Note: This was supposed to be a Halloween fic, but due to certain reasons, I ended up uploading this late.
Ch 1: Harvest
It was almost Halloween and across the world, everyone was prepared to celebrate all things dark and spooky. Kalin and Radley were standing outside their house at the balcony staring at the colorful leaves.
"What do you want to do today?" asked Kalin.
"Well, the others stayed over, so we should do something with them," Radley mused.
"We could see the farm animals," suggested Kalin.
"Yeah, the kids would like that," Radley said.
"Let's call them and see what they think," nodded Kalin as he took out his cell phone.
"I'm sure they'll like it," Radley said.
Kalin nodded and dialed their number.
Yusei answered at the hotel. "Hello?"
"Hey Yusei. How was the hotel?" asked Kalin.
"It was great, like before," Yusei smiled.
"Glad you guys enjoyed it," smiled back Kalin.
"We should probably head back tonight, but we wanted to spend the day with you," Yusei said.
"Thank you all for taking your time to visit. It means a lot." stated Kalin.
"We're always happy to," Yusei smiled.
"Do you want to meet at the center of town at 10 am?"
"Sure," Yusei said.
"See you there," Kalin finished the call.
Radley was eating while the conversations took place. Kalin turned to his friend.
"I told Yusei to meet us at the town center. Is that fine by you?"
"Sure," Radley smiled.
"What should we do there?"
"I guess head to the farms?" Radley said.
"Sure. What time is it?"
"Around nine," Radley checked the clock.
"I told Yusei we're meeting around 10. Is that ok?"
"That's fine," Radley smiled.
"Let's plan on places to take the others."
"Well, we thought of the farms. Where else haven't they seen?"
Kalin put a finger to his chin. "Hmm, I'm not sure, honestly."
"Yeah, I think they've seen everything else," Radley mused.
"And this town is still growing... maybe they can give us suggestions."
"That would be cool. I have a lot of ideas, but I'm up for hearing more," Radley said.
"Oh? What are your ideas?" asked Kalin.
"I still want the highway and the museum. We're going to expand the arcade. And I was thinking of one of those year-round Christmas shops. Tourists love those."
"That sounds like great ideas. Perhaps we should set up fundraisers."
"That's great! I'm sure the town would love to help build them," smiled Radley.
Kalin looked around. "I think we should get going now. Let's talk this over with the others."
"Yeah."
Kalin and Radley put on their jackets and left their house. Almost right away, The Bunch arrived to ride with them.
"Hey guys. Ready to ride?" asked Radley.
"Yeah," Billy said. "Let's go."
They went to the town center, where the others were waiting. Among the Team 5ds, West and Nico also came to join in the festivities.
"Hey, the Bunch are here!" exclaimed West.
Yusei smiled seeing them ride up. "Hey, Kalin, everyone."
"How was everyone's stay?" asked Kalin.
"Great!" they chorused.
"I'm honestly surprised you all say that," Kalin stated in a slightly shocked tone.
"Why? It's a top-notch hotel," Radley smirked.
"Radley and I were thinking of ways to expand this town. Would you guys like to help us?" asked Kalin.
"Yeah!" Leo exclaimed.
"We would love to!" smiled Luna.
"You should have a theme park!" Leo decided.
"That sounds awesome!" exclaimed West.
"Yeah! The perfect place for my year-round haunted house!" Scotch exclaimed.
"That would be pretty cool," Radley agreed.
"Is that all he cares about?" scoffed Jack.
"We were also thinking of expanding the highways," said Kalin.
"Scotch wishes every day was Halloween," Billy said.
"Uh, ok..." mumbled Jack.
"I'm determined to connect the highway from the City to here," Radley said.
"You seem very determined, Radley," stated Akiza.
"Yeah, it'll be a great thing for us," Radley said. "People can get here easier with a highway."
"I would love to help. A highway would make it easier to transport goods between areas. What about you, Yusei?" asked Akiza.
"I'd be happy to help try to get City approval if you're having any trouble with that," Yusei said.
"That would be great!" Radley grinned. "I don't think we'll have trouble, but your endorsement could make it happen faster for us."
"And I can help train the Bunch in case trouble brews," added Crow.
"Radley's trained us," Billy said.
"I'm sure Crow has some unique insights as well," Radley said.
"It doesn't hurt to learn skills from multiple sources," said Crow.
Radley nodded. "I'm interested in learning more too."
"Can I train too?" asked West.
