The Nightmare Nightlife [Concluded]

[waxworks]

(( Hey everyone! Figured we should get an early start on a Nightmare Night/Halloween thread. First off, no post-order to worry about on this one, and you don't have to post more than once if you don't want to! Basically, it's kind of an excuse to show off your OCs in costume or enjoying the festivities if you want. Happy Nightmare Night! ))

Cobblestone stared at the transformed Ponyville in wonderment. The town was usually fairly cheerful and decidedly pastel-colored, but now it was decidedly grim and macabre, but in an entirely cheerful sense. Of course, this was because it was Nightmare Night, an evening of costumes, candy, and frights for ponies young and old. For Cobblestone, this was more or less every day of his life since he'd been adopted, but it seemed like every pony in town was in on it this time. There were banners, streamers, balloons, some buildings had been repainted, even the town's train-whistle had been tuned to a more slightly chilling note than usual.

Of course back at the orphanage they celebrated Nightmare Night as well, but nothing on this scale. The little shadow watched other ponies trot past eagerly in their costumes, a wonderful variety of all sorts, really. Most anypony in Ponyville that had anything to do with tailoring was eagerly offering their services for specially made costumes, Mannequin Grace had kindly offered access to the theater's wardrobe department, and Cobble's sister Waxworks was the last word in frighteningly realistic and disturbing make-up and effects for costumes. He looked at his own costume appreciatively, the two extra cloth legs on either side done up to match the fuzzy leggings he was wearing, a small pair of pipe-cleaner bobbers attached to his collar. The overall effect of the striped, furry costume was to give him the appearance of a large tarantula, which it did quite well. An unexpected side effect Cobblestone wasn't prepared for was more ponies noticing him than usual, since his shadowy black pelt was covered up.

"There's my little spiderbro!" Came a cheerful voice from behind him. He whirled around to see a changeling in mid-transformation, various candy-cane like stripes of it the standard black with blue tinges, and a clever use of small mirrors to make the appearance of holes. The rest of the changeling was waxy white and somewhat scarier looking than its darker portions. Waxworks grinned and nosed one of her brother's fuzzy pedipalps. "Have you gotten much candy yet?"

Cobblestone blinked and realized he'd completely forgotten about the candy part of it. He'd been so stunned seeing everypony pitching in with the sort of fervor for fright he'd normally only ever seen in his big sister, that he was just sort of enjoying watching all of the activity. "Oh, uhm, no.. but I will!"

Waxworks grinned and lowered her head to flip her spider-brother onto her back, trotting along. "Don't worry, there's plenty of candy to be had, and frights to be given, and screams and scares and starts and... oh there's just so much to do!"

"And so much to taste," came a gregarious voice as a smartly-dressed blue pegasus trotted up alongside them. He was in a bowler hat, a black coat that seemed slightly longer than it should have been, a pair of spectacles on a string, and he was wearing a stylish beard as well.

"Hello Dusty Pan," said Cobblestone, smiling while trying to figure out what the costume was. He gave up fairly quickly though, "who are you supposed to be?"

"Ah, my little friend, I am none other than that famed painter from Prance, Too-Loose LaTrot!" He lifted up a decanter with a sparkling green liquid inside, and sipped it happily, "would you like some lime-ade?"

"Not right now Dusty," said Waxworks cheerfully, starting to move faster, "we're behind schedule on candy and creeping!"

"Bonne chance!" Cheered Dusty LaTrot, lifting his green glass to them as they sped on.

They zipped past a house of mirrors that had been put together, and a bobbing-for-apples tank as well. The town hall had the grandstand set up for the costume contest later that evening, ponies were dancing and chasing one another, and the changeling and the tarantula were just about to bowl over a unicorn, an event which took place a moment later.

They tumbled for a moment before the entire collection came to a thudding stop at the chest of a large, multi-colored pegasus. Galvanic Reaction eyed the pile for a moment with her normal, steaming gaze before helping the mint-colored pegasus up. "You alright, Stitches?"

