Halloween Special! [Team Survivors/Invite only]

It was Halloween, one of the most creepiest  times of the year. “Cape check, pants check.” Hyde was busy getting ready for a Halloween party that was supposed to be happening in Penencia Island. Everything was set up in the district to have a sort of spooky feel to it; this would be the first Halloween that Hyde would be spending  with most of the people that circle around the judgment arcana. This meant the usual team, as well as Shun as the new member.  Hyde also took the time to call other people if they were interested. He didn’t shun officially to stay with them, but hopefully he would stay with the team and they could all hang out together more. “ Alright, I’m pretty dressed!”


Hyde would say to himself as he looked at the mirror and  gave a cool wink. He also took out plastic spear and made some cool moves with it. It was an exact replica of his Shohan spear, something that he found on ebay. “Wow, online shopping is pretty cool. “ Afterwards, Hyde headed out to penencia at the meeting place. It was an area that Hyde called everyone around first so they wouldn’t get lost. There was too much to do, a haunted house, a Halloween party at Wave’s peak.  The Halloween parade at the galaxy theme park. They had to decide what they was doing first!”what’s taking them so long?”


Hyde's Costume

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It was that time of year again. Halloween: the holiday of candy and costumes. Naomi spent a long time planning for this day. Although, she had recently hit the age where she had to finally give up trick or treating and it upset her more than anything else. She missed going door to door and getting free candy. On the other hand, her mother had told her that it meant she got to celebrate Halloween in a more adult way now. Personally, she had no idea what that meant, but it sounded fun. Her mother even acted excited to see her going to hang out at a more grown-up party. She did voice her concern about the outfit Naomi chose though. Even so, she didn’t stop her from wearing it. Now all she had to do was make her way to Penecia.

Leave it to Hyde to be the one to realize they needed to have a party. She was excited to go out with the team and have fun though. She would know she was in the right place as soon as she saw Hyde’s hair and Sharaku’s face. She would approach the two as quietly as she could before springing up on them, “Trick or treat!” She would shout at the other two with a mischievous grin, “Nice to see that everyone is having fun before the party has even started.” She would look around, “Where is everyone else? We can’t start without them.” She reached into her purse and pulled out a bag of rose Turkish delights. She would offer one to Hyde and Sharaku, and anyone else that showed up.

Naomi's Costume:

After receiving the invite and donning their costumes Maria and Sentinel were out the door heading over to the meeting place. Maria had been preparing for this day for a long time, Sentinel had caught her practicing her puppy dog eyes in the mirror to ensure she gets candy from even the angriest of neighbors. She insisted on being a witch this year, and had chosen her costume herself! The young girl pranced around in her costume with a bucket designed as a cauldron awaiting candy. The android held a spare in case she needed it, and she might considering she somehow managed to get her bucket half way filled, those puppy dog eyes must be working. Finally, after a couple more stops they arrived at Penecia!

Maria quickly left! She was excited to see Sharaku, Naomi, and Senty's other friends. The witch still had the green bead in her hair that she received from her role-model! Of course seeing her rush out the subdoors caused Sentinel to chase afterher, but eventually he caught up to her. He held her hand as they approached the group, "Hello everyone. Happy Halloween!"

"And trick or treat!" Maria said chiming in with the biggest smile on her face. She immediately began to take in everyone's costumes! Oohing and ahhing at the intricate details some of them took, "You all look amazing!" The young girl said doing a little twirl of excitement before having to correct her oversized witch hat. The android looked toward the others before offering an explanation.

"Sorry for taking so long, Maria insisted that we hit some really good houses we arrive, so that is what took us so long." Though he turned his gaze downward toward Maria, "Though your cauldron seems to have gotten lighter since then, have you been eating the candy already?" The young girl looked at her guardian as her eyes darted side to side, eventually she replied.

"Noooooo." She said giving him a really innocent look, well that certainly explained a bit. The android sighed and shook his head a bit, before smiling down at her, "Try not to eat anymore, alright? I want to check the rest that you get, okay?" The young girl nodded happily before going back to waving her wand at people, and practicing her evil witch laugh. Which sounded more adorable than evil.

