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“All right, guy,” Joel said. “We’ve got ten minutes to do Halloween costumes before we have to get back in that theatre. Who are you dressed up as this year?”
Tom eagerly floated up to the top of the console. He was wearing a braided blond wig and a dirndl. “As you can see, I’m Heidi-Carrie! I have adorable blonde braids and I talk to goats! I yodel and I’m cute as a button. But watch out!” he swirled around and his skirts were spattered with stage blood. “If you push me I’ll use my telekinesis on you and turn you into compost. Tee hee!”
Joel raised an eyebrow. “That’s very scary and I’m not letting you watch cable TV anymore. Crow?”
Crow was wearing what looked like a homemade corn stalk costume. “I’m a bunch of corn. GPC made it for me!”
“Aww, that’s just darling! And it’s golden, just like you!” Joel said. “What’s GPC wearing?”
GPC was wearing what looked like a ruffled dress, but there was a sword taped to her side. “I’m Julie d'Aubigny, opera singer, dueler, and raider of nunneries!”
“Wow, you sound extremely powerful and extremely dangerous! Good for you!” Joel said. “How about you, Magic Voice?”
The sound that came out of the console definitely wasn’t the one they were all used to. “I’m pretending to be Ed Asner for the day!”
“Right on! Cambot!”
“I’m going to be a reel to reel tape recorder!” he said.
“What about you, Joel?” Crow asked. They all couldn’t help but notice that Joel didn’t have much of a costume going on – he was wearing a teeshirt reading “This is my Halloween costume,” a crepe paper mustache, a pasted-on bald spot and jeans.
“I’m a grumpy midwestern dad! I complain about the Bears, talk about how Mister Hickenlooper is giving out full candy bars, and complain about how cold it is out there.”
“Wow! Hey, are you really gonna give us full-sized candy bars?” Tom asked.
“They’d gum up your sequencers. Maybe some RAM chips?” then movie sign went off, and the costume contest was over – with no winner awarded.