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[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!

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[blue_ice]

If that's the time you're synced to...then my bi---

[ He thinks better of it and shuts up. ]

I know what Halloween is, I've just never celebrated. But I can donate some spooky holograms.

[strawberryprotector]

Will it be cheating if I use my mask as my "costume"?

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[theturksway]

That's the weirdest combination of shit I've heard of in a while for a holiday celebration. What's the point?

[Not that some of it doesn't sound potentially fun but...seriously. What do candy, costumes, and haunted houses have in common with one another?]

[extrasaltypotato]

I'll see what sort of spirited stories and devilish decorations I can scare up.

Samhain in Mundus was not nearly the same thing.

Also, if you want true terror, make your jack-o-lanterns with the traditional root vegetables. I have suitably ugly parsnips from the last mission that should do...

[myblueskies]

Oh mister Kaito told me about trick or treating!! [He grinned at her.]

It sounded really fun miss! He told me about it a few months ago... um Bassoon I think! Things were a bit sad and scary and we made faces in pumpkins and he said they did that on Halloween in his world.

[goingthroughaphase]

If you need some help with the haunted house, I'm more than happy to provide ghost.

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[learning about all these new communication possibilities is already a lot to take in, but sizhui can't help himself: whatever ‘halloween’ is, it sounds quite entertaining, like something that might prove to be a good distraction from being somewhere he has no idea of.]

I'm completely unfamiliar with this holiday, but whatever you need help with, I'll be happy to give you a hand, Miss Della!

[ramengroupie]

[ Ken is familiar with Halloween.

One could almost say he is already in the spirit of the season, considering he is wearing an ENORMOUS LARVA as a hat.

Thus, he asks a completely unrelated question! ]

What do you mean by "a big pause button"?

Ken-chan, I want candy.

[ Enormous TALKING larva that LIKES CANDY as a hat. ]

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[blitzcheer]

Finally ready to put on a show, D?

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[mtsilver_conquor]

Kinda wish I had a ghost with me for it. It'd make the air chilly in terms of atmosphere.

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[spikelet]

How is it fun to be scared?

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[adregem]

Halloween, huh? That takes me back...

[ He recalls it with a nostalgia about him. They would invite kids to the White House then, to trick or treat. A lifetime ago. And why not, right? After all their missions and memories, this sounded like a breath of fresh air. Even for a stickler like Roland. ]

...Alright, I volunteer. What do you need to make this work, Della? I'll do my best to provide what I can.

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[irrationally]

I am entirely unsurprised you are so fond of this.

[ If there's anything Alice knows about Della, it's that she likes dangerous things way too much. So of course she'd like being scared too. It's pretty much predictable.

Also, is she just opting to ignore the last time they spoke and how that went? Yes, yes, she is. Deal with it. ]

Are you sure it's such a great idea to scare people on the train though?

[10billionpercent]

What do haunted houses have to do with Halloween?

[light_of_willpower]

I'm not familiar with Halloween, and you do NOT want me cooking. But I could help haul stuff and build stuff, if you want? It sounds fun, if a bit confusing.

[Someone doesn't understand the idea of 'being scared=fun']

[schrodingersghost]

Hey, if we're doing haunted houses I am totally volunteering.

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[pleple]

I suppose I'm young enough for that, aren't I?

[ ...she sounds a little bit hopeful actually. ]

[recurrens]

[ Homura knows what Halloween is, however -- ]

It’s not October where I’m from.

[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?

[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.

[fun_thementalist]

[ Gen looks excited in the video ]

Do you think they'd need some spooky tricks performed for these haunted houses?