Galvanic didn't come to Ponyville often but had been trying to make more of a point of it after her recent reunion with her fillyhood friend Rivet Stitch. Rivet had invited her to take part in the festivities, but Gally certainly wasn't expecting to see her friend clad in a billowing pirate queen outfit, compliments of Mannequin Grace's collection of costumes. She hadn't brought a costume herself deciding it was too immature, but now that she saw every single pony in town in costume she was beginning to feel out of place and didn't like the feeling.

"Oooh, hiyas Gally! OOOH! Nice costume Riv," cheered Waxworks, untangling herself from her brother's many legs.

"Thank you, Waxworks," said Pirate Queen Rivet in her usual tone. "I like your costume too, and Cobblestone, you look very, very cute."

The arachnid pony blushed brightly, while the two-toned pegasus regarded the pair. Galvanic had to admit she was somewhat fond of the creepy siblings she'd met a few weeks ago, but still these were two more costumes, and exceedingly well done ones too.

"Hey Stitches, look, I think I'm going to take off," said Gally with an uncaring tone. She quickly found the changeling pony clinging to her.

"Oooh, wait, Gally! You can't leave yet! You don't have a costume!"

Galvanic grimaced a bit, especially when Rivet joined in, "I'm certain Waxworks can fix you up with one in just a few minutes."

"No, really, I-"

For as big a pegasus as she was, she was no match for raw, unbridled enthusiasm tempered by the the presence of her oldest friend. It was for that reason she soon found herself backstage at the Puppet Theater, where a small Cerberus was helping ponies into various costumes. The Cerberus was actually a fairly complex puppet costume, with two false heads being worn on either side of Mannequin Grace's head, her magic being used to animate them. Although as far as three-headed dogs go it was fairly unimposing as the three canine heads all had a decidedly 'cheerful puppy' appearance to them.

"Manny! We need a costume quick!" Said Waxy, pushing the large pegasus in. The Cerberus barked happily from two of its heads, the third remaining silent, but as a whole it pointed to one of the plus-sized racks, which Rivet Stitch examined thoughtfully.

"Look, I'm not into-"

"Maybe a weretimberwolf?"

"No I don't-"

"OOOH, how about a phantasm?"

"Hey, I'm not-"

"I think this would be best," said Rivet, emerging from the collection of costumes with a mostly black outfit, which Gally stared at for a moment. A few minutes later she emerged from backstage wearing the sort of outfit you'd use to break into a building, a black number with ropes and grappling hooks, and a decidedly high-tech set of night-vision goggles to compliment the look. Galvanic was now something right out of a spy thriller, and she was suddenly feeling much more comfortable with the Nightmare Night celebrations.

"Hey, Works..." she said, nodding slightly. There was a thanks in there somewhere but it was inaudible. "C'mon Stitches, I want to check out that House of Mirrors."

Cobblestone watched the pirate and the spy exit the theater, and after waving a goodbye to the three headed puppeteer, he and his sister trotted back out into the town for more thrills and chills.

[Tartan Lassie]

(Please excuse the GeneralZoi and then the awful Paint editing... -_- )


