#also i wasnt gonna make ivan smile but then i remembered hes always smiling at inappropriate moments

[mochapanda]

anybody else hear the bells of parting? no? just me?

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Ivo comes in and plops a bumpkinDown in le kitchenWhen meru is thereHw is making a scene of itMostly because carrying a pumpkin with 1 arm is really difficultHe has had to use his head in a quite literal sense

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 3:05 AM

PffftWell he'd definitely startle le Meru with the loud thud from the pumpkin. It'd get her attention too. "What... are you doing? If you wanted to carry it here I would've helped you know..."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 3:07 AM

"Y... yeah, but it woulsnt have been much of a surprise." He would momentarily pause to set the pu.pkin right side up instead of side ways. "Have you carved a pumpkin before?"

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 3:10 AM

Meri would tilt her head slightly to the side, walking over to inspect the pumpkin herself. "No... I've always left them growing, or made them into pumpkin pie."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 3:12 AM

"Well, it's really fun to do. Yiu have at least seen them, right?" Ivans going to be moving around slightly excitedly, but he also had a fair amount of control over himself... which was to say his tail was swooshing excitedly.

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 3:13 AM

Meri would smile and nod, doing her best to hold back some giggles. He tried so hard, but his tail would give him away every time. "Yeah, people put faces and shapes into them right?"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 7:07 PM

"Yeah! So... do you wanna help me make one? Ivan would ask, loooking slightly more excite

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 7:26 PM

"Sure! I've never done it before, so it should be fun!" It was impossible not to get excited for something when Ivan was really excited about it.

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 7:30 PM

"Great!" Ivan is le smile He would proceed to start gathering stuff together... Modtly a spoon and a knife. "So we need to take the top off, then we can empty it..."

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 7:35 PM

"Okay... so it isn't more difficult to carve right?" Meri would watch him curiously, waiting for him to gather everything up. Didn't take too much to carve a pumpkin it seems.

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 7:37 PM

"more difficult than what?" He would ask simply.

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 7:38 PM

"Then carving it without taking the stem part off and scooping it out! There's always a reason to do things, and that's the reason to do that right?"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 7:39 PM

"I think so. I mean, you have to scoop it out anyway so its hollow inside to put the candle in it. Then it can glow!"

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 7:47 PM

"Oooh~ that's how it works? I always used to think they came to life and just glowed... that makes more sense." She would take the knife into her hand and look at the top of the pumpkin. "First steps to cut off the top."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 7:48 PM

"Yeah." Good thing meru is cutting it. Ivan is a bit shorthanded when it comes to the ability to do that. "... wait really?"

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 7:51 PM

She would nod as she carefully began to cut out the pumpkin top. "Mmhmm. I know it seems silly... but they usually have faces. So I thought maybe they came to life on their own, and eventually just walked away. I've never made one of these remember? I don't know what all goes into making them, I don't think I ever got to look at them too close..."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 7:56 PM

Ivan couldn't help but giggle. it was so silly! Sure, it was understandable, but that didnt make it any less funny.chuckle chuckle

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 8:02 PM

"Oh haha, I'm just the best with jokes." She was smiling despite her comment, showing quite clearly that she wasn't hurt by the giggles. It was a fairly silly idea. Meri would finish cutting the top part, slowly pulling it off the pumpkin and setting it to the side. "The inside just looks so slimey."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 8:03 PM

Ivan would peek in as well, having stopped the giggling, but keeping th ejoyfull mood. "And theres a lot of seeds.... I think you can dry them out and like... eat them if you want?"he grabs le spoon

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 8:06 PM

"Probably. You could dry them and save them to plant later too. Lots of options." She would poke inside the pumpkin, giggling slightly. "That's just weird... anyways, we have to scoop it out. That is gonna be messy."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 8:07 PM

".. I shoudl have grabbed a bowl... hold on."Ivan finnagoto get a bowlset le spoondowngrab bowlput spoon in bowland then bring it all over"Alright..... well, here goes." splopHe puts it in and begins scoooping

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 8:10 PM

"A bowl's a good idea!" Meri would sit and wait patiently until Ivan came back and started scooping the pumpkin out. "Hmm... I don't think we can both scoop at the same time."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 8:15 PM

"... perhaps not." Ivan would continue to use his are to shovel out all the goo into the container her just brought. "Do you want to do it?"

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 8:17 PM

"I'd like to try at least! Maybe just a little, if you don't mind?"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 8:18 PM

"Absolutely." Ivan would hand over the spoon, probably flinging a little bit of pumpkin around"Oops."

