Kai: Now, I did not make the scene in question, remember~ I simply stuck to the shadows until— aah!

-Kai squeaks as they're suddenly scooped up, giggling uncontrollably.-

-The receptionist, who is looking at her phone, lazily points toward the snack bar.

Receptionist: Food's over there. The bar's just past it.

-She glances up briefly, then back down at her phone... before jolting back up and fumbling to not suddenly drop it.-

Receptionist Rose: O-oh, hey! Nana! Hi! Hi. Uh.

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Ever: Hee. Sure you were, Lu.

-they swirl their hair up, sticking the beanie back down over it, and give Liam a friendly smile-

Hey, it's in the past. This is Halloween; a time for happiness, mischief, and fear. ^_^

How're we all holding up?

PEFE!Every:    Those mons look familiar...   

Brie: Huh?

PEFE!Every:    Nothing. Do you want to get some drinks?   

Brie: Can you even process alcohol like that?

PEFE!Every:    I'd love to find out!   

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-Eva is here, reusing her somewhat accurate fused-with-nihilego costume while eating as much food as possible-

Eva: Woah, some people went way overboard with the costumes. I guess I'll enter anyway.

-Merah is wearing a spy costume, complete with suit and fake gun-

-Ampere and Borealis, sharing a chitty chitty bang bang costume, are somewhere else, chatting to Gwen, dressed as a witch-

Borealis: <So this is your first Halloween party too?>

Gwen: Well, not counting private ones with close relatives. I was such a shut in when I was younger.

Ampere: <How come?>

Gwen: Because I'm a weremon.

Ampere: <A what what?>

-Gwen shifts into a Gourgeist-

Gwen: <I turn into a Gourgeist.>

Ampere: <So you're small too! Yay!>

-Danny is also near the food, wearing a vampire costume-

-Lila, dressed as a fairy, is outside drinking [sprite] and may be noticed-

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"Eh, you guys go in and socialize," Colton allowed, feeling for his headphones before realizing they were too bulky to bring and they were still in the Stormchaser. I'll just chill out here before I go in," he said, throwing up a couple of Pokeballs. A Delphox and a Lucario subsequently materialized.

The Delphox had also acquired a costume of her own, if a little bit minimal. Perched on her head, shoving aside the base of her ears a little, was a golden tiara with a red jewel in the middle. She had put on a nondescript white shirt with a large purple bow on her shirt’s chest, seemingly held in place via a red ascot. On her paws were a couple of off-white gloves, and she awkwardly used her paws to adjust the red miniskirt she wore, which had its own red bow about as big as her waist on the back.

Lucario’s ears poked out of a long head of black, scraggly hair going all the way down to his shoulders. His chest spike poked out of a set of orange gi, with the character “亀” emblazoned on the back in a white circle. His face had been painted a little to have some scars over his left eye, and a blue belt, tied in a double overhand knot, was adorned around his waist.

The two Pokemon went in while Colton grabbed a can of root beer and saw Lila also on her own. He approached, tail lazily waving behind him.

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-Liam almost trips over himself in his hurry to respond to Ever.-

Liam: Uh... g-good, good! I mean, I've been kinda indisposed lately, but... it's been g-good to get back out and about. Even if I, um... I don't r-really know anyone here except for Lucius. And am still super nervous around s-strangers. And am still worried about... er, about s-stuff. But other than that, g-good!

-Meanwhile, Lucius downs the rest of his drink before answering.-

Lucius: ...Eh. Can't complain. Mostly been clearing out my old Secret Base so that Levi can move in. You?

Alice: Excuses, excuses.

-She gives Kai another long kiss before putting them back on their feet.-

Alice: So, speaking as one villain to another, how have you been since our last encounter?

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-Lila notices colton approach-

Lila: Oh, hi.

Silas takes note of Diane and leads Zeke, and consequently David, who had just shown up at the party, over to her.

"Eeeey Diane, sweet costume. Hope you're enjoying it so far."

Zeke smiles and stretches a hand forward, "So you're the genius behind that functional eternal cosplay Silas calls a left hand? Very impressive I must say!"

David smiles and waves a bit, pulling off the helmet, the treatments had done a lot though there were still some sandslashy features, such as his hair being now a rather sandy blonde instead of the red it was before. "Pleasure to meet you, just call me David, former Evil Grunt."

"And currently dressed up as Cap," Silas noted.

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Shutter walks toward the entrance and meets Hank and his group. The others meet up not long after.

Shutter: Hank! A pleasure to see you, as always.

