Great Halloween Surprise Operation
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Covers both Halloween events.
1: Great Halloween Surprise Operation Prologue#
Kaoru: ...So we left the Halloween party to go scare Origami Yukari, right?
Yomi: Yes. That is correct.
Yomi: At the party, Tsubakuro-san had the idea to put a jack o' lantern on her head, and made that a part of our plan to scare Yukari-sama.
Yomi: To make that happen, Tsubakuro-san strongly insisted that we go get enough pumpkins for all of us.
Kaoru: Right, that's what I thought. ...So, does somebody want to explain to me what's going on?
Ellen: What do you mean, what's going on?
Kaoru: I mean, why're we just marching off out into the quiet countryside!
Yume: Because there's a pumpkin patch out here.
Kaoru: Huh? You're not seriously planning on borrowing pumpkins from some farmer, are you?
Kaoru: It's scary what goes through a middle schooler's head...
Yume: You don't get it~! You sure are bad at listening. The STT made a request to exterminate the aradama out here!
Yume: There's a pumpkin patch around here that aradama have been ruining, so we need to get rid of them.
Kaoru: Okay. But suppressing aradama won't make them give us pumpkins.
Yume: Fu fuu. You really don't get it, Onee-san.
Yume: Pumpkins come out of the aradama messing this place up.
Kaoru: Huh? ...The heck is she saying?
Yume: I'm telling the truth! They said it's okay if we take pumpkins that come from the aradama!
Yomi: I've reviewed the same request. Whatever the reason, the aradama here seem to be consuming the field's pumpkins...
Yomi: When the aradama are purified, the pumpkins can be recovered. However, they aren't fit for selling anymore, so we've been asked to discard of them if possible.
Kaoru: Huh... And you want to take those pumpkins and make jack o' lanterns to scare Origami Yukari, right?
Yume: That's what I've been saying this whole time!
Kaoru: ...You've really gotta work on your communication skills when it comes to not swinging an okatana around.
Yume: Eh~, what's that supposed to mean~?
Aradama: KISHASHASHASHASHA!
Yume: Spotted one already! Tou-!
Kaoru: Wh-Whoa... Seriously? The aradama actually dropped a pumpkin.
Yume: See! Just like I told you!
Kaoru: Nn? ...Hold up. There's something kinda wrong about this pumpkin, isn't there?
Ellen: What do you mean? Let me see too.
Ellen: Oh! It looks just like an aradama!
Yomi: On top of that, it's faintly glowing. Did the noro cause this?
Kaoru: Well... They're definitely not gonna be selling these.
Ellen: But these creepy pumpkins just might do the trick in scaring Yukari-sama!
Kaoru: Probably. I like that it saves us the effort in making anything too.
Yume: I know, right! Let's get a whole bunch so we can scare Yukari-sama~!
2: Great Halloween Surprise Operation Epilogue#
Yume: The pumpkin's... All sticky... It won't come off... C'mon...!
Ellen: Yukari-sama won't be able to work in here with it covered in pumpkin guts! We should make sure her office is nice and tidy!
Kaoru: Sigh... Working my body outside of a mission... I feel like my guts are gonna come out too...
Ellen: Quit complaining and come lend a hand! It's our duty as Team Scare!
Kaoru: Why does it seem like you're having a lot of fun with this.
Yomi: I never would have thought things could turn out like this either.
Kaoru: Ahhh, my back... So after all that, did we actually scare Origami Yukari?
Yomi: I can't say for certain. After all, the moment we jumped out from the mountain of aradama pumpkins wearing jack o' lanterns, she used dragonblade*. (the name of Yukari's ougi)
Ellen: She didn't even let us finish shouting "Happy Halloween!"...!
Kaoru: Wasn't it right around the "llo" part that we ended up coated in pumpkin?
Ellen: I got all the way to "wee"!
Yume: But Yukari-sama didn't even twitch an eyebrow, did she? Awww, I really wanted to see her face all surprised...
Yomi: However, regardless of how it turned out, we still had to do a great deal of apologizing.
Yomi: When it comes to Yukari-sama, maybe she shows her surprise by immediately leaping into action.
Kaoru: Maybe you're right. Well, so long as we surprised her, I got what I wanted. I'll gladly take this punishment in that case.
