EAT ALL THE PUMPKIN!! {open}

[Kori Ander]

There were three ways of looking at the stand "Everything Pumpkin":

A ) A rather unique novelty stand where you could probably get something that tasted pretty good.
B ) The answer to your pumpkin related prayers and proof that everything was good and right in the world.
C ) A personal challenge.

Kori mostly leaned toward stance C, though there was most certainly a bit of B in her as well. The teenager, who happened to be dressed in fashionable fall clothing, was most definitely hovering as she popped around the stand, looking a bit like a kid in a candy shop... if the kid had already eaten about a basket of sugar dipped chocolate sugar candies. There were bobs and bounces in the air at regular intervals, and Kori's eyes had widened to the point where she looked, well, almost anime-esque.

"There are so many things that are made with the pumpkin!" she exclaimed, turning those wide eyes toward the poor unfortunate soul running the stand. Said soul had, however, undergone the necessary training for such an event. They had given her several pamphlets and a few hours of training specifically to cover these incidents. Pumpkin Addiction was apparently a real thing.

Very real.

"I must eat all the pumpkin!" insisted Kori. She hopped over, dug into the pocket of her jean skirt, and came up with several coins. "TAKE ALL THE MONIES AND GIVE ME ALL THE PUMPKINS!" she insisted, waving her clenched fist of money at the clerk. There was some nodding and some digging about for a pumpkin something to start with, probably a cupcake or bread of some kind. Considering that there were nearly a hundred items of pumpkin to choose from, and Kori seemed rather... determined...

[Tara Markov]

The scent of pumpkin was an intoxicating one, not to mention incredibly frequent when fall was in the air. The aroma of pumpkin trickled into Tara's nostrils as she strolled through the faire, clad in a white button-up top accompanied by an open sweater and knee-length skirt. She paused for a moment, only to inhale deeply. The corners of her lips lifted upwards ever so slightly as she did so. How long had it been since she had anything relating to pumpkin anyway? The thought crossed her mind, leaving the girl with a quizzical expression.

That was a good question. The only answer Tara could come up with was "way too long."

Her journey led her to a stand. "Everything Pumpkin," a fitting title for the stand in front of her. The blonde witnessed a redhead waving a fistful of money about, practically demanding some sort of pumpkin snack. A curious brow was raised with interest. There was a vague familiarity about the girl, but Tara couldn't figure out what. She discarded the odd feeling with ease, her curved brow returning to a neutral position.

"Hey, leave some pumpkin for the rest of us!" A widespread grin broke out across her face. The slender female swooped in beside Kori, readjusting the sunset colored scarf draped around her neck as she did so. A hand reached upwards to tuck her blonde locks behind her ear, then dug into a dull red purse hanging on her shoulder. All she needed was a little money to hand over to the clerk in exchange for some sort of pumpkin snack. How expensive could a little autumn treat be anyway? Tara managed to pull out a handful of dollar bills, glee evident on her face as she extended the cash towards the stand.

Surely that would get her some sort of pumpkin dessert, right?

[Kori Ander]

Kori nearly jumped as someone behind her made noises. The redhead whirled, proving yet again how light on her feet she was: said feet didn't actually touch the ground. It was definitely a float, very close to what you would consider a fly. The redhead's eyes, which were nearly blazing green, had landed upon the thin blonde girl. "I must enjoy all the things that are pumpkin! For things that are made of pumpkin are part of the special fall faire and are to be enjoyed when the air is cool and the time of autumn is upon us! Plus, I have the coins," Kori turned to point at the coins. She did, actually, have the money on hand, in no small part to having received a special "spending allowance" from the officials. Apparently it was decided that Kori should be allowed to buy things; something about her setting an example.

"Wait," she looked to the girl, "did you wish to enjoy the pumpkin as well!? Person running the stand!" she whirled again, and again, her feet weren't quite touching, "the small blonde girl who is to be my friend wishes to enjoy the pumpkin as well. And then Kori threw money at the poor guy running the stand. He ducked down, producing two pumpkin cupcakes for starters. Kori gleefully took hers, shoved it into her mouth, and turned to the other girl.

"Here is yours!" Kori said, except she did so through a mouthful of food, so it sounded more like "Ear isch oars!" While Kori held out the treat, she finally got a good, long look at the girl, the girl who looked strangely familiar. Kori was matching the girl to various memories, wondering why someone small and blonde would look familiar. Who did Kori know that was small and blonde...?

[Tara Markov]

The redhead appeared to be incredibly enthusiastic about eating pumpkin flavored snacks as she enthused Tara about how pumpkin things were special when fall came around. For whatever reason, the other teen seemed really light on her feet. Had Tara taken a glance down at Kori's feet, she might have figured out why the tall girl seemed that way. Instead, her focus was on the girl's face. There was something familiar about her. Her mannerisms, her hair, those blazing green eyes. Tara decided that she must have just had one of those familiar faces. She couldn't be a certain person, could she? That would have been crazy!

