faceguy: (my poor heart)
Leonardo Hamato-Lou-Splinterson ([personal profile] faceguy) wrote in [community profile] metalogs2023-10-31 06:45 pm

Open(ish) Halloween Mingle Log!

Who: Leo [personal profile] faceguy, Donnie [personal profile] purplexing and any TEENS or teen-adjacent characters
What: HALLOWEEN! Trick-or-treating and then Halloween Party!
When: Halloween!
Where: Central City
Content Warnings: potentially underage drinking?

Trick or Treating!


You're not too old for trick-or-treating, right? Leo may be 16 now, but he certainly intends to, and he's invited everyone he knows to come with. There's a pretty good group now, with kids he knows from school and other metas around the city, headed for the residential districts and maybe a bit later into the suburbs of Central.

Sure, there are gangs around, but with this many teenage superheroes in one place, it shouldn't be a problem, right? It's just some good ol' Halloween fun!

Halloween Party!



And after the trick-or-treating wraps up, it's time to party! School night? Who cares!

Leo and Donnie have taken over an old, abandoned warehouse (no worries, it's... probably safe!) and completely decked the place out. There's lights, cobwebs, sound and motion activated decorations, and snacks upon snacks. There's an even bigger crowd here than there was for trick-or-treating, since most of Leo's local meta school friends are more interested in a party than trick-or-treating. It's mostly the people who are cool with being friends with a turtle, aka the coolest people.

Feel free to dance, play pranks, eat food, maybe slip something into the punch... get up to shenanigans! And don't worry, they're pretty sure the warehouse isn't haunted. Any rumors to the contrary are just that: rumors!

[[OOC: This is a mingle log! Feel free to make your own starters! If your character is a teen or young adult, feel free to assume they got invited through the grapevine; knowing the turtles is not necessary. Otherwise, your character can be at a house that gets trick-or-treated or just come around the party to see what's going on. Party crashing is allowed.]]
purplexing: (consult an expert)

Donnie || OtA

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-11-01 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
i. Trick or Treat!
It would be a mistake to ask Donnie what or who he's dressed as because then he would happily dive into a lengthy and likely unwanted history lesson about Carl Linnaeus and his many contributions to the world of science. Education, the most terrifying force on a night of fun!

The turtle isn't too put off by the fact that people start inching away from him once he launches into his explanation, at least after it becomes a consistent thing. Sigh. No appreciation at all! Others just figure he's some kind of monk or gardener in a weird tunic-smock thing with a floppy hat. It's fine, he's not here to impress people (even if he is just a little disappointed), he's here for candy! And this is a great excuse to wander around the city at night at street-level rather than along the rooftops!

Naturally between houses he is likely found on his cellphone. Also you can bet he's taking a copious amount of selfies. The likelihood of someone else caught in the background or maybe even purposely taken with is also quite high.


ii. PAaaartAAY
Actually being at a party that isn't just immediate family and friends is a surreal thing, even more so when he knows he and his brother were the ones who had set things up. Donnie took what he did with Accelerator's apartment and dialed it up given the space they had to work with. There's fog machines and mood lighting, there might be a few hands that pop out of chip and candy bowls.

He doesn't take to mingling like Leo does, being more content to watch, happier to see people enjoying what he's helped create. Not exactly a wallflower, but he hangs around by the food spread or checks on a few of the technical effects if it looks like they aren't operating like they should be.

But if there's one thing he will do, it is dance, and you can bet whenever there's a good beat, he will start bopping.
purplexing: (i could do better)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-11-03 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
"This isn't work, it's just making sure things function adequately throughout the night," Donnie replies from where he's squatting beside the offending machine, a panel open, tools out. "They just don't make fog machines like they used to."

He doesn't sound particularly annoyed, tongue sticking out slightly as he tightens a few things within the small compartment. Then he flicks a switch, the machine sputtering before a stream of fog begins oozing out. "There we go!" Donnie says with a grin, slapping the panel cover back on.
purplexing: (victoryy..?)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-11-08 06:05 am (UTC)(link)
He'd probably be less chill about things if they weren't functioning the way they were supposed to. Straightening up, Donnie stretches out a bit before tucking away his tools, looking satisfied overall at his work. He grins at Leo.

