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[mwehehe]

From: Futaba Sakura
To: Everyone
Subject: Spooky season

Just to take your mind off the weird vampire things:

What would your ideal Halloween costume be?

[A pause in writing, because...]

Before anyone asks, Halloween is a holiday where I'm from where you dress up in a costume. Some places, kids go door to door and get candy by saying 'trick or treat'. It was an old holiday that celebrated something else entirely, but now it's just a candy holiday with spooky stuff like... well, vampires and ghosts as decor.

...anyway. Maybe we can dream up some costumes that get rid of those dream vamps with some cool power, huh? Feel free to tell someone their idea is silly or cool though, I'm not your mom.

Comments

Sender: Kazuma Asogi

[chippedsoul]

[It's that time again, isn't it?]

A shame they're not your typical vampires. Otherwise, the obvious answer is to dress as what they're weak to. As for myself, I haven't really given much thought about it. [This place will probably dump a stupid outfit on him anyway.]

[mwehehe]

I can't see you as a super pure angel. You'd frown and it'd cancel it out.

[She loves you though Kazuma, truly. She has to give you a little shit if she's going to be a proper annoying imouto :)]

But you only have one TRUE answer you can be for Halloween, I will accept no substitutes. （・∀・）

[chippedsoul]

Hah. [He's laughing, definitely.]

I will not be a cat again.

[mwehehe]

You said it, not me. I was gonna say something else, like a cyberpunk samurai or something.

[No, no she was not, but he knows her too well. :')]

[chippedsoul]

Were you really? [What is a cyberpunk?]

What are you thinking about wearing then?

[mwehehe]

Of course. Catzuma is too predictable! That's just the nickname now. [LIES.]

Haven't really decided, but I know it's NOT gonna be couples costumes. Those are dumb.

[chippedsoul]

[Siighs. It's a good thing he considers her a friend, otherwise he'd stop the Catzuma terror awhile ago.]

Couples? [This is where he'd ask what's so dumb about it, but last he check, Futaba wasn't seeing anyone...?] Is there someone you want to dress up with?

[mwehehe]

Not like, a couples costumes but it might be cool if we matched in a non-matching way. [What does that even mean] But we'll probably do our own thing.

[chippedsoul]

[Matching but not matching--we'll worry about that later. Just-] Sorry, who are you trying to dress up with?

[mwehehe]

Beat, who else?

[DID SHE NOT TELL HIM? Of course not.]

[chippedsoul]

[NO. NOT AT ALL. A moment's pause as he processes this information.]

Beat. When did you two started dating? [Not even trying to hold back, just right to the point.]

[mwehehe]

[....how long had it been? There's a momentary pause on her end.]

Afterrrrrr.... the Story Eater? Little after that, yeah.

[chippedsoul]

I see. [Mental note to look into Beat more.] So you think couple costumes are dumb?