Trick or Treat! (OPEN)

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Dinky Hooves had thought long and hard about her costume for Nightmare Night. Last year, she had gone as a firemare, but she wanted something different! Something amazing! Something more true to the holiday! Then, the idea came, and she began the grinding task of getting enough bits together to make the costume as good as possible!

Now, it was Nightmare Night, and everything was together. Dinky looked at herself in the mirror, turning her head. Her fur had transformed, with the help of a lot of fur dye and her momma, from the lavender she always knew, to a soft shade of blue that covered her from the tip of her horn to her hooves. She made a similar change to her mane and tail. She had carefully brushed out her new soft blue mane, making sure everything was perfect. Dinky made her wings out of paper mache, pegasi feathers from around town, paint, and dye.

The outfit was a bit more tricky. At first, she thought she'd just do more paper mache, but realized she couldn't really walk around on paper mache all night. So, with the money gained from odd jobs around town, she went out and bought a tiara, a necklace, and shoes, and took a spray can of paint to them. And finally, with the stencil of a moon, and some white paint, her costume only needed one more thing to be finished.

Dinky picked up the colored contacts, and placed them in her eyes. She blinked a few times, and glanced back. She was ready.

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Dinky hopped off of her front porch, waving goodbye to her momma, and blinked in the moonlight. It was an exceptionally bright evening, and everypony was out and having fun. Dinky just hoped her Luna costume was good enough for ponies to give out lots of candy!

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This was Compass's first time celebrating Nightmare Night, and the unicorn wanted to make his first costume his best. He had thought of who he wanted to be, his first choices were the Sleeping Dragon or the Hero of Chaos, but those costumes were too complex to have made, so he decided to pick a myriad of different parts of outfits. He even decided to get some fur-dye to further change his appearance, the outcome being a rather unexpected considering him. He was dressed up as the Stylish Devil Trigger. His horn was obscured by his white mane, an uncharacteristically characteristic smirk on his face as he was ready for some trick-or-treating.

Bidding his sisters farewell, he decided to leave the house through the back so he would not run into any trick-or-treaters from the get go. He looked around, hoping to figure out which house to try his luck at first. He did not carry a bucket or a bag, as he figured he could just put the candy in his coat pockets.

[Time Turner]

”And one last tug and…there we go!” Time Turner said as he finally got the last part of the knot on his black tie done.

After messing with it a little more to make sure it was snug and secure, Time Turner looked over himself in the mirror for a final checkover. He couldn’t help but give a slight smile at him in his dashing black suit and tie. Very few ponies would probably get the whole “PIB” thing, but he had always enjoyed tales of a secret group of alien and monster-chasing agents. Heck, if they actually existed, he wouldn’t have minded joining up with them.

…and then he laughed at the thought.

”Ha ha, me, chasing after aliens? Now that would be quite the sight,” he said as he put on the finishing touch to his costume; a pair of black sunglasses. Granted not the most appropriate eyewear during night-time, but it just wasn’t a PIB if one wasn’t wearing sunglasses.

With his tie straightened and sunglasses donned, it was time to head out into the world and face down the terrors of the night that very few ponies would dare to face. A terror that only those specially trained, like himself, would be able to handle. The terror…of keeping an eye on foals during Nightmare Night. But he had made a promise to Derpy to keep an eye on Dinky, even if Dinky did not know her mother had asked him to. A little overprotective? Maybe, but it was understandable considering Derpy’s position as a single mother. Besides, it wasn’t like he was going to be getting in Derpy’s way; no, he’d just keep an eye on her.

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It wasn’t long before Time Turner had put the glasses away. After knocking over several ponies and a table, it was rather apparent sunglasses were rather obstructive to vision at night. But he still had tracked down Dinky in a relatively brief amount of time, dressed in the Princess Luna costume he had heard so much about from Derpy (who was of course proud to brag about her daughter’s creative skills). As she wasn’t looking his way, he decided to have some fun and simply, and quietly, snuck up behind her and gave her a little tap.

