[After perusing the selection of costumes at the local Donki superstore and immedidately rejecting 80% of them for being too sexy (why were there "sexy potato" and "sexy pokemon" costumes? just why?), Shinsha finally settled on something basic: a witch costume, complete with black cape and oversized black hat. It's surprisingly comfortable... as much as they hate parties, they could definitely get used to this look.
They gravitate towards the spicy snacks, but grab a mummy onigiri as well. It's cute, and the pickled plum filling is a welcome relief from all of the sweets.]
...As far as mandatory work-related socializing goes, this isn't terrible.
[The party isn't technically mandatory, but Ai would be disappointed if they skipped out... and Amane, too, probably.]
Dream Sphere Party
[Cinnabar's cheap polyester witch costume gets a significant upgrade in the Dream Sphere - now they're wrapped in a voluminous cape of black wool, and the underside of their pointed hat glows blue-green with phosporescence. Glass vials filled with glowing potions dangle from their belt alongside leather pouches and dried plants. Their broom actually flies, so they're able gently glide through the party... which has the side effect of keeping most of their floating mercury blobs safely above the heads of other Dreamers.
They spent a few moments excitedly digging through the franken-fruit salad in search of stray seeds to plant back home, before belatedly remembering that they can't take anything back to the real world.
Cinnabar skips over most of the games (apple bobbing looks fun, but they'd only poison the water for everyone else) but the pumpkin carving is well suited to their skills. Liquid mercury can't cut pumpkin flesh, but it can form tentacles to hold the pumpkin still while other tentacles grasp carving tools. Cinnabar themself sits safely out of the fire-breathing pumpkin's range while a dozen extra pairs of silvery hands carve it into a disturbingly realistic monster.
Werewolves and vampires are the stuff of bad YA romance fiction and ghosts only remind them of a certain irritating someone, so the haunted house fails to elicit any shrieks from Cinnabar... until they come to the spooky pumpkin patch. They're completely unconcerned by the chainsaw-wielding maniac who's coming to chase them through the corn fields - instead they're trembling at the site of tiny caterpillars munching happily on the pumpkin vines.]
At this rate, they'll devour the whole crop... and if I use pesticides, I won't be able to get an organic farming certification... this is horrible...
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[After perusing the selection of costumes at the local Donki superstore and immedidately rejecting 80% of them for being too sexy (why were there "sexy potato" and "sexy pokemon" costumes? just why?), Shinsha finally settled on something basic: a witch costume, complete with black cape and oversized black hat. It's surprisingly comfortable... as much as they hate parties, they could definitely get used to this look.
They gravitate towards the spicy snacks, but grab a mummy onigiri as well. It's cute, and the pickled plum filling is a welcome relief from all of the sweets.]
...As far as mandatory work-related socializing goes, this isn't terrible.
[The party isn't technically mandatory, but Ai would be disappointed if they skipped out... and Amane, too, probably.]
Dream Sphere Party
[Cinnabar's cheap polyester witch costume gets a significant upgrade in the Dream Sphere - now they're wrapped in a voluminous cape of black wool, and the underside of their pointed hat glows blue-green with phosporescence. Glass vials filled with glowing potions dangle from their belt alongside leather pouches and dried plants. Their broom actually flies, so they're able gently glide through the party... which has the side effect of keeping most of their floating mercury blobs safely above the heads of other Dreamers.
They spent a few moments excitedly digging through the franken-fruit salad in search of stray seeds to plant back home, before belatedly remembering that they can't take anything back to the real world.
Cinnabar skips over most of the games (apple bobbing looks fun, but they'd only poison the water for everyone else) but the pumpkin carving is well suited to their skills. Liquid mercury can't cut pumpkin flesh, but it can form tentacles to hold the pumpkin still while other tentacles grasp carving tools. Cinnabar themself sits safely out of the fire-breathing pumpkin's range while a dozen extra pairs of silvery hands carve it into a disturbingly realistic monster.
Werewolves and vampires are the stuff of bad YA romance fiction and ghosts only remind them of a certain irritating someone, so the haunted house fails to elicit any shrieks from Cinnabar... until they come to the spooky pumpkin patch. They're completely unconcerned by the chainsaw-wielding maniac who's coming to chase them through the corn fields - instead they're trembling at the site of tiny caterpillars munching happily on the pumpkin vines.]
At this rate, they'll devour the whole crop... and if I use pesticides, I won't be able to get an organic farming certification... this is horrible...