Fire Emblem 7, The Parody
Coffee Break 2: Never Too Old to Trick-or-Treat
You are invited to Yoshimo's Halloween Bash. From 8:00 to 11:00 at night. Don't forget to wear a costume. And please, no bringing Winnie Gnome.
See you there,
Yoshimo.
Florina blinked, reading over the letter. "Should be fun" she said with a smile. She looked over at Lyn, who was sleeping on the couch. She smiled, and shook her gently. "Lyn. Lyn? Wake up, Lyn."
The nomad actress groaned into her pillow. "I only had soup, I don't see why we have to split the check evenly..." she mumbled.
Florina giggled, before an idea occured to her. She took a few steps away, into the kitchen. She then, with a burst of speed, rushed towards the couch, and lunged at Lyn. The green haired girl suddenly woke up, spun around, and caught Florina.
"Aww, how do you do that?" Florina asked, laughing a bit.
Lyn smirked. "Highly toned sense I developed since I was a kid."
"Ooh."
"That, and I've been living with you for about a year now, so I pick up on these kind of things."
Florina nodded, before handing Lyn the letter.
Marcus shook his head. "These parties lead to loud noises. And loud noises lead to headaches. Not to mention the uncouthness of all participants."
Eliwood beamed, looking over the letter. "Sounds like fun!" he nodded. "I'm so going!"
Marcus sighed. "Go if you wish, kid. I'll be staying at home Halloween."
"I'm off to call Ninian! I'm sure she'd love to go as well! Maybe we could go to the party as a theme!" With that, the red headed star rushed off.
The purple haired actor shook his head. "Been seeing each other for almost a year, and he still acts like a fifteen year old around her..."
Yoshimo flipped back his robes. He was dressed in a blue robes, covering him from his neck to his feet, with long, hanging sleeves. He was wearing a yellow, straw pointed hat, and black face paint. Hidden in each sleeve was a small dagger. "This should work" he nodded, before hearing a knock on the door.
The dirctor blinked, before walking over to the door, and opening it wide. Standing there was a man with a long, white beard, a gray tunic that reached down to his feet, and a gray cloak. He wore a gray wizard's hat, and carried a plain staff. "Good evening" he nodded, letting himself in.
"Athos?" Yoshimo asked. "What are you doing here so early?"
"I figured a need to" the archsage explained, looking around. "Interesting abode. Fitting for a starting director, I suppose."
Yoshimo pouted, closing the door. "Who are you, my home decorator?" he asked sharply. He was about to head into the kitchen, when there was another knock on the door. Yoshimo blinked, open the door, and standing there was Canas, wearing a suit of bulky, blue armor, much like Hector's.
"Hello, good sir--" The shaman started.
"Wait" Yoshimo interupted, before shoving Canas to one side. He looked around. "Good. No line up. Come on in."
Canas smiled, and entered. "So, how many other people are here?" he asked.
"Only Athos, myself, and you."
"What about the others? I'm sure there'd be more..."
"Canas, you and Athos are an hour EARLY!"
"What?" Canas took out his invitation, and looked at the time. He then looked at his watch. "No, according to my watch, we're right on time."
"Did you remember to set your clock for daylight savings?"
"Daylight...oh. ...So...do you have anything to eat?"
Yoshimo sighed.
Yoshimo was out cold in the living room, snoring audibly. Pent and Louise had arrived on time, dressed in the classical Vampire and Vampiress costumes. They had joined Athos and Canas in their heated discussion of philosophy, physics, and pottery.
There was a hard knocking at the door. Pent blinked, and looked over at the director. "Yoshimo, more guests have arrived."
Yoshimo kept on snoring.
"Yoshimo, it is your duty as the host to...you know what? I'll get it myself."
Pent got out of his seat, and went for the door. Standing there was little Nino dressed in a noble and frumpy pink dress, with a coned hat. Jaffar was standing next to her, wearing a suit of armor. He wobbled a bit. "Can't believe she's making me do this..." he grumbled.
Pent beamed, and knealt down in front of Nino. "And what are you supposed to be?" he asked.
Nino beamed, and clapped her hands together. "I am the beautiful damsel in distress, and Jaffar's my knight in shining armour!"
Jaffar leaned towards Pent. "She's got it mixed up" he muttered. "I'm in distress here!"
Louise looked out of the room, eyebrow raised. "What's this about wearing a dress?"
"Distress! I said I'm in distress!"
The shout was enough to wake Yoshimo up. He grogingly looked at Jaffar, yawning. "That's the funniest looking dress I've ever seen."
"DISTRESS!"
Earlier...
Dorcas shook his head. "Natalie, I do not wish to go" he said bluntly. "I'm not good at parties."
Natalie beamed. "Oh, come now, Dorcas! It'll be fun! All we need to do is get you a costume..." she dug in her costume chest, before giving a squeal. "Oh! This is perfect!" She pulled out two school uniforms, particularrly for females. She beamed at her husband.
Dorcas's eyes widened, before he shook his head. "Oh no. No! You're not getting me to dress up in that! There is NO way I'm dressing up in that!"
"I can't believe I'm dressed up like this..." Dorcas groaned, as he was off hiding in a corner, while Natalie was talking with Fiora, who was dressed up as Minnie Mouse. Yoshimo was having a pleasent conversation with Kozo, who was wearing a light purple cloak, with a formal uniform underneath.
"Remember, toad boy, I haven't learned anything new yet. You don't come up with something soon, I'll be getting the procedings from this production."
Well, as pleasent as it could get with Kozo...
Yoshimo was about to speak, before there was a knock on the door. "Thank god" he muttered.
He opened the door, and in stepped Sain, dressed in a red, velvety bath robe. He was carrying a pipe, and blew into it, sending out bubbles. Yoshimo smirked. "I should only have guessed..."
Sain cupped his hand under his chin (his being his own, not Yoshimo's). "Now all I need is a bunny girl" he said.
Minoa, who was dressed up in a sorceress's outfit, with a long black cape, red dress shirt and five red talismins around her neck, was within ear shot. She froze for a few seconds, before bolting away, causing her costume to fall to the ground with a frump.
Matthew and Erk were walking towards Yoshimo's apartment. Matthew was dressed up as everyone's favorite(?) tactician, Kozo, while Erk had gray face paint, a tan coloured outfit, and a long, equally tan coloured cloak.
A blur of speed rushed past the two. Erk blinked, before looking over at Matthew. "Did you just see a flesh coloured blur, just now?" he asked.
"Can't say I did" Matthew shook his head.
The blur came back, this time going ahead of them. "Well, what about that black one?" Erk inquired.
"Now, that one I did."
Kozo looked over Sain. "So, what's with the bathrobe?" he asked.
Sain rolled his eyes, groaning. "Kozo, can't you tell? I'm Hugh Hefner!"
Minoa rushed in, dressed in a lacy black one-piece, with long, black nylons, and black high-heels. She also had a pair of white rabbit ears. She immediately latched on to Sain's leg. "And I'm a Bunny girl!" she chripped.
Kozo beamed. "Can I be a Bunny Boy?"
"Let me think about it--no" Sain responded quickly.
"Oh...."
Sain coughed, before beaming. "And now, ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great honour and great pleasure to introduce..."
Louise looked up. Natalie and Fiora looked over at Sain. Nino blinked, before tugging at Jaffar's arm to look as well.
"The only man to charm more ladies than I, the Ma--"
"Is it Zelos?" Canas guessed.
"No, but you're close. Please welcome, as I give you, The Masked Swordsman!"
Stepping in, somewhat slowly and hesitently, was a man with sparkling red armour, a large, pimp style hat, and a falcon like mask. Fiora and Natalie giggled. Louise covered her mouth. Nino fell to her knees, laughing hard. Even Jaffar cracked a smirk.
The masked pimp walked over to Sain. "Sain" he muttered, "be thankful no one knows it's me. Otherwise, I would kill you where you stand."
"Come now, Kent" Sain whispered. "No one knows it's you, so you can release your inner flirt. Fiora's here, you know, and unless she was serious about being booked till 3017, she'd love to go on a date with the Masked Swordsman."
Kent was, again, thankful for the mask. "Alright, that's it. Sain, when we get home, I am going to take my sword and shove it down your..."
