(Ellie's pretty all right with the costumes, actually. Chanda's adorable when she gets excited. Ellie was just giving her a hard time because she's also adorable when she's being teased.)

Really, the hardest part of getting dressed was doing the line of buns Rey's hair has. Ellie's not so much looking forward to the party qua party, but she'll make a good-faith effort. And Chanda swears the host always has really good food, so there's that.

The party contains:

One, meticulous decorations, in a full blown black-cats-and-necromancers theme. Just in the front yard, there's skeletons climbing from graves in the front yard, and bloody handprints on the windows, and a cauldron probably containing some dry ice going by the cold fog pouring out of it. The inside is a cozy and spooky witch's cottage, with black and orange textiles everywhere, and mason jars with Spooky Things in them on shelves, and an open grimoire...

Two, quiet, somber music. No words, so it doesn't distract from conversation. 

Three, a lot of small rooms, so people aren't too crowded and can split off or retreat easily, and the numerous textiles dampen sound. 

Four, excellent food, all meticulously Halloween themed. The expected pumpkin/ ghost/ tombstone/ witch hat/ cauldron cookies, of course, but also a large gummy brain with gummy blood trailing off it (there's a knife for cutting off slices) and a red velvet cake anatomically accurate heart, and a green pudding labeled 'ghost goo,' and a savory nutty soup served in bowls made of small pumpkins, and apples, and a bowl with Halloween candy, and pumpkin seeds... And, of course, drinks, including 'Vampire's Punch' which is dark red and faintly spicy and definitely very alcoholic. (There's non-alcoholic drinks, too, including plain apple cider.)

Five, a girl dressed up as... Sexy catgirl Darth Vader? She's got fishnet pantyhose instead of pants, and heeled black boots that go above the knee, and an overbust corset with a pattern reminescent of Vader's suit, and a fishnet shirt paired with long black gloves, and a helmet (with a removable faceplate, which she has off right now) with plastic cat ears and a little red bow afixed to it, and possibly a black tail somewhere under her dramatic cape. She's putting a dish containing eyeball cookies on the table, and then checking the stocks of plates, cutlery, cups, and napkins.

Whoooo baby. Now that is style.

"Ahem."

"Aw, come on. Let's go say hi, at least. You know you're still the hottest Sith babe at the party still."

Siiiiiggghhhhh.

Hip bump.

"Yeah, okay, I could use something to drink anyway."

Chanda leads the way, skipping happily.

She turns when they approach, raising an eyebrow. "Dark and Light Rey?"

"Yeah!"

"Catgirl Vader?"

"Of course." She does a little twirl. "Catgirls are the best girls."

"You are so right. Can't believe I didn't think of that."

"Hmmm... I've got a cat ear headband for if i feel like taking the helmet off... You could borrow it."

"But then I wouldn't match with my dark twin anymore!"

(Given the almost ten inch height differential between Chanda and Ellie, any kind of twinship is already purely notional.)

"She could wear it - it's a Sith color scheme anyways - but that'd just be the same problem in reverse..."

"Maybe we can mark the idea down for next time and leave the catgirling to the professional for now."

"Fair enough." She strikes a very catgirl-ish pose.

...Though the effect is changed a bit by her frankly ridiculous heels that combine with her natural height to make her at least six feet tall.

"I'm Ellie, by the way. This is Chanda."

"I'm Anathema."

"Pleased to meet you. Did you make any of these?" she asks, gesturing at the food.

"Yeah!!!" That sounds like an invitation to excitedly ramble about Fancy Decorative Cooking to her! (She didn't make everything, but she made a lot, especially anything complicated or weird. Ellie and Chanda should try the soup! And the eyeball cookies, and the heart cake...)

Sounds like she's got a passion for it.

How'd she tell?