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It’s Halloween at Hololive HQ! Known for elaborate decorations, king-sized candy bars, and delightful costumes, Hololive’s idols always go all out for the festivous October holiday.
This year is no exception.
Hand-crafted jack-o-lanterns litter the porch, carved by Calli and lit with the unique glow and warmth of Kiara’s phoenix fire. Goofy paper skeletons hang the wall with puns like “I’ve got a bone to pick with you!” courtesy of Ina.
Booming from speakers throughout the building is a playlist crafted by none other than IRyS, with hits like “Monster Mash” and “Thriller”. Littering the yard are tridents and other lost Atlantean artifacts found by Gura.
Setting apart the HQ from other buildings in the area are pre-historic decorations found from the time-traveling detective, Amelia. Utilizing her special abilities, Amelia has traveled back in time to get things from Victorian-era furniture to Pirate ships, to steampunk factory equipment.
On her most recent journey, Amelia could swear she feels a wriggling near her chest. Putting it off as the spooky atmosphere, Amelia returns home, eager to celebrate the holiday with her genmates.
Amelia wakes up the next morning to a poking sensation near her chest, still in a stuffy bumblebee costume, Amelia is alarmed for the sight that greets her.
Giggling profusely, a strange creature repeatedly pokes Ame’s breast. Roughly half her height, the creature has a large, round head with small black eyes and a simple smile. Sporting Amelia’s same bob of blonde hair, the odd intruder wears an outfit mimicking Amelia’s, namely a deerstalker cap, white shirt, red tie, and brown skirt.
Amelia gasps at the sight, jolting back slightly in surprise.
“W-who are you ?” Amelia questions.
“The best thing that ever happened to you, baby!” The impersonator snickers.
“Are you flirting with me? But… you’re me! Isn’t that self-cest or something?”
“I thought Gura would teach you to appreciate the smoller things in life,”
“Gura? S-she’s my best friend, I don’t think of--”
“Let’s put that to the test, shall we?” Scurrying off the bed with a gremlin-like shriek, the mischievous being hobbles its way out of the door.
“H-hey! Get back here, I need answers,” Amelia snaps.
Chasing after the delinquent scamp, Amelia happens across a sight that makes her heart sink.
Gawr Gura sits alone on the couch, hugging a piece of paper close to her chest. Dressed as the popular “left shark” character, Gura’s sea-blue eyes shimmer with tears as she sobs quietly.
“I never got to tell you how I feel…” Gura sniffles.
“Gura, is everything okay?” Amelia asks gently.
“Ame!” Gura cheers. In a surprise to the detective, the little shark runs up to her, planting a kiss on her lips before hugging her tightly.
“Come on Stinky, what’s wrong?” Amelia teases.
“I-I thought you were gone,”
Taking a look at the note, it details in Amelia’s handwriting how she had gone on a grand time-travel adventure, and that if she did not return that she was most likely dead.
“That little …” Amelia growls.
Storming into the living room, Calli wears a large brown cowboy hat with a sheriff’s badge and fake pistol, her boots shaking as her red eyes glance about the room nervously.
“Where’s Kiar--Kusotori?” Calli stammers.
“Last I saw her, she was getting some breakfast,” Gura replies.
Sitting calmly, eating some Boo-berry monster cereal, Kiara hums contently to herself while seated in her rubber chicken costume, before a tearful Calli runs up to Kiara and clutches to her tightly, leaving poor Kiara to choke on her cereal.
“C-Calli! Wha--I… you??”
“I thought you were dead, Kiara! That you would forget me…” Calli blubbers.
“I'm not due to reincarnate for many years! How could I ever forget you, my handsome lawman?” Kiara smirks, before lightly pecking Calli on the cheek.
“You’re… pretty hard to forget too, Kusotori,” Calli chuckles before the two are wrapped together in a tight hug.
Ina runs swiftly up the stairs, glancing about wildly before her eyes lock on a certain bedroom door. The Splatoon-costumed priestess quickly barges her way in only to find IRyS sleeping peacefully on her bed.
IRyS is dressed as a vampire, wearing a dark red cloak with fake vampire fangs. However, Ina has been told that the girl is choking and believes her to be unconscious. Quickly compressing the girl’s chest, Ina works wildly to bring the girl back to consciousness. Placing her lips to provide some oxygen, Ina is bewildered to find herself subject to a passionate kiss.
“Mmm… Ina-Senpai~” IRyS giggles, her pink and blue eyes fluttering open before her face flushes with red.
“Ina-Senpai! I was just, um, dreaming…” IRyS stammers, before Ina returns the kiss given.
“Dreaming or dreamy?” Ina grins.
“Why did you come up to check on me?” IRyS questions.
“I heard that you had some bad candy and you were choking…”
“That was very sweet of you, Ina-Senpai. Now, who told you all of this?”
Amelia Watson stands cornered in the kitchen by four angry idols. Calli, Kiara, IRyS, and Ina all stand, arms crossed, demanding answers.
“Guys, guys, I can explain…” Amelia gulps, her hands raised in the air.
“What, how you said Kiara was dead?”
“Or that IRyS was choking?”
“That wasn’t me! I-I…”
“You’ve got the wrong suspect, girls!” Gura calls, extending her arms out, Gura holds the same devilish person who Amelia had seen this morning.
“Her name is Smol Ame, and she got here from a different time!” Gura accuses.
“It was you? But, why?” Amelia questions.
“Come on! It was obvious you all had feelings for each other, you just needed someone to coax it out!” Smol Ame whines.
“Don’t worry about us, Smol Ame! Worry about getting back to your universe!”
Using an incantation courtesy of AO-Chan, Ina creates a purple portal that Smol Ame is suspended over.
“No! Please, I’ll be tried and arrested as a time criminal,” Smol Ame shrieks, before the portal is closed.
“A deal, then. You can stay and stream with us, as long as you don’t pry anymore into our personal lives. Sound fair?” Amelia proposes.
“Hmph. Well played,” Smol Ame huffs. So Amelia carries the new member on her shoulder, as each of the EN girls sits to discuss their newfound feelings.