Once a NEET always a NEET: Halloween Special
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In Japan it is known that the Japanese people celebrate Halloween on a small level, mainly on the dressing up part, not so much the trick-or-treating, haunted house visiting, or adult party levels like done in America.
And it still applies even now for our heroes, though this year it's gonna be different given how they have a very persistent friend, who can get people pumped, even if it's a handful.
"Come on Kazuma, it'll be fun to go to a haunted house together" said Aqua as she was dressed up as Queen Elsa, and Kazuma was quick to admit she looks actually good with blonde hair.
"No way, this is the time of year where TF2 and Overwatch servers become Halloween themed with limited servers to these seasonal events and I'm gonna spend my time trying to get me every new hot shit flare item they offer during this time period" said Kazuma as he had a bowel of cheese snacks in one hand and a 2 liter bottle of root beer in the other.
"But I got you this costume, and you'd look good in it" said Aqua as the costume in question was Lui Kang from the MK series.
"Hey, I appreciate the gesture, but I got my friends waiting for me to join them, so if you don't mind" said Kazuma as he began to make his way to his room.
"so what, you expect me to go to the haunted house by myself, without having my man to keep me safe when I'm scared, cause that's a jerk move Kazuma" cried Aqua.
"Let it go Aqua, just let it go" said Kazuma with a shit eating grin before he closed the door and locked it up as Aqua began to pout and check up on the friends who were planning to join her.
So far the only people on board were Raphtalia and Filo, Subaru, Rem, and Emilia, Stephanie, Yui, Hinata, Otonashi, and Tachibana, Myucel, Petralka, and Shinichi.
As for everyone else, they're either going to spend their days on either playing on the Valve or Blizzard servers, or simply not doing anything for Halloween, which does extend to Megumin and Darkness as well surprisingly.
As for their reason, Megumin dislikes the whole fantasy set up and not being able to blow up the monsters people came to have idolize, while Darkness was informed of the existence of Horror Porn, which by the way is a real thing, and Darkness has gotten addicted to for the holidays.
After making her way to the meet up, she spotted Subaru and his group first as they too dressed up for the occasion.
"Hey guys, nice costumes" said Aqua, "Thanks, by the way has anyone told you, you look great with blonde hair" said Subaru.
"I think Kazuma may ask me to dye my hair before the end of the year, but I won't" said Aqua as she couldn't figure who Subaru and Emilia were dressed up as, but knew that Rem was obviously Scorpion from the MK series.
"So what are you guys suppose to be" asked Aqua, "I'm Dante from Devil May Cry, and Emilia is Trish from DMC as well" explained Subaru.
"Really you guys couldn't dress up as Scorpion, Sub-Zero, and Noob Saibot as aa group" asked Aqua, "Funny enough we did get a Sub-Zero costume for Ram, but she refused to dress up, much less participate" explained Emilia.
"Seriously, why are people so against this holiday" pouted Aqua, "You seem really passionate about Halloween Aqua, any reasons" asked Subaru.
"As a goddess, I got to oversee everyone on Earth and select those who were worthy enough to become heroes to save another world, and as such I found that people who really celebrate Halloween seems to have a really good time, and for the longest I wanted to experience it, but unfortunately you guys don't have Halloween spirit, except for one guy who is going above and beyond to make sure we have a fun time and I plan to take part in it" explained Aqua.
"You know what I can respect that" said Subaru, "Well let's not keep our friends waiting" said Emilia as the next person they had hit up was Stephanie who was dressed up as a giant puppy dog.
"Hey Stephanie, no judge or anything but are taking this day as your chance to come out as a Furry" asked Subaru, "No, why would you say that" asked Stephanie as she was horrified that her costume was leaving such an impression.
"Well Sora did told us about the time how you were forced to be their dog for a day and that you were really getting into character" said Aqua, "Is that what he said" exclaimed a shocked Stephania as Sora would blatantly share such an embarrassing moment in her life and made up a lie to follow up.