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 8:20 PM

Meri would giggle as she took the spoon, ignoring the bit of pumpkin that flew for the moment. She got to work scooping out more of the pumpkin, doing her best to make sure most of the goop was out. A small bit would accidentally fly towards Ivan, though her smile betrayed her. "Oops..."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 8:23 PM

Ivans going to giggle a little, wiping off the goo that he had certainly not dodged. Now hes smiling like a dork

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 8:28 PM

Meri was smiling too, peeking into the pumpkin once she was done. "Okay, I think it's clean enough.."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 8:29 PM

Ivan would peek in with her. "Yeah, looks done!" He would then look at the front and study ot for a moment. "... now what do we want to cut into it?"

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 8:37 PM

"I... don't know. People normally just cut out a face right?"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 8:38 PM

"Usually, buit how do you want to make it look?"

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 8:50 PM

"Maybe... can we make a happy face? I think that would fit best, don't you?"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 8:53 PM

"Hmmm..."Ivan would contemplate for a few moments. "Yeah, that sounds like a great idea.""..." He would hand meru the knife for this.

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:00 PM

"..." She would take the knife, looking over the front of the pumpkin quietly before she began to start cutting out the face.

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:01 PM

Ivan will watchcarefuklly

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:17 PM

Carefully is good, always good.Eventually she would finish cutting, wiggling out the piece of pumpkin to reveal a wide grin with a few scattered teeth. "Does... that look good so far?"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:18 PM

Ivan would smile himself, somewhat mimicking the bumpkin.  "Yeah! What shape eyes do you want to give it?"

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:20 PM

"I'm not sure... what kind of eyes do you think we should give it?"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:21 PM

"... Hmmm. Maybe.... Lets give it a triangle nose first, and then see."

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:21 PM

"Okay! Do you wanna cut out the nose, or should I?" It was their pumpkin after all. Meri wanted to make sure Ivan was just as much a part of it as she was!

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:22 PM

"Well..... OH, Wait, I can...."Ivans finna takele pumpkin butnot le knifeHes going to do a sooper cool thing wherehe uses his super special magical wolf powersForclawUnfortunatelya woof hand wont help(edited)because the claws are just not big enough.Also its really hard to cut shit with one armEven if its an easy to use clawfrown

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:24 PM

"I can hold it if you'd like. That might be easier for you...?" Meri would offer as she watched Ivan struggle with a small frown

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:25 PM

"Y... yeah, if you could it would be easier." He would try and smile nervouslyMERUHOLD THAT BUMPKIN

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:25 PM

Meri will carefully take the pumpkin from him and hold it in place with a smile. "There, try now! Should be much easier."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:26 PM

Ivan is going to try againhe willforfeit using the knifebecause hes already started using claw, and by golyl he will finish itAndhe willit would take some digging into, but the nose would turn out... not bad.Now ivo is le hap

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:36 PM

"It looks great!" She would set the pumpkin down to get a better look at the face. "Okay... so what do we wanna do with the eyes?"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:39 PM

"Well, we could try and make circles or upside down triangles..."

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:42 PM

"We can try to make upside down triangles, those sound interesting. Worse case we'll just make circles from there if we don't like it!"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:44 PM

"Sure! Sounds like a plan."Ivan would smile at le meru

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:50 PM

Meri will start with one of the eyes, making the cuts precisely and soon pulling out that piece. "You wanna do the other eye?" She would pause and look back at Ivan

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:52 PM

".... I think it might be better if you do it." He would offer back. It was messy using a claw and weilding a knife when someone else was holding the object still just.... didnt feel right.

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:53 PM

"Okay." She would nod and finish the other eye, setting the knife on the table and stepping back to look at the pumpkin face. "...I think we did good! What do you think?"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:54 PM

Ivans going to admire the pumpkin face for a bit too. Suuuuure, it was meri's first time and she did most of the cutting, and it was also true meru wasnt exceptional with knifes, but"I think it looks pretty great."

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 9:58 PM

Meri had the biggest smile on her face, proud of herself and what she did. Even if it was a tad rough... she'd get better with the next one. "So... what do we do now?"

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 9:59 PM

Ivan would be looking directly at le meru, and he founded himself a little close to herFinna stare at her close face to face

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 10:20 PM

Meri would watch him curiously, trying to fight off the light tinge of blue coming over her face. She stayed silent for the moment, waiting for some sort of response.

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 10:29 PM

Ivan really wasn't surewhat to sayand now hes distracted and flusteredAt this prolonged close up stare

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 10:32 PM

"Umm... s-so, pumpkin! We, uh... it goes outside right?" Meri would be the first to speak after a few long moments, the blue on her cheeks starting to get darker and darker.

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 10:33 PM

"Y... yes. You.... You put a candle it it.... that.... you..... light at...." Ivan wouldn't break eye contact just yet, and now he was blushing too. Oh dear.

