Well, this has certainly been an interesting week.

Boy, I'll say! Next thing you know, it's gonna be Halloween and then things'll REALLY heat up!

Like how, Max?

Ghost stories again, Sam! Like my favorite, the story of Candmon Jack! That's always a coo

...Max?

Oh, no, not again!

...

Hey, Sam? Why did we do that?

I don't know little buddy! Felt like the time we started singing in the desert, remember?

Note to self: staying in Meria? Not a good idea.

Worse idea? Letting Deadpool have the Suicide Sword pieces!

Best idea? Taking them from him.

The GREATEST idea? Taking them and leaving him hanging on a lightpost by his boxers!

World's biggest slushie? You think I'd miss a chance at THAT?! You've got to be kidding me! But, uh, can I ask you something, Max?

Sure, go ahead!

Are you SURE making the world's biggest snow sculpture of DaiPenmon's the best way to go?

Suck up points, Sam... besides, there's not enough sticks to do my first idea - the world's biggest sculpture of ME!

Oh, you crack me up, little buddy!

Hey, Sam?

Yeah, Max?

You ever get the feeling that there was something BIG that was supposed to happen?

Well, now that you mention it, I think we've missed a few dentist appointments...

No, no! I mean, something BIG! Something EXCITING! Something that would push us to the brink of despair only to come back and from behind and win for us all!

...hmm... maybe so...

...how about we go to BomberNanimon's Inconvenience Store and get some slushies?

You got it, little buddy! After that talk of ice cream yesterday, I've had a hankering for something sweet!

Alright, everything set?

I guess. I mean, we can't fire them at the inns, so firing them down here seems like a stupid idea...

Eh, quit your belly-aching, Grif. This is gonna be the best! Then, we'll show that stupid Olson that we should have fired fireworks in the Inns.

Yeah, the last time you did it? You ripped off Videoman, then blew a hole in the ceiling to my room!

Enough talk. LIGHT IT, SAM!

Here goes nothing...!



*and as the fireworks start to go haywire...*

That's... that's not a good thing!

No shit, dog brains! RUN!

Formerly-adorably-fuzzy-rabbit-things and children first!

*sounds of footsteps, panting and explosions ensue*

Wow, didn't expect THIS to happen!

You know... maybe there WAS a reason why Matt wouldn't let us set off fireworks in the inns.

No, you THINK?!

(Italics: Max, Bold: Grif and ignore the slow mo in the end!)

Wow, can't believe a whole year's passed, Rose!

Yeah, and to think, this time last year, we were... well... singing!

Anyway, Rose, Max and I have scrounged up some gifts for ya!

//Attached: Longsword, Digi-Cannon... a cake and a Pet Digignome.

Sam, what's with the Digignome?

Well, I thought she could use a pet! I mean, don't you think they're cute? I got one for myself as well!

Sam, that's ridiculous!

No, ridiculous is the big hole in the wall because we just had to test out the brand-new DigiSoul!

Heheh, ohhh, yeah! That was actually pretty cool...!

Well, anyway, Rose, happy birthday and hope you enjoy your gifts!

Hey, uh, Sam? Something bothering you?

Yeah, the fact that we let chomper jaws get away. And now that stumpy's pulling some sort of possibly suicidal mission to get back at him for what he did... ohhh... I've really slipped up, Maxy.

Hey, don't get TOO down, Sam... I mean, if blubber-bottom ever comes to Tetha, he'd have his ass handed to him in no time flat!

I dunno, Max...

Hey, Sam, I just got thinking...

Did it hurt, little buddy?

Eh, a little. Anyway, I just realized something: all these incidents, all these things happening to Tamers, it can only mean one thing!

That it's April Fools Day?

No, WORSE! A Doom attack is imminent! He could be coming here to steal the Heart of Kandrakar o-or the Heart of Jurai or... oh, I don't know... kidnap Mina and turn her into a weapon of mass destruction right under our noses!

...or maybe it's just a bunch of pranks.

...eh, maybe you're right.

(OoC: Posted after this)

...Hey, check it, Max! There's a line outside the Dragon.

Wow, I haven't seen a long that big since the day Sasami let Ryoko cook!

Now, you know Sasami doesn't like to talk about that incident...

