Thriller Night: A (Very Small) Wild Kratts Halloween Fic
This is a small fic I threw together last minute, it’s not the best, but it’s been in my head all day, I hope you all enjoy it! It picks up in the part of Creepy Creatures where Paisley gives Zach her paving bill.
Important things to note: This fic contains my Ziolet ship in a limited format, but they are mostly platonic in this (dancing together and being fluffy and cute is as bad as it gets). The only other tw or cw to note is the song lyrics of Michael Jackson’s song Thriller and the imbedded video for this song, some of them involve themes of death and other spooky scenes (I totally was not inspired after seeing one of my kids dancing to this song today, the little kid was rocking out 😂).
Paisley appeared in front of me, holding a paper out to me with a frown on her face.
“What’s this?” I asked, snatching the bill out of her hands, squinting my eyes, and bringing it close to my face to read the fine print.
“My paving bill,” she stated smugly, turning away from me and walking down the steps before she heard my response.
After seeing the staggering figure, I pulled it away from my face in horror, I dropped my arms by my sides in defeat and crossed my arms, moaning, “awwww…worst Halloween…” I threw my hands by my sides and shouted, “EVER!”
“How’s it the worst Halloween ever?” A voice whispered behind me. I jumped slightly thinking that maybe the Scary Animal Mansion really was haunted, but I turned to see another small, slightly less annoying, light-haired female standing beside me: my assistant and partner Violet. She was dressed in a vibrant black, blue, purple, and pink flutterby, or was it butterfly, costume, complete with wings and antennas.
“Oh, it’s you…” I intoned, realizing Violet was the one who’d snuck up behind me. I relaxed for a moment, before I realized she’d snuck up on me and scared me, then I turned to her and screamed, “WHY DID YOU SNEAK UP ON ME?!?!?”
She held up her hands signaling her defeat, “I’m sorry Zach, I didn’t mean to sneak up on you, I’ll leave you alone to stew in your defeat.”
She started walking away from me, but I grabbed her hand, “wait Violet…”
She tilted her head and looked at me questioningly, I took a deep breath and forced out an apology, no matter how much it pained me to do so, “I’m sorry, I’ve just had a bad Halloween…”
“Well Halloween is not over yet…maybe we can do something to…brighten your mood?” Violet stated as she snapped her fingers, and a Zachbot arrived with my Count Zachula costume neatly displayed on a hanger.
I smirked upon seeing the costume; I leaned down to face her, “I thought you had to….mend it…”
She blushed and bit her lip pulling the butterfly wings around her arms, “Well, ummm, yeah, I already did while you were out collecting the creepy creatures…”
“Hmmm, well, what do you have in mind?” I raised an eyebrow and stroked her face gently with my index finger.
Violet readjusted her antennas and stood up on her tippy toes to press her forehead to mine, she peered into my eyes and said “hmmm, there is something…special…I had in mind…something I’ve always wanted to do…with you…”
I snapped my fingers and demanded the Zachbots dress me in my Count Zachula costume. Violet squealed in delight and clapped her hands at the transformation. I pulled her to me, taking her left hand in my right and splaying my right hand against the small of her back. I nodded to her, indicating I wanted to dance, and I spun her with me on the porch of the Scary Animal Mansion, “and what is that, my dear?”
“You’re going to think it’s silly…” she murmured, gripping my shoulder and turning her eyes away from mine, a small smile playing on her lips.
“Well, anything is better than the way the night’s gone so far…” I intoned, lowering my face to meet her gaze once again.
She rolled her eyes and sighed, chewing on her lip in contemplation, “Okay, okay, I’ll tell you, but you have to promise not to laugh. And…we’re going to need the Zachbots…”
“What are you planning…” I wondered aloud.
“‘I'm gonna thrill you tonight...’” Violet sang quietly under her breath.
My jaw dropped in surprise, I knew what she wanted to do….
“Ohhhhh,” I breathed, “what are we waiting for? Let’s do it…”
VvvvvvvVvvvvvvvV
The Wild Kratts Crew and Wild Kratts Kids ran out of the Tourtuga after hearing the sound of creepy music coming from the Scary Animal Mansion.
“What’s Zach up to now?” Chris asked the rest of the crew.
“I don’t know bro, but we better check it out, we can’t have the villains causing any more trouble on Halloween!” Martin replied.
The group ran to the Scary Animal Mansion and saw the door sitting wide open. They looked at each other suspiciously and the adults walked into the mansion first.
“Wait…” Aviva announced as they entered the mansion, “that music, it sounds really familiar….it sounds like…”
“Thriller!” The adults said in unison.
Upon entering the mansion they were drawn to the room Zach had previously used that evening, and they saw none other than Zach, his partner Violet, and at least a dozen Zachbots….
“Dancing?” Everyone asked aloud, and in response Violet looked directly at the group and smiled, she motioned for them to join her, Zach, and the Zachbots.
She nodded and sang,
“‘'Cause this is thriller, thriller night
And no one's gonna save you from the beast about to strike
You know it's thriller, thriller night
You're fighting for your life inside a killer, thriller tonight…’”
“Well, I guess we should join them?” Martin asked the group, and in response he and everyone except Chris ran in front of him and started dancing with what they had dubbed the Varmitech Crew.
