Log:Halloween Pub Crawl

2021/11/01 Artemis Wade Lennox Kid Tengu 1

It's Halloween night! And the biggest open street party is the Colonial Bay Halloween Parade happening right here in Old Town! It's only a parade in name, as the parade refers to the parade of costumes of people attending this event. The streets have been closed down from street traffic, leaving people to mingle and walk and go from venue to venue over several blocks. There's music stages set up on different blocks. All the bars and venues are open. The Library is holding a kid-friendly halloween event. Some abandoned commercial buildings are converted into Escape Rooms or haunted house attractions. The cemetery is open to all and is prepared for the Day of the Dead celebrations. This event is more adult-centered, as there are a number of halloween pub crawls and specials happening.

Lennox doesn't really dress up for anything unless he has to; Halloween is no exception. On the other hand, in his white tee, jeans, long leather duster, and combat boots, the black man could be said to be wearing /some/ sort of costume.

Hands in the pockets of his duster, he walks casually along, taking in the celebration with a bit of distance in his eyes.

Kid Tengu has been all over the city, circling around- chasing trouble until the din of the block party draws the teenage hero tp perch on a street light along the border of the party.

KT ignores the frigthened sounds below until he realizes he's still wearing his terrorizing costume! He shifts from winged werewolf xenomorph and chooses something slightly more family friendly- if only to keep the terrifed squeals to a minimum.

He swings to the pole and shimmys down, sniffing the air the whole time.

He picks up on a number of familiar scents- mostly food related.

He shifts to a Bigfoot- giving him a good PoV over the heads of most everyone else.

A couple of people shout, "Hey that's not fair!", likely think he plans on joining a costume contest.

KT follows his nose to a table with s'more pops & cookies.

He sprouts a pouch and takes some to-go so he can continue his patrol/party wandering.

Artemis had heard tell of the 'pub crawls' from one of the party goers, and now she is gun ho about trying this. "Thee must crawl from one drinking establishment to another? What a delightfully odd Urth tradition!" she says boisterously after a stray conversation. "I must try this! Be I disqualified should I stand up? And why do I not see others crawling?" she asks. She is dressed in a french maid costume. And with all halloween costumes for women, of course it's the 'sexy french maid' kind with a very short dress and high heels that are not conducive to working. What was made as a joke was...not understood as a joke by Artemis, because of course she didn't realize it was not a proper suggestion. And being the impulsive space goddess that she is, she went and bought the first french maid costume she saw, thinking it an accurate uniform.

Wade is dressed in a baseball uniform. A vintage one for the Washington Nationals. Max Scherzer. A Hall of Fame pitcher. He's also in the crowd, and he stops when he hears Artemis's voice, looking over in her direction.

Wade makes his way over to where Artemis is, finally getting a sight of the costume she's wearing. He lets out a low whistle.

Lennox pauses on almost passing by the ... she should /not/ be wearing that. ... in public. How did she find one her /size/? Artemis is not a petite woman!! Lennox is caught for a long moment by the sight of Artemis in the outfit, admiring her for a few *ahem* moments before stepping closer and saying, "I think the goal is to be so drunk you have to be crawling by the end of the night, Artemis."

KT hears a familiar voice as well, and clearly to boot thanks to his massive ears.

He's not at all surprised that Artemis has found a new drinking game. He assumes the shape of Giga- one of his many personas, but one that he has ID for.

Wade has let his beard grow out a little bit, to be slightly scruffy. And he has a single colored contact in to make his eyes look more accurate. But he still looks very much like Wade.

This isn't the first time Artemis has heard this sound, but she hasn't fully understood its meaning. She just knows it's something to grab her attention. She looks around and turns toward Wade, smiling. "Hmmm, you resemble some hoomans I know. Be thee also partaking in the crawling to pubs?" The maid outfit is in fact not in her size. It is...a bit small and tight on her. She looks to Lennox at his explanation. "Ah! A race to see who shall remain standing? I will provide worthy competition to any who wishes a Challenge!"

Giga is not easy to miss- but her costume includes a cloak under which is a vampire costume over the top of her golden armor- which appears to be embedded into her skin, easily mistaken fo rbody paint.

"Did someone say Pub Crawl?" She asks, offering Artemis a high-five.

Wade chuckles. "Artemis, it's me. Wade."

Artemis smiles and recognizes his gesture enough to raise her hand and slam Giga's hand with a divinely rigtheous high five with some considerable strength behind it. It's not quite a thunder clap, but it's indeed loud. "Friend Giga! Aye, shall thee be joining in the competition?" she asks eagerly. She looks to the baseball player and gasps. "Friend Wade! Be that really you? I thought maybe you be another android I had not yet met," she says. "Be this real?" she asks curiously as she reaches out to try and touch his scruff to find out for herself.

Wade chuckles. "I let my beard grow out a few days. So, yes, it's real."

"Totally!" Giga says cheerfully, sounding excited to join in, even if alcohol doesn't quite have the same effect on her as on humans. She retracts the high-five into something akin to a pumped fist.

She pulls a s'more pop from underneath her cloak and pops it into her mouth before waving to Wade & Lennox with the other hand.

Artemis places her palm against Wade's cheek to feel and pet the scruff there. "Hmmm. It looks quite fetching on thee. Such an interesting sensation."

Lennox considers Artemis for a few moments more, then sighs and shakes his head. "Not ... exactly, no. A marathon to see who can complete the crawl -- but in friendship, not in competition. One drink with your friends at each pub can result in quite a few drinks by the end of the night."

Wade smiles as Artemis feels the limited scruff on his face. "Yes, well...I probably won't keep it. But I'll keep that in mind."

"So where do we start?" Giga asks, looking around for some kind of sign that says 'Start here'- and over the heads of many.

Wade chuckles, "Well, I think we just...pick a pub to start with? I'm not sure, but I don't think it's that formal."

"Great!" Giga exclaims in her alien voice, laced with something almost akin to musical tones, not seeming to have issue with sharp, elongated fangs.

"Does one 'pub' seem better than another? They look very similar." She notes- though being an obvious alien pretending to be a vampire, that shouldn't be a surprise.

Artemis looks a little disappointed at the limited lifetime of the limited scruff. "A shame," she gives one last scritch and draws her hand away. Though it does seem to cause gears to turn in head. She looks to Lennox and smiles. "Ah, to friendship, then! To see who shall be left to crawl!"

Lennox smiles a little. "Something like that, yes. A night at a tavern turned into a night of carousing." He looks up the street, then gestures for Artemis to lead the way. "Traditionally, you debate which pub to go to next at the current tavern."

Giga nods eagerly. "That seems like a wise course, otherwise you might spend all night arguing about the order of things." She turns up the vampire voice. "I see! Well, let us drink! I am thirsty!" Its a terrible impression. All the better to disuade anyone of suspecting her for a shapeshifter.

Artemis nods to Giga. "Aye! To celebration of this Urth holiday! I wonder which war thee be commemorating with this," she ponders and looks around. She points out to a pop up bar that is a wizard theme from some pop culture reference, with potion-themed drinks, 'wands', and dry ice aplenty. "A first!" she calls and starts to head that way. She asks aside to the others, "So what be thy uniforms meant to be?" She smiles at Wade. "I recognize the colors of thy Nationals."

"I'm the Queen .... of the Daaaaaam!" Giga says, not getting it quite right. She holds out her cape & then twirls dramatically to show her Vamperella-styled costume while flashing her fangs.

She bowls over a couple of people.

"Oh! I am sorry ... little Bubblegum Person?" She says to the full grown man covered in the smoothie he was just holding.

She offers the man a hand up while his friends snicker in the background.