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SIN Halloween Festival; The annual fundrasing carnival for SIN Academy!
Topic Started: Oct 9 2011, 05:57 PM (735 Views)
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(open to everyone! If you'd rather not join this one, there will be a trick-or-treating thread with Aidric opening soon! So look forward to it~!!)

A cool wind wound its way through the crisp autumn air as the sun began to sink under Arcadia's skyline. At SIN Academy, students were putting the finishing touches on all sorts of booths. The smells of cooking food and baking sweets began to spread. A handful of kids and adults wearing costumes milled about, a little early for the festivities.

Inside the gymnasium, the last decorations were being added and the band tested their instruments. It was Halloween night and SIN Academy was having their yearly festival. This celebration was meant as a way for the various clubs and teams to gather funds and as a way for the families the students to go on believing that SIN wasn't as bad as it appeared.

One booth, the one run by SIN's performing arts club (since the future spies needed to know how to act should they go undercover), had brought in outside help. Antoinette Richard, in a very Victorian-styled dress based on one of the outfits worn by Mary Poppins, ladled a generous helping of slightly mashed strawberries onto a warm biscuit then placed it on the counter. She then added a large dab of whipped cream to the top "One strawberry shortcake. Enjoy, ma'am." Her customer nodded and took the treat, sharing it with her son.

Ant smiled and turned back to whip more cream. They'd need it once more people arrived.

In the gym, Emily frowned and tugged on the collar of her, rather tight-fitting, Harley Quinn costume. It was made to cling to every curve, which it did to a near-uncomfortable degree. She sighed softly and looked down at her clip board. "Okay...Band is good, gym is finished. All the clubs are at their booths, all the approved game-booths are ready, parking lot attendants are set, and the rides have been tested for safety and approved. All check." She nodded to herself then handed off the clipboard to another member of the festival committee.

So far, it looked like everything would go off without a hitch. She then looked up at the clock on the wall of the gym. Hopefully Arco would arrive soon. He did promise...well, that's not true. Arco never made a promise he didn't break, but he had given her his word. And she, for better or worse, would always believe him.

The costumed blonde decided to spend her time waiting by checking some of the various stalls. Perhaps there would be something of interest to her.
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Gabriel entered the gymnasium wearing a very stylish black tuxedo with coat tails. The rest of his ensemble (bow tie, cummerbund, silk shirt, pants) were black, except for the pearl buttons that shone in the light. His polished black shoes tapped on the waxed wood panels as he made his way through the booths.

The gym looked very well decorated for Halloween...and for fall, his favorite season. The air was getting cooler, the leaves changing colors...a beautiful time indeed. He also enjoyed seeing the interesting costumes the children chose for themselves as they paraded around for candy.

Speaking of interesting costumes, his green eyes fell upon Emily and cracked a small smile. It was so unlike her...it must have been Arco's idea. He walked over to her, his smile widening to showcase the very realistic fangs that capped his upper canines. "You've done an excellent job along with the rest of the committee Miss Pennington. I believe this will be one of the better festivals we've had."
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Up above the bustle of the festivities below, Anya crouched hidden within the shadows of the gymnasium rafters.

"They are just people in costumes- They are just people in costumes!" she whispered to herself behind closed eyes.

Normally during this time of year, the redhead would be locked in her room, completely isolated from all outside activity until the next morning sun announced the end of this nightmare of a holiday.

But this year was different. This morning at the base of her door, she found a small package. Inside it being an invitation and a costume from Arco himself.

Seeing that it would be rude to turn down the invitation, and that it would also probably be an opportune chance to further observe the Wiseman's relationship with Emily (who would usually be overseeing such events), with great reluctancy she managed to force herself out of her strict routine.

The costume she wore, to the best of her knowledge, was supposed to be of the super-heroine, "Batgirl." Though lifting up the small cape attached to her shoulders, Anya wondered if perhaps Arco had given her the wrong size, as the fabric did feel uncomfortably tight.

Her masked face turned back to Emily, who had now found company with Gabriel. There was still no sign of the colourful wiseman.

A ghoulish figure then wandered into the side of her vision, its eight beady-eyes dangling threateningly above a gaping mouth of decaying teeth.

It's just a costume!...right?
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Emily turned toward Gabriel and nodded politely. "Thank you sir. There was indeed a lot of effort put into it but I can't take all the credit. The rest of the council that planned this worked hard." She looked him up and down. A vampire. How fitting. While looking up, she noticed a black and purple figure in the rafters with a bit of red hair sticking out.

It seemed as if Anya was playing her role as Batgirl rather well. She waved up at the other Elite, motioning for her to join them. "I do hope you enjoy the festivities. Mr. Arcobaleno will be joining us hopefully soon. And that is a very appropriate costume sir."
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It was then that a very distinct music could be heard playing, something that was both cheery and ominous. It was followed by a loud honking sound and headlights as a very strange vehicle approached. It was some kind of motorized tricicle painted in white and green with a grinning Joker face on the front. As an entrance, that was loud, attention drawing, and very weird. Thus, it only made sense that Arco was the one at the wheel.

