Over here Miguel ~merkymerx, me and Myk had teamed up to fix Karl's hair for Phoenix Wright cosplay.



This is Melo ~BallistaShark as the Davey Jones to Miguel's Captain Jack.
He also answers to the name Corporate Cthulu.



IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE AND THIS KITTEN WENT UP TO THE DOORWAY AND GAH JUST LOOK AT IT



WHAT IS THIS SORCERY, CAT
We couldn't bear to make it go out in the rain!
These are just two of the 120381029 photos we took of it. Gaaaah.



Another team-up to do Jayem's Fairy Tail emblem for his Gray Fullbuster cosplay.
It's lacking a little something, don't you think?



There we go. Lovely.
AAAAA DON'T KILL ME YOU GUYSSSS



Well. This is... interesting.



Sooomeone's [cough~BallistaSharkcough] enjoying himself far too much



Fast forward to the con! Finished tattoo, and here's Jayem as Gray with Kat , his Juvia
_{Kat jokingly scolded him for being out of character after this photo, hahaha}

Jayem is actually based in LA and has only been to a few events here. Somehow we ended up becoming friends with him after helping him out since we observed him getting nearly harassed at an event a few months ago. He asked Kat to cosplay Juvia with him, and she said yes, and here they are!

They were pretty funny to watch during Toycon because Kat was always in character. Girls would flock to get their photo taken with Jayem and she'd glare at them from the side just like Juvia. _{(It was upsetting though, that some girls were incredibly rude to Kat, telling her to get lost and whatnot. Tsk tsk. If only I had been there when those things happened. I hope everyone remembers to pack their manners when they go to cons!)}



I realize we don't have proper group pics in my camera, so I'll go with our photo with JM ~angrylittleboy. We're not really being in character but hey, it's the three of us in a picture not entirely trolling something. Feels to me like a graduation picture, for some reason.

Charmie, Miguel and I were cosplaying characters from xxxHolic. I was Kimihiro Watanuki, Miguel ~merkymerx was Shizuka Doumeki, and Charmie ~yaoiangel14 was Himawari Kunogi Our outfits were based on one of the artbook illustrations, but we changed some details to our liking.

<sub>We enjoyed wearing these outfits out, but boy did we run into trouble with them. We almost couldn't push through with them. The wig that Charmie is wearing isn't actually her Himawari wig which is why the curls are missing. Her wig had unfortunately gotten stuck in customs and delivery was further delayed by a storm. Thankfully, we were saved by Ms. Czarina's wig which was similar. Miguel decided to use his real hair because his usual cut is similar to Shizuka's. But as you can see, by this time his hair had gotten too long and we were all so busy with our everyday lives, as well as with preparing for Toycon that he wasn't even able to get a haircut. Apologies to our fellow xxxHolic fans! We're still working on these costumes XD For us, what really matters is that we had a blast that day. More on this below!


(photo by Peppy)</sub>

And here's a shot of our friends' Phoenix Wright group!
Ange was Miles, Karl was Phoenix, Isa was Franziska, and Kitty was Mia
A lot of people apparently wanted their signs


_{photo by Marko ~Happy-Hario}

I was cosplaying Watanuki, so I took my place as shopkeeper at the Tuxessories table for a while.

Some people were asking about my pipe fox. I had sewn it myself; I'm not good with a needle but I did as best as I could. Here's a better look at it - [link] He came out bigger than the proper size because of the fur thickness, but I do like him this way as he's very squishy.



Pirate lady Miss Scarlett dropped by our table. We all thought she looked really cool so I asked if I could take a photo of her. She let us have a look at her pistol and we admired her Isla de Muerta gold necklace.



Two sweet girls who dropped by the Tux table. We had talked about sewing costumes and how parts of them can be a pain to wear sometimes. And I was like, "All I could manage to sew this time was my pipe fox... " Hahaha!

Quick reminder! The Very Merry Unbirthday 50% Off Sale will be over soon! Avail of it at Tuxessories.net while you still can!


Kuya Joma of Wakuwaku dropped by our booth too!
He got a Super Mustachio necklace
Before the stache



After the stache

And as always, shameless plug because he is awesome — If you're looking for AUTHENTIC figures, magazines, music CDs, doujinshi, plushies, etc. from Japan, drop by his store Wakuwaku sometime! He's located at FBR Arcade (the building with Yellow Cab) along Katipunan road. His kiosk is very near Yellow Cab and easy to spot once you enter the building. Ask him questions and inquire about special orders on Facebook [link] (He goes to Japan every so often to get new stock for his store)



And then we found JM ~angrylittleboy in his Shinsengumi outfit! With really cool kendo armor This is Miguel being out of character (as he was the entire day LOL) and fanboying over JM



It was so crowded in the hall, you have no idea how difficult it was to take this shot hahaha



Himawari and hover-hand molestation



Caaaat!



