Halloween Fun

Halloween Fun

"Okay, is everyone ready?" Robin asked the team.

"I sure am!" Cyborg said.  "This is gonna be awesome!"

"This sounds most enjoyable!" Starfire proclaimed.

"Sweetness!" Beast boy declared.

"Why am I here again?" Raven asked sourly.

Robin looked at her.  "Because this is a team building exercise, as well as a fun activity for all of us. We aren't just a team, after all.  We're a family."

Raven rubbed her forehead.  She hated when Robin talked about family.  Given their various pasts, there was no way she could argue with it.  "But...Halloween costumes?"

"Yep!  And we're each going to choose a different team mates costume.  No trades, no vetoes.  All decisions are final, whcih makes this a trust building exercise as well."  He glared towards Beast boy and Cyborg.  "Anyone who picks a joke costume will be forced to wear it themselves."

"Uh...define joke costume," Cyborg asked nervously.

"Picking a costume specifically to humiliate or embarrass a teammate."

"Gotcha."

"Okay, the computer will pick someone to chose everyone's costume at random."  He ran the program, and everyone stared at the output.


Titan picks  ----------------  Costume for

Starfire  ------------------------- Beast Boy

Raven ------------------------------ Robin

Robin ----------------------------- Cyborg

Cyborg --------------------------- Starfire

Beast Boy ----------------------- Raven


Raven stared at that last part.  "Are you saying...BEAST BOY's picking my costume?"  Her voice dropped several decibles in menace.

Robin nodded.  "And you're picking mine, Raven."

Raven glowered towards Beast Boy.  "If you wish to live beyond this Halloween, be very careful what you choose."

Beast Boy nodded vigorously.

"One more thing," Robin said, drawing everyone's attention.  "No collusion. We pick each costume alone, and all revelations wait until Halloweed itself."  He turned to Raven.  "If need be, can I trust you to alter your and Star's costumes to fit if need be?"

"Sure," she said blandly.  "Shouldn't be too hard."

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That Halloween, there was quite a bit of yelling as everyone got their costume choices.

"I said no collusion!  What do you call this!"

"Great minds think alike!  Total accident!"

"This is offensive!  Why did you pick this for me!"

"QUIET!" Raven yelled.  "Just everyone get changed and let's get this over with."

Robin came out first, grumbling.  He was dressed...as Batman.  "Really, Raven?  Really?"

"I thought it would fit you," Raven called from her room.

Cyborg came out next.  "And who am I supposed to be?" he asked, looking at the brown trenchcoat and broad brimmed hat.

"Cyborg...you're Inspector Gadget," Robin said blandly.

"Who?"

"I'll explain later..."

Starfire came out next...dressed as Catwoman.  "Umm...meow?"  The costume fit her...VERY well.

"Me...ow..." Robin said, staring.  Cyborg grinned.

Beast Boy came out in a tattered purple doublet and gray pants.  He'd had to shift himself much larger to fit in the size Star had gotten.  "Dude...who am I supposed to be?"

"Isn't it obvious?  You are the cursed Prince of Disney folklore!  I thought it suited you!"

"Wait...Star, are you saying I'm THE BEAST?"  Beast Boy looked like he was starting to panic.  "Dude!  Raven's gonna think I planned this and she's gonna kill me!"

"No I won't," Raven said from behind him.  "I actually like it."

Raven was dressed as Belle from the beginning of the movie, when she first met the Beast.  She was smiling.

"Raven?" Beast Boy said disbelievingly.

"It's Belle for tonight, Beast," she said quietly.

Unbelievingly, with everyone staring, Beast Boy offered her his arm.  She took it.

As they headed otuward to the Halloween party, Raven turned back over her shoulder.  "The rest of you coming?"