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Somewhere deep in the Mushroom Ruins, 10:00 PM...

Ashley was currently sitting in her Library, reading a big book of spells as she stared at a great big Vat of, what looked to be clearly Starvia Infected Water. "If this spell works, i suppose they just wont have a choice but to accept me with open arms to help purify the life sphere's water...." Ashley said, grinning as she then went silent, her hair becoming a bright white due to the magic surging through it...


" Rice in the Bog, and Lice on a Dog "


"Piece of Cake, Fire And Sake!"


"Make this Purple Sludge Drinkable...."


"WATERUS PURIFICUS!"




Ashley chanted a loud incantation, before her Staff zapped the Vat of Water, and...Nothing. Ashley's hair returned to its pure black color, as she seemed far less than amused with how her spell flunked, Shadows covering over her eyes, as her Staff popped back into the shape of Ashley's Familiar. "Which reminds me Ashley, our friends should be arriving for our wonderful sleepover, yeah!"


"Oh, boy..." Ashley said, very sarcastically as she waved her hands in fake joy.

"Dont sound so sad about it Ashley, you always wanted friends to hang out with, right??"


"....Mm." Ashley looked away, not willing to Admit Red was Right.


"And dont worry, i even called several ghost and demon hunters to make sure no one's gonna get spooked off!"


"You what?"


"Yup! I called that Devil may Li guy, Tony Redgrave, and then i called Marisa Kirisame, but she started stealing stuff, so i had to chase her off..."


"....But i like the ghosts and demons."


"Ooo boy, this is gonna be some hard work. Just get to the hall, they should be coming over! All 4 of them!"


"...Didn't you make it three?"


"Nope, definitely 4!"


Sighing, Ashley used a Complex series of levers to Dump the Vat of infected Water down the Drain in the floor, leaving to go get ready for this slumber party she had no intention of enjoying in any capacity. Who wanted to be stuck in a house with other people anyways?? Especially not girls, ugh, she can already feel her soul darkening from the thought of being surrounded by Girls full of love and kindness and Sunshine. Gross.

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Meanwhile, Out on Ashley's Front Porch, the looming, dark mansion was very looming, as the wooden door, adorned with a Golden Skull Doorknob was standing as the only thing in front of our party guests.






Slumber Party!


Go!

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After a long while Shizuka had finally made it to the magical mansion that houses her supposedly new friend Ashley, she would of rather hung out with Rosalyn tonight, but Rosalyn was going to care for some of her terminally sick plants and so told Shizuka to try and socialise around the sphere, and that she did by finding out about the Slumber Party Ashley's hosting.

Shizuka looked at the mansion before shrugging. "Look's good." Shizuka thought as she walked towards the front door of the manor and knocked on it before waiting for a response, yawning while doing so, she looked at the engraving on her hand.

"I hope this house isn't a death trap or something."

[Coolshaymin]

Yellow walked towards the dark and eerie mansion while wearing a Pikachu on her shoulder and a Herdier walking next to her. The Herdier in paticular did not look like he wanted to be here. The only reason he was here was because Yellow was still bothered by that door back in Francis's Fort. She tries to hide it but it still seems to be on her mind. Chuchu was mostly here just to be with the other girls. Yellow's other two Pokemon were in their portable containment.

The trainer looked down at the skull mark on her hand. Did that sheet really have to curse her to encourage her to come here? What if it still triggered? Well, it's not like she was planning on ditching the sleepover anyway. She felt she kind of needed one to restore her fragile sensitivity.

She left her hat at home since she did not really need it here... Still brought her fishing rod though for whatever reason. She walked up to the front with Randy following and Chuchu looking out as someone else was here first. Well, it was almost time for them to be here anyway. She walked over behind Shizuka and waited a moment, not really announcing her presence.

[Mari]

"Come on, Raffine! You don't want to be late, do you~?" Arle remarked rather good naturedly as she ran along, Carbuncle cheerily dancing about her feet as she ran. "Oh la-ti-da, Miss Arle. It's quite fashionable to be slightly late, you know. And you'd do well not to test the coverage of your skirt by running with such urgency~" Raffine would reply ever so cooly. Arle slowed down a bit to allow her to catch up, giving her an unamused look over her shoulder. "Hey! Where are you looking??" Arle retorted, becoming mildly flustered by Raffine's insinuations. "Only after your dignity~! You are, after all, my plus one." Raffine would deflect rather coyly. Arle leered a bit, but quickly dismissed the remarks. Whatever. Maybe Raffine was only looking after her, but frankly she'd much prefer beating the skulls of anyone creepy enough to make a big deal out of a wardrobe malfunction than acting all demure and stuff.