"Is it not true" asked Rem, "Of course it's not true, besides I got the wrong costume in the mail and it's to late to return or replace it, and what I got was this costume" said Stephanie as she can't believe she was forced to defend herself for something that was a complete misunderstanding and accident.
"Hey no worries, like I said we won't judge" said Subaru, "Granted it's a little freaky to be a furry, but I have to respect the courage it take for you to come out and be yourself" said Aqua.
"But I'm not even a furry, or a closet, furry, in fact I don't even want to be a furry" cried Stephanie, "Neither did Joey Wheeler, but you know what, the guy came around and embraced his inner secret furry and you can too" said Aqua to encourage Aqua as their friends agreed, ignoring Stephanie's cries.
"But I don't want to be a furry" whimpered Stephanie before the group continued on to meet up more of their friends, and who better else to meet than Shinichi and his group.
"Sweet, you guys dressed up" said Shinichi, "Course we did, why you thought we weren't going to or something" asked Subaru.
"I'd be lying if I said I had my doubts, but hey glad I'm proven wrong" said Shinichi as was dressed up as a pseudo big bad wolf, with Petralka as little red, and Myucel as the cutest huntress.
"So who or where is grandmother" asked Aqua, "We actually asked Elbia to dress up and join with us originally, but upon realizing tonight was a full moon, she insisted to stay home locked away in her bedroom" said Shinichi.
"Oh well, more fun for us, so who's left" asked Aqua, "I believe the last group of people to be joining us are Otonashi and some of his friends, and Raphtalia and Filo" said Stephanie.
"Well we're wasting day light by just standing here, let's get everyone and enjoy ourselves a real Halloween night" said Subaru as everyone cheered in agreement as they continued on their path to retrieve their friends.
As for who they ran into next, it was Raphtalia and Filo as they were dressed up to slay some zombies and than some.
"Hey Raphtalia they're here" said Filo as she ran on ahead to greet the group, with Raphtalia in tow.
"Sup Filo, aren't you just the cutest little ass kicker in this world" said Subaru as he messed with her sheriffs hat little, to which she didn't mind.
"Thanks guys, but you should've seen us when master was here and when we took a picture together" said Filo, "Oh, Naofumi dressed up" asked Emilia.
"Yes, Master Naofumi did dress up and we took a group photo, which Touya was kind enough to take and give us a copy" said Raphtalia as she was dressed as Michonne, which was actually perfect considering that it was revealed that Naofumi was dressed up as everyone's favorite bad boy biker/archer that your Humble Narrator labels him as his Husbando, Daryl Dixon.
"Wow, he really chose to dress so…gruesome like" said Myucel as Naofumi chose to dress up as the version of Daryl that was battered and bloody and wore a necklace of ears just to complete the set.
"He insisted, and seemed to actually enjoy himself" said Raphtalia as everyone chose to drop the subject matter and get their last group of friends who actually weren't that far.
"Oh my god, you've got to be kidding me" said Shinichi as everyone got a kick out of the group as they were dressed as their favorite Borderlands character.
"Hey guys, about time you got here" said Yui as she was dressed up as Tiny Tina as she carried with her stuffed rabbit with dynamite as they all hope to be a homemade prop.
"Dude, I gotta say I love your guys costume" said Subaru, "Thanks, though I must say I got hard nipples dressed like this" said Hinata as he dressed as Krieg the Psycho.
"Told you to dress up as someone who wore a shirt" said Otonashi as he dressed up as Mordecai with Tachibana being Blood Wing or Talon, who knows.
"Well we're here, now where do we go" asked Aqua, "Funny how you should ask, since Iwasawa and the members of Girls DeMo actually told us where to go since they'll be helping in guaranteeing that we have a fun night" said Hinata.
"Oh, they're gonna perform" asked Raphtalia, "No, like they'll be doing some behind the scenes work and stuff that falls on that line" said Otonashi.
