General Halloween GP

[londoncallingmods]

Halloween was as spooky or dull as you needed it to be in London. From handing out treats to those who came knocking, to attending costume parties and concerts all over the city, there was something for everyone tonight.

 

Plenty of bars and clubs were offering discounts to anyone bold enough to turn up in costume, and even the underground was bursting with holiday cheer as costumed commuters came and went, breaking up the dull day to day routine one usually faced while making your way from point a to point b.

 

Even those who chose to skip the costume were indulging in treats or maybe a creepy film or two.

 

There was no excuse to be bored. Not tonight. Not on Halloween.

 

(General Halloween GP for those who aren't keen on the haunted house! Feel free to post your pup anywhere in the city, from fancy dress parties to street corners. Go wild (or, you know, stay tame. Your call) Also, because there are two GPs going up this week, both are open to new top levels for two whole weeks! And, of course, you can keep tagging long after that if you want. :D I'll post reminders daily on slack.) 

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[winter_wisp]

"Oh," Winter sighed, wilting slightly as he took another sip from his coffee. "That's a shame, isn't it? There should be more holidays where people give me candy for no apparent reason."

[harrowgate]

Felix was attempting to get himself home before the Halloween madness got too far out of control. The masquerade of the evening might have been diverting had he not been plagued with a gnawing uncertainty all day, culminating in an overwhelming desire to get home.

He wasn't going to make it there, not tonight, but he didn't know that yet.

Instead, he was held up by a slowing of foot-traffic outside a shop handing out candy, at which Felix rolled his eyes to the sky and sighed. A voice sounded nearby, oddly familiar, though in his impatience and pre-occupation, Felix couldn't quite place it. "I very dearly hope not. One of these per year is quite enough."

He turned his head to catch sight of whomever had been speaking, and blinked in distant recognition. Something about the young man's face was familiar.

[winter_wisp]

Winter perked up at the familiar voice and fiery hair, and he bounced happily on his heels.

"Oh! Hello Felix," he chirped, his slender frame easily weaving through the crowd so he could stand at the wizard's side.

[harrowgate]

It was somewhere between the bright eyes and the way he said Felix's name that finally clicked recognition in place. Now Felix was the barrier to foot traffic, blinking down in surprise and delight at the slip of a man who had approached him. "...Winter? Is that really you? Your friends told me you had... returned home."

[winter_wisp]

"I did!" Winter chirped, grinning brightly. "I've been living with others like me. ...Well, sort of like me. They live deeper in the forest than I ever did. It's made my hair go funny!"

He shook his head in show, the new brown and red curls bouncing around the familiar face.

"I've come to visit fae Willy and the Phouka, but they weren't home."

[quartermaster_q]

Q had no idea that later this evening he'd find himself trapped in an inescapable hell, and as a result was quite happy to play the part of Bond's plus one at the party that felt just a bit too posh for a boffin like him.

He'd come dressed as a plague doctor. A morbid choice, but a good way to hide his face. Bond may have been glad to put himself on display, but Q wasn't so eager to be noticed. Not on home turf at least.

Still, when he stepped outside to get some air, he couldn't help but remove his mask at the sight of a familiar face.

"Doctor Lecter, what a pleasant surprise."

[quartermaster_q]

Q had no idea that later this evening he'd find himself trapped in an inescapable hell, and as a result was quite happy to play the part of Bond's plus one at the party that felt just a bit too posh for a boffin like him. He'd come dressed as a plague doctor. A morbid choice, but a good way to hide his face. Bond may have been glad to put himself on display, but Q wasn't so eager to be noticed. Not on home turf at least.

Except Bond had wandered off, and Q had found himself alone near the bar, trying to decide if a drink was worth removing his mask.

"I really hope not," he sighed, slightly paranoid that Bond's disappearance meant he was off doing something he definitely shouldn't be.

[codenamemilady]

Why did that cut so deep? Milady wanted him to hurt. Needed him broken by the guilt of what he'd done. His admission should have felt right and powerful, and it did, to a degree, but it stabbed at something in her too.

Ridiculous. She couldn't give in to such things. Milady straightened her spine, reached up to pull his hand from her wrist, and made her voice as cold and hard as her heart. "Think how you will carry the memories of tonight."

[sunsongs]

Anael bit down on his lip, and Coby wanted to do it instead. He didn't, but he did reach up to smooth his thumb just under it. "I'm pretty sure you're the only guy I know who could make 'lovely' sound like a good thing. We should... I don't know, do something, go somewhere, fly maybe."

[codenameathos]

"How are you here?" he demanded to know, refusing to let go of her wrist and willing his voice to be as hard, and miserably failing. He sounded angry, but underneath that hurt, tortured. Everything he was.

[whispersoflove]

Anael frowned briefly at the notion of lovely being anything but a good thing, but was immediately distracted by the suggestion. His skin tingled where Coby had touched him, and he looked as happy as he could, in that moment. "Of course. We can go flying. Come on."