”Princess, you know you’re not supposed to run away from your security detail. Celestia is going to be really upset about this.” he said, acting as if he was stone cold serious before eventually breaking up into giggles.

”I’m sorry, had to. You’re looking rather adorable this evening Dinky. Really good work on the costume.” 

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Rumble had planned and worked hard on his costume for Nightmare Night this year. In previous times he had gone as something cool, or was too young to remember, and this was the first year he'd be going as something scary. Thankfully he had a super awesome brother who was able to help build a bunch of things for it, and a mom that could sew. Getting ready had taken a long time, far too long for Rumble's liking, but he couldn't disagree with the results.

Rumble was a WereSpider version of himself. He looked like a hairy half-pony half-tarantula. Thunderlane had built a harness for him which strapped to his back and did a number of things. A gray spider abdomen striped with darker gray stuck out behind him. It was made out of chicken wire and covered with fabric harvested from a shaggy floor mat. It hid his tail, and had a length of white rope sticking out the back where the spinnerets were that connected to his sack. There was a fake leg on either side of him made out of some plastic tubing and the same shaggy mat material painted to match his colors. These legs were on hinges and had moving joints so they'd move and jiggle whenever he moved his wings. The last part of the harness was another set of legs that curled in front of him. These two were made like the others, but were stationary. They couldn't move because they held his sack for all of his candy!

To cover up the harness Rumble wore a jacket along with detached sleeves and leggings made of the same shaggy mat material. It had all been carefully dyed to match his natural color palette, and his mom had used hair gel to mat it down in some areas, and spike it up in others to make it look uneven and creepy. Since it wasn't one single piece of clothing, and his joins were uncovered, Rumble's limbs had an insect-like segmentation look to them. His mane was all haphazard and messy instead of slicked back, and he had a mouthpiece he had to bite on that held the spider mandibles and fangs out. To get the spider-looking eyes he had gotten an all black pair of sunglasses just like DJ-Pon3 wore, and six black beads in three different sizes that were stuck to his forehead with spirit gum.

Lastly he had his bag for his candy! It had been a white canvas bag his mom used for grocery shopping, but now it had been wrapped up in fake spider webs they had bought from a party store to make it look like a cocoon! The loops in the bag were held by the two fake legs in front of him, and was attached to his back by a small white rope. A couple of black plastic spiders had been stuck into the webbing as well to make it look EXTRA creepy! All in all he thought he looked like a young werespider that had spun himself his own bag to collect candy in! It was equal parts scary, and adorable.

FINALLY after saying goodbye to his parents, Thunderlane, and showing his costume off to Flitter and Cloud Chaser, Rumble was free to go Trick or Treating with his friends! The gray colt made his way down to Dinky's house, having made plans to hang out with her this year. They were going to use the buddy system and stick together, but he hoped they'd run into some of their friends and get to have fun all together!

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After a few moments,Compass decided to head over to a house he saw a colt dressed like a spider going to. He didn't know it at the time, but he was heading to Dinky's house. When he got closer, he smiled when he recognized the spider-colt, but then he got a little nervous. He didn't want to be rude, but at the same time he wanted to talk to somepony, made things more fun. "Heya!" he smiled to the colt, deciding to follow his lead since it seemed they were going to the same place. He didn't bother to say who he was- mainly because Compass felt it wasn't worth it. Despite befriending Diamond Tiara (or so he believed), and despite learning more about magic, he still didn't feel he was important. He had weird confidence issues, that was for sure.

"Nice costume." he complimented Rumble's costume so as not to let an awkward silence start, seeing how well constructed it was, while at the same time beginning to have doubts about his own costume. It wasn't as creatively made as Rumble's, nor was it even scary. He already felt pathetic, but didn't let that show.

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Dinky jumped a little, but immediately burst into a fit of giggles. It was Mr. Turner! And he was dressed as some sort of spy pony or something. Well, she decided to keep playing along, despite him breaking character. "Thou must have me confused with some other foal! I am princess of the night! But thou mayst call me Luna." Dinky did her best to keep from giggling.

