Video - Tis the Season

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[While everyone else is off freaking out about zombies and ghosts, at least one person seems to be enjoying the supernatural abundance. Granted, she's learned to not mess with the zombie boars and it's taken her a while to rid the area of the more malicious spirits, but otherwise she seems to be enjoying the company of a number of ghostly figures, some off minding their own business walking through walls, others waving cheerfully as she broadcasts, the shadows of the trees lit by candles while in clearer patches of sky the unnaturally close moon shines brightly.]

Well, I know that calendars and holidays probably mean nothing in another world, but by my calculations, it feels like we're finally getting into the right mood for the season. [She chuckles darkly... then spins about, letting her cape flare. She's dressed in orange and black - clearly she made sure to stock herself an ample wardrobe back on Aimintas. When she finishes spinning, she poses cutely with thumb and little finger out] But, but! Even if we're getting in the mood, we've still got a long ways to go before we can have a Happy Halloween! So Cagliostro needs help from all of you who aren't too busy being dead or dying!

[Pose change! She puts her hands together, fingers and thumbs circled in an oval shape that may or may not be considered pumpkin-shaped.]

Have any of you seen any pumpkins around here? The vegetable or flying kind!

[...she's going to be so bummed when things stop being spoopy in a few days]

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Maybe where you come from. Our spirits are a little more tenacious it seems.

[Namely, her own.]

Well, the "appeal" is mostly that it's an excuse to celebrate, party and have fun. Kids dress in costumes and people hand out candy. It's not like everyone really wants to go hunting candles from ghost pumpkins. Those just set the right mood.

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Yeah. That's taking some getting used to, thinking about.

[And he is stubborn about changing his ideas.]

Oh, actually that part sounds pretty okay. So it's kid stuff.

[He says like he's not fifteen and barely even looks that.]

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Exciting, isn't it? A whole new world with completely different rules.

[Her grin switches to an adorable(?) smile as she poses cutely]

It's fun for everyone of all ages! Just add drinking and sexy costumes, tee hee!

[tbf she looks even younger]

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Seems more annoying to me.

[No cute pose here. Just a cynical sort of frown.]

...eh. Aren't you way too young to be talking about those sorts of things? Jeez.

[It's weird!]

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Geez, don't you know it's rude to question a lady's age? I'm older than you are anyway, squirt.

[Oh yeah, she went there]

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Yeah when I see a lady, I'll keep that in mind.

[FIGHTING WORDS.] And who the hell are you calling squirt?!

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[Oh? Seems she hit a nerve... so of course, she's going right after it]

You know, it's one thing for girls, but being a tiny boy isn't cute at all.

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I'm NOT tiny. Like you could even tell anyway! We're not even in person!

[RAAAARH. Edward is not pleased. A nerve has been hit. And now he's just muttering under his breath.] If alchemy were working I'd transmute your shoes right to the ground.

[What a threat. The worst threat.]

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Don't worry, you've told me enough. [The smuggest]

Oh, if alchemy were working, I'd have Ouroboros eat you for a snack.

[...she misses her snek]

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You could try it.

[Edward does't know who Ouroboros is or what it is but wow he could take it. He could take everything.]

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Mighty confident, are you? Well, maybe we'll be lucky and the next world is another one where it works.

[Stomping some kid at his own game sounded fun, when she's the one who invented it.]

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Kid, if alchemy works on the next world or if it doesn't, I've got more important shit to do than fighting with brats.

[Like he's actually mature enough not to be goaded into something. God he tries though.]

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Please, it'll be educational. Most alchemists would be honored to go toe-to-toe with the founder herself.

[So much for being (relatively) humble]

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Ha. Founder of what?

[This kid can't have founded a preschool! ...right?]

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Of Alchemy. I invented it.

[In her world, anyway]

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[Hold please.

Edward is going to stare.

Then dissolve into laughter.]

Like hell.

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Laugh while you can. At least where I come from, even two thousand years later people know the name Cagliostro. A thousand years ago they feared me enough to try to kill me - and when they couldn't do that, seal me away. All the principles of the world, every ounce of truth was mine - in that world, anyway.

This one's been a refreshingly new experience.