[IC] Sᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢ Hᴇɪɢʜᴛs Sᴇᴄʀᴇᴛs

[MissCapnCrunch]

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𝔹𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝

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Location: Outside of Gwen's house
Interacting With: @Morose@tatszico

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9:00 PM, October 31st.
Chilly, with a slight fog.

Halloween night had came in full force in the small town of Sterling Heights. Kids ran around crazy collecting candy from lit up houses, teens caused trouble, and even adults got in on the fun- finding solace in parties where people got drunk and talked about work. Bernadette Blackwell found herself outside walking to her best friend's house. Without a driver's license and a ride from her parents, she wanted to show a bit of independence and do this herself. Regretting every moment. The girl clung to her self as she walked up the sidewalk, arms wrapped around her not too warm costume. Deciding to do something very basic this year, Bernie adorned herself in a black blouse and some black short shorts. A pair of cat ears sat upon her ears. Basic and cheap, something that was just fine for a night in with her friends.

Gwen had been nice enough to host tonight's get together at her house. It would just be the six friends together, and they probably would spend the night watching movies and just gossiping about things that were going on in the town. When you're in a small town like that, and you have friends who parents are in the police force- you can't get in to too much trouble. Reaching the door finally, Gwen knocked on the door with three loud thuds and two presses of the doorbell.

"Hurry up Gwen, I'm cold!" she called through the door, hoping that her friend was somewhat near by to get her into the house quickly. While waiting for Gwen to answer, Bernadette pulled out her cellphone and began to send a text to Yao while she waited:

To:Yao
From: Bernadette
on ur way? pls. <3

Her texting etiquette was atrocious but she got her point apart for the most part. Pressing send, she tucked the phone back into a pocket of her shorts and began pounding on the door once again. "Gwendolyn Georgie Westbrooooooook!" her loud voice called through the door as her head fell back in distraught. It hadn't even been a minute since she first knocked on the door, but Bernie wasn't ever known to be patient.

[Morose]

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Gwen Westbrook

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Location: Gwen's House
Interacting With: Bernadette Blackwell @MissCapnCrunch

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Gwen finished pinning her hair up, hearing the doorbell ring twice, and someone pound. Rolling her eyes, she knew exactly who it was. And as far as she was concerned, Bernie could bloody well wait. It had taken her a good hour to get the three looping buns done, and grabbing the makeshift staff she made, Gwen went down the stairs, entirely alone in the house.

Her father was out on patrol that night, despite being a homicide detective. It was Halloween and they needed bodies--no matter what their normal duty was. Her mother, a school administrator, was at the local elementary school's carnival, helping to run some of the many booths. And with her brother away at boarding school, it made perfect sense for the six friends to host the party at Gwen's house. Nothing too outrageous could happen, of course. Even if Gwen's father wasn't present, that didn't mean he couldn't recognize the residue of certain activities.

Standing in front of the door, Gwen smirked a bit. She could see Bernie through the glass pane, but instead chose to take out her phone, flipping over to Pokemon Go. She stood there, snickering to herself, as she focused more on catching an eevee than her friend. After catching the pokemon, she peeked up at Bernie, hoping to see her fuming.

Opening the door, Gwen stepped aside. "Where's the fire?" she teased, closing the door after Bernie came inside. She tucked her phone away, happy that her Rey costume provided a few places to hide it. It wasn't every day that she got to dress up like a Star Wars character.

"There's food in the living room if you're hungry already," Gwen commented. "No one else is here yet...obviously."

[smarty0114]

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Location - Gwen's House
Interacting With - | Gwen @Morose | Bernie @MissCapnCrunch |

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Chances are, everyone in the neigborhood heard Connor pull up to Gwen's house in his sorry excuse for a car. The old, VW Beetle had been a gift from his mom, for his sixteenth birthday. The AC didn't work, it was loud as all hell, and it had broken down more times than he could count. Despite all this, Connor loved it, though the rest of the neighborhood, and his friends, might not have held the same sentiment.

