SystemofEleven

Banding Together in Halloween Town

Carver nodded and leaned against the wall casually. "Long story short, we mixed up a memory-wipe potion, combined it with some fog juice, and dumped it into the fountain. You and I were put on straggler duty in the graveyard, using water balloons to catch anyone who wasn't caught by the main fog in town. Since nobody would remember getting hit, nobody would connect their amnesia with our presence or actions. Shock turned the Halloween count down to zero, and we were going to let everyone think they'd gone scatter-brained and missed Halloween."

She narrowed her eyes at him. "But since you wiped your own memory getting too close to Lillith, you didn't know that, and pointed out the water stains to them. You drew attention to the fact that they couldn't remember what had happened five minutes prior, meaning there's a reasonable chance they might have realized something was up."

Banding Together in Halloween Town

Carver followed Lock back to the tree house, staying a few steps behind him. She didn't think he'd forget again now that the fog had cleared, but she wasn't completely certain he wouldn't if he zoned out during the walk. Once they go there, she filled up on popcorn. She was definitely going to need that later. Once she was all set up, she flopped down on the couch.

"So, loverboy, would you like a reminder of exactly what you nearly screwed up? Or would you rather wait for Shock to come explain it?"

Banding Together in Halloween Town

"Remember when you asked if they'd been bobbing for apples? You're the one that got them wet. They immediately forgot about it, but then you decided to draw their attention back to it. You're just super lucky I gave you a plausible excuse and changed the subject." She tossed a rock at him. "And I'm not saying any more about it until we get back to the tree house, where there's no chance of people wandering by and hearing the plan before the last bit falls in place."

She nodded to Shock. "Good. Hopefully the leftover fog should clear out the last of any suspicions they might have."

Banding Together in Halloween Town

Carver positioned herself so she could keep both Lock and the gate in sight at once. To keep herself entertained, a few stones were picked up and juggled.

"Still can't believe you fucked this one up," she said conversationally. "We've only been planning it a month."

Banding Together in Halloween Town

Carver released him and looked around for his bucket. "I don't know. I was rather distracted trying to convince the twins nothing unusual was afoot..."

She headed over toward where he had been standing in confusion when she initially found the group. Some searching quickly turned up his stash of balloons, and his slingshot lying nearby. She quickly brought them back to Shock.

"Need a second shooter, or would you rather I keep an eye on your brother?"

Banding Together in Halloween Town

"All I've seen is Hanging Tree. Not sure if Lock hit them yet, though."

Carver elbowed Lock in the side. "Hold still. I'm gonna let Shock deal with you when she gets here."

Banding Together in Halloween Town

Carver ignored Lock's question and moved to slap him upside the back of his head with a couple of vines.

"He did. He hit both the twins, but decided to kiss Lillith while it was still going off." She wasn't exactly sure what had happened to result in Lock getting effected, but this was believable and since he couldn't remember, he couldn't contradict her. "Then he proceeded to draw their attention to it because he couldn't remember who caused it."

Banding Together in Halloween Town

Carver fought to keep him down, but used one vine to grab her walkie talkie and push the button. "Mostly clear here, but Lock was an idiot. Need to confirm we got everybody. Vampires might be an issue."

Banding Together in Halloween Town

Lillith bent down to kiss him. "Sure, you didn't," she said with a small smile. She ran a hand through her hair again, then quickly wiped it off on his face. She chuckled when Carver pulled him free. "Not if I catch you first."

The vampire waved to them both, then shifted into a bat and went to catch up with her sister.

Carver watched her disappear into the fog that was rolling out from the town center, then suddenly wrapped a couple vines around Lock's throat and tried to wrestle him to the ground.

"You idiot! You nearly cost us the whole thing!"

Banding Together in Halloween Town

Carmilla was torn between arguing and going home to change her clothes before anyone else saw. After a moment, she growled at them both, and flew off as a bat. Lillith sighed and petted Lock's head.

"You probably shouldn't antagonize her so much. Especially when she's already upset about something." She ignored the innuendo for the moment. It felt like there was something... important she was supposed to be doing, but she couldn't put a claw on it. And as much fun as flirting was, she should probably follow her sister and show some support. Carmilla was less stringent about her posture and manners, but she did put a lot of time into her appearance.

Carver ever-so-helpfully grabbed the back of Lock's collar and pulled. "Come on, loverboy. We still need to go find Shock and Barrel."