"Anything else we're planning to do?" asked Nico.
"Sure!" Crow said.
"We thought we'd visit the farms," Radley said.
"That sounds like fun!" smiled Luna.
"Yeah! Let's go!" Leo exclaimed.
They all headed towards the farmlands surrounding the town. The animals looked up, seeing them coming.
"Wow, look at all the chickens," said Luna.
"There's lots of horses and cows too!" Leo said.
"This farm mainly runs on donations," said Kalin.
"We could help," Luna smiled.
"Thank you very much," smiled Kalin.
"Yeah! Just tell us who to see!" Leo said.
"You can donate via our website ' ."
"I wonder if we can do that," Luna said. "We probably can't donate online without an adult."
"You can talk to your parents about what you have learned," said Kalin.
"They're still not always around," Luna sighed. "Although it's better than it was before."
"They're still too busy with work," added Leo.
"We do accept donations on-site too," Radley said. It would be bad business not to.
"I hope we can donate some to you," said Leo. "It would be wrong not to."
"Well, not wrong, but donations are certainly appreciated," Radley smiled.
"So, what animals do you raise here?" asked Leo.
"The owners have a little of everything," Radley smiled. "Cows, horses, pigs, chickens, sheep..."
"Wow, can we see them?" asked Carly.
"Yes, that's what we're here for," Radley chuckled as he led them to the paddock.
Everyone followed behind Radley. As they approached the field, some of the horses came over to see them.
"Hello!" smiled Luna to them.
The horses appeared to sense good in them and they whinnied in greeting.
Leo petted one. "They're really friendly!"
"They sure are!" giggled Luna.
Some of the sheep came over too.
"We have sheep too!" said Nico.
"They're so soft!" Luna said.
"We make clothes out of their wool," said Nico.
"And we sell them in the gift shop!" West said.
"Ooh, I love to own one of those!" said Carly.
"We'll take you there afterwards," Radley said.
Some farm cats came over.
"Oh, here comes the cats!" said Nico.
Scotch picked one up. "They're so cute!"
The cats rubbed and purred.
"Does Monkey like other cats?" Nico asked Bruno.
"Sometimes," Bruno said.
Monkey watched them curiously.
"The cats take care of the rodent population," said Kalin.
The farm cats looked proud. They greeted Monkey.
"What do they make of Monkey?" asked Akiza.
"They seem to like him," Radley said.
"That's wonderful!" smiled Luna.
Monkey meowed and wanted to play. Some of them started romping around.
"Wow, who knew he would get along with farm cats?" asked Crow in surprise.
"He was a stray before I adopted him," Bruno said.
"What motivated you to adopt him?" asked Nico.
Bruno smiled. "I love cats and he needed a home. And we'd met before. I saved his life and he remembered me."
"I love cats too. And they're so helpful here!" smiled back Nico.
"And they're so cute!" Scotch petted more of them.
"Are they all owned by the owner of this farm?" asked Jack.
"Yeah, and his family!" Scotch said.
"Can we meet them, by any chance?" asked Akiza.
"Sure," Radley smiled. "They should be all around doing various chores."
"Lead the way, Radley," said Carly.
Radley led them to where a couple of guys were feeding the other horses. "Hi," he greeted.
"Hi! Are you the owners of this farm?" asked Luna.
"Two of them!" one said cheerfully.
"We came from the city to visit!" said Leo.
"How do you like it so far?" one asked.
"It's amazing!" exclaimed Luna. "It's nice to go to the countryside once in a while."
"We think so too," the second smiled.
"Do you get lots of tourists here?" asked Carly.
"More since Radley took over," the first said.
"What kind of holidays do you host here?" asked Akiza.
"We do harvest hay rides and pumpkin picking," the second said. "There's a corn maze with both normal and spooky paths. At Christmas we do hot cocoa and carol sing-alongs."
"Ooh! That sounds like fun!" exclaimed Leo.
"May we check out the pumpkin patch?"" asked Akiza.
"Sure. They're ripe for the picking," the first said. He led them over there.
"I feel like buying some pumpkins," said Carly.
"Yeah! Let's do it!" Leo said.
"We must buy the big ones!" said Jack.
"Do you have room to take big ones back to the City?" Radley chuckled.
"I know, right?" smirked Kalin.
"Of course we have room!" exclaimed Jack.
"Well, then go ahead." Radley gestured lazily at the patch. The kids were scrambling to get theirs.
