Erma:Family is Forever

Ermaween Special 2: Tales From the Firehouse!

Yes! On the night of ghouls and ghosts is I'm here to deliver another tale of holiday horrors! This time from Xander's place of work, the Firehouse! Don't worry though, we'll be checking in on the rest of the Aarons family as well as Erma!

Yori was currently on the phone with Emiko as she watched Mitsu, Momo, and Erma sitting on the couch watching horror movies. "Yeah sis it's fine that Erma sleeps over. Mitsu and Momo were pretty bummed their dad had to work on Halloween, so I think it'll help cheer them up." Yori said as Rin joined them on the couch as well. "Well if it's alright with you. Did you hear from Fumiko?" Emiko asked as their eldest sibling had given them a call a few weeks ago. "Yeah, something about Kentaro meeting up with Mayumi at an Onsen? Apparently Kentaro saw the family she's staying with mixed up in some crazy stuff?" Yori said as she vaguely remembered the conversation.
            "She said that Kentaro might've been drunk, something about stamps and guys in armor? Although Haru and Kenji backed up his claim, so maybe it's true?" Emiko said as Yori snorted at the possibility. "Well, Mitsu, Momo, and Erma are going to video call her soon on Xander's laptop. Rin and I could grill her for details, enjoy your night with Sam, sis." Yori then said goodbye to Emiko before entering the living room with a bowl of popcorn. Erma and the twins decided to get their trick or treating done early so they could have a movie marathon with Rin. Yori placed the popcorn bowl down on the table before sitting next to Rin on the couch.
             "So should we give Mayumi a ring before we start?" Rin asked as she gave her sister a curious look. "Probably would be our best option before starting the movies." Yori said before she opened up Xander's laptop before going into the video call app and hitting Mayumi's name. The screen displayed a ringing phone for a minute before Mayumi appeared on screen. "Hi aunt Mayumi!" Mitsu and Momo said as they hung from their mother's shoulders while Erma just waved. Mayumi waved back as she was happy to see her nieces again, even if it was through a screen at the moment.
"How's your time been in Tokyo sis?" Yori asked as Mayumi quickly grabbed her phone before typing out a message. "It's been fun. Kazuya and his family have been really kind to me. Although I do worry he's going to collapse from exhaustion with all the work he does." Mayumi's phone announced as everyone was surprised by that statement. Aside from Ena, who was staying with Mayumi at the moment, none of the other Yureimoto family had met this Kazuya Baishō their youngest sibling was staying with. "Seriously? How could the guy possibly be run rampant from working at a bathhouse?" Rin asked as she felt there was more to it.
Mayumi tensed you, but quickly calmed down before grabbing her phone and typing out another message. "Kazuya has been helping out the FENIX organization his little sister works at with their research. It's pretty taxing on him." Mayumi's phone announced as she hoped they wouldn't press for further details on the topic. "Isn't there some kind of crazy cult running around attacking places Aunt Mayumi? What were they called....Deadheads?" Mitsu said as she remembered seeing a news article when searching how to solve math problems for her homework once.
Mayumi hesitated again, but ultimately typed out another message on her phone. "Deadmans, they're just an extremist group. Their part of the work Kazuya is helping FENIX with, I wish they would stop so he could actually rest for a moment." Mayumi's phone announced as Yori and Rin caught a slight blush on their little sister's face. Yori and Rin looked at each other before nodding their heads in agreement. "Oh is that so sis? You seem to really care about this guy, what's up with that?" Rin asked as she smirked at her little sister.
Mayumi immediately fumbled with her phone as she tried to type a message out before someone got the wrong idea. "It's not like that! Kazuya really helped me out when I first arrived in Tokyo is all!" Mayumi's phone announced as she turned away from her sisters angrily. "Alright, alright we'll stop teasing you for now. I hope you know we're excited to meet him!" Yori said in a teasing tone as well, which caused Mayumi to slam her head into her desk. Yori and Mayumi started laughing, which only confused the twins and Erma as to what was so funny right now.
After apologizing to Mayumi, Erma and the twins told their aunt all about what they had been doing since they got back home. Eventually they said their goodbyes before hanging up the video call. Yori then started the first movie before she checked what time it was on her phone. It was only eight-thirty, which means they had plenty of time to get movies in. "I wonder how Xander is doing over at the firehouse right now?" Yori mumbled to herself as she decided she should probably give him a call in a half hour or so to check in on him and see how he's holding up.