Halloween Party (backdated like a mofo)

[the_darling_one]

The theme for this year's annual Halloween Bash is Heroes and Villains. The club has been redecorated for the evening, and it seems as though each corner has a different theme. And we're not talking the campy sixties type stuff, but the more recent movies from both Marvel and DC.

One half of the room is DC, complete with areas that look like the Batcave, the Fortress of Solitude, Arkham Asylum, and the Legion of Doom's lair, which has dartboards that have various heroes faces on them.

The other half of the room has the Avenger's Tower, The ship from Guardian's of the Galaxy, a throne in space with Thanos, and Hydra's lair.

They all meet in the middle at the dance floor, which gives off a kind of supernatural glow that seems to throb along with the music.

All the employees are dressed for the theme, as various heroes and villian's sidekicks and henchment.

Let the fun begin!

Comments

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

"Most of them?"

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

"I kept a couple of them." She swallows hard again. "So I'd remember what I went through and why I am the way I am now."

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

"Yeah, I've done something similar myself, so I do understand why you might want to keep a few, despite the...hurt."

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

Mia lets out a soft breath she hadn't realized she'd been holding, glad she doesn't have to explain that part any further. She just nods a bit.

"I've changed too much. Everything has."

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

He nods. "Sometimes things happen that change your whole world. So you just...have to put the pieces back together and start a new one."

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

Mia glances his way, almost sure that part of what he's talking about is his and Aidan's deaths.

"I'd already started to build a new one. But at least I know the truth now. And I don't think I can go back to the old one, even if part of me wants to really bad. I'd be gone all the time again. All the new friends I've made, you guys, I'd hardly see any of you again. And I just can't do it."

Even if it kills a little part of her inside.

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

"You could never go back. Some things just...can't be returned to no matter how much you want to, and so moving on is the only option."

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

"I'm glad that someone else gets it. Not for what you went through to get there." She looks at Wes sadly. "You okay?"

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

"More or less, sure. You know how I am this time of year. I had K'tanya leave me with some memories, like you, so I would know why sometimes things...just aren't okay."

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

Mia can't remember if she ever heard about this or not. "How much did she take? Or should I ask what did she leave you with? I don't wanna say anything that you don't know about now."

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

He smiles a bit. "I only had her take one memory and the things associated with it, and that's Aidan's death."

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

"So you know he died, and you remember us looking for how to... get him back, but you don't remember the exact memories of him dying?" She wants to make sure she gets it right.

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

"Exactly. Those are the only ones I had her take because I had changed too much to not know why, but those where the ones that had done the most damage to me and everyone around me. Even after he came back."

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

"Everyone around you?" Her expression is sad that he thought he was damaging to those around him. At the same time, she has her own ways she thinks she hurts the people around her so she might be hypocritical if she says anything.

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

He gives her a bit of a smile. "You of all people should know what I mean."

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

"I know that I'd rather have you, issues and all, than have some fake, made up version of you missing a bunch of memories."

Mia reaches over and takes his hand, nothing beyond friendship behind the gesture. "I hope you did what you did cause it helped you, and not just because you thought it would be best for other people. Your issues and your flaws are a part of who you are just as much as your strengths are, and you aren't you without all of it. These whole stolen and fake memory things that've been happening to me just reinforced to me that our memories make us who we are. You take those away, or change them, and everything about us changes."

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

"Some things might be better off with a bit of change."

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

"Maybe a little bit. But not who you are."

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

"Pretty sure the death itself did that, and there's nothing I can do about it now."

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

Well, that does it. Mia tugs him up to give him a proper hug.

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

Wes gently returns her hug. "Hey, it's been almost ten years now."

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

She pulls back. "Doesn't seem like it sometimes. And the hug was for you, not for me."

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

"I appreciate it," he says with a soft smile.

Re: Wes and Mia

[mia_j]

"Welcome, but ugh, when did I get so sentimental?"

Re: Wes and Mia

[the_darling_one]

"Pretty sure it's been hiding in there the whole time."