Bad Moon Season One
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Episode Four: Quarry
Friday, Oct 26th - Saturday, Oct 27th
Session Eight: 10/01/2014
File:Jace-superboy.jpg Jace's Second Costume: Superboy |
Friday, October 26th. Fraternity Row's Halloween Party
- Midterms are over, and everyone except Jace Evans performed well, but his worry over Harris Clayton seemed a larger concern.
- In celebration of the stressful period's end, the University of Astoria's Fraternity Row throws an annual Halloween bash that spills across every fraternity house.
- Thomas Michael Craig receives a call from Teresa Cantu consulting on plans for the evening. Thomas is going to the party as a lawyer, but Teresa hasn't figured out her costume yet. She eventually defaults to her mom's connections and goes as a cop, completing a Law & Order theme for their night.
- Jace, meanwhile, is going as something entirely aberrant for him: a nerd. Aedia Randall, jungle slut, expresses surprise when he runs into her, but he points out that the important thing about his costume are the pockets, which she quickly avails herself of, getting Jace's night off to a good start.
- Danny Marin calls Warner Pelt and is a little surprised to learn he's heading over to Fraternity Row as Dr. Manhattan, but he decides to come along while not wearing a costume. Warner points out the lameness of this idea, and Danny asks if he can borrow Warner's Boy Scout uniform. Warner agrees, and they head out.
- Henry Mulgrew is busy pursuing his fantasy fulfillment for Renee McDonnall by dressing her up as Ahsoka Tano, but the proceedings are a little subdued, as Henry has noticed Renee distancing herself from the missing Jerome Tate's circle of friends.
- Stella Jalo is of course on hand to monitor ATO's party, but she finds that her werewolf status enhances her den mother duties. Deacon Alders, still deferring to her every whim, has taken on a lot of the responsibility of the party himself, no doubt trying to keep Stella from getting riled up again. Stella's frustrations extend mostly to Reese Tavis and Volk Yuriev, however, neither of whom has made any contact recently. Stella has left many an angry message with Volk demanding an explanation.
- Dr. Elaine Litchfield, Halloween warrior, arrives at Fraternity Row armed with her silver knuckles, a period dress, and nametags to humiliate the costumeless.
- Thomas runs into Warner eventually, and noting to himself that the Dr. Manhattan costume allows little utility, asks the Boy Scout for his Leatherman. Danny is chagrined to learn that not only did Warner let him borrow the Boy Scout suit, he's using him as his walking preparedness kit for the night when Warner reaches into Danny's pocket to retrieve the Leatherman.
- Jace, meanwhile, has been on his own for a bit cruising the circuit and drowning his recent sorrows by emptying his pockets for his own consumption. Once he's run out, he sheds his nerd costume for the surprise underneath: a tight Superboy tank top and short shorts bearing the emblem across his junk. He catches up to Aedia at TPA only to find her dancing with a meat head jock in a shabby Captain America t-shirt. To Aedia's delight, Jace elbows himself in, provoking a fight over her. Thomas notices her pleasure and walks by with a casual "bitch," which only increases that pleasure. The jock is no werewolf, though, so Jace easily bests him, securing Aedia's affections for the night along with a hero/minx pic for Instagram. At least DC wins one Marvel match up this year.
- Henry has been spending most of his night partying at ATO, and Carter Smythe finds him to tell him that someone is looking for him up on ATO's back deck. Henry correctly surmises that it's Reese and wastes no time confronting him. Reese tells Henry that he's officially leaving UofA and urges Henry to do the same, saying the Astoria won't be safe for any werewolves soon. He apologizes for biting Henry at the bonfire party. Henry asks him if the fighting pit thing is true, which Reese denies, but he does say that Harris and Miranda are with the Coastal Range pack. He refuses to say much more than that, and Henry tells him that if he wants to have any credibility, he needs to make sure Harris gets in touch with Jace. Reese says that's not his call and leaves.
- Warner and Danny are hanging out at ATO, and Danny notices Warner zoning out while looking in Henry's general direction. He asks Warner if he's into Henry, and Warner discovers that pleading the 5th is far from sufficient to hide the "yes" in his non-answer.
- Halloween takes a further turn for the worse when werewolf Alice shows up at ATO in a Little Red Riding Hood outfit and her own personal werewolf walking wall whose name turns out to be Donaldo. She's there to relay a message to Stella from Volk. He apologizes for not being able to talk to her directly and for not being able to explain himself to her. Stella, showing a Bette Midler level of brassiness, is having none of it, though. She rips into Alice (metaphorically), telling her that Volk's evasion is all too expected, and he already knows exactly how she feels about it from the numerous messages she's left him. Alice finds it all so amusing, though, and tells Stella that of all the people bitten at the bonfire, only hers was intentional. This whole exchange riles up Stella's wolf, but she uses her new seminar tricks to keep herself under control. Alice leaves with a smirk, and to get her wolf fully under control, Stella retreats to the kitchen to explore some cutting.
- Most of our heroes have noticed Alice by the this point, and Elaine takes the opportunity to snap some photos of Alice and Donaldo. To her surprise, the photos actually turn out. Who knows what further ideas for experiments this spawns in Elaine's demented mindscape. Both Elaine and Warner text Vanya Simonson to let her know about Alice's presence.
- Thomas takes to opportunity to approach Alice, who seems more than happy to entertain his interest. She sends a sc/growling Donaldo off to fetch drinks while she drags Thomas into another frat to dance. Donaldo runs afoul of Neena Cosgrove, but he simply hands her a drink and takes off. Alice inhales Thomas's scent deeply, and while he's trying to be wily with her, she counters by noting that she can smell his attraction to Teresa and wonders if he's admitted it. This stops Thomas cold in his tracks, and he questions if he's made the right decision in engaging with Alice.
- Jace and Aedia show up to the party, and Aedia is instantly jealous that the whole room seems to be focused on Alice. When Jace praises Thomas's pick up skills, Aedia realizes that Alice is dancing with Jace's friend. Jace is unable to provide much intel on Alice, though, admitting that he's seen her before with that Reese guy, and her name is Ellen or something. Aedia claims that Ellen is a skank name. Alice overhears the exchange and notices the attention being focused on her. She decides to collect Donaldo and leave.
- Elaine and Warner attempt to follow them, but they end up in the parking lot with no idea where the werepair have gone. Vanya catches up to them, and she is quite upset that they have put themselves at such risk. She explains that both Alice and Donaldo could easily rip either of them to shreds and wouldn't hesitate to do it. She appreciates their curiousity, but they have no idea what they're getting themselves into. Warner tells Vanya that he's considering joining the Astoria pack.
- Back on Fraternity Row, Thomas runs into Victor and makes an offering of peace over cigars. Victor is decidedly nicer than usual and even admits to feeling some guilt over the bonfire attack. He smells a bit of blood on Thomas, who tells him that he's recently been tattooed. More alarming to Victor, he also smells Alice all over Thomas. Because Thomas doesn't seem to realize the gravity of this, Victor tells him that many of Alice's past "relationships" start with such a marking and go rapidly downhill from there. It's also a warning to the Astoria pack that she's found one of their kin. Thomas finishes his Halloween questioning much of his decision-making process.