Midnight Manor - Wednesday Evening - Living Room

[slothbabyproductions]

After shenanigans, Kamala had headed straight home where she had prepped the living room for an evening of fun and frivolity.

Which really just meant popping popcorn and making sure there was a variety of cold beverages in the living room.

So now she was just sitting in her favorite shenanigan outfit and going through multiple streaming services trying to find the movie she wanted to watch.

"It should not be this hard to find a stupid movie about an ogre."

It really shouldn't.

[For the manor residents and guests

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Arrive and Mingle

[slothbabyproductions]

Come in and join the fray! Wear your favorite shenanigan outfit that Kamala totally emailed/texted you to wear for the event! It totally happened!

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Arden came down in her Little Bunny Foofoo outfit, her expression still very dubious. "We're not wearing normal clothing...why?"

Seriously, Kamala. Why.

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[slothbabyproductions]

"Because we are fun people who wear fun things!" Kamala said exuberantly, "Come on! Some of these outfits absolutely cook."

And then she reached out to touch Arden on the shoulder. "And you make an adorable possum/bunny foo foo."

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[what_big_teeth]

You know, it was a little amazing, how much Eleanor hadn't realized exactly how many ridiculous shirts from Wednesday activities in the summer she'd actually collected in her time at Fandom until she actually sat down and tried to sort through them all trying to find the best one. Because she knew that she had a few summers more under her belt, and she wanted to find something Kamala hadn't actually seen before to....impress her? Would that impress her? She still wasn't entirely sure the whole shenanigans outfit part of movie night tonight wasn't just some trick to end up having her embarrass herself, but she wanted to believe that it wasn't. And a shirt from a previous year might help mitigate some of that embarrassment a bit more than, say, her bunny outfit from earlier this summer, which would be a top choice because it seemed comfortable for watching movies in, and Kamala had said she was cute in it.

But, sorting through some of her older shirts, she decided that rolling up to Midnight in a shirt featuring Abraham Lincoln and dinosaurs was a fairly safe and still-odd choice, though she'd have second thoughts when she saw what Kamala and Arden had gone with.

But also, she was fairly sure no one else coming to this would have an Abraham Lincoln Dinosaur shirt, so....

At least focusing on her clothing choice meant a little less brain space for focusing on being nervous?

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[slothbabyproductions]

There had been a lot of jittery energy in Kamala before Eleanor arrived which had mostly been spent arranging the popcorn bowls a dozen times and rearranging the drinks so there was enough ice coverage in the cooler.

All that nervousness went out the window as soon as Eleanor walked in. "Oh my God! El! That shirt is fantastic!" Kamala gushed. "I'm totally stealing that from you at some point."

And after realizing she was gushing, Kamala tried to pull back her energy level a bit even though she could not stop the goofy grin getting wider on her face. "So. Uh. Anyway. Hi! Like my choice of outfit?"

Yes. She did pick the outfit Eleanor had called cute.

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Arden had made herself scarce for a few minutes after Eleanor's arrival - for very important sweet tea reasons and certainly not to give the two of them a few moments alone, that would be ridiculous. But anyway, something like five or so minutes later, Arden came back into the activity room with a pitcher of sweet tea, dressed as a possum. Because that's what best friends did for one another.

"Hey, Ellie!" she said, waving as she set down the pitcher near the other beverages that Kamala had brought out. And then heard what she'd said and flushed a bit. "Sorry, Eleanor. I meant to ask if you were okay with nicknames. It's okay if you're not!"

She sighed and buried her face in her hand briefly. "Okay, let's take this from the top." Picking up her pitcher, she literally walked backwards out of the room and then stepped inside again. "Hey, Eleanor," she said, waving as she set down the pitcher in roughly the same place as before. "That is a hell of a shirt you're wearing. I think that one of the ones I shoved at Graham the day he turned back from being a goose in the radio station."

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[hasaknightjob]

Llewellyn wasn't as bad as he'd been on the weekend but he was still feeling and sleeping poorly. At the same time Steven wanted to show his support for the residents having fun so, with modded with permission Llewellyn assuring him he'd be all right (Steven did fuss after all) Steven popped his head in to say a quick hello while things were getting set up.

"Hello!"

Like that.

