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+==Synopsis==
+In [[Daikanyama Academy]]'s annual Halloween party, Alice discusses with {{Transient icon|Jambavan}} about how reality and dreams may collide on this day, before dismissing him from his usual assistance. The {{Transient icon|Protagonist}} meets up with {{Transient icon|Chernobog}} just before his performance as a brave [[hero]] Po Tato the Brave in a Daikanyama original Halloween play. He was originally cast as the [[Dark Lord]] Squash, but {{Transient icon|Taromaiti}} explains she and Chernobog swapped roles.
+As the actors depart, the Protagonist witnesses Volos being carried by a group of brainwashed children Jack-O'-Lanterns. They rend the magic controlling them, causing their pumpkin helmets to fall off. Volos explains he engineered and grew those pumpkins to be tasty, but can't explain the source of [[possession]]. The two begin their investigation of its source by tracing the smell of his pumpkins to Daikanyama's Halloween stew. Children who have eaten the stew have become pumpkin-headed and possessed and attempt to abduct Volos again, implying he'll be taken to Dreamland. Alice in her vampire costume intercepts his abduction, and introduces herself as the Rutabaga Knight before departing. Volos observes that the pumpkins are unnaturally cut, as if they were grown out hollow, and that they are same pumpkins he brought to the school. He attempts to eat the stew to self-experiment, but Alice now clad in her pale rose outfit halts him, introducing herself as Pretty Detective Alice. She joins their investigation.
+Somewhere else in the party, Cu Sith eats a pumpkin pie and becomes possessed. Volos and the Protagonist goes to fetch Alice some juice, but come across Cu Sith and children, who howl for more children to come by, and the Protagonist identifies the howls as magically infused with seducing power. The Rutabaga Knight briefly returns and distracts Cu Sith, letting the Progatonist rend his possession. Cu Sith testifies that during his possession he felt happy and surrounded by friends, then the image of the Black Dog (protector of children from grave-robbers) came to his head. Although Black Dog told him to protect the children leading to their scuffle, Cu Sith eventually overcame that voice. Alice determines that the children seem harmless, only wanting to play. Cu Sith then joins their party.
+The scene shifts to Arsalan lecturing Zabaniyya about his stiffness again, and Zabaniyya has an inner monologue about hoping they could complement each other better. Some children Jack-O'-Lanterns hear his thoughts, before ambushing them. The mystery gang trace a sudden scream to a crowd surrounding {{Transient icon|Gabriel}}, before Arsalan steps up to enforce order and Zabaniyya tries to settle him down. Zabaniyya then proceeds to seduce the crowd, to which Arsalan objects. Zabaniyya, Arsalan, and some [[angel]] Jack-O'-Lanterns duke it out with the mystery gang, and the Protagonist manages to nick Zabaniyya. Although still possessed, he talks about how he truly wanted to change. The Rutabaga Knight swoops in and lectures him about not having to rush change, and the Protagonist seizes the opportunity to rend his possession. Arsalan reunites with him and admits he was never possessed due to his sword's Rule and was just playing along.
+Zabaniyya testifies his possession, indicating the children asked him to advocate for the pumpkins. Arsalan cuts Volos's pumpkin, which causes them all to hear a voice that Cu Sith identifies as a fairy. Pretty Detective Alice hypothesizes that fairies are using Volos's hollowed-out pumpkins as Battle Zones to enforce their power of possession. The fairies were attracted to the sweetness of Volos's pumpkins, whose flesh was distributed throughout Daikanyama academy and whose skin was made into lanterns. The fairies responded to Volos's wish he placed in the pumpkins with his Rule (that pumpkins become popular). The combination of Volos's wish, the sweetness of his pumpkins, the tradition of carving wearable Jack-O'-Lanterns, and the unruliness of fairies in Halloween led to the hijinx they were investigating.
+Volos admits he placed too much emotion in his pumpkins, explaining his backstory in [[Kitezh]], and his wish to return and to provide for his people, while helping those he leaves behind become self-sufficient. He begins doubting this kindness as a form of conceit, but some children Lanterns appear and object, and attempt to abduct Volos again. Zabaniyya burns the pumpkins away, and escorts Cu Sith as they trail Volos. Cu Sith determines they headed to the auditorium where the play is being held. Alice departs from the group without giving a specific reason, and everyone else heads toward the auditorium.
+The play begins, and the gang notices an enormous pumpkin on stage. {{Transient icon|Salomon-kun}} determines it's empty. The gang disperses within the aisles to find Volos and other Jack-O'-Lanterns, but to no avail. In the final showdown between Po Tato and Squash, Squash's minions are revealed to be possessed Jack-O'-Lanterns. Squash snaps her fingers as a stage cue, and the Jack-O'-Lanterns retrieve Volos playing the role of princess. The scent of pumpkin in the air influences everyone on stage, and Squash issues a command to attack Po Tato. Po Tato protects himself from the smell with a surrounding Frost shield, and the gang joins the hero in battle. Taromaiti indulges in her role as Dark Lord Squash, revealing her choice of donning the title to revolt against the prejudice against her. The Jack-O'-Lanterns announce they want Halloween everyday, and transport them to the fairy realm with a [[collision]] using the auditorium as an enclosed environment. Volos was kidnapped because the power of his Rule was enclosed within the pumpkins. While Jack-O'-Lanterns and the gang battle, Po Tato reaches Squash, relating [[Black Snow on the Hot Spring Mountains|his own experience as a Dark Lord confronted by a hero]], and determining that the hero rebels against the world that forces them into institutions. The two exchange blows one final time, with Po Tato the victor.
+Squash reveals she sympathized with the Jack-O'-Lanterns, who wanted something that was wrong but not necessarily evil. Before the Jack-O'-Lanterns can retaliate, Rutabaga Knight hops in and reveals her role as the [[Dasher of Dreams|ender of dreams]], terminating the never-ending dreams that the fairy spirits wish to play in. She exorcises them from their pumpkins, and they say goodbye until next Halloween. The collision ends and the auditorium returns to its normal state. Volos wanders out of the auditorium and the Protagonist tracks him. Volos wallows over how his perceived kindness hurt people, but Rutabaga Knight appears and reveals herself as Pretty Detective Alice. She reveals she came to Daikanyama Academy for their limited edition pumpkin cookies made from Volos's pumpkins. She points out that everyone had complimented the foods made from his pumpkins. She clarifies that the negative consequences that may come with trying to be kind doesn't erase the kindness, and that it is important to acknowledge both aspects. Volos originally only saw the kindness in his actions, but then became fixated in the bad aftermath; however, he would now recognize his actions were not in vain because of the mishap. Alice then discloses she took on two roles just for fun. They then meet the others for a cafe and enjoy some food, before everyone says their goodbyes.
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