[Thread] This is Halloween, This is Halloween...

[panicky_monster]

Characters: Ickis [OU], OPEN
Where: Around Econtra
When: Backdated to Halloween night (since mun was unavailable originally)
Summary: It's Halloween night, a huge day for monsters, and Ickis decides to go scaring.
Warnings: Ickis's Loomed form, if he uses it, is actually pretty scary. Also, expect him to be popping out of things or making weird

Comments

[poppingseeds]

Despite how tired she was, Persephone was near skipping down the dark streets of Econtra, sun lamp in her company. The thought of Halloween, though strange and foreign, was rather fascinating. The things people -- or in this case monsters -- came up with were neat, she had to admit.

But, uh, what was that moving in the shadows? And now that she thought about it, it was rather dark, a bit cloudy even... There were lots of things to watch out for in the compound, especially recently, and why had she decided to do this again?

[panicky_monster]

Ickis blinked from the bright light of her lamp. Wow.

Still, he snuck up behind her before leaping up onto her back. His claws rested close enough to her neck to, hopefully, unnerve her but far enough away to prevent injury.

He leaned forward, his hot breath blowing against her ear.

Too bad the effect was ruined with his cheery "Hi, Persephone!"

[poppingseeds]

That was probably a good thing. Persephone had completely frozen at the feel of something on her back, the claws against her skin. She had been this close to running away screaming.

The familiar voice, though, caused her to flood with relief even if she still stood tensed. Monster! On her back!

"H-hello, Ickis!" the goddess stammered, doing her best and failing to put on her brave face. If it had been anyone else, Persephone probably would have been dead. "That was, uh... You can get off me now?"

[panicky_monster]

"Okay!"

He easily hopped off of her, landing on the cobblestones behind her before darting around so he stood before the goddess. He practically bounced as he babbled, "Ready to go scaring? This is gonna be so much fun! It'll be a little hard to sneak up on people with that lamp though. Or maybe you can use it to make it hard to see until it's too late! That would be cool!"

[poppingseeds]

Persephone couldn't help but laugh, any fear she had felt ebbing away. At least someone was enthusiastic and happy in the face of their current situation. "I could always turn it out for a little bit, but I can't get around long without it. And really, why would a goddess need a silly lamp to scare mortals with when she has the plants at her beck and call~?"

With a grin, the girl nonchalantly flicked her wrist, a vine creeping out of the ground at her motion to tap Ickis lightly on the shoulder.

[panicky_monster]

"Guess you've got a...Eeeee!"

Ickis jumped and whipped around to see the vine. He gaped in wonder.

"Wow! That's cool!"

[poppingseeds]

"Perks of being a nature goddess," Persephone replied with a bow and a smirk, the plant doing the same. She switched off her lamp, a simple flick of the finger, and could already feel the tiredness seeping into her bones, but she didn't want to spoil Ickis' fun. "So shall we?"

[panicky_monster]

"Sure!"

He walked down the alleyway, a definite spring in his step.

"This is gonna be great!" he chirped, turning around so he walked backwards to see her.