Kozo walked by. "Kinky."
Kent was REALLY thankful for the mask. "I mean THIS sword, you idiot!" he protested, drawing his decorative blade.
A while later, the crowd really started to gather. Matthew was talking with Hector and Bartre, who were dressed up as Canas and a dalmation, respectively.
"Now, how is a dog supposed to be scary?" Matthew asked.
"They can bite" Bartre pointed out.
"And nine times out of ten, they go right for the crotch. I should know" Hector nodded sagely.
"Come right in, Guy" Yoshimo offered, as the myrmidon entered. "Glad you could make it."
The green haired nomad, keeping the hood of his costume up, walked over to the small group. "Hey guys--what the hell!?"
Matthew looked behind him. Standing there, with his blood red robes, the fangs on either shoulder, and the hood up, was unmistakably Kozo.
Guy's lower lip twitched. Looking right at him, with his crimson robes, jet black fang pattern on either shoulder, and the amethyst hair, was Kozo.
Matthew stared at Guy. Guy stared at Matthew. Both eyes shrunk, before twin screams escaped their mouths. They hid on opposite ends of the house.
Hector blinked. "What was that all about?" Hector asked.
Kozo shook his head, walking over to the well dressed noble. "Think about it. They were both dressed up as me."
Hector nodded, then snorted, before falling over, laughing to tears. Kozo sighed.
A bit later, Matthew and Guy returned, making sure that neither were the real Kozo. Now, the REAL Kozo, dressed up as every one's favorite mageling (provided they played Chrono Trigger) Janus, cooed. "Aww, I'm touched!"
"W...what!?" Matthew gulped.
"I have a fan club!" he clapped.
"N...no! It's nothing like that!" Guy said, turning red with embarrassment.
"You were the scariest thing I could think of, so I went as you" Matthew explained. "It was probably same story with Guy."
"You know, imitation is the most sincere form of flatery" Kozo pointed out. He pondered, before beaming. "That must mean you're hitting on me!"
"....Get it off, get it off!" Matthew yelped, tearing the costume off. He stood in his usual clothing, panting.
Kozo pouted, snapping his fingers.
"What? You expected I didn't wear anything under this?"
"I was hoping you weren't."
There was a knock on the door. "I'll get it" Yoshimo nodded, before walking over to the door. He opened it. Standing there was a somewhat comical looking donkey, with Lyn's face in the middle of the neck. The face beamed. "Hey!" Lyn greeted.
"Nice costume" Yoshimo nodded. "Say...where's Florina?"
"She's...Ooo!" Lyn yelped, twitching a bit.
"...I take it she's the rear end...
"I prefer to be called the back!" Florina said through the costume.
"Whatever. Come on in."
Lyn and Florina came in, although the front half was moving quite awkwardly.
Sain beamed, as he watched them enter. "Nice ass."
Lyn turned to face him, glaring daggers. "I'll take that as a compliment directed towards the costume, pajama boy."
"I'm Hugh Hefner!"
"And I'm a Bunny Girl!" Minoa gushed, hugging Sain around the waist.
Yoshimo was about to close the door, when the door bell rang. He blinked, and opened it wide again. Standing there was...
"Hi!" chirpped Winnie. He was dressed in a long, black trench coat, with black sunglasses.
"What the....!? Ah, holy crap! I thought I smelt Cedar! How'd you find out about this?"
"I followed your tracks everytime you left an invitation" Winnie explained.
"Wasn't I walking on cement?"
"That, and I got an anonymous tip from Kozo."
"I told him you bought a party mix" Kozo pointed out.
Yoshimo sighed. "Very well. Come on in, I guess."
"Great! Oh, do you mind if I brought some of my friends?"
"My evening's ruined already. I don't suppose some more, uninvited guests would hurt."
"Yes! Come on out, fellas!"
A stampede of Mister Smiths with horns barged in. Yoshimo stared, mouth agape. He stared at Winnie. "Winnie, your friends are a herd of elk."
"I know."
"Dressed as Mister Smith clones."
"I know."
"And they're eating from the buffet table."
"I kno--there's a buffet table!?"
"Yeah. It's right over there. Right by the elk. You can't miss it."
"I will be The One, to have some party mix!" Winnie rushed over to the table.
"Could my evening get any WORSE!?" Yoshimo groaned.
At that moment, there was another knock on the door. Standing there was Lucius, with a white, full body outfit, and cardboard, angelic wings. Standing next to him was Raven. His hair was in a bandana, and wearing a light blue tunic.
"Yep. Should've known not to tempt fate" Yoshimo muttered.
"What was that?" Lucius asked.
"Nothing. Come on in."
Raven entered the living room already. Lucius smiled, and posed. "What do you think? Pretty good costume, right?"
"Aside from the wings actually having a build, looks much like Yggdrasil" Yoshimo pointed out.
"I know! I chose this costume because not only could I look the part, but he can't be assumed of being a homosexual!"
"What about G--"
"Ah! That's kid Mithos! Adult Mithos can't be put with ANYBODY, let alone any males!"
"That's not true" Minoa pointed out. "What about Kratos? Or Yuan? Or you could have both at once!"
"Wh....son of a---!"
Meanwhile, in the living room, Raven was suddenly glomped by Kozo.
"Acentine-kun! You're here! Hehehe..." Kozo giggled, planting a kiss on Raven's cheek.
"Wh-what the!? G-Get off of me! I'm not your bloody boyfriend!" Raven pouted, trying to push Kozo off.
Kozo pouted. "You're not? How dare you fool me, I'll tear you limb from..."
"Sorry I was late, guys. I had to make sure to look my best..."
Kozo blinked and turned to the door. Standing there, with red hair, an open yellow vest, white pants, and a large sword was Acentine, grinning.
"Oh, don't worry," Yoshimo said. "Some people aren't even here yet."
"Really? That's good to hear, I hope I hav--gack!"
Kozo tackled Acentine with a powerful flying glomp, sending both of them flying into a nearby closet, the door shutting behind them.
"..." Yoshimo groaned. "Oh, sure. First it's my perfectly good table, and now it's my perfectly good closet. What next? My perfectly good bedshee--no. Must not tempt fate..."
There was another knock on the door. Yoshimo opened it up. Standing there was Cecil, dressed up in a similar costume to Yoshimo. Only his was different in a few ways. For startrs, there was a crecent moon on his hat, and he carried only one dagger, out in the open.
"...Cecil..."
"How was I supposed to know you were going as the Black Mage as well?" Cecil asked.
The director sighed. "Come on in" he said glumly.
Cecil blinked, stepping in. "Something wrong?" he asked.
"Oh, it's just Kozo and Acentine. They've taken to the closet, and are ruining my things even as we speak."
Cecil looked over at the closet. "That explains the noises...." He walked into the mainhall way, passing by Sain. "Nice pajamas."
"Pajama--Look, for the last time! I'm Hugh freaking Hefner!"
"And I'm a Bunny Girl" Minoa chirpped, hugging Sain around the waist.
There was another knock at the door. "Well, knowing my luck, it's gotta be Chibi-Zell..." He opened the door. He smiled. "I was wrong. Hello Serra."
The Serra in question pouted. "I'm Priscilla!"
Yoshimo blinked, looking over at the other guest. "Hi Priscilla?"
"I'm Serra!"
"Okay, what the hell's going on?"
"Simple" Priscilla answered. "I'm going as Serra, and Serra's going as me!"
"Couldn't you tell the difference by out size?"
"...Well, that would explain why Serra's well endowed now..."
Serra beamed. "Thanks!"
"...You just can't insult that girl..."
Priscilla (dressed as Serra) walked over to Erk, who was busy talking with Bartre. "Look, for the last time! I'm not Arragorn, I'm not a ninja, and I'm not Erk on casual Sunday! I'm Zel-friggin-gadis!"
"Who-friggin-who?"
"Zelgadis? You know, from The Slayers?"
"Nope. Can't say I've heard of that?"
"Why am I talking to you, anyway?"
"Hi Erk" Priscilla beamed.
Erk looked over at her. "Hello S--AHHH! Serra!" Erk ran away, and hid behind Serra (who was dressed as Priscilla). "You gotta hide me!"