"Well what are we waiting for, let's go" said Aqua as she was ready to enjoy herself a nice Halloween night.
Once they arrived at the location, they saw Girls DeMo waiting by the entrance patiently wearing all black clothing as they waved their friends over.
"Hey guys, glad you can all make it" said Hisako, "Like we'd miss something you girls are associated with" said Hinata, "Speaking of, exactly what should we expect" asked Otonashi.
"Ok so basically you guys are going to be enjoying a 4-D ride, where you guys will be sitting in these chairs that'll be moving you guys around to help with making the experience more immersive" said Iwasawa.
"That sounds like fun" said Subaru, "We hope so, our guy has been working these past few weeks setting this all up for your guys enjoyment" said Iwasawa.
"Speaking of we should hurry up and get you guys inside already, cause we also got to get in position" said Hisako as they began to lead the group of trick or treaters inside the building where it was presented as a large cinema theater.
"Whoa, your friend went all out on this" commented Shinichi as everyone got into any available seats where they began to buckle in and wait for the lights to dim out.
"On this Halloween night, the lives of our friends would forever change as they were expecting a peaceful evening of watching horror films and giving out candy to children" said the narrator who sounded a lot like Bruce Campbell.
"Now you guys might be expecting the sudden arrival of deadites, or one of those campy Halloween specials where the bullied nerd wounds up saves the day and gets the girl right, or hell maybe even have a bunch of adults playing as teens getting viciously killed by a slasher" said the announcer.
"No, on this night, you and your friends will be facing against the terror of the mighty feared wizard Merasmus, and all the horrors he had used against the mercenaries these past few Halloween" said the announcer as the ride began before the film rolled.
The film was viewed through point of view making the group of friends that they were waking up and bring their head out of the mud and saw a shotgun standing a few feet away from them.
Eventually they were pulled up feet and pulled behind a wall as they were face to face with Tanya.
"Hey buddy, I don't know who you are or what's going on, but you better be a good shot and ready to fight to the death" said Tanya as they nodded in agreement.
"Whoa, I had no idea Tanya was gonna be in this movie" said Subaru, "Me either" agreed Emilia before they continued to watch the movie.
"Damn it it's back" exclaimed Tanya as they turned their head to see the Headless Horseless Horsemen as he wield his menacing head taking axe.
Charging into battle, they began to shoot at the first monster of the night, but the monster proven to be resilient as they swung their axe and missed as they continued to shoot, before the Headless Horseless Horsemen grabbed them and tossed them aside as they landed softly on top of Darkness.
"Being used as a human meat shield, than pillow, way better than looking at Horror Porn" said Darkness with a mad blush before passing out.
While this went on Girls DeMo would occasionally toss poppers around to make the gunfire more realistic if not making their experience more entertaining.
Getting back up, they continued to aid in the fight and were soon joined assisting Sora and Shiro, with the ladder acting as a pocket medic and healing Sora who was blasting the Headless Horseless Horsemen with the Scouts scattergun.
"Sora, I'm ready to charge" said Shiro, "Charge me doc" said Sora as Shiro went and Uber charged her brother as he began to lay in a bunch of lead into the monster before they disappeared and in it's place was a ghost that scared them all silly.
Meanwhile Girls DeMo went up and randomly scared a handful of their friends out of nowhere as well, which they could say wasn't necessary as they were trying to enjoy the movie.
Once they had shaken the willy's out of their system, the Headless Horseless Horsemen returned and was chasing after Kazuma, Ram, and Naofumi as a means to behead them.
Taking a stand, they spotted a rocket launcher on the ground and began to rocket jump their way to finish things from there, which meant that everyone who was viewing were suddenly jumping up and down from an awesome in seat hydraulic system.
Now flying above the monster, they fired a critical rocket launcher and ended the nightmare once and for all as it all faded into a bright white light… or so they thought.
Now in a different area, they woke up laying up against the wall and a sniper rifle in their lap as they sat next to Yuri and Touya.
