The Halloween Thread:

[Power Girl]

"Serenity is a very nice and understanding person, sir", Kara told Brimstone in a quiet voice. "This party of yours is supposed to make others happy and I have almost ruined it completely. I would like to have friends here but my unwised words seemed to make enemies instead.

Don't worry, sir. I shall rejoin the party in a few minutes after I wash up my face a bit."

She then paused. "Do other people celebrate Halloween here or is it just us, sir? If so, how do they do it?"

[Cptdragon9]

"Oh they have all kinds of celebrations, though the whole trick or treat commercialized version you know from Earth is a bit new to ‘em. They’ll light their bonfires and consult the spirits and… uhm… a few of ‘em might couple in the bushes. A few of the less pleasant critters might cause a fuss here and there too, but it’s usually not rampant."

He now paused "If you really wanna go see how they party in Rhydin, I c’n take ya on the rounds after we put the kids down fer the night."

[Power Girl]

"That might be quite interesting to do, sir", stated Kara. "It would help me learn about the culture here close hand. Some questions though. Is what I am wearing now, this Xena attire, appropriate to do this? Would there be true magic and psychic attacks from creatures and people I am not aware of? Who would be coming with us?"

[Solem'cleavu]

Drac had cursed slightly under his breath when that wyrm nipped at him and normally he would have just destroyed it outright if he hadn't felt those eggs. Withdrawing his hand from the hole in the wall then he had already began casting a healing spell to heal that little nip he got. "So that's what's going on. Come on Junior let's see what Brimstone has stashed down here now so you take a look and pick something better suited to you if you happen to see anything"

With that he turned Junior around and began walking back towards the room Brimstone indicated earlier

[Cptdragon9]

“Uhm, for today? Yes. Tommorrow? Probably not. I’ll hunt ya up some garb.” He had to wonder just how deep those blonde roots went. She still was a newbie, but it would seem that common sense would surface somewhere along the line.

BS just shrugged his shoulders. “There’s magic about, but I wouldn’t fret too much. I mean I imagine you’ll git zapped about as much as I will if we go out carousin’ tonight. Frankly there are worse things out there than a spell gone awry,” He gave her an impish grin that seemed to blend quite well in the Hellboy persona. “But don’t worry. I’ll protect ya and anyone else foolhardy enough ta come with.” He cocked the massive hammer on the Samaritan for effect.

[Power Girl]

"It might be the other way around too, sir", stated Kara. There are things you don't know about me. Please let me demonstrate on you."

She then went up to him and used her right pinky finger under his chin and lifted him straight up to the ceiling and then back down. "I'm awfully strong as you can see."

She paused and then continued in a quiet, serious voice. "I do fear though that my personality is changing. It is usually more aggressive, quick tempered, charge into battle, say my mind and not apologize for it. Now I'm becoming more nice, meek, mild mannered, kind and gentle. It started on Earth before coming here but it seems to be increasing here. I'm becoming a regular girl scout.

Normally, I would have shoved a table down the throats downstairs but instead I became highly embarrassed and I apologized and I actually started crying as I head up the stairs to my room.

What is happening to me? It feels like I am becoming another person who is extremely nice and good like an angel. Mind you I am a good person but not like this. It's like all my bad faults were mainly taken away from me."

[Star]

::Blue colored the winter landscape but suddenly stopped and asked the Colonel a question...."Colonel? that new revolver that you outlawed earlier this week, Can you get me one? I need the revolving barrel, to help charge my flame thrower,If I work it right I can have a flame thrower that also fires out electric and possibly magnetic fields.. Just think of the choas?"....Blue had a tendancy to enjoy mass choas as he was amused by blind sheer panic and the feats achieved because of it.::::

::Star massaged her head as a headache begin to pulse in her right temple.."I think I need alcohol."... She knew her children were growing up but the actually letting go was becoming harder to do.:::

