DAY THREE: SUNDAY
We slept really late on Sunday; we rolled out of bed around 11:30AM, realizing we were supposed to check out at 11. Whoops! The six of us quickly packed up and changed into our costumes for the day. I was happy to finally debut my Julia Heartilly from Final Fantasy VIII costume at a con; I'd made it back in 2004 and had yet to wear it for anything other than a small photoshoot. AkaneSaotome was in a similar situation, as she was wearing Ash Ketchum for the first time since she'd made it a few years ago. Her wig was especially awesome! Mike wore Eriol from Cardcaptors, while Starlightslk did Robin again. After our cars were all packed up, we did a last loop around the con. We were really amused to find that many of our paper hats from the night before had reappeared in various places around the con! I also got some awesome photos of my Julia costume upstairs in the lounge where Masquerade judging had been held the day before, and Dizzy, Starlightslk and I took a "Red Velvet Cosplay" photo of the three of us in front of the fireplace in the lobby.
By mid-afternoon we decided it was time to say good-bye to the con, and, as we were all pretty hungry, time to take the cosplay party to a local pizza/arcade/mini golf place. Dizzy, his sister and her boyfriend, Starlightslk, Mesoian, AkaneSaotome, Mike and myself got in our cars and caravanned to the arcade, where we got a nice big party table and plenty of pizza. After that, we played a rousing game of mini golf. They had the most elaborate indoor course I'd ever seen; we found ourselves crawling through caverns, scaling castle walls, dodging pyramids, and even launching our balls off of a huge ski jump! I was doing pretty terribly at first, but finally sunk a hole in one off the pirates' treasure chest in a giant lagoon.
among friends, I figured it would be a great chance to give it a shot. Wow, I sucked pretty bad at first, but I got better as the evening wore on, and graduated from "beginner" to "easy." However, it was SO MUCH FUN! I could have played all day. It was also hilarious to see Robin and Julia battling it out, trying not to trip on their skirts. Once I was done, expert DDR-ers Mesoian and AkaneSaotome went head to head with some of the most difficult songs the arcade machine could crank out. They were absolutely amazing to watch, and drew a crowd of other people in the arcade, who came over to witness the Bleach vs. Pokémon DDR action. In the end, AkaneSaotome won by a hair, and the audience which had gathered broke out into applause. Regardless, it was a very close match. I barely saw either of them make a single mistake.