"Where the hell are we now" asked Yuri, "No idea, but something tells me we're not home yet" said Touya as appearing before them now was Monoculous as he began to rain terror from above by firing explosive eyeballs.
"Hey you have any idea what the thing is" asked Yuri as they shook their head no, "Any idea how to stop that thing" asked Touya as they got up and began to shoot at the new monster before a randomly larger explosion went and obliterated the giant eyeball out of existence as their world went white once more as they were brought to face the one responsible for all this terror.
Waking up once more, we found that they was now standing next to Ainz, Kazuma and a tired Megumin.
"You idiot, I told you to hold your fire for us to use that against Merasmus you demolition dumbass" scolded Kazuma to Megumin, "Should have said something sooner" argued Megumin as she was handed over to Ainz.
"Ainz keep her safe, I got a wizard to kill" said Kazuma as they were all forced into the middle of the arena and forced to do the iconic Thriller dance before freezing in place as Merasmus decides their punishment.
"Rain of jarate" shouted Merasmus as everyone was sprayed with piss, except for our movie goers who were sprayed with water food coloring.
"OH MY GOD IT GOT IN MY MOUTH" shouted Shalltear in horror as Albedo laughed at her misery as they began to shake their head and focus on killing the Wizard.
Eventually after many tricks and small pranks and rewards by Girls DeMo everyone saw the movie coming to an end when they had woken up lying in bed and realizing it was all a dream as they were facing at their collective figurines based on the monsters they faced.
"Tonight you have all managed to survive, but next year won't be so different" said the announcer ominously as the film came to end.
"Wow, that was awesome" exclaimed Aqua as she felt she had spent her Halloween right.
"You can say that again, wonder if they'll let us go on it again" asked Subaru, "Maybe later, for now we'd ask you guys all follow us from our final and main event" said Iwasawa with a smile as the group of friends followed the band to the actual main event.
Greeted by a small fanfare and confetti poppers erupting, the group of trick-or-treaters were surprise to see that Jibril, Minori, and Art had set up an actual small party for them to enjoy with various activities to enjoy.
"Happy Halloween" they all shouted as the group was left in awe, "Yes, this was the Halloween I was hoping to celebrate" said Aqua with a gleaming look in her eyes over the activities they had set up.
"Wow, you guys went all out in setting this up for us" asked Stephanie, "You can thank our host Art here, he did not spare a single expense in making tonight come true as he hopes to really start a booming Halloween from here on out" said Minori as she was dressed as Sonya Blade.
"Foot note to that, our host is still unable to speak or communicate in Japanese, so please if you have any questions for him, please ask us so we could help translate anything you want" said Jibril as she was dressed up as the Hybrid Theory Soldier, much to Art's delight.
"Wait what language does he speak again" asked Aqua, "Mainly English" said Minori as Aqua went up and grabbed her host hands and brought them up.
"Thank you so much for making this night happen, as a Goddess I hereby bless you with my gratitude for doing this" said Aqua, "Thanks, I really am glad to hear that, along with someone else who can speak English" said Art with a smile as he was dressed up as Ash Williams from the Evil Dead movie and TV series.
"Wait Aqua, you know how to speak English" asked Subaru, "Well duh, I am a Goddess, we have to be able to learn how to speak a multitude of languages incase we get followers in a different world who starts to worship us" explained Aqua which actually makes total sense.
"Note to self, we should really take the time to see which of us knows how to speak English" said Iwasawa, "And to that extent we should get Art here take some Japanese lessons" said Irie.
"Agreed, but for now, we came here to party and for the free candy" said Minori as everyone cheered to that statement.
Later
Late into the night, after creating her own caramel apple, pumpkin carving, corn maze running, and of course candy collecting night, Aqua had finally returned back home a little tipsy since their host had both regular apple cider and spiked apple cider to drink.
Once home, she kicked the door in ready to brag about what an awesome night she had, but was surprise to see that no body was home.
