Halloween
If rabbits were put everywhere for Easter then strange looking animals are supposed to be for…
"Happy Halloween!" the banner read. CR-S01 continued to look at it. He smiled to himself because unlike the others, this time, he knew what today was.
"What?" Maria asked. "No asking what to day is?"
"No Maria." CR-S01 answered slightly proud. Suddenly a chattering was heard down the hall. By the time CR-S01 looked back, he saw nothing but small children in costumes being led by Hank.
"Calm down." Hank said to the young ones. "We'll be leaving in a minute."
"Hey," Maria suddenly said to the surgeon. "That reminds me, we need someone to stay outside to give away candy to some of the kids who come here and I'm too busy to do it. Can you do it?"
Soon after Maria said it, she handed CR-S01 a bowl of candy. "But-" CR-S01 defended.
"Thanks!" Maria said before leaving. CR-S01 sighed to himself before leaving. Still, he had nothing to do for the afternoon so he didn't mind. He soon sat outside of Resurgem waiting for any children. Soon he noticed some heading his way
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Maria walked down the hall to give a chart of a patient to Tomoe. As she walked down, she passed Gabriel who was sipping a cup of coffee.
"Happy Halloween, Gabe!" Maria greeted.
"You too Maria." Gabriel said back. "Aren't you suppose to be outside giving away candy?"
"Oh," Maria said. "I left CR-S01 with that." Gabriel nearly choked a bit.
"Wait," Gabriel said. "You left the kid, to give away candy?"
"Yeah." Maria answered. "Why?"
"You're assuming a kid won't run away screaming after seeing a sharp, red eyed prisoner in a doctor's coat?" Gabriel quickly pointed out. Maria immediately realized her mistake and started running to the entrance of Resurgem but it was far too late. She saw some children running away and crying while the surgeon was slumped on a pole, depressed.
"Uh-oh" Maria muttered to herself. Suddenly a small cry was heard from a far.
"Waah! That a man's eyes are so scary!" a child cried. "Waah!"
The surgeon's eye's widened a bit before he covered his eyes with his hand. Maria realized the situation was getting worse. Gabriel soon appeared at the entrance, tired from running all the way from the halls to the entrance. Of course, he was only tired because, unlike Maria, he wasn't as physically fit since stayed inside a room all dat till his shift was over.
"What'd I miss?" he asked. Crying children and a depressed surgeon said it all. "Maybe I should hand out the candy." Gabriel suggested before taking the bowl. Maria got CR-S01 and brought him back inside while Gabriel took a seat on the steps.
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"I'm really sorry for that!" Maria apologized. "I didn't think kids would react that way!" But now that Maria thought about it, she did remember seeing some of the younger patients quiver a bit whenever CR-S01 look at them. That really should have clued her that the genius surgeon may not be good with children, with exceptions to Joshua and Alyssa.
"It's alright…" CR-S01 answered depressingly. "But do I really look that frightening?"
"What? Of course not!" Maria answered as she slapped his back. Suddenly a child appeared. He was a patient there they treated for a fractured arm.
"Hiya kid!" Maria greeted the boy. The boy smiled a shy smile, saying a small hello as he did. Maria practically wanted to squeeze him.
"Good afternoon." CR-S01 said. For some reason, unlike the child's reaction to Maria, he froze upon seeing the surgeon and instead of a greeting, he ran away. CR-S01 felt worse than before. Maria couldn't help but sigh to herself.
"Oh hey Maria!" Tomoe greeted. "About my reports…" she soon saw the depressed surgeon and Maria who placed her hand on her forehead. "Is everything alright?"
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"Oh dear." Tomoe said. "Is that it."
"Yup." Maria said. CR-S01 didn't feel like doing much. Realizing he looked intimidating wasn't exactly what a person who was feared by his own parents needed. He thought they were just mentally unstable and it had nothing to do with him. He didn't think his looks were enough to reduce a child to crying. That felt worse than when Maria laughed at him and Gabriel's comment about his repeated tripping on Easter combined.
