[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!)

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[lt-moreau.livejournal.com]

Did she know who he was speaking of? If he hadn't meant to refer to Jim...surely he didn't mean Spock. That is...Spock wasn't...it was a completely different situation, with him!

Marlena wasn't sure her smile hadn't slipped, so she brightened it a little, just to be sure. "I haven't seen everything," she answered. "I may require proof a little more...substantial...than just your word." She leaned forward, then, and brushed her lips across his--a tease, and a promise.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim, of course, didn't know she was questioning her assumption--he had meant himself. Or at least, been interested that his name had been the one to come up.

He leaned forward slightly, letting the tease become his own, before pulling back.

"As to that," he said, "you'll have to ask Jim. Or Len."

[lt-moreau.livejournal.com]

"It's on my to-do list," she murmured, truthfully. "Perhaps I'll ask both."

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

"Funny," he said, his tone laden with double meanings. "We have something in common. Other than Jim, that is. I asked them both just the other night."

[lt-moreau.livejournal.com]

Wow. There was a gorgeous mental image if there ever was one. "Wish I'd been there," she said. Oh, she'd said that aloud. Whoops. Well, it wasn't as though she wished she could take the words back. "Next time, give me a call?" Damn but that was a lovely image.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim laughed. "Next time, I just might," he murmured. He wondered whether either of them would mind an excited Marlena on their doorstep next time she got bored. "I don't know how anyone handles Jim on their own..."

He was getting bold, and he knew that, but it was too much fun.

[lt-moreau.livejournal.com]

Marlena, for one, appreciated his boldness. "I've been known to handle him," she informed him. "I thought I managed quite well, but I suppose you'll have to ask him for a full performance review."

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

His eyes widened. "Ask him to kiss and tell?" he asked, aghast. "Surely he's more of a gentleman than that."

Really. Handle him? Not that she was wrong, but he was fairly convinced the handling had been... mutual.

[lt-moreau.livejournal.com]

It had been mutual, but that wasn't the question he'd asked. "He is a gentleman," she confirmed. "I don't suppose he'd kiss and tell to just anyone, but I should think that if there would be anyone he'd tell, it would be you. And surely it's to his own advantage to describe his experiences?"

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim smirked. "It might be to yours, for that matter," he said. "Not that I need any confirmation but what's before me for that truth." Jim wondered about Marlena's counterpart in Bill's world. An actress, Marlena for a week. How strange. "I have no doubt you can handle anything that comes your way."

[lt-moreau.livejournal.com]

"I appreciate your confidence in me," she told him. "I hope that I soon have a chance to prove to you that it is justified."

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim felt he'd gone as far as he could in this vein; he wondered what would happen when and if Bill-as-Jim was accosted by her, and decided it would be fun to compare notes later. No doubt Bill would have stories.

"As do I," he said. "Though I can only hope I'll compare favorably with such a legend as Jim Kirk."

He backed up a pace, and bowed.

"Your highness," he said. "I feel I've been monopolizing you. Your many loyal subjects must, naturally, be anxious to pay you tribute."

[lt-moreau.livejournal.com]

"I'm sure you will," she told him. Legend...well, she certainly couldn't argue with that.

She nodded regally in acknowledgment of his bow, but laughed at his last comment. "If only," she sighed. "Do enjoy the rest of the party, Mr. Shatner...and if you ever wish to monopolize me further, you have only to ask." Let no one say that Empress Moreau was not a generous ruler.

[original-fine.livejournal.com]

Jim threw her a rather Kirkian smirk. "The offer's mutual, madam," he said smoothly before turning away, throwing a lingering, undeniably salacious look over his shoulder.