Waiting in the elevator, FRIDAY speaks, "Mr Maximoff, I should warn you, everything's a mess". Not much of a warning, but words couldn't really do much for this.
"I am not wearing that costume", is the first thing Pietro hears walking into the Avengers floor, Tony sternly barks at Pepper, a risky move. "Come on Stevie, at least the ears!", Bucky whines next, chasing after Steve. And that was just the start. Deeper in the living room was a storm of spiderwebs, spooky lamps and many more Halloween decorations. Clint, Scott and Sam playing in the mess while Nat yelled at em.
Wanda descends from the ceiling, on her broom, towards Pietro. "Hey bro, how was school?", she smirks all too knowing. Pietro rolls his eyes, "had a test for some reason, meant I had to sit in silence doing nothing for 58 minutes", she chuckles, Pietro's complaints over tests a near weekly occurrence. "You sure you don't wanna join too?".
Spitting and laughing she rejects that, hard. "And spend at least 40 hours a week on stuff that ultimately doesn't matter? No thanks. I don't even have a boyfriend incentive". He waves her off, heading to his room, "don't forget your costume! They'll be here by 6!".
Everyone had costumes. In a way. Pepper went as herself, and under bribes and deals from half the avengers she convinced Tony to wear a Salt Shaker costume; Salt and Pepper. The nuzzle of it over his head, everything else hanging like a tarp; he hated it.
A turtle costume wasn't very comfortable — nor could they find one with a shell big enough that fit him — so Steve settled for an eagle costume. A parka like jacket, with feathers on its collar and tail flaps designed to look like an eagle's tail feathers. The parka had an attachable hood, it like the rest of the parka had feather designs all along its length, extra fabric running from the underarms down its side; wings. The hood also had a bit of under hanging cloth on its crest, looking like a beak. Finally, the pants. Very baggy, brown and yellow, with bird claw themed shoes.
Bucky's was a lot more laid back. An ash grey bomber jacket with fuzzier collars, a matching wolf tail belt. He got wolf ears to slide into his hair, and since Steve's refused to wear it, he's also using 'Steeb's' collar. And wolf paw slippers to complete his look. Bruce and Nat followed the laid-back approach, Bruce only changing his glasses to resemble an owl, and Nat dressed as herself because that's scary enough.
Pietro and Wanda had matching themed costumes; Skimbleshanks and Jemima from the Cats musical. Pietro had a compressor jaguar spotted shirt and pants, raised fuzz around the shoulders collar, and belt. Tail around his waist, ears on his head, and plenty of face paint at Wanda's insistance. Wanda matched him in all 3, and the fluff, adding fuzzy wristlets and boots as well. She dyed her hair to match the calico coat look of her outfit, styled it as well. Lastly, a spiky collar, true to Jemima. She might've watched the musical while she's bored at the tower, along with half of Tony's library; Pietro was one to indulge it.
Due to 'Parrot' being a very general term, Clint went and found the most extra one he could: a scarlet macaw. He got a black beak, and a Red hoodie. He'd never admit it but he sowed red, blue and yellow feathers across it to give it wings and a genuine bird look, the longest feathers extending well beyond his hand. It also had tail feathers like Steve's, though long enough to look like a train. He also got matching pants, also with faux feathers down on it, with black ends, big padded bird claws as shoes. Clown shoes were outmatched.
Scott used a more down to earth Ant costume. An all black onesie with a large pillow like abdomen and puffed up thorax. He also used an antennae head piece and swimming goggles for ant eyes.
This wasn't the usual platypus costume. Tony didn't know why it was teal and tangerine, but it would call more attention to Rhodey than a realistic one so he ordered it. It was a giant teal onesie with a waffle like bright orange tail hanging to his knees, a matching bill on its hoodie. It also had orange swim flippers. Tony could ignore the colour choice, but the fact it came with a fedora was puzzling, something about Totally Tools' add campaign over summer. He tossed the fedora.
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