IT'S BEEN SO LONG! I'M SO SORRY!!!!! I'm just having some real-life problems. School is a lot to deal with right now and I can't seem to manage ways for my financial life right now.

(Y/N) POV

Veronica: (Y/N)! (Y/N)! (Y/N)!-

Veronica was jumping on the bed to wake (Y/N) up, which did, eventually, work.

(Y/N): I'm up, I'm up... what is it?

Veronica laid flat on the bed right in front of his face, pouting a bit.

Veronica: ...

(Y/N): ...

She pouted a bit more.

Veronica: You forgot, didn't you...?

He smirked a bit nervously.

(Y/N): N-No, of course not.

He gave a nervous chuckle as Veronica just glared at him.

(Y/N): But, could you repeat what it was, just in case?

She sighed and flopped her face into the bed. She spoke into it, but he couldn't understand her mumbles.

(Y/N): I can't really understand you down there.

She lifted her head out of the bed and looked at him.

Veronica: You promised we could go out today.

(Y/N): Go out where?

Veronica: Out.

(Y/N): ...

Veronica: Like a picnic and fishing and stuff.

(Y/N): Oh, okay. We can grab some groceries on the way so we can make snacks and stuff.

Veronica gives a big smile and gets up and leaves the room. Afterward, (Y/N) gets up and goes to get ready. Once he's done, he gets dressed and goes out to the living room to see Veronica sitting in front of the door, scratching it like a dog. When she turns, she sees him and she stands up.

Veronica: Can we go now?

(Y/N): Yes, we can go now.

Veronica: Yay!

She turned to go for the door but was closer to it than she thought and instantly headbutted the door, falling to the ground.

(Y/N): Veronica!

He kneeled down in front of her as she was rubbing her forehead.

(Y/N): Are you okay?

Veronica: I'm fine. I just didn't see the door there.

(Y/N) lightly chuckled about it with her.

(Y/N): Luckily, there aren't any doors outdoor. Ready to go now?

Veronica nods as she stands back up.

~~~

The two are walking around the store, Veronica a little ahead of (Y/N) who has the cart. She kept on putting anything that caught her eyes in the cart, to which (Y/N) would put the stuff they didn't need back on the shelves after she looked away.

???: Hey!

(Y/N) looked over to see two familiar faces.

Anya: What's up?

(Y/N): Oh, it's you two.

Katya: So what're you doing here?

(Y/N): Shopping for supplies.

Anya: What for?

(Y/N): A friend and I are gonna do a small little picnic and camping outside tonight.

Katya: Sounds fun.

Veronica walked back over to the cart with a handful of more stuff and put them in the cart.

Veronica: Oh, hello.

Anya: This your friend?

(Y/N): Yep, this is Veronica. Veronica, this is Anya and Katya.

He explained while signaling towards each one.

Anya: Hey there.

Katya: Greetings; may I ask what your Octarian unit was?

Anya: Katya!

Katya: Come on, I'm just curious.

Veronica: Oh, uh... I think it was... 88?

Katya: That's so cool! We were 87!

(Y/N): Am I missing something here?

Anya: We were unit neighbors; meaning that our units numbers were right next to each other.

(Y/N): Oh, that's cool.

(Y/N) saw that Veronica and Katya were exchanging phone numbers while he was talking to Anya.

Katya: Well, we don't want to keep you two waiting, have fun.

Anya: Goodbye.

(Y/N): Later.

Veronica waved to the two as they left.

~~~

Veronica looked confused as she looked to see they were at Pearl's front gates.

Veronica: Why are we here?

(Y/N): I thought it'd be better than going to the actual full-on woods. It'll be fine. Pearl's got more land than she knows what to do with, which is probably why there are so many holes she dug in the one part.

Veronica: Okay.

The two walked in through the front gate and walked around the land looking for a part that'd be good for the picnic. They eventually came upon this little hill that had a tree or two that provided some shade. (Y/N) rolled out the blanket for the two to sit on and laid the basket down.

Veronica: Woah...

(Y/N) looked over at her.

Veronica: Pearl owns all this...

(Y/N): Yeah, she's pretty lucky.

Veronica: It's a nice view. I'm surprised she doesn't do more with all this.

(Y/N): Like what?

Veronica: I don't know... like a nice little swing or two on this branch.

She said as she was dangling from the branch of the nearest tree. (Y/N) chuckled watching her.

(Y/N): I'll tell you what, maybe next time, I'll bring stuff to make a simple swing.

Veronica: That'd be nice.

She said smiling as she dropped down from the branch.

(Y/N): Now come over here; get yourself some food.

Veronica: Yummy!

~~~

The two were playing the Switch, each with one joy-con in their hands, but (Y/N) also had a sandwich in the other hand.

Veronica: I win this round.

(Y/N): Thas no faiw, Ahm eating.

Veronica: Then just put the sandwich down; you did this yourself.

The two laughed as she was trying to pull on the arm with the sandwich in it away from him.

(Y/N): My need for food is greater!

He then fell over with her taking a bite of his sandwich.

(Y/N): No! I've been defeated!

He said jokingly, gaining a laugh from her.

