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[microbrobotics]

WHO: Hiro + Tadashi + Cass, anyone else who wants to stop by
WHERE: Lucky Cat Café, Heropa Edition
WHEN: Halloween evening-ish!!
WHAT: Quickie log for Hamada family hijinks & Halloween cuteness
WARNINGS: NOTHING BUT ADORABLE IN HERE

[ It's Halloween! The café is open this evening and the delicious smells of pumpkin spice everything waft out through the front door whenever someone walks in. Today, however, if you wander in you'll be greeted by at least one of the Hamadas. Probably the smallest one, who's wearing the world's laziest Halloween costume - a pair of black cat ears nearly invisible against his messy mop of hair. (He had a tail at some point, but it's somewhere behind the counter now.)

Hiro's got the basket with normal candy, though Cass has made adorable cookies that will surely find their way into the hands of any visitor before they can escape. ]

Y'know, it's kind of nice to be working on Halloween.

[ Mostly because Hiro has spent all afternoon grazing liberally from the candy bowl. He has the remains of a sucker in his mouth now, the stick bobbing up and down as he talks.

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[rassera]

[Honestly, he had planned to stay home most of the day, maybe doing up his face to have the dragon facepaint he SHOULD have had at the Swear in no thanks to Hazel (although, the alternative was still nice). And to be honest, he wasn't too bad at it. It was just graffiti for your face, right? He could do that.

But when Ken asks him to go trick-or-treating, with the bonus of stopping by the Lucky Cat Cafe...he's skeptical.

He really...really hates Halloween.



But he loves the promise of food more.


The only downside? It's a Tails day, and luck's definitely not on his side as he practically trips over Capsule, almost smudges all that hard work, forgot three things inside the house (sorry Ken), and now...

hitting his head on the door on the way in.

HALLOWEEN SUCKS.]

[microbrobotics]

[ Good job, Kaneda. Well done. Hiro can't help but snicker a little as he holds out the bowl. ]

You look grumpy as all heck.

[rassera]

[IT HAS BEEN A DAY, HIRO. Just for that, you get a ruffle on that mop you call your hair. Pretty sure there'd be no difference anyway.]

Surprised I got over here without getting hit by a car or some shit.

[The night's still young, Kaneda, have faith.]

...

[He takes a piece of candy, though, inspecting it. Because hi what is American sweets.]

[microbrobotics]

[ Delicious. That's what they are. ]

... Jeez, is it really going that bad?

[rassera]

[Fun dip. Huh. It looks...colourful. Show him these wonders, Hiro.]

Well...I guess it's--

[Too late, he literally just almost walked into that table and landed on it.]

Goddammit...

[microbrobotics]

Okay, I believe you ... Why don't you sit down and I'll bring the snacks to you?

[rassera]

[Bless you (slightly) smaller child. He's just going to take a seat before he sets ice cream on fire.]

Surprised you're not out there, you know. Dip and Mabel are out, Ken's technically out...

[microbrobotics]

You do realize they're all like twelve and I'm almost sixteen, right?

[ He snags some of those mochi cookies and a couple of pumpkin spice tarts. ]

[rassera]

I'm seventeen, no one's safe.

[His neck cranes, watching Hiro grab the sweets in curiosity, then looking idly at his package of Fun Dip.]

[microbrobotics]

You're also from some crappy apocalypse, right? You've got an excuse.

[ He just sets them down in front of Kaneda too. Go nuts, dude. ]

[rassera]

[He reaches for one of those Mochi (Krem, to him) cookies, freezing his fingers just before grabbing one. His eyes widen as he looks at the kid in shock.

Because how did you know.]

...

[Numbly. Grabs. Cookie.]

[microbrobotics]

[ Well. Dammit. Was that not something Kaneda had told him before? He can't remember them ever discussing it ... Play it cool, Hiro. For the love of god play it cool. ]

-- Isn't like every other person like that? I swear all of my friends are.

[ Nailed it. ]

[rassera]

. . .

[He thinks on that a moment, mulling over the different people he's met. Riku was kind of like that...Ken had his own shit to work out...

...guess it doesn't seem all that odd, considering everything.

Nice save, Hiro. Nice save.]

Yeah. Well, guess you can add me to that list, huh?

[Considering his reaction was probably all too obvious. His gaze turns to the cookie, though, inspecting it.]

Cute...

[lasthugs]

[Cass's arm shoots out and steadies the door so it doesn't bounce back to hit him again. She's a tiny woman but she looks a little bigger in her gigantic witch hat, a tiny little marshmallow robot -- a Baymini -- sitting on the rim with a pack of one of those cat cookies in its arms.]

