'TAICHOU~~~!'
'CHIBI-KUU~~N!'
'WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU IDIOTS DOING? It's one in the morning!'
'Exactly what I want to ask you. It's one in the morning and you're still doing the paperwork?'
'I would have gone hours ago if you happened to be around, but nooooo, you were-' he paused. 'Where were you, and why the hell are you in a big white box with Kusajishi-fukutaichou fluttering around at your side?'
'Well, erm,' Matsumoto fidgeted. How was she supposed to explain this to a crabby 4'4"...monster?
'It's called Hullowin, Chibi-kun. We dress up and scare suckers into wetting their pants and giving us candy!'
A vein popped. 'And how, pray tell, is a white box and a glittering butterfly supposed to "scare" me into "wetting" my pants and then convince me to give out non-existant candy?'
'Well...' Matsumoto attempted. 'I am a big stack of untouched paperwork, And 'Chiru has an introduction to do.'
'YAY!! I am a big, big jigokuchou from the soutaichou, and he's telling you to do the paperwork by tomorrow!'
Large turquoise eyes narrowed. 'Well, Matsumoto, you should be quite familiar with the phrase "the paperwork does itself", aren't you? Well, you should be since you coined it yourself and tried to copyright it and everything...So while you're at this silly game of yours, take this and live out your little prophecy,' he thrust a large stack of paperwork in the general direction of Matsumoto.
The taller of the two fukutaichous balked, but quickly regained her composure. 'Fine,' she agreed smoothly, 'but only if you collect as much, or even more candy than the both of us combined.'
A scarily wicked grin spread across the features of the short taichou. 'You're on. See you at sunrise.'
And suddenly, Matsumoto was afraid.
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cont'd in part 7
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