This is Halloween~
Trick or treat,
Smell my feet,
Give me something good to eat!
It's that time of year again! Unfortunately, the Scientists will not be making an appearance this year (or will they?). But the morning of Halloween begins, clear and cold, cloudy as usual.
First comes the treats: citizens will find a small plastic cauldron of candy outside of their doors. Every inhabited building or apartment will have some, but not the uninhabited ones! Better take care, because the Scientists aren't handing out toothpaste to go with all these sweets. There will also be pumpkin pie, enough for everyone to have a slice but not enough for seconds, sorry to say.
In addition to the sweets, each person in town will find that they have a mask to wear, should they choose to do so. Some of these may be fancy or nice, or even just plain. Some may be just plain silly, such as mascots, superheroes and the like. People will have one mask each, but you can certainly swap if you're so inclined!
Jack o' lanterns will be in front of each inhabited building (the high school is included, here): two per building, one on each side of the main entrance. These are large, and the faces in them aren't just playing scary, they're downright unsettling. Are those eyes following you, or is your mind just playing tricks? The candles will light when it starts getting dark, and burn through the night.
Then come the tricks: the Marshall Street apartments have been toilet papered while you weren't looking. As for Latimir? Babydolls have been stuck with glue to the walls of the hallways (remind you of anything?). Gruesome-looking, maybe, but their big eyes shine and they still smile, like nothing in the world is wrong.
Things seem okay during the day, but when night falls, those tricks start getting a little bit scary. If your character is of the spiritually aware variety, they might get a little antsy as the day wears on...this might affect characters who are chipped, too, although to a lesser agree.
The televisions and radios in town all turn on with the soft fuzz of static: this continues through the night.
Later on, into the later hours of the night, when people are winding down and preparing to sleep, you might hear the faintest, shrillest scream in the distance. It sounds a little girlish, but also a little inhuman. It carries on, and then stops. Then a while later, you hear it again, a little louder, a little less human. Once more, after about half an hour, even louder: this one echoes.
Then it stops, and the static from the televisions continues until morning.
Everything starts the morning of Halloween, October 31st, which is 24 hours from now.
Happy Halloween, Discedo!
Smell my feet,
Give me something good to eat!
It's that time of year again! Unfortunately, the Scientists will not be making an appearance this year (or will they?). But the morning of Halloween begins, clear and cold, cloudy as usual.
First comes the treats: citizens will find a small plastic cauldron of candy outside of their doors. Every inhabited building or apartment will have some, but not the uninhabited ones! Better take care, because the Scientists aren't handing out toothpaste to go with all these sweets. There will also be pumpkin pie, enough for everyone to have a slice but not enough for seconds, sorry to say.
In addition to the sweets, each person in town will find that they have a mask to wear, should they choose to do so. Some of these may be fancy or nice, or even just plain. Some may be just plain silly, such as mascots, superheroes and the like. People will have one mask each, but you can certainly swap if you're so inclined!
Jack o' lanterns will be in front of each inhabited building (the high school is included, here): two per building, one on each side of the main entrance. These are large, and the faces in them aren't just playing scary, they're downright unsettling. Are those eyes following you, or is your mind just playing tricks? The candles will light when it starts getting dark, and burn through the night.
Then come the tricks: the Marshall Street apartments have been toilet papered while you weren't looking. As for Latimir? Babydolls have been stuck with glue to the walls of the hallways (remind you of anything?). Gruesome-looking, maybe, but their big eyes shine and they still smile, like nothing in the world is wrong.
Things seem okay during the day, but when night falls, those tricks start getting a little bit scary. If your character is of the spiritually aware variety, they might get a little antsy as the day wears on...this might affect characters who are chipped, too, although to a lesser agree.
The televisions and radios in town all turn on with the soft fuzz of static: this continues through the night.
Later on, into the later hours of the night, when people are winding down and preparing to sleep, you might hear the faintest, shrillest scream in the distance. It sounds a little girlish, but also a little inhuman. It carries on, and then stops. Then a while later, you hear it again, a little louder, a little less human. Once more, after about half an hour, even louder: this one echoes.
Then it stops, and the static from the televisions continues until morning.
Everything starts the morning of Halloween, October 31st, which is 24 hours from now.
Happy Halloween, Discedo!