[Video] A Late Halloween Gift

[puubuu]

[When the video feed begins, Fattycakes is not on the screen. His voice can still be heard, though.]

Hi, everybody! Did you all have fun during Halloween? I know I did, what with the corn maze and our nice visitors! But there's something I want to show you guys. I went to the end of the corn maze, and I found something neat! Just one moment...

[Now Fattycakes scoots onto the screen. He is wearing a small toga and a laurel wreath.]

Ta-daa! I am Buulius Caesar! I don't know if many of you know who he is, but I know he's some kind of historical figure from my friend's world. I think I might wear this costume around a bit, even though Halloween is already past. I like how it looks! Do you like it? Puuuuuu? [He leans into the camera, then pulls away.]

Did you guys do anything neat for Halloween?

Comments

[fierybluebird]

[Laughs.]

It looks cute, little matey!

I just went with bunny ears after all. You could say, I chickened out. [Somewhere there is a rim-shot and Marco's girlfriend is probably psychically picking up on needing to tape his mouth shut for the horrible pun.]

[spohkh]

[Spock looks with confusion at the screen.... curious.]

Greetings, I am Spock... May I inquire as to your species of origin?

[puubuu]

Thankuu~ Aww, just bunny ears? But we had such epic plans! [...He considers them "epic plans," whether they were actually epic or not.]

[puubuu]

Hi, hi! [Fattycakes hops up and down.] I am a Puffski! Do you have more questions?

[fierybluebird]

[Laughs.] Aye, aye, I'm sorry. My month wound up getting a bit more tossed about than I expected.

Like I said, I chickened out, eh. Next year, eh.

[spohkh]

[Spock still looks at the Puffski in confusion...]
What composite material are you made up of?

[puubuu]

Puu? What happened?

Next year... well, I hope we're both here next year for more Halloween plans!

[puubuu]

Composite material...? Um... [A pause as the puzzled Puffski tilts to the side, thinking.] I don't know?

[spohkh]

My apologies for making you confused. I have never encountered your species before.

[fierybluebird]

Eh, just hectic. [Norma and Robin getting kidnapped, fighting with Ace, stuff he doesn't really want to explain.]

I hope so too Fattycakes! If nothing else, maybe I can put the costume to good use for another occasion.

[puubuu]

Aww, okay. Hmm... it's too soon for another masquerade ball... I think we'd have to wait a while for any more costume-related events. We'll have to dress warm when it snows, or at least you'll have to- my fluffy fur grows in.

[puubuu]

Puu! Well, not many people here have, so I'm kind of the Puffski representative for now! I wonder if more Puffskis will settle here in the future. This place seems like a good place for a Puffski colony!

[fierybluebird]

I have fire feathers, so that counts like fluffy fur, eh?

I'm not big on rain though.

[spohkh]

[Spock observes the 'Puffski' once more... it reminds him of a tribble that is able to communicate.]

....Indeed. Perhaps we will meet sometime in the future.

[puubuu]

Ooh, right! But when you're in human form, you still have to dress warm, right? I don't like rain either... it's cold and wet and sometimes kind of noisy.

[puubuu]

That'd be nice! Where do you like to hang out, Spock?

[spohkh]

[...hang out?... must be a colloquialism for a place often frequented.]

I am often found at the Dome. What place do you often frequent?

[fierybluebird]

I don't have to. Sometimes I do, if I want to blend in or I'm feeling extra lazy.

Aye, I'm not big on thunderstorms either. They're too dangerous for flying so it's best spent inside reading under blankets.

[puubuu]

Ah, the Battledome... I don't go there very often. I have a hut out there, but I don't visit it very often. I like the plaza, though, so I can watch all the people come and go! Otherwise, I have huts in the wooded area north of the south bridge, and one behind community house 7. I like the hut above the south bridge the most, though. It's in the center of everything.

[puubuu]

Oh, can you bring out your fire feathers without transforming all the way? That's neat!

Puu, I bet they'd be dangerous for flying... and I definitely understand spending rainy days under comfy blankets. I ought to get some blankets for my huts, maybe...

[spohkh]

[Spock's curiosity piques at that... This might be an opportunity to study this species.]

Would you be amenable to showing me one of your 'huts'? I can meet you at the South Bridge.

[fierybluebird]

Aye, thank you. They get a little thicker in this winter cycle too, but it makes spring a pain.

What kind of material would be best for blankets in your huts do you think?

[puubuu]

It must make spring hot just as it's warming up, right?

Um... I don't know... something warm and soft?

[puubuu]

Of course! You can come visit, if you'd like. Look around the threes just north of the south bridge, and eventually you'll see the hut. I'll even come out and look for you. Just make sure to look down!

[spohkh]

[Spock nods....]

Very well... I will be there momentarily.

[The screen goes blank.]

Spock is walking slowly across the bridge and scanning north. He was having difficulty locating this 'hut']