"Glad they approve. Aside from a few hiccups here and there, things have been going pretty smoothly, wouldn't you say?" Their first public party thrown and a success? He is practically giddy and while he's not bouncing around like Mikey would be, his expression suggests as much.
purplexing: (mystic adds flavor)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-11-09 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
Heey, he can be happy! True, they'd been more than a little stressed these past few months but look how far they've come!

Such thoughts are never all too far from Donnie's mind, their absent brothers still leaving nearly tangible voids, but at least Leo's here. And they've met so many people they can actually call friends. That may not fill those brother-shaped holes, but it's something they hadn't had back home, this weird sort of freedom. And they'd fought to keep it. They deserved to have some fun!

"Haha, yeah we did!" he laughs, bringing up his fist to connect with Leo's.
purplexing: (Hmm)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-11-19 05:58 am (UTC)(link)
The moment the lights begin to flicker, Donnie's frowning as he looks up at them, squinting at the rest of the setup before looking back at the lights as they start going off and on in a manner that is decidedly too specific to be a power issue.

"Huh? No, I mean, I could have but then I would have had to do a bunch of rewiring and anyway wait- that wasn't you?"
purplexing: (i cannot be hearing this right)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-11-22 10:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Not that Donnie really had thought Leo would have, but now it definitely leaves something unanswered and he's not sure how to feel about that. He follows Leo's glance back towards where the lights had seemed to be directing themselves before looking back at Leo.

"They did seem to be very specific about their patterning... If this were a horror movie I would say no, but it isn't, so we may as well check it out."
purplexing: (shredder down)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-12-02 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
"Right!"

Donnie's more curious as to just what's going on. There's plenty of reasons something like that could happen, and in his mind it's all technically-related. And while he might commend someone for putting on a show, he might also be a tad annoyed that someone's trying to upstage him.

Needing no further urging from Leo, he follows right after. Time to get to the bottom of this! Or...top.
purplexing: (this is me disbelieving you)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-12-03 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
Donnie's more concerned about things falling apart, which is why he's not hustling Leo to hurry. He frowns as he peers around his brother once they get to the second level.

"...the suspiciously ominous light flickering over there? ...no," he adds, flatly. "That's a potential fire hazard. You can't just leave candles lit around here!"
purplexing: (hm?)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-12-04 05:31 am (UTC)(link)
Donnie rolls his eyes. "I meant like a generalized you, not-" he starts to interject even as Leo continues to go off. At least until they both stop as more light begins to appear.

"...."

"...I...am inclined to agree."
purplexing: (of course I did...n't)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-12-04 05:55 am (UTC)(link)
"Wait don't-"

But nothing seems to happen, the flickering lights apparently not belonging to flames. Donnie's eyes widen before his brow furrows, and he tips down his goggles from under his dumb hat.

"Surely there has to be a logical explanation for this. And if not, then maybe it's..."
purplexing: (barbed)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-12-04 06:06 am (UTC)(link)
"....."

Donnie trails off, his frown twisting uncertainly. He lifts his goggles and lowers them again, brow twitching slightly. Hesitantly he offers a wave back.

"Uh... Technically...?"
purplexing: (consent forms what?)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-12-04 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Donnie yelps and steps closer to Leo as the flames move, or rather the figures holding them. He blinks behind his goggles, watching the movement uncertainly.

"Creepy dance ring...? I'm afraid I didn't get the memo as to what's expected of us," he says. "Do you know the Cha-Cha Slide?" He's asking the invisible figures as he subtly goes through the playlist, switching things up downstairs.
purplexing: (weighing pizza)

[personal profile] purplexing 2023-12-04 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
"Huh." Donnie relaxes a tiny bit. It's hard to be scared of otherwise unexplainable figures when they're willing to dance the Cha-Cha Slide. Maybe he'll play Earth, Wind & Fire's 'September' next. They seem to be party playlist staples.

"Yeah, don't you- oh wait, you can't. Here," he says, pulling his goggles off to shove at his brother, even as he starts tapping his foot to the music.

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