video; after new arrivals

[sos_pilot]

Hey hey, party people! For all you new cats and kittens, the name's Della Duck! And... someday I will think of a less embarrassing way to introduce myself. Not today.

Anyway! I know time's on a big pause button or whatever back home, but if it wasn't, you know what my world would be celebrating later this month? Only the best holiday ever made - Halloween! Dressing up in costumes, free candy, and scaring the pants off everyone! If you wear pants, anyway.

I know world-hopping and all those kinda shenanigans make celebrating holidays harder, but... it's Halloween. We gotta at least try. It'll be on the last day of the month, so, plenty of time to prepare if you wanna chip in! We need to use one of the big carriage, gotta make a lot of sweets, and go to town on stitching up costumes.

Now, for those of you who have no idea what Halloween is... you've got my sympathies, I'm so sorry. But here are some highlights!

One -  Haunted Houses. Again, can't go the extra mile 'cause... train. BUT I'm sure we can come pretty close! Things popping out at you, spooky noises, fear pumping through your veins!

Two - Trick or Treating. Usually this is for the little kids. They go from house to house, knock and say "Trick or Treat!" and then get candy. Still no houses, but I say who needs 'em! If a kid says it on that special day, we should have plenty of candy to go around for the tykes... or for the tykes at heart.

Three - COSTUMES! Be someone or something you're not! The sky's the limit! This year I had planned to go on "matching opposites" costumes with my twin brother, like we did when we were younger - I'd be a devil, he'd be an angel - but since he's not around, what will I be? That's a surprise. Cause I haven't thought of it yet.

If you've got any questions, or suggestions, lemme know! Let's make this the best Halloween the train's ever had!

Comments

[sos_pilot]

... Honesty is the best policy?

[sos_pilot]

... Wait, the spider I gotta what now?

[deferences]

[he snickers, raises a hand to cover it with his sleeve, smiling in spite of himself.]

I thought that might go over well! Two scares for the price of one.

[sos_pilot]

[ She continues petting as she talks, very intrigued. ]

A living creature made out of data... that's so cool! So do you chose your partner, or was this some big destiny-filled chosen one deal?

[light_of_willpower]

True. I'm not very artistic, but I'm willing to haul stuff and I'm not afraid of hard work.

[strawberryprotector]

Goddamn right I am!

[pleple]

Della. And I'm Ple Two.

[goingthroughaphase]

I dunno, turnips seem a bit too mushy to make a good lantern out of.

[sos_pilot]

[ Okay, that does make her laugh. ]

If you mentalist skills don't work out, comedy may be your next best bet!

[sos_pilot]

[ Very briefly, there's a flash of genuine anger at the very notion of 'getting rid of mom side'. She then inhales deeply - after all, Reno is just teasing, and he has no clue Della unwillingly threw that side away for nearly 10 years - and is all calm again. ]

Not happening, bud. As party planner, it's my way or the high way.

[sos_pilot]

Are there any other good ideas you've got wiggling up in that big brain of yours?

[sos_pilot]

Great!

... Is there anything you are afraid of?

[sos_pilot]

Gah!

... Neat trick! How'd you do that so fast?

[sos_pilot]

... Okay, you know I have to ask. Is there a Ple One?

[sos_pilot]

You know any other good vegetables we could use?

[pleple]

Aha.

[ A small, almost nervous laugh. ]

You're the first to ask it so bluntly, you know.

[theturksway]

Yeesh. [It sounds dismissive but also not upset. It is what it is. He can always add a flask to his costume if he wants a personal party, right? Right.] All right, all right. Your party, your rules. Whatever.

[ramengroupie]

Ken-chan is a Chosen Child!

It varies by partnership. [ Ken picks up his utensils to be polite, despite not being...wholly certain where to begin with this, ah, meal. ] Exposure to Digimon increases your chances of meeting a partner of your own. At first, children were summoned to handle crises, but now there's over thirty thousand pairs of partners.

We're "chosen", but we're also unexceptional.

[ A sidelong grin at Wormmon, though. Being comfortable with his own normalcy is a good feeling, but he happens to think he couldn't have a better partner. Wormmon is the right, and only, partner for him. ]

[irrationally]

I don't.

[ THANKS, ALICE.

Although she doesn't necessarily sound 100% angry or rude about it. If anything, there's a weird near-flustered underside to the tone she's using right now.. ]

I could definitely see you somehow trying to force me into it.

[sos_pilot]

... Iiis it a bad question? Cause I can take it back if it is.

[sos_pilot]

Duly noted and appreciated, my man.

[light_of_willpower]

Nothing I'd want to see in a Haunted House, Della. My fears are a bit more...trauma-inducing.

[sos_pilot]

Thirty-thousand! That's so amazing! Your world must be absolutely fascinating!

[ Boy, she'd love to come see - and to see if her boys could be chosen kids. Maybe the family wasn't really ready for pets, but still. ]

But don't go selling yourself short. I bet if you asked your buddy here, he'd say you're super-exceptional.

[schrodingersghost]

Yeah, I've got the stuff I bought from the store, but none of that is really useful for Halloween type stuff.

[sos_pilot]

C'mon, Alice, I would never force you to do anything you didn't wanna do!

Bribe, maybe. Guilt, if I knew how. But force? For shame.