Ponyville was truly a sight for sore eyes. The backwater village had been transformed into spooky ghost town! There was bunting everywhere, hanging spiders, bats and other such creepy things. The residents had been working hard all day to get the town square looking ominous. Night had fallen, bathing the town in dark purples and blues. The moon was immense and illuminating in the night sky. It had been a warm day with little breeze and almost everypony was out and about in town. Stalls had been set up with everything from pumpkin carving and dooking for apples to toffee apples and costume competitions.
    In the midst of all this, arrived Honey Dust, a skewbald pegasus. Not that you could tell; she was in full costume. She had her wings folded under a dark grey body suit and had plaited her tail and dyed some grey into it. Her deep blue eyes shone behind a black eye mask as she trotted bouncily through the higglety-pigglety stalls, gazing at all the costumes. She breathed in deeply, feeling that she could actually smell the ambiance around her.
    Honey had been unable to sit still all day! Nightmare Night was always exciting for her. Although she had lived in Ponyville for quite a few years now, she had never gotten over that excitement she had felt when she had first realised how Nightmare Night was treated out here. Back in Manehatten, it's not really looked forward to. In fact, most ponies in Manehatten even notice it pass. Here, the ponies really go all out, and Honey loved it! She had been staring restlessly at the sky all day, during work waiting for the sky to get dark.
    A paper ghost swung down from a hanging streamer and hit Honey on the nose. She laughed and moved it to the side. There was so much to see and do, Honey couldn't decide where to go first!
    A group of foals in costume burst from nowhere and skidded round her. One filly ran into her front legs and looked up, recognising. It made sense that ponies didn't recognise Honey at first glance. Not only was her entire body covered, aside from her nose, but she had also plaited her mane and tail, which was unusual for her. Finally, the little filly recognised her from the the caramel and chocolate markings on her nose. "Hey, Dusty!" The filly was wearing a Vampony costume and was easily recognisable.
    "Hello, Sky Drop. Nice costume!" Honey greeted the filly. "Have ya been guising yet?"
    "Aw thanks. Yours too! And nah, not yet..." The filly turned to leave but hesitated. "Uh, Honey... What is it?"
    Honey frowned slightly and stamped her hoof over-dramatically, making her foam claws wobble. "I'm a raccoon! Can't you tell?"
    "Oh..." Sky Drop nodded. "Oh, yeah... Sure." She added, lying unconvincingly. "I'll see you later!" she called as she ran off.
    Honey laughed. I thought it was a pretty good costume, she thought. There was no bitterness though and her spirit was not at all dampened. It is very homemade, I suppose!
    The foals had reminded her though, she was supposed to be looking for Rusty, her younger brother. She hadn't seen him all day since she had been at work and they had agreed to meet early and spend the eerie night together! But how was she ever going to find him in this crowd? She didn't even know what he was dressed as...

[Rusty]

It was quite obvious, that this wasn't the same town as earlier this day. In morning, this was just a usual little town, full of ponies, just maybe more friendly than most others. But this wasn't the case this time. Now, it was scary town full of all kinds of monsters and strange creatures. And between all of them there was one, that was moving very fast, like there was so much things to see and very little time to spot them all. It was young pony in changeling mask. He was flying around and enjoying every moment. Back in Manehatten, it was... different. It was big city, ponies were never this close to each other and most of them just didn't care much for celebrations. And this was awsome, little scary, but awsome. Rusty was flying around looking for his sister. He didn't even know, what costume is she wearing. She could be anypone. There was zombie-pony and some giant chicken, several pirates and many others. The atmosphere was really great and it seemed, that all ponies were enjoying themselfs too.
After some time Rusty finally spot somepony, who kind of looked like his sister so, naturally, he stared to follow her very carefully, like every good changeling...

[waxworks]

A number of ponies were galloping through the square, panicked expressions on their faces. One of them grabbed a nearby pony and shook him, whinnying, "they're coming! THEY'RE COMING!"

He shot a glance over his shoulder and sped off, two fluttering ribbons tied around his waist. A moment later a large herd of zombified ponies came staggering out from behind a building, groaning and moaning chaotically. They staggered past most of the crowd uncaringly, their shuffling hoofsteps taking them after only those ponies wearing ribbons on them. One of the zombie ponies, sporting sunken eyes, a missing ear, and dark patches on his coat, paused and waved a hoof cheerfully.

"Hiya Waxy!"

Another zombie pony elbowed him in the ribs, and hissed at him to stay in character. Waxworks cheerfully waved back as the zombie pony that broke character blushed in embarrassment and resumed chasing the other ponies. Following up the back of the staggering herd was a pair of ponies with face-painting kits, dressed cutely as lab technicians. Zombie Tag was a popular event on Nightmare Night, and fairly easy to play as well. Survivor Ponies would wear ribbons marking them as players, and if a Zombie Pony managed to pull off both ribbons, that Survivor Pony would get made up by the face painters, and join the zombie herd. Waxy made a mental note to join in later when there was a bigger horde staggering around.

