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[spectacularluck]

Who: All heroes
When: Day 45, Morning
Where: The clearing

[ In the morning, all heroes can wake up to see a new trial is being held! Following the door that appears in the clearing will lead to a Very Scary, faux-abandoned house. There are all the markings of terrible Halloween decorations, for those that are familiar with it. There are fake spiderwebs all around, fake bats, skeletons, and even spider skeletons.

There are several different tables spread across the room - one has a pile of small, sticky spiders in it, then there's one where people can get refreshments, if they so wish, and all others have tons and tons of pumpkins sitting there. None of those are carved - though there are several carved, lit pumpkins spread across the room - just sitting on the floor.

Notably there is a runway, and behind that, a room in which people may grab costumes, or pieces of costume. Make up is also provided.

Finn can be seen at the end of the Runway, aptly wearing his Spider-Man costume, before he begins to explain ]


So! I've recently found out I fight crazy people for a, huh, possibly living. Whether I get paid or not is still under debate. And who would have thought, there's a costumed guy for every occasion. There's no better way to drive off the mental image of a guy fighting with a flaming pumpkin on his head than make better memories, so I'm imposing Halloween on you all.

For those of you who are not in the known, what with us being all from different worlds and stuff, Halloween is, huh ... probably an actual serious holiday somewhere, somehow, but in practice it's all about the money, baby! And scary stuff. And sharing scary stories and getting candy.

So there you have it. A game to get some actual fun Halloween action that does not involve people barely avoiding getting brutally murdered and blown up. Not speaking of anyone in particular here.

Comments

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow grabs a handful of candy and nods to himself.

]

Not bad, not bad... Now what's this about a guy with a flaming pumpkin on his head?

[voreaciously]

...Good day, Crow-han.

[SHE'S SO NERVOUS BUT SHE'S KEEPING IT IN CHECK.]

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow lifts a hand to wave slightly. ]

Hey 80H. What's up?

[ If she didn't know any better, it'd seem like they weren't fighting at all with his friendly demeanor, but she knows him well enough to see the signs of him being guarded.

Though also of note, he's wearing a certain hooded blue sweater. ]

[voreaciously]

[She has lived under the passive aggression of her sister that eventually became outtright aggression for far too long to trust that he isn't upset but she has to pause, nonetheless.

He's wearing it.

Her shoulders lower just a little with relief, but it is not enough to relax her. She isn't fool enough to know that everything is magically resolved between them.

So she gives him some distance, she does not stand as close and her speech is clear, but hesitant, quieter and halting. She wants to give him the space to change his mind at a moment's notice. She wants to ask if it fits. If he likes it. If there is something else she could do to it--]

...Did you wish to play?

[--but that's what she asks, in the end. She cannot be his favourite person to see right now, but he's a practical young man, he might not tolerate her presence for anything else. Business, though, should be fine.]

[featherbeaned]

Did you get good ones? Are they fun?

[ hi im a dragon in a pumpkin costume ]

[bad_crowmance]

[ Oh no cute? ]

Heh, most of 'em sound fun honestly. but yeah, I think so.

[featherbeaned]

Yes! They are fun, I like this game.

[ the end of her tail swishes, almost wagging ]

We could play together. If you want!

[malignstar]

He's keeping the story to himself. What happened to sharing?

[ Dressed like so ]

[bad_crowmance]

No kidding. --Nice costume.

[malignstar]

[ Winks cutely at him ]

Sadly, I don't get to keep it.

[ Shows him his recent grab of candy: purple, blue, orange, black silver ]

Want to help me out with one? Your choice.

[crimeson]

[just holds up two purple candies and waggles his eyebrows.]

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow holds up a purple candy of his own and grins. ]

Heeeeey, I like the way you think.

[crimeson]

Thought you might!

[ambling over :3c]

[schrodingerscockroach]

Sounds like the Headless Horseman.

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow's eyebrows shoot up. ]

The what now?

[schrodingerscockroach]

Headless Horseman.

Fuzzy on the details of that one, but a guy goes around on a horse wearing a jack-o-lantern for a head, looking for his own and terrorizes people while doing that.

[daydreamshimmer]

Sounds like an Urban Legend. Or someone taking one way too seriously.

[bad_crowmance]

Urban legend? But yeah, it sounds pretty outlandish but I've seen some pretty outlandish things turn out to be real so...

[daydreamshimmer]

Flaming pumpkin on his head is a bit beyond the normal for magical creature. Not many veggie monsters, let alone ones that'd be on fire.

[bowtiedbones]

[dressed up, OF COURSE]

Do you know about jack-o-lanterns?

[bad_crowmance]

[ Crow lets out a low whistle. ]

Nice costume! And no, not a thing.

[bowtiedbones]

[bobs cheerfully. not QUITE a curtsy, the skirt's not really made for that.]

Thanks! Jack-o-lanterns are pumpkins carved with faces and lit up on Halloween. So when someone makes a story about a headless guy, it's spookily appropriate to give them a pumpkin head.

[spectacularluck]

No reliving traumas tonight! Well, this morning. This is all about fun Halloween times.

[bad_crowmance]

Alright alright, we'll skip the trauma and go straight to "what's Halloween?"

[spectacularluck]

Scary spooky stories, lots of candy, pumpkins and huh ... costumes? I'm sure there's more to it, but that's about the most important factors.

You got yourself all the ingredients for Halloween.