"Happy Halloween, friends and frenemies~!" The Wise Man Sigma yelled out to everyone who could see his entrance, and was met with smiles and cheers, a sign of his popularity. Arco knew how to be the soul of a party. The costume he was wearing for the night was the Heath Ledger Joker, complete with badly dyed green hair, sketchy makeup and smiley scar.

"And hello for you as well~!" He parked his little three-wheeled monstrosity next to where Emily and Gabriel stood, leaning back on the sit, folding his arms behind his head and crossing his legs over the front of the vehicle. The fake scar only made his grin a tad more unsettling that how it usually is. "Someone up for a ride~?"
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Gabriel glanced up and spotted Anya, a small chuckle escaping his lips. Miss Mori...never ceasing to impress. His gaze fell back to Emily, pleased that she had recently ceased despising him...and giving him a compliment too! Shocking! "Why thank you Miss Pennington. Your costume is certainly fitting as well...probably Giovanni's idea no?"

After he said that, something obnoxious caught his attention. "Well speak of the devil..." He watched the Warden enter with his extravagance and pageantry...it was almost a circus act, but circus acts aren't run by total monsters...prisons are. He looked to the warden with respect and bowed slightly, hiding the disdain that boiled underneath. "Ah, welcome to the festivities Arco!" He displayed his fangs with a glorious feigned smile. "I believe I'll leave you and your merry gang of Gotham's finest...these pastries have been beckoning me for some time now."

He took his leave of the group and walked over to Ant. He knew how she felt about Arco and, as her friend, could not forgive him of such acts. He offered her a friendly smile and a reason to try and ignore Arco. "Good day Antoinette...I hope your goods taste as good as they smell."
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Seeing that she had been caught by Emily, Anya hesitantly started to make her way down-

Then the horns blared through the gymnasium with a frightening volume.

"EEK!" Anya cried, tumbling off the rafters before quickly catching herself upside down with bent knees, her hands clasped firmly over her mouth. The sudden noise was the last thing that the redhead needed in addition to her already more than stressed state of mind. Green eyes shot nervously from side to side in hopes that no one below had noticed her embarrassing outbreak.

To the redhead's relief, her voiced appeared to have been lost in the cheers below, as Arco made his grand stupor of an entrance.

As the wiseman continued to show off, Anya decided that for now she would simply stay put and take the time to collect herself. Perhaps the blood rushing to her hanging head would do her some good.
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Emily turned to look at Gabriel, shocked. Very few people were allowed to call her employer by such casual names, least of all those who didn't work directly under him. As it was, she could only call him "Arco" when they were alone! She knew that the Wise Man disliked it when people treated him with so little respect.

Still, Gabriel was a buffoon, but he was also a fellow Elite. Hoping she could distract her employer, Emily stepped forward, brushing back one of the pom poms on her costume's hood. "Good Evening, sir. As....fascinating as your car is, we cannot keep it here in the gym. I ask that you allow one of the parking attendants to valet it back to the lot for you, simply so you don't scuff the newly polished floors." She gestured to the shining wood floors of the gym which gleamed like new.

Then the blonde glanced around, wondering where Anya was and why she hadn't come down yet.

Back at the strawberry shortcake booth, Antoinette was having a panic attack. She was breathing hard, shaking, and her eyes were unfocused. She stared at Arco with pure, undiluted terror. One of the students was rubbing her back, concerned.

Another turned to Gabriel, frowning. "Miss Richards isn't feeling too well...we can handle the stall from here, would you mind taking her someplace quiet?" They weren't sure that doing so would do any good but it was better then having her break down here where all their customers could see.
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For a moment Arco thought about tossing the insolent man who he didn't even know and yet referred to him so casually in public through the nearest wall and possibly three to four blocks away. However, this wouldn't go well with the rest of the people in that festival. Emily, alert as always, changed the subject as the other fellow walked away.

"Hmph... Very well." He responded to his assistant as he jumped out of his vehicle, tossing the keys to the valet. "Do watch the paint job, yes~? Now, Emily, please remember me to make that disrespectful buffon's life a tad more difficult in the near future, yes~?" He walked next to Emily, grinning at her as he talked.

His head turned to look past his young apprentice, however, as he saw a very familiar face in the distance. And has luck would have it, she seemed to remember him too! Ah, a small world indeed. It would be wise not to press his ex-toy with so many people around, so Arco decided to give the panic stricken woman some space.

"Now that you are here, my dear, there's only one missing~!" Arco looked up to see Bat-Anya wearing the costume he bought specially for her, thought for some reason she was hanging from the rafters. Odd, but amusing.Lifting one hand towards the ceiling, the female Elite was enveloped in a dark aura. Slowly, she floated away from the rafters and down towards the floor. Arco stopped her when her head was on the same general level as his and Emily's, but did not turn her upright, instead leaving her there, floating upside-down.

Arco grinned.

