Name of the Storyline:  Pumpkin Patchwork
Name of the Creator:  RP Admin
Forum: Tokyo City
Plot Summary:  It’s nearing Halloween, and the crew is getting ready! As school is still in session, the weekend before the big day is very important: they have to go shopping and pick out the best Halloween costumes (or work hard on the sewing machine to make them!), make Halloween treats (‘cause both Makoto and Amy agree – delicious nutritious healthy tasty treats are much better than storebought candy!), pick pumpkins and carve them! They plan to end the busy day watching a scary movie. … if Usagi, Chibi-Usa and Ami can handle it!

Details on any necessary information: Takes place between SuperS and Stars; Hotaru is around Chibi-Usa’s age! The outers live together
Restrictions:
---Canon: Senshi: All of ‘em! (and Mamo-chan, too!) // Villains:  Reformed Akayashi sisters are cool! And reformed Quartet could crash their party! // Citizens: Any of their friends are welcome, too!
---Otaku: Otaku Senshi: If you have one and they’re all in disguise and whatnot, then sure! // Otaku Villains: ! :\ no startin’ stuff before Halloween!

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Character Claims:
Hotaru - Aurae
Chibi-Usa - Mercury_Viola_Rhapsody
Setsuna - Ed (Mama Chaos)
Haruka - NaoUranus
Michiru - Verdandi
Usagi - Sailor Uranus
Minako - White Moon Lady
Makoto - 
Rei -  SenshiRei
Ami - 
Mamoru - 

Current Setting: Halloween Store!

ooc:

"Hmmm...." Usagi thought to herself, tilting her head as she looked up and down the costume display on the store wall. Her arms were crossed across her chest and she was squinting, thinking hard as she mulled over her choices for her Halloween costume. The other girls were somewhere in the Halloween store, and she was sure she'd have to turn to them before she made the final decision, but for now she had to whittle down her choices. .... the ladybug, the teddy bear, or the pretty princess dress... On the one hand, she could look *gorgeous* in the pretty princess dress, but... she could look like a teddy bear, too... or a cute ladybug... "Hmmmmm," she said again, her eyes flashing to each costume.

OOC - We're at a halloween store!:

Michiru-mama, Haruka-papa, and Setsuna-mama's descriptions of Halloween had made it sound very interesting. Hotaru wasn't terribly interested in candy or dressing up, but she knew that Chibi Usa would be--and it was always fun to spend time with Chibi Usa, especially when the pink-haired girl was excited about something. She hadn't yet seen the other girl in the costume shop, but a familiar blonde was agonizing over costume options nearby. Hotaru hadn't even begun to narrow down any of her options.

"Good day, Usagi-san," she greeted politely, glancing up at the taller older girl surrounded by the costume display, "Are you enjoying costume shopping? Did Chibi Usa-chan come with you?"

Character Claims in Place!:

"Oh!" Usagi jumped, startled by Hotaru's pleasant greeting (as she had been intensely debating between the Teddy Bear and the Ladybug), "Good morning Hotaru-chan! What do you think -" she furrowed her brows, "Teddy Bear or Lady bug?" she motioned to each of the costumes in turn, her blue eyes shooting between costumes almost suspiciously. The question as to Chibi-Usa's whereabouts apparently went unheard while the blonde was deliberating.

Minako was going to pick the most fabulous costume ever, this was a given. The problem was, it was impossible to decide which was the most fabulous. Part of her wanted to create the idol costume she’d had in her head ever since she was six just to realize that dream because she knew she’d never wear it for real, but then she stepped into this shop and… immediately got overwhelmed. There were princess dresses! Fairy dresses! Witches! Superheroes! Speaking of superheroes, Minako had giggled uncontrollably when she saw a Sailor V costume on display. She snatched it and ran toward Usagi, waving the costume above her head.

“Usagi! Look! Look!” she said excitedly. “They have a Sailor V costume! We can all literally come as ourselves and no one would even notice.” In her excitement she almost didn’t spot Hotaru and nearly tripped right over the shorter girl. “Oh! Hotaru-chan! I’m so sorry! Do you need help with choosing something? I’d be happy to assist you!” Minako was personally interested in giving Hotaru a makeover, especially something that would make her look bright and colorful rather than her usual black attire. She then saw the two costumes Usagi was eyeing. “I think you’d look cute as a lady bug, Usagi-chan.”

"Hotaru?! Hotaru?!! Where are you?" Chibiusa called as she ran though the aisles with an armload of fabrics and gowns. She had to create the most perfect costumes for her and her best friend.

She spotted Minako and Usagi by the fitting rooms, trying on Sailor V and Sailor Moon costumes. How boring, she thought, going as ourselves on a night of disguise... 