... You okay there, buddy?

[rassera]

[That depends, Cass. Physically? Yeah, he's handled worse--heck, he's probably done worse to himself on a GOOD day. But considering this is a long stream of bad luck no thanks to his power...he can't really say 'yeah I'm fine' to that question.]

'm fine!

[Or he can.]

Just...one of those days, you know?

[There's a smile, but it's clearly just for Cass not to worry.]

[lasthugs]

Bad luck day, yeah? Happens to the best of us, though I know that's not much consolation.

[Cass smiles back. While she's not being a worry wart over it, there's simple sympathy there in her smile. Just a quiet offer of understanding as she gently lets the door fall closed and steps aside to let Kaneda make his way into the store.]

You're accompanying your friend, right? I see him with Hiro a lot -- do you want a cookie?

[rassera]

Heh, well, when it happens to me, it really happens.

[He takes that door she's holding open, stepping in and...lifting his feet up to make sure he doesn't catch himself on the change in floor. Because that would be something that would happen.

It's really sad how you look for that shit...]

Ken? Yeah, he asked me to come with hi--cookie?

[Sorry, he's got a one track mind.]

[lasthugs]

[She has to laugh at how fast he jumps on that topic. It's not a mean sound at all, though, and she's quick to turn and weave through the customers toward the counter. She's back in seconds with a little cat-shaped cookie, dropping it into his hands.]

They're our Halloween treat today. Remind Ken to grab one for himself before he leaves too, okay? Aside from the luck today, how have you been?

[rassera]

[The cookie plops in his hand, and he has to inspect it first. Not because of how dangerous it is or anything--he literally has nothing to fear from someone like Aunt Cass. After all, he'd had her cooking before, she more than proved herself.

No, he's looking at that design. Holding it between his forefinger and thumb, he squints at the little details. Funny, he could swear it almost looked like Krem...coincidence?

A soft 'kawaii...' might have escaped his lips.]

Will do!

[But at the question, he smiles, putting a hand in a pocket with a casual shrug.] Can't complain, all things considered. You just gotta take each day as it comes, right?

[lasthugs]

That's the right attitude to have, if you ask me!

[That's how she's done it, and it worked out for her. But validity of the statement and mindset aside, she thinks that's most important is in the knowing. She's glad this kid seems to know what attitude he wants to have when facing the world, and for that, she reaches into the bowl of candy Hiro and Tadashi set out and gives him a couple of candies from that, too.]

But I'm surprised. That boy never seemed like the type to ask for a chaperone.

[rassera]

[That was just how Kaneda was, too. Despite things that happened, or could happen, he always went into the day with an attitude, confident strides guiding him. To him, that's how you got things done, and it gets a smile on his face to see Cass agreeing to that.

His hand instinctively reaches out, looking at the candy that falls in his hand (what even is 'Pop Rocks'?) as he goes to sit down, nearly tripping over two chairs in the process.]</small Ah, yeah--OW--I think he just wanted me to come along and pulled that card. Even more surprised it worked.

[lasthugs]

[Oh dear. She swiftly pulls any other dangerous obstacles out of the poor man's way. She's able to maneuver around customers waving their hands and children moving about and various furniture even while walking backwards. Barista4lyfe. Once she finally gets Kaneda to a chair she gives him a sympathetic smile.]

Looks like someone's got you wrapped around his finger. Are you usually this unfortunate?

[rassera]

[If he wasn't so focused on trying to get to a table without landing face first, he'd be hella impressed. With her guidance, he makes his way over as best he can, flopping himself down in that chair. ALMOST falling off.

Boy have you got that right, Cass. There's a soft shake of his head.]

I have my good days and my bad. And when they're bad...they're...

[A gesture out, as if to say 'this'.]

[lasthugs]

[Jesus you are a mess, boy. Cass raises her eyebrows at hi, then nods, moving back again to sit down in the chair across from him. Employee she may be, the café isn't terribly crowded, and Cass has always run her business as more of a hang-out. She waves to a customer on his way out, responds to a question from another, then leans forward to rest her elbow on the table, head propped up by a hand.]

Is that just the way it is? Or... more of a power-related deal? It sounds pretty extreme if you ask me.

[rassera]

[Them barista skills, woman, they're hardcore.]

Power. File calls it 'luck manipulation', just being around people I can change their luck--

[Brb leaning slightly away from her.]

You know...good or bad.