Drabble: No Guts, No Glory

[littleotter73]

Title: No Guts, No Glory
Author: littleotter73
Characters: The Core Four
Setting: Their first Halloween together (Season 2)
Rating: G
Prompt: Pumpkin
Word Count: 100 (hyphenated words count as one word)
Disclaimer: Playing in Joss' sandbox. I don't own anything and make no profit.


"Come on, Giles, your introduction to American culture isn't complete until you carve your first jack-o-lantern," Xander urged.

The Watcher skeptically eyed the ridiculously rotund orange vegetable that sat before him on the table, it's green stem sticking up jauntily.

"Plus side: a more festive library," Willow added, handing him a carving knife.

Buffy placed a giant bowl next to him.

"What's this for?" Giles asked.

"The pumpkin guts. You gotta disembowel the suckers before you can carve their faces," his Slayer explained with delight.

Ten minutes later he was covered in pumpkin slime. "Worse than any demon," he muttered.

Comments

[il_mio_capitano]

LOL. Possibly your best title ever!

[littleotter73]

:) I thought so too! Stroke of genius, the title. LOL

[rebelxxwaltz.livejournal.com]

Hehehe! Did you think of this before or after you saw that puking jack-o-lantern on tumblr? :D

I loved Buffy's oh-so-Slayerly description of the carving process. Cute!

Oh, and I agree about the title. PERFECT.

[littleotter73]

I haven't seen a puking jack-o-lantern on tumblr. Must look. :)

Buffy loves slaying pumpkins. LOL

Thanks! I am rather proud of the title!

[rebelxxwaltz.livejournal.com]

Well that's odd that you haven't seen the puking jack-o-lantern since YOU REBLOGGED IT ON WEDNESDAY. Where do you think I saw it? :P

[littleotter73]

LOL! Well, you know tumblr... once you're past the scroll, it's gone. ;)

Honestly, I didn't remember it. LOL

[rebelxxwaltz.livejournal.com]

How could you forget a puking jack-o-lantern?

(Notice how I have managed not to attempt a use of the dreaded p-word throughout this thread)

LOL

[littleotter73]

I remember it now, but I certainly didn't have it in mind when I was writing.

What word? PUMPKIN? HAHAHAHAHHAHA

[seldomifever.livejournal.com]

Love!!

[littleotter73]

YAY!! <3

[gilescandy.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHAHA! I'm too busy laughing to think of anything more intelligent to say. Poor, slimy Giles.

[littleotter73]

Well, that's a good reaction! Thanks! :)

[randigiles]

I love this and I agree with Giles. There is nothing more foul than the stench of pumpkin slime.

[littleotter73]

LOL Especially if you are taking the time to separate the seeds from the stringy slimy mess. Glad you enjoyed it! :)