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Orange- and black-painted lights were scattered all over the ceiling. There was a long table set up in the corner of the large house with food running down the length of it; bits of fluffed-up cotten randomly flecked across the tabletop gave the impression that it was covered in spider webs. Huge, cartoon-y drawings of skulls, witches, spiders, and monsters of all other kinds decorated the usually clean, respectable walls.

Oh, yes, this house was a Halloween wet dream.

The hostess was dressed up as an angel, ironically, as her little red-haired baby was costuming as a werewolf. The baby would periodically crawl over to the table of food, trying to snatch herself a chicken wing, or a 'tato chip, but her mother would spot and detain her.

The party wasn't even at the hostess' own house, but rather, her oldest childhood friend, who was conviently gone for a bit! So that meant break in and hold a party. Her friend wouldn't find out if the hostess cleaned up everything in time. What she didn't know wouldn't hurt her.

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Baniru pushed Karma along down the street, going from door to door with the usual response of: "Trick or treat!"

The little toddler was dressed up elaborately as a red devil, the mother walking so close behind that she tripped on his tail a few times. He protectively carried a small pitchfork and a plastic pumpkin bucket half full of goodies.

"Boo!" Karma giggled, jumping unsteadily through the party house door. Unfortunately he didn't scare anyone.
There wasn't really anyone to scare.

For the sake of not ruining the moment, Baniru ran in front of him and jumped back in suprise, gasping as loud as she could muster.
"KARMA, YOU SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME!"

The toddler laughed mischeiviously as the woman picked him up and strode over to the food table.

"WAAAAAAAAARGH!!" Chikara seemingly popped out of thin air, staring at the people who had suddenly arrived, interrupting her pneumonia-induced nap. She clutched a robe around her form (she had found it in one of the house's numerous closets), and blinked.

"...hey, is that food?" She asked, striding towards the two near the food table. "Can I have some? I was doused with milk and I just fell into a toilet, so I'm kind of hungry. Hey, he's really cute!" She noticed Karma, and grabbed his cheeks, pulling his face out as far as she could. "Hello sweetie beetie weetie pie!"

Chikara, however, was unperturbed by the infant's sudden wailing. "Aww...lookee the wittle babie boo is having a temper tantrum rantrum!" She squealed, picking him off the floor and bouncing him up and down. "Aren't you a cutie?"

She re-noticed Baniru, and blinked. "HEY! You're a person! Do you know whose house this is, where the clothes are, if I can stay here and how to remove milk stains from a giant syrofoam orange?"

It had taken forever to get ready! Who would have known something this small could really be so much trouble?

A flash of red turned the corner, finally heading toward a destination long overdue. A sequined dress ruffled in the breeze that flying caused, just barely kissed with a tinge of pink as they reflected the wings behind them. The hum of rapidly beating wings was all one would hear as the flash zipped across streets and down the block, until the vision in red finally slowed to a halt.

There was one very large reason why Asrafel was thankful of being able to fly, that night, and that was that he knew these damn high heels could not have been comfortable footwear for any lady, be they in the 1920's or present day.

He hovered toward a dark figure, not quite sure whether it was who he was expecting or not, and stopped nearby, trying his very best to look both demure and seductive at the same time. It wasn't hard, wearing a thin slip of a red dress covered in ruffles and sequins, and a matching feather strip of a hat. He had even gotten his mother to put on the prettiest makeup, setting off his bright blue eyes with dark eyeshadow and eyeliner. He hovered in mid-air, though his legs extended to the reach of the floor, just barely tapping the tips of his heels against the pavement to catch the attention of the dashing dressed stranger he could only assume was his date.

"Excuse me, but would you have the time~? I think I may be just a touch late~."

He suppressed a giggle, and inside bit his lip, twirling a beaded necklace in his fingertips.

He was glad he knew the people at this party. He was sure if he didn't, he would be getting hit on any minute now.

((YOU KNOW YOU WANT A REFERENCE PIC =D http://www.chickenshop.co.uk/acatalog/BRAC490.jpg ))

One eye glinted from below the rim of the tilted hat...Elle sized up Asra as he strolled a bit closer. One brow raised, unseen below the brim, and she chuckled. "Right on time, doll. Ya got something for me?"