Cobblestone watched the zombie herd with amusement, as some of the participating ponies really had perfected their staggering. He liked to think his big sister's zombie stagger could put them all to shame, but that thought was distracted as he picked out something familiar moving through the crowd.

"Hey! Sis, look! Another changeling!"

Waxy's eyes locked onto it like she was being piloted by a Russian sub crew. Her little brother suddenly found himself clinging onto her tightly with all eight legs as she shot into the crowd and leapt through the air towards the little changeling colt eagerly, making a high-pitched screeching sound.

[Tartan Lassie]

Honey too had seen the zombie herd lurching through town. In keeping with the spirit of things, she had hidden under a table, gazing out at the frightening sight. She worked out which ponies were the targets and realised they were wearing ribbons. It was the kind of well-organised and exciting game that appealed to Honey.

   "Oh, I'll need to get in on that!" But later, she thought. She still hadn't found Rusty and she really wanted him to enjoy himself. He'd never spent Nightmare Night anywhere other than Manehatten and Honey just knew he would love it here in Ponyville!
  
  She trotted deeper into the midst of these ponies, listening to the laughter and screams that she could hear all around town. She stopped suddenly, and turned round, feeling that somepony was behind her. When she turned though. Everything seemed indubious. "Hmm..." she said to herself. Then she saw a shadow disappearing out her line of vision. "Wait, what was tha-!" A loud crash sounded behind her, cutting her off and she screamed, rearing up on her hind legs. As she turned around she saw some aspiring weather ponies disappearing off with a dark cloud in their hooves. She giggled "I guess I've been tricked for the first time tonight then!"

    The weather ponies gave her an idea. She tried to unfold her wings, but they wouldn't move! "Huh? My wings, what's wrong!?" Honey said panicking slightly. She looked back at herself and realised that her wings were folded inside her outfit and she hadn't bothered with holes for them... "Oh yeah..." Raccoons don't have wings, she thought stupidly. Then without warning, she got the feeling that somepony was following her. She glanced around again, but still couldn't see anything suspicious. Stalls, games and ponies of all ages. Then why do I feel like somepony is watching me?

[Rusty]

Rusty was actually quite allright, until he heard scream of some pony. "they're coming! THEY'RE COMING!". Rusty was puzzled, who or what is coming? Well answer came quickly - herd of zombie ponies appeared. They were both awsome and scary, really impressive. Watching them gave Rusty a chill. They were chasing another ponies and it looked like a lot of fun. Rusty was tempted to join them, but maybe later, now wasn't the right time. He turned back just to see his sister getting far away. Rusty did fly faster to catch up with her, but was intercepted by other pony. He saw her just for a while, it was changeling in mid-transformation. Why didn't I thought of that! He thought, but then something weird happened - that pony just jumped, jumped and scream. He wasn't as much scared as just suprised. He really tried to avoid that pony, but instead he bumbed into some baloon, then swing his wings to gain stability but instead crushed right into pole and slided slowly to the ground...

[darktobias13]

In front of the zombiefied ponies, right when they seemed ready to swarm rusty, a small filly appeared. The filly wore a dark mask and cape, which matched her massive hat that was dark black, covered in bright green stars. The green stars were only matched by the filly's neon green eyes, poking out from the shadows that covered her. She gave a wide grin and whipped off her hat and waved a hoof around it. Letting loose a chant,

"Creatures dark and creatures wild
come from shadows and lairs so vile.
Grant your strength and you might,
So that i May control Nightmares Tonight."
(yes i know not a perfect rhyme. Nothing good rhymes with wild:/)
The filly threw her hat up, and a multitude of legs emerged, the hat standing on its own, as a massive spider, almost the size of a grizzly bear. As the spider started chasing ponies, before the illusion broke up and disappeared. The Filly started giggling and bounced away, snagging her hat out of the air. She bounced back to Rusty. "You ok? That was quite a crash."