~~~

She was asleep with her head on his lap; her Switch resting on her stomach in her hands. He laid back on the tree and turned off her Switch for her. He decided he'd let her take a small nap before waking her up again.

~~~

The two went more towards a small wooded section of the land and set up a tent for them. (Y/N) made a makeshift fire pit and after about thirty minutes of him being unable to start the fire naturally, he just got a lighter and started it that way. Veronica lightly giggled at his struggle.

(Y/N): Don't judge me.

So (Y/N) busted out the marshmallows to distract Veronica from his failure, which distracted her immediately at the sight of the bag.

In order to have some more fun, (Y/N) decided that they should tell scary campfire stories. Veronica liked the idea and started telling some old stories of when she was apart of the Octarian military, which (Y/N) found a little awkward so he decided to tell his own, but it seemed to be frightening Veronica a bit.

(Y/N): And one night when he was cutting bread, it happened.

Veronica: He forgot the peanut butter?

(Y/N): No.

Veronica: He didn't wash his hands?

(Y/N): No.

Veronica: He didn't use regular portions?

(Y/N): No! He cut off his own tentacle by mistake.

Veronica: You mean like this?

She cut off her one tentacle and it grew back.

Veronica: Or like this?

She continued to repeat this a few times so (Y/N) cut her off.

(Y/N) Except he wasn't a cephalopod.

Veronica stopped doing it and just went blank-faced.

Veronica: So?

(Y/N): SO IT DIDN'T GROW BACK!

Veronica: OH NOOO!!!

She jumped back in fear.

(Y/N): And he replaced his hand with a rusty inkbrush. And then... he got hit by a bus! And now, every- what day is it?

Veronica: Saturday.

(Y/N): -Saturday night, his ghost returns to the Pygmy Mansion to wreak his horrible vengeance.

Veronica gasped.

Veronica: But tonight's Saturday night!

(Y/N): Then he'll be coming.

He said lowly while moving his eyes left and right.

Veronica: How will we know?

(Y/N): There are three signs that signal the approach of the hash-slinging slasher. First, the fire will go out. Next, the wind will howl like screams, but nobody will be there. And finally, you see his silhouette get close to the tent by the moonlight. Then, he pulls on the tent's zipper to open it up. And you know what he does next?

Veronica: What?

(Y/N): You really want to know?

She sat back a bit.

Veronica: What?!

(Y/N): Are you sure you want to know?

Veronica: What?! What?! What does he do?!

(Y/N): He gets ya!

(Y/N) was suddenly behind Veronica and tapped her as he said that, causing her to scream. Meanwhile, (Y/N) was just laughing. After she kept on screaming, (Y/N) decided he should let her know.

(Y/N): Veronica, I was joking.

Veronica: What?

She stopped screaming.

(Y/N): It's not true, none of it's true.

Veronica: It's not?

(Y/N): Of course not. Nobody has an inkbrush for a hand. It was all a joke.

Veronica: Ooooh...

She started laughing, which went on for a while. The two continued eating their marshmallows and enjoying the heat of the fire. Once they finished them, the two decided it was late and that they'd go to sleep now, zipping up in their sleeping bags.

~~~

(Y/N) was already asleep and Veronica was nearly asleep to when suddenly, the fire went out. This caused Veronica to set up suddenly.

Veronica: Hello?

There was no response but she thought that the fire must've just died out so she laid back down. Until the wind blew really hard on the tent causing loud noises both from the flapping tent and the howling wind itself. This now started scaring her so she tried shaking (Y/N) awake.

Veronica: (Y/N), wake up; I think it's the monster from the story.

(Y/N) was barely awake.

(Y/N): Veronica, I told you, the story was all made up, there is no monster.

They then heard the sound of some twigs snapping outside, which caused (Y/N) to notice that the light from the fire was nowhere to be seen and that there was some strong wind blowing.

(Y/N): I'm sure it's just an animal.

Then, he noticed that a silhouette seemed to be growing, plastered on their tent. This actually scared (Y/N) a bit.

Veronica: See?

(Y/N): But it was just a story I made up; it could still be an animal.

The silhouette grew bigger to show it was clearly a person, causing (Y/N) and Veronica to back up against the opposite side of the tent.

(Y/N): Come on, I thought tents have two openings!

Veronica: Not all do! Some just have the one!

The zipper of the tent started going down slowly, which caused the two in the tent to become very frightened.

(Y/N): Why would they not have two?! That's a hazard!

Veronica: Don't ask me! I don't make tents!

(Y/N): Try finding any other way we can get out of here!

The front was now open as a hand reached in, causing the two to hug in fear of their lives.

(Y/N): Veronica, if we die, I just want to say I always sort of liked you!

Veronica: (Y/N), I accidentally used your toothbrush this morning!

(Y/N): What?

He looked right at her as the monster burst into the tent, making a scary noise as the two in the tent started screaming as loud as they could until they heard laughter.

(Y/N): Wait a minute.

The two stopped hugging and screaming and looked at the monster to see it was...

Pearl: That was hilarious!

Pearl had a black hoodie on with the hood up; camera in one hand.

(Y/N): Pearl?!

Pearl backed up out of the tent, letting the two inside the tent get out as well.

Pearl: I saw your fire's light from my window earlier and went to check it out. When I got there, I saw you two decided to have a surprise camping trip in my yard. I overheard your story and decided to play a little prank.

Veronica: That wasn't funny.

Pearl: What're you talking about? That was hilarious!

Pearl shook her phone in her hand.

Pearl: And it's all on video too.

(Y/N): You're not going to post that, are you?

Pearl: Of course I am; my followers are going to love i-

Just then, there was some rustling in the bushes next to the fire pit.

Pearl: Ugh, is that another animal on my lawn?

Pearl walked over to try to scare it off, but as she was walking over, it sounded like something was revving up and out from the bush appeared a large person wearing a hockey mask and a boiler suit with an automatic dynamo roller lifted over their head. The mere sight of this caused all three of the others to scream as loud as they could before running away as fast as they could, Pearl even dropping her phone which was still recording.

From the view of the camera, it showed the killer turning off the automatic dynamo roller before walking over to the phone then picking it up to look directly at them. The killer lifted up the mask to reveal it was Marina who was lightly giggling.

Marina: Marina wins.

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September 28, 2019 - 2:30 PM