Shout At The Devil! [Halloween Party] Band members and friends invited

[bangingthe_hellouttayou]

Zack had decided that he wanted to do something for Halloween now that he'd gotten his new costume and being a Spider-Man fan he'd gone for a Spider-Punk costume straight from his comics. He'd gotten it at a local comic store down on the Strip and couldn't wait to show Damien because he knew the Dog didn't have comics or anything fun back in Hunger City. Zack now pleased that he'd arranged a Halloween Party for the band members, their friends and family to attend inside the communal area of the apartments. It was the biggest space and there was a bar all stocked up with spooky drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic alike.

It would be a blast!

There were even spooky snacks with crisps and chips shaped like bats, ghosts and pumpkins. There were even actual pumpkins on a table for those who wished to carve a pumpkin alone or with friends. Zack had tried to make it accessible for all, those who wished to party and get drunk and those who wanted to do non-boozy activities too.

As for costumes---they were optional but preferred.

"Ok, I think that's it. Everyone should be arriving soon."

Zack looking around the room and hoping everyone would like what he had set-up with help from some of the others of course.

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[willoftheblackbird]

“…As big as a dog?”

He held out his hands, though only to the point of, say, a chihuahua or a pug. How bit did lizards get, anyway?

The girls kept giggling.

[rage_rekker]

Rekker looked at the size that Dee motioned and snorted a laugh.

"She's as big as Rekker." Ana pointed out when her teacher fell into giggles. "We have to keep her away from the goats."

Crusher had never went after the goats because she was well fed but the kids knew not to take the risk.

[willoftheblackbird]

He should have known from the massive amount of giggling that ensued that he grossly underestimated the size of this lizard. But as big as Rekker, and big enough to eat goats.

“… are you sure you’re not keeping an alligator?”

That was huge!

[rage_rekker]

"James is the one with the crocodile." Rekker clarified. "Crusher is an Asian Water Monitor."

And to be fair, James' crocodile was a little baby.

"He has tarantulas and scorpions too." Ana mentioned because she felt like those might be more unnerving to someone than a big lizard that followed Rekker around like a dog.

[willoftheblackbird]

“Okay, that is pretty cool.” Dee had to admit.

As they were talking about the various reptiles and arachnids, Jay walked up behind them.

“Oh! Do you work on any of the next few Saturday mornings?” Dee looked up. “Rekker invited me to watch one of his music lessons.”

“I’ll have to look it up later.” He shrugged. “But we’re going to have to cut the night short.”

“What? …Why?”

“I got called in. Halloween’s made everyone crazy apparently. Three of the hospitals are understaffed and overflowing. They’re calling all of us looking for anyone who can help.”

“Any chance you can just… pick me up after your shift?” He asked. “Please?”

“It could be most of the night.”

On the bright side, it looked like the party wasn’t going to end anytime soon. And this was the biggest collection of musicians. They’d already secured two auditions. Jay couldn’t pull Dee away from that.

He leaned down and kissed him on the forehead. “Call me if you need me.”

“…Love you.”

[rage_rekker]

Rekker knew what this was like from watching his brother work and even more so being the medical emergency that pulled peopleaway from thier families.


"Don't worry." Rekker assured the both."I'll just add him to my collection of kids."

He's joking, partially but he is nearly old enough to be Dee's father which made it funnier to the ginger. Then he got more serious. "I'll be up late if you need someone to drive him home."

Rekker was as much of a chauffeur as his brother sometimes.

[willoftheblackbird]

The agency, for the most part, let their nurses make their own schedules. Jay had a tremendous amount of freedom in that. But sometimes, emergency situations popped up where they just needed more people. This just so happened to be one of those nights.

“Thanks.” He nodded to Rekker, and then kissed Dee again. “I love you too.”

There were plenty of times Jay would drop Dee off at a club or something on his way to work. Or pick him up from somewhere once he got off. Dee always managed to get by during the time in-between, so Jay wasn’t worried. But he appreciated the offer nonetheless.