Creepy old abandoned mansion on Phoenix Way, Wednesday evening

[locointhecoco]

Pinkie had spent all day -- barring her class, of course -- getting the mansion ready for the Halloween party. If anyone had any protests over her rather liberal use of black and orange balloons, streamers, party hats, table cloths, and confetti, she wasn't hearing them over the noise of her party cannon.

Kitty made a fantastic party helper, at least, helping rearrange what little furniture was already set up (so that's what hands were for!) and doing the many things that even the party cannon couldn't do (such as keep Pinkie from eating all the snacks before the party could even start).

Then, at last, it was time to get into costume. Pinkie had promised to show Kitty just what Nightmare Night was all about, and her Nightmare Moon costume delivered in spades, if she did say so herself. Sure, the glowing contact lenses were uncomfortable, and the black make-up was going to be rather difficult to get out of her coat later, but she was rocking those plastic fangs.

[ooc: All and sundry are invited to party! Handwave your invitations at will. Mansion and Kitty modded with permission]

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

Olive (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/dirtiest_skank/51057319/6562/6562_original.jpg) was really proud of how her costume had turned out. She'd bought the mask (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/dirtiest_skank/51057319/6206/6206_original.jpg) and shoes (http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/dirtiest_skank/51057319/6120/6120_original.jpg), yes, and was wearing a standard turquoise tank top and black shorts under the tutu, but otherwise this was her best sewing tour-de-force since last spring's new wardrobe.

She was maybe sticking to the sidelines a little, for the moment, because she wanted to people-watch, but she was sort of itching to show off, still.

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[locointhecoco]

"Omigoshomigoshomigosh!" Pinkie had a camera out to snap pictures -- don't ask how she managed that with hooves -- and clicked away at Olive's. "My friend Rarity would die if she could see that!"

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

"Is she a big fan of birds?" Olive asked dryly, maybe posing a little.

Shut up. She thought she looked awesome.

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[locointhecoco]

"No, that's Fluttershy. Rarity loves fashion!" And Olive did most definitely look awesome. At least by pony standards.

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

"Well, I love making my own clothes, so thank you," Olive said, a little thrown by these names. Wow.

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[locointhecoco]

Equestrian names were special, yes. "It shows! You did a great job!"

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[ultron_junior]

A few moments later, meta Zorro came over. The hooded mask over his head might have made him a little hard to recognize, but the fact the first words out of his mouth were "Okay, that is way better than the Blue fairy," should have removed all doubt.

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

Olive preened a little, adjusting her mask. "Thank you, dark and handsome stranger who I definitely don't recognize," she said, grinning at him. "I like your sword. Very badass."

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[ultron_junior]

"I think it might even be deadly to a housefly," Victor told her, grinning back. "I like your ... everything, Miss Peacock. How long did the skirt take you to make?"

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

"Couple weeks, but I haven't, like, been slaving away at it," Olive noted. "It's just a bunch of tulle and I added the feathers the other night. I found the pattern on Etsy and it was just, like, easiness from there. Though Sparkle did point out that I'm technically cross-dressing."

In a totally fabulous sort of way.

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[ultron_junior]

"Yeah, because boy birds are always the flashy ones," Victor said, once he'd gotten his head wrapped around how anything with high heels and tulle could be cross-dressing on Olive. "Which is weird, right? I think humans are about the only animals where girls are flashier."

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

"I dunno, I've met some pretty flashy guys," Olive mused. "Though yeah, as a general rule we're the ones with the plumage."

Weird.

"Oooh, you even went all out and got the gloves," she added, just noticing as she reached out to examine one of his hands. "Gonna make texting or anything hard, but I have to appreciate authenticity."

Also she thought he just generally looked kind of hot, but this was Olive, so she had to cloak it in like fifteen layers of intellectualism.

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[ultron_junior]

"They're coming off as soon as I want to eat anything," Victor said, flexing his fingers stiffly. "I feel like I'm wearing thick mittens half a size too small. But they make an impression, so..."

So, maybe he was a little bit flashy sometimes.

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

"They really do." Calm down, Olive. "No, seriously, it's a...really awesome costume. I love Halloween," she said, and maybe it was a little bit of a sigh. Shut up. "Especially since it seems like you're like the only dude who actually dressed up other than Marilyn over there. Stiles and Atton were super-lazy."

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[ultron_junior]

Victor glanced at the men who had been named. "Okay, Atton's just being Atton, but how is a red hoodie a costume?"

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

"He's Little Red Riding Hood," Olive explained, rolling her eyes behind her mask. "Right? I said the same thing." She was so not mentioning how Stiles had attempted to ruin anyone's jawline, but she was defensively thinking that it was fine to her. "I spent weeks on this, he shows up in a red hoodie. Stupid."

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[throughaphase]

"Okay, that is amazing," Kitty said. And it wasn't even slutty! Good job!

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

"Thank you!" Olive said, twirling a little. "I cheated with the mask and shoes, but I think the skirt's the focus here, am I right? And that's like, an adorable teeny cowgirl outfit."

She meant that sincerely. It just sounded inane.

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[throughaphase]

"It... is kind of teensy," Kitty admitted. "Wait, so did you actually make that?"

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

Olive nodded. "Yeah, it wasn't that hard. It's just a bunch of fabric and feathers."

Whatever, she knew it was kind of impressive, but she was bad at taking compliments.

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[throughaphase]

"That is awesome. Whenever I tried to put together my own costume it ended up... not like that."

And with things like legwarmers and roller skates.

She'd been thirteen, shut up.

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

"I kinda sew," Olive said, shrugging. "Once a year, it's awesome, and the rest of the time people make jokes about my being an old lady." She glanced around, and added, "So...you're like semi-responsible for this? Well done."

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[throughaphase]

"Thanks. It's mostly Pinkie, though. She has a party cannon," Kitty said. "That's a thing that exists."

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[dirtiest-skank.livejournal.com]

"I take her class," Olive said, nodding. "I know. I've been sort of immunized to the pink poniness. Is she going to like...shoot people out of it, though? The cannon, I mean."

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[throughaphase]

"No, that's just how the decorations happened." Kitty shrugged. "I just roll with it."