THEY WATCH YOU SLEEP



We saw him and all yelled ASSASINO! Ezio was very cool. His hidden blades were rigged to snap out and retract with a flick of his hand!



For a group of people who have been invited to host a panel on characterization multiple times, we sure let ourselves go a lot.
We can't seem to take ourselves seriously most of the time! I guess we save the acting for (a very few) pictures during photoshoots. 90% of our shots are outtakes ahahaha


_{(photo by Erving)}

Jayem as Gray and Kat as Juvia from Fairy Tail were doing better than we were at being in character.


_{(photo by Erving)}





Here is our picture as promised!
_{(Oh, don't mind us! Her camera suddenly run out of battery that time, so I offered a shot from my cam that I could post for her)}



The Warner Bros. booth Harry Potter exhibit! Bellatrix and Harry's outfits on this side.



What appears to be a Quidditch uniform (though something about it feels off to me, hmm) and Hermione's outfit.



We were joking around that people might have been mistaking me for a bad Harry Potter cosplayer around the Warner Bros. exhibit
Never have I heard of an owl that could coil around one's arm like a snake!

So I was like, what the heck, let's troll the posters


Durrr wrong angle and stuff but nobody told me and we were all busy laughing



Trying very very hard not to crack up



And now, a group shot!
Potter fans please don't kill us! (We actually are fans of the series too) I'm still laughing at Miguel's Ron impression. Hahaha! Brilliant!



HURRRRRRRRR



DURRRRRRRRR






UGUUUUUUUUU



This doesn't even need a caption.



I don't even know
I think perhaps we are making a heart with our hands


You know what, Tumblr has flushed out Voldemort's creepy factor in the movies for me because of this image:




YEAHHHH



YEA~AHHHHHHHHHH



PARTY IN THE U.S.A



FAM!

And then it was dinnertime!


Phoenix Wright channeling Kazuya Mishima



Bok and Melo ~BallistaShark and their new NERF guns!
Buddy cop poses!



Bok: DADDYYYYYY
Erving: ...WTF?



Yuna pose!



Everybody do the Yuna!



COUTUUUUUUURE



Normal folk being photobombed by cosplayers



Tux Team (well, some of us) and our friends from Baguio!


After dinner, we went back to Megatrade to pack up stuff from our booth. It was pretty late by this time and the mall was also closing. As we waited for our friends, we shot some pictures to cap off the day.


_{(photo by Erving)}

A nice portrait of Kat as Juvia
Pretty clever how she did the makeup for her eyes to mimic how Juvia's are drawn!
Her brooch also turned out great, and I'm very happy about that because I helped cast the resin dome on the emblem. The blood the brooch drew from me was totally worth it. (I was stabbed by one of the two big pins used to secure it.)


_{(photo by Erving)}

Where is Gray?!
www.nooooooooooooooo.com
(It's a real website. Click it and look at this photo for the full experience.)


_{(photo by Erving)}

We saw the assassins again! They very kindly obliged when we asked for one last photo for the day.
They are too cool!


_{(photo by Erving)}


What is this crossover


Okay this part is going to be pretty dumb. So it was closing time and the exhibitors were putting things away. I don't know if it was the fatigue or if I had somehow had too much sugar that day but...



AAAAHAHAHAHA THIS CRACKED ME UP SO HARD



WOLVERINE WHAT ARE YOU DOING
WHY ARE YOU RIDING THAT MAN



YOU GUYSSSSS WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO SUPERMAN AND SPIDER-MAN YOU GUYSSSS
SPIDER-MAN LOOKS LIKE HE'S DESPERATELY FLAILING AND TRYING TO ESCAPE



SPIDER-MAN'S SHINY BUM
AND HE'S LIKE LET ME GOOOOOO (WE WILL NOT LET YOU GO)
AHAHAHALSKJDFALSDK;'JSD



SUPERMAN HAS NO HEADDDD?!
(photos getting increasingly blurry because I was out of breath running after them and laughing my face off)

Ahahahaha... hahah... whew... So we were walking towards the exit where we'd be picked up.


We saw this crew cleaning up after what looks like a Justice League event. I spy a section for Green Lantern, The Flash... and wait... what is that... What's that in the distance?



AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
In the immortal words of Dr. Rajesh Koothrappali...
"AQUAMAN SUCKS"