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Hi Steven!" Arden chirped from inside a possum kigu because Kamala needed a reason to impress her girlfriend with a mothman suit. (Yes, Arden's narrative was a tattletale. She didn't snitch, but her narrative would.) "How's Detective Watts doing?"

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[slothbabyproductions]

"Steven!" Kamala said cheerfully. "Come in! Join us!"

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[moreofaponchoguy]

"Steven, hi!" Cal said, waving at him. "Quick question: we're allowed to have pets here, right?"

The cat sticking her head out of Cal's shirt might have something to do with that question.

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[singlenakedwhat]

Henry just had the one, since today had been her inaugural shenanigans experience. And while it wasn't the worst shirt she'd ever owned, she wasn't going to wear it again, thanks. Instead she'd opted for the plain black shirt she'd been wearing just before the aforementioned shenanigans.

"Hey," she said with a nod to Kamala as she hovered near the doorway.

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[slothbabyproductions]

"Hey Henry!" Kamala said waving her in. "Join us! We have snacks and drinks!"

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[knightinshinarmor]

"Henri," Remy greeted. She didn't mind her name getting Frenchified, did she? "Have you avoided les shenanigans, or are you avoiding le dress code instead?"

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

"Taking a poll," Arden said once Henry had been lured into the room. "If you were to host a movie night, what would you show?"

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[knightinshinarmor]

Remy had exactly one shenanigan outfit. It went stupidly well with his work uniform, and he was tempted to just wear that to go with it -- but it was stupid hot out. So he put it on over an old crop top and some ripped jeans instead.

You're welcome, TBQ.

"So!" He came in and flopped acrobatically into a seat. "What are we watching tonight, mes amis?"

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[slothbabyproductions]

Okay. Kamala was totally going to be working on doing some sort of acrobatic flop into a chair or couch from now on. Because that was just cool.

"We're watching meta for Shrek!" Kamala said happily. "Because it's a timeless movie and modern fairy tale that the entire family can enjoy."

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[afraid_of_marshmallows]

Everything was better with crop tops. That's what Arden had done with hers today, while still on the raft, though she was wearing her possum onesie instead.

"Kams has been hype about this movie all week, but I'm not sure how it's gonna stand up to the cinematic masterpiece that is the 2Fast 2Family franchise," Arden declared.

She could make that claim by virtue of never having seen Shrek.

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[moreofaponchoguy]

Cal had only been suckered into a few shenanigans, so he was wearing normal clothes today, but at least part of his reasoning was making sure his shirt was big enough for his new friend to hide in, though he was trying to encourage her not to stay hidden. "These are all friendly people, I promise. You're going to get so many scritches if you keep your head out and say hi."

He probably should have checked to make sure no one had cat allergies, oops.

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[knightinshinarmor]

Remy absolutely did not have cat allergies. He did, however, have three cats and immediately snapped to attention when his not at all mutant-powered cat-radar went off.

"Whatcha got there, Cal?"

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[gospel_of_oblivion]

"I am starting to think I should indulge Skywalker's nonsense, if this is the top-tier fashion that results," Illyana said, putting her hands on her hips and surveying everyone's attire. "I feel underdressed."

Mind you, she was wearing a pair of rather short running shorts with 'MUTANT MENACE' on the back in huge letters, and a self-made skeleton tank-top.

Yana did a lot of DIY with her wardrobe, that was almost like a Shenanigan outfit, right?

Watch the movie!

[slothbabyproductions]

Watch the really old animated movie about an ogre and a donkey rescuing a princess and learning about love!

Look, the movie was older than Kamala, therefore it's old. I don't make the rules

Ping in with the bits of the movie your character would react to and start a conversation

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[knightinshinarmor]

"Here we go," Remy said, sitting forward as the princess started to sing along with the bird. "Don't be ashamed, chérie!" he told the character on screen. "That's a useful power to have!"

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[slothbabyproductions]

And in one particular scene, Kamala just started singing.

Do you know the muffin man
The muffin man? The muffin man...

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[gospel_of_oblivion]

Yeah, after a bit, Illyana had her phone out to try and look-up things that were clearly references to something by the way other people were reacting to them.

"I am not sure if I am not getting the jokes because it is old, I was raised in Hell, or because I have never lived anywhere 'normal,'" she joked. "I think I need to re-start my 'missed pop-culture' list."

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