ϡ - Chapter Sixteen; this is halloween [voice/action]

[folkloristic]

Halloween...Halloween. [ He sounds contemplative and hums a little before continuing. ] What to say about it. [ A pause there's the sounds of something be unwrapped probably a candy knowing Helios's sweet tooth. Then almost automatically there's the sound of 'mmm' in the silent background. How has he not gotten a cavity yet? ] I do hope the ghosts

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[voice]

[not_a_bluesbro]

[Spirits could cross back over from the world of the dead? Sounds a little like Luceti's weird ass abilities.]

You sure know a lot about Halloween. You a big history guy?

[voice]

[folkloristic]

Oh well...something like that. I have a few friends who are very much into it they simply told me much of what you just heard. But in all honesty Halloween happens to be one of my favorite holidays. I couldn't help but share with everyone.

Re: [voice]

[not_a_bluesbro]

Aaaah, the scary background behind it doesn't bother you, then? Though I have to admit, all this candy is pretty great-I wish every world had a holiday that has so much of it.

[voice]

[folkloristic]

Oh not really. It's not so bad. [ Haha he's seen worse things really. ] Ah are you not from Earth then?

Re: [voice]

[not_a_bluesbro]

Nah... Where I come from, Earth had been long dead, unfortunately. So a bunch of people piled into some ships and shot off for another planet. And lo and behold, about 130 years later, here I am.

[There's a friendly smile in his voice.]

And, with the wonderful luck the human race seemed to have, those ships got to land on a desert world with no water above ground.

[voice]

[folkloristic]

I must say that's rather fascinating. I guess we're just cut out for surviving aren't we? [ He laughs. ]

Desert world...hm it must be hard; I couldn't imagine living somewhere like that.

Re: [voice]

[not_a_bluesbro]

We're the best at it, I'd think.

The desert isn't so tough, once you figure out how to maneuver in sand, but even then I've had quite a few occasions where I thought I was gonna' thirst away in the middle of nowhere. It happens when you're a nomadic kinda' guy.

[voice]

[folkloristic]

Nomadic? You must have quite the collection of stories then hm?

Re: [voice]

[not_a_bluesbro]

[A laugh]

I'd say so, yeah. The worst of them involved the giant sandworms, I think, though there are a lot of close seconds. Like the robot spiders.

[voice]

[folkloristic]

Sandworms? I've never seen such a thing. [ And he's seen plenty. ] Nor robotic spiders either.

Re: [voice]

[not_a_bluesbro]

No? Ha, well, the robotic spiders were a first... but believe it or not, the sandworms were there before we were. They're a pretty damn big pest-big enough to take bites out of buildings, even.

[voice]

[folkloristic]

Oh my that does sound like a bit of a problem. But would you say they're indigenous then, if they were there before those spiders? Either way it's certainly interesting.

Re: [voice]

[not_a_bluesbro]

Ha, it's hard to say. We've only been around this planet for so long and we sure as hell didn't take them with us, but I'm guessing they've always been there, though. Wasn't any sign of life when we initially crashed, I hear.

[And in truth, even now, there's still not much sign of the living. Lots and lots of sand. Lots of sun. A few spaced out pockets of human life...]

[voice]

[folkloristic]

That is very intriguing. I'm sure there's many a myth or story about them though.

People tend to be...drawn to the unknown from what my experiences have shown.

Re: [voice]

[not_a_bluesbro]

Drawn to the unknown? I can't doubt that-after all, it's in our nature to be curious creatures, especially about the things we can't explain or don't understand. Right?

[voice]

[folkloristic]

I agree. People are naturally going to question things they don't fully understand. I suppose that's what makes us...well unique.