The duo finally arrives. The first thing Raffine noticed was... Yellow's outfit. Oh god... Oh GOD! Why would someone do that to themselves?! Why would someone willingly put something so unfashionable on their body?! Was she trying to offend people's eyes? Pepper spray would be a lot more efficient and dignified! Why?! Oh the fashion! The crimes against fashion!

...As Raffine silently screamed at the top of her lungs, Arle greeted the group. "Hi Yellow~! Long time no see. I'm looking forward to this." Arle remarked, back to being her cheery self. "...Hmm~ You've met? It seems like we'll need to have some introductions. Perhaps after we've gotten inside? How long have you both been waiting?" Raffine would remark, doing a great job of hiding how much anguish Yellow's outfit filled her with. "I brought cookies~" Arle would announce, unconcerned with the conversation at hand.

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As the Four guests arrived, Ashley peeked out of the blinds of her window, a obvious sickness coming over her face. "Jeez, ashley, i didn't realize that you were THIS anti soci--"

"She's so stylish."

"...Eh?"

Ashley immediately pointed out of the window, at Raffine. "Look at her...How am i gonna compete with that?" Ashley asked, as Red sighed, patting Ashley's back. "Well, atleast you can find some good in them?"

"...Also, i thought this was girls only?"

"It is."

"No, i definitely see a boy."

"Thats a girl."

"...You're S--"

"Yes, im sure Ashley!"

Ashley sighed, shaking her head and shrugging. Well, if he says so. "And then there's two blue girls...The first one looks ok. That other one though...Did she bring cookies?"

"Looks like it!"

"I like her already. Alright, Red, Get going."

"Huh?"

"Well, Its a Girls-type night. So, you're just gonna ruin everything."

"But, this was my idea!"

"Mmhm. " Ashley then whisked her finger forward, which caused Red to get launched through the roof. "Oh...I meant to send you to the kitchen, but that works." Ashley said, looking in the hole in the ceiling she made, casting a spell to repair it.

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The Skull Shapes on the group's hands would dissipate as they arrived oto the Porch of this large mansion, as the door slowly creaked open, and the Ruby Eyes of Ashley peered out at the Four. "...Uhm...Hi." Ashley said, hiding herself in the Shadows. "Welcome to my haunted mansion. Im Ashley." She said in a very un-confident tone, as she opened the door more, allowing the four to enter inside.



The Foyer was pretty vast, surrounded by some rather extravagant furniture, with stacks of Magic books surrounding the area, and some Gothic-themed design's following around as well. There were two long staircases leading up to the higher floors of the mansion, several halls, but asides from that, all life was gone except for the Four and Ashley. Ashley was...quite shy. She was fidgeting a little, not sure how to start a conversation with these complete strangers!


"Curses...Why did i make Red go, he's my conversation piece. Now im here with the stylish queen, the gender question mark, the cookie girl and the schoolgirl...Its ok Ashley, just ask something casual, fun, and not weird."



"Do you guys like halloween?"



"....Dangit Ashley..."

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Shizuka watched as Yellow, Arle & Raffine appeared soon after her, Shizuka turned towards Arle. "Oh, it's you..." Shizuka said to the girl as the door behind her opened and she turned and went in, as she walked around the main area of the mansion, she stopped when Ashley soon appeared in front of Shizuka, who introduced herself and welcomed the four guests. "Hey Ashley...I'm Moroboshi Shizuka...Your mansion looks cool so far..." Shizuka said to Ashley as the girl asked if any of them liked Halloween.

Making Shizuka already interested with the girl.

"Yeah, it's the only holiday of the year where my parents become less co---I mean, it's a good holiday."