Kaoru: ...You know, you didn't have to stay with us till the very end. I feel bad for dragging you along.
Yomi: You shouldn't be concerned with me. I was complicit ever since I was unable to stop Tsubakuro-san. And, besides...
Yomi: (Besides, I mabbe was likin it......)
Kaoru: Besides... What? Nn? Were you just smiling a little?
Yume: Ehh-!? Yomi onee-san, did you smile just now!?
Kaoru: Yeah.
Yomi: I did not smile.
Yume: Yomi onee-san's smiling is just as crazy rare as Yukari-sama looking surprised!
Kaoru: Seriously?
Yomi: It is not.
Yume: It seriously is! Aww, I wish I'd seen it~. Next time, you have to tell me when you're going to smile, okay!
Yomi: That's an unreasonable thing to ask of me.
Ellen: Pfft ahaha! Halloween sure is a lot of fun!
Kaoru: For sure. Now if only this cleaning would be over...
Ellen: That's right. Let's give it one last push!
3: Halloween Party Prequel#
One week before the Halloween party took place...
Yui: Found you, Kiyoka-chan! What're you two reading that's got you all excited?
Mihono: Oh hey, it's Yui. Welcome back from your mission! Take a look at this!
Kiyoka: The Halloween party's coming up, and remember how we were all going to get costumes? Well this magazine just happened to be doing a special feature on them!
Yui: Ooh~, what have they got?
Kiyoka: I was thinking, wouldn't I look cute in this Red Riding Hood outfit!
Yui: ...Nice... That's nice, that's the best, Kiyoka-chan!
Yui: The way you understand your own type just makes me want to squeeze you tight, I mean it!
Kiyoka: Ahaha...
Mihono: There sure are a lot of different kinds of costumes though, aren't there-! This one would look so good on Chii-nee! And Mirja-san could probably wear this nurse outfit...
Yui: Mihono-chan, a nurse outfit isn't going far enough. Mirja-san would really make you shiver in a doctor's uniform, wouldn't she?
Mihono: I guess... You're right? I don't really get what you mean...
Yui: Ahh-! Hiyori-san has to wear this black cat costume!
Yui: If I saw Hiyori-san with those cat ears, I'd bury her in a mountain of candy! Ahh~, it's just too much...
Kiyoka: You sure have an active imagination...
Academy Intercom: Aradama have been identified in the area of this academy. Toji, make preparations for emergency sortie. I repeat, aradama have been identified--
Mihono: Eh!? Right near here!? Kiyoka, Yui! We've gotta go!
Kiyoka & Yui: Right!
Child: Mamaaaa--!!
Mihono: There's a kid on the battlefield!? Everyone was supposed to get to shelter!
Kiyoka: Wh-What're we supposed to do...
Yui: I'll draw the aradama after me while you two get them to safety! I'm going!
Mihono: Got it! Be careful!
Yui: Ha... With all these after me, they should be able to get away...
Yui: Now I just have to... Alright. How bout I clean you up myself?
Yui: Inhale...
Yui: URYAAAAAAAAA!!
Yui: Mission complete. Though, I can't forget to call in noro recovery and make a suppression report.
Mihono: Yui-! We got them out of danger! -Wait, did you beat them all yourself!?
Yui: Did I do good-? I've gotta try my best not to get left behind by everyone.
Yui: And thanks for getting that kid out of harm's way, Mihono-chan!
Mihono: No way, that was all thanks to you distracting the aradama!
Mihono: Besides, it's amazing you managed to beat them all like that by yourself!
Kiyoka: Pant, pant... Sorry, I couldn't do anything to help again...
Yui: You took care of that kid, didn't you? You helped out plenty, Kiyoka-chan!
Kiyoka: But...
Yui: Hmm, then, how about I ask you to do something for me, Kiyoka-chan?
Kiyoka & Mihono: Like what?
Yui: You can wear that Red Riding Hood costume later, but first, you should be a mummy all wrapped up in bandages! And you'll have to take everything off! And I'll help you get changed, of course!
Kiyoka: Ehhhhhhh----!? I don't want to!!
Yui: Don't be like that, okay? Come on, Kiyoka-chan~.