Everyone divided into groups to find the best pumpkins possible. There were quite a few big ones, with serval measuring 10 pounds.
"Wow! They're all so big! I can't decide!" cried Carly.
"This one!" Jack grabbed a giant one.
"Ooh! Yes, amazing find, Jack!" squealed Carly.
"It most certainly is!" Jack declared.
Leo and Luna found a few nice ones too.
"Look Luna! I found a nice round one!" said Leo.
"That's really cool!" Luna beamed.
"How about you, sis?" asked Leo.
"This is mine!" Luna held up hers.
"Nice one!" grinned Leo.
"Yeah, I think it's really cute," Luna beamed.
"I wonder if the others found anything good?" asked Leo.
Bruno held one up in triumph.
"Wow, nice find, Bruno!" exclaimed Crow.
Bruno grinned.
"Do you guys wanna carve them or paint them?" Radley asked. "Or eat them?"
"I want to carve it!" said West.
"Hmm, some pumpkin pie would be nice to have," stated Akiza.
"Let's carve some and cook some," Luna said.
"I like the sound of that," said Crow.
More were gathered. Scotch rambled off recipes Radley could try, while Radley laughed and tried to keep up.
"Man, Scotch is making me hungry," said Leo.
"Sorry about that," chuckled Kalin. " Once Scotch has his mind in something, he can talk for hours."
"I'll probably try one of these tonight," Radley smiled.
"May I take a photo of one of the recipes?" asked Akiza.
"Sure," Radley said. "You can look through them."
"Thank you," nodded Akiza. She then went to look through the cookbook.
"Do you come here often, Radley, Kalin?" asked Carly.
"We check in and make sure everything is going okay, and we plan holidays with them," Radley said.
"It actually gets quite busy," added Kalin.
Radley nodded. "The holiday events have been really popular."
"We should celebrate Halloween here!" said West.
"Part of it anyway!" Scotch said.
"Part of it should be celebrated indowntown," said Kalin.
Radley nodded. "We have a lot of it there: the parade and the haunted house..."
"I can't wait to go in the haunted house!" said Leo.
"I'm putting in the new stuff!" Scotch said. "It'll open soon!"
"And we'll be there faster than you can say 'it's open!'" boasted Jack.
"Really, Jack? You want the haunted house?" Radley said.
"Why not? I'm not scared of ghosts!" shrugged Jack.
Radley smirked. "It's up to you."
"Yeah, Team 5ds has dealt with plenty of scary stuff!" remarked Leo.
"It was more like I thought Jack might find haunted houses too kiddie," Radley chuckled. "Although Scotch's definitely aren't."
"We are also having a costume contest!" said Nico.
"It's going to be so cool!" Scotch gushed.
"I can't wait! This will be the best Halloween ever!" grinned West.
"Yeah! We can celebrate all season long!" Scotch said.
"Definitely!" smiled Luna.
"We do that anyway," Virgil said.
"That's incredible how you guys stay so positive," said Akiza.
"Scotch especially keeps things bright," Radley smiled.
"I'm still learning from their example," said Kalin.
"It's quite an education," Radley chuckled.
"Yes, I know. But I'm thankful," smiled Kalin.
Radley smiled. "So am I."
"We got our pumpkins. What now?" asked Leo.
"There's a carving area." Radley took them to the picnic tables.
"Time to get creative!" said Crow.
"Yeah!" Leo grabbed a carving knife.
The others also got their knives ready. Scotch, Leo, and West were already carving away, having no need for any sketching. Akiza was carefully drawing a pattern on a piece of paper. Luna decided to draw a pattern first too. Radley stepped back to watch them.
"It's great we can all get together and share the same hobby!" said Nico.
"It is," Radley smiled.
Scotch was doing a complex design. Akiza was carving a rose, while Crow was making a bird.
"Wow, you guys are all amazing," Radley said in surprise.
"Thanks pal!" grinned Crow.
Billy was carving a standard pumpkin face. Jack tried to carve a dragon. Carly was doing a smiley face, but was intrigued to watch Jack. Kalin was carving a ghost. Radley wasn't into carving. Too messy for him. But he enjoyed watching. He was happy to see Kalin having fun.
"What should we so with all the pumpkin pulp after we're done?" asked Nico.
"Cook it?" Scotch suggested.
"Yeah, we shouldn't let it go to waste," nodded Crow.
Radley nodded. "I can make something with it."
