Halloween Masquerade - Dancefloor.

[Jeremiah Arkham - Black Mask]

From outside you don't see it: the corridor that will lead you to the elevator but once you've gotten your fill of sublimation and refreshment; maybe you've come alone and have found a partner, or many curiosity has finally gotten the best of you; whatever the reason...you spy the hallway. It leads off in its light hardwood wide enough for a few shoulders but not overly large. This first level is about masking what it truly is, however, a night spot of utmost popularity and tonight it's been rented for you to enjoy.

So follow that path, Alice and come to the elevator that will bring you to the main attraction.

The floor gives way to marble and there you see it.



You step inside, a star denotes you're the on the ground floor. You press the only other button on the panel that is not key locked. You ascend up and up and when the door opens you see why this is the Red Room.



Welcome to the dance floor. Live entertainment is playing in the far corner, but the room is built so you are embraced by the music, so it thrums in your bones. No expense has been spared. Come along, enjoy yourself. Dance and be merry.

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Holy tits, something was in that blow.

Carpenter’s vision was blurring more than usual, and she couldn’t stand properly, much less dance. She leaned her back against a stranger—probably shaking involuntarily—and used his neck as leverage to stand on both of her feet. The vampire ironically was wearing a Dracula costume that was strategically cut to show off her curves; though her mind was a droll, and she wasn’t exactly sure what she was wearing anymore, the only thing she knew for certain was that she looked ridiculous. Behind ear pounding music, and through the back of her mind, she knew that her high wasn’t going to last much longer, unless whatever was in there kept her going. She peered over to the shady man who was still surrounded by other adventurers, the vampire wanted to do more lines. She didn’t want anyone to tell her enough was enough; apart of her felt like she was going to die tonight, and it didn’t bother her.

She spun around to face her stranger, grinding her pelvis against his, burying her face in his chest, letting her hands slide down his sides. Blood trickled from her nose and onto his shirt, it was already stained, but it didn’t stop her from licking at it, and squeezing her claws, digging at him. He screamed as she dug too far, and pushed her away. Carpenter stumbled down in a dizzy spiral, before her shaking hands found the floor to stand back up. She drew blood from the stranger’s sides, she licked her fingers before, crawling back over to restart her high, which was fading fast and beginning the crash, even if it was only a few minutes ago; her regenerative properties accelerated her drug tolerance, and the shaven headed woman entered the coke dealing corner. It was away from the rest of the dancers, not everyone knew it was even there, it had to be kept on the down low because of the amount of cops that were scattered across the Red Room.

“M-more… I need more.” She begged. “Hell no, I told you, you need to be cool. It’s a sampler, you buy it and take it back home. Got to the bathroom and sober up, bitch.” The dealer angrily whispered at her, to which Carpenter groaned and flicked off the dealer and wandered off back to the dancefloor.

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"OH YEAH!!! it's about time the Gotham brought some life to it."

the main man looked around and started be bopping to the techno beat. it stuck his fancy however to see what struck him as what might have been a drug deal. Of course it had to be on the down low. After the young girl what he assumed to be the recipient, groaned and walked away, the bounty hunter took his scanner and scanned the dealer.


 Rex "Sticky finger joe"

wanted for assault, grand theft auto and drug dealing

Reward $1000

"Cha-ching"

the bounty hunter loded a stun dart, the dart delivered a direct hit. The dealer slumped down and hit the floor. It wouldin't kill him, but next time he woke he'd be in a police station. Now he had to get the body.

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Carpenter tripped and turned around, backing up as he heard the scream of the dealer; it wasn't that much less the bulk of the pale skinned monstrosity that somehow slipped past her eyesight. The coke was probably to blame; inebriated and trying to scramble back up on her feet, the Vampire, looked up and down at the one who called himself Lobo. She wasn't sure if it was an elaborate costume, or if it was just how he dressed. That had to be facepaint, but then again, Carpenter was only about ten percent sure anything was really happening in front of her.

"Hey big boy, where you goin' with that?" She asked as he bent over to collect the phased body of the dealer.

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Lobo couldn't help but snicker. This woman whomever she was looked to be like a vampire of some sort, and by the looks of it she looked to be strung out. Fumbling sand stumbling around. by apperances she was a vampire, but considering her dress and mannerism she could have been just some drug user that thought it'd be cool to dress like one,

"Hey little girl didn't anyone teach you that coke is bad for you? maybe you ought to switch to Dr. Pepper or Mountain Dew."

Despite the fact that this was obviously a bad joke, Lobo himself found it humorous. The Main man himself had been a bit of a druggster for a while, but enough trouble at a bar caused him to give the stuff up.

