[HALLOWEEN PARTY!] -- [Open to ALL PLAYERS!] -- [IC Event!]

[kirktastic]

It had gone out as an announcement over a month ago, sent to every padd and station by one very excited Captain. A Halloween party! Must come in costume, must have fun!

Despite the hell that had been going on for the last few days, Kirk was determined that it still would happen. After a long discussion with the ship's quartermaster, along with a small army of crewmen who wanted to help, the largest rec room was decorated.

A huge buffet table had been prepared by the galley and sat spread out, all in Halloween theme. Green punch with floating eyeballs, cake decorated to look like a gravestone, a huge bowl of candy, a holographic severed hand that was scurrying around on the table top. There was even a bar set up with quite an expanse of liquor that had been secured on Risa.

There was a small seating area off to one corner, a huge dance floor, tables spread out for a real meal, and a small corner set up for music.

(OOC: Just like the thread with Risa... this is a party that's 'open' from now until Sunday night at midnight! Go nuts! This IS supposed to be IC, like the Risa party, so keep that in mind!)

Comments

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

Em finally made her way towards a table with a plate of cake and candy. "Hey there, hope you don't mind me sitting down?" she asked. Her eyes widened at her outfit. "Well thank god. I was beginning to think my outfit was skimpy." She held out a fork. "Cake?"

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"It's the worst I could get away with last year," Joanna said, swallowing uneasily before smiling. "I could get away with only so much, y'know."

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

She grinned. "I like it. Nothing wrong with lovin' your body and wanting to show it off." She dug into the cake, herself. "And you do look lovely."

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"There's lovin' your body, and there's showing it off in front of your Daddy," Joanna said softly. "Wonder Woman? Any reason?"

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"If your daddy can't handle it, he could just look in the other direction." Em looked at her outfit. "Felt like it." She shrugged. "It looks nice and I get a prop." She patted the lasso at her hip.

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Uh huh...and would Paw-Paw have done that if he'd had a little girl, 'stead of Daddy?" Joanna asked.

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

Em chuckled. "Oh there's stories about your Paw-Paw that even your daddy don't know about." She shrugged again. "If David didn't turn away, I'd distract him with something shiny. And besides, you're of age, aren't you?"

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Been of age for quite a few years," Joanna said. "Doesn't mean I wasn't still my Daddy's baby girl. I only just barely broke him of the shot gun habit." A slight exaggeration, but only slight.

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"You can still be your daddy's baby girl and be a woman at the same time. Just because you're one doesn't mean you can't be the other as well. Which is strange, David and I always encouraged Lenny to find himself in any way he wanted."

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Daddy did too. He just preferred when I did it fully clothed," Joanna chuckled. "Besides, I was the Captain's daughter in all but name, and the CMO's daughter. I had to set a good example."

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Ah...yeah, that'll keep you back." Em took another bite of her cake. "Did you have something to eat yet, honey?"

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"I had some food back at m'quarters," Joanna answered. "Figured I should have somethin' before I came and pigged out on junkfood."

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"We should get together and plan a girls pajama party where we do nothing but pig out on junk food and watch bad movies." Em mused thoughtfully. "Always wanted to do that whenever I had a daughter or granddaughter." She offered Joanna a smile. "A girls night."

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Maybe...I..." Joanna stopped. She should get out. That's what this whole thing was about, anyway. And...she could always leave if that kind of thing got to be too much for her. Daddy wouldn't have wanted her to brood alone. It wasn't betraying their memories to have a bit of fun. They liked it when she was having fun. She had to keep telling herself that. "That might be a nice plan."

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

Em smiled at her. "Great! We should catch lunch together to plan for this ladies' party. Ooh, we could also dress up and have a full ladies night. What do you think?"

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Seems like a might a lot of trouble for stayin' on the ship and not invitin' the boys to come play," Joanna said.

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"It'll be one night. And if they really need us, we're on ship anyway, so they could easily comm us." Em replied.

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Wasn't what I was thinkin' of usin' the boys for," Joanna said automatically. She missed her group. Wondered if they missed her.

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Aw, come on now, honey, didn't you just...hang with the girls?" She offered another smile. "Go shoppin'. Pedicures. Movie nights?"

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes," Joanna nodded. "Aunt Nyota and Aunt Christine used to hold ladies nights sometimes, just us."

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Well, why don't we see if we could wrangle up Christine and Nyota? We could have a little one with just you and me. Or you and Nyota and Christine, if you prefer the smaller ladies nights." Em took another bite of cake.

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Might be nice to have a smaller one at first," Joanna admitted. "Maybe Leah'll let me in the kitchen to make some brownies or something."

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"All right. Just you and your aunts? Would you mind your ol' Maw-Maw along too?" She chewed on the cake. "You can make brownies?"

[joanna-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"You could come too," Joanna allowed. "And yeah, 'course. I'm pretty good at bakin'. Spock'd sometimes hold chemistry in the kitchen when the science labs were too volatile. Got to liking it."

[emma-mccoy.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like a good time. Baked goods, good friends, I'll have to ask them about it. See if they're interested." Em smiled at her. "You know...if it'll help, you can still call me Maw-Maw."