"Like pie?" asked Leo.
"Sure," Radley smiled.
"That sounds delicious!" said Luna.
"Yesss! Radley makes the best pies!" Scotch gushed.
Radley started scooping the pulp into a bag.
"I wonder who made the best jack-o-lantern?" asked West.
"All of them are impressive," Radley said.
"Thank you very much, Radley," smiled Akiza.
"Sure," Radley said. "Oh, and the guys here like to take pictures of the jack o lanterns to display."
"Yes please!" grinned Carly.
"We're going to post them on our weekly newsletter," explained Kalin.
The farm guys came after a moment, admiring the creativity as they snapped pictures.
"What do you think of our jack-o-lanterns, sirs?" asked Luna.
"They're great!" said one.
"Perfect for our promotions!" said the other.
"We're always happy to help!" said Akiza.
"Helping while having fun is the best kind," the first smirked.
"It totally is!" grinned West as he looked at Kalin.
Radley smiled. "You made a very good ghost, Kalin."
Kalin nodded slowly. He liked how it had turned out. "Thanks."
"It's perfect for Halloween," nodded Nico.
"We'll put it in the diner," Radley said. "Or in our house, whichever you'd prefer, Kalin."
"Let's put them in the diner," said Kalin. "That way, everyone can see them."
"Yes!" Scotch grinned.
"I love that idea!" nodded Nico.
"And we can put them in the window!" Scotch said.
"That'll attract lots of customers!" said Crow.
"Let's head over there and I'll make the pie," Radley smiled.
"Yeah! Let's go!" exclaimed West.
They said goodbye to the farm people and head back to the diner. Radley went to the kitchen. Kalin remained near the entrance, so he could greet customers. Scotch went to the radio and put on The Monster Mash.
"It's hard to believe Halloween is almost here," said Jack.
"With Scotch around, it's always Halloween," Virgil said.
"Wow seriously?" asked Crow.
"What is it about Halloween that intrigues him?" asked Akiza.
"He loves spooky things and ghosts and cemeteries," Radley chuckled.
"I've always been into spooky things too," said Kalin.
"Really?" Radley said in surprise. He had thought Kalin didn't like them much anymore.
"Well, more so back when I lived in Satellite. And now that I'm a Psychic Duelist, I can't really escape that."
"That's true," Radley mused.
"I'm surprised none of you are scared of me. I read some pretty awful stuff about the Arcadia Movement."
"Most of the people in that were innocent people manipulated by the leader," Radley said.
"And I was among one of them," said Akiza.
Radley nodded. "How he treated you and the others was abominable," he said in revulsion.
"I wish I could apologize to everyone I hurt," said Akiza.
"You could make a public apology in the newspaper," Carly suggested.
"I could give it a shot," said Akiza.
"I'll publish it on my byline!" Carly said. "I can interview you."
"Alright Carly, I'm fine with that," nodded Akiza.
Radley soon had the pies in the oven. The yummy smell filled the diner.
"Wow! They look tasty!" grinned Leo.
"They will be!" Scotch grinned.
"Radley makes the best pies!" added West.
When the pies were done, Radley took them out and brought them to the counter. "Here we go!"
"How many pies did you make?" asked Jack.
Everyone got up to check out the dessert.
"I did four," Radley said. He hoped that was enough.
"Who wants to do the slicing?" asked Kalin.
"I will!" Crow said. He was careful to do equal sizes.
"That's so typical of Crow," said Jack.
Kalin chuckled a bit as he distributed the plates.
"That's what I would have done," Radley smiled.
"Here's to a great autumn harvest!" grinned Carly, raising her glass.
Everyone chorused in agreement and started to eat.
"This pie is delicious!" smiled Luna.
"Thanks," Radley smiled.
"Do you make pies all the time?" asked Leo.
"Now and then," Radley said.
"We should have pies all holiday long," said Leo.
"I can do that," Radley smiled.
"Thank you so much, Radley!" smiled Luna.
"Of course," Radley said with a sweeping bow.
"Yusei, Bruno, what do you think of the pumpkin pie?" asked Kalin.
"It's amazing!" Bruno gushed.
"Radley makes the best pies!" grinned West.
Radley looked happy with the praise.
"You can come by anytime," said Kalin.
"Great!" Bruno grinned.
"We will!" nodded Carly.
Scotch continued to play Halloween music while they ate.
"We should have a costume contest," said Akiza.
"We will," Radley smiled.