[EN]

It was that time of year again. The time where the once colored filled scenery that is Ponyville, gets replaced by a more darker theme. Tonight was a very special event and the only time where every pony welcomes a little scare. "Welcome fillies and colts, there's no reason to run. Put on your guises, and go have your fun. The darkness brimming with fright, so keep yourselves in the light. With creatures rising during this night, do well and keep out of sight. It's no use running, because this is Nightmare Night!" A voice finished off with a sinister laugh behind a group of young fillies and colts as it stepped out suddenly from the shadows. The little ponies were definitely scared as they scream and try to back away, only to have their backs against the door of the Midnight Cafe. The figure's pelt was white and it wore a suit, but that got them the most was the creature's faceless face and its long tail split into seven black tentacles, slowly making their way towards the group of ponies. The current situation may seem like the creature was going to bring harm, but instead the tail-like tentacles just dropped candy into the little ponies' bags. "Nice costumes! You little ones be careful now." It spoke to them, even though it would seem the creature didn't have a mouth. The unknown entity gave each of the ponies a little pat on their head with it's tails, the creature headed into the cafe.

This year's costume was a success! The unknown creature was actually Midnight Mocha and his costume for the year. The suit and painting his body was easy. Creating the mask to match the color and making it breathable underneath was a little challenging. As for his tail, or tails, they were really fun to do. All he had to do was get some extensions and held them together to make them look like tentacles. Thanks to his magic, he was able to bring them to life, making them move like tails.

Once again the aroma of coffee beans surrounded him as the door to his cafe shut behind him. Midnight had to step out earlier to gather some more ingredients for his shop, not to mention some more sweets for fillies and colts that may decide come pass later. Even during Nightmare Night, business was still good and thankfully he manage to get two other ponies to help him around. A vampire in the cafe and a witch outside doing greetings while handing out candy. Were they real? Oh dear Luna no, they were in costumes. Now that Midnight was back, it was time to get back to work. The pony made his way to his usual spot, behind the counter, and started making mochas. With everything just right in the mochas, it was time for a little creativity. One of Midnight's tail grabbed the creamer and started pouring into cup, occasionally stopping before pouring again. Once the first cup was done, he moved to the rest of the cups while he used a skewer to add details. He was always good at multitasking.

With current orders done, Midnight grabbed a glass and started wiping with a cloth as he glance around his shop from beneath his white mask. His usual decors had been replaced by bats, pumpkins, webs, spiders, etc. The usual stuff one would expect during Nightmare Night. He even had...little ghost ornaments hanging in the ceiling. They were appropriate for the occasion, but every time he looks at them it just send slight chills down his body. Yeah, this young stallion was scare of ghosts and of all the chances for them to appear, tonight is the perfect time. The unicorn shook the thought away and stared out the window, looking pass the customers and watching as ponies of every age and size walk by with happy smiles on their face. 'I should probably go look around if when I get another chance.' With that thought in mind, Midnight watch as the door to his cafe open and revealed another pony looking for a seat. Normally he would say greet them, but tonight, he only stare at them and gave them a little wave with one of his tentacle-like tails.



(( ooc: Thought I'd make my very first post here. If there's something I should edit, let me know! c: ))

[Tartan Lassie]

Honey heard something crash behind her and turned around again. This constant spinning was beginning to make her dizzy and all she could see was the pumpkin throwing contest. It must be those pumpkins smashing that's making that sound... she thought to herself and disregarded it.
She trotted a little further and noticed, with surprise that a cafe was still open on Nightmare Night. Avoiding some zombie-ponies, she moved towards it. "Midnight Cafe" she read the plaque out loud. "Seems like a good place to have open on Nightmare Night, after all."