Hank Harvey: You wouldn't mind taking pictures of yourself, eh, "Arachna-Guy." Selfies. Bah, you're not only a menace, you're a ''millennial'' menace.

Tommy: <Whistling sounds>

Shutter: Seriously, Hank, welcome aboard. Won't be on the running so I never bothered to come up with a better getup. Grandpa here decided to troll.

Gimbal, via phone: Oh good grief.

Hank Harvey: And if that rootbeer-ruining ghost in your phone says I'm a blowhard, I'm docking Petersen's pay.

Tommy: Hey!

Hank Harvey: And who might you be?

Reynard hands Harvey a business card with his name and professional contact details on it. "Reynard Albright, PhD, Member, Orange Islands Society of Mechanical Engineers, Chocolatier"

Reynard: Never leave the cave without it.

Hank Harvey: Pleasure to finally meet you in person, Mr. Albright. On a scale of one to infinity, how much of a disappointment is Gavin currently?

Reynard: Potato. He's told me much about you.

Hank Harvey: Good things, no doubt. Anyway, allow me to introduce my fabulous daughter, whom your grandson totally has no chance.

Jane Stacy: A pleasure to meet you, too, Dr. Albright.

Hank Harvey: Jean, Doc, always a joy to see you two lovebirds. As always Jean, your couple costume choice reflects your relationship beautifully.

Jocelyn: Charming as always, Hank. I do admit that your brand of humor takes some getting used to.

Stephanie: Tell me about it. My name is Stephanie Hawthorn, and this is my father, Conroy Hawthorn.

Reynard: Pleasure to meet you, Professor. You and Mr. Harvey are blessed to have such fine daughters. My shutterbug grandson, Gavin.

Professor Hawthorn: A pleasure to meet you.

Jean: We brought along one of our interns but he's still busy doing something elsewhere. He'll meet with us shortly.

Stephanie: Tommy's friend. Hi.

Shutter smiles and bows politely.

Jean: Well, it looks like you win this year, Hank.

Jocelyn: I told you we should have gone as the [X-Men].

Jane Stacy, seductively: Why hello, Tommy.

Tommy freaks out upon seeing Jane Stacy. He has no idea what to feel right now.

Hank Harvey: Okay, even I can't bear to see this. Shall we leave them alone.

Jocelyn: Let's.

Shutter: For his sake.

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-Kai just sorta sinks into the kiss, smiling brightly.-

Kai: Oh, you know, hard at work as usual. Both with Frontier business and working on my other costume. Which you will have to wait until the contest to see me in~

-Diane (who has since acquired a glass of wine) grins as Silas and co. approach.-

Diane: Hey, just because function comes first doesn't mean I can't go all out with aesthetic too.

-She shakes Zeke's hand, and nods in acknowledgement to David.-

Diane: Pleasure meeting you two~ Just wait 'til you see what Skye's got for the contest, we're particularly proud of our work on that.

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Ever: Well, you know me. And you know Pef, wherever she is. Besides, this is a night of masks. If you see someone you want to talk to, but you're afraid to meet someone new, simply pretend they're someone else!

-they wiggle their fingers. All ten, so apparently their prosthetic is back in working order-

Anyway, I've been okay. Kind of a dull month, but making people's lives difficult always picks my day up~

Silas chuckles a bit, "Besides I was also totally on board with the Winter Soldier aesthetic. The fact that it means I can have one of the most effective costumes and best extra intros."

Zeke shook his head and let out a laugh himself, "Still, it's very impressive work, according to Silas even better than some of our designs, can even feel."

"We got a lot going on here Boss," David noted, "We can't do everything."

Zeke shrugged, "So, you're with PEFE right?"

Silas sighed, "Diane I'm gonna cut this short, he's gonna try and offer you a job here."

"Wow, take all the fun out why don't you?"

"Well I can't compete in the contest so why should I let you have your fun?"

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-Liam nods uncertainly at Ever.-

Liam: Er, r-right. I, uh... I might t-try that, maybe.

-Lucius, meanwhile, gives a small smile.-

Lucius: I mean, I knew that, and you do seem to keep coming back to making my life difficult whenever you're not offering reaffirming advice. Is that, like, karmic retribution for you saving my life once, or me trying to kill you twice, or what?

Liam: Wait, you t-tried to-?

Lucius: I'll explain later, okay?

-Alice gives Kai another grin.-

Alice: Oh? Now you're simply teasing me. Not that I would've minded you sticking with your current attire for the rest of the night, but making me wait? I don't even have anything fit for the contest. How could you upstage me like this?

