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"W'eh is eve'yone...?"

Kiro shook his head in mock exasperation. They were, admittedly, a little early. "It's not dark yet Tsu. Look, the sun's still up - see? Unless someone comes along a little early, we've got a little wait."

"Bu' I dun wanna wait!" The ghost seemed to slither off Tsu's head as the boy pulled his costume off, the mouse ears poking up, followed by the pouting face of the Aerandir. "It's Ha'o'een!"

Kiro couldn't help but be slightly amused. He had suggested that Tsu wait until he put his costume on. "Yeah, but it's not spooky when it's daylight, is it?"

"Nu-uh..."

As though being mortally wounded, Bob - a piece of bedsheet tied to Tsu's fluffy tail to serve as a second ghost - was flopped to the ground with a muffled thump, now half buried in the sand.

Quietly, Kiro looked about and did his mental checklist again. They had assembled a few things they'd figured might come in handy... he thought they'd brought everything.

Now it was just a matter of waiting for people to show up.

((OMG!! Foenix!! That picture is SO good! whee ))

"Whoa! 'Handa! Foenix!" Kiro stood up from where he'd been sitting and swiped sand from his trousers as he watched the girl approach. She looked pretty excited, and that was something he was happy about.

Tsukai also jumped to his feet, perhaps with a little less coordination than his guardian, and hurried to pull the costume over his head. Drat! Obviously not quickly enough!

Grinning, Kiro crouched so as to be on level with the girl, his tail swinging out for balance. He then took the box from the little girl with a nod of thanks. "I really appreciate it Handa. Now, if anything happens, we're all ready for it! Oh and, by the way, your costume's great!" He then glanced to Foenix as he stood straight again. "You guys are the first here, so there's not a lot going on right this second - I'm hoping we get a good turnout..."

Tsu, by this point, had wrestled his bedsheet back over his head. "Whooo!! A'm a ghostee!" To emphasise his point, he held his hands in the air and waved his fingers comically. Then he stopped and lowered them, tilting his head - his tone perhaps embarassingly blunt. "You're prettee... watcha bein'?"

"Ahh, you guys left those?" Finally, Kiro understood the mystery of the pumpkins! "We wondered where they'd come from!" He patted one of the boxes he'd brought down from the Centre, which sat alongside the pile of pumpkins. "We carved one of them last night, and brought the rest of them down with us. Maybe someone'll want to carve them tonight? We've got umm..." Absently the neko-jin pulled the box a little closer and looked inside. "Marshmellows for roasting later... lots of little candles and sticks... and a bunch of other stuff." He then pulled his head out of the box. "Should be fun."

Tsu grinned as Nehanda spoke. She was kinda cool! "We're doin' fun stuff! Wif marsh'm'ows, and sweeties and stuff!" His hands waved animatedly as he did so, the little ghostie tuft on his tail swingingly weightedly behind him.

"What's new...? Not a lot really. Tsu's slowly learning to read and write, we've not really gotten much further than that yet. How about with you and Handa? She's really getting on well with her job, huh?"

The aloof couple, Delta and Sy, had finally made it out of their house. Excited, Delta was several steps ahead of her mother. The little Aerandir had a tiny beaded, shiny tiara that was a semi-circle and was clipped to her hair. There was no question that she was a princess. As she pranced towards them she also showed off her "dress," a small pink apron decorated with small sequins and shiny beads hot-glued on around the waist.

Syrenrei entered after her "regal" daughter. Delta had insisted that she have a costume as well, so Sy had gone to a costume shop. Evidently, the only princess costume they had for adults had a shorter skirt than she was used to. She smiled at Kiro and Foenix nervously before pulling down on her skirt for the umpteenth time. ( http://www.electriqueboutique.com/shop/images/83094-301.jpg )

Kiro smiled a little as first Sy and Delta, and then Ieyasu and Osu joined them. He held up a hand in a slight wave, idly wishing he'd actually dressed up. Tsu and Bob, however, more than made up for it. "Hey guys!"

As he watched the assortment of costumed people come closer, Kiro leaned to take things out of the box, his triumph being a few large packets of marshmellows. He also produced a small box of tealights, that were intended to go inside the lanterns - the one he and Tsu had carved earlier still remaining unlit.

The small fire that had been set up earlier in the day had already been burning for a little while now, the flames happily licking at the wood they'd been given to feed them, another small pile of it off to one side.

Tsu's reponse to the newcomers was to run forward, waving his hands energetically in greeting, making something akin to ghosty noises as he approached them, 'Bob' swinging widely from side to side as the young ghost tried hard not to trip on him. "Whoooo!!"

Ieyasu grinned and waved. "Hey everyone. How's it going?" He glanced over the beach, noticing that a fire was already burning. No doubt that would please Osu. Leaving the kid to go off and meet the other Aerandir, he sat down in the sand, leaning back.

Happily, Osu ran towards everyone, only to see a ghost running towards him, hands flailing. Was this a game? He didn't know who (or what) it was, but it looked like it was having fun! Giggling, the pirate ran towards the ghost, giving him an experimental poke. Osu evidently did not grasp that ghosts were supposed to be scary.

Turning to the other Aerandir, Osu grinned. He hadn't met this one before, he didn't think. At least, he didn't recognise her. She said she was a princess. What was that? Not one to be shy, Osu immediately voiced his question. "What's a princess?"

Pausing for a moment, he grinned again. "I'm Osu! What's your name!?

Luc grumbled the slightest, shooting Nyxa a horrid glare when she dared laugh at his current predicament. She swiftly hushed, though a hint of a smile flitted around her lips.

Luc adjusted the collar of the suit he wore, made sure his blood-red tie was straight, and slicked back his hair. The cape he wore fell almost gracefully to brush against the ground, and despite his "gentleman vampire" ensemble, he still clutched to him his bonded item, the lovely carved bow.

Small shoulders hefting in a sigh, he couldn't help but grow a little apprehensive as he drew closer to the vestivities. As it was, he merely remained at the outskirts of the party, waiting for someone to notice him.

Nyxa simply watched him, clutching a bootlegged bag of candy to her chest. Her own outfit consisted of a casual pair of pants, a bikini top, and two bright red vampire-bite marks on her neck.