Bad Moon Season One

Episode One: Bad Moon Rising

Episode Two: Bonfire

Episode Three: Urges

Episode Four: Quarry

Friday, Oct 26th - Saturday, Oct 27th

Session Eight: 10/01/2014

Henry's Costume: Marco Fennec, Gears of Duty Hero

Jace's Costume: Geek (w/Superman shirt & trunks under)

Thomas' Costume: Lawyer

Stella's Costume: Queen of Hearts

Elaine's Costume: Elizabethan Lady

Warner's Costume: Doctor Manhattan

Neena's Costume: Elsa

Friday, October 26th. Fraternity Row's Halloween Party

• Midterms are over, and everyone except Jace Evans performed well, but his worry over Harris Clayton seemed a larger concern.
• In celebration of the stressful period's end, the University of Astoria's Fraternity Row throws an annual Halloween bash that spills across every fraternity house.
• Thomas Michael Craig receives a call from Teresa Cantu consulting on plans for the evening. Thomas is going to the party as a lawyer, but Teresa hasn't figured out her costume yet. She eventually defaults to her mom's connections and goes as a cop, completing a Law & Order theme for their night.
• Jace, meanwhile, is going as something entirely aberrant for him: a nerd. Aedia Randall, jungle slut, expresses surprise when he runs into her, but he points out that the important thing about his costume are the pockets, which she quickly avails herself of, getting Jace's night off to a good start.
• Danny Marin calls Warner Pelt and is a little surprised to learn he's heading over to Fraternity Row as Dr. Manhattan, but he decides to come along while not wearing a costume. Warner points out the lameness of this idea, and Danny asks if he can borrow Warner's Boy Scout uniform. Warner agrees, and they head out.
• Henry Mulgrew is busy pursuing his fantasy fulfillment for Renee McDonnall by dressing her up as Ahsoka Tano, but the proceedings are a little subdued, as Henry has noticed Renee distancing herself from the missing Jerome Tate's circle of friends.
• Stella Jalo is of course on hand to monitor ATO's party, but she finds that her werewolf status enhances her den mother duties. Deacon Alders, still deferring to her every whim, has taken on a lot of the responsibility of the party himself, no doubt trying to keep Stella from getting riled up again. Stella's frustrations extend mostly to Reese Tavis and Volk Yuriev, however, neither of whom has made any contact recently. Stella has left many an angry message with Volk demanding an explanation.
• Dr. Elaine Litchfield, Halloween warrior, arrives at Fraternity Row armed with her silver knuckles, a period dress, and nametags to humiliate the costumeless.
• Thomas runs into Warner eventually, and noting to himself that the Dr. Manhattan costume allows little utility, asks the Boy Scout for his Leatherman. Danny is chagrined to learn that not only did Warner let him borrow the Boy Scout suit, he's using him as his walking preparedness kit for the night when Warner reaches into Danny's pocket to retrieve the Leatherman.
• Jace, meanwhile, has been on his own for a bit cruising the circuit and drowning his recent sorrows by emptying his pockets for his own consumption. Once he's run out, he sheds his nerd costume for the surprise underneath: a tight Superboy tank top and short shorts bearing the emblem across his junk. He catches up to Aedia at TPA only to find her dancing with a meat head jock in a shabby Captain America t-shirt. To Aedia's delight, Jace elbows himself in, provoking a fight over her. Thomas notices her pleasure and walks by with a casual "bitch," which only increases that pleasure. The jock is no werewolf, though, so Jace easily bests him, securing Aedia's affections for the night along with a hero/minx pic for Instagram. At least DC wins one Marvel match up this year.
• Henry has been spending most of his night partying at ATO, and Carter Smythe finds him to tell him that someone is looking for him up on ATO's back deck. Henry correctly surmises that it's Reese and wastes no time confronting him. Reese tells Henry that he's officially leaving UofA and urges Henry to do the same, saying the Astoria won't be safe for any werewolves soon. He apologizes for biting Henry at the bonfire party. Henry asks him if the fighting pit thing is true, which Reese denies, but he does say that Harris and Miranda are with the Coastal Range pack. He refuses to say much more than that, and Henry tells him that if he wants to have any credibility, he needs to make sure Harris gets in touch with Jace. Reese says that's not his call and leaves.