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Colton gets comfortable against the wall, letting his tail casually wave behind him as he makes eye contact with Lila. "Not one for parties, either? Yeah, they can get rather loud.

"Last year I had an excuse in that [The Jesus of Suburbia] could ostensibly wear headphones as he comes from music. No dice with who I've dressed as this year," he laughed ruefully.

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Alyesha was walking around, looking if she'd spot any familiar faces to talk to - or unfamiliar faces, for that matter. Matvey was walking besides her, seemingly having - somehow - aquired some snacks

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Tommy and Jane Stacy are alone-ish. The others are looking onward at the train wreck unfolding. Stephanie and Shutter have acquired popcorn.

Tommy, still plagued by that funny feeling: Okay, so whatcha been up to these past months.

Jane Stacy: I was going to ask you the same question. Been seeing anyone?

Tommy: Ladies first, I insist.

Jane: Well, I've started working as a researcher at the Devon Corporation. Professor Hawthorn has been a great help with his recommendation letter and all. I haven't been seeing anyone though. How about you? You've been on stakeouts as of late. What else have you been doing in the world's most romantic city?

Tommy: Nothing much; been married to the job mostly and I did meet a few interesting people but most of it's just... professional.

Jane, staring at him incredulously: That's not what Gavin said. You almost look cute with that Battle Company Girl. And don't think I'd mind seeing you and the cop.

Tommy: I am going to bludgeon him.

Jane: You're so cute when you're trying to make yourself sound tougher than you actually are.

Tommy: Well, uh... you... didn't stop being hot... oh crap that doesn't sound right at all.

Jane: Okay, I understand if it's making you uncomfortable, Tommy. We agreed to this. I don't wanna hurt you and all.

Tommy: Yeah. It's better this way. And it's okay, whatever it was, it's all behind us. We're just friends now.

Jane: Yes. Friends.

Tommy: Now let's stop before Stephanie and Gavin return from the popcorn stand.

Jane: Yes, lets.

Tommy then proceeds to move away from Jane. He spots a familiar face, and knows what to do. In his pockets is a USB that included the observations he and Ivan had made over their encounters with Dave Riley and Theodora Williams.

The best remedy to awkward moments is to bury yourself with work.

-Diane thinks for a moment.-

Diane: Unfortunately, I'll have to assess my current situation a bit before I can accept a job offer. I have, one, a busy life already, between PEFE and personal projects, and two, personal projects back at my workshop module at PEFE.

-She smirks-

Diane: Besides, I had a major part in designing Skye's costume, so I can't say yes until after the contest, right? Clear bias and all.

-Kai smirks.-

Kai: Upstaging is what I do, Alice. You know that.

-Beat-

Kai: That's gotta be the cockiest thing I've ever said in my life.

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-Lila nods-

Lila: Yeah, I'm feeling a bit bombarded by other people's emotions. I recently got told by ho-oh that I'm a heart of gold, which comes with empathy so at least I know what it is this time. Doesn't make it any less annoying. Sorry about my little rant there.

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Ever: We can call it that! ^_^ Or perhaps I simply enjoy the time spent. Who knows?

Silas starts laughing very hard, even David is laughing, Zeke just frowns a bit, "Okay you got me there. Give it some thought, with our current PEFE partnership it shouldn't be too hard, but take your time, everything good comes slowly."

Zeke walked off leaving David and Silas to calm down, "So costume enh? Tell me is Skye gonna go for the extra intro?"

"I almost did the shield toss myself but honestly that start, how long did you and Zeke have that planned?" David asked.

"Enh, ever since I got this thing," Silas responded.

"Huh..." David shrugged it off, "So PEFE huh? What's working there like?"

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"Oh, you have an aspect too?" Colton asked, drinking some more soda. "I'm a Mind of Crystal, myself. Not too sure what that means, but I can understand Kyurem. So that's a thing.

"And it'd be hypocritical of me to attack you for ranting when I went on my own tirade about the noise I'd be bombarded with due to my costume pick," he comforted.

"Oh," he said. "Gotta take this," he explained as he held his fingers to his temple. "Uh huh... okay... when?... Alright... see ya."

"My Delphox contacted me about the costume contest. You joining?" He asked.

-Pianis is riffling through his bag-

Pianis: Seriously, where did it go?

Noelle: Where did what go?

Pianis: My Helm of Domination. I've got all the rest of the costume accounted for but—

-Pianis looks at Noelle and does a double take-

Pianis: Hold on, why are you a Pachirisu girl?

Noelle: I'm the Unbeatable Pachirisu Girl! I got the idea after seeing my girlfriends dress up as MCU characters.