Her thoughts on why the redhead was familiar ceased once the redhead held out a pumpkin cupcake for Tara to have. All previous thoughts about why this girl was familiar seemed to die off once the blonde took the cupcake from the other girl. "Thanks!" she said, and lifted the pumpkin cupcake to her lips. The taste of pumpkin was astonishing. Tara hadn't had pumpkin in such a long time. Frosting was coated around her upper lip in just one bite. Her eyes shut for a moment, savoring the taste of pumpkin. "Wow, this is great," she managed to spit out while eating. Maybe she shouldn't be talking with her mouth full, but she wasn't one to really care about being proper. Her blue eyes opened back up to look at Kori once more.

"How did I not find this stand earlier? This is the best cupcake I've ever had!"

[Kori Ander]

The girl spoke, which set off a few more triggers in Kori's memory. Why did she, meaning the lithe blonde girl, look so familiar? There was just something about her... but did Kori even know any blondes? Well, there were some here, to be sure. At least, Kori was pretty sure that there were some here. It felt like there should be some here.

Oh who cares, CUPCAKES! "I know!" said Kori; she'd somehow managed to already swallow the cupcake, likely during the whole mulling over the existence of blondes bit. "It is the most delicious of the baked goods offered at this time of year! There is something most pleasant about the offering of the pumpkin and the approaching of the days which are filled with holly. There were many more celebrations on my planet, but most of them did not involve the eating of the pumpkin. Except maybe Glorthog, but only on every other cycle. There is the bread!" Kori snatched a piece of bread, and as the poor, disheveled clerk tried to say something, she flung more coins at him. By this point, Kori had probably purchased about a third of the goods sitting available, and judging by how she just shoved most of the bread into her mouth (which really ruined the whole pretty redhead model image that she seemed to otherwise have), Kori intended to eat it all.

Except she extended her hand with another loaf of the bread, clearly offering it up to her new friend to eat. For the only thing better than eating all the pumpkin was eating all the pumpkin with a new friend!

[Tara Markov]

Listening to the redhead babble on about food, there was one thing she said that caused some wheels to start turning in Tara's head. The redhead mentioned 'her' planet, and something called Glorthog. That meant two things to Tara. The tall gal either believed she was an alien, or she actually was an alien from another planet. Suddenly, there was one person who was much like this redhead. The manner of speaking, another planet, her appearance, it all seemed to fit together into one person. But who? Names ran through her head repeatedly. This name, that name, but Tara couldn't quite figure one out. The redhead in front of her seemed so familiar, and yet she couldn't put a name with a face.

Maybe it was best to leave the past behind and not think too hard about it. That's what Tara really wanted, so why bother finding answers she wouldn't want to know anyway?

Porcelain fingers went out to grasp the loaf of bread offered, and once they succeeded, Tara pulled pieces off to pop into her mouth. "Wow, I didn't know I could eat this much bread," she mused, partially to herself. "What's Glorthog?" Before Tara could stop herself, one question slipped out of her mouth, along with a crumb or two. Despite trying to not to dig much into this girl's past or who she reminded Tara of, she was still curious about it. It seemed like something she had heard of before, or something similar at least. Maybe it would put her mind at ease anyway.

[Kori Ander]

Kori had thus far succeeded in jamming two impossibly large pieces of bread into her cheeks, holding them there like some kind of deranged squirrel. The sheer flavor of the pumpkin threatened to overwhelm her, and her eyes were already rolling in pure delight. She nearly let out a pleased moan, and likely would have, had there not been a question directed at her which took her attention back to the skinny blonde.

"Glorthog is the celebration of togetherness in which we all gather around and share meat and speak of the brave things that we have probably not actually done but would like to pretend that we have," she explained, somehow managing to speak around the food in her cheeks without distorting the words overmuch. The redhead grinned around the bread, then chewed rapidly for a few seconds, swallowed, and continued: "It is a most joyous time! but it is not quite so pleasant as this season with the pumpkin and the other things that are most joyous on there on," and lo, there was much enthusiastic nodding followed by clapping hands and a grin.

"Oh yes! I am Kori Anders, though I sometimes am called Starfire instead, and I am from the planet of Tamaran, where I was a princess," Kori wasn't entirely sure if she still was or not, but she didn't see any reason to not mention it. People were always interested in things like that, though again: she wasn't quite sure why. She nodded in her enthusiastic manner (yet again proving that she didn't seem capable of not doing so), then stuck out a hand, which had somehow picked up a pumpkin muffin at some point, "It is most good to meet you and be sharing in the delights that are pumpkin!"