• Warner and Danny are hanging out at ATO, and Danny notices Warner zoning out while looking in Henry's general direction. He asks Warner if he's into Henry, and Warner discovers that pleading the 5th is far from sufficient to hide the "yes" in his non-answer.
• Halloween takes a further turn for the worse when werewolf Alice shows up at ATO in a Little Red Riding Hood outfit and her own personal werewolf walking wall whose name turns out to be Donaldo. She's there to relay a message to Stella from Volk. He apologizes for not being able to talk to her directly and for not being able to explain himself to her. Stella, showing a Bette Midler level of brassiness, is having none of it, though. She rips into Alice (metaphorically), telling her that Volk's evasion is all too expected, and he already knows exactly how she feels about it from the numerous messages she's left him. Alice finds it all so amusing, though, and tells Stella that of all the people bitten at the bonfire, only hers was intentional. This whole exchange riles up Stella's wolf, but she uses her new seminar tricks to keep herself under control. Alice leaves with a smirk, and to get her wolf fully under control, Stella retreats to the kitchen to explore some cutting.
• Most of our heroes have noticed Alice by the this point, and Elaine takes the opportunity to snap some photos of Alice and Donaldo. To her surprise, the photos actually turn out. Who knows what further ideas for experiments this spawns in Elaine's demented mindscape. Both Elaine and Warner text Vanya Simonson to let her know about Alice's presence.
• Thomas takes to opportunity to approach Alice, who seems more than happy to entertain his interest. She sends a sc/growling Donaldo off to fetch drinks while she drags Thomas into another frat to dance. Donaldo runs afoul of Neena Cosgrove, but he simply hands her a drink and takes off. Alice inhales Thomas's scent deeply, and while he's trying to be wily with her, she counters by noting that she can smell his attraction to Teresa and wonders if he's admitted it. This stops Thomas cold in his tracks, and he questions if he's made the right decision in engaging with Alice.
• Jace and Aedia show up to the party, and Aedia is instantly jealous that the whole room seems to be focused on Alice. When Jace praises Thomas's pick up skills, Aedia realizes that Alice is dancing with Jace's friend. Jace is unable to provide much intel on Alice, though, admitting that he's seen her before with that Reese guy, and her name is Ellen or something. Aedia claims that Ellen is a skank name. Alice overhears the exchange and notices the attention being focused on her. She decides to collect Donaldo and leave.
• Elaine and Warner attempt to follow them, but they end up in the parking lot with no idea where the werepair have gone. Vanya catches up to them, and she is quite upset that they have put themselves at such risk. She explains that both Alice and Donaldo could easily rip either of them to shreds and wouldn't hesitate to do it. She appreciates their curiosity, but they have no idea what they're getting themselves into. Warner tells Vanya that he's considering joining the Astoria pack.
• Back on Fraternity Row, Thomas runs into Victor and makes an offering of peace over cigars. Victor is decidedly nicer than usual and even admits to feeling some guilt over the bonfire attack. He smells a bit of blood on Thomas, who tells him that he's recently been tattooed. More alarming to Victor, he also smells Alice all over Thomas. Because Thomas doesn't seem to realize the gravity of this, Victor tells him that many of Alice's past "relationships" start with such a marking and go rapidly downhill from there. It's also a warning to the Astoria pack that she's found one of their kin. Thomas finishes his Halloween questioning much of his decision-making process.
• Stella's answer to the werewolf situation is guns. Elaine is aghast.

