Not much to say about work, though the staff had fun dressing in costumes and greeting visitors. We had candy for the kids and got to see a lot of cute costumes. Though as usual it wasn't particularly busy. We don't get many guests, but we do get the ones with younger kids who know we'll be doing something special for Halloween.
Max picked me up after work and drove me to Candace's. Thanks to our preparation yesterday we were able to throw our costumes on in short order. Sam had brought the finished rapiers, and they were perfect with the sword belts that we had received from his friends. We looked spectacular!
Sadly, since we had been working on our costume as late as we were, I had forgotten that the Creepy Walk was on the weekends leading up to Halloween. So we missed that. But we did hit up a couple of haunted houses. We went with a younger themed one to start, since Candace didn't quite seem to get the spirit of the holiday. That was simultaneously a good and bad thing. Good because the scares weren't so bad, bad because she way overreacted. We had had to leave our real rapiers in the SUV for the walk, and were carrying the fake swords we had picked up at the costume shop. The first guy to jump out at us got Candace, and like lightning she had her toy sword in hand and was stabbing at the guy.
He had a good laugh at our expense, and didn't seem to get seriously hurt. But I think we all realized how bad that could have been with the real rapier.
After that though, we had Sam hold her back for a bit so she could see Max and I get jumped. And we did, to everyone's amusement. Candace seemed to get it after that, though we avoided pulling out the swords for the rest of the night. Sam mentioned something about peace banding hers, just in case.
Anyway, having hit up the two haunted houses, Max knew of a college party that she wanted to go to. Sam looked like he wanted to object, but I think he accepted that with him being there we, well Candace, would be safe. So we went and had fun. It was a great night. I actually bumped into Hal there, he was dressed in one of those blow up raptor/T-Rex costumes. I didn't recognize him at first, obviously, so when he approached and said hi, I figured he was just another guy hitting on me. I grabbed Sam's arm and said "not interested." Hal had to open his costume so he could peek his head out. He looked ridiculous with half a dino costume on, his curly hair fairly exploding in release. I laughed and greeted him, and then was able to introduce him around.
We talked for a while, he said things had come up with the secret society. Actually, he said something had come up with The Illuminati. I poked at him about that, and he sheepishly admitted that that was how Tim regularly referred to their organization. He hadn't meant to say such, but now that he'd spilled the beans I mentioned him using Tim's name. I'm not sure he's going to be cut out for this secret society thing, and I think he's stressing about that now too.
Anyway, they had something come up, and so Tim gave him the night off. He'd finished his school work to make his appointments with The Illuminati, so with a little free time on his hands he grabbed up the dinosaur costume and came out with his school buddies. Hal even introduced me to a few of them as they were available. He didn't seem to have a lot of friends. I would have loved the chance to introduce him to Max, but she spent most of the night trying to dance with Sam.
Sam was quiet most of the night. It was almost an about face from how he'd interacted with people at the memorial. There he was the center of attention, and being as big as he was he did stand out. Here, he was still big, but he didn't have everyone's attention. He kept to himself mostly, off to the side where he could watch all of us. Max eventually gave up and went off dancing with some other guys.
Candace took to the party like a fish in water. She had so much fun, and she made sure the people around her were having fun as well. It was a different element than that of the memorial, but she handled it in much the same way. Guys would want to dance with her, and inevitably some other girls would get jealous. Candace actually grabbed the girls up and danced with them afterward. I don't know how she pulled it off, but she had everyone enjoying themselves.
I was my typical wall flower. Or I would have been if it weren't for Hal. Like I said, he was introducing me around, not to many, but to those I met we talked for a while. Or at least, they talked, I listened. School projects, study groups, grades, teachers, nothing I could contribute to. But it was interesting to listen to.
That was most of our night there, and it was a lot of fun. Reading over those last two paragraphs it makes it sound like I didn't have much fun. I did though, I enjoyed watching everyone and seeing the costumes. Most were toga quality, throw a sheet on and call it good. But there were a few that were really well done. I heard later that they were part of the theater group, which explains it. It did look like they were having fun, and Max knew a couple of them and was able to introduce me. They won the costume contest, but we came in second. There wasn't a lot of competition with all bedsheets used.
Things started winding down though, and I finally got a look at my clock. That was about two hours ago, and we needed to go. Max had class in the morning, and while I don't have work, I also don't like staying up that late. With the excitement wearing off, I'm starting to crash.
Sam was a gentleman though, he got us all home, offered to give me a ride since Max had to go the other direction. It worked out, and I think Candace really enjoyed herself. She was humming something to herself all the way home. Probably some music she had overheard, I couldn't place it. It was a cheerful tune though.
