_{photo by Travis ~sirtravis}

Rurouni Kenshin group! And friends!
Also uploaded by Travis here: [link]

JM ~angrylittleboy as Saitou Hajime
Kat ~moonlightflight as Misao Makimachi
Jin (me) *behindinfinity as Kenshin Himura
Ysabel as Yahiko Myoujin
Miguel *merkymerx as Sanosuke Sagara
China ~snowpeachdrop as Soujiro Seta
EJ ~Dinkyass as himself
Charmie ~yaoiangel14 as Sheryl Nome (from Macross Frontier)
and at the back, Dom ~Weakman and Rayson ~sinag-araw as the Skeletwins
<sub>(Tza was our Kaoru, but she had to leave early and couldn't be there for this photo)

photo by Essa ~Cyfliq</sub>

We managed to get our swords past mall security!

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

We had to go through the department store. I wonder what the people were thinking.

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

Up the escalator we go!

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

I look confused and Sano's not looking too happy. Moving stairs? What is this demonry?

We finally did make it to the convention venue by late afternoon, but the entrance looked far too crowded. Ran into Lowell ~kuro-inu and he said that if we were to go in there, to "abandon all hope". It seems he was right. So we just loitered around outside to look for friends. We ended up goofing around, posing for pictures (and photobombing), meeting new people and playing "how low can you go?" with Kat's long, long braid.

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

I didn't notice that we posed in front of some pretty loopy slogans.
"BRING OUT THE STAR IN YOU" ...what.

_{photo by Charmie ~yaoiangel14}

"PAIN & REHAB CARE"
Now this is more our kind of place.

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

Sano slips!
It's lucky we're near the Pain & Rehab Care center!

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

Yahiko abuse!
<sub>(I'm somewhere in this shot, too. Hahaha!)

photo by Essa ~Cyfliq</sub>

Misao can do it too!

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

I met ~iPockyLolita and her friends, and she gave me this cute bear cap.
(I see a skeleton photobombing us from the railing.)

_{photo by Charmie ~yaoiangel14}

China doing face, and Kat ...in the hat.

_{photo by Jason}

EJ the happy prom ninja. I love how you can see his smile through the mask.

_{photo by Charmie ~yaoiangel14}

I was looking at this shot Charmie took of us, and I was like, "Wait, what are those arms doing there?"

_{photo by Charmie ~yaoiangel14}

Gah, the Skeletwins bombed us.
<sub>(Blargh, my wig changes color with every picture. Flash sometimes turns the copper color into bright red. /wrist)

photo by Charmie ~yaoiangel14</sub>

They caught my Hiten Mitsurugi Ryu Ryu-Tsui-Sen! Perhaps I should not have yelled out the name while attempting to execute it, consequently making me simultaneously ridiculous and predictable to my opponents.

_{photo by Charmie ~yaoiangel14}

Come on, Soujiro! How low can you go?
NOTE: If my sakabatou were sharpened, I'd have cut through my shoulder.

_{photo by Charmie ~yaoiangel14}

Go, Yahiko!

_{photo by Charmie ~yaoiangel14}

The Skeletwins have to do everything together.

_{photo by Alvin ~raijin-akuma}

We found Erving ~Huzafan!
_{(Whose wishes we unfortunately could not comply with.)}

Okay, I have to share something. There was a Tekken Tournament event in the same venue that day, and Katsuhiro Harada, the project director and producer of the Tekken series was there.

_{photo by Alvin ~raijin-akuma}

Exhibit A: Katsuhiro Harada

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

Exhibit B: Erving Go

_{photo by Alvin ~raijin-akuma}

HARADA-SAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Erving, don't kill me! PLEASE BE GENT-

After a while, we could feel the hunger draining our energy levels, so we made our way to the food court for some pizza. Played some background imitation no jutsu on the way there.

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

Round 1!

_{photo by Charmie ~yaoiangel14}

Round 2!

<sub>DO WE MAKE YOU PROUD, FATHER?

photo by Essa ~Cyfliq</sub>

Ysabel was so excited to see a buko (coconut) juice stand and rushed over there immediately.

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

Awwww, Kat.

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

Ms. Sheryl Nome with Misao. I admire every aspect of this costume of Charmie's. You can tell that there was a lot of love and care put in this cosplay - from the selection of roses for her hair, down to the velvet ribbon accents. All that effort because she really loves Macross.

_{photo by Essa ~Cyfliq}

Val ~varu-san as himself.

_{photo by Travis ~sirtravis}

Skeletwins!
It was highly entertaining just watching these two. They'd dance through the mall hallways together and bob their heads and sway to a beat only they can hear while on the elevator.
<sub>(Dom, we'll never forget your zipper synchronization fail.)

photo by Essa ~Cyfliq</sub>

Sano and Kenshin helping Saitou with his makeup.
This certainly isn't a scene you'll find in the Rurouni Kenshin series.

_{photo by Charmie ~yaoiangel14}

Soujiro helped too! Jewel remarked that it was like something out of fanfiction.
Rayson said it looked like "Ambush Makeover: Meiji Edition!"
Thank you for being patient with us, JM!