Tapping her cheek with one finger, Elle waited for some sugar. Asra looked amazing...she took one more slow look before her lips curved in subtle appreciation.

One hand on the door, Elle kept her cheek towards the vision in red...elbow cocked in offering. Already, she could tell that this was going to be an excellent night. She was just as excited to see Shauna and the others as she was to have Asra on her arm!

"Te o Tee," Brownie said.

"I don't think there's gonna be much of that at this thing," Chucky sighed.

"Te o Teeeeee," the toddler singsonged again. She wasn't paying attention to The Man today. He looked even stupider than usual with that bag on his head, and besides, he had dressed her in this awful outfit. Everyone was getting in her face with that 'goo goo' slop and it was making her sick. She sped up a bit, her little legs only carrying her far enough away to piss off her father.

"Brownie, stop!" Chucky rushed forward, smacking into a smaller version of himself in the process. "Sorry," he muttered to the Mini-Jonathan-Crane.

"Trick or Treat!" the boy said. "Would you like to see my mask?"

Chucky supposed the muffled, squeaky voice was going for menace. "You're wearing it. And I don't have any candy." He looked around. "s**t, did you see where my kid went?"

"Nope, mister." And with that, the b*****d had the nerve to run off after his friends instead of assisting in Chucky's surprise Search for Raggedy Ann.

Luckily, Brownie wasn't very far away. She was just around the corner, in fact. She was about to sit down and start wailing out of sheer boredom when she saw a shiny house about halfway down the block. Outside the shiny house were a shiny boy and girl! And one of them had big pink wings! She only knew one person who had those!

"Ribbnz," she whispered with awe. Ribbon boy! She clapped a bit and tried to step forward, but she was stopped by some unforeseen force.

"No you don't," Chucky said. He was standing on the long back end of Brownie's dress and she wasn't going anywhere. She opened her mouth to scream but before she could slice him, he had scooped her up and balanced her so she was seated on his palms. Brownie always held still for this; she distinctly remembered the unpleasantness associated with being dropped by her cousin, and despite the crazy neck, Sylvester was still considerably shorter than The Man.

"Shut up and don't bother them," he scolded. Chucky squinted, noticing that one of the two teenagers on the porch was that kid from the Benedict Center. Well, he had sure grown up fast. Hanging back in the cover of a large hedge, Chucky waited until the other guests went inside, his arms aching with the strain of holding his pouting daughter in one of the most awkward positions imaginable.

((and now i sleep omg))

Her mother may not have been around, or aware of the party at all...but Shauna had volunteered to stay and give out candy. Although she doubted she'd have to do that since everyone would be here anyway.

"These things are so weird..." Shauna murmured quietly to herself, adjusting the wings on her back in front of her mother's mirror. Eight was out trick or treating with the rest of the family, so Shauna had the whole house to herself until Ioyla had come along to have the Halloween party. it wasn't surprising that she wore something loose and didn't require shoes, and this would probably be the first time everyone else she'd met recently would see her like this! It was great! Oh, how she hoped Elle and Asra would be here!

The voices from down stairs caught her attention, the ear closest to the door perking up excitedly. People were already arriving! The fox gave her costume one last look in the mirror before she hurried to the door and quietly slipped out, crawling over to the banister to peek over at the slowly growing crowd below, enough to see but not be seen. There was Ioyla and Ilistala...and some woman dressed in something weird. Aw! A little devil! Who was that over there? There was only one sight, however, that completely won over her undivided attention. Asra and Elle! Shauna gasped softly and nearly shot up to her feet, a bit...shocked to see Asra in a dress and Elle in something other than her pretty green dress, but this was Halloween! Everyone got to dress up!

Now was her chance, they looked a little distracted. Shauna looked around quietly for a moment, sneaking down the stairs in silence so she could try and get around Elle and Asra to sneak up behind them. It was tough since not everyone was here yet and she didn't have much to hide behind, but if she managed it she'd tap Elle's shoulder and sneak around to pop up behind Asra. "Lovely evening isn't it? Never thought I'd see either of you dressed like this, how've you guys been? It feels like I haven't seen you in ages!" Shauna grinned, folding her hands innocently behind her back.

((Costume: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v70/shattereddreams/Halloween/ShaunaFairy.jpg Because you know you wanna see it. x3 Yeah, Enoh, it's Samira's costume only a brown version~!))