The evening was going swell. Almost every member of the Odalverse Crew had chipped in, and they had fireworks galore. Entropy had been whacking chocolate oranges against the counter for the better part of 20 minutes now, and either Odal or W had yelped every single time. Azin was in tears laughing at the chaos. Autocorrect, sadly, had been nowhere to be found since the 28th.

Speak of the devil, the door opened, followed by playful shouting in a familiar voice.

"For the last time, it's New Year's, not Pride Month!" There was the sound of floomphing fabric, and laughter. Laughter that hadn't been heard in 7 months.

"I think you need to check your internal clock is working, Corrie! Now, who copied my place, and why am I here?"

And then, in a moment of movement, in came Autocorrect, followed by someone else. Someone with cybernetic eyepatches over both eyes. A girl in a red hoodie. None other than Pi. And when she and Odal locked eyes, neither could believe it. They ran, and melted into a hug, which Entropy soon joined.

W took a step back from the hug pile, guilt apparent in their face. Pi looked up, entirely innocent, and, much to the horror of Entropy and Odal, beckoned them to join. Azin and Autocorrect lingered outside of the hug, unsure of what to do. It soon broke up, and dissolved into a flurry of excited chatter.

A bit later on in the New Year's party, a hushed conversation was going on between the original trio of Odalverse characters.

"I don't remember her being that forgiving when I knew her."

"Eh, she was pretty chill. But yeah, I'm surprised. Does she not remember...?"

"I think she forgot the incident in itself, or is in denial or something."

"Oh, like Tango?"

"I guess."

Pi had actually been the most cautious around Azin, but she had finally worked up the courage to speak.

"So, um... Azin, was it? Sorry, you were kinda a WIP character when I was last around."

"Yeah. You know, I'm never gonna get used to the fact that my world, including myself, is a fictional construct made by a 14-year-old."

"Right. Uh... I'm Pi. Nice to meet ya."

"Nice to meet you too."

Thankfully, or perhaps not so thankfully, some fireworks drifted through the main AU portal, and went off. Now that their conversation had a direction, they hit it off pretty well, Azin even sneakily forcing a Curse of Binding party hat onto Pi, prompting much hilarity to ensue.

But eventually, it was time for the fireworks. They all worked together, feeding the fireworks into a special device Azin had tricked Kelgi into designing, and then waited for it to go off.

Five.

Four.

Three.

Two.

One.

Zero!

"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Year!"
"Happy New Decade!"
"Happy New Year and Decade!"
"-Happy New Decade!-"
"Happy Pr- New Year!"