[hr][hr][center][img]https://i.postimg.cc/SR52k84p/54b4e63d635603b22d80f72a4ba2be54.png[/img][hr][img]https://media4.giphy.com/media/v1.Y2lkPTc5MGI3NjExamk4YXVoeDJibTc5Yml3eXhlYnd4Z3ZuNW15YnIzMjJ2ZnNrMGdlMiZlcD12MV9pbnRlcm5hbF9naWZfYnlfaWQmY3Q9Zw/XQ6TYupmUdzxBB5gj2/giphy.gif[/img][hr][@BlueSky44][@Nallore][@Trainerblue192][@Achronum][@PatientBean][@Forsythe][@Blizz][@Kirah][@Natsu][hr][h3][color=AC3EFF][b]9:10 PM - Sun. October 31st, 2038 - Margaret Carter Institute[/b][/color][/h3][/center][hr][hider=Trick or Treat 2023 Records][list][*]Mary Sue - Trick - Her backpack was stolen in the library! She'll have to replace her laptop/books/etc. [*]Vicky - Trick - Through a misunderstanding with a teacher (Usagi) Vicky has detention for the entire month of November [*]Sabine - Trick - someone hacked Sabine’s socials and put up some disgusting, bigoted content pretending to be her [*]Andy - Treat - Magneto sends her a gift, it’s a pair of vambraces that fit her perfectly, they’re made out of an unknown material and can deflect bullets and the like [*]Zari - Treat - On Halloween morning, Zari also gets a present from her family. It’s an enchanted tool belt. Whatever tool she needs if she reaches for it, it’s there [*]Leah - Trick - After the Monster Mash when Leah returns to her room, there is a postcard on the wall from Oslo. Written on it is her birth name. Nothing else. [*]Dorian - Treat - On Halloween day, Dorian’s father sends him a ~spooky~ gift. It’s a mini dinosaur! And by mini I mean like 6 inches tall. But it’s alive! [/list][/hider][hr] [@Nallore]: Kate nodded, heading off with Diana - and grinning a bit at the dog. When she looked at it, Buttons was a Chihuahua. "I wonder if he likes pizza," she mused - her own dog, Lucky, [i]loved[/i] pizza. It was probably bad for him, but the vet said he was perfectly healthy, so she wasn't too concerned about trying to change his diet. She knelt down, offering Buttons some pets, and he turned into a corgi, so she played a bit with his ears. "I don't suppose you know where Cassie is, do you buddy?" Buttons [i]woofed[/i] and took off at a run. "Well... Shit. Maybe he does?" Kate said, before sprinting off after the pooch. [@BlueSky44]: America nodded, less surprised than others might have been to come face to face with Merlin - she was well traveled, after all. The bigger issue really was that they had just suddenly appeared within the Throne Room. King Arthur rose in defense of his wife, pulling his sword - drawing [i]Excalibur[/i] and aiming it at the two of them as a threat. Merlin snapped his hand and vines appeared, ensnaring them. "What business brings you here, [i]witchbreed[/i]?" King Arthur said darkly. It would then dawn upon Zelda that in not all stories was King Arthur the hero... In some, he was the villain. [@Blizz][@PatientBean]: Lady Nimue considered Leah's words carefully, although her features were scrunched up in confusion. "Was it not horrifying enough?" she asked. "I was told that these things are supposed to be terrifying. What is more terrifying than to face one's shadow?" she posed. Yet when Leah asked about what Nimue would do when someone was [i]killed[/i] in there, it did not seem to bother Nimue in the slightest. She came from a world of stories, where death just meant one version was dead and another would revive to take its place. She was an immortal being, a goddess. What does death mean to someone who can never die? What does death mean to a person who sees everyone as just characters, fated by the rules of narrative? Nimue then considered Sabine's demand that she fix this - but what was there to be fixed? Her enchantment had fulfilled its requested purpose, she had partaken in this ritual, this means of celebration for the people of this realm. Far be it from her to judge them for their odd customs, but she prided herself on being able to understand, to adapt to them. But more than anything else, her magic was bound to the rules of story. The enchantment had been set to expire at midnight. To end it all sooner, it would require heroes - heroes to rise to the challenge. "I cannot [i]fix this[/i]," Nimue said calmly. "The spell is bound to the rules of narrative. Heroes must prevail to break it." She then produced a shimmering sword, offering it not to Sabine but to Leah. "But I may arm you for the battle you will face. With this sword, you must go to the heart of the enchantment - and you must destroy it." "I don't suppose we could do it?" Darius, Ser Nemo's husband, asked. Lady Nimue shook her head. "You are not chosen." Ser Nemo frowned, before addressing Leah and Sabine. "You don't have to do this, girls. I can block off anyone else from entering tonight. Go, enjoy yourselves. Comfort your girlfriend. You can be heroes another night."[hr][hr][center][h3][b][color=42A9FF]April Flynn[/color] & [color=ed1c24]Percy Novikov[/color][/b][/h3][img]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2b/0a/93/2b0a9358189229cfe46020b75a8fc358.gif[/img][img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/5908331ec0b49a380a9c956f183679b4/3b2fd09da33ce029-24/s400x600/b3bf361ddcf40d23e95ba393968305ec799fe0c3.gif[/img][hr][b][color=42A9FF]Location:[/color][/b] Stark Hall - Third Floor -> Fourth Floor [b][color=42A9FF]Skills:[/color][/b] N/A | Temporal Teleportation [b][color=42A9FF]Costume:[/color][/b] [url=https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D0dbXxxU0AA86cH.jpg:large]Perfuma from She-Ra[/url] | [url=https://www.williamjacket.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Doctor-Who-David-Tennant-Suit-Blue.jpg]the Tenth Doctor from Doctor Who[/url] [hr][hr][/center] Being away from the crowds, from all the questions and stares and glances, it did help - somewhat. With how shattered April felt after that experience, so untethered from reality, so unmoored, even a small improvement wasn't too noticeable. Her tears had dried up, her body shaking as it tried to produce more but failed to do so - and her eyes felt so wet, so uncomfortably wet, she wanted to dry them but her body felt unresponsive, like it wasn't hers to control - like she was someone else, like the software running her body just was outdated, uninstalled maybe. She was somewhere else, just watching the scene, watching this Homecoming Queen try to piece herself back together. So when Dorian came on up to them, asking if they were okay, saying that he was going to call for help - April [i]wanted[/i] to answer him. She really did. She wanted to tell him that she was okay, that he didn't need to worry about her, that he shouldn't worry about her. But her lips felt too heavy and she couldn't quite remember how they worked, couldn't quite recall how to exist in her body. She couldn't move her head, all she could do was stare melancholically, all she could do was be trapped in this body. Percy, however, was in a better state - marginally. He was dizzy and exhausted, and his legs felt like they were made of Jell-O as he tried to rise to a standing position, only to immediately regret it, the ringing in his ears increasing. He didn't want to look weak or incompetent, especially not in front of Dorian. He wanted to be able to meet his boyfriend's expectations - to exceed them, really. [color=ed1c24]"I'm fine,"[/color] Percy insisted. [color=ed1c24]"I just need a moment, then I can get her upstairs."[/color] He could do this. Yes, teleporting with another person was incredibly difficult and yes, he was traversing a long (to him) distance that required multiple jumps - but Percy was as prideful as he was stubborn. He took a breath, placed a hand on April, closed his eyes, focused against the pounding headache, and... They teleported a floor up, making it to the fourth floor. He could feel bile pooling at the base of his throat. He tried to summon his power, to get them to the fifth floor, but his body couldn't take it. He fainted, hitting the floor with a thump.