Five people hospitalized and Ryoko banned from the kitchen... good times...

Hmm... well, I'll be...

'sup, Sam?

It's a beat-up-on-Caleb line!

Alright! Maybe we can convince him to give us one of the rooms in the Dragon while we're at it!

That's pushing it, Max.

(OoC: Occurs after this post; about around dinner time...of the 14th.)

The pain... THE PAAAAAAAAAAAIN...!

What did we deserve to have this happen to us?!

My legs... my legs aren't there...!

I'd rather face the Dark Army again than do that...!

Xanatos, Hay Lin, anyone from the Dragon or the Inn listening: if we ever took you guys for granted, we're sorry! We'll do whatever to make up for everything we've done bad...!

...Max, you've got to be kidding me...

I'm not! Check it out! My present to the Digital World for all to see: A Gigantic snow statue of ME!

I've never heard of such gratuitous self-promotion in my life...! Though, you know, once Yggdrasil gets bored of the snow being everywhere, it's going to melt...

...and flood the entire town!

...

NEAT!

Oy...!

Ow... okay, Max, that was the stupidest thing ever... at least I'm fine, though... how about you?

I'm NORMAL! I'm back to my old, lovable, marketable self again! Yey...!

Strange, so this virus is triggered by running into people?

If that's the case, look out, world! Max is BACK!

Hey, Sam! Since Halloween's next week, maybe we should start dealing with some ghost stories and stuff! Y'know, to get ourselves into the mood! I even heard of a GREAT one... though the Bakemon who told me it never finished it.

Oh? What's the story called?

CANDMON JACK! It's about some spirit-y Candmon who goes around kidnaps people who say his na

...

...

...

Max? Max?

*sighs* Hoo, boy... gotta go get Max from some stupid Candmon with a sick sense of humor.

Wow, I feel like I was hit with a ton of bricks...!

Ya were, Sam. A ton of bricks called "A very angry Belldandy".

Uuuuuugh... any way, I just realized something. It's October, isn't it? And you know what happens in October!

The Great Pumpkin?

Besides that: Halloween!

Yay, candy day! Ooh, what should we do? Go across Tetha and TP the place while everyone's trick or treating?

I dunno about that, Max. Don't wanna TP the wrong place and end up on the wrong side of another beatdown.

Eh, that's true...! C'mon, let's get this place decorated!

Guys, I think we've may have finally done what we've been hoping to do with Belldandy: get her in a lie!

And we have the poor innocent girl that she tried to frame to help with that!

Well, now... anyway, here's the deal:

First, take a look at this! Belldandy mentioned that when she was dragged here, it was after a huge battle that AND that she was in the middle of cleaning it up! YET, here, she expreses no concern over the cleaning of the battle NOR, as she mentioned in first post, her BOYFRIEND!

Okay, now you lost me. So...?

Think about it, Max. If Belldandy was so concerned over the damage and her boyfriend, wouldn't she have mentioned at least one OR the other between the time she got here and now?

...Oooooohhhhhh...! I think I'm starting to get it! But, then again, she wouldn't have to worry about that, right...?

Kira, you've read the manga she's connected to... at least SOME of it... doesn't this at least get YOU suspicious?

Welp, it's about time we got the ol' Freelance Police business running again!

You got that right! And with our little apartment in the sky... or at least a few stories up... what else could go wrong?

*RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING!*

I GOT IT!
I GOT IT!

*scuffling, thrashing, smashing, and then...*

Yes, Commissioner? Yes? Yes? You don't say? Well, same to you!

I don't believe it. It's a first... Max beat me to the phone! Erm, what was it?

Eh, just seeing if the calls came through...

Hey, guys! Sam here. Boy, I'm beat! After we chased off that Boba Fett wanna-be, Max and I did the only thing we could think of:

Start rebuilding!

Right now, well... I'd say we got the Silver Dragon maybe... ten percent repaired... BY MYSELF!

Hey, I just got back from being GummiMax, Sam!

Whatever. Anyway, it KINDA looks okay, but I wouldn't want to put too much faith into this. Any way we can get the No-Last-Name Demolition and Construction Crew in here? I think it would be of good gesture if we can get this up and running and help those at DATS. Apparently... half their base is gone now... maybe we can let them stay here until everything's back up and running.