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

[pleple]

I should give it a shot then.

[sos_pilot]

Great! I'm going to make your first Halloween the best one ever!

[pleple]

Er. ...thank you, ma'am.

[ What does she do with this enthusiasm? ]

[sos_pilot]

No no no, none of that ma'am stuff. Just Della will do.

[pleple]

Della. And I'm Ple Two.

[sos_pilot]

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

[pleple]

Aha.

[ A small, almost nervous laugh. ]

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

[sos_pilot]

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

[pleple]

There... was a girl named Elpeo Ple.

[ It's just. Pronounced like 'L People' pronounced by a Japanese person pronouncing a sci-fi character's name, don't @ me about this name. ]

[sos_pilot]

[ Della's more confused about the "was" than the pronunciation. "Was" is not a good thing. ]

... Taking it back, taking it back!

[pleple]

A good decision.

[ It's a horrible story. ]

[sos_pilot]

[ Awkward. How to save the conversation? Think, think, think, just say the first that comes to your head - ]

WHO WANTS CHOCOLATE!

[pleple]

...shouldn't we save that for your trick or treat thing?

[sos_pilot]

EXACTLY! I am gauging how much chocolate you want for that!

[pleple]

Shouldn't a parent be a better judge of how much chocolate a child should have?

[sos_pilot]

Guess who happens to be a parent?

[pleple]

Then I think you shouldn't let me have too much input on my chocolate consumption. ...I might make mistakes.

[sos_pilot]

Kids are supposed to make mistakes. No such thing as a kid who never made one.

[pleple]

I've already made worse.

[sos_pilot]

Exactly, so now we can focus on making better mistakes!