Saturday, October 27th. Parents Weekend

• Jace and Davis are dressing in the locker room after an early morning workout when Davis asks to see Jace's phone. Remarkably, Jace hands it over without questioning, and Davis installs a walky talky app on it, explaining that after their conversation at ATO, Davis will feel better if Jace can reach him quickly. Jace makes sure to point out that the two men are not dating, and Davis is sarcastic at Jace's vigilance over people falling too hard for him.
• As the two leave the Athletics Center, they find the wrestling team outside preparing to hold the competition for team captain, the two prime contenders being Henry and Carter Smythe. When Jace gives Henry some words of encouragement and points out that as his lab partner, Henry will make Jace look bad if he loses, Davis continues his sarcastic commentary on Jace's priorities. Jace figures this is flirting and not criticism, and the two join Warner, who is also on hand, to watch the matches.
• As the wrestling team gets organized, Danny's new presence on the team becomes clear, especially when Bradley Humes shows up with some of Danny's former baseball mates to rib the freshman for quitting the team. Henry, who still hasn't had a chance for some play time with Danny in his room, of course hears (and smells) everything, and his wolf becomes indignant. As Henry struggles to control Sparky, both Jace and Warner notice the strangeness. Warner, who also overheard his friend being taunted, also goes into a wolf rage, but because he's sitting right next to Jace, he has little privacy to deal with it.
• Henry has a untested, retooled inhaler, and hoping for the best (or at least to stave off the worst), he uses it. Sparky is indignant as he gets drugged and feels sleepy, but both he and Henry stay locked in battle over the issue of killing Bradley.
• Naturally, Desmond Lancaster is lurking in the shadows nearby and gestures Henry over to show him a trick. Apparently, nothing scares an inner wolf off like a broken limb, so, shielding Henry from the view of the wrestling spectators, Desmond breaks his arm and quickly resets it. Sparky decides to steer into his drugged stupor and leaves Henry to deal with healing his bone.
• Warner manages to keep his wolf under control with some subtle self-injury as well, and Jace, who has been watching both of the pups, informs Warner that there's no such thing as a sympathetic roid rage, and he's pretty sure Desmond must be Henry's dealer. Recognizing Danny from the night before, Jace also asks Warner if dressing Danny up in his Boy Scout uniform was some sort of narcissistic foreplay between the two. Warner's wolf has already gone back in hiding, so it doesn't try to come out to bite Jace's face off.
• As the situation cools off, Stella arrives with visitors in tow: Henry's mother, aunt and younger sister, who have arrived for the weekend and insisted on watching Henry compete. Henry flees to the relative safety of the wrestling match as his family settles into the stands next to Jace, Warner, and Davis to watch the match.
• Although Carter puts up a good show, Henry ultimately overpowers him in their match, ending it with an accidental shoulder dislocation. Henry is declared team captain, and it's a good thing Sparky is sleeping so Henry doesn't have to fight the urge to urinate on everyone.
• Jace comments that he might need to have a talk with Henry about steroids, which Henry's aunt, Bethany Boss (really?) overhears. To her apparent disappointment, though, Jace denies that the comment has any truth. As everyone goes to congratulate Henry on his win, his family insists on taking him out to breakfast along with his friend Jace. Although Henry tries to get Jace out of it, Jace gleefully accepts with a mischievous air but proves that he can be charming when he bothers to be.
• Stella returns to ATO and smells fear wafting up from the basement. There, she discovers Kaleb Jackson with some biker dude she's never seen before. Kaleb introduces the fearful man as Arnar but clearly doesn't want Stella to linger. Since Stella doesn't yet have any guns to mow everyone down with, she leaves but uses her wolf ears from the kitchen to continue to listen in. Arnar is a member of a biker gang called the Jokers, and he and Kaleb are plotting to get some mysterious box (it probably doesn't have severed heads in it) onto a truck.
• Thomas is awoken by a call from his parents, who are on their way to Astoria after flying into Portland. Thomas's mom asks for a tour of the campus's science facilities, so Thomas texts Elaine to ask if she can show them around. Since Elaine is currently victimless, she agrees, probably hoping one of the pups will show up while she's on campus. Warner, who's Mr. Present today, does not disappoint as he and his parents join Thomas's family. The tour is all around uncomfortable, as Thomas's parents try to find out what their larcenous son has been up to and push him to more outward achievements in school. Thomas's mom Janet also manages to offend Elaine by showing surprise that the woman knows hard science and has labs equipped to practice it. If only she were privy to Elaine's current projects . . .
• Teresa also shows up during the tour with newly acquired schematics for Dean Edmonton's car, and she didn't get the text about Thomas's family being on hand, so the duo attempt to pass off the schematics as something school related. Master liar Thomas has no trouble passing this off. Hard science and madness once again intersect when Elaine notices two corvid shadows perched on both Thomas and Teresa's shadows.
• Warner's parents and brother separate from the group after the tour, where Warner's parents also press him to greater achievements. Fortunately, Vanya shows up to meet Warner's family and reassures them that their son has been doing well in his circumstances. Warner, however, picking up on all the emotions floating around campus, starts to have a panic attack over all the stresses of school, which he barely suppresses. Warner's parents also inquire about tonight's Fall Formal, but when it becomes evident that most parents don't attend, they drop the subject, much to Warner's relief. Thomas isn't so lucky with his parents.
• Warner notices a commotion across the quad when Jace is confronted by an angry Tommy Halloran. He doesn't need to be nearby to overhear Tommy confronting Jace about e-mails he's received threatening to expose some online porn he performs on jaycannon.com. Jace, however, assures him that he will take care of the issue and sends Tommy on his way. Suddenly, everything falls into place for Warner, and he realizes that maybe he should have looked at Jace's website before soliciting his help.