<div align="center">(http://i1036.photobucket.com/albums/a444/colette_93/th_05-16.png) (http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9536/jessica09km3.jpg)<br/><em>Matilda...arriving in the basement as Jessica Rabbit.</em></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">Yes, Matilda was here to help with the auction as an employee...but that didn't mean that she couldn't have fun while she was at it. Besides, she'd begun to warm up to the staff and customers of Waxing Rhapsodic, and therefore more of her personality was coming through. She was still that awkward and naive girl that they had met on first impression, but now she was showing her flirty and more sensual side. She had been known as a tease, and with Shawn showing interest...and possibly Dorian...she wanted to play that up for Halloween. <br/><br/>For her costume, she'd gone through several possibilities. Ariel, the Little Mermaid? No, she wasn't quite ready to show off her midriff yet...and the fins would make it hard to move around. Poison Ivy? No, she wasn't really into wearing leotards and no pants. Anne of Green Gables? TOO innocent. Elizabeth I? No. Where could she find that fancy of a costume on such short notice? A non-redhead? No...she hated wigs. That's when it came to her. Jessica Rabbit! She was sexy, but in a more classy way without showing an excessive amount of skin. Plus, she already had the dress...as one of her past plays had required a formal dress, and she had gotten a red sequin number. She had fishnets and red heels, red hair, and she went out to a Halloween store to find purple gloves. Seriously, what had they been thinking pairing red with purple? Still, it was a necessary evil...clashing. It made Matilda shudder.<br/><br/>When she arrived on time for once, she was in her full costume (http://www.fullhalloween.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/sexy-halloween-costume-ideas-40-hot-girls-dressed-as-jessica-rabbit.jpg) complete with cleavage practically bursting free and a high slit. The original dress hadn't come with that slit, but she had cut it and then sewed up the loose edges last night. Of course, she didn't have a sewing machine, so she'd had to do it by hand...and that caused her to be up until 3 AM. Her hair was straightened and smoothed down into Jessica's signature classic Hollywood wave, and her make-up was seductive and sexy. She wore a pair of pearl earrings, her purple gloves, nude fishnet hose and red high heels. <br/><br/>As she entered, she quickly made her way down to the basement to prepare. She wore her purse over her shoulder and a pea coat covering the top half of her outfit. She saw Ronin and smiled, not knowing his name yet...but having seen him around. Waving at him, she took off her pea coat and displayed her rather obvious Marilyn Monroe-esque curves before blushing as she realized how she must look. Would people think she was overdoing it? She hoped that some of the other girls would be wearing something a bit more revealing...so she would feel less embarrassed. <br/><br/>Once she'd put her purse and jacket away, she began setting up for the auction. Since no one else was hear yet, she slipped out of her heels for the moment and simply moved around in her stocking covered feet. Looking up, she met Ronin's eyes as she arranged some chairs.<br/><br/><strong>"Hi, I don't believe we've met. I'm Matilda...or Tilly."</strong><br/><br/>She wondered if Shawn would dress up, and what it would be if he did. She also noticed Ronin's costume for the first time, and her eyes widened.<br/><br/><strong>"Wow. That is a really amazing costume. Did you do that by yourself?"</strong></span>