"Sure! You can count on me, Erky!"
"...Erk...y? AHHH! Real Serra!" Erk rushed off, and locked himself in the bathroom.
"Like we haven't seen that joke before" Guy shook his head.
Heath growled. In his brown, leather armour, and long, gray cloak, he looked a bit like Arragorn. "For the last time, I'm NOT gonna kiss him!"
Legault shook his head. He had died his hair yellow, and wore a more elven outfit, carrying a bow. Asides from the scar, he looked shockingly like Legolas. "I don't mean to impose. If he doesn't want to be kissed, I won't kiss him. (Maybe later, but not right now...)"
"Come on, please?" Minoa begged. "It'll be like two pairings in one!"
"You're not going to leave us alone till we kiss, are you?" Legault asked.
"Nope!"
God, if you exist, now's the time to prove it... Heath thought to himself.
A wyvern crashed through the roof. A young woman climbed out of the rubble, and shook her head. She head short, blonde hair, with hard, brown eyes, and a dark red battle dress. She smirked. "Ah-ha! I found you, Heath!"
"Oh, Hozannah, it's the lesser of two evils!" Heath beamed.
"Come on, you're behind on your training!" Her wyvern had successfully gotten itself out of the rubble, and readied it's wings.
"Of course, lady Vaida!" He turned to face Minoa. "Sorry, but I have to go. Maybe next year."
Minoa grinned evilly. "I'll hold you to that."
With that, Heath and Vaida mounted the wyvern. "Let's go, Umberiel!" she commanded, before they took off. In a matter of seconds, they were out of sight.
Legault huffed silently, kicking the floor. "He got away" he muttered beneath his breath.
"What was that?" Minoa asked.
"Nothing."
There was another knock on the door. Yoshimo opened it. Eliwood beamed. He was wearing a black muscle shirt, with a broad-shouldered, yellow trenchcoat over it. He had a holster on his belt, a gun in check. Standing next to him was Ninian, dressed in an...odd, wide shouldered dress, with purple leggings. And Nils was in front of the both of them, with a leather jacket, with a red shirt underneath, and a pair of blue jeans.
Cecil gushed. "Aww, they came as a couple!"
"Yeah!" Yoshimo continued. "They came as Gene and Melfina!"
"Yeah!" Minoa said at the same time. "They came as Gene and Jim!"
Ninian and Eliwood looked between each other, both giving a little "ehe". Nils blinked. "I don't get it..."
"Well, we could only show up briefly" Eliwood explained. "Nils insists that we leave and go trick-or-treating."
"Candycandycandycandy...." Nils started bouncing on the balls of his feet.
"Well, I'll let the others know you stopped by" Yoshimo assured.
Ninian nodded, and took Eliwood's arm. "Let's go, Eli."
"Right behind you, Nini!" Eliwood gushed, before they left.
"H..hey! Wait for me! Come back here with my candy!" Nils begged, running after them.
Yoshimo shook his head. "Less then a year, and already we start with the pet names..." He was about to close the door, when a briefcase lodged itself in the doorway. Yoshimo blinked, before opening the door.
Standing there was Chibi-Zell, with a gray business suit, black sunglasses, and a briefcase. "Hello."
"Chibi-Zell! What took you so long?"
"You can file me under fasihonably late. I had to find the one costume that could scare you stiff."
"And how's a business suit and a brief case supposed to do that?"
Chibi-Zell pulled out a card from his pocket, and held it up. "I'm from the IRS."
"AAAAAAHHHH!" Yoshimo wailed, before fainting.
"Oh, I hope he's faking that heart attack..." Chibi-Zell muttered. He kicked Yoshimo in the side. "Hey." He kicked again. "Earth to Yoshimo. It's your party." Kick. Kick. "...Damnit, is there a doctor in the house?"
"No" Lucius pointed out, "but I have the name of a great one. He can fix him up no..."
"Then I guess Yoshimo is gone. A shame."
"No, really. I can just call him up right now, and..."
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust..."
"Do I get his Gamecube?" Winnie asked.
"Over my dead body..." Yoshimo wheezed.
"Ah, he's not dead!?" Chibi-Zell huffed. "..I mean, ah. He's not dead. Good."
Yoshimo got himself up, and brushed himself off. "Saw, Chibi-Zell, you didn't happen to see Wallace on your way here, did you?"
"No" Chibi-Zell shook his head. "And I doubt he'll be able to make it. I'm sure he'll get lost on the way."
"But...his apartment's only a few blocks away..."
"It's WALLACE we're talking about!"
"...Oh."
Meanwhile...
Over in Thunder Bay, Ontario, a large man in a bear suit looked over his map. He looked up, and noticed someone walking by. "Excuse me, sir" he asked, walking over to him, "but can you tell me how to get to Yoshimo Studios?"
"...Um...sure. Go west about a few thousand kilometers...."
"Thanks!" With that, the bear man walked off.
"Um, that's south west. Sir, that's not..you're heading south west!"
There was a knock on the door. Yoshimo blinked, and opened it. Standing there was a large, burly man, wearing a tight, dark clothing, and a white hockey mask. He carried a dirty machette, stained with what was more than likely blood. "Che, che, che..." he laughed evilly.
"Um...who's this guy?" Yoshimo asked.
"Oh for the love of..." Geitz groaned, taking off his hockey mask. "I'm fricken Jason! Don't you watch any horror movies!?"
"Not really, no."
Geitz rolled his eyes, and tried to enter. "Hey, whoa, hold on" Yoshimo interupted. "What are you inside. For the party."
"Uh...I don't remember inviting you...."
"But...you did. I remember getting an invitation."
"I would've remembered if I invited you...hey Chibi-Zell, did we invite this guy?"
"Can't say we did..." Chibi-Zell shrugged.
"But...I have the invitation right here..." Geitz protested, pulling out his invite.
"Sorry. Guess you weren't invited." Yoshimo shut the door in Geitz's face.
"...Oh, bother..."
Chibi-Zell scratched his chin. "While we're on the subject of blood-thirsty maniacs...where's Karel?"
Yoshimo rubbed the back of his neck. "Well, I was going to invite him, but..."
A few days previous...
"Hey, Karel, would you like to come to..." Yoshimo started, walking over to the swordmaster.
His head was tilted to the side, as his sword dangled in his hand. "Ee-he-he-he-he-heeee!" He laughed insanely.
"...Right, I'm just going to go talk to Karla. Excuse me..."
"Of course, it went better than when I was talking with Hawkeye..."
A day before a few days previous...
"Hey, Hawkeye, what do you say to coming over to my Halloween party?" Yoshimo asked.
"No" Hawkeye said simply.
"Ah, come on. It'll be fun! Everyone's gonna be there, there'll be good food..."
"I said no."
"All we'd need is a costume that's right for you. Maybe a..."
Hawkeye gave a feral roar.
"Okay, I won't force you. I'll just, uh...be on my way..."
"Well, he might've been doing himself a favor" Chibi-Zell shook his head. "He didn't get subjected to Sain in pajamas..."
"For the last damn time, I'm Hugh. Freaking. Hefner!"
"And I'm a..."
"We know you're a bunny girl, Minoa" Yoshimo sighed.
Out of nowhere, Minoa whacked him over the head with a paper fan. "Don't spoil my fun. Now where was I? Oh yeah! I'm a Bunny Girl!" she clung onto Sain again.
There was another knock on the door. Yoshimo blinked, and opened it wide. Standing there was a man wearing flowing, black robes, and carrying a long quarter-staff. He reached up, and pulled down the hood, revealing a face that was in it's mid-30's, with teal blue hair. "Good evening."
"What are you doing here?" Yoshimo asked.
"I heard that there was a party, so I though I might like to join in. I even dressed up as a druid."
"Well, you weren't introduced in the storyline, so, I'm afraid you can't come in."
"But...what about Canas? Or Athos? They weren't introduced, and..."
Yoshimo shut the door.
"You'll be getting some nasty letters about this..." the man warned, shaking his fist.
Dorcas tapped Athos on the shoulder. "Excuse me, archsage. I was wondering if you could move, so that I may get to the punch bowl..."