Costumes::

It was like Hyde said the magic words or something, everyone started t come one after the other. The first person that arrived was Sharaku, he was dressed up like a vampire cat. There was a forewarning of a jingling bells but all that did was make Hyde thing about the wrong holiday. He was pretty shocked when he heard Raku’s voice and jumped back but he was cool after he noticed that it was Sharaku. “Raku! You are the first one to arrive! Glad you could make it, great costume. Vampire cat, does that mean that you prey on cows for their milk? Either way as long as you aren’t after my blood I’m cool. By the way, could you make the tail move on its own?“ Hyde would say as he looks down at Sharaku’s tail with a playful smile. When Raku asked if he was having fun, Hyde opened up a small pouch on his belt and showed Sharaku the candy he got. “I wish I had a bigger bag, but I think I managed to get all of my favorites. Want one?”

The next to arrive was Naomi; she was wearing a rather cute maid outfit. “Wow, that’s an amazing outfit! Did you make it yourself? And those ears, they look so realistic. “ Hyde refrained from touching Naomi’s elf ears, even though he wanted to out of curiosity. When Naomi offered some Turkish Delights, Hyde took a piece and plopped it in his mouth. “Don’t mind if I do!” After that, Alphonse came with a little girl. “Hey! Al! Great costume! That mask definitely brings out the mysterious final boss of an evil organization feel, or maybe you are just a prosecutor? Though, I didn’t know you could grow facial hair?!” Can robots grow facial hair? Well that’s another story for another time Hyde squatted down to Maria’s height and smiled. “Trick or Treat! You must be Maria! I hear nothing but good things about you, I’m Hyde! We’re going to have a lot of fun today, ok?!” Hyde would say with a very warm and inviting tone, he really wanted everyone to have a good time. The last one to arrive was Shun, Hyde turned around with the same look of enjoyment that he had before. “ Well check you out Shun-Chan, you look like you’re ready for a good old fashioned ho-down! I wonder if you could do any rope tricks? Not to practice on me of course, the last thing I would want is to get hog tied. “ Hyde would say with a small laugh.

When Shun mentioned Hyde’s favorite cape, his smile got even brighter. Hyde turned around to make his cape flutter and did a ground pose. After that, Hyde dramatically got up and tossed his cape behind him. “You know it! There was a time when I would never leave home without it, so it feels good to wear it again! “ Everyone was here, and it was time to get down to business. “Alright guys! Haunted house first? Its right behind us, and I heard that it’s even better than last years haunted house! We should start the night off with a really good scare! What do ya say?!

Naomi would laugh when Hyde suggested that she made the costume herself, “Sorry. I can’t make clothing. I’m only good at fixing seams and repairing stuffed animals. Although, I did have to let it out a little…” Her eyes would wander down her outfit and stop at the chest area. It was subtle, so she didn’t think they would notice, but she was still worried that she may have botched the job. As long as it looked fine, she wouldn’t worry. She would give a sly smile to Sharaku’s muttering, “I’m not impatient, just excited. I don’t get to party with everyone often enough.” Semantic were such an annoying thing, but she was more than happy to point out the difference this time. As Alphonse showed up, her eyes would look at the little girl with him instead. She couldn’t help but lean down to give the small child a hug, “Maria looks so cute as a witch.” At some point every little girl dressed up as a witch. Her attention was pretty definitively taken by the little girl more than Alphonse himself, “So, you’ve collected your spoils for the day? I hope you didn’t get one of those fruit or dental health houses. They are the worst.” She would drop some of the Turkish delights in the girl’s cauldron, “Make sure not to eat all of it at once, or you’ll get a nasty tummy ache.” She knew from personal experience. She would then stand so she could whisper in Alphonse’s ear, “And you better keep track of how much candy she has. She may try to sneak some of it out, hoping you won’t notice.”