She was about to search for Hotaru in the next aisle when, Minako took a step away from the mirror, unmasking her best friend. 

"Hotaru! There you are! I've been searching the entire store for you!" she said excitedly "Have you seen Setsuna anywhere? I want her help in making our costumes"

Minako's appearance and decisiveness was much appreciated, but before Usagi could turn to take the ladybug costume off the display to try it on, she caught sight of Minako's find and squealed in excitement, "Sailor V!" She laughed and clapped, her mind working furiously, "We could go as ourselves and win costume contests! Imagine the free candy!" She leaned her head in, folding her hands in front of her face dreamily.

Nao's in!:

Haruka was looking through a rack of costumes. Michiru had decided on their costumes pretty quickly than again Haruka usually gave her full reign when Michiru wanted them to dress up. Why she didn't just ask Setsuna to make these costumes she had no idea but here she was looking for a dress like what Michiru had described while she held a few hangers with her own costume on them. Looking over to the other girls she looked around at them thinking it over she shook her head rather than asking the younger girls for held she would jump back into the racks and look herself. Minako would be trying to find a dress for her to wear as well and she was sure Usagi would help and she already had her costume. She turned to go back to her search when she saw the dress a lot like what Michiru had wanted. She grabbed it before holding the costumes behind her the costumes laying against her shoulder two fingers holding onto the hooked part of the hangers. "I think the lady bug would look pretty cute on you Koneko if that's anything to go by." the blond said with a wink.

Hotaru whirled around in the flurry of Minako and Usagi and excitement and questions and costumes. She struggled to keep her balance, unable to keep up with the conversation and motion of the two blonde girls.

The familiar voice and pink hair caught her attention in the midst of it all. Her violet eyes lit up and she clasped her hands together, flooded with happiness and relief. Daintily, but quickly, she untangled herself from the chitter chatter of Minako and Usagi's costume hullabaloo and skipped closer to Chibi Usa.

"I haven't seen Setsuna-mama in a little while," she replied, "What did you have in mind, Chibi Usa-chan?"

“I know, right?!” Minako grinned. “Or, or! We can go as each other! I can be Sailor Moon again and you can try your hand at being my fabulous self.” She held the Sailor V costume in front of Usagi to judge how well her friend could pull it off. Probably she would be a slightly less fabulous Sailor V, but that was only because nobody could rival the original. “I don’t think I’ll be able to settle on one costume, personally. If we have the whole night, I would want to be everything.”

Ooh now there were more choices to make! Haruka, who always looked so cool (she was so glad when she and Michiru said they'd join them for Halloween preparations!), had almost solidified Usagi's choice on the ladybug, but to be Sailor V for Halloween... Instantly a memory came to mind during their fight against the Death Busters, where Minako had disguised herself as Sailor Moon in an attempt to fool Kaolinite; the mimicry wasn't exactly completely flattering. And now she could give it a try. A sneaky smile snuck across Usagi's face and she chuckled darkly, imagining herself dressed as Sailor V and running around with her arms outstretched behind her like Sailor V did in the new Sailor V movie that had recently come out. 

But she honestly liked Minako's second idea a lot more. "Yes!" She exclaimed, pushing the Sailor V costume down so she could better enthuse about the idea with her friend, "We could be everything! I could start with Sailor V, then change to the Lady bug, then the teddy bear, and then a Princess!" She held her hand before her in a determined fist, stars in her eyes as she imagined it, waiting to see if Minako would jump in with both feet, as she was. How many costume could they change into throughout the night?

Setsuna was only there to get the things she couldn't make. Unlike most everyone else, she had been in secret working on her costume for months. She liked to sew and while she didn't always have time to design fashions Halloween was the one time of the year she always had something new and never store bought. What she was going to go as wasn't easy to tell from the things in her arms. A tiara, several necklaces, bracelets and other chains, a strange looking top hat and playing cards. She had just about everything she felt she needed to get her costume finished. Then she spotted that pink hair she would know anywhere. With a smile she walked over to the girls, "Hey there little ones." The smile on her face was in her voice." Have you found the right costume yet?"

Hotaru was so happy to hear Setsuna-mama's voice! The dark-haired girl looked up at the elegant woman, her violet eyes aglow with smiles.

"There you are, Setsuna-mama," she chirped softly, hugging the taller figure briefly before returning her attention to Chibi Usa-chan. "I haven't decided on a costume yet. Chibi Usa-chan sounded like she had an idea for it, and she was asking me where you were."

“Usagi-chan, I knew you were secretly my soul mate,” Minako grinned as her friend responded to her idea with appropriate enthusiasm. She joined her friend in her pose, starry eyes and all, imagining the parade of fabulous outfits she would be wearing throughout the night. The challenge would be fitting as many costumes as possible and finding places to change. Oh, and where to carry all of it? Hmm… she was sure she could talk Mako into doing it, or Usagi could get Mamoru to carry both of theirs. Besides, he was the king of pulling things out of nowhere, Minako bet he had some secret pocket with its own dimension within just like a certain twenty-second century robot’s.