Chris stood watching the scene. All the member of the Wild Kratts crew were laughing and dancing alongside the Zachbots. Violet was singing the lyrics of the song, and she and Zach were in the middle of the group decked out in costumes. Violet, Jimmy, and Koki were showing the Wild Kratts kids the dance moves, and even Zach seemed to be enjoying himself. Well, he kept pulling Violet closer to him, and he smiled when she was at a distance he liked. Chris shook his head in astonishment, “Who would have thought we would have ended our Halloween dancing with Zach?”
Violet left the group momentarily to come up to Chris and grab his arm, “well, you very well can’t end your Halloween standing there, come on and dance with us Chris, we all can go back to being rivals tomorrow.”
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I’m laughing to myself at everyone I follow blogging about Dark Road while I, a fellow and avid KH fan, have been in a Genshin Impact brainrot recently and haven’t even watched the DR cutscenes yet lol, I feel like such a fake XD
I’m just so obsessed with Genshin rn...
Speaking of which: new icon! Tighnari is my new favorite boy and I love him so much!!! ^.^ It’s interesting though, I feel like my love for him is different in a way I don’t remember feeling before. I feel like I usually pick my favorite characters. Of course there is still a subconscious attraction to them, but I mean that I will see a character and be like “you are going to be my favorite.” Meanwhile with Tighnari, it feels like he chose me instead. I didn’t have that immediate definite ultimatum. And yet, he has quickly become my favorite comfort character 😊 You know that meme of the hamster singing baby u r my ANGELLLLLL? Yeah that’s me with Tighnari ❤️
More rambles under the cut because nobody asked for this monologue lol
When I first saw his character reveal I did think he was kind of cool but I also wasn’t entirely sold on his design, and I knew he was a botanist/forest watcher but didn’t have any other insight into his character. Then I learned that he uses a bow and I am not very good at bow users lol. So yeah, I didn’t see him and immediately know I would love him or if I even wanted to pull for him. And yet there was a Tighnari tiny voice in my head that kept making me think about him and yeah the more I thought the more I realized I liked him and now here we are!
Now I think he is adorable and love his design (the only changes I would make would be to make his skin a bit darker and have his ears come out more at an angle like the fennec fox). It brings me a lot of pride and joy to have one of the only two dendro characters in the game rn (minus traveler) (I also have Collei but that’s not the point here). I actually love that he uses a bow because before I got him I didn’t really have a main for a bow. I have been using Amber only because she was my highest level archer, but now (even though I have him on the field already) when I need to use the bow I’m like “Tighnari you’re up! :)” and he's actually really fun to play! I like that his skill taunts opponents so I have time to aim lol and then there are extra arrows that auto aim which is so nice omg. he has a really quick cooldown and energy recharge too so I can almost just spam his specials *sigh* he is amazing! I also really love the dendro reactions, they are so fun and powerful!
In terms of personality, I love his balance between being sweet/caring and snarky. I just love that he is genuine and honest in whichever form that takes haha. Also I thought he was going to be more focused on just botany research, which he still does, but he actually seems more driven by ecosystems and conservation, which is something that is very important to me and being in the animal/conversation field, I can relate to him in that way. But also his feelings toward academia - that it is an important contribution to science but one he personally wishes not to dedicate himself to and even gets a little frustrated when it feels like that’s everyone’s only priority and wishes others could understand his ambition of instead doing active hands-on work in the field - is SO extremely me and I respect him for that. And he’s also a leader which is admirable. But the thing is that he’s not a leader because he has to be (like a military captain or something) or because he wants to be. Instead he is a leader because just by being himself and doing what he would naturally do, he inspires others and they look to him for guidance. A true role model. And despite not asking for or working towards that leadership, he has the knowledge and capabilities to be worthy of the role, steps into the role graciously and confidently, and does his best to do his best at the responsibilities associated with it, which to me is what is truly admirable. As someone who struggles with self confidence, nerves, doubting my abilities and feeling underqualified (esp when put in a leadership or presentation role), Tighnari is truly inspiring to me and I wish I can be confident and qualified like him someday.
I decided to pull for him before Sumeru was released so I saved my primos for him, which was a good thing because he took 80 pulls -.- but there was never a doubt in my mind that he wouldn’t come home. I mean, he asked me to come home. It just took a little while for him to be ready haha, but once he was home I immediately grinded for materials to level up/ascend and put him in my teapot and set him up with decent the best artifacts I have and just made sure he was comfortable and loved and appreciated 😊 and everything just feels right in the world that he is home.
I have so many favorite characters and I’d say quite a few of them are comfort characters to an extent. For female characters they are often those who I wish I could be or who I hope I am. For male characters they are often those, and I'm embarrassed to admit it even though I know I’m not the only one (I mean that’s the whole point of otome games isn’t it), but who I am drawn to romantically and have looks/personality characteristics I admire irl. And they help me feel valued, loved, and appreciated in the void that is my irl love life lol. But Tighnari is different. Not that he doesn't have those qualities, I just mean... Despite relating to him in a few ways, he isn’t a character I 100% self-identify with, and I don’t swoon for him yet probably. I just love who he is. He is so precious and makes me very happy and I want to protect him at all costs. Out of all my faves, he feels the most comforting of the comfort characters. He is THE comfort character. He is my new best friend. He is everything ❤️
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