"Hey," Gabriel said as he came to the hallways. "I'm running low on candy. Can one of you guys run and get some more?"
"Sorry." Tomoe said. "I've an operation at four."
"I need to assist in another operation later." Maria said.
"Guess that leaves you kid!" Gabriel laughed.
"But I don't have any-"
"Here's my wallet kid." Gabriel said. "Now you have no excuse." CR-S01 left outside to find a market. Or at least one that doesn't go out range for a tracker placed on him by the FBI. Ever since the Rosalia outbreak, the FBI decided to, as a reward for helping exterminate the Rosalia virus, that he could continue doing operations and to be able walk around freely whenever he liked it, as long as he doesn't try to escape or go out of range of his tracker. After walking around the street and several times, receiving comments about his outfit being a costume. He finally found and a store in range.
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"Candy! Candy!" Alyssa hummed. She skipped merrily down the stairs in her costume. She didn't dress like anything girly like a princess or a fairy. Having a forensic investigator for a mother can change how you think hence why Alyssa dressed like a one, with a lab coat and all.
"Slow down Alyssa!" Naomi called out. "You forgot your basket!"
"Thanks Naomi!" Alyssa smiled. "I'm so excited! I'm going trick-or-treating with Naomi!" Naomi smiled a bit. She felt glad that she had the day off. Of course, Navel had too but he went off on his own.
"C'mon Naomi!" Alyssa called. "Or all the candy will be gone!" Naomi chuckled before following her daughter outside.
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Naomi was surprised at how fast a little girl could run. In ten minutes, Alyssa and Naomi had successfully visited twenty different houses. Naomi was also surprised at how many children went to go trick-or-treating. Each house had a crowd of children outside that Alyssa had to pass through each time to get to the doorstep. After visiting several more houses, Naomi stopped to take a breather.
"Slow down a bit Alyssa." Naomi asked but Alyssa was to concentrated on passing through the other children to listen. Naomi turned around to rest at a bench that was at the lawn of the house. As she did she bumped into a large, penguin mascot costume. "Oh. I apologize-"
Naomi's eyes widened at the man within the mascot. His eyes widened as well upon realizing the head of the costume had fallen off. Naomi was about say his name but he immediately shushed her before she could and quickly put on the head of the mascot. Luckily no one had seem to notice.
"Little Guy?" Naomi whispered. "What are-"
"What?" Navel said quickly. "A grown man can't trick-or-treat?" People began staring at the odd two. Navel quickly noticed and began pushing Naomi behind a tree that grew on the yard.
"H-Hey!" Naomi said.
"Sorry doctor." Navel said. "But this isn't the best place to talk!" After Navel shoved Naomi behind the tree, the two had a long discussion about Navel going to trick-or-treats despite being a grown man. But as they did, Naomi, though she hadn't meant it, had completely forgotten about her daughter.
"Look Naomi!" Alyssa said. "I got a whole lot and-" The little girl looked around for her mother. "Naomi?"
Unfortunately, because of the volume the children outside the house made, Naomi failed to hear it. Now Alyssa might have seen Naomi standing near the tree on the lawn, except the mascot costume Navel wore was large and tall. Someone could easily stand behind it and stay out of sight for a while and unfortunately, from Alyssa's point of view, Navel was in front of Naomi.
"Naomi? Naomi?" Alyssa called out again. Alyssa suddenly became slightly frightened. She had to be somewhere near. There was no way a mother would leave her child but Naomi wasn't seen anywhere either. For Alyssa, a frightened nine-year old, the only logical explanation was that Naomi was lost instead of her being lost. So what to do when your mother is lost. You find her of course!
"Naomi!" Alyssa called out. Soon Alyssa ran to the opposite of where Naomi was in an attempt to look for her.
This takes place year after the Rosalia Outbreak. CR-S01, despite remembering everything on the Cumberland Outbreak, he still hasn't remembered everything about his life yet except some flashes. But this is just an opinion. Remember, Trauma Team belongs to Atlus.
... Was that how it should be written?
