Eledhwen opened her door to find a gaggle of half-elven children gathered outside. "Hello, Muriel's Mom," said Daphne, her blonde hair sprouting a pair of devil horns. "Do you like my pumpkin?"

She tried to hold up said pumpkin for examination, but Jasmine blocked her with one hand. "You're not supposed to bring the pumpkin, Daffy," she hissed, then gave Eledhwen a cool smile befitting her Wednesday Addams costume. "I apologise for my sibling."

"I'm your sibling too!" squeaked Oleander, waving his arms. "Do you 'pologise for me?"

"We all need to apologise for you," Belladonna said, grabbing her little brother by his costume's banded tail. "Get down from there!"

"Can't make m-eek!" Oleander toppled from the railing and wound up hanging head-down by his knees. "Can't make me!" he repeated. "I do what I do!"

Tanfin, face pasty with white makeup, rolled his eyes. "He does, too," he confided to Eledhwen. "Kids, you forgot what you're meant to say."

"Oh!" Bella released Oleander and scampered over to the door, pulling Daphne behind her. She put on an angelic smile (to match her costume) and held out a plastic bucket. "Trickortreat!"

Jasmine stepped up behind her, showing off her best loom. "Please," she said in a dry tone, "choose trick."

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I make no promises that any of this is happening anywhere near actual Hallowe'en. They do what they do.

hS

The costumes! The pumpkins! The tiny elfy babies! Omg I simply cannot.

Thank you and happy Halloween! :) :)