::Dante moaned in his sleep, because he was a young rex his dreasm were plagued by all sorts of mental demons.. He began to writhe around and Star quickly wen tto his side but wasnt quite fast enough as Dante roared awake and the table went flying as his eyes glowed sideswiping his mother and knocking her to the floor...."Dante!! Ahhh!.. Star growled but tried to calm herself as she took a deep breath and then stood up, she was limping but she made her way to Dante's side....."Son I dont know what you are dreaming about but please leave the furniture alone. Are you alright? It was just a dream, its over and gone now, please put the table back."......Dante sighed as he shuddered but with a wave of his hand the table settled firmly back in place and he dropped back down upon the booth seat, his mind still as closed as a vault. He didnt speak but with a growl rolled over and proceeded to go right back to sleep.:::

::Siren was sipping something that was non alcoholic and just shook her head..."A bunch of hoodlums sister.. But I suspect mine when ever I have them will be just as bad.. so not too worried.".. Star glared at her ssiter before she shrugged and left the bar walking outside as her emotions were threatening her with an overload and she needed to release those emotions without giving Brimstone a nosebleed tonight.:::

[Carolyn]

Svana summoned her Felguard before following Carter into the dimly, lit room. She squinted for a moment before her eyes adjusted.

She looked around at the group of people that were gathering together.

"Looks like we missed the party, or it hasn't started yet."

[Carolyn]

((Not that she'd even know who Megan was. They never actually interacted. Svana just kind of ignored her. LOL...))

Svana looked around at all the different races that filled the room. She turned her eyes slowly back to BS after he asked what they had been up to.

"I learned some new spells at the castle," she said meekly as she looked around the room again wondering if she should have on her armor, feeling as though she had just wandered into tavern in the Horde district of Dalaran.

The fear of getting "ganked" began to well up. She wrapped her hands around Carter's arm making a mental note to stay very close to him and to not accidently touch anyone.

[Power Girl]

(OOC - Ummmm....both Brimstone and Kara are upstairs in her room with a closed door. There is no way for Carter to see them.

Kara just told Brimstone about becoming much more nicer, meeker and mild mannered and becoming a regular girl scout.

[Cptdragon9]

(okay… reposting since I now have a few minutes….)

(and to sum up the room. I’ve been slammed at work so I’ll have to try to catch up on posts later on either tonight or tomorrow morning… maybe…)

It may have been that the party looked stranger than a normal party. At least the participants looked strange. Had this been a normal costume party they all would have fit right in. The “norm” in the room was a man in military garb (a few of which might have been seen at the Vashtalian castle on occasion) sporting a set of cat ears as part of his costume. He was drinking with the halberd bearing angel Melissa and the Vashtalian priestess Serenity.

(and I think towards the end of the bar, though I though Star and Dante were in the bedroom…)

An Ice dragon was coiled about a blond boy dressed as a vampire, complete with ketchup blood dripping from the corner of his lip, slumbered. Suddenly one of the tables next to them just flipped over and smashed into the far wall on its own, just as the boy woke up. A young woman dressed as a Greek goddess had been speaking with the dragon muttered her excuses and slipped out the door, heading outside.

At the Other end of the bar two boys about the same age as the blonde one, one dressed in the same military outfit as the man at the bar, were on the floor coloring and drawing. With them was a woman in her late 20’s, on Svana would recognize as the woman called Megan.

And finally a young man was trying to clean up an overturned tub of spilled apples. This was somewhat hampered by two young dragons, one furry red one that was aggressively trying to eat all the apples before spotting the man's braided pig tail dangling down the length of his back and decided to pounce on that, knocking the man into the pile of particially masticated mush, and a metallic silver mechanical looking dragon that was more intent on eating the aluminum tub itself.

(Drac and Junior are not seen as they are currently in the “basement”)

(upstairs)

Brimstone did dangle for few seconds before letting himself slip off of Xena’s fingertips. “Duly noted. It seems that I’ve also got a bouncer workin’ fer me too. Very well. I c’n use one of those. As to your change in temperament?” He shrugged his shoulders. “Who knows. Stranger things have happened. Poor Megan was ‘unstuck” for a while. Kept teleporting in her sleep. Was quite disconcerting for her for the longest time, so you shouldn’t be too worried about a temperamental shift.” He had to wonder if she was shifting because she was in close proximity to him. He Was an empath, but he wasn’t actively trying to nudge her persona any. Still it was possible he was somehow accidentally subconsciously doing so.

