Flufftober: Pumpkin Carving
Characters: Miles Morales, Hobie Brown, Pavtir Prabhakar, Gwen Stacy
Plot: just the group carving pumpkins and making pumpkin-based foods. Enjoy this mess!
Cause this is thriller
Thriller night
And no one gonna save you
from the beast out to get you
Ou know it's thriller
Miles hums along with the song as he dances in his kitchen as he and Pavtir get everything ready for tonight. For Halloween Miles and his friends decide to carve pumpkins and make some snacks out of the seeds. Miles lifted the fourth and last pumpkin on the table and Pavitr finished cleaning his skillet and pan as the music continued to play random Halloween songs. His parents were out of town at a friend's party.
"This song is really fun!" Pavtir shouted in joy as he finished prepping. Miles grinned at his friend. "So what is the tradition for this?"
"What do you mean, Pav?" Miles tilted his head in confusion. Pavtir in turn looked at his fellow spider in bewilderment.
"Why did Americans start carving pumpkins?" the Indian Spiderman asked once more.
Miles' eyes widened in slight shock. He never considered or thought about it. All he knew was that his mom and dad brought home a pumpkin for him to decorate one year. Then place it on their doorstep before going trick or treating. He webbed his phone to him and began typing the question. He made an aha sound as the answer appeared.
"Sound it! As it turned out people in Ireland carved scary faces into their pumpkins to scare off warning sounds that were meant to harm them on Halloween Night. I did not know that." Miles hums in amazement. Pavtir made a sound of joy at the answer.
"Oh yeah cause a small pumpkin is gonna stop a ghost," a British accent sounds through the apartment. The two whipped around to see Hobie Brown and Gwen Stacy entering through the window with a large bag in Gwen's arms.
"Hey guys,'' Miles laughed as he made his way to the duo, Pavtri hot on high heels. The blonde girl met the two halfway and hugged them back. Hobie chicken at the group hug before grabbing the bag from Gwen and dumping it on the table. Out spills carving tools, candles and various used baking ingredients. "Are you ready to do this?"
"Hell yeah! I have carved a pumpkin for years. I miss it!" Gwen shouted as she raced to the prepped table. The boys quickly joined her and the group wasted no time getting started.
They traced out the design for each of their pumpkins, Miles chose a sunflower design, Pavitr went with a classic scary face, Gwen chose a ghost, and Hobie managed to draw a spider. Once the group was satisfied with the design Hobie began cutting open the top of everyone's pumpkins. The de-gutting was quick to follow, the group putting the strings and seed into separate bowls.
"Ugh, this is my least favorite part of this," Gwen says as she lifts another handful of gts out of her pumpkin. Miles grimaced, nodding in agreement. Pavitra simply smiled as he and the other finished.
"Not to worry, it will be worth it. Many things can be done with the guts and the seeds," Pav chirped. Once the pumpkins were finally empty and clean, the group left them to dry. "Let us get started cooking. Here are some recipes," Pav said as he handed out the various cards. "Pick a recipe that interests you and we shall make each of those recipes."
Miles flipped through the card along with Gwen and Hobie. After a few minutes, the group had their recipes.
Pumpkin juice-Hobie
Pumpkin ice cream-Gwen
Pumpkin rolls-Miles
Pumpkin Curry-Partir
Roasted seeds-everyone
"Let's make Gwen's Ice cream first since it will most likely take the longest. But to make things faster we are going to blend all the guts," Pav announced as he grabbed the hand blended and did just that. The young Indian Spiderman walked his friend through each of the recipes. Miles finished his dough as he placed it in the fridge to rest. Gwnen mixed the guts and the cream to make her ice cream before tossing it into the freezer. Hobie left his juice mixture to simmer on the stove and was helping Pavirr finish chopping up the vegetables for the curry. The group danced, sang, and laughed as they continued their activities. Once the food was ready to simmer they turned back to the pumpkin and began craving.
"I gotta admit this has been fun," Hobie admitted with a smile on his face as he and Gwen cleaned up the table, Miles was washing the dishes, and Pavtir was setting the table. Once everything was ready they took a moment to set the carved pumpkins outside the door and light them alight with the other pumpkins that were already outside. They came back inside and tried the curry.
"Oh my god, this is so good, pav" Gwen moans as the flavors hit her tongue. Miles nodded in agreement as he took another bit. Hobie took a sip of his juice before clicking his tongue.
"Wish I could've added alcohol," The British hummed under his breath with a small smile. The group could not help but laugh at that as they continued to eat and drink.
SO Yeah Surprise! I am not dead. also, most of these are already up on AO3.
