Mystery Sign Theatre, Saturday Evening
It was probably a good idea if no one asked Mitchell how he'd even gotten this idea in the first place. The point was that after several weeks stuck in Bristol, watching new fledgeling vampires wake up for the first time, he needed a distraction, and this seemed like a really good idea. Considering the timing, and all that
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It was likely a worse sign that they were cackling as they did it. And that they kept her clothes.
Dispirited, Quinn sulked down the street and, seeing some activity at the theater, decided to pop in. It beat walking around in a costume the day before Halloween -- and maybe there'd be some cute boy without his shirt on.
She took a bag of supplies and studied it, trying to figure out what the water pistol was for.
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She wasn't sure why the movie came with a bag of supplies, or why her bag had ... clothing, at the bottom? She glanced around, noticing Quinn's costume.
"Are we supposed to wear these?" she asked, frowning at hers. There didn't seem to be all that much to it, was all.
(bag accidentally having clothes was OK'd by chose_humanity TYVM ♥)
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And if they were supposed to, he wasn't going to.
"It's just a movie. I'm not wearing a costume."
Or so he thought.
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She found a bra and a torn slip, and there were shoes, but she wasn't sure where the rest of the costume was. Weird.
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He pulled them out.
"This doesn't count as a 'costume'."
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"Is that all there is, for yours?" she asked.
Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooot.
Right, right. He'd never wear that. Okay. She was going to stop staring and be a normal person again.
She held up the pieces she'd found of hers -- bra, slip, shoes -- and shrugged.
"Mine's missing most of it, too," she said.
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Of COURSE he wanted to see Rinoa wearing that, and if the price to pay was him wearing the little gold... thing, then it would be worth it.
Except going down that road led to madness, and this was NOT a date, and he was SO not going to let himself think anything of that sort.
"That's not a costume, either," he pointed out. He looked around desperately for someone, anyone else in the lobby who could tell them what the skimpy outfits were for.
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She returned, looking somewhat triumphant. That should have been Squall's first clue to run.
"Jono says they're costumes," she said. "He says it's tradition to dress up for this movie. So I told him he needs a costume, too."
She considered hers again, and shrugged. "I'll dress up if you will."
She'd already told Jono she was going to wear hers. But Squall didn't need to know that ...
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How could he DO this to Squall?
...On the other hand, Rinoa was about to spend the next few hours barely dressed.
"Whatever," he grumbled.
He crossed his arms defiantly, but it was just to make a point. Squall realized grudgingly that Rinoa was going to pester him until he gave in, so he might as well just skip to the end of the argument and save them both the hassle.
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While pulling off his jacket and looking around for a place to change.
"Whatever. I feel like a moron."
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"It'll be great," she said, sounding a bit like she was gloating. Probably because she was. "I'll be baaaack."
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Five minutes later, he was standing in the lobby in his Rocky costume, glaring at anyone who looked his way.
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And giggling, because he looked ridiculous.
And drooling, because holy shit, look at him.
"Nice," she said. Feeling amazingly self-conscious about her own costume. Or lack thereof.
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He pulled himself together and shrugged as nonchalantly as he could. "Thanks? You look nice, too."
He shifted to hold his bag in front of him, before it became too obvious just HOW nice he thought she looked.
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