video @L.Mills

[thestoriesarereal]

[The video turns on with a very pensive looking Lucy.]

Okay so....I know it's a bit early to think about this--but, better to get a head start on this than to have it sneak up on you.

Does this place do anything for Halloween? Or for the month of October? I know it could be different in other worlds, but where I'm from there's trick-or-treating, people dressed up in costumes, and loads of candy.

There's also spooky and scary stuff, but I'm not really thinking about that.

[No, she's just thinking about the candy, and the costumes and the other fun things that can happen--but mainly it's the candy.

Oh, and movie marathons about wizards and witches.]

If anyone could let me know, that'll be great! Thanks!

Comments

un: TheStrandInstitute

[nobasisinfact]

[Richard is not a person to ask about Halloween, but he'll say something anyway.]

Couldn't you just dress up and get candy any day?

[thestoriesarereal]

[Lucy just stares at Richard, then back at the text, and slowly back to Richard.]

That only works if you're three, but even then you only get like one or two pieces. I'm talking a pillow case full of candy--or a bucket.

[nobasisinfact]

That sounds like it would make you sick.

[They didn't celebrate Halloween at the Strand house, not after a certain point.]

[thestoriesarereal]

Only if you eat it all in one sitting! [Lucy said matter-of-factly.

Come on, Richard, she's 10, she's not 5 and impulsive...

Much.]

If you spread out the candy over a month, then you won't get sick.

audio un:pnwsalex

[11calls]

[Lucy, you remind Alex so much of herself it almost hurts.]

So does this mean you know what you're dressing up as this year?

[thestoriesarereal]

[Finally! Someone who gets it!]

I don't know yet. I was thinking of going as someone from my favorite book series...

Or maybe going as a God? [Because Loki is pretty cool.] I mean, last year I went as a skeleton, so I wanted to do something different this year.

[11calls]

Which God were you thinking? I'd bet you'd make a great Artemis. You can borrow Apo for one of your hunting dogs if you'd want too.

[Now you've got Alex thinking, Lucy. This is dangerous.]

[private]

[thestoriesarereal]

[Making this private because she needs to. She can't let a certain God find out.]

Artemis is cool...and same with Athena, and I could have Oona be her wise owl, but...

I was thinking Loki? I mean, I'm not as tall as him, and I can't sew, but I could do other things--or try to be a female viking!

[ video | un: trickster ]

[dothelokimotion]

Ah, I enjoyed that holiday.

[ For . . . one particular reason, not safe for work. ]

Is it not a while away?

[thestoriesarereal]

Because you got to trick everyone?

[That's what she's guessing.]

Yes...and no. It's about two months or so away, I think? That is, assuming this place celebrates anything like that. But, better to get an idea now than scramble for something later.

[dothelokimotion]

No, I believe that is saved for the Day of Fools.

[ He mulls it over. ]

I believe October celebrates the dead.

[thestoriesarereal]

Well...you could do both, you know.

In some cultures, yes. A day for the dead, of remembering them....honoring them.

But, I do enjoy it more for the candy.

video; un: kirk

[winscenario]

But the spooky and scary stuff is half the fun of it!

[ Okay not really. Jim's as big a fan of dressing up and the treats as much as Lucy is. Although... ]

We could decorate our front lawn to fit the theme. Would you like that?

[thestoriesarereal]

[There's a long stare at you, Jim.]

Not if it gives you nightmares!

[Huff, puff.]

Mmm, we could...depends on the theme though. What do you have in mind?

[winscenario]

[ Jim grins. ]

Oh, sorry. Didn't know you were the type to get scared so easily.

[ What? No harm in teasing her a little! ]

Oh... some skeletons, mummies, severed and bloody body parts. Definitely the stuff of nightmares. [ He leans into the camera, eyes open wide into an eerie expression, and fingers wiggling menacingly. ] Mwhahahahahaa...!

[thestoriesarereal]

[Longer stare, followed by a hard pout.]

Excuse you, I am the granddaughter of Emma Swan--the Savior, and Regina Mills. The Charmings nor the Mills scare easily.

[Teasing aside....Brings. IT. ON.]

.........I think you need lessons from Papa. That wasn't very....good. [And for emphasis, she sticks out her tongue. :p]

audio; @altin

[bringbackgold]

I threw a party at the club I work for. Something more 'everyone friendly' might be good, though.

[thestoriesarereal]

That's what I was thinking...something friendly where everyone would be okay with it and remember how much fun they had rather than screaming and being terrified.

Did you dress up?

[bringbackgold]

I like the idea of that.

I did. Sort of - a wolf. I was working so it wasn't much of a costume.

[jolting]

Well, you know you can come to me if you need help with the spooky and scary stuff.

[thestoriesarereal]

[Grinning]

I know, Papa. I don't know how spooky or scary we should go...Or if anyone else is doing something around that time.

If all else fails, movie marathon?

[jolting]

Sure. We'll all choose a few different movies.

Video: un ragnarsdottir

[like_quicksilver]

[The feed shows Gyda in the library, but this is way more interesting than homework.

There's a festival where people give you candy if you dress up?

[thestoriesarereal]

[Oh, there's someone she doesn't know.]

Yeah! It's called Halloween and you don't have to dress up, but it's kind of encouraged. It's an old fall tradition--at least from the world I'm from.

[One of them anyway.]

[like_quicksilver]

October for us is the celebration called Winternights. At the end of the month, we make a sacrifice to the gods and elves, in the hope that they will spare the rest of our food supplies and we will be able to last through the winter. It's also in the hope that Odin and the wild horde won't carry us off at night when they travel along the clouds.