Shrugging it off, Aqua went and laid her jack-o-lantern outside, put her caramel apple in the fridge, before sitting on the kitchen table picking and eating at her candy for the next few minutes, before Kazuma and company came home looking worse for wear.
"Where have you guys been" asked Aqua with a Kit-kat mouth, "Honestly I don't know, one minute I was home playing some TF2, the next thing I know, I'm here with the others fighting off and killing it's 3 known major monsters, before were sent to fight of an army of rogue Omnics created by the mad doctor Junkenstein and Junkenstein's Monster before we were forced to fight against each other again to bury either Redmond or Blutarch Mann into hell" said Kazuma in exasperation, which honestly sounded not only far fetch but almost as if they ripped off half the things she saw in that 4-D ride she was in.
"Fine, don't tell me, just know that I had a fun night and that you guys should have been there, but I'm generous enough to share my candy with you guys" said Aqua.
"I can go for some late night candy" said Megumin, "Me too" said Darkness as they moved into the table to join Aqua.
"Sigh, you know what I could go for a pick me up" said Kazuma as they all sat down to unwind and get a good late night sugar rush, while ignoring how or what became of Kazuma in the others.
Short answer, it was indirectly Art's fault, how so?
Well during reconstruction of the building they were using for their Halloween party, Art found a bunch of things to use as makeshift props including what he thought was an ordinary book that could be used as a prop for the Necronomican.
Well it turned out that very prop was in fact the actual book of the dead, and shortly before the party guest had arrived, Art was playing a game of TF2 like everyone else, however when it was time for him to log out, he grabbed the book of the dead and said Bominomicon to it, which in turn sent everyone not only those who were on the TF2 servers, but those not attending his party to actually be sent in the game to face against these realistic horrors.
Thankfully they were able to kill the monsters and find the actual scrap pages of the Necronomican before they returned home at long, but now the real question remains, what became of the book of the dead.
Currently it's sitting right next to Art as he was watching the very same movie it had been prominently used as he was enjoying watching Bruce Campbell in action while eating popcorn.
"This is fun, tonight has been nothing but fun" said Art out loud as they were approaching the scene in the movie where Ash had to grabbed the book of the dead, but also had to say the right chant in order to take it with him.
"Come on Ash, it's Klaatu barada nikto" said Art unaware that he unleashed the horrors of the Necronomicon on himself.
Once the movie had ended, Art went to get ready to end his night at long last as he went to brush his teeth, but realized something was amiss.
Mainly how his reflection was standing still and menacingly glared at Art as he brushed his teeth, which really freaked him out as he tried to brush it off.
Once he was done, he went to check if this was a prank as he placed his hands on the mirror only to get them lock in a tight grip against his reflection as he popped out of the mirror.
"Hehe, peek a boo motherfucker" said Art's reflection before he released his hold on him and began to strangle the actual Art, when in reality his even clone that was popping out of his body was the one to be actually strangling Art.
"You know, I wonder what are the chances of you being able to kill your immortal clone" laughed Evil Art as Art screamed in horror for dooming himself for a life he did not want.
Wow, the ending seemed to be a bit ominous, but hey it's not cannon, and I don't think we have anything to worry about for our heroes in the near future.
Which I have not forgotten about since we're getting towards what is essentially the Civil War part in our heroes main adventure, which you know is gonna be an epic feat so stay tuned for that.
Also even though I had no prior announcement before this holiday special, just know I did this for fun and for your guys' entertainment, which you maybe all wondering if we're to have another Christmas special by the end of the year, and I want to say maybe.
Will it involved Kazuma sleeping with many of the ladies like he did last year, I'm gonna go and say yeah, more likely yeah, so yeah who knows depends how motivated I am to commit to that.
Otherwise just want to thank all you guys for your continued support, so until next time, be safe, be good people, and please support your local fandom communities.
This has been your Humble Narrator and official author Tobi Yaza. =3
