itsjustagamerp | At last...toothbrushes for all? [OPEN]

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At last...toothbrushes for all? [OPEN]

Characters: Sam, and anyone else who stops by
Content: Sam also decides to host some trick-or-treating...
Location: Sam's room on Deck 3
Time of day: Evening, same time as Mike's trick-or-treating
Warnings: Disappointment...

Weird. Every single thing that had happened this week had been so dang weird and outlandish that he just couldn't make sense of it anymore. It made spiky blue hair seem downright mundane in comparison. He barely even bothered lecturing people on its badness...he was certain that in this case, they knew well enough.

Well, Sam was now prepared to give a little more good sense to anyone that wanted to take advantage of this holiday. He also had a bowl by his room's door, although it wasn't filled with candy, but with toothbrushes.

After all, with all the candy these kids were likely to get, it only made sense they get a good toothbrush to keep away cavities.

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Maes had seen Sam walk by with the bowl of toothbrushes as he, himself, worked on putting another bat decoration on his door. Rhino was contently snuggled in the next room over in a pile of former-Scarecrows and Maes just needed to put the finishing touches to prepare for trick-or-treaters.

However, it seemed that first he would have to address a certain issue.

Maes walked over to Sam's room and knocked politely on the door. He was wearing the costume he'd found down stairs. It was one of the few costumes that looked innocent enough that it wouldn't eat his flesh or stick to him like glue or something. He didn't recognize (http://captain-america.us/images/cap.gif) it, but it was red, white, and blue with a cowl or hood that covered his face. For the moment he had it pulled back.

When Sam answered the door, he had to look up quite a bit. Sam was not expecting the first of his visitors to be an adult, much less one in costume. Still, he supposed there was no harm in anyone else getting a toothbrush, too. Or perhaps he was accompanying one of the younger kids.

"Ah. Hello there, sir."

"Yeah, hey Sam," Maes replied.

"I have a question for you before you start getting trick-or-treaters...what exactly were you planning on giving them? Because I thought I saw you with a bunch of toothbrushes."

Sam nodded in confirmation. Maes perhaps had the same concern for the dental health of young people that he did. "Ah! Yes, you are correct in your observation! These toothbrushes will become very useful for trick-or-treaters after obtaining so much candy."

"True but...that's not really in the spirit of the season is it? No one really wants toothbrushes for Halloween," Maes replied as gently as possible. He figured the bird was pretty uptight if he was planning on handing out toothbrushes for Halloween. Maes didn't even want to think what he might do for Christmas.

Huh, that was not the reaction he was really expecting. After all, Maes seemed like a sensible and safety-conscious adult. At least compared to many of the others here.

He glanced back down at the bowl of toothbrushes with his usual frown. "I am certain they will get candy elsewhere. Someone has to think about the teeth of the youth here."

He was sensible, he just knew there was such a thing as being TOO uptight and he was starting to realize that breaking Sam of that habit was probably going to be impossible. He thought for a moment if there was anything he could sway to dissuade him but he doubted it. "True, and candy should be eaten in moderation...but come on Sam this is a holiday that's main focus is candy. It's like...the rule for the holiday."

He looked down at the bowl, "You at least have interesting colors right?"

It was a long-developed habit, especially for Sam, who figured it was practically his job to do this sort of thing. Still, somehow he was making him feel guilty for trying to think about kids' oral hygiene. How did that work? "Wellll...one must consider health and safety on a holiday, too! Otherwise, it could be quite ruined."

He perked up a bit at the next question, though. "Oh, yes, of course!" He reached into the bowl and dug out several of the toothbrushes. "I have red ones, white ones, and of course blue ones, too."

Maes examined the multiple colored toothbrushes. It seemed that Sam was pretty set on this and, at least, he HAD gotten good colors. Maes felt like he was missing something though as far as the colors' significance but shook it off for the moment. Maybe he should just let Sam celebrate the holiday in his own way.

"Not bad. I do have a suggestion though, maybe if you're set on giving out toothbrushes you should give out interesting toothpaste flavors too. I think I saw some in the bathroom a few days ago that said it was Strawberry flavored so there have to be kinds like that on the satellite." He had never seen flavored toothpaste prior to that but if they had Strawberry surely they had better flavors than just mint.

Sam did not much catch onto Maes' ignorance about his patriotic toothbrushes...mostly because he was too caught up in it himself. Of course, in his opinion, nearly every holiday could use an extra touch of the Fourth of July.

And it seemed like Maes had gotten over his hesitation about it, what with a suggestion for toothpaste, too! "Oh! Yes. That is indeed a useful idea! I shall procure some toothpaste in a variety of flavors to pass out as well." He set down the bowl of toothbrushes, and started towards the nearest deck bathroom.

Maes smiled weakly. The problem wasn't exactly solved but it wasn't exactly the time to be debating the proper celebration of a holiday. Oh well, at least Sam was excited. "Good luck. I've gotta finish my own preparations," he turned to head back to his room but stopped. "Oh and Sam, Happy Halloween. Try to have SOME fun, okay?" He wasn't sure if fun was even IN Sam's vocabulary...oh well.

"And a Happy Halloween to you, too," Sam replied as he toddled off to procure that toothpaste. Sam did believe he would have fun...his main problem was that his definition of "fun" was pretty narrow, and didn't include a lot of what others considered fun.

Pinkie bounced up to the door and knocked loudly. She wasn't exaaaactly sure whose room this was, but surely they had candy! Who didn't have candy on Nightmare Night? Well, except Fluttershy maybe. But this wasn't Fluttershy's room for sure, so they should have some!

She was still wearing her costume, (http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&global=1&q=pinkie+pie+as+the+joker#/d4d05gb) though the green dye was already beginning to fade a little. "NIGHTMARE NIGHT, WHAT A FRIGHT, GIVE ME SOMETHING SWEET TO BITE!"

As it so happened, this was Sam's door! He still wasn't entirely sure about this bouncy pink pony, although the promise of a patriotic flag party had softened him on her a bit.

But wow that costume was appropriately frightening, and Sam displayed some element of surprise when he opened the door to Pinkie. "OH. Oh, goodness, hello. That is a fright." He then extended the bowl of brand-new toothbrushes. "And these should be useful to you after a night full of candy."

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