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[batsymbol]

Who: Bruce Wayne/Batman batsymbol and others
What: a halloween-themed housewarming
When: end of october
Where: primarily central
Content Warnings: TBD but let's just say Bruce being Bruce is always likely

It's Friday October 27th when this housewarming shindig happens at the townhouse in Central he's recently purchased for himself and with it being so close to Halloween, he decides to decorate it a little. Or maybe a lot. He's still trying to get the hang of this whole Bruce Wayne thing. Either way, the lower floor of the five-story townhouse is decorated for the spooky season and the one floor he'd prefer people to stick to since he's not the only one who lives here. There's food and refreshments available with something hopefully for everyone and if you're in the mood for something a little more spooky for a drink, there's this little guy lined up along one of the tables to be enjoyed, the flavor being a tart pomegranate with a touch of sweetness to it. Yes, it can also be alcoholic and yes, he has someone stationed there to ensure those of age to drink are the ones taking the alcoholic version of that. On your way in or out, don't forget to say hi to the concierge for the night and feel free to take your complimentary pumpkin bucket filled with candy he has for guests. Don't worry about checking the candy for trackers. It's not like he would ever do such a thing. 😇 Happy Housewarming Halloween. ooc notes: just a stupid little housewarming mingle thrown together where bruce makes an attempt to Do Something for his kiddos and friends he has here. Diana also lives within the townhouse and so friends of hers are welcome to stop by as well if she'd invite them. whoever the kiddos want to bring along with them are also welcome to stop by but please stick to the first floor where the shindig is or else bruce is going to be Disappointed aka i'm still figuring out the rest of the floors.

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bruce. open.

[batsymbol]

( he's not so sure about this, but. he's trying.

he doesn't exactly greet guests upon their arrival, given it's not as if it's some public event being held, but he's close by to see who actually decides to show up, spooky themed drink in hand. someone who will greet guests and eagerly so, is a black lab pup wearing a custom-made leather jacket, running up to anyone and everyone, probably looking for treats and head pats.

otherwise, you can catch bruce lingering near the food table, overthinking all of this as bruce wayne does and watching those who decided to come, making a mental note of who's here, both familiar and unfamiliar.

if he does decide to try and make conversation, it's likely to be about the food. )

ooc: open to both [brackets] and prose, i'll follow your lead if you have a preference.

[robintohood]

[The leather jacket on the black pup sure looks awfully familiar. Jason bends down to pet him while wearing his own leather jacket and a Wonder Woman costume]

The dog’s got great taste.

[heartofthedream]

[ Jean knows exactly whose house she's at—and precisely whose she's isn't, all the same—before she arrives. Consider it habit and old hat, as well as well worn precaution where it comes to the unknown and those dear to her in unusual circumstances.

A concession of contradiction that she knows all too well.
She's there for one obvious reason. Or maybe it's three.
(It's definitely more than one.)

But it'd be hard to tell from the ease with which she crouches down, loose red hair billowing in a wavy curtain around her as she greets the most excited member of the house. The small dog is amply rewarded for his excitement with attentive fawning, Jean's smile a bright ribbon of unfettered amusement. ]

Hello there. Aren't you just the most precious?

[torchbearer]

[ kyle is showing up as spike spiegel because he's just that kind of weeb. ]

You dressed the dog?

[overlyprecocious]

Yeah, so. Tim is 100% communing with the dog right now. Bruce can wait his turn while Tim kneels down next to Cocoa Bear for all the scritches.

"The jacket was from Jason?"

[batinbelfry]

[It feels a little weird to realize that she's been more afraid to meet this version of Bruce than she ever was of Batman. A different meeting between them than with the boys as well. None of the others would recall Bruce's return to Gotham and the appearance of Batman--Dick would have been traveling with Haley's Circus, while Jason and Tim were too young to care.

But, she remembers, and works to set that and any other memories aside as approaches him. Nothing suspicious about a Disney princess with a gift, right?]

Hi, I'm Barbara.

[avatarfortruth]

[ Some time later, when they've seen off their guests and townhouse has grown quiet once more, Diana makes her way through the dim room, sipping her pomegranate drink and thinking wryly of the story of Persephone. Cocoa Bear, tired out from all the attention and excitement, is curled into a small, soft ball on a chair seat, his little side lifting and falling with each breath.

When she finds Bruce, she smiles, lifts her glass. ]

I thought that went rather well.