Honey thought for a moment. On one hoof, she should really be looking for Rusty as she hadn't seen him yet. On the other, she was still a little dizzy and could use a midnight coffee and maybe a snack... "After all," she said "Rusty might not even be out the house yet and I wouldn't want to cramp his style..."

She trotted through the cafe door then, feeling a little guilty, glanced out the window and added to herself "I'll keep an eye out the window for him..." She turned back to the room to be confronted by a faceless, tentacled monster, waving pleasantly at her. She jumped and then laughed and complimented the pony. "Oh... Great costume!" She realised he was wearing a suit and must be the owner. "Are you open? Or serving at all?" she asked politely. 

[EN]

As time ticked away, the white unicorn noticed that one by one the customers started to leave. He wasn't expecting the cafe to still be full, after all tonight is Nightmare Night. The other two helpers, who he deiced to hire, also started to get ready and leave. They didn't actually work for him. They were looking for a little extra bits and Midnight, being the pony who doesn't usually refuse somepony, hire them for the night. The store was quiet and the lights dimmed. Relaxing, yet with a hint of eeriness, music was played throughout the store to add to the effect of this wonderful and frightful festivity. With a glass lifted in the air, the faceless pony smiled from behind the mask he was wearing, admiring the shine. 'On to the next.' He only had a few more to polish before he was done. 'Maybe I should close soon.. There's still quite a lot to partake in this night, it would be a shame to miss them.' That was the plan until he heard the cafe door open and from his sights he saw a pony with grey pelt walk in. Actually hold on... Her pelt was actually honey and chestnut colored.

Midnight was staring at the mare as he waved at her with a tentacle before the two ponies in the vampire and witch costume, said their byes and thanked him for letting them work for a little while. The equine said nothing but waved bye and watch them leave the cafe. He wanted to continue his silentness, but he had to greet the new pony who cam in. "Welcome to Midnight Cafe and yes, we're open and serving. Would you like a seat by the window?" He took hint to the mare looking back at the window and thought he would ask. Seeing the pony jump and compliment him on his costume, after she saw him, just made him chuckle. "Thanks! It's having a way better reaction than I first thought. Is there something you would like to order?" The cafe's owner settle down another glass cup and glance at the mare's costume after asking what she would like. It was a full body costume, grey, and had claws. It was no monster or any sort of odd creature that's for sure. The black surrounding the eyes. The black and grey on the tail. All of it seems very familiar. Eureka! It was a animal! "Your costume looks great as well! A raccoon, if I may take a guess?"

[Tartan Lassie]

The cafe was dark, but not dingy. Small but cosy. Honey Dust liked it immediately.
"Oh, yes thank you." She answered the stallion, surprised that he had guessed she wanted a seat by the window. "Yes, I'm keeping an eye out for my little brother." She explained, still feeling slightly guilty. She sat down on the comfy chair, leaning her hooves on the table. He asked from the counter what she would like to order. She really fancied a coffee but wasn't exactly sure how to order one. "Uh... Could I have a coffee?" She asked, hoping there were no follow-up questions. "And erm, do you have a pastry menu?"

    She too was mentally examining the stallion's costume. It was complex and very spooky. Honey thought it was great and was doubly pleased when he guessed her costume right first time. "Yeah! You got it! How did you know? You're the only pony so far to get it right." Honey smiled shyly at the other pony. "and come on, your costume is so much better than mine! You've put so much work into it. I really appreciate ponies who work hard and make their costumes." She looked at the white face and pelt, trying to work out which colour his fur really was. "And your tail! What an effective idea."
Honey gazed around at the eerie decor in the Midnight Cafe. Little ghosts were hanging from the roof and the candle on Honey's table was inside a carved pumpkin. Honey glanced out the window, but she still couldn't see Rusty. Then again, how would I know him... she thought, irritably we should have arranged this better.