"Look lady if you want to be a warrior worth her salt, you'd honestly may want to give that stuff up. I mean look at you. You can barely even stand up right now let alone stop me. but hey...what can I expect from some chick that thinks it's cool to be all strung out and look like a totally idiot. Anyway I'll be going now. See ya"

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"Coke? Wha-? Nawh man you g-got me all wrong. I've just had a few... a few brewskies." Carpenter laughed as blood continued to trickle down her nose. She wiped it off and questioned the nature of his second comment. She sure wasn't trying to pose as some sort of warrior, unless her outfit just gave it away. She wasn't sure who this man was, but it was likely he just recognized her.

"Look man, lemme come with you. He-he-he's got something of mine. I-.. we we.. you wanna dance or something?" The woman asked approaching Lobo and draping herself against his chest for what seemed like it was a provocative sexual front, but was most likely to help her stand up straight. "L-l-lets dance, big man.. c'mon.. showmewhatchugot. Eheehehe..."

Not thinking straight, not walking straight, this must have been some alternate universe where Lobo was actually the voice of reason.

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As the vampire all but collapsed on to the main man's chest, he couldn't help but chuckle. Quite frankly it looked to him like she was fading in and out of consciences. he scooped her up and carried her on his shoulders in a sort of fireman style.

"All right Kizi Femme let's get you sobered up."

the main man grabbed the two bodies and took them to the rooftop away from the loud music. Oddly enough, the music was quite a bit softer on the roof. and all one could see was the starry moonlit sky, and the streets of Gotham. he then placed both the bodies on the floor of the roof. First he decided to destroy what was left of Sticky Joe's that way this vampire wouldn't get ideas about trying to get into another high (plus he wondered what it would be like to see her riled up." from their he injected the vampire with a Nano cleanser that could get the drugs out of her system in a matter of minutes. If he had to guess. She'd probably wake up with a huge burst energy like the kind one got after dipping their head in ice water, and then she'd probably be PO'd about him getting rid of her high. Then again quite frankly anything could happen.  

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"Ho ho-ho sh-shit! Are you taking me to your se-b-bed? Guy like y-y-you must have a huge place to-.. the-.. bed. I'm d-down if you are. My pus-vag-.. hehe. The.. my bajingo.. it-.. it tastes like applesauce. You like applesauce? You look like the kinda guy who-.. who who who... who likes applesauce. If you-.. know what I mean." Carpenter felt more light headed now that she was slumped over the large man's shoulders. She began to drool and feel all over. "Whoa... these.. these are real. Man you weo-- you work out. Like a lot. I don't want the-... uh no we don't have to have him with us. You an me... we can like.. we we we can have a quiet.. no we can find a quiet place and like... make it not so quiet."

Now sitting atop the roof of the building, Carpenter bobbed her head back and forth until she was injected with the nano cleanser. She blinked a few times through bloodshot eyes, to see the man with the horrible paint job on his face starring down her eyes. "Awh man... what a buzz kill." She griped and crossed her arms, only raising one eyebrow in disappointment, "What was that? Some space magic?"

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"Aw and here I was hoping some of the complements you were giving about my muscles were genuine. To answer your question, it's nano cleanser originally designed to eat cancerous cells what do you know it works well with other stuff too."


Lobo reached into his sack and picked up a couple of bottles with  some sort of sparly green liquid.


"Catch. Gives you the energy without making you completely loose your mind. So what are you like some kind of vampire or something?"   

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“Hey, I ain’t lying when I say you’ve got some impressive guns; though it doesn’t help your ugly mug though.” Carpenter cracked a smile and took a soft jab at Lobo’s chin. “So you can cure cancer? Neat.” The Vampire got on her feet and caught the vials in the air, inspecting them in and raising her eyebrow.

“Oh, what gave it away? The fact that I’ve got fangs or the fact that I’m dressed up as Dracula? What are you supposed to be? The Wolverine meets Kiss?” Carpenter asked, walking back towards the elevator to head back to the dance floor. “And what are you gonna do with him?” She asked pointing at the passed out drug dealer.

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"Wow ho ho. Kizi Femme like to scratch. I like that in a woman. Nah I just give them a little dose of something just in case I get a little too rough on them. Don't want to pee the bosses off whenever they talk about wanting someone in mint condition you know what i'm saying?"

Lobo saw hey eying the liquid with hesitation "look it ain't gonna hurt you it just gives you a lot of energy without getting you all stoned out. It's like a Super Energy drink."