[reneger]

( jason doesn't approach bruce, because why the hell would he do that? instead, he breaks in through a window on the bottom floor, carefully maneuvering around the security system, so he can drop down on the floor a little away from the food table and reach into his pocket, luring bear on over to the corner with a handful of puppy treats and soft murmurs of good boy, look who's doing so well, did you get bigger? while he scritches behind bear's ears and leans in to press his mouth against the top of his head in what's not-quite a kiss but close enough.

give him a few minutes, and maybe he'll start bitching up at bruce himself - but until then, bear gets jason's full attention.

jason, who also happens to be - dressed in full on wonder woman gear, legit lasso included. )

DCAU!Jason | OTA

[robintohood]

[It’s not so much that Jason wants to spend more time with Bruce as it is he wants to case what the townhouse’s interior is like.

Underneath his usual brown leather jacket, he’s also wearing a Wonder Woman costume. Though he had to get a gladiator costume and had to make modifications to it like removing the sleeves and recolor the whole thing, he believes it was worth the effort. He even got the red boots to match.

Come talk to him. He’s likely to be found by the food or near the stairs, thinking about how to sneak up to the floors above]

[avatarfortruth]

[ ... ]

I'm flattered.

And now I feel a bit underdressed.

[ Diana is not in costume. She is, however, sporting a Descendant-branded t-shirt along with her tiara, bracelets, jeans, and the ever-present lasso. ]

You look wonderful.

[torchbearer]

That is . . . a choice.

[ like. why. ]

[reneger]

( junior's in a modified costume meant to look like wonder woman's gear, and jason - well. matches, even if he hadn't intended to. it'd been more to fuck with everyone else than anything aimed at junior himself.

ah, well. he's not going back to change now. so instead, he's taking slow steps up to junior from behind him, slouching over a bit once he's close to murmur low: )

Bet I can use the lasso better than you can.

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[overlyprecocious]

Halloween was never a big holiday for the Drake household, with the exception of one year when there was a big Halloween bash for the upper-crust that Janet and Jack made a point of attending with Tim. He'd done little things with his friends, too, and the Team had a Halloween party, but he's not... totally sure what to expect.

What he finds is maybe not that shocking in retrospect. He might not be Tim's Bruce but he's still Bruce, and he's kind of gone all-out on Halloween Gothic(TM), even without Alfred to arrange things. Tim's not trying that hard, Halloween-wise, since he wasn't too sure if this was actually a Halloween party or a housewarming one, though at some point during the night he borrows Nico's jacket to low-key cosplay as his friend (steal his look). If/when he ever gets to feeling awkward, he retreats to near the food with a mocktail and goes into Gala Waiting Mode (friendly but not too eager, looks as if he would chat with you about finances and business in a very precocious manner for his age), but this party is mostly filled with his family, so he's not too prone to zoning out like that. He can also be found hanging out with Cocoa Bear (who needs to be socialized properly with Haley, it Must Happen) and exploring the building in very legal ways, certainly never ending up on a floor belonging to someone else because that would be impolite.

[avatarfortruth]

If he goes exploring, he'll find the floor above the party locked, and Diana coming down the stairs from her own apartment one flight further up.

She casts him a glance that's half-amused, half-knowing. "Hello, Tim. Coming up to visit me, were you?"

Absolutely not the case, but she's willing to give him a way out.

Dylan Brock | Marvel Comics (Earth-616) | OTA

[codicies]

Dylan had been doing some experimenting with his powers lately. He's a bit too nervous to try fully polymorphing, but he is opting to try and take the nice suit he's wearing and give it a bit of a more personal flair with aid from his shapeshifting. It's Halloween without being a full costume? He likes it, anyway.

He'd tried to sneak one of the alcoholic versions of the cocktails, mostly for Cool Points^TM, but was blocked at every turn. So he nurses the non-alcoholic version of the drink as he watches the party from a table, trying to find an opportunity to feel like he belongs here. Sure, Jason brought him, and Jason is family, but — Everything's strange. A year ago his family had looked almost completely different.

He's maintaining a cheerful demeanor, at least. Nico had called him "the cool one" so he can ride the high of that for a little while.

But there are moments wishing there was someone beside him. Maybe if Hunter was still here, this could have been a date.

[avatarfortruth]

Diana isn't wearing a costume – any costume, not even her own – but despite the jeans and Descendant-branded t-shirt there's the golden glint of her tiara in her hair and the lasso glowing gently at her hip. Her silver bracelets reflect what light there is as she reaches for one of the drinks, considering it for a moment before she turns her attention on the young person standing near by. "Hello."

He looks a little self-conscious, so her smile is warm and gentle and inviting as she holds out her free hand to shake. "Welcome. I don't think we've met – my name is Diana."

[robintohood]

Jason had been on and off observing Dylan to see if he was comfortable or if they should leave early. Jason knows this is a different family gathering than what the teenager had with Eddie, Venom, and others. After Dylan rightfully called out Jason for keeping him in the dark about the Waynes, Jason had been trying to do better and letting Dylan be more involved. It’s been an adjustment for Jason to let more people into his life on a deeper level but he understands why it was important to Dylan.