Athos turned to face Dorcas, fire in his eyes. He raised his staff. "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" he bellowed.
"...Alright, fine. Have the punch to yourself. I don't care."
Meanwhile, Louise had a similar problem to Dorcas's. She pouted. "I'm thirsty..." she muttered. She then looked up, and smirked.
"...OW! What the...!?" Guy yelped, as Louise bit his neck. "What was that all about?"
"Gotta stay in character, ya know?" Louise teased.
There was a soft knocking on the door. Chibi-Zell answered. Wil, dressed in a squirrell costume, poked his head in. "H..hi..." he muttered. "Is Rath here?"
Chibi-Zell smirked. "Oh, indeed he is. And it looks like he's ACHEING for a kiss."
"AAAAAHHHH!" Wil screamed, running the hell away.
Yoshimo looked over at Chibi-Zell, unamused. "You just scared away Rebecca's date" he pointed out.
Chibi-Zell beamed. "I know. But it was too good a line to resist."
Canas looked around, before grinning. "Ah! Nino! There's something I wish to speak to you abou--whooooa!" Canas fell over, crashing down to the floor. somebody help me up? Anyone? ...Hello?"
Jaffar also tried to walk across the room, in order to speak with Legault. He found himself collapsing under the weight of the armour. "God DAMN IT! How can you bloody well MOVE in this thing?!"
"Well, for one" Hector pointed out, walking over to the fallen man, "you need it to actually fit you." He took Jaffar's head, and pulled. Jaffar was yanked right out of his armour, easily. There was a ripping noise. Hector blinked, and looked at his armour. "Oh, son of a...! I knew I should've gotten clothes like this made my size, and not just stealing some from Canas..."
"Yoo-hooo..." a voice cooed from the stairs. Hector looked up, as did Jaffar.
Standing on top of the stairs was a young woman with short, deep blue hair, with equally blue eyes to match. She wore a thin, white headband, and was dressed in a beautiful, golden ball gown. She stepped carefully down, before leaping into Hector's arms. "Do you like it?"
"Do I like it?" Hector asked. "Farina, that dress wouldn't look half as good on any other girl!"
Farina smirked. "I thought you'd like it."
Jaffar shook his head. "How did she afford to get such a dress?" he asked.
"This is Farina" Hector explained.
"...Ooooh. I see now."
Meanwhile, over by the buffet table, Winnie, still dressed as Neo from the Matrix, munched happily on some pizza. "Ah, man..." he said happily. "This is The One food I'm going to be eating for a while!"
"Winnie, if you don't stop with these The One jokes, then I'll be The One to beat the snot out of you!"
"Okay, then I'll be The One to stop with The One jokes."
"Okay, that's it. Cecil, get me my Home-Run Bat."
"...Um, you don't have one."
"Alright, how about a hammer?"
"None."
"...Mister Freezie?"
"Nope."
"Fire Flower?"
"I have a Lip's Stick."
"Oh, great. Lipstick. I can beat him up with cosmetics..."
"I will be The One, to avoid these bad jokes."
Marcus flipped a page in his book. He was sitting in his chair, listening to classical music. He was reading a good book, and wearing a nice, comfortable bedrobe. He sighed contently.
The doorbell rang. A collection of young "trick-or-treat"s went off at the same time. Marcus reached over for a remote on the side table, and pushed the button on it. A rush of water was heard, accompanied by children screaming and running away. Marcus gave another content sigh.
The doorbell rang again. Marcus took the remote, and pushed the button again. The hose turned on, and sprayed the kids at the door. Another ring. Another press. Another "fwoosh". This continued a few more times, before stopping.
Meanwhile, Eliwood heaved, as he trudged after Ninian and Nils, a large sack on his back. "How much candy...can one kid eat...in one year?" he asked.
"Come on, let's keep moving!" Nils instructed. "It's only 10! We've still go two hours left!"
"You're lucky I like your sister..." Eliwood grumbled, as he followed Nils.
Nils beamed, stopping in front of one house. "Here's our next stop!" he declared, before going over to the door.
"Um, Nils, I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Eliwood warned.
Nils rang the doorbell, before letting out a cute little "Trick-or-Treat!" There was a pause, before a panel above Nils's head opened up, and a hose dropped down. The hose turned on, and water rained on Nils. The kid just stared at the door, blinking.
"That's Marcus's house..." Eliwood groaned.
Ninian looked over at Eliwood. "Is Marcus always this nasty?"
"Only when he has a headache" Eliwood explained. He dropped the sack. "I'm going to have a talk with him...." He approached the door, and knocked. "Marcus, we need to have a talk."
--Fwoosh--
Eliwood knocked again, his trench coat clinging wetly to him. "Now I'm serious. We need to talk."
Wallace looked around. Neon signs were flashing everywhere. People, rich, poor and middle class alike, roamed the streets. The Ceaser Palace stood in front of him. The general in the bear suit gave a whistle of awe. "Fancy party..." he breathed out. He entered the palace.
Ninian and Nils, accompanied by Eliwood, arrived at their house. Eliwood smiled. "Well, here's your stop" he said, before carrying the sack to the front steps.
"Wheee!" Nils cheered, before dancing around the large sack. "Candy, candy, candy, candy. Candy, candy, candy, candy..."
Ninian smiled. "Thanks for coming with us, Eli. Nils had a great time."
Eliwood smiled. "It wasn't a problem, Ninian. I was glad to do it."
Ninian smiled, before giving Eliwood a light peck on the cheek. "I'll see you at work tomorrow" she said, before leaving.
Eliwood blushed, before grinning stuipidly, and drunkenly walking away.
Matthew, who had gone trick-or-treating to avoid Kozo, bumped into Eliwood on his way home. He smiled. "Heya, Eliwood. I assume you had a good time tonight?"
"Yeah.." Eliwood said airily. "The two had a great time as well..."
"Say, did you guys go to that one house that was giving out change? I changed my costume 10 times, I made five dollars."
Eliwood whistled in awe. "Nice."
"Excellent party" Cecil nodded, before leaving.
"See you at work tomorrow" Pent said, before carrying an asleep Louise outside.
Acentine nuzzled Kozo's neck. "We certainly had a good time" he gushed.
Kozo grinned up at Yoshimo. "Ya. Thanks for letting us use your closet. Maybe you're not such a dopey toad-boy after all." With that, the two left.
"Well, at least it wasn't my bed sheets" Yoshimo sighed.
Chibi-Zell looked around. "Say, has anyone seen Lyn? Or Florina for that matter?"
"Mmm, not since about half-way into the party" Sain pointed out, as he made his exit, Minoa still hugging onto his waist.
Almost immediately after, Lyn and Florina came downstairs, carrying their donkey costume. "G...great party, Yoshimo..." Florina said, sounding as though her mind were elsewhere.
"And...in advance...sorry about the bedsheets" Lyn said, red with embarrassment. With that, the two left.
"What is she talking abou...Oh, son of a--!" Yoshimo screamed.
"Well, see you tomorrow, then" Chibi-Zell shrugged, leaving. Winnie Gnome followed, accompanied by his animal companions.
Yoshimo sighed, before something dawned on him. "Wait a minute..." He grinned. "It's been a whole day, and Winnie hasn't pranked me once! It's a bloody miracle!"
Yoshimo stepped outside, just in time to see Winnie running off, whooping. He looked around. There was toilet paper everywhere. "Okay, maybe this one prank..." He muttered.
He took a step forward, result in a "squealch"ing noise. The director looked down. He had stepped in a rotten pumpkin Winnie had no doubt strategically placed. "Okay, two."
Another step. A catapult launched, bombarding Yoshimo with two dozen eggs. "...That's it, I'm going inside..." He turned around, and opened the door to his house.
"...So, that's why he had a tractor parked outside..." Yoshimo observed.
The house was completely empty, except for one suit of armour on the floor. "Oh! Thank God! Please, could you help me up?" Canas begged.
Yoshimo groaned. "It is too late for me to be putting up with this crap. I'm just going to check into a hotel room, and beat my stuff out of Winnie in the morning..." With that, Yoshimo shut the door, and locked it.
"...I say, you do suck..." Canas huffed.