He tugged Coby along, although he seemed reluctant to look away, doing so at the last second as he led the way towards the nearest alley. Anywhere the two of them suddenly disappearing from view would not raise eyebrows.

[codenamemilady]

"I am never far from you," she said, thrilling - thrilling, not any of those other things she did not, could not feel - at the hurt in his tone. "How could I be, after what you've done?"

[codenamemilady]

The mask prevented Milady from reading the man the way she normally would, but she would work with it. She tilted her head, thinking perhaps, cat-eyes looking out from the holes in her own lupine mask. "Hm. Plague doctors, always expecting the worst. What's Halloween without a little excitement?"

[sunsongs]

Damn, having that smile turned on you was like basking in the early morning, summer sun. Coby let Anael pull him into the alley, his gaze never leaving the angel. Once they were away off the street full of Halloween partiers, he gave into the impulse, tugging Anael into his arms for a kiss.

[quartermaster_q]

"I've had enough excitement to last a lifetime," Q assured her, falling into the calm and crisp tone he so often slipped into.

Deciding a drink was worth it, he removed his mask and pulled his glasses from his pocket to better read the menu on the bar.

"What exactly is a Screaming Orgasm? I've never had one," he murmured, pausing when he realized what he'd just said. "The drink, I mean. I... I was about to say I've had plenty of normal orgasms, but really, that's..."

He rubbed his face, then sighed. this was one of many reasons he didn't go to parties.

[codenameathos]

"But you are never here," Oliver retorted, his voice breaking on the last word.

[whispersoflove]

Anael wasn't surprised by the kiss itself, but he was surprised that it would happen now. A very, very pleasant surprise, and more warmth unfurled inside him as he returned the kiss, raising his arms to wrap one of them around Coby's shoulders, the other around his waist. They were of a height, making the kiss a comfortable thing to fall into, lose himself in. A first kiss with someone was always a unique experience, and this was no different, for all that Anael had kissed some of Shamziel's previous incarnations. He was learning how to kiss him, and how they kissed together, all over again.

The kiss felt as if it lasted an eternity, for the complex burst of emotions inside Anael's chest, and as if it had ended too soon, for how much he would love to do nothing but kiss Coby for hours on end. How could he not, given the way it made his toes curl, his heart beat a step faster, his skin tingle where Coby touched him? Anael smiled as the kiss broke, and brushed his nose against Coby's.

"Are you ready?" he asked quietly, his tone soft and intimate, as he masked them from view, his other arm also sliding around Coby's waist. In case his meaning wasn't clear, his wings came out then, tall, strong and grey-white.

[codenamemilady]

"And whose fault is that?" she asked, seizing on the hint of weakness, pressing her advantage.

[codenameathos]

"I have gone mad," Oliver acknowledged flatly, after a beat. His voice sounded strained, from the lump in his throat. Madness was the only explanation, and it had only been a matter of time, of course.

He let go of her and abruptly turned to head out of the reception. Fresh air, to clear his mind. He might have been drugged? He certainly felt like it. Fresh air would help.

[codenamemilady]

"Vodka, kahlua, amaretto, and Irish cream," Milady listed off, not very impressed. "Dessert in a shot glass, if you like that kind of thing. Nothing like the name would suggest, in my opinion. At least it's not a combination than curls my toes or makes me squirm and scream."

[quartermaster_q]

"I quite like amaretto, actually. Nothing wrong with sweets," Q replied, finally turning to look at her, and tilting his head as he realized there was something familiar about her.

"Have we met? I feel like we have."

[sunsongs]

Kissing Anael had felt like the most natural thing in the moment, and when their lips met, Coby was even more sure of that. It took his breath away and filled him with a light and warmth he'd missed without even realizing it. He nodded, unable to take his eyes off Anael's, "Yeah." He wanted to ran his hands over those wings, to learn how they'd feel and how they'd move. Instead Coby wrapped his arms around Anael's neck and took a breath.

[whispersoflove]

"I've got you," Anael murmured, and a few powerful flaps of his wings had them take off and rise above street level. Anael wouldn't go much higher, not with a human; the higher they went, the colder it would get. For now, he kept a steady hold on Coby, having no trouble supporting him, clearly a lot stronger than he looked. And he was smiling, because he couldn't quite help it. "So?" he asked, full of love and hope, full of elation, as they slowly flew over houses and buildings.

[codenamemilady]

The grip on Milady's cold, dark heart released along with the one Oliver had had on her wrist, and she watched him stalk out of the room.

She needed a drink, something with a bite. And possibly some pretty thing she could leave begging to lick her... boots. Something. Anything, to soothe the sharp edges and heat the chill within her.

[codenamemilady]

"It's possible," Milady answered mildly, and without showing the wariness she felt. "I attend a great many events such as this. Clarice Winters." There was no reason not to give that name. She lived quite openly as the wife and then widow of the late peer, when her work, or occasionally her mood, did not require her to be someone else.