"It seems we have a bat infestation! Happy Halloween, dear Anya! I must say, you look very well in that costume~!" The colorful Joker laughed as he said that in his own cheerful manner, clapping his hands in delight.
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"Wh-what?!" Anya squeaked, momentarily forgetting that it was Arco's black mist that lifted her from the steel beams above to the floor below.

As she slowly descended, her eyes darted around in a frantic panic. Was this the work of a ghost? Had a wandering spirit managed to possess her when she wasn't paying attention? Oh dear lord, she hated this holiday so SO much.

She then saw Arco, and in an instant, most of the stress built within her mind seemed to float away as memories of the wiseman's ability came flying back.

"T-thank you Mr. Arcobaleno," she said, blushing partially from the compliment, as well as out of embarrassment from her earlier frenzied mindset. She even seemed to forget that the world was currently flipped upside down as she did her best to hide the tension that still lingered deep within her chest. "Good evening to you, sir."
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"A-Arry? Arry, are you here?" Laura called out, carefully picking her way through the crowd, holding her plastic staff tightly. She'd always liked Halloween, ever since she was a kid, and had really wanted to come to the festival, but...well, if Arry wasn't here, or any friendly face really, then how was she to enjoy herself?

She just hoped no one would laugh at her costume...The tv show the character was from was really more for younger children, right?

She suddenly let out a startled squeak, a few leaves poking out from under the ribbons in her hair as she bumped into someone rather unceremoniously. "A-Ah, forgive me! I wasn't looking where I was going, sorry!" At least she hadn't whacked them with her staff, right?
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Gabriel saw the look on Giovanni's face...that look of disrespect and anger. It caused the man to laugh inwardly. The warden was willing to kill his colleague and elder because of some social infraction...a bit extreme if you asked Gabriel. However, Giovanni was still his superior, and he would have to apologize later and compliment his work which, in all honesty, Gabriel admired. Until then, he needed to take care of Antoinette.

Gabriel looked over to the seemingly cheerful group with a tragic smile before placing a hand on Antoinette's shoulder and escorting her outside, his coat-tails blowing in the cool breeze. He sat her down on a bench in a small alcove and took a seat next to her, rubbing her back lightly. It was what he did to cheer up a little girl he would babysit sometimes. "He won't try anything here, not with all these people. Everything will be fine."
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Emily nodded, with every intention to remind him later. She may not have hated Gabriel but she knew that such disrespect couldn't go without punishment. It seemed he believed that his age alone is what earned him respect. She'd have to be sure he was reminded of his place soon enough.

She glanced over at the upside-down Anya and gave her an unimpressed stare. "How did you even get up there in the first place?" She asked, quirking an eyebrow. Outside in the festival, the sound of more people arriving could be heard. Games were being played, food was being cooked, and a mix of pop music and Halloween classics played over the loudspeakers. She looked back up at Arco. "Shall we go see what the booths have to offer this year?"

She said "we" but she knew full well, seeing as she had helped organize the whole event. Truth was she didn't like the fact that she now had to share Arco's attention with the other girl. Ah well...too late to complain, she just had to put up with it.

Back outside, Antoinette finally began to calm herself down. She gripped the umbrella she had brought for her costume tightly and nodded. "Y-yeah...you're right....s-still.....I can't help being afraid of him." The woman looked up at the sky which was on the verge of twilight, wishing Aidric was there to comfort her. Gabriel was nice but...it wasn't the same.
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Aryil smoothed out her costume skirt, absently straightening her back bow before carefully stepping outside. She'd initially planned to be some kind of cute witch, but when Laura had mentioned dressing up like the amazing Card Guardian Lovely Heart, Aryil totally had to follow suit! Tracking down a Sweet Spade outfit had been a little difficult and she didn't have the money to buy Spade's trademark gigantic sword (not that she would have been able to heave it around anyways!), but...but this was enough, right? Her hair wasn't really the right color either, but at least she was small, just like Sweet Spade was!

Although she wasn't nearly as strong...

She milled around the festival, suddenly feeling a very unceremonious thock and the familiar noise of twigs and leaves cropping up. Beaming and waving off Laura's apology, Aryil let out a tiny squeal of delight, hugging her friend. "Lala~!" she said brightly, "I was hopin' I'd run into you! Your Lovely Heart costume looks so gooodddd~! And you even have her staff! Sweet Spade's sword was too expensive for me..."

She laughed, rubbing the back of her head, then gleefully took Laura's hand. "Hey, hey, let's check out the stalls~!"
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"Oh, quite so, my dear~!" Was Arco's answer to Emily's invitation. He was there to partake in the festivities, after all, so he might as well go all out and have his own brand of fun™. Grinning, the young warden lifted and pointed an index finger at Anya and started to spin it around. Mirroring his finger, the girl herself started spinning in midair, moving upright, upside-down, upright, upside-down, and so forth. After a good seven seconds of this he stopped with her upright and moved his finger down, making Anya gently land on her feet on the floor.

"Shall we go, then, ladies~?" He asked them both with a big smile on his face, offering his arms for them to hold on to.
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