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

[sizedoesntmatter]

Considering the months are different from the months we know... How could we actually tell it's Halloween? I mean... I guess we can just pick a month.

[That's kind of what happened with his birthday for one.]

[adropofsunlight]

This might seem like an odd question but... What is Halloween?

[sos_pilot]

It's gunna make us both happy. You just won't admit it.

[loveandduty]

Hey! Hey Della... you know what we could do?

[SFor some unknown reason she is leaning into the thing as if she was trying to whisper into your ear but can'#t because not in the same room and this was close enough.]

A Halloween party~ Though I wouldn't exactly trust the train when it comes to clothes for such things though.

[Audio]

[sos_pilot]

Personally, I find someone who doesn't give new things a chance pretty lame.

[sos_pilot]

You can't have one without the other! Halloween is about fun fright, and that's what Haunted Houses are made for!

[sos_pilot]

C'mon, where's the holiday spirit?

Say, "Yeah, Della, yeah!"

[sos_pilot]

Hey, I can use all the hands I can get! I'm sure once you get into it, you'll really love it!

[sos_pilot]

I'm no liar, Wormmon! It's so nice to meet you! And Ken too, of course.

Trust me, if I was there in person with you? It'd be super hard to stop me from smushing those widdle cheeks of yours.

[sos_pilot]

That's great! You've done this kind of thing before?

[namethattune]

[...ah. He notices that startle and tries to tone it down a bit; he's been informed that he can be rather intense in pursuit of a new theory, and evidently that has not changed.]

Apologies - multiverse theory is still only a theory in my dimension, so I find this all- [Even he knows exciting would be a poor choice of words at the moment.] -fascinating.

[That imparted, he takes a few moments to turn over the new information in his mind, brow furrowed. It's an intriguing theory, but earlier information acquired from Seto in the library gives him pause.]

It's a compelling theory, though I do have one concern. I've been informed of the existence of semi-parallel dimensions - dimensions that are similar in the broad strokes but differ in the details. If there is no memory or mention of the train in the future version of a person, is it not then possible that the past and future versions are in fact two separate people from two separate but closely related dimensions?

[schrodingersghost]

Only once, and that one kind of ended in disaster. But as one of the train's resident ghosts I feel like I should help out somehow.

video;

[sos_pilot]

Oh, it needs plenty! Creaky floorboards, spiderwebs, big eerie paintings that have eyes that follow you wherever you go...

audio

[sos_pilot]

Hey, far as we know, one world's twenty is another world's two. I won't count.

[10billionpercent]

I...am going to guess we're having a cultural difference here, because not typically in Japan.

I can help if you tell me what you want, I guess.

Re: Voice

[sos_pilot]

Duckworth! He died a while ago, then got accidentally summoned during a birthday part - slash - revenge scheme gone awry, and stuck around to serve my uncle again.

[ All said ever so casually. ]

[sos_pilot]

So? Halloween is something you feel in your heart!

[Audio]

[theturksway]

Not selling it really well here, are you, downy?

[A small pause.]

Don't most holidays have a reason behind them? The fun part's obvious, but they don't always start that way. What's up with haunted houses and fun times mixing? Ever actually been to an honest-to-goddess house haunted with the living dead? They ain't all that fun usually.

[sos_pilot]

Honestly, I might really need that last bit. When it comes to money and long term planning, I am... not that great.

[sos_pilot]

I owe you big time, Kitty-cat!

[sos_pilot]

Then we'll do it in his honor!

[spikelet]

[ okay, listening to other conversations, it sounds like they're not actually summoning ghosts or anything. It's... all pretend, like a play. ]

Do I have to say that to get candy?

[irrationally]

The screams, for one.

[ It's not like Alice is really worried about getting scared herself. She doubts anything could still scare her. Or, well, at least not anything conventionally scary, anyway. ]

I don't even want to know how big of a headache I would get if I had to endure the constant terrified screams of some of the people on this train.

[goingthroughaphase]

We totally need to come up with some scary ghost costumes.

[light_of_willpower]

I'm all for anything that helps keep this train from being boring and more cramped than it is, for all of us.

[Said with a smile, but he's serious all the same.]

Nice to meet you Ms. Della, I'm Trunks. I came in on the platform before the Irisvar mission.