"Yeah, it'll be awesome!" said West.
"I have so many costume ideas!" Scotch gushed.
"Ooh, nice! What are they?" asked Carly.
"Superheroes or cowboys or secret agents or anthro-pumpkins or... !" Scotch rambled.
"You're talking too much," sighed Jack.
"I slowly got used to it," chuckled Kalin.
"I miss it when he doesn't talk," Radley said. That tended to mean Scotch felt really bad about something.
"Sometimes we take things for granted," said Akiza.
"Yeah..." sighed Kalin.
Scotch definitely felt good today, and kept rambling about costumes and how he put them together.
Carly, Akiza, and Luna listened really carefully to his words. They even took notes. Scotch was delighted to have an audience! Leo thought it was pretty cool too. Now he had ideas!
"Seems Scotch makes a good teacher," said Crow in a slightly surprised voice.
"Scotch loves to talk about costumes," Radley said. "He's going to make a YouTube channel about it."
"Really?" asked Kalin.
"That sounds like a great idea!" nodded West.
"Yeah! I'll help others figure out how to work their costumes!" Scotch says.
"I was thinking of dressing up as a superhero," said West.
"Your own or one already out there?" Scotch enthusiastically asked.
"My own! He rides a horse to fight crime!" exclaimed Leo.
"Epic!" Scotch grinned.
"A horse? Do people still ride horses to battle?" asked Jack.
"They do in West's world," Radley said.
"Does West know how to ride a horse?" asked Akiza.
"Yes, he rides them on the farm," Radley said.
"What superpowers does West's character have?" asked Akiza, clearly amused by this.
"I think before West talked about him building robots?" Radley mused.
"Yeah, robots are awesome! My character uses lots of tools to battle crime!" said West.
"Yeah, like Batman!" Bruno said.
"That's right!" grinned West proudly.
"Epic!" Scotch gushed. "Have you figured out the bad guys too?"
"Lawton and Barbara!" said West.
Radley laughed at that. "Perfect!"
"So, are you dressing up, Radley?" asked West.
"Hmm. I usually don't, but I might consider doing a Spanish costume," Radley said.
"That would be interesting to see," said Akiza.
"Yeah, I like to share Spanish culture," Radley smiled.
"I've come to appreciate it more after moving here," said Kalin.
"We all love it now because it reminds us of Radley!" Scotch said.
"Maybe we can all learn more about it too the more we visit this town," said Luna.
"You sure can," Radley said.
"Thank you very much!" bowed Luna.
"I'm going to dress up as a pirate," said Leo.
"Me too," Marty said.
"I'm going as something nicer, like a fairy," said Luna.
"Some fairies are pretty nasty," Virgil remarked. "Even though that's not what's usually remembered now."
"I know. I'm researching the good ones," said Luna.
"The good ones are the best," Radley smiled.
"Yes indeed," nodded Luna.
"I'm thinking of dressing as a rose witch," said Akiza.
"That sounds intriguing," Radley said. He enjoyed roses.
"I'm going to be a cowgirl," said Nico.
Yusei smiled, enjoying listening to all the plans.
"What are your fall plans, Yusei?" asked Kalin.
"I'm happy to do what everyone else is doing," Yusei said.
"Same here, honestly," said Kalin.
Yusei nodded. "They all seem to have good plans."
"Are you going to dress up, Yusei?" asked West.
"I wasn't planning to, but maybe I will," Yusei mused.
"I can't wait till Halloween!" smiled West.
"Yes!" Scotch gushed. "My haunted house is almost ready!"
"Awesome! We can't wait!" said Leo.
"Yeah!" West grinned.
"It's a big one too! Multiple levels!" Scotch said.
"Wow! That's awesome!" exclaimed Leo.
"Yes! I have a creaky staircase and a creepy elevator!" Scotch said proudly.
"That's fascinating," smiled Akiza.
"Marty helped get the elevator running!" Scotch said.
"Who helps on the decorations?" asked Crow.
"I do most of that myself, but everybody helps a little!" Scotch said. "... We have trouble finding something Biff is comfortable with, though..."
"What is something that troubles him?" asked Akiza.
"Everything?" Scotch said. "He hates creepy things, you know."
"Are you serious?" scoffed Jack.
"Yes, we are," frowned Kalin.
"He finally decided he would work on the porch," Scotch said. "It looks great!"
"A nice porch always makes a good first impression," said Akiza.