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 10:41 PM

"..." Meri would stare at Ivan for a while longer before she would do anything. Taking what seemed like a deep breath, she would lean forward slightly and give Ivan a quick peck on the cheek. Almost immediately after she would turn and pick up the pumpkin, her entire face bright blue. "R-right, so outside we go!" She would give a small nervous laugh before starting to make her way outside.

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 10:41 PM

Ivan is an appleor a cherryconsidering apples can be green sometimes

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 10:42 PM

That must make Meri a blueberry lol

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 10:42 PM

Strawberrystraberry and blueberry

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 10:42 PM

Yes

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 10:42 PM

Hes gonna stand there stunned for a little bitHe might have had similar ideas but for now that was not importantAfter several moments of recuperating he would respond. "Y.... y-yes."(edited)And thats all the noises he can make

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 10:43 PM

She broke IvanGg

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 10:45 PM

ivan is slowly gonna make his way a few steps to the door before kinda deciding to stop again

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 10:47 PM

Meri's going outside with the pumpkin. That... was dumb. Why did she just go and do that? Just because they were that close... she should've just backed away... now she was flustered and slightly embarrassed. At least he couldn't see her face right now...

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 10:49 PM

Ivans going to stay where he is inside, right next to the door. For right now though.

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 10:57 PM

Time to set the pumpkin down, kneeling in front of it to check and make sure it was still alright. Seeing everything was almost ready she would stand up and turn like she was about to go inside. But seeing Ivan at the door would make her stop in her tracks. She was still bright blue... so much for going to get a candle and distracting herself from all of this. She would simply stand and stare at him for the moment.

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 10:58 PM

How close is le meruto le doorway

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 10:58 PM

Probably not too far, maybe a foot?

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 11:00 PM

Ivans going toUhhhhvery fast heartbeating at incredibly high speedskneews weakarm is heavyHes going to uhhtry and hold handmaybeif he canif she wantsmaybeperhaps(edited)

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 11:03 PM

It wouldn't be hard for him too, and she'd definitely let him. Tbh I think she'd be too focused on looking at him and being slightly shocked to stop him from holding her hand. Not that she'd want to stop him in the first place.Boy it sure is a good thing she doesn't have to breathe, or else she'd probably be holding her breath lol

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 11:04 PM

smoochpecks are for loooooooozersu gotta smooch like ivo is doing to emru

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 11:07 PM

And now Ivo's broke le Meru

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 11:09 PM

Andlong kiss

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 11:09 PM

Her eyes would be wide, shocked that this was even happening. She wouldn't know how to respond at first, but after a few moments she would return the kiss herself.

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 11:11 PM

butifulkissing

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 11:12 PM

YesButiful

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 11:15 PM

After a longdrawn out kiss

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 11:17 PM

Poor Ivan's gonna need to breathe eventually

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 11:19 PM

He wouldbutAfter he should haveAnd hes just gonna sit thereholdin handsStaring at her from real close

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 11:23 PM

Meri would stare right back, Shock still very clear on her face. "I... you... wow."She can't English rn lol

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 11:24 PM

"y.... yes."Still his only words

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 11:43 PM

It would take a long while before she did much of anything. Out of the blue she would start giggling. "I... thought I messed up back there. I'm glad I didn't..."

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 11:44 PM

Ivans just gonna go from not very red to red again"Y.... yess.... ""Or... N-no!""Of course you dind't mess up.""Umm...."

LittleMouse-Yesterday at 11:57 PM

"I... umm... should we... go get a candle for the pumpkin?" She was just trying to avoid being bluer herself. Steering this to a different subject might help...

Xplodingtrees-Yesterday at 11:59 PM

"Y... yeah. Let's do that."Ivans going toBring her insidewith the handhholdOctober 8, 2017

LittleMouse-Today at 12:02 AM

Meri will follow, still keeping a hold on his hand. "Where to find them..."

Xplodingtrees-Today at 12:05 AM

Andthen they go get candles together

LittleMouse-Today at 12:05 AM

YaaaayMeri will grab them so Ivan doesn't have to let go of her hand

Xplodingtrees-Today at 12:06 AM

GOOD PLAN

LittleMouse-Today at 12:07 AM

Mmhmm

Xplodingtrees-Today at 12:07 AM

And then they canput the candle inuhhhDo they light it

LittleMouse-Today at 12:08 AM

Question isHowBecause Meri don't have a light

Xplodingtrees-Today at 12:08 AM

ExactlyLighting itrequirewsivo hand

LittleMouse-Today at 12:10 AM

"...maybe we can light it later."

Xplodingtrees-Today at 12:10 AM

".... yeah...."

LittleMouse-Today at 12:13 AM

"...wanna go back inside?"

Xplodingtrees-Today at 12:13 AM

".... yeah, lets do it...."