AN: So I got inspired by the drawing I did for yesterday's inktober prompt. The characters on the pumpkins that Bendy carves are Angel Henry inkspottie , SINdy trashboatprince , Benny fullmetaldevil-blog , Fate vespavespa , and Inky zelink-nalu on Tumblr.
"Alright kids, I've got the pumpkins. Once we get them unloaded, I'll start teaching you how to carve them," Henry said as he opened the trunk of his car, chuckling slightly at the various cheers and excited whistles he got in response. The toons all crowded around the trunk eagerly holding out their hands as they waited for Henry to place a pumpkin in their arms. Once a toon had their prize, they would hurry indoors, place it on the kitchen table, and run back outside to get another one.
"Don't worry, I've got plenty," Henry assured his little crowd as he continued to hand out pumpkins. "There's more than enough for everyone to do at least two you want to. Now let's get inside so we can get started."
The toons happily carried in the last of the pumpkins, putting them on any free space they could find. Linda began handing out knives, warning each toon she gave one to be very careful with them. Once all the toons had a knife and a pumpkin of their choice, they turned to Henry for instructions.
"The first thing we're going to do is carve a hole in the top," Henry explained, demonstrating on his pumpkin. "Make sure it's big enough to put your hand through as we'll be using this hole to scoop out the seeds and eventually put the candle in when you're done. You should have a bowl nearby that you can put all the seeds into and once your done you can start carving out whatever design you want."
The toons watched in rapt attention as Henry worked on his pumpkin, showing them a standard jack o' lantern face when he finished. The toons began work on their own pumpkins, the butcher gang apparently deciding to work together on one. The only toon that didn't start right away was Alice. She was just staring at her pumpkin with a tight grip on her knife.
"Are you alright Alice?" Henry asked softly, coming next to her when he noticed her hesitation.
"Not really," Alice admitted quietly, leaning against Henry. " I know that this isn't the studio and that's just a pumpkin… but having the knife in my hand with the intent to carve out something's insides… I'm just seeing Boris and the Butcher Gang copies there… and what I did to them…"
"It's alright… It's alright…" Henry soothed wrapping one arm around her and rubbing her arm. "You aren't Susie anymore and you would never hurt someone as she did in the Studio... If this is too hard for you though…. I can always do something else with you while the others have their fun…"
"No… I don't want to let she did to keep me from living my life and having fun doing normal things like this," Alice said in determination, straightening and adjusting her grip on the knife. Taking a deep breath to calm herself, Alice brought the knife down on the pumpkin. Unfortunately, she couldn't conjure enough will power to use a lot of force and couldn't get the knife in.
"Here… Let me help you," Henry said, keeping one arm wrapped around Alice and guiding her hand with the knife with the other. Together, the carved a hole in the pumpkin and began to pull out all the seeds. Henry continued to help Alice with her pumpkins, the angel relaxing and truly starting to enjoy herself. When they finished, they had a great pumpkin with an outline of a witch on a broom on it.
Looking at all the other's they laughed when they learned that Boris had to work on a second pumpkin as he had eaten the first one. Boris ended up carving himself with a bone in his mouth in his pumpkin. The Butcher Gang managed to a surprisingly good likeness of Linda on their pumpkin, which they proudly showed her when they finished. Bendy apparently was a pumpkin carving machine as he already had four carved and was working on a fifth, having abandoned his knife in favor of turning one of his fingers into a sharp claw.
"I know I said there were plenty of pumpkins, but don't you think you should have left some for the others," Henry teased as he came over to the little Ink Demon. Looking over the pumpkins Henry saw one that looked like a male toon angel, one that reminded Henry of a creepy cutout he saw once in the Studio, one that looked like Bendy but with stitches on one side of his face, another Bendy, but he had carved out the horn area instead of the face so the horns and facial features would show the light and the one that Bendy was working on look similar to Bendy's Ink Demon form.
"I know I shouldn't have used this many, but I wanted to do all my friends," Bendy explained as he finished up the pumpkin he was working on and placing next to the others. "But that's the last one and I won't take any more."
"Don't worry it's fine," Henry assured, rubbing the demon between his horns. "So who are your friends?"
"That's angel Henry…" Bendy said, pointing to the toon angel. "SINdy," gesturing to the creepy cutout one, "Benny" the Bendy with stitches, " "Fate" the other Bendy one, "and I just finished Inky" gesturing the Ink Demon one.
"They live in other universes!" Bendy explained. "I read about them in my books!"
"I see," Henry smiled down, enjoying Bendy's creativity and imagination. "I knew you loved your fantasy and adventure books, but I didn't realis you'd also gotten into science fiction."
"I'm pretty sure I only have one sci-fi book," Bendy replied.
"Then I'll be sure to get you some more," Henry chuckled, straightening up and addressing the whole kitchen. "If everyone's done with their pumpkins, we can take them outside."
The toons eagerly grabbing their pumpkins and heading out. They arranged around the door and along the sidewalk, waiting for Henry to light all the candles. Once he finished, they all admired the glow and felt satisfied with what they were able to create.