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Halloween!
Who: Anyone and everyone!
What: Costumes, parties, and evil pumpkins
Where: Idol Springs
When: Halloween (October 31)
Warnings: Beware of giant evil pumpkins.
During the day, the gift fairies are busy flitting about, delivering a box to each Outsider! In each box is a costume, presumably to be worn to the Halloween party advertised on posters in every world. Costumes aren't required...but why wouldn't you wear a costume to a Halloween party?
The party itself is fairly humble, as the natives have had to contend with errant pumpkin vines and mischievous ghosts all month. There's a table of actual food, many pumpkin or squash based recipes, and a table for desserts with all manner of pies and pastries, as well as overflowing bowls of candy. There are streamers and simple decorations, and some games such as bobbing for apples... A small hay maze has been set up to one side. A few musicians are playing music - square dance calls included. It's nothing fancy, but it's certainly intended to be a fun break from all the recent strangeness. They'll even be keeping the ghosts out for the duration of the evening!
Until midnight, that is. Then the party will have an unexpected guest...
What: Costumes, parties, and evil pumpkins
Where: Idol Springs
When: Halloween (October 31)
Warnings: Beware of giant evil pumpkins.
During the day, the gift fairies are busy flitting about, delivering a box to each Outsider! In each box is a costume, presumably to be worn to the Halloween party advertised on posters in every world. Costumes aren't required...but why wouldn't you wear a costume to a Halloween party?
The party itself is fairly humble, as the natives have had to contend with errant pumpkin vines and mischievous ghosts all month. There's a table of actual food, many pumpkin or squash based recipes, and a table for desserts with all manner of pies and pastries, as well as overflowing bowls of candy. There are streamers and simple decorations, and some games such as bobbing for apples... A small hay maze has been set up to one side. A few musicians are playing music - square dance calls included. It's nothing fancy, but it's certainly intended to be a fun break from all the recent strangeness. They'll even be keeping the ghosts out for the duration of the evening!
Until midnight, that is. Then the party will have an unexpected guest...
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Minako almost pouts when the steps call for them to swap partners, but she recovers quickly, going with the flow. It won't be long before they swap back.
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He went through the motions, but this was weird, even for someone he was manipulating. Seito didn't go through this much trouble with Rise... but Minato had really pissed him off when he beat him into the ground like that. He had almost had him too...
He swung around the partners, picking up on the dancing as he went along. By the time he got back to Minako, one would swear he'd been square dancing all his life.
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Oh, yeah, she could tell he didn't know it at first. That whole deer-in-headlights face he had made when she dragged him over gave him away. Some of that excess energy she's been running on is finally letting it's steam off with the dancing and she looks almost sheepish after all the mischief from earlier. "Sorry if I've been a bit silly tonight."
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He grasped her hand, spinning her around with the dance. "It's all right. If people didn't pull me around every now and then, I wouldn't do much."
...well, at least that was true.
oops
.........
That is not something he wanted to see. His apparent other self dancing with Seito of all people. It could be a random pairing made by the calls to switch partners, but he's got a familiar coil of dread in his stomach telling him otherwise.
He stiffens, and his party mood immediately dies. He won't interfere. He won't case a scene here and now. But the couple may feel like they're being watched several times through the night, and a blue-hued angel will constantly be somewhere in the background.
gasp
As she spins, the loose gauze of her costume catches the light and looks like she's actually aflame. "I'm very content to be that person that gets you involved!"
As they turned back to the more simple steps she had a moment to feel like someone was watching her. She looked around and at one point met Minato's eyes. Not wanting to end her reverie she only flashed a big grin at him and kept going.
meh heh heh
...whoa, easy there, brain.
He glanced up as they went back to more simple steps, turning Minako around as he caught sight of Minato himself. His expression instantly turned dark, a wicked smirk twitching up onto his face, but it was gone as soon as Minako was turned around again. He was back to the silent, somber boy in less than a few seconds.
scree
Not long after, she's starting to lose steam. It's been a long day and she burned off her burst of energy quickly. At the end of that particular song she smiles a bit breathlessly "I think I'm done for now."
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"C'mon, let's sit for awhile," he suggested softly. Seito glanced back only once, to make sure Minato was still watching as he led her off to the tables.
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"Yeah that sounds good." And she plops contentedly into a chair by her bag, taking a deep breath and smiling at him. "Having fun?"
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"...yeah, with you," he said softly, almost giving her a shy look, before busying himself with picking at his cape.
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She watches him pick almost shyly at his cape for a moment, thinking. He was an interesting boy, with his smiles that didn't reach his eyes and his confidence up to a point, and his uncontrollable persona...
"Suddenly shy, Seito-kun?"
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"N-no, why?" Seito replied, finding a particular spot interesting at that moment.
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She leans into his field of view obnoxiously. "Cause you won't look at me."
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"I-I..." he began, turning a healthy shade of red. "Well... you're... a nice person. I don't... get many people like you in my life. I'm afraid that..."
He trailed off, glancing away.
"...I'm afraid that I'll scare you away eventually..."
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"Hey, I don't know who you used to know or anything, but you're here now and I promise you I don't scare easily."
So whatever it is you're hiding, and she can tell you're hiding something, she's determined to find it out and help you heal. It's what she does after all! It's her Thing, her schtick. Trust those big innocent eyes.
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"I just..." he began softly. "I don't want to hurt you by accident. You're too nice for that."
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She tilts her head to the side and shakes it a little, letting her hand fall. "Hey, I'm sure I've been through worse." (...) "What makes you so worried you'll hurt me?"
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She smiles and reaches for his hand. "And then you won't have to worry about hurting anyone ever again."
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But they aren't here to talk about problems and worries and be sad! "Hey, we're still at a party, right? We should be having fun. What else do you wanna do?"
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Seito paused, looking around. "I'm... not sure. I don't get to go to many parties."
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"Well! There's some games to try! If you haven't gone in the maze yet that might be fun, oh and bobbing for apples if you don't mind getting a bit wet! I think there may be some decorations and lights outside if you want to just walk. Or we could sit and rest. Not everyone is as high-energy as I am..."
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