Lobo couldin't help but laugh at her second comment

Neither. I've faced enough of vampires that the signs are pretty telling. Can I ask you something though. Maybe I'm missing something but what's with all the holy water crucifix mumbo jumbo that's so prominent on this planet. I mean I know it supposedly goes back to myth but..."

to her third commint he responded "Pffft wolverine wishes he were me."

[Kory Anders - Starfire]

Halloween. An evening filled with terror and screams. Masks and goons. There was also that one main thing…. Candy! It did rather seem amazingly foolish kind of thing to celebrate, but suppose it wasn’t so foolish. Sure, it was filled things that went bump in the night and everything humans tend to fear in this nightmares, but suppose it wasn’t just a wicked celebrating. Merely, facing those fears. That was something a Tamaranean could definitely understand. Of course it was no doubt still very unlike any celebrations or traditions once on her planet. But, Kory was far from that. Been far from her home planet for a very very long time. Perhaps even longer if one didn’t count the short visits, that weren’t even visits in between. Being on Earth and calling it home. Meant being open to all its life could throw and Kory was certainly open… Whilst she still wasn’t one with a great care factor with clothing, dressing up wasn’t completely un-fun. However, it would seem slightly unnatural for her to go all spooky looking. Could someone seriously by her as blood thirsty, well, anything… Hmmm, perhaps casper. Casper was cute. Or maybe a pirate. Parrots could be so beautiful. Whilst Kory could be very much wanting to leave a clothing store. A costume store wasn’t that bad. She’d spend a good time, before she’d finally landed on a Siren or a mermaid if you will.

There was some choosing between a fish tail skirt or an inspired gown. Whilst the skirt was a little more in character, it was perhaps a little more restricting than Kory would need. So Kory decided on a dress that sort of was sea inspired. It least was in its sea colours and the draping along the back perhaps flowed around almost like waves. Sure there was also an M on the front for the said design. It was strapless, framing the body nicely and kicked out in a sort of fish tail a little below the hips. To go with the dress. Kory had paired with some simple starfish shaped earrings, with little tiny pearls. A Seashell shaped purse with fitting blue/green colours. Her neck and wrist continued dangling the fitting colours in beads and pearls, with some hints of red in one of the necklaces. Shoes were on the low heel side and decorated with some sparkly gems, the green being the more prominent, to give that little something as they peaked out from under the hem of the dress at every step. A simple dangly ankle went with the right one. Whilst most of Kory’s own hair was certainly on display in dreadlocks, there was perhaps some added pieces that were not her own. Lets just say she got a little bit creative. Which extended to the head piece she had created with decorative coral. Starfish. Shells. Netting. There may have been a little help from Garth… Make-up was a little dramatic, but not greatly over stated, hopefully. With smoky eyes and sea coloured lips. All topped off, of course by her mask, decorated in little pearls and a seashell. With the similar blue/green/gold colours that tied it all together… It wasn’t going to be often one would see Kory in a mask.

Entering the building, there perhaps some eyes upon her in her direction, if Kory had paid even a little bit of attention to them she could probably question whether they seeing Starfire or simply wondering who was behind the mask… No she had certainly not played this game before, but Kory could totally roll with it. Even more so with Dick, Roy and Wally as company. Well, maybe as not even a few footsteps in, they dispersed for potentially different reasons. That could dampen a little of the joyful mood, but Kory was still very optimistic. Heck, still very much joyful. After pulling for a tropical drink. Least, she imagined it was. It was in a curvy glass, umbrella, with a piece of fruit and it smelled like pineapple… Hmmm, it almost smelled like Tahiti. For a moment she missed Tahiti, it was a beautiful place. Her bright green gaze then caught sight of the fancy looking elevators. With signs expressing this was the way to the dance floor or more specifically called ’The Red Room’. For some reason Kory imagined a room filled with roses, well maybe petals, although thorns could go with the whole Halloween them quite well.

Kory didn’t linger much in the dining area and followed a few people into the elevator… Ooh, wow. As Kory’s eyes were welcomed with the fancy lit elevator interior. Lights, mirrors and even seats. How thoughtful… Although she hoped this wasn’t suggesting this was going to be a long ride? Oh. Maybe it was like tower of terror. That only made Kory slightly nervous, she was sure she’d get them through it, she could fly after all and new space fairly well. Sipping the cool refreshment of her drink. Mentally counting the levels, just incase. There was almost doubt, but the ride stopped. Brace… The doors opened the red room was in view. Accompanied by the thumping music. Ok, this was totally better. Worth the risk… Kory almost gasped or least to herself in glee. Whilst there was no actual petals. There were what seemed lights forming rose like patterns on the floor. Least she saw them as roses. It was certainly red, that hadn’t been lie. Kory exiting the elevator and finding herself more promptly among the many masked people. There was little telling who were behind them. It felt a little like, Guess Who? Maybe it would be weird if she just starting asking those kinds of questions, Kory amused herself. As her mind was certainly taken in multiple directions by this room, but somehow she felt she most likely going to end up dancing. The pull was undeniable.