[Coolshaymin]

"... H-hi..." Yellow greeted in response to Arle and looking to Raffine... Something seemed off and Yellow seemed to be acting less confident compared to their last meeting... Almost strangely shy. "My name's Yellow..." Yellow stated while she quietly returned Randy. Chuchu looked at her from her shoulder sensing Yellow's sudden case of awkwardness. The girl trainer felt like she was silently being judged by someone... Maybe multiple someones but she did not say it out loud.

The thought of cookies kind of just floated past Yellow's mind for a moment. However, after a delayed reaction, the idea of cookies was a bit... nice despite her current insecurities... The thoughts coming from Chuchu as she switched shoulders to sniff at Arle's food did help a little.

"... No, not really my thing," Yellow answered simply.

[Mari]

Arle gave Shizuka a questioning look, probably something to do with the fact that she was an adult and why was she at a kids sleepover party? It was almost as weird as having a boy here. ...Well, no. That wasn't fair. The mage declined to voice whatever was on her mind however, or even to respond at all. Instead, she returned her attention to Yellow. Although she did notice that Yellow was acting different, she simply assumed that this was how the other behaved when she wasn't rescuing her from mage-eating nerds. Raffine likewise was unfazed. By her logic someone who wore undignified clothes was likely not to have dignity themselves, and therefore Yellow's lack of confidence was unsurprising to her.

"My name's Arle, and this is Raffine! We're both part pf the Magical Girls Society, which makes us like family. Oh, and this is--..." Arle introduced, ever so subtly annoying Raffine by doing introductions on her behalf. When she moved to introduce Carbuncle, however, he was no where to be found. the yuru-chara could smell where this evening was going and had decided to bail before someone tried putting makeup on him. Not even Arle's cookies were worth that. "...Nevermind." Arle would relent after looking around. How did he do that? "The pleasure is ours. You've got a very nice looking house, Miss Ashley." Raffine would offer.

Arle noticed Yellow and Chuchu both eyeing her cookies and began opening the box for them. She did feel a certain fondness for Yellow after the other had saved and protected her from a rather vulnerable and traumatic situation, so she was paying a bit of extra attention to the other. Something was wrong, however.

"I made them myself~"

Oh. My. Sweet. Arceus.

The rather pungent scent of curry spice wafted out from the box, a rather strong smelling spice by nature. They were curry flavored cookies! How the hell did she even accomplish that?? Raffine was... unfazed. Arle already smelled like curry 24/7, so she had become somewhat used to it by now. Arle began offering the cookies to anyone brave enough to try them, starting with Yellow and Chuchu."...All Hallow's Eve is a mixed bag~" Raffine remarked, eliciting a snicker from Arle. Puns.
"I can never eat all the candy, but dressing up is very fun~" Raffine went on to explain.

"...Yeah, I feel more or less the same. The idea of people knocking on my door asking for candy kind of unnerves me too. Thank goodness I don't live in the life sphere~ Is it your favorite holiday, Ashley?" Arle would chime in. Noth of the magical girls seemed to pay no mind to Ashley ' awkwardness, playing along with light hearts.

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Ashley looked at Shizuka as she had a more or less smile on her face from the "Your mansion looks cool so far" comment. "Well, it only gets more cool from here." Ashley said, then realising how cheesy that comment was and going back to her sulking. "N-nevermind..." She said, sighing as she then looked at Raffine, hearing her as well comment on the niceness of Ashley's house. "Oh, thanks, you too..." Ashley said, and again going back to her awkward nature as she realized she just complimented Raffines house as well.



"I-i mean, im sure you're house is nice too, if you have one, which im sure you do, i mean your skirt looks very rich so im sure you have enough money to afford a house....N-not saying im staring at your skirt or anyth-- Know what, never mind, h-how about i go put on some music!" Ashley said, darting off as she grabbed a Record off the shelf, and put it on a old Victorian-style record player, putting the needle on it and letting it play out some ghoulish melodies on this, the darkest of sleepovers...





Ashley sighed at yellow's response to Halloween "Not really being" her thing. "You're probably not gonna have a good time. Halloween is kind of my bread and butter...Ghosts, skeletons, demons, candy, dress up, murderers, horror movies. I love it." Ashley said, smiling a little. Though, Smiling was more involuntary than anything else. "Feel free to kick off your shoes and take off your jacket...if you have a jacket." She said, as she looked over to the other blue girl, who was a bit too much joy for her to handle...