After making sure to catch this Eevee that had popped up on Pokemon Go, he stepped out of his car, slamming the door behind him, and making sure it was shut all the way. A slightly stupid, very Connorish grin was plastered on his face as he walked up to Gwen's house, and walked right on in. He rarely knocked when he came over to Gwen's, mostly because he was over there all the time. At some point it had gotten to be too much of a hassle.

"Hey, Gwen! Did you know you have an Eevee around here?" he called out, stepping inside, and rejoicing at the warmth of the house. "Oh, hey Bernie," he said, offering both his friends a sheepish smile and a wave. While both of them had donned costumes, or at least some form of one, Connor had remained as toned down as possible with his. A batman t-shirt and black skinny jeans, coupled with some Converse were all he'd really needed. He'd never been very good at costumes anyways.

[McHaggis]

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[tatszico]

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Yaozu Au-Yeung

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Location: Gwen's House
Interacting With: Gwen@Morose, Bernadette @MissCapnCrunch, Connor @smarty0114, Jay @McHaggis

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To: Bernadette
From: Yao
chill ur horsies, i'm pulling up rn

Yao's eyes flickered back and forth from the small, dimly-lit screen of his phone to the similarly dimly-lit road on which he drove on, his hand gracefully pulling at the wheel of his car. Immediately, his black Lancer Evo responded swiftly to the sudden motion and managed to dodge an incoming vehicle that honked angrily at him as it passed. The boy didn't even react, and instead, hit send on his message and finally pocketed his phone. Yao began to whistle to himself as he made an additional few turns, eventually ending up on the street where Gwen, his friend and sworn nemesis, lived. Parking his car neatly on the curb closest to her place, he lazily got out and gave a hearty stretch.

Vapors escaped from his nostrils and slightly parted mouth, indicating the chilly temperature on this Halloween night. When his tense muscles were finally able to unwind and stretch, he gave a small yawn before shoving his hands into his black bomber jacket's pockets. Underneath that, he wore a plain-white, long-fitted long sleeve that matched his pair of old Chuck's. For pants, he wore dark-grey skinnies that fitted his legs quite well. He wasn't one to dress up in costumes much, even though Halloween was one of his favorite holidays. Yao was more into the "scary" side of Halloween, with all the haunted houses, gorey movies and mischievous fun the night had to offer.

But knowing Bernie would be nagging in his ear at the first sight of him, the least he could do was wear a black snap-back that had pointed cat-ears. At least the hat worked well with his outfit for the night...

Sighing and already mentally exhausted at the thought, he made his way up Gwen's driveway and to the door. He began to ring the doorbell like a madman before abruptly opening the door, popping his head in.

"Boo. Did I scare any of you?" Yao gave a slight grin before opening it up all the way, stepping inside and closed it firmly behind him. "Hello my children. Happy Halloween. Gonna get each and everyone of you drunk tonight, just telling you all right now."

He shivered slightly, rubbing his hands together and pressing it to his lips so that its color may be regained as warmth replaced cold in his body. His deep brown eyes, twinkling with boyish mischief, eyed each of his friends one by one. "Love the costume, Jay. Are you supposed to be a fancy hobo? And Gwen, ugly as ever I see. But the Rey costume suits you well." Yao then settled his eyes on Connor and tsked at the boy. "C'mon, man, where's your Halloween spirit? Even I dressed up!" He teased, pointing to his hat. Finally, he looked towards Bernie and gave a mocked gasped, raising his hand dramatically to his mouth. Walking right up to her and placing his hands sassily on his hips, Yao looked her up and down.

"Girl, you need to change." He grinned at her, shaking his head slightly to accentuate his pointy cat-ears. After giving a small chuckle, he dropped his diva act and stood beside Bernadette, draping an arm around the girl's shoulder casually and gave a small yawn.