At some point during the party, Jason walks over to Dylan holding a cup of what looks like hot chocolate with whipped cream. He’s still looking comfortable in his Wonder Woman costume and his leather jacket.

“Here. It’s spiked,” he says.

hope this is ok!!

[agoddessonce]

Seeing Dylan dressed like he's going to the Gala makes Ororo feel very underdressed. She's just in jeans and a nice blouse - but then, most people who only know her as Storm would probably find that even weirder than seeing her in her full regalia.

"That is quite the outfit. Very... meticulously crafted."

And somewhat familiar? Ororo isn't sure. (She needs to brush up on her knowledge of heroes back home.)

[overlyprecocious]

Look, Tim didn't exactly want something alcoholic of his own, but he does think it's kind of dumb that Bruce is being so strict about it at a party where everyone is family or close friends and the risks are low. He's had alcohol at parties before, under his parents' supervision. (The word supervision might be doing some heavy lifting there, but it still counts.) The point is, he notices Dylan trying to get his hands on something harder, and it's possible he has casually snuck something alcoholic after watching his friend fail multiple times. To prove he can, if nothing else.

So, yeah. He's casually sliding an actual cocktail over to Dylan. Because c'mon, the alcohol content isn't even that high, right? It's mostly sugar.

Ororo Munroe (Storm) / ota

[agoddessonce]

» food, drink, and candy;
[ Ororo is here at Diana's invitation. She wasn't aware that it was a Halloweeen-themed party, so she regretfully isn't in costume, but she does find the spread of food and drink amusing! She patiently takes her time to pick her way through the platters of themed food, picks up a glass of the funny looking drink, and gets to the bucket of candy. She lifts a brow in surprise as she peers in, eyes glowing. ]

Hmm. Is there a party game with the candy, do you think? [ She sees very faint traces of electricity in there, but she can't tell why just yet. ]

» a second to breathe;
[ Diana knows a lot of people from home (or places like her home) and Ororo has to excuse herself from the gathering crowd eventually. Even if she can't get outdoors, she'll find a nook near a window and crack it open, heedless of the autumn chill outside. She closes her eyes and lets the air rush in for a moment, before she flashes an apologetic smile to the nearest partygoer. ]

I hope you don't mind the chill. I just needed some air.

[mostdangerousbird]

[ Tim is making an appearance at the party, ostensibly in the name of family togetherness. He's dressed up as whatever knockoff version of Subzero exists in this universe.

(Maybe he's also here to help Jay to kick rocks because he's annoyed at B, too, but hey. He won't take that out on guests.)

He smiles and shakes his head at the statement. ]

I used to run around New Jersey in the winter in short sleeves. I'm good.

II

[robintohood]

[Jason’s wearing a Wonder Woman costume when Ororo opens the window. He doesn’t seem bothered by the chill though as he’s also wearing a brown leather jacket]

It’s fine. Don’t want a goth place like to be too comfortably warm.

kyle rayner | ota

[torchbearer]

[ kyle has arrived! as he said he would. he's dressed as spike spiegel because he likes anime and it doesn't involve him wearing a wig. not that he can't pull it off, but it gets annoying after a while.

he's definitely grabbing a drink and mingling. he's also eyeing the art surreptitiously, if you want to hear his thoughts on the decor. ]

[avatarfortruth]

Kyle.

[ Diana joins him, holding a drink of her own, her eyes bright. ]

I'm so glad you came.

Nico di Angelo / OTA

[demigoth]

[ Arrival

It's not that Nico came here to stir up shit. He came here to be the other half of Tim's you-be-me and I'll-be-you costume plan, with his shaggy hair spiked up like an anime hair style. Tim has shorter hair and he's not cutting his. But the jacket is a decent fit.

Nom nom
He also came for the food, of course. Free at Tim's ... whatever this one's related to him party is different than free at Jason's place or free at school.

No, it's the cutesy Halloween decorations that do him in - and the golden skeleton most of all. He keeps looking at it as he loads up a plate of food, picking over the reasonable healthy options until he has a dinner that better resembles a summer camper's contraband stash.

I don't know her.
A little later, the golden skeleton is gone. Don't worry, it's not missing. That nice new skeleton is shoving it in the coat closet. My, but it is realistic, isn't it? ]

III

[robintohood]

[Jason had been on and off observing Nico and Dylan during the party to see if they were comfortable. So far things seem okay. Eventually Jason walks over to Nico, still dressed in his Wonder Woman costume and his brown leather jacket]

Enjoying yourself?

[He’s also noticed one of the Halloween decorations being gone…]