-Pianis tilts his head-

Noelle: You know, Pachirisu Girl? Eating nuts, kicking butts, defeats baddies like Thanos without breaking a sweat?

Pianis: Can't say I'm familiar with that series.

Noelle: Oh, whatever. Have you seen Fortis and Astral's costumes? They're adorable!

Pianis: Yeah, they brought me here actually.

Astral: <But why do you wear this?>

Fortis: So I can look like you and it's cute, and you can look like me and everyone has pretty costumes!

Astral: <But then, why do you wear this normally?>

Fortis: Huh? Do you mean why do I wear clothes?

-Astral nods-

Fortis: Oh, well there's lots of reasons! They help you look cute and pretty and they can protect from the cold and stuffs and if I didn't wear them then a lot of boys would act creepy at me!

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-Lucius's cheeks tint slightly.-

Lucius: Uh... sure, time spent. Let's just call it that.

-He glances downwards, while Liam just sits there, too afraid to break the silence by ordering another drink.-

-Alice raises an eyebrow at Kai.-

Alice: Is it now? Then in that case, I'm keen to see what it looks like when you take the lead and steal the show, even if it is only for one evening.

-She places a kiss on their cheek.-

Alice: And keep hold of that confidence. It's a very attractive quality.

-Shun doesn't seem to notice Tommy nearby, engaged as he is in a heated discussion with Tara and Dani.-

Shun: Are you seriously telling me you never read Evil Under the Sun?

Dani: Um... yes?

Shun: Not even Death on the Nile? That one is a classic, you must've-

Dani: I never read them because for the longest time, I couldn't read.

Shun: ...Oh. Yes. Right.

Tara: And now you realise why I've been elbowing you in the ribs for the last three minutes.

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Professor Hawthorn: Ah, Dr. Albright what was your doctorate about, if I may ask?

Reynard: Marine biology. Before that, I was a mechanical engineer. I am also a part-time chocolate sculptor and I still lend a few of my skills to my old company. They provided the chocolate, including the massive chocolate sculpture I had built as the prize. So, you're some sort of knight?

Professor Hawthorn: Not just *a* knight. A 15th Century knight based on one of my ancestors who fought valiantly alongside the legendary undying knight.

Reynard: Oh, that guy. They say one of his descendants is in this very party.

Professor Hawthorn: Oh, that's good news. Would you mind introducing us to him.

Sir Guiscard: <Yes, obscenely dressed late-1990s version of the gallant Dark Knight. Take us to him now!>

Shutter: Gramps, the honedge really wants to meet this guy.

Reynard: I've a feeling he would. Trust me, if he's anything like Primo... and speaking of which.

Reynard lets two Pokémon out. The Gengar, dressed as Fletchling from the 60s series, jumps onto Shutter and gives him a noogie, while the Milotic rubs her head affectionately on his sides.

Primo: <Gav-Gav!>

Giacoma: <We've missed you so much. Goodness, you've grown.>

Shutter: Don't remind me. You guys remember Gimbal.

Gimbal: <What up, sluts! Hey Primo, how's the wife and kids.>

Primo: <Wife haunts this old rickety shack now. Vacation home, baby! New batch of Caterpie back in Valencia are keeping the invasive plants in check. Never been this proud to be a great grandpappy.>

Giacoma: <Are you sure we can leave your grandfather? Without us, he just has Kipper. Lucrezia and Alfonso decided to stay home after yet another bitter argument. If you ask me they should mate already.>

Shutter: What happened to the rest of Blue October?

Giacoma: <They rarely get out of the ball. Could you blame them?>

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Maggie is here, dressed in a torn green shirt with a blue sash around er waist. Se's wearing sandals and has two bolts on er neck. Er hair is held up and dyed black with white stripes. Se likewise has a scar that looks like stitching applied on er face with makeup.

Hajime, in the present, is wearing a black and grey flowing cloak, with boots and gloves, has covered his face with some metal-looking mask and has dyed his hair gray.

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Rumba is bitten by the Durant.

Rumba: "Gotta try harder than that!"

She tries Fury Swiping one of the Durant that bit her.

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-Diane snickers.-

Diane: She's an Amarin. I don't think she can physically resist being extra. We've already scouted out where she's gonna be coming from to show up, and I doubt it's particularly a surprise that the opening ceiling is going to play a part in it.

-She takes a sip of her drink-

-Kai smirks.-

Kai: Why, thank you. Wish me luck, though, my competition is Skye. Who, being my earliest and longest friend, former Starter, engaged to Diane, and currently having an acting gig, is absolutely not going to hold back in a competition like this.

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