rose: be prepared

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

Merely out of curiosity, how is Halloween usually observed here? It seems right up the castle's proverbial alley, and I'm wondering if I should invest in a padlock and armaments ahead of time.

[Said with a bored, drowsy sort of sarcasm. But with the unwelcome gusto with which Paradisa began autumn, and having heard and read of various horrors in past years, she's curious – in a vaguely morbid sort of way.

She dictates this from the roof, where she's sitting on a little purple pillow and working on what seems to be the beginnings of a knitting project. Christmas is still months away, but one never knows what disruptions might happen before then.]

((ooc: open to roof or journal!))

Comments

[payback.livejournal.com]

Armaments, definitely. A padlock probably won't be all that much help though.

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

I figured as much. A barricade is far too simple of a construct for the castle to allow. We may as well blockade our doors with tissue paper.

[payback.livejournal.com]

As far as I know no one's died before during Halloween, at least.

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

That's a bit of a comfort, I suppose. Though I'd be interested to ask if anyone has come close.

[ambuscades.livejournal.com]

[dictated:]

Nothing particularly special happened last year, other than candy corn showing up at many places. Oh, and I woke up with face paint on November first.

[compared to what the journal recorded for the years before that, she's inclined to think last year was...tamer]

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

Hm. Cavities and shame, a frightful combination. But not as life-threatening as I was expecting.

[ambuscades.livejournal.com]

Exactly. [it wasn't even very tasty candy corn. :\] Perhaps true horror doesn't come from outside sources, but what we make of them.

[Dictated]

[dupable.livejournal.com]

I've only actually been here for one Halloween, so I'm not sure if I'd be a lot of help.

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

That's one Halloween more than I've been here. You would still be some help.

[dupable.livejournal.com]

If I remember right it was pretty quiet actually. There was a graveyard outside with a lot of graves in it, and some people had some kind of facepaint on, but... that was most of it!

dictated

[apologeticangel.livejournal.com]

People dress up in costumes, and the castle often does something with candy...

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

Yet another Earth tradition this world seems to follow. Peculiar.

[apologeticangel.livejournal.com]

Maybe the castle likes it because it's really fun? We don't have it in my world, but I've enjoyed it every year here.

[payback.livejournal.com]

Armaments, definitely. A padlock probably won't be all that much help though.

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

I figured as much. A barricade is far too simple of a construct for the castle to allow. We may as well blockade our doors with tissue paper.

[payback.livejournal.com]

As far as I know no one's died before during Halloween, at least.

[ambuscades.livejournal.com]

[dictated:]

Nothing particularly special happened last year, other than candy corn showing up at many places. Oh, and I woke up with face paint on November first.

[compared to what the journal recorded for the years before that, she's inclined to think last year was...tamer]

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

Hm. Cavities and shame, a frightful combination. But not as life-threatening as I was expecting.

[ambuscades.livejournal.com]

Exactly. [it wasn't even very tasty candy corn. :\] Perhaps true horror doesn't come from outside sources, but what we make of them.

[Dictated]

[dupable.livejournal.com]

I've only actually been here for one Halloween, so I'm not sure if I'd be a lot of help.

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

That's one Halloween more than I've been here. You would still be some help.

[dupable.livejournal.com]

If I remember right it was pretty quiet actually. There was a graveyard outside with a lot of graves in it, and some people had some kind of facepaint on, but... that was most of it!

dictated

[apologeticangel.livejournal.com]

People dress up in costumes, and the castle often does something with candy...

[fluthlu.livejournal.com]

Yet another Earth tradition this world seems to follow. Peculiar.

[apologeticangel.livejournal.com]

Maybe the castle likes it because it's really fun? We don't have it in my world, but I've enjoyed it every year here.