While standing in the room, an audible ding echoed down the hall. “Ah! Clientele! C’mon. I’ll need you to keep an eye on the bar and I’ll go greet our new guests.”

He headed downstairs with Kara in tow as he turned towards the door, walking up to Carter and Svana with arms wide open. Brimstone himself was easy to spot. He may have been wearing tons of red makeup and sporting a stuffed fork tail as his sojourn as Hellboy, but there was no missing that yellowish khaki trenchcoat. He was flanked by a very statuesque version of “Xena, warrior princess” “Welcome all! I see our last outing didn’t scare you both off. Back for another round of kicin’ ass and takin’ names? Well I hope to disappoint you this time around. Just a nice quiet calm get together with some party games and tons of gossip.” He now reached a hand out to shake Carter’s, already picking up the “don’t touch me” vibe from Svana and definitely not wanting to offend her in any way.“What’ve you two been up to?”

"I learned some new spells at the castle,"

“Yeah, from what I understand, that’s the thing ta do nowadays. Junior’s nearly beaming with pride, and I don’t blame the kid.” In fact “Unca Brimstone” also seemed pretty proud of his nephew as well.

[Cptdragon9]

(in the basement)

Junior looked over his shoulder at the hole in the wall. <<Do you think it is wise to leave her there with her babies? Won’t they end up getting into all of Uncle Brimstone’s things?>>He didn’t worry about the survivability of the creatures themselves. From what he’d seen so far in the basement, a horde of Wyrms and their cousins could live for years within the volcano without have to stick one scale out into the sunshine. In fact Brimstone’s basement probably had its own ecology by now.

The young mutant followed his mentor towards the indicated closet. Like many of the niches in the basement, it seemed that this one was almost bulging at the seams. Still Junior was daring enough to turn the handle, though he winced, expecting the contents to fall.

Miraculously they didn’t. Instead it seemed that everything was wedged in so tightly that it couldn’t budge without some effort. Most inside was clothing, much of it still in the boxes, bags and wrappers; much of it clearly from off world where commercialism reigned as they sported tags and labels like Dior, Levi-Strauss, and Nike. Junior did find a black fedora, tugging hard to free it from the wall-o-fabric, and somehow freed it without toppling the mess. He fiddled with the creases and folds before placing it on his head.

He looked very much like a certain missing telepathic mutant, even down to the slant in which it seemed to naturally perch.

Junior turned to look in the small mirror attached to the backside of the door. Despite the crack that ran diagonally through the frame, he was able to see well enough. A lone smile crept across his face before he turned to look up at Drac.

[Cptdragon9]

...."Colonel? that new revolver that you outlawed earlier this week, Can you get me one? I need the revolving barrel, to help charge my flame thrower. If I work it right I can have a flame thrower that also fires out electric and possibly magnetic fields.. Just think of the chaos?"....

The Colonel gave a wry smile. He had to put a moratorium on the roughshod revolver, mainly because it did make a bit more than a gaping hole in things, and had a tendency to do so for some distance after obliterating the target. And they were damn unreliable. Two had blown up, sending the user and those standing around them, to the infirmary. One had lost an eye. They were just too dangerous for regular use.

Still he didn’t want to ditch the tech outright, and Blue was becoming quite the whizz with such ordinance. “I’d rather not think of the chaos it’s caused so far, but I will allow you access… under Maurice’s supervision, understood? I’m quite sure you do not want to turn into another Brimstone, or at least Brimstone when he was still working for the Core.”

[Solem'cleavu]

((actually it was Star that went outside, not Siren))

"Those wyrms will find their way elsewhere once they hatch. I do not believe we have much to worry about however we will need to let BS know." He had watched Junior a bit once they reached the designated closet. He too was rather impressed Brimstone was able to fit everything in there without it exploding on him.