"...So uh, you brought snacks?" Ashley asked Arle, walking over to her and opening her hand for one, not minding the thick smell of Curry. Heck, compared to what ashley brews up most of the time, it was a welcome aroma. "....Oh, uh...Please." Ashley said, remembering manners were a thing. "And uh, after this we can uh, play...or something...I have Board Games...Video games...Magic spells, Demon summoning circles, Alchemy stations, a kitchen, my bedroom, my sewing room..."Ashley began to rattle on all the things the mansion had, most of which being typical for a mansion, others....strange.




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Meanwhile, at the back of the mansion...




"Ugh. Well, guess ill just hit the hay early as hell tonight." Red said, mumbling as he brushed his teeth, staring out the back door, before a strange knock arrived on it. "Mmph?" Red opened the back door, coming eye to eye with the only thing he can recall that is perfectly at his height.



"Upupu! Greetings Stranger~! Im Monokuma, im with the "Minions working for Evil School Girls Union"! Would you care to give me some review of your current work situation?"

"Oh, uh...Well, Truth is, i only get paid by having a place to live, eat and sleep at, with no spending money!"

"Yup, yup, standard, yup."

"Its a total drag...I mean, i dont even get Dental! I only get toothpaste!"



"Tsk tsk tsk...He only gets toothpaste. This is truly a house of evil."

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Shizuka remained silent and glared at Yellow when she said that Halloween was not really her thing, before looking back at Ashley, already growing fond of the girl due to similar interests the girl had, Ashley said that they could do tons of things tonight, which was impressing Shizuka, except for one thing. "We can do all that, except for one, the Sewing is not really my kind of thing, we can also do stargazing and if you need help doing rituals then I know all different kinds of dark and spooky rituals we can do." Shizuka said to Ashley as she also mentioned horror movies.

"I also know a famous horror movie we can watch later."

Shizuka simply said, standing away from the crowd, since it's not really her interests to be around the more cheerful girls.

[Coolshaymin]

Yellow smelled the air and the cookies smelled like... Curry? Why did it smell like curry? Well, the strange smell for a cookie did not seem like a problem for Chuchu. She jumped over and took a cookie for a bite. The Pikachu chewed into it and... She seemed satisfied at least. Did not seem terrible... Well, according to an electric mouse. "Thanks," Yellow said a little more cheerfully and took a cookie... Hopefully the strange taste in baked goods was not terrible.

The girl took a bite out of the cookie... And promptly choked on it for a moment. One may assume that she choked because this cookie had way too many spices. The real reason however was the sudden thought that came from Chuchu. The other blue girl was... Glaring at her? That seemed a little extreme. It could not of been because she did not like the same holiday as her. That would be ridiculous, pity and absurd... Well at least she was aware she apparently had an enemy out of nowhere.

She took a moment to recover before Ashley's words registered. Dress up. Well, she did bring THAT with her... Maybe putting it on will relieve some stress. "I am fine with not summoning demons. I need to..." Yellow started before letting out a cough from remaining cookie. "Go change real fast. Do you have somewhere I can change alone?" she went on to request... Despite nothing there being nothing wrong with her clothes... Outside poor fashion.

[Mari]

"...There's nothing wrong with keeping your eyes on the stars, Ms. Ashley~" Raffine replied rather invitingly with a rather coy flip of her hair. The proper lady graciously flourished in the attention, willing to entirely ignore how incredibly awkward Ashley was being so long as the other continued to treat her with the dignity and respect someone of her class (felt she) deserved. Well, that was one way to get Raffine to like you~

Meanwhile, Arle finished handing out cookies only to watch Yellow choke on them. The mage's feelings seemed a little hurt, judging from the subtly distraught look on her face. One could just see her deflate a little. "...Oops. Sorry. I... thought they'd be a little better than that." Arle would sheepishly apologize. before giving Ashley a funny look. She'd just said a whole lotta things, some of them stranger than others.

"I like games, but... What's a 'video'?"

