||Hello Neighbour: A Better Timeline||

||Chapter 52: Needing A Break||

Aaron marked his Calendar, practically jumping with joy.
"It's gonna be Halloween soon!"
May looked up her tea party,"Yeah, me, Lucy and Maritza are gonna dress up as The Sanderson Sister's from Hocus Pocus! Trinity and Enzo are apparently doing a couple costume.", Aaron rolled his eyes,"I'll never understand some couple costumes.", "Eh; It's their choice, besides they're not sure yet anyway. What's your plan, you have made a lot of costumes.", Aaron groaned,"Yeah, it's the curse of being indecisive and having too many ideas!", Aaron laid on his bed, starting at the ceiling of his bunk bed.
"You'll think of something. And maybe I'll hope you choose."
Aaron turned to her,"I don't trust that since last year I ended up dressing up as something silly.", Mya held her head high as she sipped her invisible tea,"In my defence; It was something funny.", Aaron sighed.

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"You excited for Halloween?"
"Oh yeah, definitely; Mom loves Halloween Ghost Stories as does my dad."
Aaron noticed a sign,"Well, do you do anything for Halloween?", "We use to sneak out to celebrate, but nowadays; Watch Horror movies, trick or creating and especially decorating for Halloween.", now he did wanna ask about that, but he figured that was for later and pointed to the poster.
"There's the Fair coming to town."
"Ooh."
Nicky turns to him,"Does it come every year for Halloween?", "It use too according to dad, but not so much now.", Aaron shrugged,"I dunno why; But you'll get food, small rides, games and prizes.", Lucy came over, Trinity pushing her wheelchair,"And potentially; They'll sell Golden Apples, you might be able to try them: They were really tasty.", Nicky nods,"It sounds fun; I'll just take a picture to remember and show my parents later.", Aaron nods, and glancing behind Trinity he saw Enzo and Maritza arguing.
"Can I ask?"
"Let's just say Enzo lost something of hers and now she's on his back for it."
"Ah; Of course."

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"YOU'RE KIDDING ME!?!?"
Wilson sighed; Otto was yelling at someone.

He opened the door,"Otto? Why are you shouting??", Otto was slumped over the table, phone in hand and the dog by his side looking concerned for the man.
"Stupid. . . Mayor. . ."
"Otto?"
He looked up,"Wilson. . .", "What's the matter, what's this about The Mayor?", Otto sat up,"You know the fair, it is coming to town: Well, the Mayor called me and tasked me with making stuffed toy prizes for the games; Bird, Bunnies, Cats and so on.", Otto groaned,"I. Am a Taxidermist; Not a toy maker: What do I do?! Take the dead animals and turn them into toys?!", Otto huffed, Wilson sighed,"Let's just. . . Calm down and, not do that?", Wilson poured himself some coffee,"I believe the Mayor choose you cause you have the best understanding of knowing how to stuff, how to sew and also have an understanding of animal anatomy.", Otto sat up,"I suppose; But there's a difference between that and stuffing animals.", Wilson poured Otto a fresh cup, pushing it towards him,"Well, why not give it a try mate? And I can help you out.", Otto wasn't sure about that.-
*Smash*
"Oh for Christ sake."
Otto got up and went outside, the dog looked up at Wilson, titling his head in confusion,"It's probably Quentin and Bea-", "OW!", Wilson jumped at something smashing and Otto yelling, he dashed out with the dog following him.
"Otto?!"
"Shit. . . Shit. . ."
Otto was bleeding from his head, pieces of a smashed Garden Gnome were stuck in his head!
"Only shit, Otto!"
"Quentin; When I get my hands on you!"
Wilson turned to see Quentin, running but stumbling away, Wilson helped Otto up,"Hospital or ER?", "Let's go to the hospital, I'm worried if I pull out the pieces it will cause more bleeding.", the dog whimpered as he followed Otto and Wilson.

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Luckily; It wasn't too bad, though they were keeping him in for the night to make sure he was okay.
So Otto. . . Spent the night restless and sketching ideas for toy prizes.
But he keeps coming back to the same question; What does the Mayor mean putting prizes in them?
What were the kids gonna do?
Rip into them??

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"And a wrap."
Ike removed the headphones, putting some music on for The Banner to make it feel a lot more lively.
'Knock, Knock'
"Come in?"
He expected maybe Norman or Miguel-
"Otto?!"
Otto slipped in, bandage wrapped around the side of his head,"Morning. . .", they stared at one another in silence.
"Quentin?"
"Yes."
Ike sighed,"I am. . . So sorry.","Ike, it's not your job to control them, however this is different; I think something is wrong with your brother.", Ike frowned, more than just his investigation methods?
"Wilson mentioned as Quentin was running, he had this stumble in his step and when he found Wilson found Beatrix, she mentioned he's been weird like, lack of sleep or something."
Ike frowned,"They haven't mentioned anything like that to me.", Ike sighed, Otto leaned against the door,"Beatrix paid for my hospital bill, but seriously; Something is wrong with him.", Ike nods, and Otto left as he apologised again for coming in during their working hours.
Ike sighed, resting his head on the desk.

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Beatrix sat her brother down,"Quentin; Seriously, what's going on: You need sleep, or even a break.", Quentin gripped his hair, he looked so tired.
"It doesn't matter. . ."
Quentin gripped his hair harder.
"I can't tell anymore. . . No matter where I go, I keep seeing Crowface and I can't tell if it's real or not, he keeps attacking me and killing me. . ."
Quentin suddenly grabbed his sister by her shoulders.
"I CAN'T TAKE IT ANYMORE GERDA!!!"
Beatrix stared at him.
Did he. . . Seriously confuse her to Gerda?
They both turned to see Ike, looking worried as hell.
. . .
"Quentin. . ."

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"It's probably for the best."
Beatrix sighed,"I'll take him out of town for a while, give him a clean area to get some sleep and help.", Ike nods,"Yeah, that's. . . For the best; You'll be back for Halloween though right?", "Of course; Wouldn't miss it for the world.", Ike then glanced at the house and back to Beatrix,"Do you know why he's been losing sleep or. . .??", . . ., she shook her head,"No. . .", Ike nods, and she goes to talk to Quentin.
Something his in gut told him she just lied to his face again.