FAKE Drabble: Halloween Fun

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Title: Halloween Fun
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Bikky, Ryo, Dee, Carol.
Rating: G
Setting: Early in the manga.
Summary: Bikky wants to dress up and go Trick or Treating.
Written For: The tw100 prompt ‘All Hallows’
Disclaimer: I don’t own FAKE, or the characters. They belong to the wonderful Sanami Matoh.
A/N: This one’s a drabble and a half, 150 words





“Can we go Trick or Treating for Halloween?” Bikky asked hopefully.


Ryo smiled at his foster son; Bikky been living with him for almost six months and had settled in well. “I don’t see why not. Any idea what kind of costume you want to wear?”


“A superhero!” Bikky whooped.


“Which one?” Ryo asked, amused. He should’ve guessed; Bikky had been playing Superheroes ever since they’d seen the Avengers movie.


“Thor, because he has blond hair too, and he’s really powerful.”


“Good choice, we’ll see about getting you a costume tomorrow.”


“What about you? Aren’t you going to dress up too?”


“I hadn’t thought about it.”


“Hadn’t thought about what?” Dee asked, leaning in the doorway.


“Wearing a costume for Halloween. I’m taking Bikky Trick or Treating.”


“Oooh, free candy, can I come too?”


And that’s how Thor and Catwoman came to be escorted by a samurai and a demon…



The End

Comments

[enchanted-jae.livejournal.com]

Well, this BEGS for artwork!

:D

[bk_forever]

Sadly, I can't draw to save my life - stick figures don't quite have the same impact. But if you know any good artists... ;)

Thank you!

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Oh, talk about a blast! :D Figuring out costumes was always so hard for me whenever Halloween came along. It was frustrating, but still exciting. :)

[bk_forever]

I just stick the same witch's hat on my head every year.

Mum wasn't a fan of Halloween, every year before it got dark she'd lock up and turn the lights out to keep people away. She lightened up a bit the year before her stroke and let me have some fun, and after her stroke she seemed to forget that she didn't like Halloween and was more enthusiastic. Now I can just enjoy myself with it, even though I still miss her. It's weird.

At least Dee, Ryo and Co. will have a great time!

Thank you!

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Very welcome! :D

After I outgrew trick-or-treating, it was my job to hand out candy. This one year, a friend and I rigged a paper spider to drop on people coming up to the door. The first guy screamed like a little girl, fled out the gate, and yammered frantically in Spanish all the way out. Mom and I were, like, "What'd he say? What'd he say?!" My friend translated, that he was saying he'd never come back to our house again. Poor guy! Another year, I got all dressed up to look like a scarecrow, sprawled in one of our lawn chairs in the front yard, and jumped at the kids as they came up (not the really young ones, though). I wound up scaring the town tough-guy-gangsta boys so bad that one of 'em jumped about three feet in the air. We don't hand out candy anymore, though; we can't afford the candy.

[bk_forever]

LOL! Wish I could have been there to see that! Sounds like you had great fun!

It's a shame you can't hand out treats now. I guess I'm really lucky I still can. I love doing that, especially after being denied the pleasure most of my life. I also have Halloween charms, bouncy spiders, and little knitted mice I've made to hand out as costume prizes, and everyone gets balloons because they make great decorations and by giving them away I don't have to deal with them afterwards =)

The spiders and mice I made years ago for a craft fair. Some sold, but I still have tons so I thought they'd make good prizes. I love how delighted the kids are even with little things.

I made the bag and phone charms last year - check out this post: http://badly-knitted.livejournal.com/473061.html

It contains links to the two other posts with the charms in them. I gave some away last year to some of my online friends, but you missed out I think because we hadn't met yet, so if you and your mum would like one or two each, let me know which ones, I still have lots left.

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

It was so much fun! I dressed in costume the last few years that I gave candy out. It's gotten to not be so much fun to hand it out, though, even with candy costing so much. I'm turning into less and less of a people-person as time goes by, and I just don't like kids very much, even though most of the kids around here are more polite than average.

Oh, that's really cool! :D What a great thing, for the kids to get a little bonus. And the charms look great!

[bk_forever]

Thanks, I had fun making them last year even though it broke most of my nails threading the charms into split rings, I figured that would be more secure than jump rings, they can't get pulled off so easily. I got a bit carried away though, I think I still have more than 50 of them! I made like 5 of each, as well as the extras to send to friends =D

I'm not a kiddie person, never wanted children and only babysat twice for older kids, but on Halloween I make an exception, just because it's so much fun. I'm lucky I could get candy at a good price, but I spent more than I probably should have on it. It's only once a year though, and I've economised elsewhere

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Split rings are so perfect for that sort of thing, but, yeah, they're hell on fingernails. :-/ I should probably be using split rings for my charm bracelet, but the chain of the bracelet itself is so thick that I don't think they'd look too good. Luckily, I don't wear it very often, especially if we're running errands.

[bk_forever]

For some things, jump rings are better, but then if you catch one and it opens, you can lose whatever's on it. You just have to try to pick the best option when making jewellery. I sometimes use split rings on pendants for extra security, but jump rings look neater... Ah, decisions, it's hard to know what to do for the best =/

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

The jump rings are certainly a lot easier to manipulate, that's for sure. Seems that the pros and cons pretty much even out, in the long run. Lack of security/easier to handle, vs. nail-breaking/more likely to hold things...yeah, I guess it's all about which type will work out the best with which item.

[bk_forever]

So true.

[lil-1337.livejournal.com]

I bet they were adorable!

[bk_forever]

I wish I had an artist to draw them for me!

Thank you!