Raffine just sort of gave Arle an 'are you kidding me' style look of bewilderment before remembering they weren't from the same world. "I suppose you don't know what a movie is either." Raffine remarked rather dryly, receiving a blank look from Arle in response. She couldn't tell if Raffine was screwing with her or not. "...And the demons..?" Raffine went on to ask, somewhat impatiently guiding Arle back into focus. Somehow, the demons had flown right over her head. The mage snapped to attention. "Oh. Oh no. No demons please. I've got this stalker and I'm pretty sure he doesn't know where I am and I'd like to keep it that way." Arle replied rather casually. "Agreed. I was going to suggest a makeover. Perhaps we could find time for that~?" Raffine went on to suggest. She seemed quite enthusiastic about the idea. Arle on the other hand seemed... uninterested, to say the least."...Games sound fun." Arle replied.

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Ashlrey looked relatively confused at yellow as Ashley ate Arle's curry cookie, and smiling a little. "These taste good...Thanks." Ashley said. Then again, with most of the stuff ashley brew'd up and consumed, there was no doubt that cookie tasted alot better than what she normally ate. So, while it wasn't good by normal means, to ashley's standards, it was pretty good. Then yellow's request seemed odd to Ashley, but, fair enough of an question.


"There's a Bathroom on the right side of the west wing hall, 5th door." Ashley bluntly answered yellow, before looking to the other three, face turning a sheepish red at Raffine's comment after ashley's word fumble. "T-thanks...Well, i do have regular games too. Like Pool, or some WarioWare Brand Inc. Micro Games. Sorry, im under contract to always refer to them as that." Ashley said, with a little sweat drop falling past her. The price to pay for living in Diamond City...Wait, now that she was on li, did she have to say them like that??

"Either way, we have the whole night to ourselves, so im sure we have time for everything. Even...Makeovers." Ashley said with a bit of a groan. Ashley was cute enough, wasnt she?? Who needed to paint her face in 10 tons of paint and powder anyways?!


"And whats wrong with Demons? Some of my best friends are demons, thank you very much..." Ashley said to Arle, pouting her lips and puffing her cheeks. She was beginning to feel...comfortable with these guys. Perhaps this night wouldn't be so bad after all. "Well, I guess when yellow comes back, we can go to the game room and play around for a bit."

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Shizuka watched as most of the group had decided to have alternate plans like play games or do makeovers, something Shizuka was not interested in as she muttered under her breath. "Fine..." She said as she looked back up at the group just as Yellow left to get changed. "I need to get changed into my bedwear as well, i'll be right back..." Shizuka said to the group as she quickly went into the kitchen instead and sighed to herself.

"Rosalyn's wrong, I can never befriend these people...I never can, and it's all my mother and fathers fault..." Shizuka said sadly as she thought about what she could do.

"I can try to socialise..."

[Coolshaymin]

Yellow nodded to Ashley before going to find the bathroom... Before she left however a cough reminded her of something. Oh right, that must of looked pretty bad to Arle. "Thank you, Ashley... And thank you for the cookie, Arle. It was a good change of pace. I must of got some caught in my throat. Sorry, I did not mean to offend your cooking. I could try another when I get back, without choking on it this time, I promise," Yellow attempted to reassure Arle before looking to Chuchu. "Wait here with the others,' Yellow said to Chuchu before running for the bathroom again.

Entering the bathroom, Yellow opened up her Pokeball Pouch and pulled out a bag with clothes in it. "I kind of didn't want to wear them again after Iris complimented them..." Yellow said to herself as she looked at the style she made after Blue.

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"Ever thought it's what you are wearing?"

"What I am wearing? But I wasn't wearing the hat."

"Not just the hat, your whole style is a little..." Randy began before shifting back nervously as if he was afraid he would be smited.

"... If it makes you feel better I will bring the dress..."

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"... Well, if I am so worried about it... I may as well try it. Maybe Ashley and Raffine will look at me differently... Can't say much about that other girl..." Yellow sighed before slipping into the black dress, white gloves, earrings and other attire she took off Blue. Yellow made a motion for her Ponytail before stopping. "..." She held her hands there before lowering them. "No, I can't just change my hair. The Dress will have to do," Yellow stated before putting her other clothes into the bag. A bit fancy for a sleepover... But it was the best she had at the moment.

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Yellow walked back into the room with Arle, Raffine and Ashley and noticed Shizuka walked off. She gave a look to Chuchu for a moment. "... I'm back. I think I cleared out my throat now too. Games sound nice."