[waxworks]

Meanwhile, outside of the cafe, as Rusty slowly slid down the pole after his impact from a sudden pouncing, Waxworks stuck her nose to the bottom of the pole, letting the little colt topple over her head and onto her back. Cobblestone wobbled a bit, as there was suddenly not quite enough room for two small ponies on his sister's back. He peered at the little changeling curiously, somewhat recognizing the pelt color where he could see it through the costume. Of course, given that Cobblestone barely knew any other ponies his own age he didn't have that many guesses he could make.

"Rus-"

He was cut off by the sudden, entrancing appearance of a giant, shadowy spider. His bright eyes widened significantly at the sight in pure wonderment, as opposed to the stunning fear displayed by a number of the ponies running from it.

"Hiyas Mira! Happy Nightmare Night!" Waxworks cheered as she grappled the shadowy little pony, trying to figure out if she had room on her back for three without making them assume some sort of pyramid configuration. "That was a great scare!"

Cobblestone nodded, wobbled, and maintained his balance while he simultaneously tried to keep Rusty from toppling off as well, "yes, it was a very good spider, hello Mira!"

[EN]

"One coffee coming right up and I shall bring you a menu shortly." Midnight replied cheerfully as he started getting ready to brew a fresh cup of coffee for the mare. He could had use the leftover coffee in one of the containers, but that's just plain unprofessional. He would never serve customers coffee passed their prime. The pony flipped on some switches, added coffee beans into the coffee maker, poured the perfect amount of water, and now for the wait. While he was doing all of this, using magic, he hover over today's menu towards the mare in the raccoon costume. "I changed the menu to fit tonight's festivity." 

~ Cakes ~
Pumpkin Cake
Mummy Cake

~ Cupcakes ~
Red Velvet Spider Web
Zombie's Delight
Tombstone
Eyeball Pops

With the coffee ready, Midnight grabbed a coffee cup and started pouring the freshly made beverage, leaving enough room for the cream. For tonight he was able to whip up a little something that gives off a hint of pumpkin into his coffee. Pumpkin spice creme. "Here's you coffee ma'am." Midnight walked from behind the counter and brought the mare her coffee, smiling at the pony's response when he guessed right on what her costume was. "The grey fur. The stripe tail, nicely done by the way, and the eyes! If the eyes doesn't give it away, I don't know what will. I think you captured the image of the animal completely. What did you make the claws with?" He replied back as he settle down the cup of coffee gently on the table, after the plate. It didn't show, but he was a little embarrassed after hearing the compliments towards his costume. "Oh it's not that great, really. I just added extensions to the tail to make it longer and honesty, if I wasn't a unicorn, it wouldn't be so effective." Midnight wave his tentacle tails around using the magic from his horn. Yeah if it wasn't for his magic, there was no way he could have made the idea work. "Oh? Are you meeting your brother here?" He asked her as he look outside the window before realizing something. "How rude of me to have forgot, I'm Midnight Mocha. Sorry for the late introductions." The stallion gave a little courtesy bow, rubbing the back of his head nervously. 

[Tartan Lassie]

    While the stallion brewed up her coffee, the pegasus examined the menu. She smiled at the redone options. Personally, Honey really admired creativity. She looked over each of the cakes and tried to guess what they all might be. The scent of fresh coffee drifted over and Honey inhaled deeply. Mm... smells amazing.

    The barista returned with a little cup of coffee, just for her. Nightmare Night was always cold and she was greatly looking forward to warming herself up a bit. "Thank you, and could I please try the... Pumpkin Cake? I'm always partial to a little pumpkin." She grinned. The cup floated down on to her saucer and Honey picked it up, balancing it carefully between her hooves. She was touched by his kind compliments on her costume and she took a sip of his creation. Her eyes widened and she licked her lips appreciatively. Wow, she thought... It's such an aromatic blend of my autumn favourites. Nutmeg, cinnamon and... is that harvest-ripe pumpkin?

