particular a female Commander Shepard in army fatigues rather then full armor. Currently she was walking around the hall with a drink in hand as she looked for anyone familiar or who caught her eye.

Michi (Dressed as a butterfly)


Michiko was in the main hall with everyone else, she was so excited for the games to start. Michi would love to see or win a rare plant. Michiko loved plants especially fruit plants, she had her own garden in her parent's backyard that she tended her garden every day. She didn't mind the rain setting in it just meant to her that her garden would get a wonderful fresh rain. Michi looked around the food and candy table curious what treats there were to be had at the party. Michiko left the food table without getting anything she bought a raffle ticket with the money her mom gave her. She put her ticket in her small black bag. Michiko looked out the window at the fog that was rolling in rain and fog it made for a spooky Halloween party. She thought to herself.

Lysander Cadwell (Dressed as a modern vampire)

"Now you're in my territory." He grinned, glad Basil had mentioned Pavlov. "It's probably something like that. The flowers can respond to stimuli but they can also recognize when the stimuli isn't a danger to them so they stop protecting themselves."

It sounded like something interesting to read up on but he didn't know if he'd really ever do it. Too much other stuff to read up on and learn.

"It's interesting to think that there could be some sort of intelligence or consciousness that's different from our own. And it's right under our noses rather than out in space."

Basil Whybourne ( dressed as his usual self, in nice slacks, button down, and vest )


He considered this, Basil slowly mulling it over.

"So, there would be similarities between them and humans, in a sense," he said, after a moment's thought. "Humans have a tendency to protect themselves from outside or unwanted stimuli. But I suppose they also sometimes don't recognize when something isn't a danger, therefore inducing pain or consequences for not realizing. Perhaps that the same of plants as well."

He reached out a hand, Basil's fingers skimming the fern again, though it was a much more contemplative touch than before, as though he was trying to figure something out.

"Perhaps one day scientists will figure out a way to communicate."