Coffee Break 2: Never Too Old to Trick-or-Treat
You are invited to Yoshimo's Halloween Bash. From 8:00 to 11:00 at night. Don't forget to wear a costume. And please, no bringing Winnie Gnome.
See you there,
Yoshimo.
Florina blinked, reading over the letter. "Should be fun" she said with a smile. She looked over at Lyn, who was sleeping on the couch. She smiled, and shook her gently. "Lyn. Lyn? Wake up, Lyn."
The nomad actress groaned into her pillow. "I only had soup, I don't see why we have to split the check evenly..." she mumbled.
Florina giggled, before an idea occured to her. She took a few steps away, into the kitchen. She then, with a burst of speed, rushed towards the couch, and lunged at Lyn. The green haired girl suddenly woke up, spun around, and caught Florina.
"Aww, how do you do that?" Florina asked, laughing a bit.
Lyn smirked. "Highly toned sense I developed since I was a kid."
"Ooh."
"That, and I've been living with you for about a year now, so I pick up on these kind of things."
Florina nodded, before handing Lyn the letter.
Marcus shook his head. "These parties lead to loud noises. And loud noises lead to headaches. Not to mention the uncouthness of all participants."
Eliwood beamed, looking over the letter. "Sounds like fun!" he nodded. "I'm so going!"
Marcus sighed. "Go if you wish, kid. I'll be staying at home Halloween."
"I'm off to call Ninian! I'm sure she'd love to go as well! Maybe we could go to the party as a theme!" With that, the red headed star rushed off.
The purple haired actor shook his head. "Been seeing each other for almost a year, and he still acts like a fifteen year old around her..."
Yoshimo flipped back his robes. He was dressed in a blue robes, covering him from his neck to his feet, with long, hanging sleeves. He was wearing a yellow, straw pointed hat, and black face paint. Hidden in each sleeve was a small dagger. "This should work" he nodded, before hearing a knock on the door.
The dirctor blinked, before walking over to the door, and opening it wide. Standing there was a man with a long, white beard, a gray tunic that reached down to his feet, and a gray cloak. He wore a gray wizard's hat, and carried a plain staff. "Good evening" he nodded, letting himself in.
"Athos?" Yoshimo asked. "What are you doing here so early?"
"I figured a need to" the archsage explained, looking around. "Interesting abode. Fitting for a starting director, I suppose."
Yoshimo pouted, closing the door. "Who are you, my home decorator?" he asked sharply. He was about to head into the kitchen, when there was another knock on the door. Yoshimo blinked, open the door, and standing there was Canas, wearing a suit of bulky, blue armor, much like Hector's.
"Hello, good sir--" The shaman started.
"Wait" Yoshimo interupted, before shoving Canas to one side. He looked around. "Good. No line up. Come on in."
Canas smiled, and entered. "So, how many other people are here?" he asked.
"Only Athos, myself, and you."
"What about the others? I'm sure there'd be more..."
"Canas, you and Athos are an hour EARLY!"
"What?" Canas took out his invitation, and looked at the time. He then looked at his watch. "No, according to my watch, we're right on time."
"Did you remember to set your clock for daylight savings?"
"Daylight...oh. ...So...do you have anything to eat?"
Yoshimo sighed.
Yoshimo was out cold in the living room, snoring audibly. Pent and Louise had arrived on time, dressed in the classical Vampire and Vampiress costumes. They had joined Athos and Canas in their heated discussion of philosophy, physics, and pottery.
There was a hard knocking at the door. Pent blinked, and looked over at the director. "Yoshimo, more guests have arrived."
Yoshimo kept on snoring.
"Yoshimo, it is your duty as the host to...you know what? I'll get it myself."
Pent got out of his seat, and went for the door. Standing there was little Nino dressed in a noble and frumpy pink dress, with a coned hat. Jaffar was standing next to her, wearing a suit of armor. He wobbled a bit. "Can't believe she's making me do this..." he grumbled.
Pent beamed, and knealt down in front of Nino. "And what are you supposed to be?" he asked.
Nino beamed, and clapped her hands together. "I am the beautiful damsel in distress, and Jaffar's my knight in shining armour!"
Jaffar leaned towards Pent. "She's got it mixed up" he muttered. "I'm in distress here!"
Louise looked out of the room, eyebrow raised. "What's this about wearing a dress?"
"Distress! I said I'm in distress!"
The shout was enough to wake Yoshimo up. He grogingly looked at Jaffar, yawning. "That's the funniest looking dress I've ever seen."
"DISTRESS!"
Earlier...
Dorcas shook his head. "Natalie, I do not wish to go" he said bluntly. "I'm not good at parties."
Natalie beamed. "Oh, come now, Dorcas! It'll be fun! All we need to do is get you a costume..." she dug in her costume chest, before giving a squeal. "Oh! This is perfect!" She pulled out two school uniforms, particularrly for females. She beamed at her husband.
Dorcas's eyes widened, before he shook his head. "Oh no. No! You're not getting me to dress up in that! There is NO way I'm dressing up in that!"
"I can't believe I'm dressed up like this..." Dorcas groaned, as he was off hiding in a corner, while Natalie was talking with Fiora, who was dressed up as Minnie Mouse. Yoshimo was having a pleasent conversation with Kozo, who was wearing a light purple cloak, with a formal uniform underneath.
"Remember, toad boy, I haven't learned anything new yet. You don't come up with something soon, I'll be getting the procedings from this production."
Well, as pleasent as it could get with Kozo...
Yoshimo was about to speak, before there was a knock on the door. "Thank god" he muttered.
He opened the door, and in stepped Sain, dressed in a red, velvety bath robe. He was carrying a pipe, and blew into it, sending out bubbles. Yoshimo smirked. "I should only have guessed..."
Sain cupped his hand under his chin (his being his own, not Yoshimo's). "Now all I need is a bunny girl" he said.
Minoa, who was dressed up in a sorceress's outfit, with a long black cape, red dress shirt and five red talismins around her neck, was within ear shot. She froze for a few seconds, before bolting away, causing her costume to fall to the ground with a frump.
Matthew and Erk were walking towards Yoshimo's apartment. Matthew was dressed up as everyone's favorite(?) tactician, Kozo, while Erk had gray face paint, a tan coloured outfit, and a long, equally tan coloured cloak.
A blur of speed rushed past the two. Erk blinked, before looking over at Matthew. "Did you just see a flesh coloured blur, just now?" he asked.
"Can't say I did" Matthew shook his head.
The blur came back, this time going ahead of them. "Well, what about that black one?" Erk inquired.
"Now, that one I did."
Kozo looked over Sain. "So, what's with the bathrobe?" he asked.
Sain rolled his eyes, groaning. "Kozo, can't you tell? I'm Hugh Hefner!"
Minoa rushed in, dressed in a lacy black one-piece, with long, black nylons, and black high-heels. She also had a pair of white rabbit ears. She immediately latched on to Sain's leg. "And I'm a Bunny girl!" she chripped.
Kozo beamed. "Can I be a Bunny Boy?"
"Let me think about it--no" Sain responded quickly.
"Oh...."
Sain coughed, before beaming. "And now, ladies and gentlemen, it gives me great honour and great pleasure to introduce..."
Louise looked up. Natalie and Fiora looked over at Sain. Nino blinked, before tugging at Jaffar's arm to look as well.
"The only man to charm more ladies than I, the Ma--"
"Is it Zelos?" Canas guessed.
"No, but you're close. Please welcome, as I give you, The Masked Swordsman!"
Stepping in, somewhat slowly and hesitently, was a man with sparkling red armour, a large, pimp style hat, and a falcon like mask. Fiora and Natalie giggled. Louise covered her mouth. Nino fell to her knees, laughing hard. Even Jaffar cracked a smirk.
The masked pimp walked over to Sain. "Sain" he muttered, "be thankful no one knows it's me. Otherwise, I would kill you where you stand."
"Come now, Kent" Sain whispered. "No one knows it's you, so you can release your inner flirt. Fiora's here, you know, and unless she was serious about being booked till 3017, she'd love to go on a date with the Masked Swordsman."
Kent was, again, thankful for the mask. "Alright, that's it. Sain, when we get home, I am going to take my sword and shove it down your..."
