This might be a big bummer, but this year Darrow skipped the Seattle Halloween party this year. Due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, Cassius hasn’t been able to travel home to Germany to visit his family for several seasons now. With Seattle’s unfortunate failure to make the playoffs and some recent restrictions getting lifted, Darrow finally has had the chance to head back to see his mother, Gemma, sister, Hanna, her husband, Erich, and his nephews Finn and Luca. Cassius has never had the chance to meet Luca yet, who just recently turned 1. His shock at how big young Finn has gotten is palpable; he hasn’t seen the young tot since he was a babe!

They’ll be celebrating Luca’s first real Halloween and pumpkin festival in their town. His teammates would be shocked to see Cassius with his family—while never having fatherly instincts, he is a wonderful, kind, and caring uncle to his nephews. His sister even talked him into wearing a homemade carrot costume she sewed for the occasion to go along with a veritable vegetable party—Luca in a pumpkin costume, Finn as a pea pod (with removable peas!), Erich dressed as a potato, and Hanna as a stalk of green onions.