"Yeah, he made it all creaky and spooky!" Scotch said.
"I'd love to go see it," said Akiza.
"It's ready enough we can!" Scotch grinned.
"Wow, really?" asked Luna.
"Yeah! It just needs a few finishing touches!" Scotch said.
"I can help ya out if you want," said Crow.
"Sure!" Scotch said. "I need to hang a few more things and get some more spooky sounds on the soundtrack!"
"I'm ready when you are!" grinned Crow.
Scotch leaped up. "Let's go!"
"Right!" said Crow as he jumped out of his seat.
Scotch led Crow to the house.
"Wow, impressive work," stated Crow as he looked up and down at the house.
"Thanks! I plan it all year!" Scotch grinned.
"You said the soundtrack needs some tuning?" asked Crow.
"Yeah! I need more creaking and moaning sounds!" Scotch said.
"Alright, I'll if I can fix that," Crow said as he went through the audio files.
"I have all that I've got. I need to record some more!" Scotch smirked. "How good are you at moaning?"
"Uh moaning? I'm ok; did practice acting with the jackals back in Satellite," shrugged Crow.
"Let's try it!" Scotch grinned. He started recording and moaning in an eerie way.
Crow watched in an amused kind of way through the recorder. Scotch then started moving the doors eerily to get the most sounds out of them.
"Wow, he's really good at this," said Crow to himself.
Scotch was thoroughly enjoying himself. "Okay, let's play it all back!" He rewound the tape and hit Play.
"Wow, Scotch. Not bad at all!" exclaimed Crow.
"Yes! It's perfect!" Scotch grinned.
"You're good at this stuff. Have you considered going into theater?" asked Crow.
"Yeah! I'm hoping we'll get a theatre going here!" Scotch said.
"How's progress going?" asked Crow.
"We haven't really done anything yet," Scotch said. "But there's interest, so hopefully soon!"
"Team 5ds is here to support ya," said Crow.
"Epic! Yes, we need a theatre!" Scotch exclaimed.
"That would be great!" said Crow. "Let's back and talk to the others."
"Yeah!" Scotch hopped up to head back.
"Hey guys, we're back!" waved Crow to the others.
"How'd it go?" Radley asked.
"Scotch did some monster noise recordings," chuckled Crow.
Radley chuckled. "He loves that."
"He then said this town needs funds to build a theater," said Crow.
"We have funds, but we haven't started on the theatre ahead of other projects," Radley said.
"What other projects are you working on?" asked Luna.
"The highway and the museum, but we're planning to start on the theatre too," Radley said. "Ideally, it will open when the highway is complete and there will be a celebratory performance."
"It'll take several more months before the highway is complete though," said Kalin.
"Yes, it will probably be several months for the theatre too," Radley said.
"Can we do anything to support?" asked Akiza.
"If you have any old costumes or props that could be used, that would be great," Radley smiled.
"Mmm, I believe I have some dresses to spare," said Akiza.
"Me too!" Luna smiled.
"Great," Radley said.
"I have an old jacket I don't wear anymore," said Leo. "Will that work?"
"Yeah!" Scotch grinned.
"Alright!" nodded Leo.
"I think my office has some cardboard boxes to spare," said Carly.
"We can definitely use those to store things," Radley smiled.
"Yay! Glad I could help!" smiled Carly.
"What other things do you want?" asked Jack.
"Anything that could make a good costume or prop," Radley said. "Anything you could spare we could probably find a use for."
"I wonder if Martha has clothes to donate?" asked Crow.
"It wouldn't hurt to ask," Yusei said.
"We should see her as soon as possible," said Jack.
"Yes! That would be epic!" Scotch exclaimed.
"Would you guys to come with us?" asked Crow.
"Sure," Radley smiled.
"I would love to meet Martha," nodded Nico.
"Me too!" West said.
"I suppose we're all going?" asked Kalin.
"Yes, I imagine so," Radley said.
"What time are we going?" asked West.
"Would we want to just blow in on her?" Radley said.
"What does that mean?" asked West.
"Just show up without checking first to see if it's okay to come," Radley said.
"Can we do that though?" said Kalin.
"That's what I asked," Radley said. "I was just telling West what it meant. I really think we should call first."
"I'll call Martha after we get back," said Crow.
"Cool," Radley smiled.
"What do we do in the meantime?" asked Jack.
"We were going to see my haunted house!" Scotch said.
"Yeah! That's right! Let's go!" exclaimed Leo.