"Hey, I'm not last this time," he said, addressing the group. "When's Cass coming?"

[Fabricant451]

Location: Casa de Gwen

Interacting With: Come On, Party People Throw Your Hands in the Air @MissCapnCrunch @Morose @smarty0114 @McHaggis @tatszico

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It was very likely that Cass' arrival was heard coming from a mile away. Her car wasn't a rusty bucket of bolts or anything, despite it being an older model Camaro and all, Cass took care of her car like it was her child...if she had a child. But as she turned onto the street where Gwen's domicile lay, the thumping loud noise could be heard as her speakers were turned up and her windows were rolled all the way down. Half the reason she was the last arriving was because she was enjoying driving around the town earlier blasting some loud, vulgar music so the kids holding hands with their parents would be exposed to the sounds of maturity. Cass got a lot of angry adults shouting at her, trying to drown out the music, but her laughter at their anger was louder still.

Currently, the sounds of Bad Brains was blaring as her Camaro pulled up towards Gwen's house. Noting the presence of at least two other cars, meaning the other guests, Cass parked in what seemed like the most sensible place at the time: by pulling onto the grass and planting the vehicle half on the front lawn and half on the sidewalk. At least then no one would say "oh you're blocking me in" when they wanted to leave early.

Cass waited until the end of the song and then through the next one on the mix before even shutting off her car and stepping out onto the grass. Her initial idea for a costume was a 'sexy schoolgirl' since Halloween for people her age, at the young seventeen, was at the point where it was about transitioning to the adult Halloween with booze, boobs, butts, and mistakes. Her second choice was 'sexy nurse' but that one hit a bit too close to home with her mom working in the medical field and all. Plus when she showed off both of those costume ideas to her room mate Rodrigo he only had one thing to say. "¿no es demasiado viejo para ser vestirse?"

Cass' response both times was a scoff and a "¿No es usted demasiado viejo para ser viviendo conmigo?" One good thing about living with Rodrigo was learning a fair amount of Spanish. It made the funny little rumors about the situation all the more hilarious.

Rather than a nurse or a school girl, Cass arrived wearing Daisy Dukes that would even make Daisy Duke blush and a flannel shirt, sleeveless, and tied so it resembled more of a bra than an actual shirt. "White Trash Supermodel" was how she sold it.

Cass didn't bother knocking at the front door - she was invited, that meant she could just waltz in. So she simply walked in and spotted everyone else already present. "What the fuck, where's the costumes you lazy assholes?" Cass announced her presence by scoffing at Connor, Bertha, and Yao for their seeming lack of effort. She turned to Jay and snickered. "What are you, 'Too Big For Daddy's Clothes'?" As she crossed into the living room to scope out the night's food, she spotted the hostess and shrugged her shoulders at the costume. "Fuck is that? 'From Rags to More Rags'? It's like none of you clowns give a shit."

Cass grabbed a handful of pretzels after taking a handful of chips and shoving them into her mouth. "By the way, Gwen, if your dad calls I had nothing to do with the graffiti and the toilet paper over at Sterling High. As far as you guys know I've been here all night."

[MissCapnCrunch]

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𝔹𝕖𝕣𝕟𝕒𝕕𝕖𝕥𝕥𝕖 𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕨𝕖𝕝𝕝

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Location: Inside of Gwen's house
Interacting With: Everyone

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"The fire is the opposite of fire, it's that I am freezing!" Bernadette exclaimed the minute the door was opened in front of her and pointed to her bare legs. Granted, it was her own fault for this, but she had to put the blame on someone other than herself of course. "Cute costume by the way." Bernie complimented, embracing Gwen in a tight hug. Not too long after Colin came up the way, "I knew once I got here, everyone would start flooding in." she teased, moving out of the way for Colin to come through the door. She gave a friendly wave to the boy and a soft smile. The three of them sat there only a minute as the rest of their group began to flood in.