    Honey was brought back to reality by a question about her costume. She put the cup down and shook her hoof a little so that the claws wobbled. "Just foam. Very home-made." She replied and smiled as he tried to pass his modesty off on his race. "Oh, come on. Even if you are at an advantage with magic, it still takes skill to make it work so well!" Honey was being completely honest. Although she rarely felt jealousy over unicorn's power (usually only when she was struggling to open a jar, or something similar), she still appreciated the skill it took to master it's use. In response to the unicorn's question about Rusty, Honey said "Hmm? Oh, no. Not here. We, uh, didn't arrange a place to meet, you see. It's his first Nightmare Night in Ponyville and I said we'd spend some time together."

The skewbald took another sip of her coffee as the barista suddenly introduced himself. Midnight Mocha, he said. The name fits the trade... thought Honey. Since her own name was the same she always liked to hear names like that. He bowed and Honey blushed. Generally, the only stallion company Honey had was Rusty, and they were very rough-and-tumble with each other. Despite how much Honey liked this, she was always greatly impressed by chivalry in a stallion. She put her cup down and gave her own name in return. "I'm Honey Dust. It's a pleasure to meet you." Fumbling a little, she added "Would you, uh, like to join me? If you're not too busy? On me, of course." She suddenly had qualms over how many bits she had with her but quickly disregarded the thought, knowing that she'd been saving up for tonight and she had plenty for the both of them. And Rusty too, when she met him. "It would be my pleasure."

[EN]

Ah the pumpkin cake! The more popular of the two he had available in his cafe, with the other being the mummy cake. One major difference between the two and why the pumpkin cake was more successful, was probably because of its looks. He won't even lie, but when he tried to create a mummified pony...let's just say it looked quite disfigured. Since it is Nightmare Night, baking a disfigured pony cake wasn't all that bad. The pumpkin cake on the other hand, looked far better. It actually looks like a pumpkin. Bakery is just one of his pass time hobbies, so don't expect him to own a bakery anytime in the future. His forte and probably his only forte, is making coffee. How did he create this realistic pumpkin anyways? This piece of work, as Midnight went back to counter, was created with two dome cakes made of chocolate with cherry filling. As he slid open the refrigerated display case, the midnight pony pulled out the chocolate cake, revealing the delicacy's upper and most of its side covered in vanilla icing. To finish off the piece, he created a marzipan stem, leaf, and some vines. The cake came out perfect, if he do say so himself. Well, it was perfect when it first came out, but now it had parts of it sliced off.

Midnight grabbed a plate and sliced off a slice for the mare and placed he rest back into the fridge. He even thought he's slice off a second piece for to go. Why? It's for the mare's brother of course! "Really? The entire costume was homemade? You ever thought of making costumes?" The stallion once again came from behind the counter to bring the mare who introduced herself to be Honey Dust. "Yeah, I suppose magic does come with their advantages, but fortunately I try my best not to rely on it too much. Can't say the same for my siblings though." He chuckled and place the cherry filled cake next to her coffee, along with a fork. "Oh and here's a little something for your brother. Don't worry, it's on the house." Midnight smiled, but unfortunately it couldn't be seen since he was wearing a full mask. "His first Nightmare Night? That's just great! I'm sure he'll have a exciting and frightful experience." He finished off before making his tentacle-like tail merge into one black tail again. "Whew! May be effective, but it sure takes stamina that's for sure. That aside, do you know what he's dressing up as? It would help reduce the number of ponies to look for." His eyes went to the coffee as he spoke, wondering if she liked it. Before the pony could ask, Honey Dust invited him to join her for the nightly festivities in Ponyville. "Busy...?" Midnight looked around his shop to see that there was only two ponies, "No, I'm currently free. I was thinking of closing a little early to look around too, so I'll be happy to join you if you'll have me. However, I can't say I'll let you treat me." He finished and disappeared into the back to get ready. "Be back in a jiffy. Oh wait! Would you like anything for to go? And don't worry about paying for the cake and coffee either, I insist." The pony poked his white faceless head back out.