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[huntersdaughter]

Last year, didn't someone come up with a list of all the things that have happened to us over the Halloween Holiday? I know not everyone is lucky enough to have an old journal, but even those of us that do -- it's not like they are easy to sort through to go back and find something specific.

Anyone want to try and help me compile a list? I figure with everything crazy the castle has been throwing at us lately - nightmares, body-part stealing cats, body morphing [she heard about the pony thing. It counts as a horror to some people.] - we might be better off if we're prepared or at least not all taken off guard.

I remember someone even put up a directory of classic monsters that showed up courtesy of the decorations. We don't have any decorations yet, but the castle can be slightly spontaneous.

[She's at home, at her kitchen table, thinking of things and she realizes that there's something else that might help.]

Also, if you've talked about Halloween in your own journal entry - let me know where it is and I'll be sure to make sure to figure out a way to mark them down on my entry for reference.

Back home I used to compile case files for sort of things, and yes I mean the kind of things that involve vampires, werewolves, and ghosts -- and I'm just wondering if that might be something we should all start doing here. Out of the journal, because I'm starting to wonder if we can even trust these things.

They're castle provided.

[As she gets more information, she jots it down as written notes:]


Present Year -
1 Year Prior - Diwali Event
2 Years Prior - Dia de los Muertos : death masks for dead residents.
3 Years Prior - Decorations came to life. Vampires, Mummies, Werewolves, Ghosts - Giant Spider Attack

Comments

[imnot_likeyou]

There was a monster invasion one year. Vampires, zombies, ghosts. A ... gigantic spider, I think. But that was a long time ago.

[a pause, he's trying to place things in his mind, and ... well, hi Jo. They haven't really talked since the nightmares, but this seems like a good time to break the silence, right?

Probably not.]

[huntersdaughter]

[Definitely not. Nope, she thought she might be okay with hearing his voice, but it puts a halt to her thoughts completely. She's just glad this isn't face to face, because this means she can get up and go pour herself a drink first before writing her reply.]

How long ago is a long time ago?

[imnot_likeyou]

[Sam can take cue. It sucks because he knows what it means, but he's got no reason to make her any more uncomfortable than she already is. There's the click of a pen before the response scribbles beneath hers.]

A couple years? I think it might have been my first Halloween in the castle.

[huntersdaughter]

Is this where the decorations came to life? or something different?

[imnot_likeyou]

[there was some quiet page flipping as Sam tried to refresh his memory, but he could guess about when it was.]

Yeah, that was it. October '09.

[huntersdaughter]

[The narration will change that to October three years ago, because years aren't specific in Para.]

Do you remember if there was anything else that happened during the month?

[psych0p0mps]

last year it didnt do halloween at all
instead there was a diwali party

[huntersdaughter]

That's right. I'll put that down.

[psych0p0mps]

to tell the truth im a little excited!
this will be my first real halloween

[huntersdaughter]

Are you planning on dressing up?

[encryptedlock]

I could have sworn we've had zombies at least twice. Two years ago was the Day of the Dead, though, when w--people had to wear the face paint mask things and the graveyard showed up.

[huntersdaughter]

[Oh... right. The masks.]

I remember the masks. I stayed at home for the most part during that. [Because... mask.]

[psych0p0mps]

yes id like to
im not sure what i want to dress up as though 0_0

[encryptedlock]

Yeah. I don't think anything else happened that year on Halloween. Or if it did I don't remember it. [Cause yeah. Masks.]

[huntersdaughter]

I don't think you're alone in that one. I'm pretty sure there are a lot of people who don't know what they should dress up as. Maybe you could start up something in the journal for costume suggestions.

yoink

[psych0p0mps]

day of the dead?

[huntersdaughter]

Maybe someone else remembers.

[encryptedlock]

I'll take a look through my old journal tonight and see if I can find anything.

[encryptedlock]

Yeah, it's a holiday based off the same one as Halloween - All Saint's Day, which is also called All Hallows Day. Halloween means "Hallow's Eve". Anyway, the Day of the Dead is when you're supposed to visit the gravesites of your loved ones and give them gifts of food or candy or alcohol that they liked when they were alive. Some people dress up with elaborate costumes and masks to represent the spirits of the dead.

It's actually kind of a cheerful holiday, believe it or not. [Unless you're one of the ones with a mask.]

[psych0p0mps]

oh my god why has no one told me about this before
it sounds like the best holiday *ever*

[encryptedlock]

[York has to laugh a little.]

No reason you can't celebrate it, then. I'm sure there are some books in the library that would give you a good idea what to do.

Just be sure to leave a candy skull for anyone you like who's in the graveyard.

[psych0p0mps]

oh wow i dont even know what a candy skull is but i am leaving one for every single person
thank you for telling me!
im going to get researching right away 0u0

[psych0p0mps]

thats not a bad idea
do you know what youre going as?

[huntersdaughter]

I dressed up last year and took the kids out trick or treating, but this year I think I'm just all Halloween'ed out. I was a bumble bee lats year, though.

[gottaknockhard]

[This remind him of why he doesn't like lists...]

There was that time they filled all the pipes with candy corn.