The mirror reflected a creature somewhere between elegant menace and overworked parent.
Black Victorian coat, blood-red cravat, sharp fangs glinting under the candlelight.
[Grey]: Are you ready, kids?
I turned, cape sweeping dramatically—straight into the three little spawns of the abyss.
Loiten stood proud in full Dark Souls knight armor, complete with a sword taller than he was.
Bit Bob… was a potato. Literally. A brown sack with two googly eyes.
And Reefer had somehow found a full admiral uniform—medals, hat, polished boots—the works.
[The Three Abyss Spawns, in chaotic harmony]: Yes, Mom/Boss/Father!
I smiled like a proud (and mildly horrified) parent of eldritch descent.
Then Ammar appeared at the doorway, his voice polite as always.
[Ammar]: Lady Grey, the other guests have arrived.
He stepped aside to reveal a sight that made me blink twice.
Ammar was wearing the living armor's set—helmet and all—while the actual living armor stood beside him wearing Ammar's clothes.
It had somehow fit into his uniform perfectly, down to the ID badge.
[Grey]: ...Did you two just swap identities?
[Ammar]: We thought it would be… thematic, my lady.
[Living Armor]: We match now.
[Grey]: You look like a tax auditor possessed by a toaster.
Before Ammar could respond, Rimuru bounced in wearing a white bedsheet with holes cut out.
[Grey]: That's a tablecloth.
[Rimuru]: It's minimalist horror.
Then Beelzebub slithered in wearing a giant donut costume, icing dripping with what I really hoped was just syrup.
[Beelzebub]: I'm Gluttony—literalized!
[Blood priest Noah], walking in a black priest robe trimmed with crimson crosses, his chalice now filled with red candy stained with fake blood.
[Noah]: Blasphemous, but festive.
[Moon General] arrived wearing a silver armor polished to a mirror shine and a long dark cape that shimmered like starlight.
[Akako]: I am the Moon Reaper. I come for candy… and possibly conquest.
[Grey]: So… just like last year.
Everyone gathered around the table—half costumed, half confused.
I raised a goblet of blood-red punch.
[Grey]: To chaos, candy, and the questionable sanity that binds us all.
Everyone cheered.
Somewhere outside, thunder rolled, and Bit Bob rolled off the chair.
[Reefer]: Potato down!
[Grey]: ...Best Halloween ever.
The candles flickered against the high ceilings, painting the room in gold and crimson light. Pumpkins glowed from every corner — some carved, some alive, and one definitely trying to eat the punch bowl.
The front doors burst open.
[Goose Boss] Dressed in a gold tuxedo and diamond monocle, with a cane shaped like a breadstick.
[Goose Boss]: The richest vampire in the world has arrived. Where are the blood cocktails—preferably vintage 1865?
[Grey]: The kitchen. Don't bribe the staff again.
[Freedom Fighter Ahma] walked in wearing a cyberpunk skull mask and a tattered red cape lined with LED veins.
[Ahma]: I call this costume 'Post-Apocalypse But Make It Fashion.'
[Grey]: You look like a rejected boss from DOOM.
[Bone Samurai]: Arakan stood silently in the doorway, his bones polished white, wearing a black kimono with skeletal patterns.
[Arakan]: Halloween is redundant for one already dead.
[Beelzebub] Can I gnaw on your arm? Just a taste?
[Grey]: NO.
[War Healer] John appeared next in angel armor, wings made of gauze bandages, and a glowing halo that occasionally sparked.
[John]: I heal and I deal.
[Grey]: You look like a divine first-aid kit.
[Tasty Doctor] entered in a classic plague doctor outfit, beak mask and all.
[Doctor]: I diagnose this party with terminal fun.
[Grey]: And chronic bad puns.
[Overpowered Shield Hero] Maple rolled in wearing a giant pumpkin armor, the shield shaped like a candy corn.
[Maple]: They said I couldn't eat the decorations. They were wrong.
[Grey]: Put the skeleton back!
[Blade Never Dies]: Technoblade entered with a crimson cloak and skeletal mask, holding a staff made of pixel swords.
[Techno]: The legend returns. Who wants to duel for candy?
[Rimuru]: No PvP inside, please!
[Alchemist's Scientist] Yuri wore a witch's outfit with a bubbling cauldron backpack that occasionally belched sparkles.
[Yuri]: Don't touch the pot—it's either potion or soup.
[Grey]: Both are dangerous.
[Little Terrorist] Klee skipped in, dressed as a giant bomb with a pumpkin face.
[Klee]: Trick or BOOM!
[Everyone, ducking]: KLEE NO!
[One bome later]
[Normal Student Jack] walked in dressed as a student again—because he forgot there was a theme.
[Grey]: Jack, did you not get the memo?
[Jack]: I thought 'scary' meant finals week.
[Cute Sun Queen] Ames floated in wearing a sunflower gown, her crown flickering like flame.
[Ames]: Trick or treat! I brought solar flares candy!
[Grey]: Put those down before you melt the decorations!
[Eminence in Shadow] Shadow emerged dramatically from literal darkness, in a gothic coat with glowing red runes and a goat mask.
[Shadow]: I am the Demonic Shadow that devours the night.
[Rimuru]: We get it, Edge-lord.
[Beelzebub]: I made deviled eggs!
[Grey]: Of course you did.
[Just Madness] Hank showed up in blood-soaked wrappings and a jack-o'-lantern mask.
[Hank]: ...I brought candy knives.
[Grey]: Please tell me that's not literal.
[Hank]: No promises.
[Lightning Shrine Maiden] Mitsuha twirled her miko robes, now streaked with electric blue lines. She was with[Little Medic]. Touri, who came in as a zombie nurse, dragging a first-aid kit bigger than she was.
[Touri]: Anyone need reanimation? 20% success rate!
[Grey]: You're hired.
[Iron Man] Tony hovered in midair in a black-and-orange arc-reactor suit, shaped like a pumpkin.
[Tony]: New model: Mark H-31. Candy capacity—50 pounds.
[Grey]: You are officially in charge of dessert transport.
[Tyrant Defender] Ash entered last—wearing a full demon prince armor, glowing eyes, cape of flame.
[Ash]: I protect what is mine.
[Grey]: ...Just protect the furniture.
And scenarios like this happened all over other worlds, in Arknights, a Rabbit or Donkey girl sat down and looked at the pumpkins glowing as a green cat looked at her.
In the city of Freedom, the Traveler looked at the stars in a vampire custom.
In the Abyss, a group was carving pumpkins and making candy under a statue of a jellyfish.
In a random world, a man with wolf ears looked at his team of soldiers. In a vast city, a man with green eyes, with three girls, looked at his soldiers eating candy.
In a pixelated world, a group of traders were eating Hotspot happily and talking about the next trade.
[Happy Halloween]
[Chapter end]