This is Halloween~ [Active/Open]

[fairiesandmilk]

Character(s): Link, those who said they'd join him here, and anyone else who wants to come in too.
Content: Monster in Halloween Town? Sounds like a job for a hero!
Setting: Beginning at the church, then heading to Halloween Town
Time: Morning (Week 32)
Warnings: Fighting!

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A shuffling from the supports in the vaulted ceiling echoed briefly in the acoustics of the church. If Link had suspected it to be a loose animal or one of the natural inhabitants of Halloween Town, he would only be half right. Shortly after, there was a tapping against the wooden beams. Tap tap tap tap. It was in time to the melody the Hyrule hero had been playing, but it still seemed off and unsettling, as though the sound itself didn't even belong.

In the shadows, a man stood and leaned against a vertical timber.

This will end well...

[fairiesandmilk]

Link stopped playing and looked behind him, a puzzled look forming on his face. He returned the instrument to its pouch and he picked himself up, gazing at the human figure in the shadows.

He hesitated. "Are...are you here for Halloween Town?" Link's muscles were tense. He had just seen this guy, but he already didn't like him. From his own experience, people who hung in the shadows like that weren't the best to have around.

[eternitydreamer]

Finally, an adventure! Although NiGHTS hadn't particularly felt like running around (so to speak) and being helpful, she'd had enough of pranks for now. The nightmaren had flown to Halloween Town, chuckling at the prospect of something exciting happening in this place. She liked Paixao well enough, sure, but being trapped did get boring, and now that there were other places to explore (and now that NiGHTS wasn't feeling quite so lazy), things were definitely looking up.

She noticed Link, first, and was just about to swoop down and say hello when she noticed the strange man tapping rhythmically and halted her descent. "And who might you be?" she asked him, her tone friendly enough for the moment. Despite that, she didn't sure she liked him already; something about him seemed wrong, somehow,

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"Oh no, my odd-eared friend. As much as I do enjoy this place, I'm not here for Halloween Town," the shadowed figure said as he began striding across the beam like a child balancing on the lip of a bridge, "Not as much as I'm here to enjoy Halloween Town. I hope that makes sense." His tone was nearly apologetic as though he knew he was upsetting matters, even before entering the somber and spooky atmosphere. When he came to the beam almost directly above Link, he took a seat and began swinging his feet whimsically. "I've been spending a lot of time there lately and was hoping to come back. The company was unexpected though. If you don't mind, I'll be glad to watch your back as we cross over. Then we can have a more proper chat."

When NiGHTS crossed the threshold of the church, the shade chuckled briefly. "Once we get into Halloween Town, I'll be glad to introduce myself. While I'm still in Paixao, I have far too much on my mind. Call it a vacation."

[fairiesandmilk]

"Company? You mean the monsters?" Link still wore a frown, but if this guy had really spent some time in Halloween Town, he might have some useful information on what they could expect there.

He had also noticed a third person arrive, but it seemed they both realized that the man in the shadows seemed threatening somehow. They could introduce each other once this guy left. "I don't see why you have to move somewhere else to tell us your name."