Drac took a look at Junior a bit once he put on the hat. "Think you should lose the hat at least. Don't want to remind anyone of Timothy right now. Other than that let us see if we can find the rest of that outfit." Drac turned towards the closet himself then with the outstretching of his hand towards the closet and pulling that same hand back everything in that closet popped out and hovered above the ground with the use of the levitation spell he was using. Once the clothing was out he caused them all to separate and line up into a few rows so Junior could better find what he was looking for. "That should make things a bit easier."

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Meanwhile upstairs Melissa just walked over to Ash and Bonnie and separated the two, looking at the little furry one as she held her up by the scruff of her neck. "Now now little one you should let your father finish his task first, then you can maul him." Picking up an apple then handing it to Bonnie as she carried the little one back over to the bar and set her on top of it. Serenity just walked up and shoved Ashmire out of the way with her foot before using a heating spell to dry the floor. Picking up an apple herself she used a quick sanitation spell on it before she walked back to the bar herself eating the apple.

[Star]

::Star went for a walk down the mountain as she let her emotions free reign, she was still limping from being hit by the table but at least Dante was once again sleeping soundly.. the others would wind down on their own. soon they would all be sleeping. This Halloween was alot better than the one from last year. She sat down on the ridge overlooking the valley below but instead of looking over the valley she flopped back on the gorund and surveyed the sky with its glittering tear drop stars and she let her emotions completely free she didnt stop the tears that blurred the sky before her eyes as she released anger,fear,pain,and loss out all at once.::

::Blue watched his mother leave and sighed but as the colonel gave his permission Blue smiled broadly those blue eyes glowing with calculations and he flipped open another sheet of paper and in a blue or movement had equations strung out across the page like a human computer as he compilated things like distance,powerneeded and breadth of the flare, as well as drawing out the weapon schematics and putting all his info in as he worked almost feverishly.. he was brimstone but without needing a computer. "Yes!!! It will work!!!! Yeah!, He handed the schematics to the Coloenl his eyes alight with triumph as he finally had his gun finished. All I need is that revolver barrel.":::

::Siren looked at her nephew with one brow raised as he seemed to ge thigh off crayon fumes and mathematics and just shook her head....."All we need is another genius."....She looked innocent as Blue scowled at her but didnt rise to exact revenge for the slight. She took a sip of her drink and sighed as she turned to check on Dante.::::

::Dante was sound asleep...."ZZzzzzzz"::::

[Power Girl]

Kara gave a friendly nod to Carter and Svana as she went behind the bar to serve drinks. Brimstone did teach how to make various drinks and to serve what to repeating customers. It was quite instructive.

Let's see she's a bartender, bar maid, waitress, cook, entertainer, bookkeeper, and now a bouncer here at the tavern. Maybe she should get a raise or a promotion. At least she was doing something to keep her busy while she was here.

So far, there seems to no super villains here and no super disasters. This place was like a vacation to her and maybe she needed one. Maybe it wouldn't be too bad to stay here for awhile.

[Carolyn]

Svana frowned when she realized what holiday they were celebrating. "Does the horseman ride?" she asked her voice full of concern.

[Power Girl]

Kara, in her Xeba outfit, looked up and asked Carter and Svana in what sounded very much Xena (Lucy Lawless) voice. "There is evil outside these doors? Please do explain that sir.

Also, what horseman? I know of the Earth Legend of the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow but no other one. There is another one?"

[Cptdragon9]

(basement)

Junior watched awestruck as Drac weaved his spells to draw out the clothing without even one. Someday he hoped to be able to perform the same feats. He actually was to a good start. The fact that he was able to do any spells was a feat in itself for his kind. He knew now it would only take practice and time to add any new spells to his meager repertoire.