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Outfit:Siren/Mermaid Costume!

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Carpenter nodded her head in understanding. She didn’t like his type. “Yeah, I can understand Bounty Hunter.” The bounty hunter scene was something she was all too familiar with, being a vampire, they would often mistake her as a bad guy. They were all too quick to judge and they always came from out of town, but for whatever reason, this one seemed to trust her more than usual. “So you just like to crash parties and bust drug dealing pimps? Kind of a weak game if you ask me, it’s Halloween. You know; where the dead rise and the alive die? Probably a ton of crimes happening tonight, don’t know why you’re sitting around here. You probably could have rallied a bunch of little guys for the price you’re getting for Joe.” The logistics of it never made sense to her either. There were tons of crimes going on right now, most likely, and possibly more heads to add to his bounty.

At his questions of Vampires though, it was something Carpenter could talk on and on about. “Oh that’s for Lord Vampires. I’m just an underling; Lords usually sleep in their own grave, and have a whole lot of other restrictions. It all comes down to religious symbols. The reason the sun is even a problem for Vampires originally is because of its religious connotations and its connection with God. They have more weaknesses, but they’ve also got more powers.” Ever since she had become a vampire, she had learned everything there was to know about the creatures. She despised them; a little part of her hated herself even. Though one thing did catch her off guard, he mentioned “This planet” as if he was an alien. She decided to ignore it for now, but it was lingering in the back of her mind.

She popped the cap open and took a little drink, closing it back up after she was finished. There was some left so Carpenter slipped the vial of liquid between her cleavage for later use, and looked back up to Lobo. “Okay, now I’m hyped, c’mon. C’mon, c’mon. Let’s go back to the dance floor. I gotta move. Let’s go.” She begged running back up to him and tugging his arm.

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"oh I didn't come here with the intention of finding anyone. I just took the opportunity to shoot a fish out of the barrel."

 upon the hearing her explanation. "yeah that's what I thought. It's just here's the thing...Look I've been halfway across several different universes. I've met a lot of your kind from all over the galaxy. Look how am I going to explain this? I've been to earth one other time. I was in Metropolis trying to hunt down Superman. A Clergy guy stopped me because he thought I was a vampire. Yeah shocking I know. He told me about some of the legends about vampires and their weaknesses  How a lot of them were associated with divine righteousness and well...He called bullcrap saying that wasn't how it worked. Now I remember Going to several different planets that had something similar. But the supposed blessings were not from some benevolent entity. They were from a goddess of death and disease.

On one planet she referred to as Necroma on another planet she's called Giath. Her real name however is Hel I believe earthlings refer to her as the Norse goddess of Death and Disease. Now I'm not trying to flip any religious beliefs on there head, but something tells me wherever these symbols are getting their power from. It doesn't sound like it's coming from anything divine. and trust me I should know. I took Hades mono on mono and won.    

as capenter dragged him across the floor by his arm he couldn't help but laugh "Hey easy on the merchandise."

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Carpenter was now shaking, it was a different kind of shaking from before, it was more of an energy emitting from the energy booster she received. Oh god, she was going to burst. "C'mon, c'mon... give-... gimme something. Play, play something." She barely heard what Lobo said, yet she processed everything.

"I don't know anything about space vixen vampire killers, I just know about Earth vampires. Lord Vampire's one true weakness is supposedly God, the whole holy water, the sun, even the stake is a representation of the cross. Even garlic back in ancient Egypt was thought to have incredible healing powers, and Saint Andrew was supposedly a donor of garlic to humanity. It's Christian connections all point to a religious weakness." Carpenter chattered quickly, still tugging but getting virtually nowhere thanks to Lobo's enormous size, "I don't have an affinity to crosses or direct contact with that sort of thing, but Lord Vampires hate that shit." Her head snapped left and right, her eyes twitched, and she was spacing out. "Just to be clear, I don't get powers from religious symbols, they're ailments. Think of it like raid for cockroaches; instead of spinach for Pop-Eye. Whatever religious goddess those other space vampires get their power from, it ain't like it is here on Earth... you know Earth means dirt?"

She finally reached the elevator and hit the button, only giving a moment to look around, seeing several people just out smoking, talking, and drinking, it didn't much please her, everything moved slowly, she needed the lights. She needed the sound. And she was about to jump on the space man if she didn't get this energy out somehow. So she kept talking.

"My name is Carpenter. What's yours?"