Kozo walked by. "Kinky."
Kent was REALLY thankful for the mask. "I mean THIS sword, you idiot!" he protested, drawing his decorative blade.
A while later, the crowd really started to gather. Matthew was talking with Hector and Bartre, who were dressed up as Canas and a dalmation, respectively.
"Now, how is a dog supposed to be scary?" Matthew asked.
"They can bite" Bartre pointed out.
"And nine times out of ten, they go right for the crotch. I should know" Hector nodded sagely.
"Come right in, Guy" Yoshimo offered, as the myrmidon entered. "Glad you could make it."
The green haired nomad, keeping the hood of his costume up, walked over to the small group. "Hey guys--what the hell!?"
Matthew looked behind him. Standing there, with his blood red robes, the fangs on either shoulder, and the hood up, was unmistakably Kozo.
Guy's lower lip twitched. Looking right at him, with his crimson robes, jet black fang pattern on either shoulder, and the amethyst hair, was Kozo.
Matthew stared at Guy. Guy stared at Matthew. Both eyes shrunk, before twin screams escaped their mouths. They hid on opposite ends of the house.
Hector blinked. "What was that all about?" Hector asked.
Kozo shook his head, walking over to the well dressed noble. "Think about it. They were both dressed up as me."
Hector nodded, then snorted, before falling over, laughing to tears. Kozo sighed.
A bit later, Matthew and Guy returned, making sure that neither were the real Kozo. Now, the REAL Kozo, dressed up as every one's favorite mageling (provided they played Chrono Trigger) Janus, cooed. "Aww, I'm touched!"
"W...what!?" Matthew gulped.
"I have a fan club!" he clapped.
"N...no! It's nothing like that!" Guy said, turning red with embarrassment.
"You were the scariest thing I could think of, so I went as you" Matthew explained. "It was probably same story with Guy."
"You know, imitation is the most sincere form of flatery" Kozo pointed out. He pondered, before beaming. "That must mean you're hitting on me!"
"....Get it off, get it off!" Matthew yelped, tearing the costume off. He stood in his usual clothing, panting.
Kozo pouted, snapping his fingers.
"What? You expected I didn't wear anything under this?"
"I was hoping you weren't."
There was a knock on the door. "I'll get it" Yoshimo nodded, before walking over to the door. He opened it. Standing there was a somewhat comical looking donkey, with Lyn's face in the middle of the neck. The face beamed. "Hey!" Lyn greeted.
"Nice costume" Yoshimo nodded. "Say...where's Florina?"
"She's...Ooo!" Lyn yelped, twitching a bit.
"...I take it she's the rear end...
"I prefer to be called the back!" Florina said through the costume.
"Whatever. Come on in."
Lyn and Florina came in, although the front half was moving quite awkwardly.
Sain beamed, as he watched them enter. "Nice ass."
Lyn turned to face him, glaring daggers. "I'll take that as a compliment directed towards the costume, pajama boy."
"I'm Hugh Hefner!"
"And I'm a Bunny Girl!" Minoa gushed, hugging Sain around the waist.
Yoshimo was about to close the door, when the door bell rang. He blinked, and opened it wide again. Standing there was...
"Hi!" chirpped Winnie. He was dressed in a long, black trench coat, with black sunglasses.
"What the....!? Ah, holy crap! I thought I smelt Cedar! How'd you find out about this?"
"I followed your tracks everytime you left an invitation" Winnie explained.
"Wasn't I walking on cement?"
"That, and I got an anonymous tip from Kozo."
"I told him you bought a party mix" Kozo pointed out.
Yoshimo sighed. "Very well. Come on in, I guess."
"Great! Oh, do you mind if I brought some of my friends?"
"My evening's ruined already. I don't suppose some more, uninvited guests would hurt."
"Yes! Come on out, fellas!"
A stampede of Mister Smiths with horns barged in. Yoshimo stared, mouth agape. He stared at Winnie. "Winnie, your friends are a herd of elk."
"I know."
"Dressed as Mister Smith clones."
"I know."
"And they're eating from the buffet table."
"I kno--there's a buffet table!?"
"Yeah. It's right over there. Right by the elk. You can't miss it."
"I will be The One, to have some party mix!" Winnie rushed over to the table.
"Could my evening get any WORSE!?" Yoshimo groaned.
At that moment, there was another knock on the door. Standing there was Lucius, with a white, full body outfit, and cardboard, angelic wings. Standing next to him was Raven. His hair was in a bandana, and wearing a light blue tunic.
"Yep. Should've known not to tempt fate" Yoshimo muttered.
"What was that?" Lucius asked.
"Nothing. Come on in."
Raven entered the living room already. Lucius smiled, and posed. "What do you think? Pretty good costume, right?"
"Aside from the wings actually having a build, looks much like Yggdrasil" Yoshimo pointed out.
"I know! I chose this costume because not only could I look the part, but he can't be assumed of being a homosexual!"
"What about G--"
"Ah! That's kid Mithos! Adult Mithos can't be put with ANYBODY, let alone any males!"
"That's not true" Minoa pointed out. "What about Kratos? Or Yuan? Or you could have both at once!"
"Wh....son of a---!"
Meanwhile, in the living room, Raven was suddenly glomped by Kozo.
"Acentine-kun! You're here! Hehehe..." Kozo giggled, planting a kiss on Raven's cheek.
"Wh-what the!? G-Get off of me! I'm not your bloody boyfriend!" Raven pouted, trying to push Kozo off.
Kozo pouted. "You're not? How dare you fool me, I'll tear you limb from..."
"Sorry I was late, guys. I had to make sure to look my best..."
Kozo blinked and turned to the door. Standing there, with red hair, an open yellow vest, white pants, and a large sword was Acentine, grinning.
"Oh, don't worry," Yoshimo said. "Some people aren't even here yet."
"Really? That's good to hear, I hope I hav--gack!"
Kozo tackled Acentine with a powerful flying glomp, sending both of them flying into a nearby closet, the door shutting behind them.
"..." Yoshimo groaned. "Oh, sure. First it's my perfectly good table, and now it's my perfectly good closet. What next? My perfectly good bedshee--no. Must not tempt fate..."
There was another knock on the door. Yoshimo opened it up. Standing there was Cecil, dressed up in a similar costume to Yoshimo. Only his was different in a few ways. For startrs, there was a crecent moon on his hat, and he carried only one dagger, out in the open.
"...Cecil..."
"How was I supposed to know you were going as the Black Mage as well?" Cecil asked.
The director sighed. "Come on in" he said glumly.
Cecil blinked, stepping in. "Something wrong?" he asked.
"Oh, it's just Kozo and Acentine. They've taken to the closet, and are ruining my things even as we speak."
Cecil looked over at the closet. "That explains the noises...." He walked into the mainhall way, passing by Sain. "Nice pajamas."
"Pajama--Look, for the last time! I'm Hugh freaking Hefner!"
"And I'm a Bunny Girl" Minoa chirpped, hugging Sain around the waist.
There was another knock at the door. "Well, knowing my luck, it's gotta be Chibi-Zell..." He opened the door. He smiled. "I was wrong. Hello Serra."
The Serra in question pouted. "I'm Priscilla!"
Yoshimo blinked, looking over at the other guest. "Hi Priscilla?"
"I'm Serra!"
"Okay, what the hell's going on?"
"Simple" Priscilla answered. "I'm going as Serra, and Serra's going as me!"
"Couldn't you tell the difference by out size?"
"...Well, that would explain why Serra's well endowed now..."
Serra beamed. "Thanks!"
"...You just can't insult that girl..."
Priscilla (dressed as Serra) walked over to Erk, who was busy talking with Bartre. "Look, for the last time! I'm not Arragorn, I'm not a ninja, and I'm not Erk on casual Sunday! I'm Zel-friggin-gadis!"
"Who-friggin-who?"
"Zelgadis? You know, from The Slayers?"
"Nope. Can't say I've heard of that?"
"Why am I talking to you, anyway?"
"Hi Erk" Priscilla beamed.
Erk looked over at her. "Hello S--AHHH! Serra!" Erk ran away, and hid behind Serra (who was dressed as Priscilla). "You gotta hide me!"