For now he looked over his choices. He wasn't sure exactly why he wasn't suppose to look like his Grampa (Drac hid his thoughts well and Junior wasn't one to pry past the outer murmurings of any mind) But he still found his eye drawn to the sharp dress that the Rex normally donned. Then an image seemed to click in his head, a resonance from something that had crossed Brimstone’s mind at one time. He reached up, grabbing the purple pinstriped coat and matching purple fedora with the long yellow pheasant feather running parralle1 to the brim. He couldn't find the matching purple slacks so he opted for a pair of nice black slacks.

He then turned to Lord Dracon. << I will need some white face pain and something to make my hair green>>

[Cptdragon9]

Ashmire had stood, holding his mangled arm aloft. Bonnie had indeed done a number on him, her sharp teeth laying him open almost to the bone. Still he didn't seem As upset by the mauling, especially upon closer examination when one could see the muscle and skin ever so slowly stitching itself back together; the process making Ashmire twitch and grimace during the process. He did head over to the sink behind the bar to rinse off the Bonnie-slobber.

　

Then he headed to the bar, helping himself to the cabinets, searching through a few bottles before finding a dust-covered deep red unmarked specimen in the back. he uncorked it, took a deep whiff then coughed sporadically before lifting it to his lips and taking several swallows, grimacing even worse than before.

　

Then the unabashed smile returned to his face.

[Cptdragon9]

He grinned at Brimstone's arrival. "Hellboy, right? I saw the movie."

　

"Yeah. I got the DVD floatin' around here somewhere. Del Toro does some wonderful stuff."

　

"Party games and gossip sound good. I haven't been into anything useful. Recovering from last time as much as anything I expect. Will the children go trick or treating here or is this more of a lock the doors and hide out from the evil outside sort of holiday?"

　

"The latter, most definitly. Seems like we get abmushed every time we go out. I figure it's a bit safer. At least I've got more ammo here."

　

Svana frowned when she realized what holiday they were celebrating. "Does the horseman ride?" she asked her voice full of concern.

"I don't care what kind of Horseman 'e is, 'eadless or othewise, he's ridin' outside,"Brimstone reiterated. "We're gonna stay in here where it's all nice 'n cosy." He gestured for the duo to come further into the bar. "Would you like some tea, Svana? Or perhaps sumptin' a bit stronger?"

[Carolyn]

Svana furrowed her brow at BS's response to her question. "If the horseman rides, he will set fire to your building and anything around it. Does that not concern you?"

[Cptdragon9]

Brimstone laughed, and image that was doubly bizarre when taking in account his current costume. “M’lady, in case you haven’t noticed the Bar is well nestled in the bedrock of a volcano. We are also adequately charmed, enchanted and warded thanks to Lord Dracon and his entourage. If the Horseman has a hankering to burn down my place, let him try!”

Okay, maybe the home-grown poison that passed for mutant alcohol was getting the better of him, but he’d faced worse things than a singular specter hell bent on destruction.

He had kinfolk.

[Star]

::Star came in from outside then and heard Svana remarks and said with a smile, "I doubt the horseman can keep a fire going with me around", she blew out a breath to the glasses Kara was holding and they were instantly frozen and awaiting to be filled with whatever choice the duo made... She then walked past them and jumped up on the bar by Ashmire and gave him one of ehr brillant smiles. She seemed in much better spirits once she was able to leave and release some pent up emotion..."Whatcha drinking sweet thing?".. she eyed the bottle with innate distrust.. "Is it poisnous?"::::

::Blue rolled his eyes again as he mapped out the schematics to the colonel, "its also small enough to be carried as a handgun.. lots of damage in a small handheld device. Choas at its best.":::

::Siren sighed as she played with her spells she had apples and pencils and drink glasses floating around as se awaited for Junior's return from the catacombs of the volcano.::

::Dante slept on...."Zzzzzz"

[Power Girl]

"Please excuse me, Carter and Svana", began Kara. "What would you like to drink tonight? Also, what can you tell me about this horseman and why he likes to set buildings and things on fire? What is his history and background? Does he too attack people?

Are the villages below us in any danger?"