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[dormition]

Hi. I'm awake again.

I keep missing class, but they still want me to apply for university. Is anyone else a senior this year?

What has everyone else been up to?

Riku, do you want to coordinate our costumes for the masquerade? We can get something from the store I work at.

mach three. video.

[tardily]

[ in front of barry is a rather large bowl of candy. it's clear that some candy ( half the bowl ) has been eaten and not just because barry happens to be eating some right when the video starts. call it him getting in the halloween spirit via candy meant for other people. he'll buy some more later. ]

Halloween is in two days, if I haven't forgotten a day or two or it isn't the wrong day. I know a reasonable amount of us are adults who are too adult to dress up or if we do dress up it's just for maybe a costume party. And those of us who aren't, just don't want to dress up or think they're too mature for it.

[ barry pauses to eat yet another chocolate bar before continuing. ]

But I like to think some of us are kids at heart. You don't have to have superheroes at home, it can apply to just here. Maybe you're a superhero at home and have other ones you just like enough to have thought about what I'm to ask.

My question is one that I only have a chance to ask around Halloween without it being weird and off topic. How many of you have wanted to dress up as a superhero before? And if you already were a superhero, have you ever wanted to dress up as another one. Just for Halloween or a costume party or whatever.

[ a pause and another candy bar is eaten. ]

You don't have to answer if you're too mature but if I'm willing to admit as a 25 year old that I've wanted to do that even today, I think some of you can admit it too. You could even do it on private, I won't tell a soul because it's a little rude to tell other people's secrets. I just want to know because Halloween's supposed to be fun, and it sounds like a fun thing to do.

Mark II | Video OTA

[chasedtherabit]

[Some people might remember the Japanese woman with blue streaks in her hair offering help before, but it's been a long time since she offered and she's getting kind of bored of going to work and then coming back home to tinker. At least at the Shatterdome there was excitement that didn't involve humans attacking other humans.]

Hello, everyone. I hope you are all doing well. I'm coming to the network to offer my services again. I'm a mechanical engineer with robotics experience, but I can fix almost anything if it's broken. [She pauses for a beat here.]

Well, anything mechanical, of course. I'll work on anything from household appliances to cars, my powers work on things of all sizes, there will just be a small fee for parts if they're needed. [She might work for free, but she knows that some things take money.]

I know we just had someone else offer this earlier this month, but no one can do everything on their own.

Thank you for your time. Please let me know if I can be of service.

video

[wasnever]

[Today on the network: a video starting with an extreme close-up of Sera's face.]

So, this Halloween thing--it's pretty new to me, though we do some things that are sorta similar in Thedas. I really like this holiday, though, and I really love some of the costumes I've seen. [She starts giggling.] Even I wouldn't've thought of making some of these things all sexed up. It's friggin' funny as hell!

Think I picked a good one?

[Sera then offers everyone a view of herself wearing the sexy corn costume.]

Really hard choice, though. Laughed my arse off the whole time I was trying to pick one. They look silly enough to go out and play hero in. [With a mischievous grin, she does her best dramatic announcer voice.] "And thus, the day was saved by Sexy Lobster."