Yea, I'm starting to crash.
Max picked me up after work and drove me to Candace's. Thanks to our preparation yesterday we were able to throw our costumes on in short order. Sam had brought the finished rapiers, and they were perfect with the sword belts that we had received from his friends. We looked spectacular!
Sadly, since we had been working on our costume as late as we were, I had forgotten that the Creepy Walk was on the weekends leading up to Halloween. So we missed that. But we did hit up a couple of haunted houses. We went with a younger themed one to start, since Candace didn't quite seem to get the spirit of the holiday. That was simultaneously a good and bad thing. Good because the scares weren't so bad, bad because she way overreacted. We had had to leave our real rapiers in the SUV for the walk, and were carrying the fake swords we had picked up at the costume shop. The first guy to jump out at us got Candace, and like lightning she had her toy sword in hand and was stabbing at the guy.
He had a good laugh at our expense, and didn't seem to get seriously hurt. But I think we all realized how bad that could have been with the real rapier.
After that though, we had Sam hold her back for a bit so she could see Max and I get jumped. And we did, to everyone's amusement. Candace seemed to get it after that, though we avoided pulling out the swords for the rest of the night. Sam mentioned something about peace banding hers, just in case.
Anyway, having hit up the two haunted houses, Max knew of a college party that she wanted to go to. Sam looked like he wanted to object, but I think he accepted that with him being there we, well Candace, would be safe. So we went and had fun. It was a great night. I actually bumped into Hal there, he was dressed in one of those blow up raptor/T-Rex costumes. I didn't recognize him at first, obviously, so when he approached and said hi, I figured he was just another guy hitting on me. I grabbed Sam's arm and said "not interested." Hal had to open his costume so he could peek his head out. He looked ridiculous with half a dino costume on, his curly hair fairly exploding in release. I laughed and greeted him, and then was able to introduce him around.
We talked for a while, he said things had come up with the secret society. Actually, he said something had come up with The Illuminati. I poked at him about that, and he sheepishly admitted that that was how Tim regularly referred to their organization. He hadn't meant to say such, but now that he'd spilled the beans I mentioned him using Tim's name. I'm not sure he's going to be cut out for this secret society thing, and I think he's stressing about that now too.
Anyway, they had something come up, and so Tim gave him the night off. He'd finished his school work to make his appointments with The Illuminati, so with a little free time on his hands he grabbed up the dinosaur costume and came out with his school buddies. Hal even introduced me to a few of them as they were available. He didn't seem to have a lot of friends. I would have loved the chance to introduce him to Max, but she spent most of the night trying to dance with Sam.
Sam was quiet most of the night. It was almost an about face from how he'd interacted with people at the memorial. There he was the center of attention, and being as big as he was he did stand out. Here, he was still big, but he didn't have everyone's attention. He kept to himself mostly, off to the side where he could watch all of us. Max eventually gave up and went off dancing with some other guys.
Candace took to the party like a fish in water. She had so much fun, and she made sure the people around her were having fun as well. It was a different element than that of the memorial, but she handled it in much the same way. Guys would want to dance with her, and inevitably some other girls would get jealous. Candace actually grabbed the girls up and danced with them afterward. I don't know how she pulled it off, but she had everyone enjoying themselves.
I was my typical wall flower. Or I would have been if it weren't for Hal. Like I said, he was introducing me around, not to many, but to those I met we talked for a while. Or at least, they talked, I listened. School projects, study groups, grades, teachers, nothing I could contribute to. But it was interesting to listen to.
That was most of our night there, and it was a lot of fun. Reading over those last two paragraphs it makes it sound like I didn't have much fun. I did though, I enjoyed watching everyone and seeing the costumes. Most were toga quality, throw a sheet on and call it good. But there were a few that were really well done. I heard later that they were part of the theater group, which explains it. It did look like they were having fun, and Max knew a couple of them and was able to introduce me. They won the costume contest, but we came in second. There wasn't a lot of competition with all bedsheets used.
Things started winding down though, and I finally got a look at my clock. That was about two hours ago, and we needed to go. Max had class in the morning, and while I don't have work, I also don't like staying up that late. With the excitement wearing off, I'm starting to crash.
Sam was a gentleman though, he got us all home, offered to give me a ride since Max had to go the other direction. It worked out, and I think Candace really enjoyed herself. She was humming something to herself all the way home. Probably some music she had overheard, I couldn't place it. It was a cheerful tune though.
Yea, I'm starting to crash.
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