Costume shop on the mainland- Monday afternoon

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Another year, another hunt for a suitable costume. After her stuff was done for the day, Kitty and Irene set out for the costume store for some quality shopping time.

"Okay, I don't know about you," Kitty said as they walked in, "but I have no real idea of what I want yet."

This was how you ended up dressed as a giant banana, probably.


[NFB, and for Irene!]

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"I'm totally trying this on just to scare Clint," Kitty decided.

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"For a given value of 'scare,'" Irene said, arching a brow. "Is he dressing up, too? Something sleeveless, I'd hope."

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"He has in the past. I'll see if I can talk him into the arm thing," she said. "Personally I think he should just always skip sleeves, but that's just me."

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"If this (http://www.yandy.com/Fleece-Shark-Costume.php) sort of idiocy is on the table for us," Irene decided, holding out the offensive (but sort of cozy-looking, at least) garment, "then I think sleeves should be prohibited in his case, yes. Only fair."

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"That'd be sort of cute if it was like, a novelty hoodie you could buy on Think Geek," Kitty said. "As a Halloween costume, I don't understand. Sexy Shark?"

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"Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water?" Irene intoned, shrugging. "'Sexy' and 'dangerous' normally pair together well, but I'm not sure this is the best way to achieve that combination."

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"You want to go 'sexy' and 'awful?'" Kitty asked, pulling out a men's costume finally.

And thus ensuring the canon banana costume would not be done this year.

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"...anyone who thinks that's sexy needs to be checked by a professional," Irene decided, horrorstruck. "As though the concept itself wasn't awful enough, look at the face you have to walk around with all evening."

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"At least no one would know it's you?" Kitty tried.

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"Which is absolutely an advantage over some (http://www.yandy.com/Exclusive-Sexy-French-Fries-Costume.php) of these," Irene decided, frowning. "I'd never be able to show my face in public again."

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"It looks like the top is molting," Kitty said.

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Well now Irene had to try and peel a bit of french fry-top down, now. "I feel like people'd just be coming up to me all night to do that."

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"See, it's all about weird pickup lines," Kitty decided. "This one's actually sort of cute. If a little pandering to my archer boyfriend."

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"Pandering's not always a bad thing," Irene said, actually considering the costume. "I do like the...wristy things." Like she knew what that was called.

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"I think those might be the costumey versions of wrist guards?" Kitty guessed. "We can put it on the possibilities list."

Meaning she'd try it on along with the Viking costume that she was going to have to get for Reasons.

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"I suppose I should start putting together one of those," Irene mused, "rather than just making fun of things." But it was so easy. "I mean, I wouldn't mind wearing something like this (http://www.yandy.com/Evening-Enchantress-Costume.php) one? Though there's something terribly uncreative about being a witch for Halloween."

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"But a hot witch," Kitty pointed out. "That's actually kind of a cool costume."

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"I do look nice in green," Irene admitted, and that decided it because now she was going to just have to try that one on. "We ought to come back on the first and just snatch up everything we like at half price. You know, for non-Halloween reasons."

Whatever those may be.

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"Sure, if I don't want to pay rent," Kitty said, and then blushed a little.

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Irene grinned at her. "Sacrifice in the name of fashion, and so on," she replied. "Though it sort of pains me to refer to anything here as 'fashion,' but still." Considering she was wearing Alexander McQueen to the costume store, yeah.

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"Totally not fashion. That'd be an interesting talk with Clint, though. 'I'm gonna have to move in with you because I'm broke, but at least there are a ton of new costumes I'm bringing with me!'" she mused.

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"I'd bet you your rent that he'd be okay with that," Irene teased.

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"Of course, I'd be bringing the costumes," Kitty half-joked.

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"Get one for every week of the year," Irene suggested cheerfully. "The more I look, the more not-terrible ones I find. Look, you could be a very traditional and practical (http://www.yandy.com/Deadly-Ninja-Costume.php) ninja!"

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"Uhh, maybe not a ninja," Kitty said, and explained. "There was a whole ninja thing."

Also she could say for a fact that ninjas didn't dress like that.