Her mood would suddenly turn sour when Kurosawa should up. They had only met twice now, but every time they did he would insult something about her. She was quickly finding it difficult to get along with this person. She would smirk regardless, “Thank you. I thought I would try on the most boring outfit in my closet today. Tomorrow, I think I’ll try on the purple heels I have with the orange jumpsuit and neon pink belt.” She really did have those things in her closet, but they were each part of her past Halloween costumes. She would never actually wear them all together. Even she had more fashion sense than that, but she really wanted to see the look on Kurosawa’s face when she said that. It hadn’t taken her long to figure out that this guy cared about clothing. As soon as she saw what face her would make, she would speak up, “Don’t worry. I’m only joking. I’m sure the jumpsuit is in the wash.” When Hyde mentioned a haunted house, Naomi would perk up, “You sure you can handle it?” Her tone was half mocking, but it was obviously playful. Things like that excited her, but she didn’t know if the others could handle it.

The android offered a wave back toward Sharaku who was rocking a pair of cat ears like himself. Maria smiled back and waved her wand at Sharaku, while she was preoccupied with Sharaku and his kitty ears, Sentinel turned toward Hyde to address his questions, "It's fake, Hyde, but yes a somewhat evil cyborg or organization leader was what I was aiming for. Though I also believe the word, "suave" could be used to describe my appearance today. Though you are looking quite strong today, what are you some sort of fantasy warrior?" Granted the android was not that close to suave, in hindsight perhaps this entire costume was a horrible idea. Though when Hyde addressed Maria she smiled bright, and did another twirl, "Nice to meet you Hyde! I'd like to have a lot of fun! Let's get a lot of candy!" She said smiling, before setting her eyes on Naomi. They brightened and she practically jumped into the hug, "Naomi! You look so pretty!" The young girl said loudly, and would do a little curtsy, "Thank you, and my spoils have just begun! The night is still young and there is plenty of candy to get from houses! I'm immune to tummy aches!" The young witch said, watching Naomi stand up to talk to Senty.

The android nodded his head at what Naomi said, "Of course, but don't worry I have no intentions of allowing her to get sick." Finally, Kurosawa arrived and pointed out his additional headwear, "Ah, yes Maria here insisted that I wear them, it was something about a witch not being complete unless she has a black cat. Not sure how this turns me into a black cat, but" The young witch appraised Kurosawa as he was in a wild west outfit, but as Sentinel spoke she smiled! "A witch needs her black kitty cat of course! Just like how a cowboy needs his trusty steed!" The young girl said excitedly, before looking at the cowboy in a bit of confusion, “Where is your steed? How are you supposed to stop the bad guys who have tied a woman to the train tracks?” The young girl said leaning around the cowboy obviously expecting a horse to start trotting toward them. When the cowboy asked his question the android stepped forward to answer it.

“Ah, yes. This is Maria Farren, I’m her guardian so she shall be attending the events with us since it is Halloween after all. Not to mention she insisted to come and see Naomi, Sharaku, and the rest of my friends.” The android said smiling, but the words haunted house drew his attention toward Maria not knowing how she would react to that. She had the brightest smile on her face, “To the haunted house! We have nothing to fear, Hyde, Sharaku, and Senty will protect us!” She shouted a look of utter most childish confidence on her face. Granted, three of the party had just been volunteered to be the front guard.

“I think that settles it, to the haunted house then?” The android said looking at the others of the party, waiting for them to come to a general consensus.

Hyde pounded his chest as he took a heroic pose. “Are you kidding, i’m a warrior knight. There is no way that I’ll let anything scare me! Now let’s go, the sooner we can go through this haunted house, the sooner we can head to that undead marching festival at the amusement park!” Hyde would say as he took point and led the rest of the brave souls that was willing to come inside of the haunted house. The shift of the place was erie, practically the best that money can buy since it was located in penecia. It definitely had that, *old hotel* feel to it. There was cobwebs on the walls with strange colored spiders, each  step that you took on the floor had a strange and cranky feeling. There were also broken glass all over the floor and blood on the walls. They would actually see someone laying on the floor, or the thoughts to be “Someone” laying on the floor. “Hmm?” Hyde would say as he walked a little quicker to inspect the body.  “Yeesh….” Hyde would say as he turns back and pointed at the body on the ground. “They did a really good job, hahha…. check this out…maybe the crows were mechanical…. But they did a good job.”

