Bette spied a golden face walking toward her, her mind clocking a Shane clad C-3PO, her smile widened as she got closer, seeing the effort of the gold lame trousers and tee shirt to go with the golden painted face.
“Hey you guys…” Shane said as she embraced the robe clad Bette and bikini clad Tina, “you look amazing…”
“So do you C-3PO!”
Shane laughed; glad she was at least recognisable.
“So…, where are the others…?” Bette asked as she tried to peer around the crowds.
“Just look for the green ears and you’ll find Dana…”
“But I thought you were going to be Yoda!”
“I gave Dana that pleasure…” Shane replied with rolling eyes, “apparently she doesn’t suit gold lame!”
“And dare I ask what Alice has come as?” Bette said with a smirk.
“Oh…, I think you have to see it to believe it…”
“Oh god…” Bette groaned, “that bad?”
“Uh…, lets just say, she’s been creative!”
“Hey…” came a shrill voice.
“Uh hi Al…” Bette said with a creased brow, glancing at Tina and then Shane, wondering…, just wondering.
“Bette…?”
“Yes Alice?”
“Why are you dressed like a Buddhist Monk?”
Tina smirked as she turned to Shane, trying her hardest not to burst out laughing as she saw the reaction of the words seeping into Bette.
“Alice…” Tina interrupted, “she is my Lesbian Jedi…, complete with a fully working sti…, uh…, light sabre…”
“Oh…, I was thinking maybe Hare Krishna…”
“Just think Jedi…”
“And why are you wearing a bikini T?”
“Alice…, Princess Leia…, the slave Leia…”
“Oh…, well T…, you look great in a leather bikini and the buns..., the buns look great!”
“Thanks Al…, and uh…, you look…, um…, interesting…”
Tina looked to Bette, not being able to hide the bubbling laughter; she nodded at Bette, encouraging the question she knew was on the tip of both of their tongues.
“Alice, why are you carrying a bucket?”
“It’s my spittoon…”
“Spittoon?” Bette said, gently nodding her head to take the image in further, “and why are you wearing a cardboard box with Marlboro written across it?”
“I’m that character you said about…, the one from that Starship thing…”
“Star Wars…”
“Yeah, that’s the one…”
“And what character would you be dressed in a cigarette packet with a buck…, sorry, spittoon?”
“Chewing tobacco!” Alice said shaking her head incredulously, “Tina told me the characters that were in it, so I chose Chewing Tobacco, don’t you think its great…, I’m the tobacco and after ‘chewin’ I can spit in my spittoon, hence the bucket…” Alice said holding the grey bucket in the air proudly.
“Alice…, um…, it’s Chewbacca…, not Chewing Tobacco, he’s uh…, a very big hairy creature…” Bette said quietly as she leaned toward Alice’s cardboard box.
Alice looked from Bette to Tina, glancing to Shane, all of whom were struggling to stifle the laughter, “well…, that Starship stuff is just shit anyway…, hairy man my ass…”
Bette watched a flustered Alice turn on her heel, “Hey Al…”
Alice turned, hearing her name.
“You look great in cardboard…”