"Sure! You can count on me, Erky!"
"...Erk...y? AHHH! Real Serra!" Erk rushed off, and locked himself in the bathroom.
"Like we haven't seen that joke before" Guy shook his head.
Heath growled. In his brown, leather armour, and long, gray cloak, he looked a bit like Arragorn. "For the last time, I'm NOT gonna kiss him!"
Legault shook his head. He had died his hair yellow, and wore a more elven outfit, carrying a bow. Asides from the scar, he looked shockingly like Legolas. "I don't mean to impose. If he doesn't want to be kissed, I won't kiss him. (Maybe later, but not right now...)"
"Come on, please?" Minoa begged. "It'll be like two pairings in one!"
"You're not going to leave us alone till we kiss, are you?" Legault asked.
"Nope!"
God, if you exist, now's the time to prove it... Heath thought to himself.
A wyvern crashed through the roof. A young woman climbed out of the rubble, and shook her head. She head short, blonde hair, with hard, brown eyes, and a dark red battle dress. She smirked. "Ah-ha! I found you, Heath!"
"Oh, Hozannah, it's the lesser of two evils!" Heath beamed.
"Come on, you're behind on your training!" Her wyvern had successfully gotten itself out of the rubble, and readied it's wings.
"Of course, lady Vaida!" He turned to face Minoa. "Sorry, but I have to go. Maybe next year."
Minoa grinned evilly. "I'll hold you to that."
With that, Heath and Vaida mounted the wyvern. "Let's go, Umberiel!" she commanded, before they took off. In a matter of seconds, they were out of sight.
Legault huffed silently, kicking the floor. "He got away" he muttered beneath his breath.
"What was that?" Minoa asked.
"Nothing."
There was another knock on the door. Yoshimo opened it. Eliwood beamed. He was wearing a black muscle shirt, with a broad-shouldered, yellow trenchcoat over it. He had a holster on his belt, a gun in check. Standing next to him was Ninian, dressed in an...odd, wide shouldered dress, with purple leggings. And Nils was in front of the both of them, with a leather jacket, with a red shirt underneath, and a pair of blue jeans.
Cecil gushed. "Aww, they came as a couple!"
"Yeah!" Yoshimo continued. "They came as Gene and Melfina!"
"Yeah!" Minoa said at the same time. "They came as Gene and Jim!"
Ninian and Eliwood looked between each other, both giving a little "ehe". Nils blinked. "I don't get it..."
"Well, we could only show up briefly" Eliwood explained. "Nils insists that we leave and go trick-or-treating."
"Candycandycandycandy...." Nils started bouncing on the balls of his feet.
"Well, I'll let the others know you stopped by" Yoshimo assured.
Ninian nodded, and took Eliwood's arm. "Let's go, Eli."
"Right behind you, Nini!" Eliwood gushed, before they left.
"H..hey! Wait for me! Come back here with my candy!" Nils begged, running after them.
Yoshimo shook his head. "Less then a year, and already we start with the pet names..." He was about to close the door, when a briefcase lodged itself in the doorway. Yoshimo blinked, before opening the door.
Standing there was Chibi-Zell, with a gray business suit, black sunglasses, and a briefcase. "Hello."
"Chibi-Zell! What took you so long?"
"You can file me under fasihonably late. I had to find the one costume that could scare you stiff."
"And how's a business suit and a brief case supposed to do that?"
Chibi-Zell pulled out a card from his pocket, and held it up. "I'm from the IRS."
"AAAAAAHHHH!" Yoshimo wailed, before fainting.
"Oh, I hope he's faking that heart attack..." Chibi-Zell muttered. He kicked Yoshimo in the side. "Hey." He kicked again. "Earth to Yoshimo. It's your party." Kick. Kick. "...Damnit, is there a doctor in the house?"
"No" Lucius pointed out, "but I have the name of a great one. He can fix him up no..."
"Then I guess Yoshimo is gone. A shame."
"No, really. I can just call him up right now, and..."
"Ashes to ashes, dust to dust..."
"Do I get his Gamecube?" Winnie asked.
"Over my dead body..." Yoshimo wheezed.
"Ah, he's not dead!?" Chibi-Zell huffed. "..I mean, ah. He's not dead. Good."
Yoshimo got himself up, and brushed himself off. "Saw, Chibi-Zell, you didn't happen to see Wallace on your way here, did you?"
"No" Chibi-Zell shook his head. "And I doubt he'll be able to make it. I'm sure he'll get lost on the way."
"But...his apartment's only a few blocks away..."
"It's WALLACE we're talking about!"
"...Oh."
Meanwhile...
Over in Thunder Bay, Ontario, a large man in a bear suit looked over his map. He looked up, and noticed someone walking by. "Excuse me, sir" he asked, walking over to him, "but can you tell me how to get to Yoshimo Studios?"
"...Um...sure. Go west about a few thousand kilometers...."
"Thanks!" With that, the bear man walked off.
"Um, that's south west. Sir, that's not..you're heading south west!"
There was a knock on the door. Yoshimo blinked, and opened it. Standing there was a large, burly man, wearing a tight, dark clothing, and a white hockey mask. He carried a dirty machette, stained with what was more than likely blood. "Che, che, che..." he laughed evilly.
"Um...who's this guy?" Yoshimo asked.
"Oh for the love of..." Geitz groaned, taking off his hockey mask. "I'm fricken Jason! Don't you watch any horror movies!?"
"Not really, no."
Geitz rolled his eyes, and tried to enter. "Hey, whoa, hold on" Yoshimo interupted. "What are you inside. For the party."
"Uh...I don't remember inviting you...."
"But...you did. I remember getting an invitation."
"I would've remembered if I invited you...hey Chibi-Zell, did we invite this guy?"
"Can't say we did..." Chibi-Zell shrugged.
"But...I have the invitation right here..." Geitz protested, pulling out his invite.
"Sorry. Guess you weren't invited." Yoshimo shut the door in Geitz's face.
"...Oh, bother..."
Chibi-Zell scratched his chin. "While we're on the subject of blood-thirsty maniacs...where's Karel?"
Yoshimo rubbed the back of his neck. "Well, I was going to invite him, but..."
A few days previous...
"Hey, Karel, would you like to come to..." Yoshimo started, walking over to the swordmaster.
His head was tilted to the side, as his sword dangled in his hand. "Ee-he-he-he-he-heeee!" He laughed insanely.
"...Right, I'm just going to go talk to Karla. Excuse me..."
"Of course, it went better than when I was talking with Hawkeye..."
A day before a few days previous...
"Hey, Hawkeye, what do you say to coming over to my Halloween party?" Yoshimo asked.
"No" Hawkeye said simply.
"Ah, come on. It'll be fun! Everyone's gonna be there, there'll be good food..."
"I said no."
"All we'd need is a costume that's right for you. Maybe a..."
Hawkeye gave a feral roar.
"Okay, I won't force you. I'll just, uh...be on my way..."
"Well, he might've been doing himself a favor" Chibi-Zell shook his head. "He didn't get subjected to Sain in pajamas..."
"For the last damn time, I'm Hugh. Freaking. Hefner!"
"And I'm a..."
"We know you're a bunny girl, Minoa" Yoshimo sighed.
Out of nowhere, Minoa whacked him over the head with a paper fan. "Don't spoil my fun. Now where was I? Oh yeah! I'm a Bunny Girl!" she clung onto Sain again.
There was another knock on the door. Yoshimo blinked, and opened it wide. Standing there was a man wearing flowing, black robes, and carrying a long quarter-staff. He reached up, and pulled down the hood, revealing a face that was in it's mid-30's, with teal blue hair. "Good evening."
"What are you doing here?" Yoshimo asked.
"I heard that there was a party, so I though I might like to join in. I even dressed up as a druid."
"Well, you weren't introduced in the storyline, so, I'm afraid you can't come in."
"But...what about Canas? Or Athos? They weren't introduced, and..."
Yoshimo shut the door.
"You'll be getting some nasty letters about this..." the man warned, shaking his fist.
Dorcas tapped Athos on the shoulder. "Excuse me, archsage. I was wondering if you could move, so that I may get to the punch bowl..."
