[text] lon chaney jr. walking with the queen

[interstices]

[It's short, it's sweet-- it's Asuka on the communicator.]

Is anyone else going to the costume party? I need some ideas on what to wear. Don't give me anything stupid.

[It looks as if she's about to cut the post off there, but then she adds offhand after a few minutes--]

I guess we can bring pumpkin bread.

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[astrobleme]

It could be a little more elaborate than a shirt...

[Someone's feeling defensive about this idea.]

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[interstices]

Yeah, you could wear a green string around your neck for the stem.

[Even over text, the sarcasm's dripping.]

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[astrobleme]

I didn't know you were so judgmental about pumpkins.

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[interstices]

God, that wasn't your idea, was it?

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[astrobleme]

Maybe I'm just more open-minded than you are.

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[interstices]

What was I going to be? A carrot?

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[astrobleme]

Too predictable.

You would be an eggplant.

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[interstices]

Eggplant?

I hate purple.

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[astrobleme]

Well, it was either that or going as a couple of peas in a pod.

[He knows full well that Asuka isn't a fan of peas, so he's just teasing her at this point.]

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[interstices]

Ugh. That's so corny, idiot.

[She's sort of surprised he remembered that, though. It's kind of mollifying.]

Kaworu said something about going as fairy tale characters.

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[astrobleme]

Fairy tales? Really?

All three of us?

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[interstices]

Yeah.

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[astrobleme]

I don't know that many fairy tales...

But it sounds like fun.

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[interstices]

Yeah? You'll do it?

I like Little Red Riding Hood. But we don't have to go from the same story.

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[astrobleme]

I want to do it. I just have to figure out the costumes first.

Is that the one with the wolf?

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[interstices]

Yeah. The wolf eats her and her grandmother and then the woodsman kills him and gets them out of his stomach.

[It's actually kind of gross, now that she thinks about it.]

We'll help.