Freyr somehow makes demon mochi,,,

Alas, it was finally October. Not only the best time for spooky treats and enjoying the nicer weather (as nice as it can get close to hell) but also to celebrate the Burrowgatory! It was quite fitting really, a bunch of demon buns and their civilization turning a year old on the spookiest month of the year and all celebrating with their own sinful ways. That was what brought Freyr to the kitchen, the orange little fuzzball determined to make the best pumpkin shaped birthday mochi of all. His needy Fellantern, Gunther wove between his feet as he worked, crying and pawing at him for a quick nibbles of the sweet mochi dough he loved so much. Of course being a pride bun, Freyr wouldn't just take any mochi dough, he'd done a few errands for Dan (which mostly consisted of keeping Shibani distracted) and earned himself a full pound of the finest mochi dough Dan had to offer. Freyr planned to make a full pumpkin patch with all the dough, dyeing it various shades of orange and yellow and hand painting on details, getting the perfect little curls on their tops and everything else! 

Determined as ever, the bun got to work, pressing the steaming dough with him multicolored hooves and kneading in a lovely orange color until it was fully cohesive. He pinched off a large portion, planning to make the big birthday pumpkin first- the center piece if you will- and shoed Gunther away from the pumpkin and cinnamon filling he'd made earlier which he used to neatly stuff and seal the rather large mochi with. Freyr finally moved onto the other painstaking details, each curl and detail of the vine and leaves, and every colored stripe of the pumkin and alas it was finally done. As he moved onto the other pumkins, he set the large mochi into the oven on a very light warming temperature, sprinkling the top with sugar and adding in a cinnamon stick for added flavor- just to keep it warm and fresh while he completed the other pumkins of course. 

The smaller pumkins were much easier to craft, taking less dough and filling until Freyr decided to go the further mile. He had just finished making Shibani out of mochi (a jelly filling if you must ask) and painting the last of him rope when he looked over to try and find his rather quiet Fellantern- which was usually never the case. Gunther in fact had gotten up to no good, sitting his smug little butt on the counter and reaching over to lightly tap and play with the festive halloween hand towel tassels Freyr had put up. With a huff, Freyr whipped around and pointed his little hooved hand at Gunther and simply said "NO!" This startled the mischevious feline which made him fly several feet in the air and his delicate paw slamming onto the oven switch. Freyr lunged forward to catch his now pitiful cat only to both watch and hear a large FWOOSH coming from the oven. Mixes of pink, red, and orange filled the glass case with it's heat as Freyr's face fell. He quickly snapped the switch back off but it was too late- his pumpkin was a strange charred ball instead of his painstaking detail. 

Holding back tears from his shattered pride, Freyr set a guily Gunther on the ground and pulled out the tray with trembling hooves. What sat in place of his pumkin was a blackish red mochi with a smoldering thing next to it- it almost looked like a chili pepper on fire- which only crushed Freyr's fragile heart more. Simply giving up, he set the tray down on the tile with a clatter and began to cry, seemingly prompting Shibani to poke his head in with a curious look. Freyr only cried harder "No, don't look! It's all ruined now!" he cried as Shibani trailed over to look at the smouldering mess. "Freyr, why would you make spicy pepper mochi? You hate that stuff!" Freyr huffed and crossed his arms "It was a cinnamon pumpkin mochi! It was a cinnamon stick!" Shibani gave him a look and shook his head "No, that's a pepper- in fact the spiciest one in Burrowgatory. Did you use this for ALL your mochi?" Shibani looked worried and peered over to see a tiny mochi version of himself which stopped him dead. 

"Wait, Freyr, was this for me?" Shibani said with a little squeal. Freyr nodded with a sigh "I used powdered cinnamon for everything else but I wanted to use a stick for the big one... I guess I messed up" he sighed, watching as Shibani sat down on the floor and handed Freyr one of his mochi, taking a bite of his own with an approving nod. "Well I can say for one that these are at least good! Better not let an imp get it's hands on that big one though. Who knows what it'll do to em" Shibani joked as Freyr shyly ate his own mochi- which he had to admit was rather good. 

"Yeah you're right- can't imagine what kind of demon spawn would come from this" Freyr said with a laugh.

"Happy Birthday Shibani!"