She started running around, picking up costumes that she deemed too pretty to pass up. A witch’s hat—snatch. A heroine’s cape—snatch. A cat eyes mask that reminded her a lot of her old Sailor V one—snatch. Then full on dresses, from the brightly colored ones to one in pitch black, from the tight body-fitting ones to the loose flowing gowns. Soon enough Minako’s arms were full with fabric. “Let’s make a competition of who can change the most times! Ooh!” Her gaze fell on Setsuna and metaphorical devil horns sprouted from her head. “Usagi-chan, do you think Setsuna-san would mind designing something for us? Her style is to die for after all…” If these were any of her close friends, Minako would jump right to it, but Setsuna honestly intimidated her a bit.

Usagi, who had only just finished revisiting first-look costumes when Minako returned, had her eyes double in size when she saw the stack of clothing in Minako's arms, and had serious doubts as to whether she could win the contest Minako had suggested. .... unless.... Usagi had her own metaphorical devil horns out when Minako mentioned asking Setsuna for help, but put them away quickly, less Minako catch a brainwave of her brilliant, brilliant plan.

"Maybe! Ne, Haruka," she asked, turning to the tall blonde, choosing to ask Haruka about Setsuna's workload as Chibi-Usa and Hotaru spoke to the designer directly. "Do you think Setsuna would have time to help us with a few costumes?"

Haruka turned towards usagi when she heard her name called. "She might she's been spending quit a bit of time  locked up in her own room doing something though i have no clue what." The taller blond said thinking. "But i would go find out quickly before thse two have her doing 2 million things if i were you two." She said with a chuckle.

Browsing through the racks of clothing was comforting. Michiru had no outfit in mind that she actively searched for, as she had already decided long ago as to what she and Haruka would be dressing up as. But looking at all of the different possible varieties certainly brought up other ideas for their use outside of a Halloween celebration.

Michiru smiled at one costume in particular, and filed it away for a future endeavor.

She caught the sound of familiar voices talking quite animatedly and a more amused smile came to her lips and she turned and walked towards them. All of the girls had gathered and were gushing about one costume or another.

It was sweet to see them so excited.

"Are you going to be all of these things, Minako-chan?" Michiru asked as she looked at the large stack of clothing in the blonde girl's arms. She glanced over to Setsuna as the topic changed to the tall woman's excellent taste and exquisite sewing skills. Her voice was full of amusement as she said, "Oh my, I had no idea you were so popular with the girls, Setsuna."

Setsuna looked over at Michiru. Honestly she had been listening to Chibiusa and Hotaru about their request of her that she hadn't heard what the others had planned for her. "I'm sorry, I was listening to these two," She gestured to the children, "And wasn't paying attention." She smiled a sweet smile, hoping she hadn't offended anyone. "What is it that you would like me to try to do?" She asked of the other girls. "Please keep in mind that Chibiusa and Hotaru asked me for help first." She said hoping to keep anything to big off her plate right before the holiday.

Minako turned toward Haruka as Usagi directed her question to her. The more she thought about it, the more these store bought costumes looked pale in comparison to some of Setsuna’s best creations. She was starting to put back a few things that weren’t really of great quality when her ears perked up, hearing something of interest. “Locked up in her room?” she whispered, her eyes now directed toward Setsuna carefully over a rack of clothing. Minako stared at her with narrowed eyes as if she could decipher Setsuna’s secrets just by staring at her really hard. It seemed that Chibiusa and Hotaru had gotten to her first, and Minako knew there was no way she could win against Chibiusa in this.

A new voice joined them and Minako turned toward Michiru, looking impeccable as usual. “Michiru-sama! You must teach me your ladylike ways!” she gushed. “I want to appear perfectly fabulous and be all of the perfectly fabulous things and I need your help!” It was tough of Minako to admit that she needed help from anyone, especially concerning something she took pride on being an expert of, but Michiru’s level of perfection was… well… legendary.

Michiru laughed at the way Minako had phrased her question. Over the top, of course, but what else was to be expected of the spitfire blonde? She was a little surprised that Minako had chosen her as the next choice. The two of them have never interacted much on their own, though Michiru had always admired Minako's quick thinking and assured demeanor.

She smiled. "But you already as so fabulous without help, Minako-chan. A girl as beautiful as you looks good in anything," she said, her smile not faltering. "However, if I can help in some way, then of course I will do so."

She took another look at all of the things Minako was currently holding. "Perhaps you should focus on one look and perfect it, rather than dividing up all of your energy into various different outfits?"