Then, she saw Compass and Rumble! She immediately forgot about Mr. Turner, and strutted over, keeping a "royal" stance. "Greetings, subjects! I am Luna, princess of the night!" She lifted her head to the moonlight, causing the beams to reflect off of her jewelry. She was sure if she could take a step back, it would look way cool!

Dinky looked at their costumes, tapping her chin. "I see I am to be accompanied by... An albino and a pony spider? Strange creatures, where do thee hail from?"

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"Hey thanks! You have a cool costume too!" Rumble said to the other colt that he had seemingly picked up. He didn't know who the other colt was supposed to be, but it looked neat! "I'm going to be going around with some friends of mine, want to tag along with us?" he ask the other colt. The more the merrier!

"Hi Dinky! Rumble waved to his friend. He liked her costume a lot. With Princess Luna back, and in a good light, it was fun to see ponies dressing up as her for Nightmare Night. The young flier was sure that the Princess would also be happy to see ponies dressed as her as well. Tonight was guaranteed to be fun!

"He's not an albino. His coat isn't white, and his eyes aren't red. This spider-pony hails from just down the road Dinky, and he knows Flitter and Cloud Chaser aren't at home giving out candy this year. They got some party to go to." This was Rumble's first Nightmare Night without a chaperone. No parents, Thunderlane, or Flitter and Cloud Chaser looking after him. He, of course, had to stay with his friends though.

[Time Turner]

Well, it seemed that Dinky’s preference was to keep in character, even if she was having to struggle through a fit of giggling to do so. Seeing as there was no harm in playing along, he might as well join in the fun.

”My apologies then princess, but it is most fortunate indeed as I was hoping to enjoy some company while on my rounds. Nightmare Night seems to always bring out the most interesting of characters after all.”

Eventually, however, it seemed Dinky’s attention was distracted by the arrival of some of her friends. Shrugging, he just kept on following her, since he had to keep an eye on her anyway. Besides, this would be a chance to meet some of her friends. He sort of knew Rumble through a vague chain of bureaucratic meetings, what with helping to manage the occasional weather schedule and all requiring him to meet Thunderlane. The other one he had never met. In either case, Time Turner had one major thought as he glanced down at his costume and then the spider getup of Rumble.

How are foals having better costumes than me?

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Compass's ears drooped for a moment when Dinky, whilst acting as Princess Luna, called him an 'albino'. He knew that was used to make fun of ponies more often than not, and his heart sank because of that fact. However, his ears perked up when Rumble corrected her before a smirk spread on his muzzle. If Dinky was going to be in character, he was going to join in on the fun. Nodding to Rumble and saying a quick 'thanks', he cleared his throat, casually swinging one leg to make his jacket flow a bit, his horn glowing, the magic causing his mane to flow a little as he decided he might aswell give them a show. He wasn't the worthless in his own self-deprecating opinion Compass Rose for the night- he was a different pony!

"I'm glad you asked, Your Highness." he started, quickly spinning around for effect, a tiny flash, tossing a prop rose into the air. "I come from around the corner. The stylish monster hunter- Devil Trigger!" he introduced himself, managing to balance himself on one leg for the sake of an extravagant pose, catching the fake rose with his mouth as his horn flashed, a double helix of pink petals flowing up before they faded, allowing him to get back to all fours before bowing politely to Dinky Luna.

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Ooh, yay! Mr. Turner and Compass were getting in character! It would probably take some work to get the WereSpider get fully in character, but if anypony could do it, it was Princess Luna! "They creature of the night! Stay in my presence! Some citizens may find thee too fierce for common eyes! I must assure them of your allegiance!"

She turned to Compass, in time to watch the spectacle. "Monster hunter? Will thee be a problem? If thee wishes to hunt my friend, you shall feel the might of the Royal Canterlot Voice!" Dinky reached in her candy bag, and pulled out a megaphone. "STAY THY BLADE, HUNTER!"

Dinky immediately giggled, lowering the megaphone. "Instead, join us upon this wondrous holiday of candy and games!"