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It was a scary sight to behold, even though the setup was a bit creepy to begin with. This fake dead body was also laying close next to a door.  As a matter of fact, the door was giving off a small stench  of decomposing and decay.  It piqued Hyde’s interest  as he opened the door  and made a short gasp. “They really went in on the detail…….” Inside the room was a bunch of bloody sacks, they were practically human sized and laid all over the floor. The use of pigs blood was high in detail, but nobody would know the difference.  Hyde would then put his hands in his pocket as he looked back at the group. “Shall we keep going?”

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Weakness

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“Immune to tummy aches? I wish I had that power.” She would laugh at the little girl’s comment. Naomi would cheer when it was decided that they would be going to the haunted house, despite some of the other’s protests. She loved haunted houses, especially since she could tell how fake they were. In fact, it was probably because she had a real fear, and these things were nowhere near as scary as that thing. She would give Kurosawa a skeptical look when he said he’d wait with the girls, “I’m not staying in the back. If you do that the monsters can get you from behind.” She would give a small, devious smile before walking forward to join the others that were gathering towards the front, “Make sure to take care of those two, Alphonse.” She was referring to Maria and Kurosawa, since they both seemed to need some kind of protection. Once they entered the haunted building, her eyes would begin wandering back and forth, taking in this year’s spectacle. She had to say, it was a little bit underwhelming. When Hyde pointed out the crows, she would let out a sigh of disappointment, “It’s not as creepy when you know it’s fake. I miss back when I was little and this stuff was terrifying.” Now it just seemed like they were trying to fit as much gore into the event as possible.

She suddenly had an idea to make this more interesting. She would lower her voice to enter storyteller mode, “I remember this one time when I was younger, I wanted to walk the entire way by myself to prove I was all grown up. I made it half way before I started to feel weird. I had ignored the feeling and kept walking. At some point, I took a wrong turn and ended up in an empty black room with red writing on the walls. It said to turn around. At that moment, I felt warm, damp air on the back of my neck and heard a raspy breath in my ear. It was breath in and out, in and out, with a scratchy sound. I slowly craned my neck to my left, only to find a man with bloody holes where his eyes should be leaning over me.” At that moment, she would loudly clap her hands to see how many of them jumped from the surprise of it. Once she did that, she would shrug, “That didn’t actually happen. Just a small Halloween story, since this is kind of dull. They need real horror, not just blood. I’d say move on.” She had to agree with Sharaku about not finding this entertaining.

Maria giggled at Naomi's response, though when Shunny mentioned how he, the HERO, would allow the woman tied to the tracks get hit by the train she looked horrified. She seemed to shy away from Kurosawa moving closer to Naomi favoring her or Senty to act as a guardian. Then Hyde began to lead them through the group, to his surprise Sentinel was left in the back to protect Kurosawa and Maria. Not that he minded being close to Maria, but he did not expect Naomi to be so interested in the Haunted House. Maria moved herself away from Kurosawa, not really sure what to think about the rich young man. Though she had to giggle when Hyde mentioned being a brave knight who would not tremble in the face of danger. Sentinel smiled, that was Hyde being Hyde, "Yes, come on now Hyde led us through this mansion of ghouls and haunts. Prove to us how brave you are!" He said encouraging the red haired young man to pursue his goals.

When they came across the first body, Maria put on a brave face, though she was a little frightened by the body. Though she seemed to visibly relax when Naomi pointed out that it was fake. Evidently Sharaku was not amused, and Naomi wasn't too impressed. Sentinel took Maria's hand, reassuring her she was safe! No harm would be fall her here! When Naomi dipped into story-teller mode it was evident that Maria was drawn into, and let out a soft squeal of horror when Naomi brought it to an end. The young girl flushed red from embarrassment, and the android looked toward those who were fairly brave, "Do you three have any tips for Maria? She seems a bit unnerved at the moment." The android asked the three of them head of him, "And how are you holding up Kurosawa?"