Jay dawned a suit and Bernie couldn't help but laugh. She imagined this was a preview into prom night that would be there before the group knew it. "Thaaanks Jay." she beamed, as she moved a little bit into the house even more. With her phone buzzing in her pocket, she assumed it was Yao. Seeing him pull up confirmed this. After he belittled each of them, in a playful way, Bernadette felt a warm happiness as Yao wrapped his arm around her shoulder. Gwen probably would be hating the sight of this, but Bernie hoped that the judgement wasn't too harsh.

Bernie took off her cat ears, and snatched the hat from Yao's head. Exchanging the two between them. She wearing his snapback hat, and him adorning her cat ear headband. Disgustingly cute, and just in time for Cass to make her loud entrance. "Nice of you to join us Cass." Bernadette teased pointing out that Cass was the last one here to arrive. The group began crowding in the living room to eat the food and settle in. Grabbing a hand full of chips for herself she cozied up in one of the arm chairs that were situated in the living room. "What's our plans for the night?" she asked mostly towards Gwen, as she was the host of the party. However, she assumed that everyone would have their own ideas of a good time for tonight.

[Morose]

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Gwen Westbrook

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Location: Gwen's House
Interacting With: Everyone

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"Then you should have dressed for the weather!" Gwen giggled, hugging Bernie back tightly. They'd been best friends since forever. She was allowed to tease Bernie.

Gwen then glanced up, watching Connor walk in. He looked as adorable as ever in his Batman shirt, his phone out with Pokemon Go pulled out. With his quip about the eevee, Gwen pulled her own phone out, opened the app, and showed him her pokemon collection. She had about twenty eeves. "This place is crawling with them, no bloody idea why," Gwen explained. "They're more common than rattatas here."

She pointed her hands towards the living room, indicating to Connor that he could go there and wait for the others to arrive. Her lips pursed as she reminded herself that Yao would be coming over. She wouldn't exactly be upset if her father showed up and dragged him away in handcuffs. He and Cass were the two of the group most likely to go to prison.

The door opened, and Gwen sighed. "Chivalry really is dead," she muttered bitterly, as Jay walked inside. He was wearing a tux and carrying a violin case, and Gwen rolled her eyes slightly, understanding the intention. It wasn't too bad for a cheap fix.

"Thanks, yours isn't too shabby," Gwen replied, right after Jay complimented them all on their costumes. Her smile vanished as the doorbell rang incessantly, and in a moment, the door swung open. Yao stepped through, and Gwen let out a sigh of frustration.

"One more comment like that and you're done here," Gwen threatened. She had already talked with her father earlier, and he agreed that if she wanted anyone to leave, to just give him a call. Having your cop father show up in the police car, lights blazing, tended to be very effective in terms of kicking people out of the house. It wouldn't be the first time she'd called her father on Yao, either.

Blaring music, of course, only caused her irritation to increase. Cass. She didn't mind Cass as much, finding some of her antics amusing. But peeking through the window by the door, she saw Cass sitting in her car, half of it on her lawn. Her mother was not going to like that. Gwen had no problem telling her mother who was responsible--but admittedly, informing her parents that Yao had done it would provide more personal amusement.

"Sure, I'll tell him Yao did that," Gwen snickered, after hearing Cass' hinted confession about vandalizing the school.

Cass entered, running her mouth as always. Gwen rolled her eyes about the costume comment, tempted to take the staff and gently hit Cass over the head with it. However, she had to stick to her own rules--she couldn't force the others into obeying the law in the utmost respect if she didn't. Bashing a friend with a staff wasn't exactly legal. Locking the door up tightly, Gwen shut the lights off in the other parts of the house, leaving them on only in the living room. There was no need to waste electricity.

"Well...My only rule is that Yao isn't allowed to suggest anything. His suggestions have to be filtered by Bernie for sanity's sake. As for what we could do...We could play truth or dare?"