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Sep. 27th, 2020 at 7:45 PM
Who: Molly, Cassie, Gert (& Groot)
What: Go shopping for Halloween decor, costumes, and candy! Hijinks are likely to ensue
When: This afternoon
Where: Somewhere like here
Status: In Progress
Warnings: I doubt it, these are the kids (well and Gert, who is a full grown-up, but still cool and all)
"Listen, I promised your mom I was a really good driver and would be safe, so you need to be buckled in," Molly explained to Groot, buckling a seat belt around him in the back of Paloma. "We're gonna buy candy and spooky stuff and get you a costume and then when we get home, I bet you can convince Gert to let you feed Lacey, right Gert?"
"I am Groot!"
Molly wasn't sure what he said, but it sounded like he was agreeing. She smiled at Cassie before getting in the van. "This was the best idea, Cassie, we can decorate the whole tower and plan a party. We can ask Ms. Potts to take care of the food, I bet. That way we can focus on making it really creepy. Too bad we aren't back at the hostel, that place was perfect for Halloween parties."
She pulled Paloma out of the parking garage of the tower, checking the GPS as she pulled onto the busy street.
What: Go shopping for Halloween decor, costumes, and candy! Hijinks are likely to ensue
When: This afternoon
Where: Somewhere like here
Status: In Progress
Warnings: I doubt it, these are the kids (well and Gert, who is a full grown-up, but still cool and all)
"Listen, I promised your mom I was a really good driver and would be safe, so you need to be buckled in," Molly explained to Groot, buckling a seat belt around him in the back of Paloma. "We're gonna buy candy and spooky stuff and get you a costume and then when we get home, I bet you can convince Gert to let you feed Lacey, right Gert?"
"I am Groot!"
Molly wasn't sure what he said, but it sounded like he was agreeing. She smiled at Cassie before getting in the van. "This was the best idea, Cassie, we can decorate the whole tower and plan a party. We can ask Ms. Potts to take care of the food, I bet. That way we can focus on making it really creepy. Too bad we aren't back at the hostel, that place was perfect for Halloween parties."
She pulled Paloma out of the parking garage of the tower, checking the GPS as she pulled onto the busy street.
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"I am Groot," came a small voice from the backseat.
Gert turned to look at the little alien, "Um does anyone understand him?
"Um.... Nope?" Molly shrugged as she pulled into the tiny parking lot next to the Halloween store. "Gamora said he understands us but refuses to learn English. She said he'll be pretty clear if he needs to go potty or something."
"I think he's excited," Cassie replied. "It is an adventure, right, Groot?"
Edited 2020-09-29 02:49 pm (UTC)
"Does it even go potty? And um..... from where?" Gert didn't mind little people, but she wished that this one had come with a manual.
While they were waiting at a stoplight, a man pulled up next to them in a strange red truck, he leaned so far out of the truck, he was only inches away from the passenger window where Gert sat. He gave her an appraising look, Heeeeeeeeeeey, Layyyyydies. Whatsa matter? You should smile, betcha you'd be pretty with a smile!
Gert looked at the mullet haired man and bellowed, "ARE YOU KIDDING ME? YOU OVER PRIVILEGED MISOGYNISTIC TOE RAG! HOW DARE YOU TELL WOMEN HOW OUR FACES SHOULD LOOK?"
The man leaned forward and motioned towards Molly, "Houzzz about you, sweetheart? You want a little piece of the Joe?"
She pulled into the tiny parking lot of Halloween Adventure and grabbed her wallet. "Okay, here's our mission: we need enough decorations for the common areas and our places, costumes, and all the candy we can carry."
"IAMGROOT!" Groot agreed from the back, undoing his own seatbelt and hopping onto Cassie's shoulder.
Gert's voice was just a little miffed as she turned to her sister, "If you had joined my All the Hallows Pinterest board, you'd totally know what kind of molds we need in order to make a jello salad that looks exactly like a brain." She sighed, "Oh well. We'll need cups, and napkins, and fake tombstones and...."Gert paused at the sight of a giant coffin made out of cardboard that stood just inside the door.
"Do you think we could use this? Or would it be too triggering?"
"I don't think that anyone who was dead remembers being inside a coffin, so it's probably okay, right?' she said, deciding to come back for it. She figured she could balance it across the top once the cart was full. Instead she pulled up to a display of spiderwebs and started throwing packages into the cart. "I know these go pretty far, you think 25 is enough?" she asked over her shoulder, grabbing some large spiders from the next shelf.
"Can we get blacklight bulbs? That will make everything extra creepy."
A small "iamgroot" reminded Gert that Old Lace was back at the tower. She decided to check in, //Hey Lacey girl, did you find the dried crickets I left for you?// The feeling of a full and contented belly washed over her. She was about to turn her attention back to the store when Lace said, //BabyShrub need disguise. Also BabyShrub want OldLace for mission. Old Lace LOVES missions//
Gert wondered how Lace could know what Groot wanted, she glanced over at the little guy who perched on Cassie's shoulder like a pirate's parrot.... if the pirate had been an angelic teenager and the parrot had been a stump. "Um....Groot do you need a..." Gert decided to use the word that Lace had given her, "....a disguise?"
The little tree began bouncing up and down on Cassie's shoulder waving his branches and excitedly chattering, "Iamgroot. iAMgroot. IAMGROOOT!"
"I guess that means yes." Gert mused. She went over to an aisle featuring costumes for babies and toddlers, "This is ADORABLE? How about this one??" Gert held up a costume.
Groot piped up with a disapproving “iamgroot....” as he looked at the dear costume. “Even I understood that,” Molly said with a laugh. “You’re right Groot, you need something more badass.”
She scanned the baby costumes. Most were cutesy baby animals and pumpkins and stuff. “How about this? Batman keeps baddies off the street, like you with the pigeons.”
She grinned at Cassie, “Do you have a costume idea? I can’t decide.”
Edited 2020-10-02 11:10 pm (UTC)
"Do we need another cart? I think we need another cart, especially if we are going to get one of those giant cauldrons for a punch bowl."
"I got it," Molly said, glancing at the full cart, then running back to the front to grab and empty one. She put not one, but two cardboard coffins in it, then transferred one to lay across the top of the full one when she got back to the others. "What, we have a lot of space to fill? Mr. Stark has a really big building," she said, grabbing the cauldron.
"Maybe we should be batman villains, that way Groot has people to fight, what do you think Groot? I'd make a great Harley Quinn."
"I am Groot." Groot nodded.
"IamgrootIamgrootIAMGROOT!!" Groot suddenly jumped onto Gert's shoulder and pointing at two costumes.
Edited 2020-10-03 11:17 pm (UTC)