[MINGLE] Saints & Sinners Masquerade

[sixthiteration]

WHERE: Corn field next to the inn
WHEN: 31 October, all day and night
OPEN TO: ALL - MINGLE
WARNINGS: Please warn as appropriate in your subject lines
NOTES: Please make sure you have read and understand the event details! If you have questions, drop them here. RECOMMENDED BUT NOT REQUIRED: Put your SCRUBS COLOR in your OTA subject line for folks doing bingo. Time your OTA for the harvest feast, the masquerade, or both. Costume matches and details for folks who did not get matched are here.

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This morning, our intrepid villagers awoke to a surprise of the nicer kind: A bundle of clothing left at the foot of their bed, tied with a bow. There is also a note: Put on your new outfit and join the festivities in the corn field next to the inn.

You may be thinking, what corn field next to the inn? The one that sprung up fully-mature overnight, of course.

In the middle of the field, villagers will find an autumn feast: Tables piled with harvest time food and drink, warm and rustic decorations, the day's sunshine fending off any chill in the air.

Tuck in and enjoy, villagers, but take note: Things often look different in the dark, and you might be one of them.

Comments

[nonstopnarcissist]

"...It's a medical study so he should be able to handle it but-" Bruce. Handling people. He had to once, he absolutely can, Tony's seen him do it but-

Well.

It's Bruce.

There's nothing wrong with him but- there's nothing terribly compelling in him before he stats going about science either. Years of trying to be unremarkable have taken a toll. "Let me know if either of you need a hand with either of those things."

[thegreatexperiment]

Sam frowned a little, not quite sure she understood what the hell was going through Tony's mind. But she wasn't the people person. She never had been. "We will," she said finally. "That's why I'm here."

She really needed to learn more about their fucked up world. Beyond all the shit she'dd gotten out of Fucky Darns.

And beyond Bruce's weird green monster thing.

"I can't build. I can hack and manipulate. But I can't do the shit you can do. And, to be honest, I don't think either of us have the pull around here that you seem to have. So...yeah. We need it."

[nonstopnarcissist]

"People keep implying that I have some kind of authority- I don't. I'm engaging, loud, and at the very least some kind of entertaining. That's it." Compared to Sam and Bruce- he's connected through his work to more people if nothing else, loud and noticeable for his frequent poking at the network and the expo but- whether or not people listen to him?

That's up in the air.

"But I'll be your front man for this. I'm pretty sure there are at least five other people that are curious as to how they are suddenly changed when they woke up here."

[thegreatexperiment]

"Don't underestimate the power of being engaging, loud, and entertaining," Sam said, giving him a crooked smile. "Not everyone can do it."

And, of course, unwillingly, she found herself thinking about Avery. Sweet, well-intentioned Avery. None of those things, and yet, he somehow managed to make it work for him.

Well, he was a lot older than any of them.

"But thank you," she added.

[nonstopnarcissist]

"Clearly it works for more than just the modern media." He huffs. "I'll dig through what I've got, start drawing up designs that we can probably work with what we have on hand."

[thegreatexperiment]

It felt good to be working with proper scientists again. Even human ones. Especially human ones, probably. And Sam afforded Tony one of her rare, little smiles. A smile that actually meant something.

"Cool," she said. "I mean, assuming that destroying Tokyo doesn't take up too much of your time," she added, gesturing to his costume.

Yes, yes, she knew that was Godzilla. But the punchline was just waiting for her to throw it.