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[thechaosbringer]

Halloween.

One of the few events very few escape from.

Now you know why there's a unicorn where once a sinister-looking god once stood.

An unhappy unicorn too.

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[gone_byebye]

Oh.

Oh dear.

There's a pair of human eyes blinking from the space between a wide-brimmed hat and a whoooooole lot of scarf.

[thechaosbringer]

Human eyes that look very familiar even with all that wool in the way.

IT IS NOT COLD IN HERE IS IT?

One could say you have no idea how hard it is to maintain dignity when you look like this, but then again this is Milliways.

People generally do have an idea.

[gone_byebye]

"Not that I know of," says Ray, "but I've been afflicted with this costume by the Bar in honor of the Terran holiday of Halloween, at least so far as I know."

Then he pauses.

"I know that voice."

[thechaosbringer]

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT VOICE, he says, unhappily. EVEN IF YOU DO NOT RECOGNISE THE FORM.

[gone_byebye]

"That's about what I thought," says Ray. "The prospect of something being able to do that to you, of all entities, is outright terrifying. Are you all right in there? I mean, insofar as the limitations of the form allow?"

[thechaosbringer]

For that remark, Ray would be the baseball in a home run hit if Unicron had hands.

IT HAS ONLY AFFECTED MY EXTERIOR. MY INTERIOR APPEARS TO BE FUNCTIONAL, AND MY SPARK IS STILL ONLINE.

[gone_byebye]

It was an expression of genuine concern! Ray wasn't sure what it did to the Chaos Bringer's perceptions- the last time he changed form he got stuck with a car's senses!

... yes, genuine concern towards Unicron. The head, how she doth ache.

"That's something, at least," Ray says. "Well, at least this won't last more than a few days."

[thechaosbringer]

Unicron doesn't like being the object of concern. Does not like thinking there are things in the universe that affects him as opposed to the other way around.

HE'S supposed to be the all-powerful one! This does not compute!

I KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN A CAR BUT HAVE YOU EVER EXPERIENCED THIS KIND OF SEASONALLY-INDUCED FORCED CHANGE BEFORE? YOU SOUND EXPERIENCED IN THAT REALM.

[gone_byebye]

"I've never been in here on Halloween myself," Ray admits, "but I've seen something similar happen around the first of April. And on September the nineteenth people tend to break out in pirate costumes whether they mean to or not."

[thechaosbringer]

Luckily he missed Pirate Day. Even if he would have a reason for wearing an eye patch on any other day.

SO THIS IS NOT AN UNHEARD-OF OCCURRENCE, he observes. AND IT AFFECTS EVERY ONE?

In order to cope with this change he tries to assess how sharp that horn is, and if he can impale anyone on it. Damn thing's long enough to stick a couple people onto it at least.

[gone_byebye]

"Virtually everyone," Ray says. "I'm told it's possible to avoid it by choosing a costume or false guise of your own instead, but I've never been around to try it."

[thechaosbringer]

I SHALL KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN THE CALENDAR DATE MOVES TOWARDS THE FIRST OF APRIL OR THE NINETEENTH OF SEPTEMBER.

Pause.

THIS THEN WOULD BE YOUR FIRST ENCOUNTER WITH SUCH UNUSUALNESS?

[gone_byebye]

"Bar dressed me up as a South Seas pirate of the 1850s this past September," Ray says. "But other than that, yeah, pretty much."

[thechaosbringer]

He hasn't any real idea what a pirate of such a time and place looks like, but it's no matter.

IT DOES NOT LAST LONG, AS YOU HAVE PUT IT? I WILL HAVE RECOVERED WITHIN A SOLAR CYCLE OR TWO.

[gone_byebye]

Ray nods. "definitely," he says. "It always wears off within a few days. You'll be back to your old physical form after that."

[thechaosbringer]

AND I SHALL BE GRATEFUL. A GOD LIKE MYSELF SHOULD NOT HAVE TO ENDURE BODIES LIKE THIS FOR VERY LONG.

It goes without saying he shouldn't be like this period. But, alas, it's Halloween and not many have a "Get out of weird free" card in Milliways.