Athos turned to face Dorcas, fire in his eyes. He raised his staff. "YOU SHALL NOT PASS!" he bellowed.
"...Alright, fine. Have the punch to yourself. I don't care."
Meanwhile, Louise had a similar problem to Dorcas's. She pouted. "I'm thirsty..." she muttered. She then looked up, and smirked.
"...OW! What the...!?" Guy yelped, as Louise bit his neck. "What was that all about?"
"Gotta stay in character, ya know?" Louise teased.
There was a soft knocking on the door. Chibi-Zell answered. Wil, dressed in a squirrell costume, poked his head in. "H..hi..." he muttered. "Is Rath here?"
Chibi-Zell smirked. "Oh, indeed he is. And it looks like he's ACHEING for a kiss."
"AAAAAHHHH!" Wil screamed, running the hell away.
Yoshimo looked over at Chibi-Zell, unamused. "You just scared away Rebecca's date" he pointed out.
Chibi-Zell beamed. "I know. But it was too good a line to resist."
Canas looked around, before grinning. "Ah! Nino! There's something I wish to speak to you abou--whooooa!" Canas fell over, crashing down to the floor. somebody help me up? Anyone? ...Hello?"
Jaffar also tried to walk across the room, in order to speak with Legault. He found himself collapsing under the weight of the armour. "God DAMN IT! How can you bloody well MOVE in this thing?!"
"Well, for one" Hector pointed out, walking over to the fallen man, "you need it to actually fit you." He took Jaffar's head, and pulled. Jaffar was yanked right out of his armour, easily. There was a ripping noise. Hector blinked, and looked at his armour. "Oh, son of a...! I knew I should've gotten clothes like this made my size, and not just stealing some from Canas..."
"Yoo-hooo..." a voice cooed from the stairs. Hector looked up, as did Jaffar.
Standing on top of the stairs was a young woman with short, deep blue hair, with equally blue eyes to match. She wore a thin, white headband, and was dressed in a beautiful, golden ball gown. She stepped carefully down, before leaping into Hector's arms. "Do you like it?"
"Do I like it?" Hector asked. "Farina, that dress wouldn't look half as good on any other girl!"
Farina smirked. "I thought you'd like it."
Jaffar shook his head. "How did she afford to get such a dress?" he asked.
"This is Farina" Hector explained.
"...Ooooh. I see now."
Meanwhile, over by the buffet table, Winnie, still dressed as Neo from the Matrix, munched happily on some pizza. "Ah, man..." he said happily. "This is The One food I'm going to be eating for a while!"
"Winnie, if you don't stop with these The One jokes, then I'll be The One to beat the snot out of you!"
"Okay, then I'll be The One to stop with The One jokes."
"Okay, that's it. Cecil, get me my Home-Run Bat."
"...Um, you don't have one."
"Alright, how about a hammer?"
"None."
"...Mister Freezie?"
"Nope."
"Fire Flower?"
"I have a Lip's Stick."
"Oh, great. Lipstick. I can beat him up with cosmetics..."
"I will be The One, to avoid these bad jokes."
Marcus flipped a page in his book. He was sitting in his chair, listening to classical music. He was reading a good book, and wearing a nice, comfortable bedrobe. He sighed contently.
The doorbell rang. A collection of young "trick-or-treat"s went off at the same time. Marcus reached over for a remote on the side table, and pushed the button on it. A rush of water was heard, accompanied by children screaming and running away. Marcus gave another content sigh.
The doorbell rang again. Marcus took the remote, and pushed the button again. The hose turned on, and sprayed the kids at the door. Another ring. Another press. Another "fwoosh". This continued a few more times, before stopping.
Meanwhile, Eliwood heaved, as he trudged after Ninian and Nils, a large sack on his back. "How much candy...can one kid eat...in one year?" he asked.
"Come on, let's keep moving!" Nils instructed. "It's only 10! We've still go two hours left!"
"You're lucky I like your sister..." Eliwood grumbled, as he followed Nils.
Nils beamed, stopping in front of one house. "Here's our next stop!" he declared, before going over to the door.
"Um, Nils, I wouldn't do that if I were you!" Eliwood warned.
Nils rang the doorbell, before letting out a cute little "Trick-or-Treat!" There was a pause, before a panel above Nils's head opened up, and a hose dropped down. The hose turned on, and water rained on Nils. The kid just stared at the door, blinking.
"That's Marcus's house..." Eliwood groaned.
Ninian looked over at Eliwood. "Is Marcus always this nasty?"
"Only when he has a headache" Eliwood explained. He dropped the sack. "I'm going to have a talk with him...." He approached the door, and knocked. "Marcus, we need to have a talk."
--Fwoosh--
Eliwood knocked again, his trench coat clinging wetly to him. "Now I'm serious. We need to talk."
Wallace looked around. Neon signs were flashing everywhere. People, rich, poor and middle class alike, roamed the streets. The Ceaser Palace stood in front of him. The general in the bear suit gave a whistle of awe. "Fancy party..." he breathed out. He entered the palace.
Ninian and Nils, accompanied by Eliwood, arrived at their house. Eliwood smiled. "Well, here's your stop" he said, before carrying the sack to the front steps.
"Wheee!" Nils cheered, before dancing around the large sack. "Candy, candy, candy, candy. Candy, candy, candy, candy..."
Ninian smiled. "Thanks for coming with us, Eli. Nils had a great time."
Eliwood smiled. "It wasn't a problem, Ninian. I was glad to do it."
Ninian smiled, before giving Eliwood a light peck on the cheek. "I'll see you at work tomorrow" she said, before leaving.
Eliwood blushed, before grinning stuipidly, and drunkenly walking away.
Matthew, who had gone trick-or-treating to avoid Kozo, bumped into Eliwood on his way home. He smiled. "Heya, Eliwood. I assume you had a good time tonight?"
"Yeah.." Eliwood said airily. "The two had a great time as well..."
"Say, did you guys go to that one house that was giving out change? I changed my costume 10 times, I made five dollars."
Eliwood whistled in awe. "Nice."
"Excellent party" Cecil nodded, before leaving.
"See you at work tomorrow" Pent said, before carrying an asleep Louise outside.
Acentine nuzzled Kozo's neck. "We certainly had a good time" he gushed.
Kozo grinned up at Yoshimo. "Ya. Thanks for letting us use your closet. Maybe you're not such a dopey toad-boy after all." With that, the two left.
"Well, at least it wasn't my bed sheets" Yoshimo sighed.
Chibi-Zell looked around. "Say, has anyone seen Lyn? Or Florina for that matter?"
"Mmm, not since about half-way into the party" Sain pointed out, as he made his exit, Minoa still hugging onto his waist.
Almost immediately after, Lyn and Florina came downstairs, carrying their donkey costume. "G...great party, Yoshimo..." Florina said, sounding as though her mind were elsewhere.
"And...in advance...sorry about the bedsheets" Lyn said, red with embarrassment. With that, the two left.
"What is she talking abou...Oh, son of a--!" Yoshimo screamed.
"Well, see you tomorrow, then" Chibi-Zell shrugged, leaving. Winnie Gnome followed, accompanied by his animal companions.
Yoshimo sighed, before something dawned on him. "Wait a minute..." He grinned. "It's been a whole day, and Winnie hasn't pranked me once! It's a bloody miracle!"
Yoshimo stepped outside, just in time to see Winnie running off, whooping. He looked around. There was toilet paper everywhere. "Okay, maybe this one prank..." He muttered.
He took a step forward, result in a "squealch"ing noise. The director looked down. He had stepped in a rotten pumpkin Winnie had no doubt strategically placed. "Okay, two."
Another step. A catapult launched, bombarding Yoshimo with two dozen eggs. "...That's it, I'm going inside..." He turned around, and opened the door to his house.
"...So, that's why he had a tractor parked outside..." Yoshimo observed.
The house was completely empty, except for one suit of armour on the floor. "Oh! Thank God! Please, could you help me up?" Canas begged.
Yoshimo groaned. "It is too late for me to be putting up with this crap. I'm just going to check into a hotel room, and beat my stuff out of Winnie in the morning..." With that, Yoshimo shut the door, and locked it.
"...I say, you do suck..." Canas huffed.